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Posted in 1985, 1985 April, May, June, United Kingdom
The Power Station – Get in on (Bang-a-Gong)
“Get it on (Bang-a-gong)” can probably be called a supercover. It’s definitely a cover, because Power Station chose to do a modern remake of a hit of 1971, by an English group called T.Rex. Then, it’s a supercover because Power Stations were one of the main supergroups,
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Depeche Mode – Shake the disease
April 29, 1985 was one of those days that could only happen in the 80s. One of those days when, for the jokes of fate, two or three songs were coming out and were really destined to make history. And the funny thing is,
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Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
In April 1985 we learned to love a song that everyone remembers with great affection and empathy. And I have to say that we all remember with great affection also the singer, a girl with overwhelming smile and energy. Katrina Leskanich was born in the United States,
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Posted in 1984, 1984 April, May, June, United Kingdom
The Human League – The Lebanon
Early 1984 was a fairly heavy period for the Human League. They had been very successful with their two previous albums, with songs like “Don’t you want me” and “Fascination”, and expectations on them had grown a lot. To work on this new album,
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Posted in 1986, 1986 April, May, June, Europe - other countries, United Kingdom
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Picnic at the Whitehouse – We Need Protection
Against sun, rain, radiations, economic crisis, unexpected issues, against bad luck, viruses, against all threats and everything you like, but it’s a fact that, in today’s world, we need protection. And they knew it!
No jokes,
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Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
The King of Pop released “Dirty Diana” on Apr 18, 1988. This was the fifth single out of the album “Bad”, after “I just can’t stop loving you“, “Bad“, “The way you make me feel“,
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Posted in 1984, 1984 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Duran Duran – The Reflex
On April 16, 1984, Duran Duran released “The reflex”, one of the most iconic songs of the 80s. In the 1980s, if you asked a European teenager who his favourite band or singer was, in half the cases he would answer “Duran Duran”.
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Spandau Ballet – True
It was mid-April 1983 when Spandau Ballet released “True”, definitely one of their signature songs. Actually the song had been known since about a month, because in early March, they had released the album with the same title, heralded by another great hit such as “
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Depeche Mode – Strangelove
Looking at Depeche’s videos, it seems thay might be right about love. In mid April 1987, this song was the first single released from the album “Music for the masses”. In fact, watching Depeche Mode videos, you’d think they’re right. In mid-April 1987,
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