That's the way you need it. Just like you need this cheesy in studio performance of Steve Perry and the gang... As we conclude our "Journey January" here at The Excellent 80's, we bring you "Anyway you Want it"...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Saw Him Dancing There By the Record Machine
One bad, rockin' b to the itch... and I mean that in a cool bad ass sort of way... get ready to pump your fist over and over as Joan Jett rocks into the Excellent 80's with "I Love Rock and Roll"...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Encircling You in Trenches and Barbed Wire
Sounds kind of medievil and painful... Sting showing off his guns and not wearing any shoes. Personally, this may be my favorite of his non-Police solo efforts... "Fortress Around Your Heart"...
Monday, January 28, 2008
So Now I Come To You...
Excellent 80's viewers... here I am with another Journey live performance... hopefully, you'll see what your viewership means to me... "Open Arms"...
Friday, January 25, 2008
80's Movie Weekend
The Excellent 80's goes country... sort of. From 1980, it's Bud and Sissy and Johnny Lee singing "Lookin' For Love" as the cowboy craze started sweeping the nation (if anybody can find Eddie Murphy singing "Wookin' Pa Nub on SNL, send me the link so I can post it as well)...
Here's Johnny Lee performing his hit in person...
Here's Johnny Lee performing his hit in person...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
80's Television
That lovable furry cat-eating alien... yes, you remember him... don't try and block it from your memory anymore - it was not a bad dream, it was Alf!
Here's Alf jamming...
ALF
Format Sitcom
Created by Tom Patchett
Paul Fusco
Starring Paul Fusco
Max Wright
Anne Schedeen
Andrea Elson
Benji Gregory
Lucky the cat {himself}
Michu Meszaros
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 102
Production
Executive producer(s) Tom Patchett
Paul Fusco
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 22, 1986 – March 24, 1990
Here's Alf jamming...
ALF
Format Sitcom
Created by Tom Patchett
Paul Fusco
Starring Paul Fusco
Max Wright
Anne Schedeen
Andrea Elson
Benji Gregory
Lucky the cat {himself}
Michu Meszaros
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 102
Production
Executive producer(s) Tom Patchett
Paul Fusco
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 22, 1986 – March 24, 1990
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Like A Butterfly, A Wild Butterfly
What's with the Roman soldier outfits and the astronaut in the bed? The only thing that obsesses me about this video is the randomness and the scale of unintentional comedy this video possesses... it's the group known as Animotion with "Obsession"...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
That's Great, It Starts With An Earthquake
This guy's birthday was not too long ago, and they have a new album coming out sometime around April... it's a band that's been jamming a long time and still going fairly strong... the bald-headed Michael Stipe and R.E.M. with "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
And The Journey Continues
Journey didn't have enough cheesy videos done. Instead, they had a whole lot of cheesy live performances done. Here's sweaty Steve Perry crooning "Send Her My Love" presumably to at least 30 or 40 different chicks in different cities as The Excellent 80's "Journey January" rolls on...
Friday, January 18, 2008
80's Movie Weekend
Many will say this is the best one of the original trilogy... From 1980, the second (or fifth if you want to look at it that way) of the Star Wars movies... "The Empire Strikes Back"...
The trailer...
Your destiny lies with me young Skywalker... Luke, I'm your ...
Star Wars Episode V:
The Empire Strikes Back
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Produced by Gary Kurtz
George Lucas
Written by Story:
George Lucas
Screenplay:
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan
Starring Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Billy Dee Williams
Music by John Williams
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Paul Hirsch
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) May 21, 1980 (USA)
Running time 124 min. (original)
127 min. (Special Edition)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $33,000,000
Preceded by Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Followed by Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The trailer...
Your destiny lies with me young Skywalker... Luke, I'm your ...
Star Wars Episode V:
The Empire Strikes Back
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Produced by Gary Kurtz
George Lucas
Written by Story:
George Lucas
Screenplay:
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan
Starring Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Billy Dee Williams
Music by John Williams
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Paul Hirsch
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) May 21, 1980 (USA)
Running time 124 min. (original)
127 min. (Special Edition)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $33,000,000
Preceded by Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Followed by Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Thursday, January 17, 2008
So Money
What's an 80's blog without some Eddie Money?! Eddie looks drunk through most of this video, but sh sh sh sh sh she was "Shakin'"...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A-Ha
It's tough being a human turned into a cartoon or vice versa... From Norway with love, it's A-Ha...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I Cannot Stand the Way You Tease
This song has been abused through the years... from 1981, it's Soft Cell and "Tainted Love"...
Monday, January 14, 2008
I'm Forever Yours
It's a Journey January and a ballad that you and your fifth grade crush danced to over and over again professing your undying love for each other... dang, that Steve Perry could really sweat and he could sing a little bit too... here's "Faithfully"...
Sunday, January 13, 2008
17-0
We went with an old school 80's video made by the Seattle Seahawks last weekend after their victory (they were bounced yesterday by Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers in the snow), so I dug up these old New England Patriots videos made on their way to their 1985 appearance in the Super Bowl in which they were subsequently crushed by the Super Bowl Shufflin' Chicago Bears... The Patriots are a perfect 17-0 heading into next week's matchup with the San Diego Chargers...
First up, it's "Skin the Bears"...
And, of course, who could forget "New England, the Patriots, and We?"
First up, it's "Skin the Bears"...
And, of course, who could forget "New England, the Patriots, and We?"
Friday, January 11, 2008
80's Movie Weekend
A great movie from 1987 that starred Robert Townsend and featured a couple of the Wayans brothers... "Hollywood Shuffle"...
the trailer...
Hollywood's first black acting school...
And, of course what would this post be without the famous criminal, "Jheri Curl" and his activator! I always knew Jheri Curl murdered Cookiehead!
Hollywood Shuffle
Directed by Robert Townsend
Produced by Robert Townsend
Written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans with Dom Irrera (uncredited)
Starring Robert Townsend
Anne-Marie Johnson
Helen Martin
John Witherspoon
Dom Irrera
Roy Fegan
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starletta DuPois
Craigus R. Johnson
Music by Udi Harpaz
Cinematography Peter Deming
Editing by W.O. Garrett
Distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date(s) October 17, 1986 (USA)
Running time 78 min.
Language English
Budget $100,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $5,228,617 (USA)
the trailer...
Hollywood's first black acting school...
And, of course what would this post be without the famous criminal, "Jheri Curl" and his activator! I always knew Jheri Curl murdered Cookiehead!
Hollywood Shuffle
Directed by Robert Townsend
Produced by Robert Townsend
Written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans with Dom Irrera (uncredited)
Starring Robert Townsend
Anne-Marie Johnson
Helen Martin
John Witherspoon
Dom Irrera
Roy Fegan
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starletta DuPois
Craigus R. Johnson
Music by Udi Harpaz
Cinematography Peter Deming
Editing by W.O. Garrett
Distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date(s) October 17, 1986 (USA)
Running time 78 min.
Language English
Budget $100,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $5,228,617 (USA)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Come On Baby!
You knew I had to follow up Bobby Brown with Whitney Houston! Here she is, back when she was considered an unbelievable talent and not a crack head married to a crack head... "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Every Little Step I Take
Once again before the drugs took their full effect, Bobby B could bust a move with the best of them... It's "Every Little Step I Take"...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
If He Ever Hurts You...
... true love won't desert you... OK, who decided that air instruments and the sleeveless shirt Stephen Perry is wearing were good ideas? Oh, and the group semi-dance sequences? Who OK'd this? What, are you people on dope? Classic song, and classic corny 80's video from Journey with "Separate Ways"...
Monday, January 7, 2008
We Need Some 80's Sports Up in Here!
The Seattle Seahawks were winners this past weekend in their first round playoff game against the Washington Redskins and I stumbled across the beauty from the 80's as this also marks my first sports posting in The Excellent 80's... Seattle is aiming for the Super Bowl, "Cuz the Blue Wave is on a Roll"... Enjoy...
"Cuz the Blue Wave is on a roll" in this 1985 Pat Cashman beauty, featuring lead vocalist linebacker Michael Jackson, Edwin Bailey on sax, Mike Tice, Paul Moyer, Terry Taylor, Norm Johnson, Randall "Too Hot To Handle" Morris, Chuck Butler, Bob Cryder, Danny Greene, Mark Hicks, Kani Kauahi, Adam Schreiber, and Byron Walker round out this impressive cast.
"Cuz the Blue Wave is on a roll" in this 1985 Pat Cashman beauty, featuring lead vocalist linebacker Michael Jackson, Edwin Bailey on sax, Mike Tice, Paul Moyer, Terry Taylor, Norm Johnson, Randall "Too Hot To Handle" Morris, Chuck Butler, Bob Cryder, Danny Greene, Mark Hicks, Kani Kauahi, Adam Schreiber, and Byron Walker round out this impressive cast.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
80's Movie Weekend
Remember these lines?:
Bruce: Do you like sushi like I like sushi?
Cowboy: I like Susie... Susie's my girl!
Bruce: Oh, I had sushi last night!
or this one?:
Bruce: [trying to intimidate an opponent] Look at my eyes. I am Oriental
A little known comedy from 1982 which actually spawned a sequel in 1987. Here is the trailor from the original in 1982, "They Call Me Bruce?"
They Call Me Bruce?
Directed by Elliott Hong
Written by Tim Clawson
Starring Johnny Yune,
Margaux Hemingway,
Raf Mauro,
Pam Huntington
Release date(s) 1982
Running time 87 mins
Language English
The sequeal...
They Still Call Me Bruce
Directed by James Orr,
Johnny Yune
Written by James Orr,
Johnny Yune
Starring Johnny Yune,
Robert Guillaume,
J. David Moeller,
Mabe Appleby
Release date(s) 1987
Running time 91 mins
Language English
Bruce: Do you like sushi like I like sushi?
Cowboy: I like Susie... Susie's my girl!
Bruce: Oh, I had sushi last night!
or this one?:
Bruce: [trying to intimidate an opponent] Look at my eyes. I am Oriental
A little known comedy from 1982 which actually spawned a sequel in 1987. Here is the trailor from the original in 1982, "They Call Me Bruce?"
They Call Me Bruce?
Directed by Elliott Hong
Written by Tim Clawson
Starring Johnny Yune,
Margaux Hemingway,
Raf Mauro,
Pam Huntington
Release date(s) 1982
Running time 87 mins
Language English
The sequeal...
They Still Call Me Bruce
Directed by James Orr,
Johnny Yune
Written by James Orr,
Johnny Yune
Starring Johnny Yune,
Robert Guillaume,
J. David Moeller,
Mabe Appleby
Release date(s) 1987
Running time 91 mins
Language English
Thursday, January 3, 2008
She Was A Fast Machine
Girls on stationary bikes and anytime you can incorporate a mechanical bull into your video, well, that's just bonus points... I think this song has just a hint of sexuality to it... great party song... AC/DC with "You Shook Me (All Night Long)"...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Just A Small Town Girl...
Could Steve Perry's jeans be any tighter I ask? I almost didn't post this version for fear of FCC ramifications. Yikes. Anyway, here is a live version of Journey's Don't Stop Believing to kick off 2008. We've got some positive vibe and energy coming from this song as we begin a "Journey January"...
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