Tag "classic video"
The Cars’ Debut: Just What We Needed
When they first emerged in 1978, some critics were perplexed but rock fans loved this Boston quintet. The song made them a band to watch
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How J. Geils Band Broke Through With ‘Centerfold’
The only #1 hit for this dynamic Boston band was about a schoolboy crush later being crushed for real. We look back at an early MTV favorite.
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ELO Mr. Blue Sky: Like You’ve Never Seen
Electric Light Orchestra fans will be surprised to discover how this favorite fared on U.S. radio. It was released in the midst of a string of hit singles for the group that combined electric instruments with orchestral ones
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Queen Issue ‘Somebody to Love’ (Official Lyric Video)
By 1976, they were bona fide rock stars and produced their fifth album, A Day at the Races, themselves. Sing along to a song by a band hitting their stride
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New Documentary, ‘Mystify: Michael Hutchence’, on INXS Singer, Due
The career of the charismatic frontman has a filmed portrait created by his close friend and director of many of the Australian band’s music videos
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Top of the Pops: Dancing to CCR’s ‘Green River’
The scantily clad troupe known as Pan’s People would often dance to hit singles on the popular British music countdown series Top of the Pops
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The Pulp Fiction Dance Scene
When someone asks you if you’ve seen “Pulp Fiction,” there’s only one correct answer
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Supergroup ‘The Best’: Emerson, Entwistle, Walsh
A short-lived band featured members of ELP, The Who, The Eagles and others as they toured with songs from their “day jobs.”
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Tom Jones and Aretha Franklin Show How It’s Done
Watch as two of music’s greatest voices treat a 1970 television audience to a medley of their songs on This Is Tom Jones
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Liam Neeson’s Taken Phone Speech
We will never, ever get tired of watching Liam Neeson deliver the Taken phone speech. Previous generations may have had their Oliviers and Gables. But no one says BAMF like Neeson.
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