Kirlian Camera - Blue Room - 1983

Felt like posting a favorite today. It's a dark coldwave song from Kirlian Camera. They are still together except I think there is a new singer. I am really only a fan of the 80's stuff. They are an Italian band, I can't think of very many bands that are.

Boys Don't Cry - Cities on Fire - 1986

For some reason I never liked their song "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" but I found two other songs I like better, "Cities on Fire" and "Lipstick". British band that DID NOT get their name from The Cure but people always thought so. They got it from a line in a 10CC song actually. Funny. They even had a song called The Cure as a B Side on a single as a joke.




Boys Don't Cry - Lipstick - 1987

Ward Brothers - Why Do You Run - 1987

Here is another record I found early this month. British band that had another song in Miami Vice. Basically No hit wonders but a great find. It's amazing how many bands from the 80's there were that were good but not popular. This song is from their album "The Madness Of it All". I like this video. I can't think of any video where the band is on a train, love it.

Toyah - I Want To Be Free - 1981

I've fallen behind since I haven't been feeling well. I am now catching up on some of my vinyl listening. Found Toyah on Vinyl a while ago. She sounds a lot like Lene Lovich. She definitely has a similar sound to her and the second song on the record sounds like Siouxsie.

INXS - Spy of Love

Today is Michael Hutchence's 50th Birthday. Shabooh Shoobah is my favorite INXS album, I did some long hard thinking and decided this a while back. I am a huge fan and I love all their albums, yes, even the 90's releases. So here is "Spy of Love" LIVE, which they were the best band live. R.I.P. Michael. MH4EVER!

Kas Product - Never Come Back

French Coldwave from 1982. I think this girl said Everyday is Halloween before Ministry. They probably stole it from Kas Product. This song is a lot of fun.

INXS - Do Wot You Do

This is from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. You can hear the song during an early scene where they are hanging out in the record store. This is my favorite of the John Hughes movies. I liked the fact she worked in a record store since I was a record store geek for 5 years at Tower and own my own store for a year. Plus it's the best soundtrack. INXS, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen. A must have.

Cameraface - The Bite of Love

A friend just told me about this band. It's new to me so I don't have much to say about them but I look forward to hearing their other stuff. This video was actually played on MTV in 1989.

Nomo - Red Lipstick

I picked up their record last night called "The Great Unknown". 1985 New Wave. They are an American band. The singer now lives in L.A. They have a song written by Andy Summer from The Police. Red Lipstick was written by Michael Sembello who has written a ton of songs for people. Most famous for "Maniac" from Flashdance.

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