Fave Raves Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/category/fave-raves/ All Things 80s! Thu, 05 May 2022 15:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://i0.wp.com/frizzoselectriccafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-Frizzos-Electric-Cafe-Logo-01-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fave Raves Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/category/fave-raves/ 32 32 205889949 Song of the Day (or So) #6 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/08/song-of-the-day-or-so-6/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/08/song-of-the-day-or-so-6/#respond Sun, 08 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=138 Happy Mother’s Day! Today’s song is “Mothers Talk” from Tears for Fears’ 1985 multi-platinum Songs from the Big Chair. One of the lesser-known tracks (although it was STILL a Top 40 hit!), this mid-80s banger is one of my all-time favorites!

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/08/song-of-the-day-or-so-6/feed/ 0 138 Song of the Day (or So) #4 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/06/song-of-the-day-or-so-4/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/06/song-of-the-day-or-so-4/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=124 Today’s song is a semi-obscure track from 1988: “I Don’t Mind At All” by Bourgeois Tagg. It’s from their second (final?) album Yo-Yo and it’s a masterpiece of lyrical melancholy and minimalist instrumentation that will have you singing it to yourself before you know it. In short, it’s absolutely great. Let me know what you […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/06/song-of-the-day-or-so-4/feed/ 0 124 Sounds of West Germany https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/#respond Tue, 03 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=100 Five Essential Songs of the 80s For all the youth who read this, there was a time when Germany was divided in to two countries: East Germany, which was part of the Eastern Bloc and West Germany, which was part of NATO. Many of the iconic German bands of the 80s were from West Berlin […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/feed/ 0 100 Land of Oz https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/04/30/land-of-oz/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/04/30/land-of-oz/#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2022 23:02:35 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=80 Five Great 80s Songs from Down Under This is the first in a series of blog posts where I will feature some of my all time favorite 80s songs. I still remember the first time I heard these tracks. Some, I fell in love with immediately. Others took a few listens to get into, but […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/04/30/land-of-oz/feed/ 0 80 My First Cassette Ever https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/04/27/my-first-cassette-ever/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/04/27/my-first-cassette-ever/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:52:49 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=36 Every music fanatic has to start somewhere… a record, an eight track, or (in my case) a cassette tape. I first became truly aware of my local record shop in 1983 or so. That’s the year I had my grandmother drive me there so I could purchase my first ever album on cassette. That album? […]

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