Who doesn’t love Bob Seger? And, although he was touring up until just recently, not as many people got to see him and The Silver Bullet Band back in the day. So, here we have video from an entire concert back in 1980, at the Capitol Center in Largo, Maryland. Is the video quality great? No. Is the sound quality great? Also, no. But you can FEEL the energy of…
In my book, this ranks right up their on our “Songs We Love to Hate” List. Most people remember Rupert Holmes from his first Top Ten Hit, “”Escape (the Pina Colada Song”) from 1979. But what they often forget is that he followed it up with another big hit in 1980 called “Him.” It’s a smarmy ode to guys who have cheating girlfriends and think they can correct the situation…
One of the best known AC/DC songs, “You Shook Me All Night Long” was released in 1980 off their Back in Black album. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “You Shook Me All Night Long” is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, from the album Back in Black. The song also reappeared on their later album Who Made Who. AC/DC’s first single with Brian Johnson as the…
Does it get any weirder than this? The very talented Lynda Carter (aka TV’s “Wonder Woman”) had her own TV special back in 1980 and segment of it was her “Rock and Roll Fantasy.” Among the songs she did was KISS’ smash, “I Was Made for Loving You.” Not willing to just give her own interpretation to the song, Carter dressed up like a Vegas showgirls/spider in a web and…
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…
By request! We have the official music video of AC/DC’s “Back in Black” for you! It’s off their 1980 album, also titled Back In Black. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Back in Black” is a song by AC/DC, appearing as the first track on side two of their 1980 album of the same name. Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC’s tribute to their former…
I know you know this song by heart, but who remembers the band “Sniff ‘n’ The Tears? The British band made eight albums over the years, starting in 1979, but “Driver’s Seat” off their debut album Fickle Heart was the only real hit they ever had. In fact, the song didn’t do nearly as well in the UK not because the public didn’t like it, but because the record label…
We’ve been doing some digging into some old AC/DC videos and came across this one that claims to be the last recorded VIDEO of AC/DC’s original front man, Bon Scott, who died suddenly 12 days after this video on Britain’s popular “Top of the Pops” television show on February 7, 1980 after a night of heavy drinking. According to reports, Scott was known for having a drink or two, so…
Great band, great year and a great song! All that, and they got to not only perform it LIVE on the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards on February 27, 1980, but they also knocked it out of the park AND went on to win the Grammy for “Song of the Year!” Not bad! “What a Fool Believes” was written by Michael McDonald and none other than Kenny Loggins, but the best-known…
Is there a more iconic opening to a classic rock song than the bell tolling at the beginning of ‘Hells Bells’ by AC/DC? The song the first track off AC/DC’s first album without Bon Scott, Back in Black and the second single from that classic album which was released in the fall of 1980. In the video, the song starts off with a massive church bell slowly tolling four times, after…