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.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Jefferson Starship - No Way Out

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Rounding out this year's All Hallows Even celebration is "No Way Out" from Jefferson Starship.  The song is off the Nuclear F...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

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What better way to continue the Halloween celebration than with a song from the Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album.  Many critics view ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

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Welcome to ERV's 5th annual All Hallows Even celebration, and feel free to click on the (appropriately named) All Hallows Even label to...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Bananarama (featuring Fun Boy Three) - Really Sayin' Something

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This is Bananarama's second appearance on ERV for a cover, as " Venus " was posted on our little blog back in January of 2013....
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Sunday, October 4, 2015

Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

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By mixing old school beats with goofy lyrics, Digital Underground (DU) created a cool and unique sound that led to one big hit, though by al...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Cult - Rain

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"Rain" was the second single off The Cult's 1985 Love album (or perhaps the first, as " She Sells Sanctuary " was ac...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Daryl Hall & John Oates - How Does It Feel To Be Back

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Although they would go on to become the most successful duo of the rock era,  Daryl Hall & John Oates had a choppy career before becomin...
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Monday, September 7, 2015

They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

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They Might Be Giants (TMBG; named after the 1971 movie ) was an odd yet interesting band that started showing up on MTV (mostly on the 120 M...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Jam - Town Called Malice

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The Jam were a popular, influential, and interesting band in Britain, but couldn't get arrested in America.  Between 1977 and 1982, the ...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher

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"If I Had a Rocket Launcher" was one of the more political songs to hit the charts during the 1980s.  The song was written by Cana...
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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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