The Kinks – “Sunny Afternoon” (Promo Video – 1966)
Very early, rare promotional clip of The Kinks performing this classic song from 1966…
Morrissey – “Irish Blood, English Heart” (Video – 2004)
Moz from his great comeback album You Are the Quarry…
The Smiths – “How Soon is Now?” (Video – 1984)
Morrissey, Johnny Marr & co. from 1984 – possibly their greatest moment.
The Specials – “Too Much Too Young” (TV – 1979)
Two-Tone new wave ska legends The Specials appearing on “The Old Grey Whistle Test” from 1979…
NOTE: Please double click on video to get it to play.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets – “Peggy Sue” (Live – 1959)
Taken from a live performance in New York, not long before his death. The introduction to this is pretty funny, but you have to remember rock n roll was only a few years old at this point and was still considered a passing fad by the older generation.
Talking Heads – “I Zimbra” (Live – 1980)
This was shown on the German TV show “Rockpop” in 1980…this was during their Remain in Light Tour when they expanded to a larger band for the stage show and went in a much more rhythmic direction with their music.
“I Zimbra” was originally from the 1979 Fear of Music album and used nonsense lyrics taken from an old Hugo Ball sound poem.
Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” (Video – 1982)
The animated video to this classic from the side band by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads…
The Strokes – “Last Nite” (Video – 2001)
One of the few real rock ‘n’ roll bands left that are worth a damn…
NOTE: You may have to double click on video, for it to start playing.
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes” (TV – 1977)
Taken from “Top of the Pops” from September 1977, right after The Attractions became his permanent backing band.
The Sex Pistols – “God Save the Queen” (Promo Video – 1977)
Promo clip of this infamous punk rock classic from Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols. Johnny Rotten’s lip-synching is pretty bad on this…but then again, this was from the early days of videos when they were made cheaply, bands rarely took them seriously and not many people saw them anyhow.
The Beat Patrol 