Lost in the ’80s: Total Coelo
As much as I adore the inherent goofiness that is new wave — the guyliner, the overwrought posing, the one-finger keyboard technique — sometimes I must admit some acts come...
Posts Tagged: "John C. Hughes"
Lost in the ’90s: Garbage, “Subhuman”
John Hughes is lost in the '90s once again...and this time, he's got Shirley Manson sitting bitch in the wayback machine....
Lost in the ’80s: Devo, “That’s Good”
Now, I know what you’re thinking. How can one of Devo’s most famous songs outside of “Whip It” be Lost in the ’80s? How can a song whose video was...
Lost in the ’80s: Carly Simon, “Why”
Before singer/songwriter Carly Simon attempted to fully embrace the excess of the ’80s with a misguided stab at New Wave, she released this single in 1982 from the soundtrack of...
Lost in the ’70s: Raspberries, “Let’s Pretend”
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the Seventies, it was next to impossible to escape hearing Raspberries almost daily on the radio – not that that was a bad thing. ...
Lost in the ’80s: The Tubes and Olivia Newton-John (?!)
All right, let me stop all you young ‘uns right there — 1980′s Xanadu is not a great movie, a lost treasure, or an overlooked masterpiece of fun. It’s a...
Lost in the ’80s: Les Rita Mitsouko
French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to...
Lost in the ’90s: Marcy Playground, “Shapeshifter”
When Marcy Playground’s borderline-annoying novelty hit “Sex And Candy” was all over alternative radio in the late ’90s, spending an astounding 15 weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Chart,...
Lost in the ’70s: The Sweet, “Blockbuster”
Eight children, four each from different families, puréed Brady Bunch style in a $250-a-month, four-bedroom apartment in mid-’70s Elyria, Ohio. Inflation squeezed the wallets and coin purses dry, forcing both...
Lost in the ’80s: Face To Face, “10-9-8″
Big things were planned for Boston’s Face To Face in 1984. Signed to Epic, the New Wave group was pushed heavily by the label as the next big music sensation. ...
Lost in the ’90s: Alison Moyet, “Whispering Your Name”
On Tuesday, we talked about Jules Shear’s “Whispering Your Name,” a failed single from his solo debut, Watch Dog. While the single and album flopped, it stayed in the hearts...
Lost in the ’80s: Jules Shear, “Whispering Your Name”
I gave Jules a quick once-over a little over three years ago, so I think it’s high time I spotlighted another track of Shear beauty, this one from his stellar...
Lost in the ’70s: The Quick
Unknown to nearly everyone save the most devoted power-pop and glam aficionados, the Quick were managed by legendary Los Angeles scenester and Runaways cofounder Kim Fowley. Fowley also coproduced the...
Lost in the ’80s: Dexys Midnight Runners
A quickie today, folks – I’m getting ready to move in with my betrothed, and I’m currently surrounded by boxes of stuff. Moving is such a hassle, but I can’t...
Lost in the ’90s: Kirsty MacColl, “Walking Down Madison”
She’s the voice you hear on the Smiths’ “Ask” and Morrissey’s “Interesting Drug.” She’s the salty dame calling Shane McGowan a “cheap lousy faggot” on the Pogues’ “Fairtytale Of New...
Lost in the ’80s: Paul McCartney, “So Bad”
Oh, some things just write themselves, don’t they? I kid, I kid. “So Bad” is an overlooked little gem from the Paul catalog, released in the States as the follow-up...
Lost in the ’70s: Cheryl Ladd, “Think It Over”
Charlie’s Angels chanteuse Cheryl Ladd was known for two spectacular things: her acting and her singing. What? What’d you think I was gonna say? Anyhoo, Ladd got her start as...
Lost in the ’80s: The Wild Swans
This has been a week of happy endings for me, and I’m not referring to a trip to the massage parlor (this time). Y’see, twenty-odd years ago, I bought one...
Lost in the ’90s: Cake Like
Record deals were being handed out like Halloween candy to anything remotely resembling “alternative” in the post-Nirvana ’90s. It’s nearly impossible to imagine a band like art/math rockers Shudder to Think...
Lost in the ’80s: Phil Seymour, “Talk to Me”
Remember when power-pop singles could actually be hit singles? Ah, them’s was the days. The Romantics, Cheap Trick, the Raspberries, the Dwight Twilley Band … Oh, about the Dwight Twilley...
Lost in the ’70s: T. Rex
Though history has been kind to Marc Bolan and T. Rex, during their early-’70s heyday American radio most definitely was not. Limited to just one solitary Top 40 single in...
Lost in the ’80s: Marilyn, “Baby U Left Me (In The Cold)”
Lest you think Paris Hilton or any of the various Kardashians invented “Famous for Being Famous,” let me point you to Peter Robinson, better known to UK tabloid readers as...
Lost in the ’70s: Metro, “Criminal World”
Have I mentioned that the internet is a pretty cool place lately? No? Okay, Imma mention it now! I mean, first there’s all the porn. Granted, some it can be...
Lost in the ’80s: The Belle Stars, “World Domination”
This one’s been a long time coming … and it’s not even as complete as I’d like it to be. Let me explain… When I first started Lost in the...
Lost in the ’90s: The Candyskins, “Feed It”
Sometimes I can forgive a band for anything if I love them enough. Even being featured in a Pringles ad or an Adam Sandler film. Oxford, England’s Candyskins were never...
Lost in the ’80s: Boys Don’t Cry, “Cities On Fire”
Thought they only had one song, didn’t you? Actually, the British combo Boys Don’t Cry had two full albums and an EP besides their huge hit, “I Wanna Be A...
Lost in the ’80s: Peter Gabriel, “Out Out”
After dipping his toe into the mainstream with his fourth album, Security, and its Top 40 hit, “Shock the Monkey,” it’s only natural that Peter Gabriel would continue to experiment...
Lost in the ’90s: Suede, “The Living Dead”
Morrissey was one of the earliest fans and champions of Britpop glumlords Suede, and it’s not too tough to figure out why. Besides owing quite a musical debt to Morrissey...
Lost in the ’80s: Gary Numan
Another example of a one-hit wonder in the States while huge in the U.K., paranoid android and Bowie Low cop artist Gary Numan can lay the blame for his lack...
Lost in the ’70s: Carpenters, “Ticket To Ride”
It wasn’t the most auspicious of beginnings for Richard and Karen Carpenter. Despite later huge success with several Top 40 hits and platinum albums, their first album, Offering, was a...