Bros – When will I be famous
At the end of 1987 Bros released their first two singles, including “When will I be famous”. They were some kind of pilot of boy band: a couple of twins, Matt and Luke Goss, and a third member to play the bass,
…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Finally famous!!
Tags: Bros, When will I be famous
Time for a movie
Dirty Dancing
Dirty dancing reminds me of a question that came up every Christmas holiday. One of the best way to spend Christmas holiday afternoons, especially in the 80s, is to go to the cinema and watch a great movie. What we are going to do in this Christmas 1987?
…
Tags: Bill Medley, Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Warner
Time for gifts
Sinitta – G.T.O.
Do you have a GTO to drive around in these holidays? If you don’t, have you already made up your mind about what to ask in the letter to Santa Claus? No? Hurry up! In december 1987 Sinitta really had a clear picture about what to ask: exactly a beautiful GTO,
…
All in a look
Madonna – The look of love
In 1987, when she released “The look of love”, Madonna was slowly looking for her new ways, after reaching, in the years of “Like a virgin” and “True Blue” every possibile goal one could imagine in the 80s. The movies “Shanghai Surprise”
…
Tags: Madonna, The look of love
Few plans, but very smart
Pet shop Boys – Always on my mind
After all, everything Pet Shop Boys ever did was smart, exactly like “Always on my mind”. In autumn 1987 they worked to create a mini-movie with the songs of their album “Actually”. They work with a director, Jack Bond, maybe brother to the most famous James,
…
Tags: Always on my mind, Pet Shop Boys
A song is forever
Billy Idol – Mony Mony
A song is forever, especially if someone releases it every two or three years, like “Mony Mony”. After all, a song of 1968, by the end of 1987 can be released at least 8 or 9 times! That’s exactly the story of this song, which is ultimately famous for Billy Idol’s version…
…
Tags: Billy Idol, Mony Mony
Two great gentlemen… without a woman
Zucchero & Paul Young – Without a woman
“Without a woman”, “Senza una donna” in the original italian version, is a wonderful song. One of Zucchero’s elegies, probably in the best period of his long career, a timeless poem. Even more precious due to the participation of Paul Young, an icon of the 80s,
…
Tags: Paul Young, Senza una donna, Without a woman, Zucchero
The King is never wrong
Michael Jackson – The way you make me feel
And actually he could not be wrong: his style was so pure and his genius was in the peak of creativity. In November 1987 Michael Jackson released as a single this fantastic song, the third single from Bad. And it was immediately a great success,
…
The songs of destiny
Paul McCartney – Once upon a long ago
“Once upon a long ago” sounds like a special song to me.
Some songs enter our lives for unexplicable reasons, occurences, and they don’t go away. And they will never go away. Thirty years ago the great Sir Paul McCartney wrote this song for a due with his close friends Freddie Mercury.
…