Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love)
“Boys” since 30 years, means Sabrina. And means summer hits. And so, also in 1987, summer could not begin without her. Trash? of course, but everything planned, no doubt on this. And after all, this was the role we wanted her to play!
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Pet Shop Boys – It’s a sin
“Its a sin” is about a life in sin. It’s Neil Tennant’s, according to this song. Which is actually autobiographic about the frustration of catholic education in his dark period at the college of St. Cuthbert (or something similar) in Newcastle.
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Madonna – Who’s that girl
“Whos that girl” represents something in pop music history. In fact, in June 2015 something historic was beginning: the first world tour. The “Who’s that girl tour”, promoting the album “True Blue” and the overall brand of Madonna for the years to come,
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Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over
“Dont dream its over” is a song that many many people appreciated! Actually, even 30 years ago, the Crowded House had probably less success than they deserved. And this happened as soon as they released their song! But later, the great hit by the guys from Oceania was serially covered by great artists.
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George Michael – I want your sex
George Michael released “I want your sex” on Jun 1, 1987. He chose this song as the first single out of a very successful album. We are of course talking about “Faith”, his first solo album. This hit marked a sort of sliding doors,
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Samantha Fox – Nothing’s gonna stop me now
“Nothings gonna stop me now” is a sort of declaration of intent by Samantha Fox! 30 years ago, in this period, Samantha Fox was absolutely in our teenage dreams. The memories of her first and greatest success had almost faded out,
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William Pitt – City Lights
“City lights” represents the typical case when the song is more famous than the author. We said so many times, the 80s were years of great artists, but also years of meteors. The point is, meteors did some great songs as well, maybe just one great song,
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Richard Marx – Don’t mean nothing
Dont mean nothing, if we have an additional brother. Yes, besides Marx Brothers in the movies, with Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, and after Karl Marx, of course. In the 80s we also had Richard Marx, who had an interesting success in Europe.
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Tina Charles – I love to love
“I love to love” really went hand in hand with Tina Charles for decades! When we say that everything can turn against us… Just like it happened to Tina Charles, who in mid 70’s, girl full of hopes, recorded a pleasant happy song and had a discreet success for some periods,
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