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, January 20, 2021

Fastway - Say What You Will

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"Fast" Eddie Clarke rose to fame as Motörhead's guitarist, and can be seen on the " Ace of Spades " video, which was...
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Monday, December 21, 2020

Elliot Easton - (Wearing Down) Like a Wheel

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As we've mentioned before, The Cars appeared to be running out of steam by the mid-1980s, which led to three of the five member releasin...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Blue Murder - Jelly Roll

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While many readers may not know who John Sykes is, most will have heard his music.  In fact, Sykes' story is another somewhat sad rock a...
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Monday, November 30, 2020

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

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"Never Knew Love Like This Before" was a catchy pop/R&B hit from Stephanie Mills that became her biggest hit.  The song reache...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

The Screaming Tribesmen - I've Got A Feeling

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Way back when ... in 2011, we envisioned ERV as a site which highlighted rare videos from the eighties - hence the name.  However, a funny t...
Friday, October 30, 2020

The Cure - Lullaby

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For the final selection of our 2020 All Hallows Even celebration, we are going with The Cure's "Lullaby."  Skeptics might poi...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight

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We love highlighting the diversity of eighties music at ERV, and we particularly enjoy abrupt transitions from one video to the next. This m...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)

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Nine years ago (!), we started an ERV tradition - the posting of the All Hallows Even videos.  We are justifiably proud of the 22 (and count...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie

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"C'est La Vie" was the song that was played at every party in 1987, before fading away.  It was the debut single from Robbie N...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes

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Long time viewer(s) may recall that this is Hall & Oates second appearance on ERV; " How Does It Feel To Be Back " (a truly ra...
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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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