Genesis – Invisible Touch
#quotefromthe80s
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I’ve fallen, fallen for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
#Genesis #InvisibleTouch
Genesis have always fascinated me: three excellent musicians (Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks as well as the immense Phil Collins),
…
80sneverend
Posted in 1981, 1981 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Imagination – Body Talk
In mid-May 1981 there was a new song hitting the UK charts. The song was released on May 1st, and was the absolute debut for a rather peculiar and extravagant trio, made up of English guys of Caribbean descent. Two of them were already playing together in not so successful bands,
…
Alphaville – Sounds Like A Melody
#quotefromthe80s
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We’ll go for a while
#Alphaville #SoundsLikeAMelody
1984 was a defining year for pop music, and created that launching pad that in a few months would lead to the highest and most original point of the entire decade,
…
80sneverend
Posted in 1983, 1983 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Robin Gibb – Juliet
In May 1983 a very beautiful song came out, by an interpreter who had a particular history, and was so much loved by his fans. It is not easy to have your own visibility when you are part of a group from your birth,
…
Pete Wylie And The Oedipus Wrecks – Sinful!
#quotefromthe80s
Hey Joe, I’ve never understood
when the elders are so wicked, why should we be good?
they’re sinful, so true
#PeteWylie #Sinful
At the beginning of May 1986 a song appeared in the charts and marked the debut in his solo career of a very particular artist.
…
Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do with It
#quotefromthe80s
What’s love, but a sweet old-fashioned notion?
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
#TinaTurner #WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt
The month of May 1984 was definitely an important moment in the life and career of the great Tina Turner.
…
Richenel – Dance around the world
Over time, several countries have been considered by younger generations as cradle and destination of freedom, almost never with a political sense, almost always following a certain musical mystique of the moment; hence the perennial passion for England, for on the road and surfing in the USA,
…
Level 42 – Lessons In Love
#quotefromthe80s
If we lose the time before us
The future will ignore us
We should use it, we could use it, yeah
Lessons in love
#Level42 #LessonsInLove
Do you remember that book where they said that 42 was the answer to the definitive question about life and the universe and everything,
…
80sneverend
Posted in 1981, 1981 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Duran Duran – Careless Memories
We know that songs make us travel through time, but this is a special song. Not only because it takes us forty years back (I don’t want to think about it!), but also because this song has really lived twice!
We are in 1981.
…
Italiano