Amazing… (really) early R.E.M.! :)
Premiere: R.E.M. at Atlanta’s 688 Club, February 1981 — watch rare 40-minute set | VIDEO
Posts tagged 1981
This album is so much fun… (I loved their second one too - Close to the Bone)
On this day in 1981: Talking Heads offshoot Tom Tom Club released its self-titled debut album, featuring ‘Genius of Love,’ ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ and more…
“Don’t Worry about a thing, cause every little thing’s gonna be alright…”
R.I.P. to Bob Marley, who died 31 years ago today.
Happy 30th to this wonderful Madness song… I love Madness. :)
Madness’s “It Must Be Love” single came out November 24, 1981. Here’s the original promo video.
Since everybody seemed to enjoy that New Order video last week so much, I should note that it was filmed—like this one, a long, fantastic version of “Temptation”—at the Ukrainian National Home in New York City on November 19, 1981.
Pulp’s first Peel session aired November 18, 1981. Here’s “Refuse to Be Blind” from it.
I love New Order’s “Movement” album… Happy 30th to it (although nothing between Peter Hook and the rest of New Order is EVER happy these days)
New Order’s Movement album came out November 14, 1981. Here’s a live version of “Dreams Never End” from a few days later.
Tom Tom Club’s debut album is 30 years old today! Here’s the amazing “Genius of Love” from this wonderfully odd 1981 self-titled release. :)
