All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go

Happy Halloween!
If you were expecting Michael Jackson's Thriller, well, you would have been correct. But, unfortunately, there is no embedding options on that video, so if you want to see Thriller, go here.

Otherwise, a very appropriate song as well for Halloween is from the "Back to School" soundtrack, easily my favorite Oingo Boingo song. Of course, I don't know any other ones off the top of my head either...




Dead Man's Party Lyrics
Dead Man's Party

Studio album by Oingo Boingo
Released October 28, 1985
Recorded 1985
Genre Alternative Rock, New Wave
Length 41:00
Label MCA Records
Producer Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek

80's Movie Weekend

Since the original Halloween came out in the 70's, I had to go with the next best thing... Halloween II. Here are the first seven minutes of the sequel... this music and Michael Myers still has me looking over my shoulder every October 31st...



And here is the ending if you just want to skip the whole middle of the movie...



Halloween II

Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Produced by Debra Hill
Written by John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis
Donald Pleasence
Charles Cyphers
Nancy Loomis
Dick Warlock
Music by John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Editing by Mark Goldblatt
Skip Schoolnik
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 30, 1981
Running time 92 min.
Language English
Budget $2,500,000
Preceded by Halloween
Followed by Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Your lips are venemous...

It's another famous face-painter without the paint. Alice Cooper singing one of his biggest hits of the 80's... Poison...




Poison Lyrics

from the album Trash
Released 1989
Format Cassette single, CD single
Genre Hard rock
Heavy metal
Glam metal
Arena rock
Label Epic
Writer(s) Alice Cooper, Desmond Child, John McCurry
Producer(s) Desmond Child
Peak chart positions
#7 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)

80's Television

Straightening the curves, flattening the hills... The 80's television show that taught us how to say ain't, yeehaw, and fall in love with car chases, car jumps and Daisy Duke...





The Dukes of Hazzard

The cast of The Dukes of Hazzard.
Created by Gy Waldron
Starring Tom Wopat
as Luke Duke
John Schneider
as Bo Duke
Catherine Bach
as Daisy Duke
Denver Pyle
as Uncle Jesse
Rick Hurst
as Deputy Cletus Hogg
Sonny Shroyer
as Deputy Enos Strate
Ben Jones
as Cooter Davenport
James Best
as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
Sorrell Booke
as Boss Hogg
Waylon Jennings
as The Balladeer
Byron Cherry
as Coy Duke (Season 5)
Christopher Mayer
as Vance Duke (Season 5)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 147
Production
Running time approx. 0:48 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run January 26, 1979 – February 8, 1985

Devil Inside

Another fitting October video as INXS makes its first appearance on the Excellent 80's blog with Devil Inside...

INXS - Devil Inside
Uploaded by bebepanda

Devil Inside Lyrics

Single by INXS
Released February 1988
Format CD single, Digital Download
Genre Rock
Length 5 min 16 s
Label Atlantic Records
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
Peak chart positions
#2 Billboard Hot 100
#47 UK Hot 100

80's Movie Weekend

He's Back, the man behind the mask... one of my favorite Alice Cooper songs was the theme song from Friday the 13th part 127 or something like that... this is a good October video...




He's Back (the Man Behind The Mask) Lyrics

The Teaser Trailer...



How about Horseshack making an appearance!



Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Directed by Tom McLoughlin
Produced by Don Behrns
Written by Tom McLoughlin
Starring Thom Mathews
Jennifer Cooke
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography Jon Kranhouse
Editing by Bruce Green
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) August 1, 1986
Running time 86 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3,000,000
Preceded by Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Followed by Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Living In Perfect Harmony

Recently voted lamest duet of all time by some publication in the U.K. But what the hell does the U.K. know about classic American 80's videos and music? I say nothing! It's not my favorite duet, but if you love it, feel free to sing along with Paul and Stevie. This video may be scary for some people (October theme creeping in), but I love Stevie's afro.. it's Ebony and Ivory...




Ebony And Ivory Lyrics

Single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
from the album Tug of War
Released March 29, 1982
Format 7"
Recorded 1981
Genre Soft rock
Label Parlophone/EMI (UK)
Columbia (US)
Writer(s) Paul McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
Peak chart positions
#1 (UK Singles Chart)
#1 (United States Billboard Hot 100)
#1 (Germany)
#1 (Norway)
#2 (Sweden)
#2 (Switzerland)
#2 (Australia Kent Music Report)
#3 (Austria)
#26 (Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)

Crack That Whip

I had an outfit just like this back in the 80's, didn't you?




Whip It Lyrics

from the album Freedom of Choice
Released 1980
Genre Motorik
Length 2:37
Label Warner Brothers
Writer(s) Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh
Producer(s) Robert Margouleff
Peak chart positions
#14 (US Billboard Hot 100)
#51 (UK Singles Chart)

80's Movie Weekend

Since I've already posted Ghostbusters and Ray Parker Jr.'s hit song, I had to go with the decent sequel here in our month of October 80's Movie Weekends and its' hit single...



Ghostbusters II

Directed by Ivan Reitman
Produced by Ivan Reitman
Written by Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis
Starring Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Peter MacNicol
Harold Ramis
Rick Moranis
Ernie Hudson
Annie Potts
Wilhelm von Homburg
Music by Randy Edelman
Cinematography Michael Chapman
Editing by Donn Cambern
Sheldon Kahn
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 16, 1989
Running time 102 min.
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Ghostbusters
Followed by Ghostbusters III


And of course, here is the hit single by Bobby Brown from the Ghostbuster II soundtrack before he married Whitney and they ended up all crazy...

Bobby.Brown"On.Our.Own"
Uploaded by classics007

On Our Own Lyrics

from the album Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack
Released 1989
Genre New jack swing
Length 4:55
Certification Platinum
Peak chart positions
#2 (U.S. Pop)
#1 (U.S. R&B)
#4 (UK)

80's Gameshow Television

Remember the 80's game show called Starcade where contestants battled it out against each other playing various video games? The show had the lamest host ever and some pretty ridiculous players and is just campy enough to be classic 80's television viewing. You can click here and watch many of the episodes.

80's Television

One of my most favorite short-lived sitcoms from the 80's... Jason Bateman and David Garrison (Norman Lamb from "Married With Children") star in "It's Your Move"... MTV's Nina Blackwood even makes a special guest appearance in the sequel...

"The Dregs of Humanity" episode
Many fans consider the two-part episode "The Dregs of Humanity" to be one of the classic moments of '80s television. [citation needed] In this episode, Matthew crafts the rise and fall of a band--The Dregs of Humanity--posing as their manager, booking them for his high school dance, selling them to MTV, the Palladium, and Rolling Stone magazine, and finally sending them to a watery grave over a cliff into the ocean--all the while never letting on that the "band" in fact consisted of four skeletons stolen from the biology lab.

KISS

It's the boys without their famous face-paint which makes for a scary video in itself. From 1983, "Heaven's On Fire"...




Heaven's On Fire Lyrics

from the album Animalize
Released 1984 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Right Track Studios,
New York City: 1984
Genre Hard Rock
Length 3 min 18 sec
Label Mercury 880 205-7 (US)
Producer(s) Paul Stanley
Peak chart positions
#49 (United States)
#43 (United Kingdom)
#48 (Canada)
#62 (Auz)
#19 (Sweden)

80's Movie Weekend (The Lost Boys)

It's the Halloween month, so we've got to go with some classic monster movies this month. Two Coreys and a Kiefer make for this classic vampire tale...



Loved the soundtrack to this movie as well. Here is the Lost Boys' theme (Cry Little Sister) by Gerard McMann...


GERARD MC MANN - CRY LITTLE SISTER (THE LOST BOYS)
Uploaded by noriko75. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.


Lyrics | Gerard McMann lyrics - Cry Little Sister lyrics

The Lost Boys

Directed by Joel Schumacher
Produced by Harvey Bernhard
Richard Donner
Written by Janice Fischer
James Jeremias (story and screenplay)
Jeffrey Boam (screenplay only)
Starring Jason Patric
Kiefer Sutherland
Corey Haim
Corey Feldman
Jami Gertz
Edward Herrmann
Barnard Hughes
Dianne Wiest
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography Michael Chapman
Editing by Robert Brown
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) July 31, 1987
Running time 93 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Followed by Lost Boys 2: The Tribe

I Always Feel Like...

... somebody's watching me! Rockwell's only hit with a little help from Michael Jackson on the chorus and a psycho mailman... too bad Michael doesn't appear in the video... "Somebody's Watching Me"...

rockwell - somebody's watching me
Uploaded by chilavert

Somebody's Watching Me Lyrics

from the album Somebody's Watching Me
Released January 1984
Format 7" single
Cassette tape
Recorded 1983
Genre R&B
Length 3:59
Label Motown
M 1702
Writer(s) Kennedy Gordy
Curtis Anthony Nolen
Producer(s) Curtis Anthony Nolen
Peak chart positions
#2 (US Pop Singles)
#1 (US R&B Singles)

Keep Pushing Me

Madonna, back in the 80's, when she was still cool and had good music...




Borderline Lyrics

from the album Madonna
Released February 15, 1984
June 1984 (UK)
January 1986 (UK re-entry)
Recorded 1983
Genre Pop
Length 5:22
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Reggie Lucas
Producer(s) Reggie Lucas for Kalisa, Inc.
Certification Gold
Peak chart positions
#2 (UK) (1986 re-entry)
#12 (Australia)
#10 (U.S.)

Just A Shot In the Dark

It's October 1st and kids all across the country begin the countdown to Halloween. I say what's an October without Ozzy? So, I'm kicking off the month of October with Ozzy's "Shot in the Dark."




Shot In The Dark Lyrics

from the album The Ultimate Sin
Released 1986
Format 7" Vinyl (45RPM)
Recorded 1986
Genre Heavy Metal
Length 4:16
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Ozzy Osbourne
Phil Soussan
Producer(s) Ron Nevison
Peak chart positions
#68 (U.S. Hot 100)
#10 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
#20 (UK singles chart)