If there's one thing that I like about covers is that when it totally reinvents the original. Like when Steven Tyler reinvented himself to become Janice Dickinson...oh, wait, they're not the same person?
Nevertheless, if you loved Pomplamoose's cover of I Don't Want to Miss A Thing, you can head on over to their YouTube channel because they've got tons more of those nifty covers as well as great originals for your listening pleasure :)
In an effort to break the 90's flashback theme going on in the past few posts, our Fresh from the Post artist swings us back to the present....an 80's themed present that is.
The Venus Stare are Anthoni "Toni" Lone, Edward Clipse, Angela Maze and Linda Ipgloss - four friends admittedly obsessed with 1980s powerballads and outrageous 80's fashion. The video above is their freshly released music video for their time-warp generating single Close To You - which the band debuts today on The Indie Music Database.
We had a quick chat with the group about their new release and how one little eighties movie started it all -
If someone can guess how that screencap is related to one of the songs in my lyric of the day recap, you win a free pass to the viewing of the green glowy fluid that came out of my guts this morning..and access to a couple of neat songs in this post. You might want to hurry up on this offer though, before my gut fludge radiation levels go up to 'unsafe for human contact'.
Here's the recap...
I love the 90's!
The Video of the Week comes from a duo that originates from the island of Malta & the city of Berlin. It's a music video for a song that's enhanced by strategically placing lyrics over the naked bodies of women in the classic porn film 'Six Swedish Girls in a Boarding School' . Here's a Song for the Lovers by Bark Bark Disco. (tip: For maximum viewing pleasure, wait for the keyboard solo).
"A moment, a love. A dream aloud. A kiss, a cry. Our rights, our wrongs. "
Anne on The Venus Stare
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