Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three … More
Tag: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #38 Prince – Sign O’ The Times
Released: 1987 Some people spend decades trying to write the perfect song, one that will catapult them to fame and … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #41 Orange Juice – Rip It Up
Released : 1983 Speaking in the 2007 documentary The Sound Of Young Scotland, Josef K’s Malcolm Ross described how in … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #42 808 State – Pacific State
Released: 1989 Nothing comes from absolutely nowehere: in the annals of the UK’s house music scene it’s a popular myth … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #43 The Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
Released : 1989 It’s pretty pointless now, but compare and contrast as the exam question of the time requested the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #44 – Rhythim is Rhythim – Strings of Life
Released : 1987 Barely had the UK begun to get it’s head around house music when something different arrived, a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #45 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
Released: 1987 The idea of any of the motley bunch contributing to the NME’s C86 compilation getting a major label … More
100 Greatest Hits 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
