80s hits

I really really REALLY liked this whole LP, though my fave is probably Making Movies .

Making Movies is Dire Straits' third studio album, released on 17 October 1980.

I saw Mark and Eric Clapton in concert in the late 80s... and again a few years ago when
he opened up for Bob Dylan. That's the main reason I went to that concert, heh; it was an
outing for my daughter and myself along with a nephew who was in town at the time .
Whoa! Was it really over twelve years ago??? .. Time flies... .

Dokken is a usually a glam metal band (think pop version of heavy metal) with the lead singer Don Dokken singing the songs. So I was pretty surprised and impressed that they released this song for their Back for the Attack album released in 1987. It is entirely instrumental and featured George Lynch's (lead guitarist) and Jeff Pilsen's (bass player) fantastic music writing ability. Indirectly, it also showed Don Dokken's ability to stand back to let his other band members shine. According to songfacts.com, "The plan was to have lead singer Don Dokken add vocals to it, but the song didn't sync with his voice. "He just wasn't feeling it, which I can understand," Lynch said in his Songfacts interview. 'You can't really sing over that song in retrospect.' "

This is great for driving in your car so far long necessary car trips (I was driving between Queens and central Long Island around this time), this made the journey a lot more enjoyable. Just loved how the guitar wailed and pierced my heart, and loved the double bass beats (I could swear my heart tried to keep up with that rapid tempo, lol!). Definitely my favorite song from Dokken.


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Ahhh the Blues of Moodiness. I have almost all of their albums through 1983. I think I am lacking... one?

I found 'Days of Future Passed' as a brand-new vinyl LP. Found a few of their LPs used, but in good condition, and I bought a few CDs as well. But, my favorite may be from their split-off period, 'Blue Jays'. What a melodic record.

Another song I love! This music video features a couple who look like Prince Charles and Princess Diana (Charles & Diana married just two years before). In this scenario, Diana doesn't seem all that interested in Charles, but he tries to do all these crazy things to try to endear himself to her. But in real life, he never loved her even though she genuinely loved him which gives this music video a sad and wistfull tone (if only whoever developed the concept for this music video knew the reality of Charles & Diana's relationship). It's still a sweet song though with cute lyrics!




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Is that what you look like 2ndTime? An Asian warrioress with armor??

Good group. Not sure of their spirituality LOL, but their sound was good.

Laura Branigan sings 'Gloria' from 1983:

youtube laura branigan gloria - Search (bing.com)

Unfortunately, most of the group, The Traveling Wilbury's, have passed away. But, "It's Alright".

Bing Videos

Here's both a song and a movie from the 80's that many may or may not remember; this song was "my song" for many years: