EV Grieve: musical interludes

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Taking Leave

New Order in concert circa 1983 with "Leave Me Alone."

Friday, October 10, 2008

For the soul

Here are the Fleshtones, the Queens natives who debuted at CBGB May 19, 1976.

It's "Soul City."

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Oh, don't mind us: More music videos featuring NYC in the background

So I've been having fun with Alex at Flaming Pablum posting music videos featuring NYC as a backdrop. (He had some real blasts from the past for me: Biohazard! House of Pain!) Anyway, I started the other day with more cheesy fare, but am now getting into stuff that I like.

Sonic Youth, "Kool Thing"

Sonic Youth, "Do You Believe in Rapture?" (An ode to CBGB)

Railroad Jerk, "Rollerkoaster"

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message"

LOUSY quality video of King Missile, "Detachable Penis" (good shots of the old Kiev on Seventh Street and Second Avenue)

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, "Redemption Song" (Not that old, of course, but a lovely tribute)

Monday, August 18, 2008

Billy Joel ruins St. Mark's Place: More 80s video fun

We've been having some fun of late finding cheeseball 80s videos shot in New York. Alex at Flaming Pablum has found a few more doozies...(as well as some actually good songs, like Surgery and Freedy Johnston). The dooziest of the doozies, though, belongs to Billy Joel's "A Matter of Trust" video shot on St. Mark's circa 1986. (The embedding thingee was disabled by request...) Good counsel from Alex regarding this song: "Best to turn the sound down..."

[Note from EV Grieve: I changed some of the original copy in this next section at 12:51...I explain it a little more in the comments...]

Meanwhile, moving away from the cheeseball category, here are some more 1980s videos with New York serving as a backdrop....I submit Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" ...