Back in the dark ages (the 80's) Music Videos were seen as more than a way of selling more records*- they were a new and emergent art form unto themselves. Now, with few exceptions, they are only the former.

*remember those? kind of big, black, round mp3s

what I loved about record stores were the huge blowups of the album covers hanging in the window. There was always this one scrawny music geek that worked in there somewhere. Bet he has a kick ass collection today of "vinyl"

This song was on the charts during the 1984 presidential campaign. Around that time there was a political cartoon of Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, "Puttin' on the Fritz." I tried to find it on the web, but no luck so far.

oh good lord, I forgot that I forgot that.

I love this song.

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damn Viacom!

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here SG: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=839173906

(up yours, Viacom!)

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