Released : 1985 Joe Strummer’s fears were realised after the departure of Mick Jones holed The Clash well below the … More
Tag: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s
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
100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #54 The Stranglers – Golden Brown
Released: 1982 If music is in part of the reflection of the drugs taken by the people who make it, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #55 The Sugarcubes – Birthday
Released : 1987 To many it seemed Björk Guðmundsdótti first appeared like some pixie who’d floated in from the bottom … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #57 A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
Released : 1989 Gerald Simpson had been a staple amongst Manchester’s jazzdance, electro and crew scenes since the early 1980’s … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #58 U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Released : 1983 There was a time when U2 didn’t split public opinion almost down the middle – latter day … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #70 Japan – Ghosts
Released : 1981 By the early months of the new decade the Musicians Union had seen enough: worried by the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #60 NWA – Straight Outta Compton
Released : 1988 Dr Dre’s ‘You are about to witness the power of street knowledge’ was the most ominous first … More
