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Music from the 80s and onward - List 2
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984) It is almost hard to believe the band which game us Relax and Two Tribes, also came you with this breathtaking song. The accompanying music video ensures this will be a Christmas classic for every ...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Yello - Domingo (1985) from their Stella album, this one packs quiet the sonic punch with their tale of the false preacher Domingo. This is a track which needs the volume cranked up past safe limits.
Yello – Stella
Nina Hagen - New York, N. Y. (1983) some operatic punk funk vibes to spice your honeymoon in New York.
Nina Hagen – Angstlos | Releases
The Cure - Lullaby (1989) Robert Smith is having a bad night battling spiders while being unable to go to sleep. Still an amazing song after all these years.
The Cure – Disintegration – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1989 [r264583]
The Church - Under The Milky Way (1988) Now here is a thoroughly evocative track I haven’t listened to in I don’t know how many years. Really great.
The Church – Starfish – Vinyl (LP, Album, Stereo), 1988 [r861354]
Depeche Mode - People Are People (1984) With some wonderful sarcastic lyrics, Depeche Mode asked the important question why is it so hard for people to just get along. We still don't know the answer I guess and we'll probably never will.
Some Great Reward - Album by Depeche Mode
One of banger of a album. Filled with synt-pop classic like Situation, Only You, Don't Go & Nobody's Diary.
Yazoo – Upstairs At Eric's – Vinyl (LP, Album, Stereo), 1982 [r64730]
Dr. Beat” by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (1984) I always found the diabolical red cheeked flappy ear hatted smiling Dr. Beat strangely creepy. The upbeat Latin rhythms remain killer. Emergency.
Eyes of Innocence - Album by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Inner City - Good Life (1988) Some classic house music from the late 1980s. The thick bass with the overlaid piano and lovely deep sultry vocals makes this a very memorable track.
Inner City – Paradise – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1989 [r449423]
Paranoimia - Art of Noise (1986) Here is a song about being sleep deprived. A problem we all have struggled with on occasion. Very early 80s era CGI graphics bring Max Headroom to quirky life. The dry vocal delivery by Matt Frewer make this a standou...
The Art Of Noise – In Visible Silence – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1986 [r314656]
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! (1984) Time to spend some time of the psychiatrist couch with Thomas Dolby. Crazy inventive song and music video to go with it. He wrote this song for Michael Jackson, but it did not work out for MJ, so Thomas Dolby record...
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (VG/VG+)
Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll (1988). When you hear the chorus of "Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque", it can only mean The King of Rock 'N' Roll is in the house. Thomas Dolby is the producer on the track. This was also Prefab Sprout's b...
Prefab Sprout – From Langley Park To Memphis
Eurythmics - Missionary Man (1986) This was the last track on No Good Deeds (Netflix) which I finished watching. Very bingeable show. The mouth organ features prominently in the song. A few years ago I actually saw Annie Lenox dining at a restaurant ...
Eurythmics - Revenge (1 LP) - Sony Music South Africa
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (1988). Up to 100m views now. RIP Shane MacGowan and Kristy MacColl and thank you for this classic Christmas song which is destined to be around for a very very long.
The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (1982) I've always loved this funky dance song. It also features some very early rapping by red bearded white DJ dude.
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life - song and lyrics by Indeep
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (1982) This song will always remind me of one of my older by a few year school day friends growing up when this song came out. He really loved this song.
The Clash – Combat Rock | Releases
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (1981) The wonderful Jamaican singer Grace Jones break out hit, with some very suggestive lyrics you can make off what you will. Fantastic song and video to go with it.
Grace Jones – Nightclubbing – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1981 [r1712837]
RUN DMC - It's Tricky (1986) The music video features a baby faced Penn & Teller pulling card tricks in New York, until they get bused by Run DMC. It's also a song I will always associate with the PS2, and SSX Tricky (2001), one of my absolute fa...
Raising Hell: CDs & Vinyl
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night (1983), making wearing shades at night cool in the early 1980s. Great combination of synths and wailing rock guitars with a steady rhythmic beat driving it all along. Excellent tune.
First Offense - Album by Corey Hart
Enya - Orinoco Flow (1988) Sometimes we all wish we could sail away to some exotic place. For a long time I thought she was singing Save the Wale, not Sail Away. The song was so hauntingly different to everything else went it came out, with a beautif...
ENYA - Watermark
Cruel Summer - Bananarama (1983) Since it is the Summer Soltice here in the Southern Hemisphere, this seems like the perfect song to celebrate with.
Cruel Summer - song and lyrics by Bananarama
Wham! - Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (1982) This was Wham's debut single. The duo's youthful exuberance shines through in the music video. This anti-employment rap song is a far cry from their more slick output just a few years later.
Wham! – Fantastic | Releases
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up (1986) For all those going through hard times at the moment. Don't give up and hang in there.
Peter Gabriel – So | Vinyl Junkie
Tone Loc - Wild Thing (1988) Crashing guitar riff overlaid with a hip-hip beat overlaid with Tone Loc's rap vocals has your head bopping along. The music video is a black & white homage to iconic Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible video.
Tone Lōc – Loc'ed After Dark – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1989 [r340882]
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (1982) This song came to mind after reading about the Parker Solar Probe which will be skimming past the Sun on Friday at a distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million km) at mind-blowing 430,000mph (692017 km/h). All the b...
Peter Schilling – Error In The System – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1983 [r2411278]
adonna - Like A Prayer (1989) I still have this album. After all these years it still smells like sandalwood. Madonna's fusion of pop rock and gospel really stood out when it first came out, and still really soars today when you listen to it, very lo...
Madonna - Like A Prayer (Choir Version) [Vinyl Visualizer]
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream (1989) Such a great song. It just wants to make you get up and move. May everyone make their dreams come true at some point in their lives.
Tom Petty 'Full Moon Fever' Album 35th Anniversary
Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie" (1982) The reggae hit from the British-Jamaican band sure brings back memories from my youth.
Musical Youth – The Youth Of Today – Vinyl (LP, Album, Stereo), 1982 ...
The80s @the80s.bsky.social · 4mo Duran Duran - Save A Prayer (1982) Another classic song from 1982. The tropical paradise setting of Sri Lanka always looked to wonderfully exotic in the music video. It always looked like a dream place to visit on...
Duran Duran - Rio
Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna (1988) This was very popular in South Africa at the time of release. Jo Anna refers to the city of Johannesburg. Two years after the song was released Nelson Mandela was released.
Eddy Grant – File Under Rock – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1988 [r1211290]