Released : 1987 Barely had the UK begun to get it’s head around house music when something different arrived, a … More
Category: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #45 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
Released: 1987 For the suits the idea that any of the motley bunch contributing to the NME’s C86 compilation might … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #46 The Specials – Ghost Town
Released : 1981 That punk had created the conditions for anything-could-happen in British pop was self-evident and one of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #47 The Go Betweens – Streets of Your Town
Released: 1988 Led by introverted pop-aesthete Robert Forster and his writing foil Grant McLennan, The Go Betweens had been in … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #48 Slayer – Raining Blood
Released : 1986 Like some kind of clickbait headline from now, back in 1986 Rick Rubin had one neat trick … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #49 Kraftwerk – Tour De France
Released: 1983 The 1980’s was the decade in which everyone spent catching up with Kraftwerk: having taken much of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #50 Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC²
Released : 1985 Joe Strummer’s fears were realised after the departure of Mick Jones holed The Clash well below the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #51 M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume
Released : 1987 The world of dance music is full of one hit wonders – ask any Northern Soul fan … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #52 Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
Released : 1984 The Boys of Summer is the second song in this rundown which Tom Petty had the option … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #53 Big Black – Bad Penny
Released : 1987 Steve Albini has become better known for working on other people’s music since the dissolution of Big … More