Old Enough to Forget

I found this one about a year ago, and put it in the wrong pile and sort of forgot about it. I was playing The Cry, also released in 1980, and the new wave organ on a couple of their songs reminded me of The Kings, and then it was like, "Hey, I really need to sit and listen to The Kings." Like most people I have a soft spot for their double sided hit. "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" that is always played as a combo, and they're among a rarefied few who can command that kind of airtime. "Feeling That Way / Anytime" by Journey and "We Will Rock You / We are the Champions" by Queen come to mind, and maybe one or two others that escape me at the moment. To say this was career defining for the band is sort of an understatement. However, I have always been curious about what else was out there, and I know I could have just gone and streamed it, but I held off. "Why?" you ask. I dunno, why not? The band's sound was a curious...

Ah, the 80s. Right about '84 things were hitting the sweet spot for me musically. I remember a buddy playing me a mix tape that had "No More Words" on it and I asked "Who is that?" I like synth pop with the big guitars and all that but I never got around to getting this album. Of course a couple years later after Top Gun came out every one knew "Take My Breath Away" a song that put the band in the upper echelons for a little while. Sadly, it was also a song written for the band by Giorgio Moroder who had a killer touch on soundtracks in particular, and it pretty much overshadowed anything they did before, and after. The other day I'm bin rummaging and there in between the ever present badly scratched Rod Stewart albums (I think people do it on purpose) was a decent looking copy of Berlin's Love Life . "Ooooh." I said to myself. I took out the vinyl, and it was just dusty and covered in finger prints but otherwise looked salvageable. T...