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Look Out - '80s Entertainment Fuels a Pre-Valentine Moment of Cheesy Romantic Sentiment
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:41:00 -0700
If you were a post-pubescent student during late 1986-early 1987 and happened to know an appealing girl named Amanda, then chances are you enjoyed pleasant associations with Boston's sweet, chiming...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Britny Fox's "Long Way to Love"
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:56:00 -0700
I'm not about to claim that this Philadelphia hair metal band has left a fine art imprint on American pop culture, but I have always thought unwaveringly that "Long Way...
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Oldies Music Format About to Encompass the '80s, Too? How Did That Happen?
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:19:00 -0700
A few years ago a friend of mine told me something astonishing: that she had actually heard the Police tune "Every Breath You Take" referred to as an oldie and...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Benjamin Orr's "Stay the Night"
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:02:00 -0700
This may have been Ben Orr's only solo moment in the sun - and only real spotlight hour out of the shadow of the Cars' mastermind Ric Ocasek - but...
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Boy George Hard to Beat as '80s Music's Worst Story of 2008
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:45:00 -0700
I told myself I wasn't going to write about this, as tabloid sensationalism is not something I want to get into a habit of spotlighting on this site. But it...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Delbert McClinton's "Givin' It Up for Your Love"
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:18:00 -0700
In this space I usually spotlight songs that failed to make the Top 10 on the pop charts and instead suffered a rather complete and unjust obscurity outside the mainstream...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Van Stephenson's "Modern Day Delilah"
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:08:00 -0700
If you listen long enough to pop music and '80s music in particular, you begin to realize that the one-hit wonder tag so dreaded by many musicians and so scoffed...
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It's Nice to See '80s Acts Like the Pretenders & Bon Jovi With No Need to Rely on Past Glories
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:41:00 -0700
While the popular image of '80s artists still touring today usually hinges on an almost strictly retro/nostalgia approach (Poison and Journey quickly come to mind), it's nice to focus sometimes...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Gary Myrick & the Figures' "She Talks in Stereo"
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:26:00 -0700
One of the greatest things about early-'80s new wave was its inclusiveness, a surprising trait that of course had a very short shelf life once pop music mavens realized there...
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You Have One Guess As To My Assessment of Barry Manilow's New '80s Cover Album
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:19:00 -0700
When it comes to American popular music of the past few decades, there probably exists no easier target for scorn, mockery and abuse from a certain percentage of disapproving music...
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