80s music Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/tag/80s-music/ All Things 80s! Fri, 20 May 2022 00:43:52 +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 80s music Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/tag/80s-music/ 32 32 205889949 Song of the Day (or So) #12 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/22/song-of-the-day-or-so-12/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/22/song-of-the-day-or-so-12/#respond Sun, 22 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=179 My mental jukebox has awakened me with another 80s tune for you (and me, naturally). Today, it’s “Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)” by Red Box. From their amazing debut album The Circle and the Square, this song is an instant sing along classic. From 1985, I discovered this song while on business in London, England, as […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/22/song-of-the-day-or-so-12/feed/ 0 179 Song of the Day (or So) #11 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/21/song-of-the-day-or-so-11/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/21/song-of-the-day-or-so-11/#respond Sat, 21 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=176 Today’s song of the day is “Love Like Blood” from Killing Joke’s Night Time album. I first heard this song when I was on business in London back in 1985. I was immediately taken by the Goth-like sound of the vocalist along with the pounding drums and driving bass of this track. This was immediately […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/21/song-of-the-day-or-so-11/feed/ 0 176 Five Guilty Pleasure Tracks #1 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/20/five-guilty-pleasure-tracks-1/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/20/five-guilty-pleasure-tracks-1/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=166 There are many, many songs that get produced in the span of a year. Many of them are forgettable junk, of course, then there are those that become our favorites. But there is also a third, strange category of guilty pleasure songs: songs that are not the best, but we love them anyway just because. […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/20/five-guilty-pleasure-tracks-1/feed/ 0 166 Song of the Day (or So) #10 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=169 Today’s tune is one of my favorites from the 1980s. It’s Frazier Chorus “Cloud 8” from their sophomore album, Ray (1990). Their debut album, Sue, contained a plethora of great synth pop goodness and their second album continues in that tradition. It’s downbeat, droll, and dreamy! PS – You can read more about another track […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/feed/ 0 169 Song of the Day (or So) #9 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/18/song-of-the-day-or-so-9/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/18/song-of-the-day-or-so-9/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=164 Today’s song that got stuck in my head is “Only You” by Australian band FX. This is the single from their first and only proper album, Personal (1986), that was released in 1986 on LP and cassette only. Sadly, all formats are long out of print (we need a reissue, please!). Almacantar Records (sadly, also […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/18/song-of-the-day-or-so-9/feed/ 0 164 Song of the Day (or So) #7 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/11/song-of-the-day-or-so-7/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/11/song-of-the-day-or-so-7/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=158 Nobody can sing like Limahl. Nobody. “Too Shy” (1983) was one of the most defining songs of my late childhood/early teens. Such a smooth, subtle arrangement with buttery vocals from the one and only Christopher Hamill (not related to Mark Hamill, most likely, although that would be rad!). Just the intro alone is worth the […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/11/song-of-the-day-or-so-7/feed/ 0 158 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) #5 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/07/song-of-the-day-or-so-5/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/07/song-of-the-day-or-so-5/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=135 Ahhh, yes! The 80s were the supreme decade for the movie soundtrack, with nearly every major Hollywood release featuring one or more Top 40 hits on the OST. Today’s song of the day is Billy Ocean’s “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going” from the Original Soundtrack of 1985’s smash hit film “Jewel […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/07/song-of-the-day-or-so-5/feed/ 0 135 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 Song of the Day (or So) #3 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/05/song-of-the-day-or-so-3/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/05/song-of-the-day-or-so-3/#respond Thu, 05 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=122 Today, my mental jukebox selected this deeper cut from Freiheit’s Fantasy album (the album was also available in a German language version called Fantasie). This band, from Munich, Germany, is notable for their tight harmonies and lush arrangements, especially on this album. The primary hit from Fantasy in the USA was “Keeping the Dream Alive”, […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/05/song-of-the-day-or-so-3/feed/ 0 122 Song of the Day (or So) #2 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=115 So, this morning I woke up with this song in my head. It’s “Wishful Thinking” by China Crisis off their Working with Fire and Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume 2 album (1983). Dreamy and melancholy, this song didn’t have much impact in the US, although I understand it was a good size hit in the […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/feed/ 0 115 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 80s Memes #2 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/02/80s-memes-2/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/02/80s-memes-2/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 20:57:07 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=103 Ahhh, yes! That would be correct, Boromir!

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