Greg Kihn - 1985-05-21 - Boston, MA (FM)

Greg Kihn Band

1985-05-21

The Paradise Club

Boston, MA5

FM Broadcast

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Stage And Radio Intro

02. Route 66

03. Go Back

04. Land Of 1,000 Dances

05. Lucky

06. The Boys Won't Leave The Girls Alone

07. Thunder Road (Intro) > Twist And Shout

08. Can't Stop Hurting Myself

09. They Rock By Night

10. Jeopardy

11. I Can Only Give You Everything > Gloria

12. Reunited

13. The Break Up Song

14. Radio Announcer Encore Break

15. Lucille

16. Announcer Wrap Up

Greg Kihn - 1985-05-21 - Boston, MA (FM)

When is a new wave post not a new wave post? When it includes Greg Kihn! When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, many of the earliest music videos the station aired were from emerging new wave artists such as Blondie, The Cars, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, and Nick Lowe, just to name a few. That said, at some point, it seemed that almost any MTV video from a new artist became classified as new wave, whether or not the artist truly fit that genre. Such was the case with Greg Kihn, whose video for the Breakup Song - simply a clip of the tune being played live - was among the first aired by MTV. As a result of that video being played alongside ones by the artists mentioned earlier, Kihn was sometimes was referred to as a new wave act, even though he was really a straight ahead rock and roller. Kihn later received even more attention on MTV for his video for the song Jeopardy. It was one of the first “concept” videos aired on MTV, and was later spoofed by Weird Al Yankovic in the video I Lost on Jeopardy. New Wave or not, Kihn’s video singles did well on the charts, with The Breakup Song reaching #15 and Jeopardy climbing all the way to the #2 position. This FM broadcast catches Kihn on May 21, 1985, 27 years ago today, in Boston. Download this one, and while you listen, you just might want your MTV! By the way, for more on Kihn and MTV, go here.