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The Human League — Don’t You Want Me
An unforgettable performance by The Human League on German TV in 1982. Red lipstick, rouge and eyeliner are really the key to this song!
(the Hollywood footprints are a little extraneous, yes, but then again so are the fake palms)
The Fall — Victoria
from The Frenz Experiment (1988)
My friend Tim was over for dinner the other night and put on a bunch of Fall videos for entertainment. This Kinks cover was one of my favorites…Mark E. Smith is kind of…well…adorable in it.
So take a trip back into the olden days of music videos, where dressing in period costume and burning palace-shaped cakes was de rigueur.
Delegation — Oh Honey (1978)
Redondo Beach’s “He Would Make Her Like Winter,” which I posted about the other day, borrows quite liberally, i.e. a ton, from Delegation’s big hit in ‘78. Credit where credit is due!
A commenter on yvynyl pointed this out. I’m gonna have to start shazamming stuff from now on…
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Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group — Frankie and Johnnie
from Lonnie Donegan Showcase (1956)
Lonnie yelps, yips, roars and wails in his rendition of the old folk classic. Towards the end you can hear him gasping for air!
