Daily Eighties

It's been far too long since I've posted here.  Since last time, I went to see Duran Duran in concert for their Red Carpet Massacre tour - and had a complete blast.  I'm hoping to see the Regeneration tour (with Human League, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, Belinda Carlysle) this month, but we'll see.

In the meantime, here's a video that I hadn't seen in a while until I tuned into some VH-1 Classic this past week:

Here's probably my favorite Squeeze song, although the video is fairly dull:

Years: 1982, 1979

Posted by: Celeste

Although I don't agree with the religious philosophy of the song, I think Dear God by XTC is a very well-crafted song.  I had never seen the video for it until recently, and was pleased to discover that the video adds to the song and is very well done.

This one's especially for Heather on her birthday:

Simon looks particularly hot in this one. :)

I've been trying to come up with a video for how I feel about having the flu this week.  The one that Immediately came to mind was "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn Band, but that video is notably absent from YouTube at present. 

Instead, I'll take inspiration from wearing an "I've got the creeping crud" surgical mask at the doctor's office today to keep my cooties from getting to anyone else.  It reminded me of the gas masks that are present in the following video (which I really should have posted on Valentine's Day, as it pretty much sums up how I feel about that particular holiday):

In honor of the total lunar eclipse happening tonight, here's one of the cheesy greats from the eighties:

Makes you want to teach in a haunted boys' school, doesn't it?

Year: 1983

Here's a little something to get you inspired for your New Year's weight loss resolution:

I'm a couple of days late with this, but since it's still within the 12 days, here's a Christmas video:

So many 80's British pop icons in one room - my head may explode! (In case you didn't recognize them, I caught at least the following: Sting, Bono, Simon Le Bon and John Taylor of Duran Duran, Phil Collins, Bryan Ferry, Boy George, Paul Young, George Michael, and of course, Bob Geldoff. And a cameo by Nick Rhodes and Andy Taylor there at the end.  And is that Bananarama??)

Also, here's one of my favorite Christmas songs for which, alas, there is no official video:

I just dearly adore this song:

Here on *ahem* monthlyeighties, we aim to keep you just barely interested in maybe peeking at the blog every few years...

In any case, this song popped abruptly into my head in the shower this morning, demanding to be recognized and let out into the blogosphere.

This was the flipside of the more famous "Bela Lugosi's Dead", which I had on glow-in-the-dark 17" vinyl, which I bought at my favorite Annapolis, MD record store, Ocean's II, which is going out of business this coming weekend.  Sigh.