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Prince – Alphabet St.
#quotefromthe80s
I’m going down 2 Alphabet Street
I’m gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I’m gonna talk so sexy
She’ll want me from my head 2 my feet
#Prince #AlphabetSt
The story of Alphabet St.
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From black to sexy
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Mothers and sons
Howard Jones – Look Mama
#quotefromthe80s
I gotta make my own mistakes
Why can’t you treat me like a friend?
Look mama I love you
But you gotta let me live my life
#HowardJones #LookMama
We have said many times that the period between the end of 1984 and the Summer of 1985,
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Fast career
Tracy Chapman – Fast car
#quotefromthe80s
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
#TracyChapman #FastCar
Tracy Chapman released her single Fast Car in April 1988,
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This is not a rock song
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80sneverend
Posted in 1983, 1983 April, May, June
80sneverend
Posted in 1983, 1983 April, May, June
Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy
It happened several times in the 80s that a band that had built much of their history around a particular musical genre, perhaps obtaining some success or fame but nothing more, at some point in their career made a song perhaps simpler,
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Jazz in Spring
Matt Bianco – Sneaking out the back door
In the first half of April 1984, in addition to Spring, the career of a huge group of the 80s was also blossoming: Matt Bianco, with their frontman Mark Reilly. A very particular artist: born in England, with a taste for the sophisticated atmospheres of jazz,
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Orange, women, temptation and heaven
Heaven 17 – Temptation
#quotefromthe80s
Trying to find it (Temptation)
You’ve got to get up behind it (Temptation)
Put your dime in the hot slot (Temptation)
But it’s a million to one shot (Temptation)
#Heaven17 #Temptation
Ok, I know, I put the blame on me,
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A car trip
by 80sneverend
Posted in 1986, 1986 April, May, June, United Kingdom
80sneverend
Posted in 1986, 1986 April, May, June, United Kingdom
It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home
If you ask me about the center of English creativity in the early 80s, I have little doubt. Of course, the big record majors were based in London and therefore the successful records and bands generally formed there, also according to the indications of the majors.
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A ballad on number 4
by 80sneverend
Posted in 1989, 1989 April, May, June, United States
80sneverend
Posted in 1989, 1989 April, May, June, United States
Bon Jovi – I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you reached the market on the fourth day of the fourth month in 1989, when Bon Jovi released the third (unfortunately not the fourth) single from New Jersey, their fourth album.
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Three is too much
by 80sneverend
Posted in 1981, 1981 April, May, June, United Kingdom
80sneverend
Posted in 1981, 1981 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Ph. D. – I Won’t Let You Down
Very few people outside if the United Kingdom knew, in 1981, what a Ph.D. was, what it meant. Or maybe even just what it was: in the early 1980s, university wasn’t really for everyone. So, in early April of that year,
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Tags: I won't let you down, PhD