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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Apr 3

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988)

The song became the Beach Boys' first number one hit song in 22 years.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWm...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Apr 1

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Wang Chung - Let's Go (1987)

The video also features many Japanese things such as origami, Japanese kites, kimonos, sushi, and sumo wrestling.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNa...

1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 30

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me (1984)

The comic book-style video was shot over 23 days by a team of 40 people and apparently cost over $50,000.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvF...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 29

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (1985)

The story of this music video follows the single “Is It a Crime?”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPc...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 27

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Kool Moe Dee - I Go to Work (1989)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFx...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 25

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Samantha Fox - Love House (1988)

The song was one of the first acid house singles to hit the mainstream charts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9us...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 24

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Mel Brooks - To Be Or Not To Be (1983)

The song is from the soundtrack album of the movie of the same name.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZaw...

1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 23

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Kurtis Blow - Back By Popular Demand (1988)

Kurtis Blow was the first commercially successful rapper.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=drs8...

1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 22

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Double - Devils Ball (1987)

Double is a Swiss duo.
The trumpet on this piece is played by Herb Alpert.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sl5...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 22

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Christine McVie - Got A Hold On Me (1984)

Christine McVie died of an ischemic stroke on November 30, 2022 (age 79). We did not know.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1t...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 20

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
New Order - Confusion (1983)

FAC 93 on the jacket is the catalog number

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_L_...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 20

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (1984)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkRK...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 19

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Olivia Newton-John and ELO - Xanadu (1980)

This song is the title track from the 1980 musical film of the same name.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSB...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 18

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Boogie Down Productions (BDP) - You Must Learn (1989)

D-NICE is participating as DJ.
FREEDOM's “Get Up And Dance” is used.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gs...

FREEDOM - Get Up And Dance (1978)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCk...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 17

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Tone-Lōc - Wild Thing (1988)

Tone-Lōc is still active, but he often collapses on stage, apparently.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBP-...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 16

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1983)

Billie Jean was the #1 selling Michael Jackson single.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_X...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 16

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Art Garfunkel - So Much in Love (1988)

This song is a cover by the American soul vocal group The Tymes, released in 1963.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjq...

The Tymes - So Much In Love (1963)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYG...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 15

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Nick Kamen – Tell Me (1988)

The song features Madonna on second vocals.
Nick Kamen died of bone marrow cancer on May 4, 2021 at age 59.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ke...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 15

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
a-ha - The Living Daylights (1987)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LC-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR2O...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 14

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning (1984)

The twin guitars of Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing were powerful.
The game the boy is playing in this video is “Pole Position.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_s-...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 14

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You (1988)

Mick Taylor, formerly of the Rolling Stones, plays the guitar solo on this song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpNw...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 13

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (1984)

The song was initially released in the UK as “European Queen” but was not a hit, so it was released worldwide as “Caribbean Queen” and “African Queen.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxX2...

1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 12

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You) (1986)

The video features cameo appearances by Andy Warhol, Nile Rodgers, Tina Chow, and others.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMyp...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 12

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away (1985)

The original song was by Hall & Oates. Paul Young's cover reached #1 in the U.S. and #4 in the UK.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfk6...

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Everytime You Go Away (1980)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlz8...

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1984poprock.bsky.social @1984poprock.bsky.social · Mar 11

my favorite 80's music #80s #music
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1984)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFn...

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