80sography - 80s music interviews

And we are back! Back!! BACK!!! with season 5 and another audio commentary with legendary producer Hugh Padgham.
This time it is the first solo LP from Phil Collins; the massively successful and wonderful Face Value,
Enjoy Hugh's track by track assessment as an interview or queue up your device and enjoy the album as we discuss the classic LP. You know what I mean...
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Another audio commentary and another Hugh Padgham to add to the collection.
Following The Police and Phil Collins we had to have a Genesis one and why not their most successful and (IMHO) their best, Invisible Touch?
Sync up and enjoy this fab outing from Phil and the boys (or Tony and the guys. Or Mike + the non-Mechanics)
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That it only lives on in a song

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Pt II of chat with Kevin Godley on his music video career in the 80s.
So many great videos of great songs so delay no more and dive in...
1984
The Police - Synchronicity Live Video
Yes - Leave It
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (destructo mix) (audio commentary)
1985
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
Howard Jones - Life In One Day
Artists Against Apartheid - Sun City
Godley & Creme - Cry
1986
Lou Reed - No Money Down
Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
1987/1988
NYNEX Yellow Pages Ad - Furniture Stripping
Godley & Creme - 10,000 Angels
The Day The Dream Died (JFK Assassination Documentary)
George Harrison - When We Was Fab
1989
Godley & Creme - Mondo Video
Howling At The Moon (unmade film project)
Fine Young Cannibals - Don't Look Back
Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas
THE MY 80SOGRAPHY QUICKFIRE ROUND
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Parts 6-10 of Billy's 80:10...
6. UNRELEASED SOLO LP (1983)
Inbetween Ultravox albums, an attempt is made at a
solo album. Billy explains why this does not come to pass.
7. LAMENT (1984)
Another belter of an album is made and tracks such
as Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Man of Two Worlds and the
wondorous title track are discussed.
[Check out the 12" mix. 8 minutes of glorious gorgeousness]
8. LIVE AID (1985)
Billy and the boys play Live Aid in what ends up as Warren's last
gig with the band until they reform in the 21st century.
Billy discusses the day, how the stage set-up affects performance and
what he discussed with Bowie on the way out of Wembley stadium.
I forgot to ask how they chose the songs to play. Oh well.
9. U-VOX (1986)
Post-Live Aid and Midge's number one with If I Was (and now minus
Warren), the band get together to make their last LP for 20 years.
Billy discusses the issues surrounding making the album and regrets.
I defend 60% of the album as actually pretty bloody good.
Follow Your Heart is not defended though.
10. TRANSPORTATION (1988)
And finally we have the first Billy Currie solo LP released
(supported by Steve Howe of Yes fame)
80SOGRAPHY QUICKFIRE ROUND
How would Billy describe the other members of Ultravox in the 80s and
other questions.
Plus a countdown of Billy's best Ultravox solo's of the 80s.
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And we are back (after a brief hiatus, apologies...) for season 8 and an interview from 2023 I finally get around to releasing (apologies to Mr DP)
As you will find out in these three parts, Daniel Pearl has had a quite phenomenal
career as a DP/cinematographer - working on Texas Chainsaw Massacre at the age of 23 would be enough for immortality. Add that to filming some of the most iconic music videos of the 80s and beyond and working with just about every icon of the last 40 years you can name.
McCartney, Dylan, Springsteen, Rolling Stones, U2, The Police, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Prince, Elton John, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, Minnie Mouse, etc, etc.
I am usually glad I stop at the end of the 1989 but never more than in the case of the illustrious and exhaustive/ing career of Mr Pearl.
Anyway, part 1 be here...loads to enjoy;
PRE-80s
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1980-82

Supertramp - It’s Raining Again
(plus an interesting perspective on who directed Poltergeist)

1983

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (audio commentary)

The Police - Every Breath You Take (audio commentary)

The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger (audio commentary)

Lionel Richie - All Night Long

U2 - With or Without You (1987)

Genesis - That’s All

Donna Summer - She Worked Hard For The Money

Billy idol - Dancing With Myself

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I Could Leave But I Won't Go

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