Greg Kihn - 1983-03-20 - Santa Barbara, CA (FM)

Greg Kihn 

1983-03-20

Arlington Theater

Santa Barbara, CA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Bill Minkin introduction 

02. Stand Together 

03. Happy Man >

04. Every Love Song 

05. Talking To Myself

06. Jeopardy 

07. Valerie  

08. You Keep A Knockin' 

09. Break Up Song 

10. Testify  

11. Fascination 

12. Tear That City Down   

13. Can't Stop Hurting Myself    

14. Reunited  

Greg Kihn - 1983-03-20 - Santa Barbara, CA (FM)

1983 - 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 March 20, 1983, 4 decades ago today, in Santa Barbara. Download this one, and while you listen, you just might want your MTV!