The Fixx – Red Skies
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Joe–
Nice selection—I totally forgot, about these guys! Heavy rotation on MTV at the time. (Back when they actually played music & had very little advertising.)
Without leftist politics too
I think Wayne grew up listening to a lot of the same stuff i did, finally back in the country after a wedding in the Caribbean!
Joe–
Good deal on the wedding trip.
I suspect we’ve heard quite a bit, of the same music.
Rene–
We had MTV on our cable system from day one. It was amazing to actually see “music video” 24/7.
Definitely had more of an alternative FM radio feel, for the first few years. (I couldn’t however, tell you when the last time I actually watched MTV or VH1– must have been the mid 90’s.)
MTV Launch
August 1, 1981
https://youtu.be/unVqWMDNYGA
(5:55)
Thanks for this! I’ve been trying to figure out the name of one of their songs for a couple years now! Kept getting sidetracked because I thought it was by Yes…
Stand or Fall. “Red or blue, what’s the difference?”
She’s a Beauty was the first video I ever saw on MTv. Didn’t have cable at the time. Saw it at a Holiday Inn.
BSJ-
Good stuff.
(Stand or Fall is, pretty good. I’ll restrain myself from linking to it.) They do have a distinct sound, but I empathize with co-mingling them with a band like Yes.
I ended up wasting a bit of time reviewing early 80’s music, jogged the memory quite a bit!
It was definitely a transitional time period.
Har…I distinctly recall the “wow, this hotel has MTV,” feeling!