Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Power Italo first from Trans-X and Message On The Radio from 1986, it’s now all Living On Video y’know!
The the mighty Pop Will Eat Itself’s Def Con One from 1988.
And from 1988, Soul II Soul’s first release, the Rose Windross featuring Fairplay.
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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:
The funky as hell Hangin’ (falsely titled Hangin’ Out here) from the legendary Chic in 1982.
In 1989 EMF mashed up Pop, Indie, House, ElectroPop and Hip Hop with their breakthrough Unbelievable. Derry was an inspiration to keyboard players everywhere.
Almost completely copying their first hit Street Dance, Here’s Break Machine’s hilarious follow up, Break Dance Party, from 1984.
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1989’s Tricky Disco from Tricky Disco. Not nearly as funny now, I guess you had to be there.
From 1985, ItaloPop with Modern Talking’s You Can Win If You Want.
Alphaville’s epic original version of Forever Young from 1984.
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Kicking off in the very early ‘80’s, Mind Of A Toy from Visage in 1981.
From 1989, on TOTP, Coldcut and Lisa Stansfield’s People Hold On.
The second most recognisable arpeggio of all time? Japan’s Quite Life from 1981.
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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:
Here’s the first track to be featured on Goin’ Old School twice! We love it that much! Krush’s House Arrest from 1987. One of the best record ever made.
Savage bring the Italo this week with1984’s Only You.
And a bit of American SynthPop for Information Society with What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) from 1988
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Some TOTP to start with, Thompson Twins with ‘Love On Your Side’ from 1983.
Pamala Stanley’s Italo fuelled DiscoPop from 1983, ’Coming Out Of Hiding’.
OK, so it’s not a music video, but it is the first two minutes of the greatest movie ever made with the greatest soundtrack ever written. Vangelis’ ‘BladeRunner Main Titles’ from 1982 (although not properly released, not counting the New American Orchestra version, until 1994).
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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-Ha with ‘The Living Daylights’ from 1987. Oh no, there’s no theme here…
From 10985, Duran Duran’s ‘A View To A Kill’. OK, maybe there is a theme going on…
In 1981, just coming out of the ‘70’s, Sheena Easton with ‘For Your Eyes Only’. Yeah, can;t really get away from the theme now.
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The awesome pre-Stacey Q SSQ first with ‘Synthicide’ from 1983.
From 1984’s ‘Zooklook’ album, the 1985 single release of ‘Zoolookologie’ by the master Jean Michel Jarre.
Cyndi Lauper’s ‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough’ from 1984. Richard Donner directed the video. Oh shut up!
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Probably Mr. Howard Jones’s most well known hit, 1983’s ‘What Is Love?’
From 1979, because it was reMixed this week and it’s in my head, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s ‘Techopolis’
Nik Kershaw’s ‘Wouldn’t It Be Good’, really good video for the time, still looks fantastic, if dated. From 1984.
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We’re breaking the ‘Goin’ Old School’ rules a little today by featuring tracks we’ve featured before and tracks that aren’t strictly ‘80’s, but in celebration if the late, great, Bob Moog’s birthday, here’s some of our favourite Moog tracks. Starting with Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ from 1975.
And we had to feature New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ again, from 1983. Moog Source anyone?
DEVO 1980 hit ’ Whip It’ is covered in MiniMoogs!
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