Dave Edmunds- Information

[schulzcreative]

Information only had two Jeff Lynne produced tracks, "Slipping Away" and "Information" and he has co-writing credit for only "Slipping". The rest of the album is traditional Edmunds fare and quite good, too. You have to remember the synth craziness of the early 80s "Rock of the 80s" radio format that Edmunds was featured on. These tunes were an attempt to "modernize" his sound and click into that audience more and he succeeded. Doesn't mean you have to like it, but gives a little perspective.

[nothingfoundhere]

Jeff Lynne is a genious!!!

[TheEarlymtv]

man dave was so cool back then..

[MrBuc128]

I've been looking for this song for quite some time now.I could not think of the singers name. Thank you Youtube

[notahunk]

classic song that ELO lead singer had involvement in

[harponotmarx]

I still have this album on vinyl! Love it

[12Racer99]

@harponotmarx I have it too!

[neorich59]

Like all great producers, Lynne stamped his sound all over those he worked with.

That's one of the reasons why even established artists go after different producers like Spector, or Steinman, in search of a different take.

Even the remaining Beatles wanted to work with Lynne.

The whole album "Information," is great, even if it does have an ELO feel to it.

[ELOSHAZZY]

one person is not informed on how good this sounds !!! LOL JEFF LYNNE RULES !!!!

[paskuniag]

It was so kewl of Dave to collaborate with Jeff on this track and LP. I dig both those guys.

[nicmart]

@breatheasy9

Your account is closed, but you might lurk with another. Are you the “indian” girl at about 2:34 of Information?

[Ghoopty]

He didn't wash his hands after he took a piss.......

No seriously - this is purty good '80's pop/rock. I LOVE "Slipping Away"! 

[bradmorris67]

Even Jeff Lynne's left-over songs sound great....

[earlymtv]

dag, dave edmunds looks like he could still get chicks here...

[ladyjugs]

I was so happy to see this video here. I just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of this song and video. AWESOME! Truly an 80's video and I LOVE IT!

[ih8kit]

It's good to see this video again after so long (twenty years at least).  Thanks for posting.

[Kohntarkosz]

The thing I like about this song is that the song is sort of an old honky tonk kind of thing, but with 80's synth pop production. Strip away the synths, and replace the drum machine with a live drummer, and you could well imagine someone like George Jones singing this song.

[anpr1984]

Dave Edmunds is great....Jeff Lynne is not,dont care what people say, I absolutely detest that "sound" he insists on doing to any record he has contact with....those"new" beatle track from a few years ago prove the point...uggh !

[profschmiddy]

@anpr1984

Totally agree about Jeff Lynne saturating everyone elses records with his sound- Orbison, Petty, Harrison, etc. Long live Dave Edmunds! Die a miserable death Jeff Lynne!

[dicksweats]

I'd love to see Dave and Jeff Lynne hook up again and make MORE magic!

[DrBling08]

I havent seen this video in 20 years or so. Thanks for uploading!

[drnrg31]

heavy ELO sound all over here. Anyone think he kinda looked like Bryan Adams; who was barely getting his start when this song came out.

[lrd9999]

This was really as if Dave Edmunds had joined ELO for one album. I thought "Slipping Away" seemed like a little less than the sum of its parts; not bad, but nothing special. The combination really works here though; I think this should have been the single instead. I like the video too; all that glitz somehow works if you don't take it too seriously.

[doctorbassist]

Fantastic song!

[schusterlehrling]

If you want to buy a very underrated Rock album, just pick "Information".

All songs are masterpieces and it is unbelievable that it did nit break all chart records.

[endrizo]

that guitar is a danelectro baritone long scale with lipstick pikups.

and don´t miss slipping away the best song.

jeff lynne is god.

a hug from Uruguay.

[GreekGuy9999]

We've got a duck, smoke signals, a gypsy and a whole lotta neon. It is a cornucopia of crap that make historically bad videos like this legendary.

I wake up in cold sweats with the irrational fear that after a nuclear holocaust, the only surviving piece of media is this video and the aliens that find our dead civilization will look at us and TRULY believe we were savages.

TERRIFYING!!!!!

[rhythmandblues87]

This is pretty solid. Jeff Lynne certainly has an unmistakable touch. I'm looking for the lyrics to "Rules of the Game", off of the next record Jeff and Dave did together, "Riff Raff". I can't find them anywhere online. Does anyone have them?

[pabsk67]

I don't care iof people don't like this. Anything Jeff Lynne touches is gold IMO. I used to really like this song when i was younger.

[sdgakatbk]

@pabsk67 Funny you mention Jeff Lynne. This is the first time I've heard this song, but while I was listening to it, I was thinking of Running Down A Dream.

[Rekku9]

I also wondered for years what the hell it is he's playing on the track. Thanks for explaining. The body tells it's a Dan-O and the neck is long like on a bass guitar, but the sound is totally something else. The guys must have been hammered when doing these sessions, or "high as a Georgia pine", as Earl McGraw would have said.

[BlueJay180IX]

Dave is playing a Danelectro Longhorn baritone guitar; not a Telecaster and/or a Danelectro bass guitar. It ranges between a bass guitar and a regular 6-string electric guitar noted for its twangy effects when played/picked and it sounds excellent.

[ermayo93]

If Rockabilly had a God, Dave Edmunds would be at the right hand. Jeff Lynne put his mark in this song too adding to its great appeal.

[delmer221]

Is Dave playing a Danelectro Longhorn 6-string bass? That is what someone told me. If it is not a 6-string bass what is it? Different sound than a normal bass or guitar. Does anybody know?

[chillpro]

It's a Telecaster, with Daves own "twang"

[osinho1234]

He's playing a Danelectro Longhorn "Bariton" guitar. It lies between a Bass and a guitar. You can hear that bariton guitar a lot in Ricky Martin's songs. But the guitarist there uses the bariton mainly for riffs. Dave is the only guitarist I know who played a complete solo on it.

Check it out!

And greetings from the Palatinate, Germany!

[DesertBurst92]

didnt elo help him out with this song?

[blue84able]

This whole album is pretty good..Jeff Lynne had his part in this, and Edmunds' follow-up "Riff Raff" was just as good (again Jeff Lynne appeared)...I see a pattern here...

[momofotis2]

Cool - I remember getting MTV and this was one of the first videos I saw!

[lawrev]

Even Jeff Lynne says he lost his way during this time period. No kidding. This recording proves that.

[elofanatic67]

A typical Jeff Lynne song! Super! Great!

[mosnick]

Mr. Twang himself - the most underrated rock'n roller in the music history.

[56blondie56]

GREAT !!

[johnbharris]

Fantastic tune. Brilliant. Bravo to Jeff Lynne too.

Stupid vid, however.

[crowamonghens]

hahah i forgot about the little shoe-fingers.

[shelly10538]

Cool, you can hear Jeff Lynne (ELO) all over this track and album.

[GreekGuy9999]

WTF is up with the DUCK? Man oh man, this video is BAD even by 80s standards. Slipping Away is far superior.

[shleml]

He should have been a traveling wilbury!

[nyteq21]

very true probably because this song was produced by jeff lynn from elo who was also a traveling wilbury,

[DWR57785]

@shleml OMG! I remember this song from when I was a teenager  I loved it ! Found it again by accident and made my day! Still love it! Brings back some really good memories. Favorited!

[dougedart]

A lot of the songs from the 80's are really great. Can you imagine this tune mixed like a Rockpile tune? It would kick ass! Don't you sometimes wish you could hear some of songs stripped of the 80's style production??? I sure do. And how.

[JoeBBBlow2]

Excellent point. There's a great song in here somewhere, but it's buried in that horrible 80's recording.

[schusterlehrling]

The whole Information album is full with great songs.

Get it, and, man, get it soon!

[smiley283231]

this song takes me back

[breatheasy9]

Hey smiley, it takes me back too. My girlfriend and I were featured in this video. She's the big face with the close up pulling gum from her mouth. I won't identify myself because I still look enough me for people to know it's me, and I want me name anonymous. I was an actress starting out, and this was the first thing I did, even before a commercial. Can you imagine being featured in a video when you're young, and you wait around 24 years to see it. ty YouTube

[cool73sshs]

its a catchy tune. i like the video with it. glad to see it again

[ruhrho]

he looks like anthony micheal hall after he grew up.

[bugzappers2112]

He looks more like daryl hall. where do you get brian adams?

[bugzappers2112]

Didn't mean to type that. He looks more like John Fogerty..

[robotrix]

Not as great as I remember it being but cool none the less. Song is wonderful - produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO fame, btw.

[GVike]

6:69... great!

[GVike]

I haven't seen this video since it was in the charts back in the 80s. Wow. Thanks!

[mumpty]

Brilliant. Really tight and gritty pop song. Sounds great but video's really pants though - he looks like a poor man`s Bryan Adams (or Tim Robbins little brother)

[Dachdog]

True the production is a bit heavy handed, but it's a fresh, sparkling pop song.

[Stormy4ya]

Since my parnts took me to a Konzert when I was a small child in the 80s in Berlin, I love to hear Dave Edmunds.

He gives me power when I am down. Thanks for the post!!!

[msinthrop]

Miss music like this..I listen to Heavy Metal and Punk, but this stuff is just classic. Edmunds is awesome.

[cindyshealed]

What the hell happened to all those GREAT Dave Edmunds vids that were on Youtube? Paralyzed, Girls Talk and others done Live on TV?

[planetme63]

being from pensacola florida... i love this... look at the depature board...

[gjarani]

People really criticized these Jeff Lynn productions when they came out but this song, and the entire album it comes from, is great stuff.

[mcbump]

I have all the dave edmunds lps,got him to sign his 1970 lp rockpile.he is amazing

[SPCLPONY]

Cool! Anybody have Dave Edmunds "Slippin away?"

[earlymtv]

is this bryan adams brother

[455Transam]

LOL!! No.

[Layerboyz]

This is just a fun song. I wish they still made music like this.  Its "totally cool" that you posted something so now obscure. Thanks.

[jimmyeightysix]

Great, very underrated song! Sure, the production (Jeff Lynne, I believe?) is a little heavier than normal, but the wild guitar & keyboards compliment each other perfectly! Thanks for posting this!