Because I Felt Like It - Merry Christmas!

Hey, I couldn't stay away forever, right?

It's tradition whether I've posted for months or not!  So on this Christmas eve, I'd just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and remember don't give anyone's heart away the very next day.  Wham baby!

Feed The World, Baby. Feed the World

My favorite British ensemble Christmas video ever!  Get to it boys and girls and Boy George...

"Do They Know (It's Christmas Time)?"...

What's Roasting on an Open Fire?

The daughter of the late, great Nat King Cole brings us today's Christmas and song from the 80's... check out Natalie Cole with "Chestnuts Roasting (The Christmas Song)"...

Bells Will Be Ringing

Originally realeased in 1960 by American blues singer Charles Brown, Jon Bon Jovi did his own version.  Ok, so it's not technically the 80's, but the 1992 version from the "A Very Special Christmas 2" feels very 80's-ish especially since supermodel Cindy Crawford appears in the video as well.  Here is "Please Come Home for Christmas"...

From LYRICSMODE.COM lyrics archive

Lyrics | Jon Bon Jovi lyrics - Please Come Home For Christmas lyrics

"Please Come Home for Christmas"
Single by Bon Jovi
B-side	"I Wish Everyday Could be Like Christmas" (4:25) "Back Door Santa" (3:52)
Released	1995 (Japan)
Format	CD single
Genre	Christmas, Pop
Length	2:53
Label	Mercury PHCR-8343
Writer(s)	Charles Brown, Gene Redd
Producer	Jimmy Iovine

Can You Hear Me Calling

Today's video from 1987 is a visual depiction of the poem, "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.  In honor of their 34 city tour kicking off tonight in Columbus, Ohio (albeit without Christine McVie) celebrating the 35th anniversary of their album "Rumors," it's the band Fleetwood Mac with their top 20 hit called "Everywhere"...




Lyrics | Fleetwood Mac lyrics - Everywhere lyrics

"Everywhere"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tango in the Night
B-side	"When I See You Again"
Released	November 28, 1987 (USA) February 24, 1988 (UK)
Format	7", 12", CD Single
Recorded	1985-1987
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	3:41 (album) 6:45 (extended)
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Christine McVie
Producer	Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #14
UK peak:  #4

80's Movie Weekend

I have no idea what today's 1985 movie was about nor do I really care to watch it.  It does star Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, and Bob Hoskins, but it just looks weird.  Feel free to let me know if you've seen it and you think otherwise.  It's the movie "Brazil."

the trailer...

Brazil
American theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terry Gilliam
Produced by	Arnon Milchan
Written by	Terry Gilliam Tom Stoppard Charles McKeown
Starring	Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Kim Greist
Music by	Michael Kamen
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Editing by	Julian Doyle
Studio	Embassy International Pictures N.V.
Distributed by	Universal Studios (US) 20th Century Fox (Europe)
Release date(s)	20 February 1985 (France) 22 February 1985 (UK) 18 December 1985 (US)
Running time	143 minutes (original cut)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$9,929,135

80's Movie Weekend

It's the movie that gave us "Say hello to my little friend!"  It's one of the greatest gangster movies of all-time.  Written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian De Palma, and starring Al Pacino, you know who it is!  It's Tony Montana and "Scarface"

the trailer...

Scarface
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian De Palma
Produced by	Martin Bregman
Written by	Oliver Stone
Starring	Al Pacino
Music by	Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Editing by	Gerald B. Greenberg David Ray
Studio	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	December 9, 1983
Running time	170 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000[1]
Box office	$65,884,703[2]

80's Movie Weekend

This weekend's film is Spike Lee's first full length production from 1986.  The story centers around Nola Darling and the three suitors that want her all to themselves.  Also starring Spike Lee as one of the three suitors - a non-stop talker known as Mars Blackmon, here is "She's Gotta Have It."

the trailer...

She's Gotta Have It
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Spike Lee
Produced by	Pamm R. Jackson Spike Lee (credited as Shelton J. Lee)
Written by	Spike Lee
Starring	Tracy Camilla Johns Tommy Redmond Hicks John Canada Terrell Spike Lee
Music by	Bill Lee
Cinematography	Ernest Dickerson
Editing by	Spike Lee
Studio	40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Distributed by	Island Pictures
Release date(s)	August 8, 1986
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$185,000
Box office	$7,137,502 (USA) [1]

Johnny Played Guitar, Jenny Played Bass

Lots of bubbles today for you!  An Elvis impersonator, an evil snowman, and a bunch of children all make up our most excellent 80's video today!  here is Men Without Hats and "Pop Goes the World"...



"Pop Goes the World"




Single by Men Without Hats

from the album Pop Goes the World

B-side "The End (Of the World)"

Released October 1987

Format 7", 12", CD single

Recorded 1986

Genre New Wave

Label Mercury

Producer Men Without Hats, Zeus B. Held

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #20

Ahh Sugar

This is a weird little video with a lot of stock footage, and a song that I don't recall at all, but it hit #1 back in 1981 after reaching #1 in the Neatherlands, and #2 in the UK earlier.  It's a medley of songs released under the name of "Stars on 45."  It features the following songs: Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back /Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45.  So get your disco groove on to "Stars on 45"...

"Stars on 45"
The US Radio Records release with its famous forty-one word title.
Single by Stars on 45
from the album Long Play Album
Released	1979
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1981
Genre	Disco
Length	7": 4:48 (US: 4:05) 12": 9:45 (West Germany 11:30, US: 10:15)
Label	CNR Records (NL) CBS Records (UK) Radio Records/Atlantic (US)
Producer	Jaap Eggermont
Certification	Gold (RIAA)[1]

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #1

Saw a Psychic in L.A.

I got on a Jeffrey Osborne kick on Friday and wanted to bring his soulful voice back into the fray again today for probably his other biggest hit of the 80's.  It was a duet with Dionne Warwick.  Here, from 1987, is Jeffrey Osborne and Dionne Warwick with "Love Power"...



"Love Power"

by Jeffrey Osborne and Dionne Warwick
from the album:  Reservations For Two
released:  1987

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #12

80's Movie Weekend

Never saw this weekend's movie from 1986 about a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl.  Starring Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine, here is the trailer to "Mona Lisa"...

Mona Lisa
original film poster
Directed by	Neil Jordan
Produced by	Stephen Woolley
Written by	Neil Jordan David Leland
Starring	Bob Hoskins Cathy Tyson Robbie Coltrane Michael Caine
Music by	Michael Kamen Genesis
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Editing by	Lesley Walker
Studio	HandMade Films
Distributed by	Island Pictures
Release date(s)	13 June 1986
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£2 million[1]