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If I Could - 1927
Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonny Tyler
Who Can it Be Now? - Men at Work (all about that sax)
Beautiful People - Australian Crawl (so goddamn apt although dated)
Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters and Collectors (what a fucking tune) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Propaganda - Duel.... what a tune!!
On there Facebook fan page, good shout 
Also on if there’s in the 80s Duel  "
Great song, but i prefer, Dr mabuse, its the opening track to one of my favourite films, Some kind of wonderful, mmmmm idea for a new thread lol  |
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"Propaganda - Duel.... what a tune!!
On there Facebook fan page, good shout
Also on if there’s in the 80s Duel Great song, but i prefer, Dr mabuse, its the opening track to one of my favourite films, Some kind of wonderful, mmmmm idea for a new thread lol "
Good film, you start the thread I’ll contribute |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Favourite Shirt - Haircut 100
Money Go Round - The Style Council
Show Me - Dexys Midnight Runners
Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
Shut Up - Madness
Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
Think For A Minute - Housemartins
A Little Time - The Beautiful South
Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
My Way Of Thinking - UB40
Doors Of Your Heart - The Beat
Rat Race - The Specials
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Feel So Real - Steve Arrington
High Energy - Evelyn Thomas
And many many more.... |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Love that the thread is called forgotten classics and some of you are naming some of the most well known acts of that era.
Good choices though."
But the thread was about forgotten classic songs not forgotten acts - even the biggest acts of the era can have songs that are forgotten or rarely played on the radio etc as my list clearly shows
To take Madness (biggest selling singles act in the UK of the 80s) as an example when they're played on the radio you can pretty much guarantee it'll be one of about 5 or 6 songs that are played - their other 15 or so singles of the decade are pretty much forgotten by most |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Good Morning Britain - Aztec Camera and Mick Joned
Blaze Of Glory - The Alarm
Close To You - The Cure
Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
In The Country - Farmers Boys
Kath - The Bluebells
E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
Flowers Of Romance - PiL
Temptation - New Order
Papas Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pass the dutchie was great, life was simpler then, and in a lot of ways better. The 80s had some great music, also run from love, bronski beat, lesser known classic |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I Want Your Love or Baby I Don’t Care, Transvision Vamp
Wendy James was boss"
She was!! Remember my auntie going crazy for the band, especially her, and how her and her teenage mates would sing the songs all the time xx |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"the black song of all black songs...
"candy" by cameo.......
(and all the brothers and sisters know exactly what i am on about..... )"
and then there is the other black classic.... I found lovin by the fatback band....
any black formal occasion (birthday/wedding/ christening/do after a funeral) can be judged by when those two songs are played |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
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and then there is the other black classic.... I found lovin by the fatback band....
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That along with Feel So Real by Steve Arrington and Just Be Good To Me by The SOS Band take me back to a very specific time and place and group of people - always makes me smile and reminisce when I hear any of them |
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Mental as anything ~ live it up 
Also if there’s is Duel !
I was obviously drinking when I wrote the previous line
