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Greg Kihn
1981-08-28
Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club
Reseda, CA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. In Concert 81-10 Intro #1
02. Commercial - Levi's
03. Commercial - Budweiser
04. In Concert 81-10 intro #2
05. Rendezvous
06. Womankind
07. Valerie
08. Trouble In Paradise
09. Girl Most Likely
10. Commercial - Budweiser
11. Commercial - Freshen Up Gum
12. Commercial - Levi's
13. In Concert 81-10 Break
14. Sheila
15. Higher and Higher
16. The Break Up Song
17. Can't Stop Hurting Myself
18. For Your Love
19. Commercial - Levi's
20. Commercial - Freshen Up Gum
21. In Concert 81-10 Break
22. Around and Around
23. Things To Come
24. Roadrunner
25. In Concert 81-10 credits
26. In Concert 81-10 promo spot
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. As promised, here’s part 2 of our August double shot of Greg Kihn from 1981. This FM broadcast captures Kihn at the height of his success on August 28, 1981, 37 years ago today.
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