Greg Kihn - 1984-07-14 - Santa Cruz, CA (FM)

Greg Kihn Band

1984-07-14

The Catalyst

Santa Cruz, California

FM Broadcast

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Route 66

02. Fascination

03. Tear That City Down

04. Confrontation Music

05. Happy Man

06. Every Love Song

07. Worst That Could Happen

08. The Rock

09. Stand Together

10. Jeopardy

11. Twist And Shout

12. The Break Up Song

13. Reunited

14. For Your Love

Greg Kihn - 1984-07-14 - Santa Cruz, CA (FM) 

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 July 14, 1984, 3 dozen years ago today, in Santa Cruz. Download this one, and while you listen, you just might want your MTV!