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Prince “With This Tear”

10 years ago today, we lost the iconic artist Prince.

To commemorate the occasion and to honor the legend, Prince’s estate put out a previously unreleased song from the vault called “With This Tear” which Prince had recorded in 1991:


Dang.

I’m really loving that.

What an incredible talent gone too soon.

Also, how has it been 10 years already?

Oh, and fun fact: Prince offered “With This Tear” to Celine Dion, who then recorded it, and put it on her debut album in 1992.

Wild, right?

Here’s her version:

Prince’s version will be on an upcoming Vault album, which will be coming out in the future.

A “Celebration of Life” will be held at Paisley Park in June.

More info Here: https://events.leapevents.com/tickets/prince-celebration-2026-js559jq#/

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“Phantom of the Opera” and “Eye of the Tiger” Mash-Up.

This made my damn day.

Creator CLMC Music released a mash-up of two of my favorite things: “Phantom of the Opera” and 80’s Hair Metal.

Behold the glory below:

Also, huge shout out to CLMC music for using actual talent and creativity – no AI- to make this.

More of this in 26, please!

In the meantime, I’ll be playing this in rotation these next few months.

No shame in my game!

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P!nk “Time After Time”

This is soooo good.

Pop star P!nk filled in for Kelly Clarkson as the host of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this past week, and like Kelly always does, she covers different songs in each episode. Instead of “Kellyoke” she called it “Cameo-oke” and did one heck of a version of Cyndi Lauper’s 80’s ballad “Time After Time”.

She pretty much nailed it:


I’ve always loved that song, and P!nk did her own thing on it, and made it her own.

Her voice is just next level.

Andddd… the rumor is that P!nk very well could be replacing Kelly when she leaves the show after it’s current 7th season. Hence, why she’s filling in- kind of a trial run with NBC.

If that’s the case, I think she’d be a great fit.

Stay tuned!

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“Michael” Official Trailer

This looks like it will be pretty dang good.

The highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic simply called “Michael” has been pushed back months due to production taking longer than expected, but it seems like it may be worth the wait.

The first official trailer dropped yesterday, and from that minute of footage, it seems promising:


I’m glad Michael’s nephew Jafar Jackson is portraying him… definitely gives it some authenticity.

Biopics are hard, as it’s asking a lot of any actor to re-create an icon on screen, but this might work.

We’ll have to wait until April 24th, 2026 to find out.

 

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Cher Performing “Turn Back Time” at the SNL Homecoming Concert

Cher is 78.

I just want to remind you of this before you see the video of her performance at the SNL Homecoming Concert from this past weekend.

This 78, ya’ll:


Woman has definitely still got it!

I have always loved that song, and I have so many memories of singing it in the car with my mom when I was a kid.

Kudos to Cher for pulling it off.

Also, I still really want that outfit.

Just for Daycare Drop-Off…

 

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80’s Music Christmas Light Show!

Tis’ the season for holiday light shows!

I absolutely love them- not at my house, because I don’t want the electric bill- but I love watching them.

I’m really a kid at heart when it comes to pretty lights.

This holiday light display is set to an 80’s Music Compilation, and I cannot get enough:


How great is that? My three-year old was loving this.

He totally takes after me.

The creator is Tom BetGeorge of Magical Light Shows and it costs thousands to put these displays on- not to mention the electric bill after.

But if ever I win the lottery, you can bet I will be doing this!

Check out more Magical Light Shows at https://magicallightshows.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@TomBetGeorge

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The Best 80’s Music Videos EVER!

The 80’s… what a time to be alive.

One of the best parts of the decade- aside from the music and fashion- is the fact that MTV was actually showing music videos non-stop, and it was absolutely glorious.

As a kid, and then as a teen, I would spend hours taking in the magic of the art that is the music video. I was tranfixed, really. To this day, I still love watching them, and ca, thanks to YouTube.

One of my favorite websites, ultimatelassicrock.com, compiled a list of the 30 best music videos of the decade… see if you agree!

 

#10: Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf”:

 

#9: Prince “When Does Cry”:

 

#8: Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”:

 

#7: Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”:

 

#6: Van Halen “Jump”!

 

#5: ZZ Top “Sharp Dressed Man”:

 

#4: Tom Petty “Don’t Come Around Here No More”:

 

#3: Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime”:

#2: Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer”:

 

#1: A-ha “Take On Me”:

 

Check out the full list here:https://ultimateclassicrock.com/80s-music-videos/

Honestly… I feel like a lot are missing from the Top 30, but I don’t make the rules…

What are your favorite music videos of the 80’s?

Here’s one of mine:

“We Are the World” was my introduction to music when I was 3. It all started there…

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Kate Hudson “Voices Carry” Official Music Video

Earlier this year, Kate Hudson crossed over into the music industry, and while I wasn’t overly impressed by her debut original material, I was impressed by her talent.

Kate Hudson has a really good, strong voice, as well as a great stage presence, as evidenced by her cover of Til’ Tuesday’s “Voices Carry”, which she just released the offical video for:

I think she did a great job on that song, and let me tell you, as a former half-assed cover band singer, that song is NOT an easy one to do. Amy Mann is an incredible vocalist, and pulling off this song is no easy feat.

Just in case you were wondering how she could handle it live, wonder no more:


Damn. Get it, woman!

Honestly, I’d love for her to put out a covers album of 80’s/90’s hits.

I think she’d do a bang up job on something like that.

In the meantime, you can check out Kate’s debut album “Glorious” out now.

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“Nothin’ But a Good Time” Trailer!

Aaaaaaaaahhhh!

This looks so awesome.

The 80’s Hair Band docuseries  “Nothin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of 80’s Hair Metal” comes out on September 17th on Paramount +, and the trailer has me all kinds of ready:

So much yesssss… everyone from Poison to GNR to Def Leppard will be featured, and as a life long 80’s hairmetal fan, I definitely have this on my “must watch” list.

It’s a time that never will come again (thankfully) but oh, how glorious it was.

Like, in a really awesomely bad way.

Can we bring the look back, at least? I’m still a fan.

Who needs an Ozone layer when you can have hair like that?

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The Harvard Opportunes SLAY a Whitney Houston Classic!

Leave it to Harvard to not only have super smart people, but also insanely vocally talented ones, too.

This video popped up on my YouTube feed today, and I was intrigued, so I clikced it, and was absolutely blown away.

The Opportunes (Get it? Nice play on words) just posted a video of a recent performance of the Whitney Houston classic “How Will I Know”, with Nicole Alexander as the soloist, and it’s absolutely incredible!

Well, damn…

How good was that, though, seriously?

And I had to look up Nicole Alexander, and she has a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@nikkinicolemusic and I’m surprised that it doesn’t have more followers than it does, because she is freaking magic.

They are all fantastic, and now I’m a fan. I literally just went down The Opportunes rabbit hole, and you can to, at https://www.harvardopportunes.com/

Oh, and this…

You’re welcome.

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