Greg Kihn - 1983-03-19 - Valencia, CA (FM)

Greg Kihn Band

1983-03-19

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Valencia, CA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Westwood One Intro

02. Curious

03. Happy Man

04. Every Love Song

05. Fascination

06. Tear That City Down

07. Valerie

08. Jeapardy

09. Can't Love Them All

10. Too Bad

11. Can't Stop Hurting Myself

12. Testify

13. The Break Up Song

14. Westwood One Outro

15. Show Promo

Greg Kihn - 1983-03-19 - Valencia, CA (FM)

Yet another guilty pleasure we're featuring this month at So Many Roads. 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, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders, just to name a few. That said, at some point, it seemed that almost any MTV video from a new band 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 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 Marc h 19, 1983, 35 years ago today, in Valencia, CA.  Download this one, and while you listen, you just might want your MTV!