Artist: INXS
Album: Listen Like Thieves
Video: It was hard to find an unedited original version of this video. Good ol' YouTube.
"This Time" was the first single released from INXS' breakthrough album, "Listen Like Thieves". The biggest band ever to come out of Australia! Air Supply notwithstanding.
I became an INXS fan. Their sound was edgy for me in 1985, as I had been listening to a heavy diet of Phil Collins, Bryan Adams and such. In 1988, the band released their most commercially successful album, "Kick". I attended the Kick tour and wore a T-shirt from the concert for several years. But not all in a row.
The video is a standard live performance piece, with front man Michael Hutchence doing his best Jim Morrison imitation. His flowing dark locks make him look quite girlish. We also have a dizzying array of spotlights.
Hutchence died in 1997 under controversial circumstances, believed to be autoerotic asphyxiation. He was 37. INXS still performs today with a singer they hired on a reality TV show.
May 4 Birthday: Randy Travis is 53 years old today. In 1985 he was honored as country music's Top New Male Vocalist.
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