Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
today we’re kicking off with Bomb The Bass’ raucous Hip-House monster Megablast from 1988 .
Here’s The Art Of Noise’s haunting, yet Industrial, Moments In Love from 1985.
Finally funkin’ out with Tina Cross’ Koo De Tah’s hit Body Talk, again from 1985.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Kicking off with Den Harrow’s Italo classic, from 1985, Future Brain.
More Italo from rom the same year, it’s Italy’s Max Him’s single Japanese Girl.
Finally, German SynthPoppers Modern Talking’s début single You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul form 1984.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Fist up, from 1986, Thompson Twins’ King For A Day.
Some New Beat ElectroPop from Celebrate The Nun with 1989’s Ordinary Town
And Black Box with some early funky House Pop from 1989, Everybody Everybody.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
First up today it;s one of our favourite tracks from London’s Soul II Soul. The track that started it all, 1988’s Fairplay, featruing Rose Windross.
Here’s Robert Palmer’s synth driven Johnny And Mary from 1980.
And lastly some obscure British Pop from 1983 and Nine Ways To Win’s Close To You.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
In light of ex-Prime Minister Margret Thatcher’s death, let’s have a couple of track that sum up Thatcher’s Britain. First, Heaven 17’s awesome Penthouse And Pavement from 1981
And Master And Servant by Depeche Mode from 1984.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
SynthPop pioneer and all-round electronic experimentalist, the late Fad Gadget’s 1980 single Ricky’s Hand.
And The Rock Steady Crew with their 1984 follow up to (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew (a track with one of the greatest synth riffs ever), Uprock.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Original Tropical? First up we have one of our favourite SynthPop artists Howard Jones with
Like To Get To Know You Well from 1984.
And some Italo madness from 1986 with Koto’s Jabdah (h/t Jules Schimmer).
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
We kick off this week with the craziness that is Thomas Dolby’s 1984 Hyperactive!.
And from 1982 Blancmange’s Living On The Ceiling.
finally some HiNRG in the form of Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish, the genius, with Male Stripper from 1987.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
A couple of ElectroPop legends this week, starting with Thompson Twins’ smoothness from 1983, Hold Me Now.
And classic Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit Why?.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Two of our favourite bands this week, firstly the mighty The Human League with Open Your Heart from one of the greatest albums ever made, 1981’s Dare.
And Everything Counts, from Depeche Mode’s second best album, 1983’s Construction Time Again.
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