Quarterflash – Harden My Heart The 80s marked an era of musical innovation, standing out as a hallmark. The 70s were also musically significant and distinct from the 60s. So why does one decade overshadow the previous one? … Read more › The post The Sound of the 80s appeared first on 80sneverend ..read more

Kim Wilde – You Came #quotefromthe80s You came, and changed the way I feel No one could love you more Because you came and turned my life around No one could take your place #YouCame #KimWilde In July 1988, one of the most significant and successful songs by a prominent late 80s English singer was released. We are talking about Kim Wilde, a performer who initially remained confined to the English music scene until the mid-80s. She gained visibility throughout Europe starting in 1986 when the beautiful You Keep Me Hangin’ On finally brought her to the charts across half of Europe. By 1988, Ki ..read more

Phoebe Cates – Paradise (Theme from Paradise) #quotefromthe80s Just take my hand it's paradise You kiss me once, I'll kiss you twice And I gaze into your eyes I realize it's paradise #PhoebeCates #Paradise #ThemeFromParadise May 1982 welcomed the release of a film that entered the imagination and the memories of all Dinosaurs who were teenagers in the 80s. Looking back, to be honest, it was not a memorable film, and as we will see it was not even very original, but it still managed to reserve a special space for itself in the hearts of teenagers, thanks above all to the protagonists of the f ..read more

The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You? #quotefromthe80s You make me make me hungry for you Everything you do is simply delicate Everything you do is quite angelicate Why can't I be you? #TheCure #WhyCantIBeYou Being Robert Smith… or perhaps not? In April 1987, The Cure, one of the most innovative and beloved bands of the ’80s, were poised to release their seventh album. Titled Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, the album was set for release in May. Nearly two years had elapsed since the success of Close To Me, during which time a Greatest Hits album was released. In this interval, The Cure diligently worked ..read more

New Order – Blue Monday #quotefromthe80s I still find it so hard To say what I need to say But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me Just how I should feel today #BlueMonday #NewOrder It is not easy to say when dance music was born, or when a new trend crept between new wave and pop. Supported by technological progress which made increasingly accessible synthesizers and electronic drums available, this trend made the concept of bpm fundamental, and allowed the birth of a truly new genre. Certainly, in March 1983 a song marked a real boundary, and then clearly indicated that the boundary had bee ..read more

Madonna – Like a prayer #quotefromthe80s When you call my name it's like a little prayer I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there In the midnight hour I can feel your power Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there #Madonna #LikeAPrayer March 3, 1989 was one of those special days when, from that moment on, nothing is the same as before. In fact, on that day Madonna launched a new single, highly anticipated for various reasons, not least because three years had passed since her last album True Blue and since Papa don’t Preach, Open Your Heart and La Isla Bonita. In recent years, how ..read more

Re-Flex – The Politics of Dancing #quotefromthe80s The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha Is this message understood? #ReFlex #ThePoliticsOfDancing Politics was certainly a hot topic in the 80s. Sometimes it was taken very seriously, and songs were composed to recall events that had happened or perhaps hoped for uprisings and changes. It happened both at a local level, especially in the United Kingdom, and think of Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 or Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears, or even at an international level, and think of Russians ..read more

Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday #quotefromthe80s I light my torch and wave it for the New moon on Monday And a fire dance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite #NewMoonOnMonday #DuranDuran On January 23, 1984, now forty years ago, one of the strangest and most bizarre songs of the ’80s was released. But if you think that the authors were an equally bizarre group, you are wrong, because we are talking about the absolute symbols of the 80s in Europe: Duran Duran. After the enormous success of their second album with songs like Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf or Save a Pray ..read more

Phil Collins – Sussudio #quotefromthe80s Ah, if she called me I'd be there I'd come running anywhere, she's all I need, all my life I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio #PhilCollins #Sussudio In the 80s, we had plenty of songs about love, be it sensual, desperate or very happy. And of course there was a lot of songs titled after women’s names. Some were all in all normal names, like Toto’s Rosanna, or perhaps normal in Anglo-Saxon languages, like Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean or Europe’s Carrie, or even in other languages like Elton John’s Nikita, but others had names at least ..read more

Phil Collins – Sussudio #quotefromthe80s Ah, if she called me I'd be there I'd come running anywhere, she's all I need, all my life I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio #PhilCollins #Sussudio In the 80s, we had plenty of songs about love, be it sensual, desperate or very happy. And of course there was a lot of songs titled after women’s names. Some were all in all normal names, like Toto’s Rosanna, or perhaps normal in Anglo-Saxon languages, like Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean or Europe’s Carrie, or even in other languages like Elton John’s Nikita, but others had names at least ..read more