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The Nobody’s Diary - lower charting singles of the 80s by acts who would ultimately never make the Top 40! Tonight's two were by Michael Sembello and Fox The Fox, as suggested by Keith Heyes. Here’s the archive - open.spotify.com/playlist/7FB... #forgotten80s

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Apart from the two other occasions, yes. #forgotten80s

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I love the big string section in the middle of Still Of The Night. #forgotten80s

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And #forgotten80s starts right now on Absolute 80s with the mighty Talk Talk! Tune in, join in ...

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Requests please... #forgotten80s

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The Nobody's Diary (TND) via Karen Betting: Brilliant "Love Is War" Patti Day "Right Before My Eyes" The Edge Of Heaven (TEOH) via Ed Cunningham:- INXS "What You Need" The Cars "Tonight She Comes" Talking Heads "Radio Head" #forgotten80s

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The Nobody’s Diary - lower charting singles of the 80s by acts who would ultimately never make the Top 40! Tonight's two were by Brilliant + Patti Day, as suggested by Karen Betting. Here’s the Spotify archive - open.spotify.com/playlist/7FB... #forgotten80s

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Y'know that endless, sometimes enthralling, sometimes tiresome debate about who is the greatest rock band of all time? I genuinely think it's AC/DC. #forgotten80s

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See below. Saved me a job. #forgotten80s

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Simple Minds are getting #forgotten80s underway on Absolute 80s right now! Tune in, join in ...

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Ah, Howard Jones. Happy 70th birthday to a chap I try to refer to as "the great man" whenever he appears on #forgotten80s, because to 10-13 year old me, that's what he was, and always will be. My favourite photo of him adorns the front page of the show's blog. ( forgotten80s.blogspot.com ) /1

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Blimey, the hallucinations storyline has gone from tedious and dragging to downright appalling. #Corrie needs sorting, urgently.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey:

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When The Jam broke up, pretty much all of their back catalogue re-entered the charts. That's how huge they were and how momentous their split was. #ripRick

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The Nobody's Diary (TND) via John Lightheart: Act "Absolutely Immune" Love And Money "River Of People" The Edge Of Heaven (TEOH) via Graeme Langton:- Ultravox "Passing Strangers" Classix Nouveaux "Because You’re Young" OMD "If You Leave" #forgotten80s

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If you are a Facebook user, please feel free to Like and Follow the new #forgotten80s page, even if you don't plan to contribute. Search for Forgotten 80s - Requests. Thank you.

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The Nobody’s Diary - lower charting singles of the 80s by acts who would ultimately never make the Top 40! Tonight's two were by Act + Love And Money, as suggested by John Lightheart. Here’s the Spotify archive - open.spotify.com/playlist/7FB... #forgotten80s

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The great Love And Money. #forgotten80s

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Dead Or Alive are kicking off #forgotten80s on Absolute 80s right now! Tune in, join in ...

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I assume Elaine sings "he can't be mine" and Barbara sings "he won't be mine" because one is the mistress and the other the wife. Possibly. #totp

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Barbara Dickson is the better singer but Elaine gets the privilege of support vocals on Barbara's verse that weren't reciprocated. Probably something to do with the plot of Chess but it still irritates me. #totp

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