George Harrison – Got my mind set on you
“Got my mind set on you” is probably the answer to a philosophical question in George Harrison’s mind. I think George Harrison could not avoid thinking of this! John Lennon and Paul McCartney had an enormous success as solo artists…
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Starting from the name! It’s about INXS, of course, one the icon groups of the 80s, also due to a real outstanding frontman, and to a fantastic album, “Kick”, released on October 19, 1987.
And Michael Hutchence really lived it all in excess, his career, his affairs with Kylie Minogue (they were the real ambassadors of Australia in the 80s),
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T’Pau – China in your hand
At the times of “China in your hand” T’Pau’s career was really at the top of success. Actually their success lasted for a long time. It was about thirty years ago, the months between summer and autumn 1987. During these months they had worldwide fame with “
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Sting – We’ll be together
“We’ll be together” is the signature of a sensible poet. This was Sting in October 1987, 30 years ago, when he released “Nothing Like The Sun”. This album was quite different from the previous “The dream of the blue turtles”. Darker, probably due to a difficult private period,
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Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of love
“Tunnel of love” has a story thirty years long, maybe thirtyfive, maybe forty. It still lasts, almost every night, somewhere in the world. It’s the Tunnel of fun and love, it’s the tunnel of the shows of the Boss with the E Street Band.
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Fleetwood Mac – Little lies
Listening to “Little lies”, it becomes hard to say which was the age fo Fleetwood Mac. In fact they were able to cross the 70s going straight for their way. They surfed the 80s always tight to their music and ideas.
Fleetwood Mac are..
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Was (not Was) – Walk the Dinosaur
“Walk the dinosaur” is a song connecting prehistorical periods to the history of pop. In other words, il tells the story of Was (not Was), written in brackets. A couple of friends from Detroit who, after some ten years with minor satisfactions, finally reached worldwide success.
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Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on Earth
“Heaven is a place on Earth” is a good trigger for some considerations. Sometimes it happens that an artist reaches success after various experiences. Looking back, we see that he or she was previously part of some group, but we actually did not notice the group itself when the artist was there!
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Depeche Mode – Never let me down again
“Never let me down again” marks some kind of milestone for Depeche Mode. At the end of September, 1987, they released one of their most representative albums, “Music for the masses”. Actually they had released the first single, “Strangelove“,
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