It was the future, or 1983. Technology was either going to destroy us or save us. Trans-X’s ‘Living On Video’ was all about synthesizers and stuff! Can you imagine?
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Goin’ Old School: Laura Branigan (or) Raf – Self Control
Straight from 1984, here is both Laura Branigan and co-wirter Raf’s versions of ‘Self Control’, both blew up in Europe that year but only Branigan’s made any impact across the Atlantic. I can never decide which version I prefer but both are definitely better than the subsequent covers.
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Goin’ Old School: Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins, sorely overlooked heroes of 80’s music, to often considered a flash-in-the-pan, they awere actually around for years with a string of successful records, one of those being 1984’s ‘Doctor! Doctor!’, here performed on Top Of The Pops.
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Goin’ Old School: Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait
In 1988 Bomb The Bass released ‘Into The Dragon’ one of the all time seminal dance music albums, alongside ‘Beat ‘Dis’, the big hit from the record, the second single was the amazing ‘Don’t Make Me Wait’ featuring Lorraine McIntosh on vocals. A track that I will never get enough of. Here they are preforming it on Top Of The Pops. I’ll always have a soft spot for girls in hi-tops and oversized Troop jackets.
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Goin’ Old School: John Foxx – Underpass
Whether with his work in early Ultravox for with three decades of making innovative electronic music John Foxx has always been a banner flyer for the synthesizer, and we love him for it. Here’s 1980’s ‘Underpass’, still a classic.
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Goin’ Old School: Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us
Lisa Lougheed’s ‘Run With Us’ from 1987. Yes, it’s the theme tune to The Raccoons. What?
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Goin’ Old School: Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
Miami Vice is one of the most awesome shows ever created, it swings from awesomely awesome to awesomely, unintentionally, hilarious with such ease! Jan Hammer’s ‘Miami Vice Theme’ from 1985 is no laughing matter though. It’s serious smooth.
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Goin’ Old School: Break Machine – Street Dance
It’s 1983, you’re Break Machine. How can you cash in on kids with rolls of lino and boomboxes? Why, of course! You release ‘Street Dance’, one of the funkiest slices of Electro Soul ever created.
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Goin’ Old School: Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement
It’s 1981, The Human League seem to have split up, your world is in tatters, then this happens. Heaven 17 put a little funk in your synth life with ‘Penthouse And Pavement’.
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Goin’ Old School: Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Looking For The Perfect Beat
Looking for the Perfect Beat? Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force were in 1983, they pretty much found it then gave it to Hip Hop who, let’s be honest, hasn’t always treated it well.
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