xhuxk's essay pertains:
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/150-best-albums-of-1979/
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
I have an obsession with this genre / period...and had forgotten all about this! Not an obscurity - I remember this from the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK4zm7SLvbk
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
That's great, sounds as if La Düsseldorf is his backing band!
― willem, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
It's most probably Midge Ure?
― Maresn3st, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Yep, Midge Ure. Wikipedia also says this was used as the TOTP theme song for 5 years:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Pearl_(song)
― enochroot, Monday, 13 December 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
1984, but...NEW WAVE RONNIE MILSAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiim9sVWWXA
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 March 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
Herve is that you?
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
Belated thanks for that Ronnie Milsap video, unbelievably, wonderfully, over-the-top 80s.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
Yes, everything about it is deeply of its moment. If it was indeed the first country video played on MTV, they checked every single box for a veteran act’s makeover.
― bendy, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:11 (two years ago) link
Good faux-Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVrILDo5CZg
Clocks: "She Looks Alot Like You", 1982
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 March 2022 03:07 (two years ago) link
Not quite 1970s (1980) and never played on classic rock stations afaik, but I've always had a soft spot for Gary Myrick's "She Talks in Stereo." I saw him back then for like a dollar for some low-admission record label promotion night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKhmK_sD2uo
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 14 March 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link