Guilty Pleasure Tuesday: Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder

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Tuesday's are dedicated to my guilty pleasures in music. My selection for this week is Matthew Wilder's 'Break My Stride' which was a hit back in 1983, and it charted in the top ten here in the US.

I found an 80's compilation CD a few weeks ago and this was one of the tracks. There is nothing wrong with a little New Wave Reggae, so I hope you enjoy this week's guilty pleasure selection. As an added bonus, I found Matthew Wilder performing this song on Solid Gold. Enjoy.



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A Case of The Mondays: The Warrior by Scandal

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Monday's suck. You need to be a warrior and slay the beast that is this awful day. Today, I have selected Scandal's 1984 hit 'The Warrior'. Watch the 80's video where lead singer Patti Smyth takes on outcasts from Cirque Du Soleil by shooting at the walls of heartache. Bang! Bang!

Song #36 On My MP3 Player - Black Coffee In Bed by Squeeze

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The Lost Soul of Rock and Roll has returned! I couldn't walk away from this music blog, so one of my 2014 resolution's is to get this blog back up and running. 

This is the second song by Squeeze on my MP3 player and it is a longtime favorite. 'Black Coffee In Bed' is the seventh track on the band's 1982 album Sweets from a Stranger. It's a little known Cliff Clavin fact that Elvis Costello and Paul Young provide the "Out with a friend" backing vocals during the chorus of this song.

I first heard 'Black Coffee in Bed' while watching MTV during the early 80's and I instantly liked the song. As time went on, I forgot about 'Black Coffee In Bed' until '95 or '96 when I discovered that one of my college roommates owned Squeeze's Singles - 45's and Under. I borrowed the CD and was reconnected to some of their best songs like "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" and "Black Coffee In Bed".

It has been ages since I have watched the video and it's a pretty good effort for the low budget early 80's days of music videos. Glenn Tilbrook, the lead singer, serves as the narrator for a story of young love torn apart by infidelity. My MP3 player has plenty of 80's pop gems and this a good one so enjoy!





TonyDoug Wright is the Lost Soul of Rock and Roll. He has a very cool comic book website titled Champion City Comics.