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Friday, July 29, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 24- Slang Teacher

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Today's forgotten classic comes to us from former Adam and the Ants bass player, Kevin Mooney aka Wide Boy Awake. 'Slang Teacher...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 23- Hey Little Girl

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Roxy Music knockoffs Icehouse had a top 40 hit with this slick little number in early 1983 . The song peaked at #31 and was one of several ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 22- Guilty

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Figured this fit today. From the ashes of X-Ray Spex, Classic Nouveaux reached #43 on the U.K. charts with 'Guilty' in November of 1...
Monday, July 4, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 21- 4th of July

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We celebrate the 21st day of our 80's Days of Summer as well as our nation's 235th birthday with a no-brainer. X's '4th of J...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 20- A New England

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So here we are, just hours away from Independence Day. I thought this might be a fitting song. And it's a two-fer. Originally written an...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 19- Is Vic There?

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Spending the extended holiday weekend at our annual family reunion. Most of the family is here, question is, Is Vic There? One-hit wonder De...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 18- What Do All The People Know

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What do all the people know about the Monroes? Not much. These San Diego New Wavers fell off the map just as quickly as their 1982 hit put t...

80's Days of Summer: Day 17- Just Got Lucky

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The British-American group JoBoxers 'Just Got Lucky' with this one-hit wonder from the summer of 1983 which made it onto both the U....
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 16- Oblivious

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By all means 1983 was a watershed year for New Wave. Hardly a day passed without the release of a drop-dead, instant classic. Today's 12...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 15- Forever Young

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Today's blast from the past comes to us from German synthpop trio Alphaville. The title track off their 1984 LP of the same name, 'F...
Monday, June 27, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 14- What I Like About You

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So, I'm in the Motor City takin ' care of business, yet another of the seemingly endless perks associated with a career in pharmaceu...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

80's Days of Summer: Day 13- Love Is A Stranger

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Prior to their breakout hit 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)', which propelled the Eurythmics to international stardom, they release...
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