Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night)
#quotefromthe80s
Come on and sing along
We’re going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along
All night long (all night)
#AllNightLong #LionelRichie
If I had to say who was the nicest and most engaging artist of the 80s (and beyond),
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Wendy & Lisa – Waterfall
#quotefromthe80s
Feel the water, ice cool water
People may come, people may go
Just as long as the water’s slow
But watch out when you’re
Headed for the waterfall
#WendyAndLisa #Waterfall
At the end of August 1987 two artists released their first album,
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Black – Wonderful life
#quotefromthe80s
No need to run and hide
it’s a wonderful, wonderful life
no need to hide and cry
it’s a wonderful, wonderful life
#Black #WonderfulLife
If we were to ask anyone who has hanged out in the 80s: “What song can we choose to represent existentialism in the 80s?”
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Posted in 1984, 1984 July, August, September, United Kingdom
Depeche Mode – Master And Servant
So, there were also sexually explicit songs, in 80’s. One song definitively broke a very particular taboo, made of extreme sex, an anthem to S/M practices that, at the end of August 1984, became the single Master and Servant by Depeche Mode.
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Posted in 1982, 1982 July, August, September, United Kingdom
Captain Sensible – Wot
In the 80s there were many brilliant artists, and many of them were indeed on the verge of pure madness, some perhaps even beyond. Artists with songs and videos out of the ordinary, unwilling to accept the compromises and rules of the music industry.
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Posted in 1984, 1984 July, August, September, Caribbeans, United States
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Miami Sound Machine – Dr. Beat
#quotefromthe80s
I just don’t know, don’t know
How I’m gonna deal with you
I just don’t know, don’t know
Won’t you help me, Dr. Beat?
#MiamiSoundMachine #GloriaEstefan #DrBeat
We all were sick of music,
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Posted in 1983, 1983 July, August, September, Europe - other countries
Laid Back – Sunshine Reggae
The early 80s were certainly years of great creative spirit. Although British productions were by far the most present in the European charts, also for a matter of language, it is also true that in almost all countries we could find artists and songs that managed to establish themselves even outside national borders,
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OFF – Electrica Salsa
#quotefromthe80s
The new age sound is on the move
I give you now the second groove.
Don’t have to ask you to give up
you’ll do it on your own.
#OFF #ElectricaSalsa
In the first weeks of August 1987,
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