Adventure Set - "Blue Is For Boys" 1985 Music Home Video WBCN Battle of the Bands

"My life fades. My vision dims. All that remains are my memories... I remember a time of chaos and ruined dreams. And of a wasted land. But most of all, I remember the band. The band we once called "Adventure Set"... To understand who they were, you have to go back to another time. When the world was soon to be powered by the cursed music corporations. The 80's once sprouted and beheld great cities of colors to fuel our imagination. But, they are gone now, swept away... For reasons not forgotten, mighty covetous castes of music barons went to war on our complacent minds and started a narrowing vice which clenched us all. Without us letting them control our music, they were nothing. But we let them. We had no choice then. And they built frighteningly towering castles of straw. But their simple vision of radio greed sputtered and flat-lined. Their CEO's shouted and packaged and dealt. But nothing could stem the avalanche of mediocrity . Our music world crumbled because of them and us. The city radio stations imploded in banality. A black hole of looting, sampling and loss of creativity became our musical landfill. Men and women began to feed and gag on repackaged waste...
On the roads it was a radio air nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The pro tools hacks over took the highways, ready to wage war for an ounce of relativity. And in this maelstrom of decay, true honorable musicians were battered and smashed... Musicians like Adventure Set. The warriors...Adventure Set. Because of music radio's indulgence in the lowest form of greed, Adventure Set lost... everything. "A.S." went nova out, became a phantom of a history, were abandoned and became tied by the rails of an once unstoppable future. They were a band who wandered out into the wasteland... And, maybe, finally it is here, in this free YouTube tribe, that they can return and all of us may learn to live again..."

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[nutsandboltsma]

zarrodude, if I make it to heaven before you do, I am going to put in the very best word for you- YOU ROCK for posting this! I have been searching and searching for it and any info on Adventure Set for years! In 1981 I came to Boston to go to college and was blown away by the talent and the Boston Bands (yes, in caps) The 80s were the very best era for music especially in Boston, and I loved Adventure Set and Down Avenue to name just a few- THANK YOU AGAIN for sharing this gem with the world!

[zarrodude]

@nutsandboltsma - Thank You Very Much! I Really Really Needed That!

[traci02128]

wow. words escape me. i never thought i would find this on youtube. i have their EP on vinyl still, plus the original version of this song taped off of FNX back in the day. i sort of knew ken & brad. my dad worked for brad's girlfriend's dad at the time- they took me to see echo & the bunnymen at the channel =D thanks for posting this- it made my day to find this

[zarrodude]

You have the EP! My God, can you post the songs? I love to hear them again.

[zarrodude]

Thanks for all the great comments. I loved these guys, and we all have great stories to reveal about the time. But no one has commented on my parody description. Does any one know where "My life fades..." diatribe comes from?

[SuperSkidude]

Do any of you guys have a list of bands this year? This was the hey day of The New Models, November Group. They must have been in around this time.

[zarrodude]

I have the Phoenix newspaper special section for the WBCN Rumble. It lists all the bands that performed in 1985. I will find it and post the roster.

[traci02128]

great white way! fabulous song

[dgodbey]

Good song Adventure set!

[flarghyt]

@zarrodude (I realize I'm two years late to the game here, but) The Road Warrior. :)

[janiceheil]

anyone by some wild chance have a recording of "Under Suspicion"? That was my favorite of theirs and I can't find a recording anywhere...this takes me back!

[adbocsongs]

@zarrodude -- Hi, I just saw a copy of the EP for sale on the dotcom music marketplaces, gemm and musicstack. It's very hard to find nowadays.

[winedrummer]

Awesome, now all you need is Judy's Tiny Head! :-)

[riderwriter]

I'd gladly post $20 via PayPal for a good to excellent quality full-length/album version of this song in mp3/mp4 format! Wonder if anyone out there can help?

[bucintoro]

Kenny you rock...you guys should have won.

if you like this sound check out "Delphic" and "Delorian" two new (2010) bands bringing back this sound. Also the song "Wonderful Life" by "Hurts"

[jpbreeze]

@zarrodude Mad Max II - the Road Warrior ~!

[c7997p]

been looking for this song for years. THANK YOU!!!!!!