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.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

J. Geils Band - Come Back

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ERV regulars will recall that we posted " Love Stinks " back in July 2012.  And our Facebook readers will note that we would have ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Cinderella - Gypsy Road

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When we posted Cinderella's " Shake Me " (back in December, 2011), we pointed out that the group was not a typical hair band. ...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night

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The 1980s were tough on the Rolling Stones.  The group had been around for twenty years by the early part of the decade, an eternity in the ...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion

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Back in September 2011, we posted Ric Ocasek's cool, quirky " Something to Grab For ," off his first solo LP, 1982's Beati...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

U2 - A Celebration

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Many years ago (before the internet), we were involved in a conversation where the topic of rare songs came up (shocking, we know).  One of ...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

L.A. Guns - The Ballad of Jayne

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Best known as half of the inspiration for the Guns N' Roses name, L.A. Guns was a fixture on the Los Angeles hard rock scene in the 198...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter

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The Apollonia 6 story begins where the Vanity 6 story ends.  (And another shout out to long time reader Sam, who requested the Vanity 6 vid...
Monday, May 4, 2015

Flesh for Lulu - Postcards from Paradise

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"Postcards from Paradise" is yet another excellent reader request and we liked it enough to immediately put it up on the blog.  Th...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

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Dirty Dancing was one of the least likely movies to ever become a hit, and the goes doubly so for the soundtrack.  The movie was a low budg...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Fiona - Talk To Me

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It is easy to forget how difficult it is to become a rock star.  Even if all of the pieces are there, sometimes they just don't fit toge...
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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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