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1980s Video

I've been having a bit of a tidy round and found a HUGE box of old video cassettes.
Like everyone else i was tempted to throw them in the bin. But i once read in a magazine that before you do you should first take a look near the end of each tape.

Every time videos were used, most people first rewound the tape back to the beginning before recording. So the end bit didn't always get wiped.
This means that the last 30 minutes of a videos could contain recordings of old crap from years ago that might be interesting to see now.

So here is a bit of the first tape i picked up. 15 minutes from the end of the cassette and after a rubbish film recorded on long play, a trip down memory lane. From sometime in the mid 80s as far as i can make out. More to follow i suspect, watch this space.

Nice to see the MFI Sale was still on.

Four Favourite Forgotten Oldies for Friday

JJ72 Formulae, Blue Oyster Cult Don't fear the reaper, The Sundays Can't be sure & Wedding Present why are you being so reasonable now. Not massive hits but still being played on my Pod.

And a couple of extra ones for good measure

Trash Can Sinatra's Obscurity Knocks 1990

Jellyfish The king is half undressed 1991

Singing live

It can't be easy standing in front of thousands of people and singing live. Especially if you are dancing at the same time. But it should sound better than i do if play loud music on my headphones and sing along.
This video uses the live audio from Britney Spears' mic, minus the music.

Ouch !. At least it proves the mic is on and she does actually sing live. It just sounds a bit different to the record that's all.

Personal favourite, song 2, Lucky.

Blobbies Back

Well what so you think then ?. He's been gone for a while and now he's back with a new single & album in October.
I'm not sure what to think myself to be honest. Trevor Horn (Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Buggles) is supposedly twiddling the nobs on this album, hence the title 'Reality killed the video star', but i don't hear much of him in this track.
I'm sitting on the fence wondering which side to fall on.
I'll give it till October and then decide.

http://www.robbiewilliams.com/

The first record i ever bought

When they ask famous musicians to name the first record they ever bought, they always say something like, the Beatles white album, or Pink Floyd Dark Side of the moon.
In years to come they will probably quote Radiohead Oasis or Nirvana.
In reality it was probably Mr Blobby or the Cheeky Girls, maybe Westlife or at best something by the Spice Girls.

Because unless they didn't discover music until they were 18 the chances are they were a child when the music bug caught them and it would have been something Pop or embarrassing that they dare not tell anyone about.

So here is my confession.
The first record i ever bought was either Alvin Stardust My Coo Ca Choo, or Barry Blue Dancing on a Saturday night, i can't remember which. Shhhh don't tell anyone..


In my defence i was a child, someone else went to the shop for me and i did stick a pin in the top 40 (Hit Parade) and chose anything because i wanted some records like my big brother.
But i did play them to death and i did like them. Even now they have a special place in my heart even though you may snigger.
Little pop records are a good introduction to music, i would never diss pop stars (well perhaps sometimes), it's a good starting point for a musical education and who knows after a few years you can move on to harder stuff like Bucks Fizz or Shakin Stevens.
God bless Barry Blue, if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have built up the collection i have today.

Maybe that's why all these years later this remix interested me.

Cover Version

Cover version of a track from the Lily Allen album It's not me it's you. Thank god they're not singing one of the others

And the original

Praise the Lord

A Video Favourite