Renaissance 2.0
Bowling for Soup’s version of “1985” is a blast for anyone who misses the 1980s! The music video is especially big fun as it shows many of the icons of the era. The image of Tawny Kitaen sprawled across the jaguar in WhiteSnake’s “Here I Go Again” was a signature moment for the decadent decade…
It’s no coincidence that “Don’t Mean Nothing” by Richard Marks sounds a little like an Eagles song. He got the Eagle’s Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmidt to play and sing on the record! In his video blog below, Richard explains how a rookie neophyte in 1987 got legends of rock to play…
I’ve shared a couple of my favorite XTC songs and music videos on here before with “Dear God” and “King for a Day”. Here’s another one that I really like called "The Mayor of Simpleton”. I especially enjoy the music video which is an homage to Emma Peel and the Avengers TV show. It’s such…
MomentTracker has a basic idea: Where were you when the stuff hit the fan? Ok, not exactly in those words but the same premise. It’s a service that lets you share what you were doing when some major event took place such as Obama’s inauguration or on a certain date such as 9/11/2001. So, where…
Sometimes less is indeed more. That’s the case with Fizy which is a powerful new music and video search engine. There aren’t a lot of bells and whistles which is actually refreshing in this case. It’s all reminiscent of the early days of Google when it was JUST a search engine. Here’s an example of…
I can’t get this song out of my head from Annie Lennox called “Shining Light”. It’s a remake of Ash’s original and much better if you ask me. Roman candles that burn in the night Yeah, you are a shining light You lit a torch in the infinite Yeah, you are a shining light…
I always found the song “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister haunting and the video so fascinating as the woman struggles to keep her lover’s mortal coil connected. She literally fights for his life. It does a good job showing the pain and anguish of letting go. Stay was an international smash hit as he spent an…
Grease (1978) is a classic musical about the 50s. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were wonderful in this ultimate coming of age story told from both points of views, from the warped and exaggerated male perspective and the twisted and romanticized female angle. The best example demonstrated in the fantastic “Summer Nights” number where Danny…
I really liked Alisha back in the day. She had a bunch of dance hits and even a song from the popular motion picture “Mannequin” starring Kim Catrall. Here are some of my favorite Alisha songs. Here’s Baby Talk, which was one of the first hits she had. All Night Passion was about big dance…
Here’s one of Janet’s best songs. It’s from 1987, way back when she started her career.It’s all about being patient and not rushing things. It’s a message that’s especially important these days in our microwave society where everyone wants everything NOW! People want to skip the appetizers and even the main course and jump straight…