Greg Kihn - 1984-08-01 - Capitol, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

Greg Kihn Band
1984-08-01
Capitol Theatre
Passaic, NJ
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Route 66
02. Fascination
03. Tear That City Down
04. Confrontation
05. Talking To Myself
06. The Worst That Could Happen
07. Got To Be The Rock
08. Stand Together
09. That's What Friends Are For
10. Jeopardy
11. Reunited
12. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

Greg Kihn - 1984-08-01 - Capitol, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

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 soundboard recording captures Kihn at the Capitol Theater in Passaic on August 1, 1984, 3 decades ago today.