Simple Minds’ ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ from 1985. Oh don’t look at me like that, you love it! I’m off to find a football field to stride across with my fist pumped in the air…then freeze.
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Goin’ Old School: Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
Kajagoogoo’s ‘Too Shy’, look beyond the cheese. It was 1982, it wasn’t cheese then! This track has some killer bass and killer synth riffs.
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Goin’ Old School: Nik Kershaw – The Riddle
Nik Kershaw’s 1984 hit ‘The Riddle’. Why? ‘Cos I said so, that’s why!
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Goin’ Old School: New Order – True Faith
New Order ‘s 1987 ‘True Faith’ is one of my favourite songs of all time to dance to. Philippe Decouflé surreal video is repeatedly voted one of the best videos of all time.
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Goin’ Old School: M – Pop Muzik
In 1979 M invented the ‘80’s with ‘Pop Muzik’, they then swiftly went on to invent ‘80’s music videos. Look.
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Goin’ Old School: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder – (Together In) Electric Dreams
Really, what can I sat about Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder’s 1984 absolute classic ‘(Together In) Electric Dreams’? If you don’t love it you are dead inside? That’ll do.
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Goin’ Old School: Beats International (Feat. Lindy Layton) – Dub Be Good To Me
Beats International & Lindy Layton dropped ‘Dub Be Good To Me’ way back in 1990. Lindy seemed to be on TV all the time back then, That was a good thing. Love the Morricone sample with the Dub bass.
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Goin’ Old School: Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
Thomas Dolby, occasional unsung hero of SynthPop. The man needs more recognition. ‘She Blinded Me With Science’, his 1982 breakthrough tune, is still a classic. Also, Magnus Pyke getting down!
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Goin’ Old School: Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Time to remedy the not having had any Kraftwerk on Goin’ Old School yet, with 1977’s ‘Trans Europe Express’, it was so good Afrika Bambaata and Arthur Baker took it an invented Electro Hip-Hop with it!
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Goin’ Old School: Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria
Cabaret Voltaire live on the cutting edge of electronic music, seriously, that’s where their house is. Sometimes though their genius breaks through to the masses, as with 1984’s ‘Sensoria’.
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