The Human League — Dare
I’ll admit, I was kinda putting off The Human League. I thought they just weren’t where my head was at these days. Blues or basic rock ‘;n’ roll? No problem. ’80s electronica? Eh… I...
Category: ’80s
John Lee Hooker – The Healer
I said last time that I’m more of a fan of John Lee Hooker solo than with other players. And I’ve said before that I’m not really a fan of big name guest stars...
Jools Holland — Jools Holland Meets Rock ‘A’ Boogie Billy
This release from 1984 has less annoying production than Jools Holland and His Millionaires, and some better songs in the boogie woogie / rockabilly tradition. But it still falls kinda flat and again, I’m...
Jools Holland and His Millionaires — Jools Holland and His Millionaires
This first solo record by Jools Holland came out in 1982, and I think I got it around 1983. I was such a huge Squeeze fan at that time, and although Jools had left...
The Hitmen — Torn Together
This was the release we were looking for when we became so enamored of the early MTV hit “Bates Motel” (wrote about it last time). For a band that was on MTV, they didn’t...
The Hitmen – Aim For The Feet
As I’ve said before, MTV in its earliest days was a real influential hitmaker. With the right video, the right sensibility for the time, video could make a hit that never got across on...
The Jeff Healey Band – See The Light
In 1988, I was very much still trying to figure my way into the blues but, as I’ve written before, I was daunted by my lack of knowledge and lack of exposure. One blues...
Debbie Harry — In Love With Love 12″
Okay, this is only a 12″ single from “Rockbird,” but I’m featuring it anyway because it’s ready to go and the next entry isn’t. As with most 12″ extended dance mixes from the ’80s,...
Debbie Harry — Rockbird
So, after my disappointment in most things Blondie after “Parallel Lines,” and my extreme antipathy toward Deborah Harry’s 1981 solo outing “KooKoo,” I normally would have just been done – I tend to give...
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