Prince – U got the look
“U got the look” climbed the charts once again in September 87. And Prince was right: really the look was everything, in the 80s! And he knew it! The Minneapolis guy knew it, and he played around always dressed in a sober way,
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ABC – The night you murdered love
“The night you murdered love” aired on all radios and clubs in September 1987. Actually ABC have always been kind of a mystery. I think they were one of the more underestimated groups of the 80s: despite having a long career all through the decade,
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LL Cool J – I need love
“I need love” is the flagship of an original artist, LL Cool J. Another symbol of the transition between 80s and 90s. Not only for the song, where rap overcomes music, almost non-existing, but also for his look, kind of prototype of Pharrell Williams!
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Karel Fialka – Hey Matthew
In August 1987, a song came out, and it was a real jewel from the 80s. The song had two protagonists. The author, Karel Fialka, a quality author and musician who had had a lot of experience since the early 1980s and found international success with this song after traveling the world (after all,
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Madonna – Causing a commotion
“Causing a commotion” became famous in Italy because of a tv concert. Who, but Madonna? She was great, the concert was great, but the broadcasting was awful. With this video we also remember all concerts broadcasted in tv and ruined by nasty uncapable commenters.
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U2 – Where the streets have no name
“Where the streets have no name” marks a very peculiar, unique day. A lot of things happened on Aug 31, 1987. We saw that in the US Michael Jackson was releasing “Bad”; on this side of the ocean another worldwide famous group,
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Pink Floyd – Learning To Fly
We, as Eighties’ Dinosaurs, went very often to a cinema during our weekends, and we began to enjoy the show starting from the very long queues outside the rooms, we took the ticket, maybe a coke and… all of a sudden ahe video clip of a beautiful song started,
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T’Pau – Heart and soul
The story of “Heart and soul” really makes you think about. Sometimes it happens that you write a very beautiful song, it’s not so successful, but then someone chooses it for a spot, maybe a denim spot. Then people starts to see the ad,
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Michael Jackson – Bad
Really the King of Pop acted bad? Absolutely not. His character, his role had to be aggressive. Thirty years ago, Aug 31, 1987, Michael Jackson released an album that made history. “Bad” soon became the second best-selling album at the times (the first was and still is “Thriller”).
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