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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: 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: 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…

WATCH: Videos – The Jackson Five cover “Doctor My Eyes” by Jackson Browne – Who Sang It Better?

09/18/2018

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If you grew up in the 70’s you could not miss the incredible voice of singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, who had a string of classic hits including “Running on Empty”, “Take It Easy”, “Somebody’s Baby” and, of course, his 1972 smash “Doctor My Eyes.” But while looking up a great LIVE version of JB performing that song, I came across something I didn’t expect: a cover of the song by none other…

WATCH: The Police – “Roxanne” LIVE at Pinkpop Festival 1979

08/28/2018

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Apparently, Pinkpop was a Dutch music festival (had to look that one up) and in addition to the Police, on the stage in 1979 were The Average White Band, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello and Rush. Not a bad lineup! Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Roxanne” is a song by English rock band The Police. Written by lead singer and bassist Sting, the song was released in April 1978…

WATCH: “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” LIVE by Looking Glass – 1972

07/17/2018

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“Brandy” was HUGE in 1972, and ended up being the No. 1 song on both the Billboard and Cashbox charts for the year … and deservedly so. It was written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by Lurie’s band, Looking Glass, on their debut album also called Looking Glass. It’s an odd subject for a rock song; a barmaid from a bygone era whose heart belongs to a man who’d…

WATCH: Bob Seger – “Beautiful Loser” Rare LIVE Version – 1976?

05/30/2018

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It’s difficult finding videos of Bob Seger from back in his early days, performing LIVE. This is not the best video, but I think it gives you a sense of what it was like to see him perform in concert. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Beautiful Loser” is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Bob Seger. It was the title track on his 1975 studio…

WATCH: Dire Straits – “Money for Nothing” @ Wembley Arena, July 10, 1985

05/29/2018

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This was part of the “Brothers in Arms” tour from the summer of 1985, and Dire Straits was riding high with their hit “Money for Nothing” which, as you will probably recall, was a big hit on MTV because of the early use of digital animation to tell the story of two appliance installers. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Money for Nothing” is a single by British rock…

WATCH: Elvin Bishop “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – LIVE on The Midnight Special – Oct 21, 1977

05/28/2018

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A definative rock classic, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” hits home for a lot of people who grew up in the 70’s. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” is a single written and performed by blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. It appeared on his 1975 album Struttin’ My Stuff and was released as a single the following year. Bishop does not sing lead…

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