Pop filter needed!

So here's me doing "Blue Bayou", a song I know by heart and can generally sing with few issues.



I notice as I listen to this recording, that the mic is now picking up heavy p's, f's, b's and such.  In fact, it sounds like my f's get a little sloppy on this, even though with the naked ear I can't hear it as I do it.  It sounds like I spit into the mic.  I have a pop filter, but it's one that is designed to go on a fixed mic stand rather than a mic you hold in your hand…  I don't have a suitable mic stand to use it with.

Guess I need to buy one of these…

Fortunately, they are very cheap.

This recording of "Crazy" doesn't use effects, while I inadvertently left them on for "Blue Bayou"…

I think the recordings turn out better without the reverb effects and such.  But I guess it's good to have them anyway.

Obscure 80s dance songs from my youth...

"Crazy Crazy World" by Big Trouble...



For some reason, I taped this song off the radio... listened to it all the time when I was about 15 years old... and then forgot all about it.  Then when I remembered it, I couldn't recall the title of the song or the band that sang it.  Looks like it was a minor one hit wonder.  It sounds totally 1987, which makes me feel really old.  Can't believe that was 26 years ago.

"Whenever You're Ready" by Five Star



This is another song I taped off the radio and never found out who sang it or what the title was.  They were a family band from England, but they disappeared after "Whenever You're Ready" was a hit, also around 1987.  I just discovered this other song they have on YouTube.  I had never heard of it before today, but had to add it to this post because that dance routine kills me.



Another band I remember from that era was T'Pau...



They had kind of a big hit song with "Heart and Soul", but then they went the way of the dodo bird.  Haven't seen them since '87.  I actually got really sick of this song.

Then there was Jermaine Stewart, who had a song called "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off"...  I think he was a Soul Train dancer, but I'm not positive.  This was a reasonably decent hit back in the 80s.  It's another song I accidentally taped and ended up liking.  Unfortunately, Jermaine Stewart died in 1997.  He was only 39 and had AIDS related liver cancer.



Once we are in our new digs, I'll have to add more dance songs to this blog...  This is kinda fun.