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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 …
The Deutsche Telekom in Germany is merely seen as an evil pink empire. I know that. And they proved it several times. Now they are about to turn to the better. That’s at least what their marketing department is trying to do. For this I have to take up the cudgels for. They are …
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 …
OMD’s Maid Of Orleans is a must to understand 80ies pop. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2Q4Ub4TnM
One of the greatest videos ever: Peter Gabriel. Sledehammer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg
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
Billy Ocean. Macho-Pop at its best. But great anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0rDz3PKX0
New day, new round. Climie Fisher. Love Changes Everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPav44v545Y
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…
The original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cxhl8AwOf0
The cover version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfXlmD9RGRY
Made with great respect to the original version, isn’t it? Perhaps, today’s industrial music reproduction should think of this from time to time…