"Free Yourself" - THE UNTOUCHABLES

Free yourself:

Free Yourself @ Yahoo! Video

Like I did.

CONCRETE BLONDE - Still In Hollywood (Music Video) (Alternate Version)

WOAAH! I never heard this version before! Check it out:



Man, it's like taking a time machine back to 1984 and rooting through a record bin and finding something new!

TOM TOM CLUB - "Man With The Four-Way Hips"

Another mindless '80s dance classic:



He's the mass communicator.

BANARAMA (with FUN BOY THREE) - "Really Saying Something"

I can't believe this was out there... thank you, Mister Internet!



My sister might still have this on EP...

ROLLING STONES - "Too Much Blood"

Indeed:

Rolling Stones Too Much Blood


There's always too much blood.

BURNING SENSATIONS - "Pablo Picasso"

Well, actually from what I've read about the guy, maybe he was:



But I'll leave that to the art historians, right?

IGGY POP - "Repo Man"

This is the themesong of my mid-1980s:



Page out of a comic book.
A chicken hanging on a hook.
A river and a babbling brook.
A sermon
and a teenage hook.
Shaking my hand at your fake face.
A suicide a certain look.

A microphone a loose guitar.
People feeling near and far.
Stupidity a mental scar.
Put cruel into cruelty.
As life goes by you in a blurr.

An achoholic has gone far.
Everything just goes to far.


Indeed.

WALL OF VOODOO - "Back In Flesh"

Is time to go?



NONONONO!

HUMAN LEAGUE - "Do or Die"

Yeah, whatever, I'm recently obsessed. But I think my pal Brian has it right when he sez that DARE is one of the Top Five pop albums of all time...



A nice live piece from the short-lived "Over The Top".

HUMAN LEAGUE - "The Sound of the Crowd"

I ran across a cassette of HUMAN LEAGUE's album "DARE", and after 25 years I can still remember all the lyrics.



It was a very disturbing revelation. This song kicks.

SIOUXSIE - "Peek-A-Boo"

I always forget how many young people have never seen these building blocks of music:



This one goes out to all the people on Earth who were born after this aired.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - "The Killing Moon"

Every time I hear the opening bars of this song, my stomach falls just like the feeling you get while riding a roller coaster...

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - THE KILLING MOON

And it makes me feel sad.

SOFT CELL - "Sex Dwarf"

Quite possibly the greatest '80s dance song ever:

soft cell - sex dwarf

This was our favorite. If you can't dance to this, you can't dance to anything.

DEPECHE MODE - "Master and Servant"

This one really brings back the memories:

Depeche Mode - Master And Servant

Strobe dancing.

This one's for Brian.

THE CULT - "She Sells Sanctuary"

Another forgotten anthem:



Make my back burn.

BEASTIE BOYS - "Sabotage"

One of the greatest videos ever, courtesy of Spike Jonze:



Though I can't believe they dubbed a "fuck". Sheesh.

THE GODFATHERS - "Birth, School, Work, Death"

A classic from 1988 or so:



Pretty much sums it up.

MADNESS - "It Must Be Love"

Great video:



Great song.

TIME ZONE (Afrika Bambaataa & Johnny Lydon) - "World Destruction"

Hard to believe this one isn't up here yet:



I think this fell between the Pistols and P.I.L., but all I know for sure is I've got the EP right here!

JOY DIVISION - "Shadowplay"

This one goes out to Bob:



And is probably my favorite.

JOY DIVISION - "Transmission"

This one's for Bob:



Insanely great performance.

JOY DIVISION - "Atmosphere"

This one goes out to Bob:



Don't walk away...

THE FALL - "Totally Wired"

You don't have to be weird to be wired.



I'm totally wired!

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - "Medicine Show"

Woot! Not on YouTube:

THE SELECTER - "Washed Up And Left For Dead"

A favorite.



I could identify with the lyrics when I was younger. Great stuff.

NEW ORDER - "Ceremony"

Always good.



I can't think of a single New Order song I hate. Even after all this time.

JOE JACKSON - "Geraldine and John"

See the happy couple



So inseparable

THE CHURCH - "The Unguarded Moment"

I always kinda liked The Church:



That and "Under the Milky Way"... they never quite made it big though, did they? Everyone now knows them from DONNIE DARKO...

DEJA VOODOO - "Cheese and Crackers"

I first heard this song in Florida:



And it's still in my head.

ICICLE WORKS - "Whisper to a Scream"

For some reason this song has been going through my head today:



There you go.

DAVID BOWIE - "Ashes to Ashes"

I'm happy, hope you're happy too



Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight.

P.I.L. - "Rise"

I can't believe I never posted this here:

I could be wrong.I could be right.
I could be wrong.

I could be wrong, I could be right,
I could be black, I could be white,
I could be right, I could be wrong,
I could be white, I could be black.

Your time has come, your second skin.
You climb so high and gain so low.
Walk through the valley.
The written word is a lie.

May the road rise with you.

I could be wrong.I could be right.
I could be wrong.I could be right.

I could be wrong, I could be right,
I could be black, I could be white,
I could be right, I could be wrong,
I could be black, I could be white.

They put a hotwire to my head
'cuz of the things I did and said.
They made these feelings go away,
but those feelings get in every way.

May the road rise with you.

Anger is an energy.

May the road rise with you.

Anger is an energy.

I've always like the lyric. And anger is definitely an energy. "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power, do you know that you can use it?"

Indeed.

The Year of the Sphere

The Sphere is a year old now.



So there.

MAGAZINE - "Motorcade"

Another great song from one of my favorite bands.


Just listen to that baseline...

My Sharona

Your Sharona.

Wiki

This hangs above my bar

It's a paper plate from THE CRAMPS's backstage buffet from back when they played Hammerjack's in Baltimore, or perhaps the 9:30 Club in DC in about 1990... either way, I wasn't there, as my pal Erik Dorr (who owned York's SOUND BIZARRE record store) had backstage passes that I missed out on because I was heading to Florida on vacation. I really regret that, but I'm glad that Erik was such a pal that he had the band members sign this paper plate to me, and I've treasured it ever since...

Now I'm gonna go drink a big fucking juiceglass of scotch in memory of Lux. Stay sick.

I have had The Cramps for a long time

URGH! A Music War:



I will never forget seeing this for the first time, dreading Lux's perilous pants...

R.I.P. Lux Interior

Just tear it up:



Those pants! My eyes! I can't look away!

DAVID BYRNE/TALKING HEADS - "Dream Operator", from the movie TRUE STORIES

I really love this movie, and this scene is pretty amazing:



Oh, and I think that actress singing was in ANIMAL HOUSE, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

FEAR - "New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones"

My pal in Florida introduced me to this song, which is hilarious:



The video, not so much.

TONES ON TAIL - "Twist"

My favorite Tones On Tail song ever... it still takes me back to the good times at the beach, when everything was weird with possibilities blossoming everywhere:



That, and we could dance with it.

This is the best video of this song I could find, but just crank` the music. When I do that, I see my friends and I cruising the beach in the Red Shark in 1985...

TONES ON TAIL - "War"

Man, I wish they had made videos for this band's songs...



You're given two sets of clues
With the answers both the same
And a two speed crossword called
Love in the Suds
Your bullet holes are screaming
Wearing shoes you should be seen in
With a brave knife and fork
We're all set to go blind
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Your thought for the week in the
river river river
Feeling something like a crow
Flying round with the planes
And the fish down under coming up
with rust inside
And your summer days were spent
Collecting soap opera stories
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Saved by the music makers
Speedboats to freedom
With the beautiful people
Bullet holes in your head
But you're running out of time
And you're running out of freedom
Now the animal crackers
Are all set to go flying
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Here comes trouble - Comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble

TONES ON TAIL - "GO!"

Too much spanking, but there's no video for this song:



One of the greatest dance songs evar.

TONES ON TAIL - "Rain"

Tones On Tail is quite possibly my third or fourth favorite band, yet they never really did music videos. It's hard to find something visual to go with their music, but this one might just be a good one:



It's hard to crush this feeling
Writing very long letters as soon as it rains

-

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - "E=MC2"

Great video by a great band:



But the song "Bottom Line" is even better... to bad the rockstars have disabled embedding. You're gonna have to click the linky and watch.

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - Medicine Show (Live)

A favorite song, post Clash:



Get three coffins ready.

RAMONES - "Time Has Come Today"

Absolutely the best Ramones video:



The church of Joey Ramone.

DEE LITE - "Groove is in the Heart"

If you don't like this one



you have absolutely no soul. Even Satan don't want you.

As my friend J-P sez, any vid with Bootsy is ACES!

GRANDADDY - "Jed's Other Poem"

This is one of the first videos I found in my internet prowls... it's simply amazing.



CLICK HERE TO VIEW BETTER VERSION

That's all programmed into an old Apple-II I think. That means nothing to you young fucks. I really like how the source code rolls at the end...

WHITE STRIPES- "The Hardest Button To Button"

In case you missed it:



Classic Michael Gondry vid.

GAP BAND - "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"

This one goes out to oh forget it.



Earworm Central.

DEAD OR ALIVE - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

While I'm in that weird mood, there's this:



What the hell is wrong with that guy? Reading their Wikipedia entry, it seems they once topped the Japanese charts for SEVENTEEN WEEKS! Who knew.

ECHO & the BUNNYMEN - "The Cutter"

Spare us:



"I see another herd approaching." is just a classic line. This song has many.

And then there's this huge joke with the missus and I about what a "cutter" is...

ECHO & the BUNNYMEN - "Lips Like Sugar"

This song also makes me sad:



But there is redemption. Plus those damn lips.

ECHO & the BUNNYMEN- "The Killing Moon"

This song always makes me feel incredibly sad:



Still does.

MARK OSBORNE "MORE" - music "Eligia" by NEW ORDER

Um:



I remember this song being on a "mix tape" that my sister had from a friend of hers, and being incredibly stoned while listening to it. I was young then, and enjoyed it immensely.

ABC - "Be Near Me"

All my dreams came true last night:



Don't ask, please.

ABC - "How to be a Millionaire"

This brings back lots of unspeakable memories:



Tell me tell me
How to be
A millionaire

THE CRAMPS - "What's Inside a Girl?"

I love raunch



So obviously I love The Cramps! (Hi Gary!)

SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - Love Missile F1-11 (uncensored)

A true classic:



Wow. Weird times, eh?

LAURIE ANDERSON - "O Superman"

This is just to drive everybody nuts:



Yes, I actually like Laurie Anderson and this kind of stuff and this song in particular. Piss off.

TALKING HEADS - "Once In a Lifetime"

This just stunned me when I first saw it... IT'S COOL TO BE WEIRD?



Been working it ever since.

XTC - "Making Plans For Nigel"

Classic:



Nigel just needs that helping hand.

CONCRETE BLONDE - "Still In Hollywood"

OK, this song kicks ass:

Clipta - new video wave: Concrete Blonde - Still in Hollywood

Keep on KEEP ON KEEP ON!

ENGLISH BEAT - "Mirror In the Bathroom"

A true dance anthem:



This song still sounds fresh...

MISSING PERSONS - "Do You Hear Me?"

I can't quite put my finger on what I like about this video...



WAIT, I got it! Dale Bozzio's BREASTS! And whatever the hell that is that she considers pants! Righti-o!

MURRAY HEAD - "One Night In Bangkok

A bit too much of that "chunk-a chunk" '80s sound...



Still, I had the 45 of this, never saw the movie it's from (CHESS)...

ENGLISH BEAT - "Save It For Later"

Classic dance tune:



Ah, the '80s...

WALL OF VOODOO - "Back In Flesh"

Stan Ridgeway is a god among men:



I don't wanna go.
He won't go.

PETE SHELLEY - "Homosapien"

Just classic:



Some wheat amongst the '80s chaff...

RAMONES - "Bonzo Goes to Bittburg" + Chris Stein and some go-go girls or something

This is how I imagine it was like every day in the '80s for the Ramones... bitch about the state of music, then play a song and some hot chicks show up and dance.



And then they all go out for a pizza snack!

PRIMITIVES - "Crash"

A forgotten '80s band:



More nostalgic than classic. This song certainly has that "New Wave" sound.

Requiem For A Day Off

This was just absolutely hilarious:



Crack me up.

BOW WOW WOW - "Do Ya Wanna Hold ME?"

Back when those rhythms were new, I loved this band:

Children, I wanna warn ya, 'cos I've been to California
Where Mickey Mouse is such a demon, where Mickey Mouse is as big as a house
Life is wasted on illusions, Tom and Jerry's my solution

And, yes I wanted to hold her, hold her tight.

A-HA "Take On Me"

I'm sure everyone has seen the classic comic-strip inspired music video for A-HA'a "Take On Me":



Very cool on many levels.

But do you remember their follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV"? Behold:



It begins with the end of "Take On Me"... but where does it go?

Tell me.

PATRICK WOLF - "The Magic Position"

This one is so goddam '80s it'll kill you.



Man, he hits every single '80s music video convention, doesn't he? Yes, I know this isn't from the '80s, but still!

MAGAZINE - "Song From Under The Floorboards"

This one goes out to JoJo:



And that's the closest I'll get to Morrisey. Guarandamnteed.

MAGAZINE - "Cut Out Shapes"

Soon I'll have posted all of Magazine's stuff...



Only then will I stop.

MAGAZINE - "Motorcade"

For old time's sake:



I never seem to get enough Magazine.

THE STRANGLERS - "Golden Brown"

From the absolutely uncategorizable STRANGLERS:



Great use of harpsichord.

THE CURE - Killing An Arab

This song has been misunderstood for decades:



Mmmmm... brittle outer coating, Camus-y center...

BAUHAUS - "Severance"

This is cool:



Isn't it?

LIPPS INC - Funky Town

This song almost made me destroy a perfectly good jukebox once:



Man, was EVERYBODY on cocaine back then?

TONES ON TAIL - "Real Life"

Jeesh, there was never a video for this song, but this one is OK.

TONES ON TAIL - "Go"

Quite possibly my favorite song of all time:



The vid sucks, because they never made a video when the song was out...

BAUHAUS - "Kick In The Eye"

So woe betide.



Kick in the eye. KICK IN THE EYE!

Searching for satori, the kick in the eye.

BAUHAUS - "She's In Parties"

It's in the can:



Looks like spoor on the cuting room floor.

(Special effects by Lunatics and Drinks)

BUCKAROO BANZAI trailer

Tell him "yes" on one and "no" on two:



Penny, get off the phone.

And HERE is Siskel and Ebert's take on it:



Enjoy!

YARDBIRDS - "For Your Love"

I give you everything and more and that's for sure:



I used to put this song on every damn mixtape I made...

THE THREE JOHNS - "Never and Always"

I'm posting this song by a fairly unknown bad, the Three Johns:



I can't find my favorite song by them "FRUIT FLIES"... maybe it will show up somewhere on the internet in the future, FSM willing.

ALTERED IMAGES - "I Could Be Happy"

Ah, the early 1980s...



I could be happy.

Ritchie Cunningham's dad has a word with Andy Warhol

I remember seeing this



but I thought it was just a fever dream. Thank you, YouTube.

ALICE COOPER - "Clones (We're All)"

From the great Alice Cooper's early-'80s "New Wave" period:



And yes, I had the album... FLUSH THE FASHION. Oh, and I still have a button that says

ONE
LONE
CLONE

on a hot pink background. I keep it with my leather ties.

THE CLASH - "Magnificent Seven" - live on the Tom Snyder show 1981

Classic TV:



*sigh* Saw this live.