Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Big Country - Fields of Fire (400 Miles)

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This is Big Country's second appearance on ERV, as " Look Away " was posted on the blog last August.  While U.S. readers will ...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

David Lee Roth - Goin' Crazy!

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For my money, David Lee Roth's 1985 departure from Van Halen was a real musical tragedy.  Led by Diamond Dave's showmanship and Edd...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Prince - Uptown

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"Uptown" is the answer to a great trivia question -- it was the first single released off Prince's classic Dirty Mind album.  ...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)

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Any discussion of Roger Hodgson has to begin with his time in Supertramp, as he co-fronted the band (with Rick Davies) from its 1969 foundin...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (Part 2)

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Though Chris Rea was a major star in Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, he was more of a cult figure in the U.S.  Stylistically, his music was a...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

ZZ Top - Stages

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ZZ Top may have been the most surprising success story of the 1980s.  True, the blues-rock trio had landed five albums in the top 25 from 19...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart

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The House of Love was a British alternative rock band who made a dent in the college rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s before fad...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Judas Priest - Hot Rockin'

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Way back on August 7, 2011, when we hung out a shingle and opened for business, Judas Priest's " Breaking the Law " was the la...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight

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"Stay With Me Tonight" is a classic pop funk tune from the 1980s that clicks right from the start.  The funky bass line, synthesiz...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

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We're sending this post out to Chris - the biggest Pogues fan that we know at ERV. A modern classic in Britain and Ireland, "Fai...