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The 1980's was a great time to be growing up as a teenager. This channel will reflect on the music, movies, games, TV shows, books and more from that time. Lets have some fun. #80s #NewWave #SynthPop #Pop #Rock
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Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy (1982) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoXV...

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A Victory Of Love - Alphaville (1984) A lesser know track by Alphaville but still one I like a lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpb4...

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Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse (1984) German synth-pop masterfully produced by the legendary Trevor Horn. It is a real journey through an ever changing soundscape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKm...

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Gary Numan - Cars (1979) His biggest single, and a really good early synth-pop song. Still a great listen to this day. I especially like the sharp clapping sounds over the keyboards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3J...

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The Beloved - Satellite (1995) Brilliant dance song accompanied with a tasteful black & white music video full of naked people. youtu.be/WKfV7fTHsQI?...

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Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (1986) RIP Val Kilmer and Tony Scott. www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwp...

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Enigma - Sadeness - Part 1 (1990) Turning Gregorian vocals into a dance song which everyone loved, was quite the feat for German group. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9D...

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Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret (1985) Sexy funky number from Prince when he was in his Beatles phase. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vR...

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Erasure - A Little Respect (1988) One of the very first CDs I bought when I bought a CD player after starting to work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34i...

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Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains (1989) I saw a video last night where Oleta Adams was recounting how it came about that TFF invited her to lend her soulful voice to this fantastic song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5-c...

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Talk Talk - Talk Talk (1982) RIP Mark Hollis the fantastic singer who died in 2019. I still love their music to this day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Igj...

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Imagination - Just An Illusion (1982) One to pack the dance floors back in early 80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY4c...

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Hazell Dean - They Say It's Gonna Rain (1985) A Stock/Aitken/Waterman hi-nrg production featuring the fantastic Hazell Dean. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmaG...

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Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! (1984) Brilliant song. Always nice to listen to whenever it comes up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf0_...

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Placebo - The Bitter End (2003) A great indie/gothic song with loads of energy. The video features the Lovell Telescope in Cheshire, England, and gives the whole the production a futuristic feel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJA...

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The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (1980) The ska beats and distinctive lyrics make this a stand out track from the early 80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Pw...

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Dr. Alban - Sing Hallelujah (1993) One of those perfect 90s Summer dance songs. Always a joyous listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKxJ...

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Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980) I was in the mood for a song with a great bass line. Another One Bites the Dust fits the bill perfectly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0W...

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Flash and the Pan - Waiting For A Train (1982) This was the Australian new wave musical group's most successful release. Well worth a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuy_...

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Public Enemy - Fight The Power (1990) What time is it? Time to Fight the Power! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...

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Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? (1983) The band's first number one hit single in the UK. Also reached number 4 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The part always stood out for me "You're about as easy as a nuclear war". www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M0h...

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Kraftwerk - The Model (1978) The sounds of the future in the 1970s from German group Kraftwerk. Still sounds brilliant all these years later. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEnx...

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Cream - White Room (1968) Some psychedelic rock poetry from the 60s with British rockers Cream, along with Eric Clapton on guitar and Jack Bruce on vocals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BF...

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky (1982) Nice Mad Max post apocalyptic rock music video from Tom Petty and his band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLp...

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Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (1983) For when we felt the need to be rebellious in our youth, and needed to strike out on our own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZ...

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Billy Idol - Still Dancing (2025) Continuing the trend of 80s artist bringing out new material, today we have Billy Idol as a treat. This sounds like a track which could have come out in the 1980s. It is good to see Billy Idol still rocking hard at the age of 69. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrNn...

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New Order - Thieves Like Us (1983) Named after the same titled 1974 American 1930s crime film, directed by Robert Altman and starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROdJ...

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Duran Duran - The Reflex (1984) Friday! The perfect time for some old school Duran Duran. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5eb...

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Level 42 - Running In The Family (1987) This is one for the family visiting for the past week or so. I'm the chaos will be missed next week when they are back home again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4m4...

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Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart (1987) More Australian rock about the forcible removal of Australian Aboriginal children from their families between 1909 and the 1970s. I've always loved the percussion and guitar work in this forceful track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=16bF...

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Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (1979) Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott. It is amazing that after 46 you can sing along word for word to the lyrics of the song. Where the brain stores the information I just don't know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6r...

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Röyksopp - What Else Is There ? (2005) The song and the music video manages to evoke such an air of mesmerizing disquiet. A overall fantastic song my Röyksopp. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADBK...

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Placebo - Special K (2000) It is hard to believe it has been 25 years since this song came out. The music video is still really slick looking, and the song pumps of course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Fv...

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Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me (2000) A cover version of the 1976 song my Barry White and written by Ray Parker Jr. by the Italian musical group Black Legend. It is one of those songs which wants to make you get up and dance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=clLD...

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Electronic - Get The Message (1991) Singer Bernard Sumner (New Order) and guitarist Johnny Marr (The Smiths) brought the magic to their supergroup Electronic in the 1990s. I still have the CDs of their three studio album releases. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqC2...

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Monaco - What Do You Want From Me (1997) The first single by New Order bassist Peter Hook's band Monaco. This is such a great song, especially for a huge N.O. fan like I am. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA1-...

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Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (1985) "Tarzan Boy" was the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora. It has been a while since there has been a decent Tarzan movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n...

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The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (1986) Remake featuring American guitarist Duane Eddy who had hit with the Henry Mancini composition in 1959. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-v...

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The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd (1981) One of their "Red" label single's to designate that it was a dance track. Reached the no. 12 spot in the UK Charts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=twG5...

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Was (Not Was) - Shake Your Head (1983) This remixed version by Steve "Silk" Hurley came out in 1992, and features Kim Basinger along re-recorded vocals by Ozzy Osbourne. Kim Basinger looks stunning in the music video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF86...

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Spoek Mathambo - Control (2010) This updated cover version version of the Joy Division classic is a real dance floor banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Cf...

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Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody (1984) The brilliant combination of synths and classical orchestral sounds plus the heavenly vocals really stood out. The build up to the crescendo was especially great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUz2...

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Howard Jones - Those Who Move Clouds (1989) Yesterday's was Howard Jones's 70th birthday. Congratulations and thank you for all the great songs throughout the years. This one is from the Cross That Line album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rk...

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Hazell Dean - Searchin' (High Energy) (1983) Hazell Dean first single release. One of those classic club songs from the early 80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOVH...

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Bronski Beat - Why ? (1984) I was in matric when this came out. It was a huge hit amongst us high school party goers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Lb...

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Depeche Mode - Flexible (1985) Great song about what happens when you suddenly gain fame and fortune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=INCl...

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Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (1984) This song made a huge impact when in came out back in the day. Jimmy Somerville ethereal vocals over the super catchy hi-NRG beats really caught everyone's attention from our generation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sA...

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This is the actual supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy (Saggitrarius A*), observed by JWST (NIRCam) for over 9 hours. The flickers you see are solar flares on a mind-boggling scale, bright enough to shine across 26,000 light-years of space. webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

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Toni Basil "Hey Mickey" (1982) Feel good song to help lift everyone's mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqL...

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Underworld - Underneath The Radar (1988) The song's propulsive rhythm always made me feel I was flying a fighter jet on a secret mission deep into enemy territory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=br8A...

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