Hey! Elastica - This Town

This is a band whose name I used to constantly hear circa ‘83-‘84 on my local station in Edinburgh - it seemed that barely a night went past where Hey! Elastica weren’t playing live somewhere in the area. Yet in all that time, I never had any idea what the band sounded like. They only ever released four singles and an album (first single produced by Tony Visconti, everything else produced by Martin Rushent). Then last year, all of them turned up on Qobuz and the streaming services.

Most of what they did was rather underwhelming, but their final single really did deserve more success. It is, I’ll admit, very much of its time, but the song is a total earworm, and the video is a lot of fun, a mix of very bold, abstract white, black and red coloring, the obligatory 80s “story”, it even had a “quirky” video interruption.

In retrospect, it’s not really surprising they vanished without trace, but they deserved a little more - “This Town” should have at least got them one-hit wonder status.

Tanukichan - Don’t Give Up

They Might Be Giants - Don’t Let’s Start

Cibo Matto - Sugar Water

Turbonegro - You Give Me Worms

Confidence Man - SICKO (Official Video)

Yep, an absolute banger...They keep on releasing great music

Public Service Broadcasting - People, Let's Dance

...😎

Interpol - Obstacle 1

Great band, great album, great video, great song...........Well, that's great then.

Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)

...Hank was a great frontman. Check out Apocalypse Dudes, it totally rocks.

and Euroboy truly is such an underrated guitarist.

Great video great tune, funny as hell.

Roberto Carlos - Quando

Charles Bradley "Good To Be Back Home" (official video)

John Foxx And The Maths - Howl

The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You

Yard Act - 100% Endurance

I've put this one up before. But it's so good, it just keeps coming back. Here it is again.

If this doesn't make you smile, you're pretty much fucked.😁

Ride - Vapour Trial

Editors - Bones

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad Of The Mighty I (Official Video)

...A simply stunning song...Put the headphones on, and see what I mean.

Zabrecky - Our Magic

Raffaella Carrà - Wagon Love, Wagon Lit

Blondie - The Hardest Part

Las Ketchup - Asereje (The Ketchup Song) (Official Video)

Hajime Tachhibana “MA TICARICA (2025 Remix)” Official music video

M.I.A. - Galang

KENICHI & THE SUN - If Loved

Doris Norton - Psychoraptus (Music Video)

(1976). Elisabetta Vidgili canta “Primo amore” (sigla quiz “Chi?” condotto da Pippo Baudo).

TRAVEL PLANS FEAT. KENDRA MORRIS - FADE OUT

PIZZICATO FIVE / IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

The Rhythm Sisters - Infotainment

Pierre Barouh - Samba Saravah

John Cale - Shark-Shark (Official Video)

WaqWaq Kingdom - Hado

Birdie - Let Her Go

2 UNLIMITED - Get Ready For This (Official Music Video)

Royal Trux - Waterpark

ELO - Showdown

Fess Parker Sings “The Ballad of Davy Crockett”

Cannibal Animal - Karen Skladany

Holy sh*t! This one is intense. Even if you don't like the (prog-death) music, it is well worth spending the 5 minutes just to see the animation.

The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park

Los Bravos - ‘Black Is Black’

Der Plan - Wie der Wind weht

Les Rita Mitsouka & Sparks - Singing in theShower

It's incredibly unfashionable to admit this, but I really liked some of Adam & the Ant's videos. I was on the cusp of becoming a teenager, and I loved the Technicolor high camp insanity in the midst of so much po-faced gloom, or aspirational cod-chic, of the times. I loved the fact that no other artist would have had Diana Dors or Dandy Nichols or Benny Hill associated with their 'brand'. Mr Ant wasn't being ironic, of course, which is what made it. But aside from that, I like this video a lot. When it was made, back in the 80s, it apparently cost an absolute fortunate. It didn't have the desired commercial impact, but probably prompted some nightmares.

The Chats - 6L GTR (Official Video)

The Chats – Struck By Lightning (Official Video)

...Brilliant!

Jain - "Makeba"