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PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION’S *AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY* TURNS 30!…
On this day in 1985, Prince and the Revolution’s followup to the massively successful Purple Rain album was released with little fanfare. Prince had asked that Warner Brothers release Around The World In A Day with almost no announcement, no videos, and no singles. I can only imagine the shouting matches that must have taken […]
THE DEFINI-SPECIA-LUXE EDITION: CYNDI LAUPER – SHE’S SO UNUSUAL – A 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION…
30 and a half years ago, Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual hit the stores. It didn’t burn up the charts right away, but it crept up and when MTV started playing the now famous video for “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”, it started a chain of events and hits that made Cyndi a bonafide […]
THE CARS – *HEARTBEAT CITY* TURNS 30! (A “Looking Back” Review)…
In 1984 The Cars were everywhere. My earliest memories of watching MTV for the first time in the summer of that year includes two images: Ric Ocasek buzzing around as an animated fly (“You Might Think”) and Ric walking on water across a pool as others chasing him fell in (“Magic”). That was my first […]
25 YEARS AGO: MILLI VANILLI – GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE (A LOOK BACK AND ‘WHERE ARE THEY NOW?’)…
25 years ago, an album was released that over 6 million people bought in the U.S. alone. Even more in Canada! It would stand to reason that some of those people *liked* the songs on that album. At least a few. Most people within earshot of the pop music world heard what happened in 1990. […]
“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC IN 3-D TURNS 30! + THE FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT FROM 1984…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D. This was the album that put Al on the map and made him a household name in the 80s and still today. The big boost in notoriety was thanks to his music video of a spot-on spoof of Michael Jackson.. “Eat It”. In 3-D […]
“THE SMITHS” TURNS 30 – LOOKING BACK + THE FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT…
February 20th 1984 was a day that changed music forever. The Smiths may have only had two singles out so far in the UK, “Hand In Glove” and “This Charming Man”, but their full length debut would change the course of popular music and would even change lives. At a time when pop groups like […]
FOOTLOOSE TURNS 30! (A “Looking Back” Review)…
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the blockbuster Footloose soundtrack. Wikipedia has conflicting dates. It was either the last day of January, or February 14th. It was one of the first of its kind. The soundtrack was not just a collection of songs that happened to be in the movie. Instead the movie and […]
THE REBOOT: HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS – SPORTS (30th Anniversary Edition)…
1983 going into 1984 was a great time for pop music. I was lucky enough to be a kid with an open ear to what was going on at the time. You had pop stars in the making, such as Madonna and Prince. There was Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which was unstoppable. You had greats from […]
PINK FLOYD – ANIMALS: CELEBRATING THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY. A LOOK AT THIS UNDERRATED CLASSIC…
(2/9/14 UPDATE TO THIS STORY! NEWLY SURFACED DEMOS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO COLLECTORS! SEE THE YOUTUBE LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!) Today marks the 36th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s perhaps most overlooked album, Animals. Why 36th? Because this time last year EMI was too busy prepping The Wall Immersion Box Set to […]
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