Greg Kihn - 1982-04-21 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Greg Kihn Band

1982-04-21

Old Waldorf 

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Introduction

02. When The Music Starts

03. Everyday > Saturday

04. Sheila

05. Womankind

06. Happy Man

07. Every Love Son

08. Valerie

09. Reelin' And Rockin'

10. Dedication

11. Seeing Is Believing

12. Sound System

13. The Girl Most Likely

14. Higher And Higher

15. The Break-Up Song

16. Can't Stop Hurting Myself

17. Testify

18. True Confessions

19. Roadrunner > Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

20. Radio

Greg Kihn - 1982-04-21 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

1980s - #3: 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 in San Francisco, on April 21, 1982, 42 years ago today.