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#A-ZNames D - in tribute to Clem Burke - Denis - Blondie m.youtube.com/watch?v=ahGx...

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#A-ZNames C - Candy This was written in 1968 and it addresses transgender woman Candy Darling's desire to escape her gender assigned at birth …we’ve not come very far at all 🏳️‍⚧️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rb...

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#A-ZNames B - Bob - this version taken from the West Coast vs Wessex album - where Frank Turner covers NOFX and vice versa - so here’s Frank covering Bob, but NOFX dressed like Frank miming to his cover ! m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AK3...

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Here we go …a brand new gleaming A-Z …this time #A-ZNames -A - gotta go with the name of my eldest and this tribute from Green Day to Ms Winehouse m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajA1...

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#A-Z’84 Z …can’t think of anything other than the obvious ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin’ m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae82...

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#A-Z’84 Y Had completely forgotten about this song - they had a knack of turning out good pop did The Thompson Twins You Take Me Up m.youtube.com/watch?v=THpk...

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#A-Z’84 X I can actually chose a bona fide X ( always a struggle this letter !) This year saw the release of The Big Express Album by XTC - this probably my fav track from it ( although could have posted any really !) This World Over m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQbF...

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#A-Z W - this year saw the release of Julian Copes’debut album World Shut Your Mouth ( the track didn’t appear until Album St Julian) - here’s the second single taken from the album m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlnW...

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#A-Z’84 V - Venceremos - Working Week m.youtube.com/watch?v=sA5h...

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#A-Z’84 U - UB40 with a little ditty about Thatcher m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHSo...

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#A-Z’84 T Take - The Colour Field Their 2nd single, which the great British record buying public largely ignored - in the week this enjoyed its highest chart position of 70 …Agadoo was enjoying its first of 18 weeks in the Top 40 …🤷🏼‍♂️ - I despair sometimes m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeKl...

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#A-Z’84 S - going with a double S ( which allows me a second choice …yes ? ) Seven Seas - Echo & The Bunnymen m.youtube.com/watch?v=LbYx...

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#A-Z’84 R - Redskins - Keep On Keepin On - here’s the infamous appearance on The Tube, where they invited a striking miner onstage (wonderfully named Norman Strike - no really !) - his mic was cut controversially or was a tech cock up ? - amazing band m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7tb...

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#A-Z’84 Q …The Questions released their only album this year on Wellers Respond label - to very little fanfare - this was the second and last single from it ( they called it quits shortly after ) m.youtube.com/watch?v=F92R...

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#A-Z’84 - P - The Pretenders - They released their Third Album this year - Learning To Crawl , the two singles released this year from it were largely overlooked ( chart wise !) - Thin Line Between Love & Hate and this belter Middle Of The Road m.youtube.com/watch?v=FrHy...

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#A-Z’84 O I know you chose Madness the other day …but I have to go with this song of theirs - imho one of their finest One Better Day m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xwh...

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