Tonight, I am listening to some cheesy pop-rock from my youth
Rick Springfield's 1983 album "Living in Oz" was a favourite with me and my friends in our teens, and there was a supposedly "live" video ("Living in Oz - Live '85) that accompanied it later. Looking at it now, I see it's a mix of live, very-much-staged and primitive special effects footage montaged into a rather unbelievable production
Still, as teenagers we fell for it at the time, and it seemed
really cool. And the music is still good, if rather clichéd.
"Souls" was one of my favourite tracks, especially on the video where it was extended, better produced and showcased more of
Tim Pierce, the excellent bowler-hatted, "Droog"-like guitarist
Man, I miss the '80s
[for those frustrated by the lengthy and silly theatrical intro over-dubbed with screaming audience, the song starts properly around 0:45 ]