Doctorin’ the House – Coldcut featuring Yazz & The Plastic Population
Three in a row cannot be a coincidence, and when “Doctorin’ the house” climbed the charts in February 1988, it was definitely a clear signal. The house music was taking the place of pop music in new generation’s hearts.
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Eddy Grant – Gimme hope Jo’anna
“Gimme hope Jo’anna” was a worldwide famous song, with an irresistible rhythm and a strong political condemnation. Some say that the song contains hidden meanings related to the South African politics.
They are wrong: Eddy Grant’s lyrics are not hidden meanings,
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Bomb The Bass – Beat dis
When Beat dis topped the charts, in February 88, it became clear that the 80s were about to end, not only from an historical point of view. Some clues were already clear in the previous years, starting with the experiments of Sigue Sigue Sputnik,
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Get outta my dreams, get into my car – Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean, the author of “Get outta my dreams, get into my car”, was not a guy who released tons of songs, sincerely. He released an album maybe every two or three years. Directors often included his main songs in great soundtracks.
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Joe le taxi – Vanessa Paradis
Literally, because Vanessa paradis was born in 1972, therefore she was just 15 when “Joe le taxi” was released and made her famous even outside France. I must say that generally today they try to make young guys and especially girls look older than their real age.
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Guesch Patti – Etienne
Guesch Patti released the song “Etienne” at the end of 1987. It actually climbed the charts during the first months of 1988, in France and in many other countries. It was a scandal, but a very styilish scandal: intriguing images, a chic woman, very fine and mysterious,
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An interview to T’Pau! Dear friends, this time I had the chance to exchange some words with Carol Decker, lead singer of T’Pau.. but I’m sure you don’t really need me to introduce Carol!!! 🙂
Carol was so kind to answer to some questions and curiosity, and she gifted us with the chance to live some more moments in the eighties through her eyes and memories!
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Taylor Dayne – Tell it to my heart
This was the destiny of real heroes of the 80s: quite soon they made songs which happened to be too beautiful. And it’s very hard, then, to go further! It happened also to Taylor Dayne, who released in January 88 her first album.
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