Taking a break from the New Wave casualties of the Á¢€â„¢80s (and there are more to come), letÁ¢€â„¢s get something truly decent and sadly Lost in the Á¢€Ëœ80sÁ¢€¦former Undertones lead…
Lost in the ’80s
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John C. Hughes
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How could I have possibly missed this? Captain Video breaks down your favorite and not so favorite videos from the ’80s in hilarious detail.
John C. Hughes
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Things werenÁ¢€â„¢t really happening for Donna Summer in 1980. The Queen of Disco and the sound she and producer Giorgio Morodor ushered in had fallen out of favor, replaced by…
John C. Hughes
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Á¢€Å“Secret OktoberÁ¢€, the flip side of DuranÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“Union of the SnakeÁ¢€ is truly a buried gem, a song that would have considerably brightened the overblown and overly bloated Á¢€Å“Seven and…
John C. Hughes
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One of Thomas DolbyÁ¢€â„¢s earliest singles (even before THAT song, I believe) was the incredible Á¢€Å“Airwaves,Á¢€ a song I think was tough for him to equal Á¢€” itÁ¢€â„¢s mellow and…
John C. Hughes
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“Rollercoaster” was the b-side of the Bunnymen’s most aggressive stab for a U.S. hit, the immortal “Lips Like Sugar”. While the a-side was an instant alternative classic, the b-side….welllllll… With…
John C. Hughes
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One of the joys of scrounging through sorely neglected vinyl bins in used record shops is stumbling across something that you didnÁ¢€â„¢t even know you were looking for. Such is…
John C. Hughes
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Okay, IÁ¢€â„¢m a bad music blogger. No update since November?? Awful. IÁ¢€â„¢m here to make up for that today, with not one, not two, but three Lost in the 80s…
John C. Hughes
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There was a discussion over at Silence Is a Rhythm (scroll down about half a page) about the recent Human League reissues and how EMI have done an okay job…
John C. Hughes
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Years before Cowboy Troy fused rap and country to create Á¢€Å“Hick HopÁ¢€, Rhode Island outfit Rubber Rodeo, dressed in fringe jackets, cowboy boots and bolo ties, added the punk aesthetic…
John C. Hughes
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Wrapped in taffeta and camp while sporting a foot-high blonde beehive, Mari Wilson (not the Supreme) stepped out of the mid-sixties and straight into the new wave movement with her…
John C. Hughes
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Straight outta Beaver Falls, PA, came Dominic Ierace, playing in local combos until he and his band The Jaggerz hit number two in the Á¢€Ëœ70s with Á¢€Å“The RapperÁ¢€. After The…
John C. Hughes
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Argh. I really tried to get this up by Halloween, but it took quite a bit of work, i.e. rummaging through old VHS tapes, then some encoding, blah blah. So…
John C. Hughes
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Being the total music geek that I am, I can tell you the first CD I ever bought. Well, make that the first two CDs I ever bought, since they…
John C. Hughes
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HalloweenÁ¢€â„¢s around the corner, so for the next two weeks, weÁ¢€â„¢ll focus on some seasonally themed Lost in the 80Á¢€â„¢s tunes. As SCTVÁ¢€â„¢s Count Floyd would say, Á¢€Å“Scary stuff, kids!Á¢€…
John C. Hughes
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Just popping to share this, from E! Online… NEWS FROM PORT CHARLES: Singer-actor Rick Springfield reprising his role as Dr. Noah Drake on ABC’s General Hospital starting December 2. Wowza….
John C. Hughes
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Here’s a first – a pre-emptive Lost in the ’80s post to make up for a set of reissues that, while nice, will be missing something… November 15th will see…
John C. Hughes
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IÁ¢€â„¢m not scared Á¢€” IÁ¢€â„¢ll come right out and say it. Rick Springfield is one of power popÁ¢€â„¢s unsung heroes and should be held up right next to your Eric…
John C. Hughes
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Miss me? Sorry about that. Work took me out of the loop for a good two weeks, but IÁ¢€â„¢m back now and rarinÁ¢€â„¢ to go with a bunch of posts….
John C. Hughes
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Like many a budding homo, I was quite the little fashion plate in high school. Yes, that’s me with the grey pleather pants, white nylon vest, white leather skinny tie…
John C. Hughes
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Joe Strummer was not a very popular guy when 1986 rolled around. The year previous, he, alongside a new crew of imposters, had taken a nice healthy dump all over…
John C. Hughes
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Á¢€Å“ContentiousÁ¢€ is probably the word IÁ¢€â„¢m looking for to describe the recording of the third (and at the time Á¢€” har har Á¢€” final) album from The Time. While Á¢€Å“Ice…
John C. Hughes
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Kissing the Pink. Yes, that’s totally what it means. Ahem. Now that we’ve dispensed with all that, Kissing the Pink formed in 1980 in London and never really broke through…
John C. Hughes
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In a nice bit of blog synergy, it seems everyone is talking about blue-eyed soulÁ¢€¦which leads me to one of the sadder stories of the also-rans (at least in the…
John C. Hughes
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Talk about DIY Á¢€” when club promoter and all-around Paris-Hilton-famous-for-merely-being-famous trailblazer Steven Strange didnÁ¢€â„¢t like that there werenÁ¢€â„¢t enough good songs to play on his club night, he grabbed some…
John C. Hughes
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Pete Wylie – “Sinful” It’s sinfulIt’s tragicIt’s sinfulIt’s tragic Hey Joe! I got the news tonightwell, should I laugh or should I cry or should I stay and fight?It’s sinful,…
John C. Hughes
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The music business can be cruel and unforgiving Á¢€” clichÁƒ©d, sure, but as I found out years ago, very true. In 1985, William Á¢€Å“Boogie KnightÁ¢€ Stroman was in the Top…
John C. Hughes
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Newcleus had been bouncing around the early hip-hop/breakdancing scene since 1977 when they were part of a DJ crew calling itself Jam On Productions, but it wasnÁ¢€â„¢t until 1983 and…
John C. Hughes
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LetÁ¢€â„¢s dive right in, shall we? First, I have an e-mail from a very reliable source (try Pete Byrne, the co-founder and lead singer!) that Naked Eyes are touring the…
John C. Hughes
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1986…small town Ohio Elyria West High School’s Senior Prom! A date with my “best girlfriend” (uh huh)! And the song that reminds me most of this occassion? “Say you, Say…