It has been a while since posting a YouTube find but this particular video was worth it. Squeeze, bringer of Jools Holland, appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show a few weeks ago to promote their upcoming tour. Besides giving a rollicking performance of this classic from 1980, the performance featured an iPad piano solo – [...]
Ah, the good genre of 80s music videos. You get all sorts of crazy stuff in these videos and today’s pick has many rather interesting ingredients. Rapture by Blondie is the perfect fusion of New Wave, Disco, Funk and pop music and is one of their best known songs. Everyone knows it and loves the [...]
If you’ve seen David Byrne on his recent worldwide tour, you’ll know what a fantastic performance it was. The band were very tight and funky as hell. The modern dancers and company of backing singers really made a full sound. Take this professionally recorded performance of Houses In Motion
As the caption on this video says “They look almost as good as they did in the 80's” – yes they do! Madness are always fantastic and this new cut from their recent album sticks in my mind and hasn't left. The Clerkenwell Polka may not have any accordions but everything else about this song is [...]
