Eighties Videos

This week on Talking 80s Music, we celebrate Paul McCartney week. The singer/songwriter releases his new live CD/DVD Good Evening New York City and we will give away a copy of it during our show (probably a trivia question.) We will also feature a retrospective mix and a few singles he released during the decade in an overview of his career.

This week on Talking 80s Music, we decided to fill in another historical gap by explaining away the idea that Cyndi Lauper just appeared out of nowhere screaming "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." We do this by showcasing her short-lived band Blue Angel and exposing you to the rockabilly side of one of the eighties most recognized artists.

• a music video for the song 'but now it's real' by dill dough balls, a duo from columbus, ohio • song by adam hickernell and grant anklam, beat by ed shields • directed/shot/edited by mike newman • produced by philbert ooper • appearances by adam haley, dickie huntwork, dave hartwell, lizzy morris, drew dewees, meghann mounts, katie hickernellAuthor: PnutFilms Tags: Pnut Films Dill Dough Balls ddb DDB funny music video hip hop comedy eighties 1980s silly humor Posted: 08 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

This week we will focus on the solo career of Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos. We will play a retrospective mini-mix, "Blue Kiss," "Inside A Dream" and "Whatever It Takes."

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Laurence Butler Rayne's lost love ballad from 1980, written and intended for the soundtrack of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back".

Yes, this show falls on Halloween. Martin has been waiting for this as he plans to focus on his second favorite band... Skinny Puppy.

Old school, Christian heavy metal with and 80s feel. Pastor Brad of http://www.guitarjams.net, in Altoona, PA, cranks out a metal anthem. If you love Jesus and heavy metal this is right up your alley!

Music By - Planet Patrol Mastered By - Herbie Powers Jr. Mixed By, Producer - Arthur Baker Written-By - Arthur Baker , John Robie , Soul Sonic Force

Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born June 6, 1960 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia), and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born October 26, 1961 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia). The band was at first named Forever Young before changing to Alphaville. They are best known for their two biggest hits, Big in Japan and Forever Young . Alphaville originally began as a band in early 1977. Alphaville originally went by the name of Forever Young. Marian Gold named the band after the song of the same name since it was one of the strongest songs he had composed at that point. The 1977 demo of Forever Young sounds shockingly modern and can be heard on the band's Dreamscapes rarities and demos collection. In 1984, the newly-renamed Alphaville released their debut single Big in Japan , quickly followed by the album Forever Young. Despite its success, Frank Mertens left the band that year and was replaced by Ricky Echolette (born Wolfgang Neuhaus, in Cologne, August 6, 1960) in January 1985 already credited in the Forever Young album. Marian Gold is still performing today. Big In Japan was Alphaville's biggest hit, topping the charts in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart (the group's only Top 10 on any Billboard chart), and reached the Top Five in Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Ireland and South Africa. It also became the group's only Top 20 single in the UK. The band's next two singles, Sounds Like a Melody and Forever Young , were also both European Top 10 successes, although the former track failed to make an impression on the American charts. Alphaville es un grupo de música alemán de Synth-pop que fue muy popular en los años 1980. En un principio se llamaban Forever Young pero a la hora de sacar el primer disco, decidieron llamarse Alphaville. La composición original del grupo estaba formada por los siguientes artistas: Marian Gold (seudonimo de Hartwig Schierbaum), Bernhard Lloyd y Frank Mertens. Este último, ante la presión del éxito del primer disco, no aguantó y abandonó el grupo. A partir de 1982 empezaron a publicar singles como Big in Japan y Forever Young pero no sería hasta 1984 y después del rotundo éxito de sus dos singles, cuando publicasen su primer álbum. La salida de Mertens en diciembre de 1984, provocó el inmediato fichaje de Ricky Echolette; el primer disco con él en el grupo y segundo de Alphaville sería Afternoons In Utopia en junio del 86 precedido del éxito del tema Dance With Me. En el 2002 Marian Gold actuo en el Night Of The Proms, en nombre de Alphaville, interpretando el tema Big In Japan.

If pee wee says so, you better listen! From Retrojunk.com--go there if you want more like this.