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Thread started 08/07/11 11:21pm

HermesReborn

ELECTRIC AVENUE - EDDY GRANT

Call it cheesy...

I still love it, my guilty pleasure.

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Reply #1 posted 08/07/11 11:42pm

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Reportedly the first video from a "black" artist played on MTV - just not in heavy rotation or during prime time, lol.

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Reply #2 posted 08/08/11 5:27am

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Swa said:

Reportedly the first video from a "black" artist played on MTV - just not in heavy rotation or during prime time, lol.

He wasn't the first. But, he was the first that was regularly featured and he became a mainstay of the network.

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Reply #3 posted 08/08/11 6:02am

SoulAlive

I always say that 1983 was an amazing year for pop music.This song is another reason why music the extended 12" version is excellent!

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Reply #4 posted 08/08/11 10:47am

TonyVanDam

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The first reggae track with synths?!? cool

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Reply #5 posted 08/08/11 10:50am

Dewrede

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^

cool song , but it doesn't have a reggae beat

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Reply #6 posted 08/08/11 10:54am

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Those were the days when MTV still played music videos. That was the jam. Eddie Grant had a few good songs, "Walking on Sunshine", "Living on the Frontline", and the timeless club classic "Nobody's Got Time".

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Reply #7 posted 08/08/11 4:45pm

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I remember the video more from Friday Night Videos. smile

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