Cyndi Lauper – True colors
#quotefromthe80s
If this world makes you crazy
And you’ve taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I’ll be there
And I’ll see your true colors shining through
#CyndiLauper #TrueColors
“True colors”
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Monthly Archives: August 2020
The colors of the 80s
Tags: Cyndi Lauper, True colors
Who was singing?
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Posted in 1984, 1984 July, August, September, United States
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Posted in 1984, 1984 July, August, September, United States
Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You
In August 1984, a beautiful song entered the charts, coming from the soundtrack of a very characteristic movie, “Streets of fire”. Declared as “A Rock & Roll fable” in the trailer and posters, the film was not really a huge success,
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Tags: Dan Hartman, I can dream about you
She knew everything
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Posted in 1982, 1982 July, August, September, Europe - other countries
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Posted in 1982, 1982 July, August, September, Europe - other countries
Frida – I Know There’s Something Going On
In Summer 1982, a drama was unfolding that would tear apart an entire generation. The generation of European teenagers in the 70s had grown up with the myths of rock and the first American and English pop, and with some icons of an era of great change,
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The most romantic song
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Posted in 1982, 1982 July, August, September, United Kingdom
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Posted in 1982, 1982 July, August, September, United Kingdom
Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
In August 1982, in the top period of Summer loves and star-lit beach nights, the release of the single and video of “Save a prayer” seemed to mark the highest possible point of romance for teenagers. After the release of “My Own Way”
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Tags: Duran Duran, Save a prayer
From Scotland to Japan
Aneka – Japanese Boy
A distinguished Scottish lady with a mezzo-soprano voice, the 80s and Japan. What do they have in common? How do you go from lavender and heather cliffs to kimons and paper umbrellas?
We should ask Mary Sandeman, a Scottish strong-tempered singer who one day told her authors that she wanted to try her hand at the world of pop.
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Tags: Aneka, Japanese boy
A golden season
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Posted in 1983, 1983 July, August, September, United Kingdom
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Posted in 1983, 1983 July, August, September, United Kingdom
Spandau Ballet – Gold
The months between Spring and Summer 1983 were probably experienced by Spandau Ballet as an absolutely golden period for their careers. In March, they released the album “True”, followed by the single “True” in April, which achieved a resounding success, the kind of success that seems impossible to repeat.
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Tags: Gold, Spandau Ballet
The jungle of music
Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
The world of music is a jungle, and this was somehow true even in the 80s. A jungle full of facts and characters, in which it was not easy to survive, a lush jungle and also full of dangers where every now and then someone could get lost and quickly disappear from the scene.
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Tags: Baltimora, italodisco, Tarzan Boy
The 80s opening tune
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Posted in 1981, 1981 July, August, September, United Kingdom
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Posted in 1981, 1981 July, August, September, United Kingdom
The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
For many, Video killed the radio star is the first real song of the 80s. Technically it wouldn’t be, having been released in September 1979, but music critics of the 80s quite agree that it actually is for many reasons,
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