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Monganaut
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Edited Feb 15, 2016, 00:27
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 February 2016 CE
Feb 15, 2016, 00:21
Having a bit of a 80's pop fling these past few weeks, mostly thanks to those TOTP reruns on BBC4.

The Passions - Michael and Maranda
Was only aware of the 'German Filmstar' single, after watching them on TOTP reruns on BBC4 Thought I'd check out the other stuff they put out. M&M is my fav so far. Kinda like a better produced Au Pairs. Same label as those early Cure albums too (Fiction).

Gary Numan - Living Ornaments 79/80/81, Telekon, Pleasure Principle.
Some great gigs up on youtube too. These three are particularly worth some of your time if Numan is your cuppa tea.
The bands are really tight on all these performances.
Replicas 2009? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWo3n1rbTc
Pleasure Priciple 2008? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwnN3k-nMiI
Telekon 2009? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2dx6EMPvOQ

Blancmange - Best Of 2CD (Rhino)
This was a cheapy add on to make up a £20 order on Amazong. Loved them back in the day, and this comp' on Rhino pulls together most of what you'd want, plus 12" versions and the odd session track. Well worth the £3 I paid

Eurythmics - Best of
All you need really, though non of the Conny Plank produced Debut. Loved some of their early hits, 'Sweet Dreams' and 'Here Comes The Rain' are still firm favs, and the other stuff is familiar from radio play. Frankly, I was never a massive fan, but these tunes still piss over most stuff that passes for pop music these days, or am I just gettin old (probably that !).

OMD - Organisation
Still my fav' OMD record.

Human League - Dare/Travelogue/ Reptroduction/Love and Dancing
All great records with soething to tecommend them all, even the 12" mix thang that is Love and Dancng. 'Sound Of The Crowd' still rocks my world massively.

Bunnymen - Heaven/Crocodiles/Porcupine/Ocean Rain
How did they produce those wonderful first four albums, then go on to produce such middling 'meh' kak? Still find it hard to square up the'scouseness' of Mac with the almost poetry of the songs on these albums.

V/A - Where The Sea Meets The Sky
Great comp, well worth tracking down,
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Where-The-Sea-Meets-The-Sky/release/581485

Also, if you're a fan of 2000AD comic, the DVD docuentary 'Future Shocks' is well worth picking up. All you're fav 2000AD creators get interviewed and dish the dirt on the galaxies finest comic. Plus a whole bunch of comic samples in PDF form as extras. Groovy! It's great to see how much fire in the belly Pat Mills still has for the genre. Think (along with Alan Moore and Kevin O'neil Simon Bisley's art) he's my fav' comic script writer ever.

Have a good week!
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