I’m excited about this one. Really bloody excited! Deacon Blue are one of those bands who I quite liked back in the day but have grown to love over recent years. Sure, I understood that Dignity was an absolute classic, though I was quite late to the party in terms of fully appreciating the rest […]
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The second of three Christmas songs to feature in the blog this December, we’re moving onto a favourite for so many: the classic Driving Home for Christmas, by the wonderful Chris Rea. The artist A fellow north-eastern lad (he was born in Middlesbrough in 1951), Chris was heavily influenced by classic blues music and bought
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It’s December, so naturally, as a big kid who adores this time of year, I’m breaking out the Christmas classics! For once, I’ll concede to another decade though – the 1970s definitely had the best Christmas tunes (Slade, Wizzard, Elton, Greg Lake, and Mike Oldfield help secure that crown), though the 80s is very close
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Some songs couldn’t possibly have come from any other decade than the 80s. We all know the type – huge, anthemic, singalong classics. The type of song you scream along to until it feels like your lungs are on the verge of bursting. This song is undoubtedly one of those. The artist As scarcely believable
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I hate the term ‘guilty pleasure’. I hate it with a passion. Why is it deemed to be the norm to use that phrase when describing something we ultimately like? Why can’t we just admit to loving something without having to resort to wheeling out that tired old cliché, which basically means ‘yes, I love
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Rock music was my first love, so it’s only right that one of my early Songs of the 80s posts features one of the finest examples of the decade. In saying rock music, I was never a huge fan of really heavy music or thrash metal. My kind of rock, particularly during the mid-late 80’s
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I love pure pop music. It’s a much-maligned genre at times, though I’ve never truly understood why. The only genuine reason I can see is that many will see it as not being cool, and therefore sneer at it. Though the stats don’t lie. Pop music has sold huge amounts over the years and has
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Here it is, my first Songs of the 80’s post (other than the introduction post), and I’m using a technicality to allow me to begin with my favourite song of all time – Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game. I say a technicality as the song was included on Isaak’s 1989 album Heart Shaped World and was
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I’m a child of the 80’s. Born in 1973, the 80s was a hugely influential decade for me, especially when it comes to music. I grew up in a home where music was a constant, though I didn’t become truly obsessed with it until around 1983. That’s when I started getting really interested in my
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