Eighties Rare Videos

The place for great and not-so-great nearly forgotten videos from the decade of Miami Vice, mullets, and acid wash jeans. All praise to the bands, YouTube, and the original posters of these videos.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance

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The Pointer Sisters were a fascinating group who managed to navigate the difficult pop and R&B waters during most of the 1970s and 1980s...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Honeymoon Suite - Feel It Again

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"Feel It Again" was Honeymoon Suite's only top 40 U.S. hit, and it remains something of a guilty pleasure for me. The band ori...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

200!

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Amazingly (to us, at least) Electric Boys "All Lips N' Hips" was the 200th video on ERV.  We have been going strong since Augu...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Electric Boys - All Lips N' Hips

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Electric Boys were Sweden's contribution to the cool, but short lived funk metal scene.  The band was formed in 1988 in Stockholm by gui...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby

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While the video did not get much airplay on MTV, Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" did become a big hit for him, hitting ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Ready for the World - Oh Sheila

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Ready for the World (RFTW) was an R&B act out of Flint, Michigan who had a string of hits in the mid-1980s.  The group formed in 1982 an...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

The Lightning Seeds - Pure

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Every now and then, we come across a song that fits perfectly into the blog, almost as if The Universe itself has made a request.  [As an as...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool

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"Going Down to Liverpool" is a rare video and a cover, so it fits onto ERV in two ways.  Loyal reader Krista suggested this one a ...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart

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In 1986, Midnight Oil embarked on the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland (both Aboriginal rock bands).  The r...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Great White - Rock Me

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Part of the appeal of rock and roll is that it is an escape from the real world, but every once in a while, the real world crashes the party...
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I grew up in the 1980s and spent waaaaaaaay too much time watching MTV in the sunporch. I now pretend to be a respectable adult, but my love of music has never waned.
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