Friday, October 3
Laurent Voulzy - Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde
What's not to like about a bespectacled French Prince-wannabe singing about "nights without Kim Wilde"?
Labels:
1985,
80s,
europop,
Laurent Voulzy,
Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde,
synthpop
Sunday, September 14
Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
You may remember the song but you probably haven't seen the video before (or if you have, you've spent the last 27 years trying to forget it).
Best Harold Steptoe impressions at the ready for the face Bill pulls at 2:37 ("They'll think I'm your dad and you're my daughter") - you dirty old man!
Saturday, August 30
Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene
The sound of an interesting and original group being forced by their record company into doing a novelty cover version. Oh dear.
Monday, August 18
Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
I was suddenly reminded of this when I accidentally stumbled across a dodgy Eurodance version of the song. The original is, of course, infinitely better and reminds me of the summer of 1986 when it seemed to be climbing the charts at a rate of one position a week for most of the summer, eventually settling at number 28.
For those of you with a strong stomach, here is the dance version by Kate Ryan:
Labels:
1986,
80s,
Cock Robin,
pop,
rock,
The Promise You Made
Monday, July 28
The Big Dish - European Rain
Some classy pop from the late '80s. This lot had one top forty hit with Miss America in 1991 taken from their album Satellites. Satellites - Big Dish - do you see? Oh well.
Sunday, July 27
Bardo - One Step Further
From the days when the UK used to score points at Eurovision (don't get me started on that one), here's a clear case of a song which really should have won it for us but somehow didn't. Christ knows what's going on in the video.
Labels:
1982,
80s,
Bardo,
Eurovision,
One Step Further,
pop
Saturday, July 26
Tears For Fears - The Way You Are
Tears For Fears appear to have disowned this single - it came out in 1983 between The Hurting and Songs For The Big Chair but doesn't appear on either, nor does it show up on their greatest hits album.
Labels:
1983,
80s,
pop,
Tears For Fears,
The Way You Are
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