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turbinetree

(27,822 posts) Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:30 PM Jun 5

Greg Kihn Live at The Country Club 1981 - The Breakup Song

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Greg Kihn Live at The Country Club 1981 - The Breakup Song (Original Post) turbinetree Jun 5 OP

Country Club was a good venue. blm Jun 5 #1

Yes it was............. turbinetree Jun 5 #2

Played This For A Short Time ProfessorGAC Jun 6 #3

Saw Greg Kihn many times in Berkeley. PufPuf23 Jun 6 #4

blm

(114,844 posts)

1. Country Club was a good venue.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:45 PM

Jun 5

turbinetree

(27,822 posts)

2. Yes it was.............

Reply to blm (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:54 PM

Jun 5

ProfessorGAC

(77,714 posts)

3. Played This For A Short Time

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 04:34 PM

Jun 6

The other guitarist in the band didn't sing many songs, but this one suited him.
Very catchy riff.
This is a solid live version! Tight, everything is balanced, and the vocals are sharp.
Cool stuff.
I also got a kick from seeing Kihn playing that kitschy Vox guitar!

PufPuf23

(10,041 posts)

4. Saw Greg Kihn many times in Berkeley.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:54 PM

Jun 6

Lower Sproul Plaza (free on Cal campus)
Keystone
Longbranch
Ashkenaz

Kihn worked at Rather Ripped Records where I was a regular. This was in late 70s when he was a Beserkley Records artist.

Later in in 1996 bought Kihn's book Horror Show that he was selling off a card table on Telegraph Avenue. Took my stepdaughter to Berkeley to show her my old haunts and Christmas shop.

Inscribed on cover page,

"Wild Willy" (that is me)
"Rock on!"
"Greg Kihn 12/24/99"

Never read the book but have it in my hand now.

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