New Wave Albums: 1987
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Topic: New Wave Albums: 1987
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: New Wave Albums: 1987
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 05:52
 1987: ABC - Alphabet City - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JmtDwkdDP_E9015Qtov4R2sHgx3HLkl" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JmtDwkdDP_E9015Qtov4R2sHgx3HLkl 1987: Aztec Camera - Love - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-rYYGS6juCTDobs-aFwXQfTgaeeG8Tv" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-rYYGS6juCTDobs-aFwXQfTgaeeG8Tv  1987: Bananarama - Wow! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoDjyMxQPYg57GurvHdk9KlQoAdzPiJB" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoDjyMxQPYg57GurvHdk9KlQoAdzPiJB 1987: Black - Wonderful Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCPh6f2VR2b5U8yLYozPTpwo5dluQ-Dt4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCPh6f2VR2b5U8yLYozPTpwo5dluQ-Dt4 1987: David Bowie - Never Let Me Down - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfIDINzT3xf3VMj4YGbVXsFTtB20q0hnj" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfIDINzT3xf3VMj4YGbVXsFTtB20q0hnj 1987: The Cars - Door to Door - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRanhhpWwi-o7LENYHmRjBlMAzMAtbZx" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRanhhpWwi-o7LENYHmRjBlMAzMAtbZx 1987: The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJuwz7DG5TLQthmSbN2akp-4sUvjzFRm8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJuwz7DG5TLQthmSbN2akp-4sUvjzFRm8 1987: Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_q78KohTRBZu8kFOy5tvo-g8Ip-jBXKY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_q78KohTRBZu8kFOy5tvo-g8Ip-jBXKY 1987: Eurythmics - Savage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_PeTA8mOS9HHYJDqvhbceZfTXj6zd0G" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_PeTA8mOS9HHYJDqvhbceZfTXj6zd0G 1987: The Go-Betweens - Tallulah - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPSvJ8FvveMlYbQ2AtlNRU0qDXyC67ESI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPSvJ8FvveMlYbQ2AtlNRU0qDXyC67ESI 1987: Icehouse - Man of Colours - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lR6BjrCni5o2o35qo27IJ0WPiT73X28nc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lR6BjrCni5o2o35qo27IJ0WPiT73X28nc 1987: Level 42 - Running in the Family - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy334-fF2BEwrl7GKUguFgP2a20WWDRg6" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy334-fF2BEwrl7GKUguFgP2a20WWDRg6 1987: Martha & the Muffins - Far Away in Time - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kUMhEpoDGLXYhdjNmpqeF60E4wSHMlkmU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kUMhEpoDGLXYhdjNmpqeF60E4wSHMlkmU 1987: Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mktZ0aIsIU-xQf_7tWailBhkuq8wWyqYI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mktZ0aIsIU-xQf_7tWailBhkuq8wWyqYI  1987: Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJ-W_NExWIuQ53MTYDP_ukhz5p05aEDWw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJ-W_NExWIuQ53MTYDP_ukhz5p05aEDWw 1987: New Order - Substance - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k1RRJyKFCmaaKhov1y7EuflMlfAnYwKxA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k1RRJyKFCmaaKhov1y7EuflMlfAnYwKxA 1987: Pet Shop Boys - Actually - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS9dHPkhcA2Y65g8Z4YAPOyrEhUFDlCEg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS9dHPkhcA2Y65g8Z4YAPOyrEhUFDlCEg 1987: The Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaB6kLqtS0ZO4wfsgEKdhtwi1Cfm4bunf" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaB6kLqtS0ZO4wfsgEKdhtwi1Cfm4bunf 1987: Siouxsie & the Banshees - Through the Looking Glass - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7190_geXxsZhFZiiIz5DXXpWWvtxEjMI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7190_geXxsZhFZiiIz5DXXpWWvtxEjMI 1987: Sisters of Mercy - Floodland - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCnXcRKjslBeWDtuIt8IIOmf91eLbeuBk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCnXcRKjslBeWDtuIt8IIOmf91eLbeuBk 1987: Squeeze - Babylon and On - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP5E3f0kgIG39Z73fJvs3boHBRBRy1dNA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP5E3f0kgIG39Z73fJvs3boHBRBRy1dNA 1987: Sting - Nothing Like the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVQEXUTnWT6v9HIibLpoL2UnI7tuAn2dM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVQEXUTnWT6v9HIibLpoL2UnI7tuAn2dM  1987: T'Pau - Bridge of Spies - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGUZmsO-ZZrhaMhMvRHuARsJdR80N5KHI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGUZmsO-ZZrhaMhMvRHuARsJdR80N5KHI 1987: Thompson Twins - Close to the Bone - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mg2tw9KybBS1fpbMh5CHkNb_RJbxEvcUw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mg2tw9KybBS1fpbMh5CHkNb_RJbxEvcUw 1987: Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_msO7Lh05VetvLvh0-ZLZffJTAwL4pJSdw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_msO7Lh05VetvLvh0-ZLZffJTAwL4pJSdw |
Replies:
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 05:57
Never thought of them as new wave, but Depeche mode gets the vote out of these, easily, for me. One of the best albums of the 80s in general IMO. 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 06:02
Depeche Mode are one of the first bands I think of when it comes to New Wave bands, and I agree: Music for the Masses is one of Depeche Mode's best albums.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 06:33
| Even though it's not new wave and Paul's lowest rated album, Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 07:08
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Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (Gothic Rock) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 07:15
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Black > Sisters of Mercy > The Cure ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 07:30
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1 Sisters of Mercy 2 The Cure 3 Midnight Oil 4 Depeche Mode 5 New Order 6. Sting Order depends on my daily mood. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 07:56
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1. T'Pau 2. Black 3. Depeche Mode
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 08:10
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The Suzanne Vega album isn't New Wave, but it's my favourite. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 08:51
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none... or The Joshua Tree At this stage, new wave was stale (10 years old) and became Old Wave ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:08
^ This. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:18
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The only one of these I own is Midnight Oil's Diesel and Dust which was one of the first CDs I bought. Seeing Icehouse, I have the debut on cassette, been many years. I adored the title song in the 80s. I can get some New Wave kind of qualities in the Midnight Oil, but I had never thought of it as New Wave. I have read through these threads and I still don't get how New Wave is being defined for the albums lists. That might be worthy of its own non-poll topic. Think I have heard that whole Men Without Hats album, but all I remember is the title track. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:19
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Pretty sure Suzanne Vega isn't New Wave but she gets my vote. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:27
All of these polls were compiled from Google's year-by-year lists of New Wave albums, which is how Suzanne Vega found her way onto this poll, even though I've never thought of her as a New Wave artist.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:36
^ Thanks. I just found and read this article (quite short, here's an excerpt). https://www.masterclass.com/articles/new-wave-music-guide" rel="nofollow - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/new-wave-music-guide
It's a broad church, and I probably had a very limited notion of it in the 80s and now. While I get New Wave qualities from that Midnight Oil album, to me it's more of an alternative rock type album rooted in blues rock. It has a kind kind of pub rock quality to me, but they also have this kind of punk energy ands New Wave slickness as an undercurrent. I guess under the kind of broad way google seems to use New Wave, some Cardiacs could count. This always seemed on the New Wave side to me. Is This the Life? (only Cardiacs song I recall hearing on the mainstream radio here, uni radio liked Cardiacs). And if for a kind of synths sound, then something like Stoneage Dinosaurs (a very muted Cardiacs track). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 09:51
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Anyway, despite my not associating that Midnight Oil much with New Wave and my lack of familiarity with the choices, I will give it's album a vote. It had songs from it all over rock radio in the late 80s, early 90s here, but this, which wasn't, was my favourite off the album. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 10:09
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Gotta go with None Of The Above. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 10:17
^ Wow, how very fitting.  ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 11:10
Those guys are so good. I voted for them, too.
MO sounds like the opposite of NW. Theirs is the only album I could vote for in the poll.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 12:02
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^ And I ended up voting for MO. I have listened to that album countless times -- it's become a true classic of Australian rock. The qualities I hear are me associating it with what I have subsequently read being associated with the New Wave umbrella, but yeah, it is pretty much the opposite of what I consider New Wave to be. Midnight Oil are rockers (rockers with post-punk and progressive qualities, while also having music that is very direct). Not surprisingly, since this is Prog Archives lots of us have a strong interest in classification. It's been said before that talking and arguing genre classification is our forums lifeblood. I had not noticed that Paul only gave it two stars, I'm actually rather surprised despite the fact that he tends to rate low that which I like. It probably is those punky, aggressive vocals, which are not universes apart from Tim Smith of Cardiacs. A reason why I thought of Cardiacs above. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 13:20
You're right. I've been burning the midnight oil compiling these New Wave polls, but I really wish I hadn't included Midnight Oil, as those punky aggressive vocals aren't my cup of tea at all. I probably shouldn't be too surprised that Midnight Oil are currently leading the poll though.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 15:22
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Only familiar with the Depeche Mode and Cars albums. Voted Depeche Mode. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 16:45
| The Cure |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 17:18
| Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing. BTW, is it New Wave? |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 17:22
Suzanne Vega isn't New Wave to me either, but Google seems to think she is.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 17:36
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Not New Wave Sting (Pop Rock) Suzanne Vega (Folk Rock, Folk Pop) Sisters of Mercy (Gothic Rock) Midnight Oil for me. Also questionably new wave but many consider it so for it's pop hooks / punk attititude -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 09 2023 at 00:53
Exactly this. ------------- 
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 11:09
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Yeah, this is between Suzanne Vega, Depeche Mode, Midnight Oil for me. Even T'Pau has some great songs, as there are many other good songs to be found on most of these albums listed. Toss-up between the first three... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 11:18
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Floodland gets my vote. Love that album. Music For the Masses is is a classic too. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is mostly wonderful, but a little bloated. Love that
Siouxsie-covers album too actually. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 16:33
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1987: ABC - Alphabet City - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JmtDwkdDP_E9015Qtov4R2sHgx3HLkl" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JmtDwkdDP_E9015Qtov4R2sHgx3HLkl How to make a cool and trendy music video. It's as easy as ABC. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2023 at 09:47
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1987: Aztec Camera - Love - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-rYYGS6juCTDobs-aFwXQfTgaeeG8Tv" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-rYYGS6juCTDobs-aFwXQfTgaeeG8Tv Somewhere in My Heart there'll always be a place for this Lovely song.  |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 03 2023 at 09:55
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I voted for The Go-Betweens - Tallulah. A wonderful band, 'Streets Of Your Town' is one of my favourite singles, and should have been a massive hit in the UK, but unfortunately it wasn't.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 05 2023 at 03:31
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1987: Black - Wonderful Life - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCPh6f2VR2b5U8yLYozPTpwo5dluQ-Dt4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCPh6f2VR2b5U8yLYozPTpwo5dluQ-Dt4 What a Wonderful Life it is to be here every day on ProgArchives.  |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 05 2023 at 07:44
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Alphabet City is a masterful work, great at everything (songs, production, playing) .... ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 22 2023 at 10:34
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1987: Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_q78KohTRBZu8kFOy5tvo-g8Ip-jBXKY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_q78KohTRBZu8kFOy5tvo-g8Ip-jBXKY Depeche Mode with some Music for the Masses, and when it comes to the very best Synth-Pop, they've never let me down yet. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:32
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1987: Icehouse - Man of Colours - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lR6BjrCni5o2o35qo27IJ0WPiT73X28nc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lR6BjrCni5o2o35qo27IJ0WPiT73X28nc ICEHOUSE An Aussie band who are as cool as cucumbers, but why settle for just a cucumber when you can have an entire salad? That's just Crazy!  |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:05
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I love Icehouse. The 'Primitive Man' album is superb! (The first album is very decent as well).
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:46
I only discovered today that Icehouse are an Australian band. I'd always assumed they were a Scandinavian band, but maybe that had something to do with their chilly name.
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 13:33
Primitive man features their biggest hit ' hey little girl', even though they recorded more than half a dozen albums, this song made them a one hit wonder |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 25 2023 at 05:52
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1987: Level 42 - Running in the Family - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy334-fF2BEwrl7GKUguFgP2a20WWDRg6" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy334-fF2BEwrl7GKUguFgP2a20WWDRg6 Mark King and family with the title track from their best-selling album. |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: July 25 2023 at 08:49
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I voted for T'Pau because its quite a good collection of songs. But I wouldn't call it new wave. More like an eclectic pop rock collection. Their 2nd album was better imo. It was less commercial, had a harder edge to the sound,and held together better as an album imo. The so called 'Canadian version' is worth seeking out.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 25 2023 at 09:50
T'Pau's Bridge of Spies is one of my favourite albums, although I wouldn't call it New Wave either.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 27 2023 at 11:23
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1987: Pet Shop Boys - Actually - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS9dHPkhcA2Y65g8Z4YAPOyrEhUFDlCEg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS9dHPkhcA2Y65g8Z4YAPOyrEhUFDlCEg Actually, I'm not a big fan of the Pet Shop Boys, but I Love the song they did with Dusty Springfield.  |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 27 2023 at 11:28
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^ I always liked that song too. My favourite by them is West End Girls. I have always been fond of Being Boring as well.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 27 2023 at 11:33
West End Girls would be my second choice of Pet Shop Boys favourites. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 30 2023 at 08:32
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1987: The Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaB6kLqtS0ZO4wfsgEKdhtwi1Cfm4bunf" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaB6kLqtS0ZO4wfsgEKdhtwi1Cfm4bunf A good band, but not remotely psychedelic. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 30 2023 at 08:44
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Great band, I particularly like the first two albums 'Psychedelic Furs' and 'Talk Talk Talk' 'India' and 'Sister Europe' from the first album are two of my particular favourites tracks!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 30 2023 at 09:35
The music of The Psychedelic Furs was a complete mystery to me before running this series of polls, so it came as something of a surprise to discover they're not psychedelic at all.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 30 2023 at 14:42
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1987: T'Pau - Bridge of Spies - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGUZmsO-ZZrhaMhMvRHuARsJdR80N5KHI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGUZmsO-ZZrhaMhMvRHuARsJdR80N5KHI I Love Carol Decker and T'Pau with all my Heart and Soul. |