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WATCH: Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin’ for You” LIVE – 10/9/1981 in Hollywood, Florida

01/28/2019

Here is a great digital restoration of this LIVE performance by Blue Oyster Cult performing “Burnin’ for You” back in October of 1981 at the Hollywood Sportatorium (yes, that’s an actual venue) in beautiful Hollywood, Florida. First, a little background on the song: “Burnin’ for You” was from BOC’s platinum Fire of Unknown Origin album, released in July of 198 where it went on to hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock…

WATCH: Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Who’ll Stop the Rain” LIVE!

01/28/2019

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Is there a more recognizable voice than John Fogarty of Creedence Clearwater Revival? “Who’ll Stop the Rain” was written by Fogerty and recorded by CCR for their 1970 album Cosmo’s Factory. It was one of three double-sided singles from that album to reach the top five on the Billboard Pop Singles charts and the first of two to reach the #2 spot on the American charts, alongside another classic, “Lookin’…

WATCH: UFO – “Only You Can Rock Me” – 1979

Video still of UFO singing only you can rock me

01/25/2019

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Great live performance on the UK show “Top of the Pops” in 1979. “Only You Can Rock Me” was off UFO’s seventh studio album, Obsession, which was released in 1978 and reached #50 on the charts in 1978. Here’s more about UFO from Wikipedia: UFO are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1968. They became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and…

WATCH: Jimmy Fallon & Paul Rudd Recreate Styx Music Video “Too Much Time on My Hands”

10/23/2018

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One of the strangest, and most iconic, music videos of the early MTV era was Styx video for “Too Much Time on My Hands.” The song is the second single released from Styx’s 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. and was written and sung by Tommy Shaw, who also plays the lead guitar solo during the break in the song. According to some reports, the inspiration for its lyrics came from Shaw’s…

WATCH: The Cars with “Candy-O” LIVE in 1979 in Germany

10/16/2018

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About all we know about this specific recording was that it was recorded by The Cars, LIVE, at Bremen Radio Studios in Germany in 1979. Although not The Cars most popular song, “Candy-O” was the title track of their 1979 album, also named Candy-O, and was written by Ric Ocasek, produced by Roy Thomas Baker, and features Cars bassist Benjamin Orr (naturally) on lead vocals. You can follow the Cars…

WATCH: The Eagles – “Tequila Sunrise” – LIVE at Pop Gala 1973

10/11/2018

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43lzeuT1iQ Don’t know much about this rare video except I haven’t seen it before and it appears to be from a very early appearance on TV in the Netherlands for a two hour show/concert called Pop Gala back March 10, 1973. They performed many of their early hits, including this great LIVE performance of “Tequila Sunrise.’ The time-code at the top is a little bit annoying, and it’s a little…

WATCH: Rocky Burnette – “Tired Of Toeing The Line” on Solid Gold – 1980

10/11/2018

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Wow, does it get more early 80’s than seeing a one-hit wonder on the weekly music recap show “Solid Gold?” In this video we have Rocky Burnette lip-syncing his smash from May of 1980, “Tired Of Toeing The Line” while the Solid Gold Dancers gyrate around him in powder blue leotards. I especially like the inclusion of the show’s intro (with a weird one second clip of Bill Cosby for some…

WATCH: Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze” LIVE at the Atlanta Pop Festival – July 4, 1970

10/11/2018

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A great LIVE performance of a classic hit, just two months before his death! The song is included in Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival a posthumous live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, documenting their July 4, 1970 performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival and Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell accompany Hendrix in this performance. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Purple Haze” is a song written by Jimi Hendrix…

WATCH: Jefferson Starship – “Jane” – LIVE – 1979

10/02/2018

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Here’s a great LIVE performance of a classic hit from 1979: it’s Jefferson Starship (after they were Jefferson Airplane) with “Jane” from from their album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked that year on the Billboard Hot 100 at #14. Some of you may only know it as the opening music to the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer and the Netflix prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First…

LISTEN: New Single from Chateau Chateau called “Evidence”

10/02/2018

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No, it’s not a classic hit from the 70s or 80s, or even from a band from that era. Nope, this is a new song from a bunch of guys from Tuscon, Arizona who probably weren’t even born when most of us where going to concerts! But one of our Facebook followers sent me the link to Chateau Chateau’s YouTube channel and their video for “Evidence” and I have to…

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