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Happy Birthday, Major Tom!

Today’s the 40th anniversary of Space Oddity. Yes, forty years. David Bowie got completely flashed of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odysee This itself was nothing special as the film inspired many other people. However, it’s different with this song. One the one hand, Kubrick’s masterpiece made Bowie create Major Tom and the lyrics. On the …

80ies week VII

Great music deserves a great final. This song is not just great music, it represents two things at once. On the one hand, there’s been a trend to cover classics from the 60ies – here the King himself – and on the other hand it’s been a decade of coming outs. While homosexuality played …

80ies week VI

OMD’s Maid Of Orleans is a must to understand 80ies pop. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2Q4Ub4TnM

80ies week V

One of the greatest videos ever: Peter Gabriel. Sledehammer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg

80ies week IV

There’s no decade without great ballads, so are the 80ies. Danny Wilson’s Mary’s Prayer is a great example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3CYUCBnYE

80ies week III

Billy Ocean. Macho-Pop at its best. But great anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0rDz3PKX0

80ies week II

New day, new round. Climie Fisher. Love Changes Everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPav44v545Y

80s week I

I decided to let this week be a tribute-to-80s-pop-week. It’s Tuesday, I know. Let’s say we count Marc Almond as the Monday-track…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1E2A4eNsKQ

A really successful track in the German speaking part of the world. Must be the German pop producer riding on that Flashdance-wave…

Zur Feier des Tages

Kleine Ständchen der anderen Art. Dank Euch, Miriam & Paul!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB26L8nbRiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxkiXALQjU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtlB9ZEjdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc61z9IFu4

Weil doch Sonntag ist…

einfach alles ruhiger angehen lassen…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZZ4LsvzI50&feature=related