An Honorary Spanish Diva, I am

One of my favourite "80's acts" are the group Scandal. I remember the day I discovered them. Beavis and Butt-head actually saw their video for "Goodbye to you".:). I think they commented on how she looked like Linda Ronstadt and were singing "Goodbye to poop!". Funny. But then Vh-1 featured this video alot on their "Big 80's" hour. I loved this song and its energy. What also captivated me was the power behind their lead singers' voice, Patty Smyth

Scandal had a very short run in the music world. They formed in 1980 and released their first recording in 1982, an EP of 5 songs on Columbia Records. This EP included the aforementioned clip and another minor hit "Love's Got A Line On You". They then released their debut album in 1984, this time being credited as "Scandal feat. Patty Smyth". Why did they do this? Because...Columbia was planning on having her as a solo act. They saw her star potential and basically made her stand out even more so and detaching her away from her own band. Its safe to say that this damaged the band severely. The achieved a monster hit that year with "The Warrior", peaking at #7 and to this day being an oldie favourite for 80's radio stations. Shortly thereafter, member after member left the group and it was just Patty.


Patty's career however, never fared better than her former group. She has ONLY RELEASED 2 ALBUMS since. Her debut came and went in 1987 which spawned no hit singles..and then in 1992 she released a self titled record on MCA and achieved her one and only Top 10 single with "Sometime Love Just Aint Enough". This song peaked at#2 and seemed to give Patty the attention she deserved. I remember this video being played TO DEATH on Vh-1. But alas, she has yet to release a follow up album! She chose to pay attention to her growing family and husband.

Vh-1 is releasing a series of compilations on July 18,2006 titled "We Are The 80's" and are featuring Scandal as one of them. The AMAZING thing about this compilation is that they are including ALL FIVE SONGS from their debut EP, so finally they are available on CD. AND.....they are including 4 previously unreleased tracks from the sessions of their EP..so its almost like they're releasing what should have been their debut album on CD. It's great! So if you want to get into them, this is a crucial item.



This group is the shit, I love them! For days when you want great upbeat songs, I pop in Scandal. Vh-1 did a "Bands Reunited" on them and I have yet to see it. Apparently it worked and they did a small tour. Another thing worth nothing, for u guys who didn't know...but apparently in 1985, Eddie Van Halen asked her to be his new lead singer after David Lee Roth left..and declined! She and his wife Valerie Bertinelli were good friends and that is how she came to know him. So when they fired David Lee Roth, she was his first choice. Oh well.

Here is a collection of Scandal and Patty Smyth videoclips I got from youtube.com. Hope you enjoy them, they are 80's riffic!

GOODBYE TO YOU (1982)



THE WARRIOR (1984)



BEAT OF A HEART (1984)



Patty Smyth Solo

DOWNTOWN TRAIN (1987)



SOMETIMES LOVE JUST AINT ENOUGH (1992)