The first movie to spoof slasher-horror flicks? It came out long before Scary Movie, Scream, or others that come to mind. In the early 80′s, a film by the name of Student Bodies hit theaters. Scenes from this movie would pop into my head occasionally over the years, but I always had difficulty remembering its [... read more ...]
Bartles & Jaymes will need no introduction if you watched television in the mid-1980′s. How all of this ends up on YouTube, I’ll never know… but I’m glad it does. We thank you for your support.
Another flashback to the early days of MTV. The appearance of this video coincided with my first crush on a woman with a mohawk. Chance of this song getting stuck in my head? At least 80 percent.
Flashback for today? Men At Work! I haven’t seen this in ages, and yet I still found myself anticipating the different facial expressions from each band member. Funny how these things can be burned into the back of your memory. Definitely an iconic video from the early days of MTV (when video-production budgets were an [... read more ...]
It’s funny to publish this under “Nostalgia”, if only because this song still gets occasional airplay. Saxon was the first group that I ever declared as my “favorite band”. They would eventually provide a mechanism for attending my first-ever rock concert, when I answered an obscure trivia question for local radio station 94 Rock. The [... read more ...]
Paul Simon is a magnificent talent and an extremely prolific singer-songwriter. His career spans several decades, leaving us with a treasure trove of unforgettable songs. The first collection of his “new music” that I purchased during the eighties was called Graceland, and this is the minimalist video of its first single. It made me smile [... read more ...]
The album Chicago 17 was released in early 1984 and spawned several singles for near-constant radio airplay. And while the band continues touring to this day, I don’t recall them playing any of these songs recently. Perhaps they have been relegated to the dusty rack of “80′s has-been chart toppers”. This definitely takes me back [... read more ...]
Never heard of the band Jump in the Saddle? Can’t say I know much about them, but I was introduced to The Curly Shuffle in the mid-80′s by our local radio station. It was a great tune to hear early in the day, and I seem to recall that I always needed to turn up [... read more ...]
In the early 80′s, Bob & Doug McKenzie recruited Geddy Lee to sing on their “hit single” Take Off from the album Great White North. This was a staple on radio stations for a short while, but was soon forgotten and is now rarely heard. (Unlike their rendition of Twelve Days of Christmas which still [... read more ...]
Another staple from MTV in the early eighties, and indeed another tune that gets stuck in my head easily.
This video from 1982 popped into my head and I have no idea what triggered it. In fact, I don’t even think they play this song on the 80′s radio station anymore. Press “play” on the video below and see if you don’t have the same reaction to it that I did. I immediately recognized [... read more ...]
Some songs are timeless. And then we have “Electric Avenue” by Eddy Grant. No doubt about it, this song is wholeheartedly stuck in 1984. Of course, it does have some charm, as it has been stuck in my head ever since I first heard/saw it on MTV. A must have for any 80′s music collection.
If you came of age in the 1980′s, you will undoubtedly remember this video. The song doesn’t get any airplay these days, primarily because it isn’t a standout. But as was the norm in the early days of MTV, this song’s popularity was boosted by a memorable music video.
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