It's the Friday 80s Pop song thread (2 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

I like the way the accent comes through on this

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[Anthony]

Question; what 80s song has the lyrics "This is it boy, this is war"?

Doing my head in.

Edit: I've just thought of it. But the question is open.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

99 red balloons?

 

[nuke terrorist]

Tipp FM's retro night time show said tonight that Eddie Van Halen is 69 today!
Haven't heard anything from him the last few years.

 

[magicbastarder]

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[Kermit McDermott]

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[nuke terrorist]

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best thing the singer ever did.

 

[therealjohnny]

Mtusa
First episode. None more 80s

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[Kermit McDermott]

Diana Ross - My old piano (1980)

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Its basically Chic with Diana Ross singing lead vox.
Cool track. Catchy. Styled out production. Popping bass.
One of Nile & Bernard's best songs

 

[pete]

Diana Ross - My old piano (1980)

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Its basically Chic with Diana Ross singing lead vox.
Cool track. Catchy. Styled out production. Popping bass.
One of Nile & Bernard's best songs

good grief i don't think i've heard that since it was out

 

[nuke terrorist]

Lio the Portuguese-Belgian singer born in Mozambique came up in YouTube suggestions today.

She recorded for Ze in the 80's inc. Sparks writing English versions of her songs and more recently did an album of Bossa Nova songs on Crammed Discs.
Telex and Michel Duvall were involved in producing her early material from 1979 onwards.

Lio - Armoureux Solitaries (1980)

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She sounds like a more pop version of Elli and Jacno and sure enough this one is a cover of their punk band The Stinky Toys.

Lio - Banana Splits (1980)
Total Gainsbourgesque lyrics on this one (w/ sub titles again)

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This was used on at least one advert.

Lio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Have to mention Lio seems to have had a grim time at the hands of (mostly older) men. See her French wiki.

Lio — Wikipédia

fr.wikipedia.org

 

[nuke terrorist]

Speaking of Elli Medeiros...
Heavy African pop influences from 1986
Toi Mon Toi

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[therealjohnny]

Before Paul Simon discovered African music there was Johnny Klegg and Savuka

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[Kermit McDermott]

Sheila E - The glamorous life (1984)
I've probably posted this already, but its such a cool pop tune. Written by Prince in his golden/purple period. You can hear his voice in the background, and Sheila E

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[Denny Oubidoux]

I heard this one on the radio yesterday, I'd forgotten all about it

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[therealjohnny]

From the days of stumbling across a band you know nothing about rifling through the crates in a record shop. I saw this record cover and figured they've got to be worth a gamble



I still love this record

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[therealjohnny]

argh. nostalgia overload. One of the first opening riffs I remember learning

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[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I picked up a couple of long ryders LP's in a charity shop and loved them. Not heard much else.
They played whelans a few years ago and I couldn't make it.

 

[therealjohnny]

I picked up a couple of long ryders LP's in a charity shop and loved them. Not heard much else.
They played whelans a few years ago and I couldn't make it.

Same. I heard mixed reviews about that gig. But I'm sorry I missed it.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Never knew who sang this ....its Eric Carmen (RIP)

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