Scott Freeman

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    Me and about 10 other people bought this cassette back in the day. I think these dudes were Christians so they might be forgiven for the mullets.

    I’m not sure about the spaceship though. This was their minor hit “Everything You Are”

    It doesn’t get better than that.

    The incomparable (i.e. the Fish Era) Marillion:

    If you aren’t watching these videos you are missing out. For those who weren’t weaned on classic 80s videos consider this a crash course. For those of us who were, relive the good ole days.

    This is Tony Carey with his lone hit, A Fine, Fine Day. Classic.

    For this entry, we go back 20 years to a song by guitar legend, Gary Moore. This song was released on his 1987 solo outing, Wild Frontier.

    The song is about a man who is wrongfully accused of armed robbery. He knows that unless he provides an alibi that he is looking at 10 years in prison. However, he refuses to say where he was that night. The song tells you where he was. Give it a listen.

    Thanks to the advent of YouTube I am able to mine their archives for a treasure trove of songs I grew up with. I was not tuned in when the Buggles killed the Radio Star but I was tuning into MTV regularly withing a couple of months of that. I watched that station for the next few years more than anything else and I have a ton of songs from those days that I loved.

    Because you are so special I’m going to share them with you :D

    First up, Vandenberg’s “Burning Heart.” You know Adrian Vandenberg’s later work as the guitarist for Whitesnake. But this was his solo band’s one hit in 1983.

    Here they are 21 years later with an update of the song. It still sounds great:

    Anybody remember these guys? Any suggestions for great but forgotten songs?