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Cassette Tape Collection: Strawberry Switchblade

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Cassette Tape Collection: The Art of Falling Apart from Soft Cell

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Teletubbies Dancing To Soft Cell's Sex Dwarf

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Pinning Down The 80s

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Scenes from Comiket, Japan 1985

January 24, 2011

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Curiosity Killed The Cat

August 15, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday (June 3.2010)

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday: Sheffield Electronica (April 8.2010)

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Covering The 80s: Music Resonance

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday (Mar 4.2010)

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80s vs Post-Millennium: Mad World

February 26, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday (Feb 18.2010)

February 18, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s Valentines Day Special 2010

February 11, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday (Feb 4.2010)

February 04, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday: Remixed Version (14 Jan.2010)

January 14, 2010

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New Technology and Electronic Gadgets of 1983

January 06, 2010

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TRE-Retro80s-Tuesday (Jan 5.2010)

January 05, 2010

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Retro80s-Thursday Special: Christmas Eve Edition (Dec 24.2009)

December 24, 2009

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Retro80s-Thursday Special: Swing Out Sister

December 17, 2009

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TRE-Retro80s-Thursday (Dec 10.2009)

December 10, 2009

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And while my mind and heart lives in the spirit of the 80s, I have begun to archive the 90s and beyond, because memories are worth remembering, preserving and archiving.

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Cassette Tape Collection: Strawberry Switchblade

This is not the first time I have mentioned " Strawberry Switchblade " on this blog , as well featuring their music videos. But they remain a huge part of my memory impressions of the 80s, with music genre veering towards synth-imaginary limbo-dreams of Scritti Politti, Dream Academy et al - and an opposition to the explosions of Depeche Mode et al. And who can't love the name " Strawberry Switchblade "? LOL WHO-IS: "Strawberry Switchblade was a female pop rock band formed in Scotland in 1981 by Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall, best known for their song "Since Yesterday" in 1985." [ Wiki ] And as well their choice of performance-wear and identity was the single most unique of that era, imbedded in my memory, which as well first introduced the concept of Lolita-wear over 2 decades ago - which now still remains as strong within the cosplay-culture, I reckon. Music wise, "Who Knows What Life Brings" stills brings goose-pimples and a...

"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" by Eurythmics

WHAT-IS: " "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" is a song written and recorded by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their 1985 album Be Yourself Tonight. The song was produced by Dave Stewart, and the song's distinctive brass arrangement was devised by Michael Kamen. The single became Eurythmics' tenth Top 20 hit in the UK where it peaked at number 12, but was less successful in the United States, stalling at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100. As songwriters, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart received the 1986 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically." ( Wiki ) Besides their more "recognized" hits such as "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)", "Who's That Girl?" etc, "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" by Eurythmics is undoubtably one of my fav tracks from them - sometimes lost between the retro-hype, no doubt - as evident as whe...

YAZOO - A Short Film (#Documentary) & Full Album for "Upstairs At Eric's"

I have mad love for YAZOO, parallel to my dedication to DEPECHE MODE, small wonder as Vince Clarke had been apart of both groups - in the early days of Depeche, when they scored a place in my heart, anyways. And while Yazoo had only two albums to their name, that somehow cemented their “greatness”, because the albums were epic and that had not fallen from their pedestal with futher dismal album, as most bands were wont to do, I reckon. 1982’s “UPSTAIRS AT ERIC’S” will remain one of the Top Twenty Most Important Albums in the soundtrack of my life. Here’s the “full album”, thanks to youtube. SIDE ONE "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) – 3:08 "Too Pieces" (Clarke) – 3:14 "Bad Connection" (Clarke) – 3:20 "I Before E Except After C" (Clarke) – 4:36 "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) – 4:22 "In My Room" (Clarke) – 3:52 SIDE TWO "Only You" (Clarke) – 3:14 "Goodbye 70's" (Moyet) – 2:35 "Tuesday...

The Songs of Eight Wonder + The Beauty of Patsy Kensit

The simple fact is, I tuned into “Eight Wonder” because of Patsy Kensit , and with “music videos” the primary xxx of visual delivery in the mid-to-late 80s, I was happily head-bopping to their songs and smiling at the sight of Ms Kensit. Maybe I might have heard their tunes on the radio, but I cannot remember much of it, as addled as my memory had been recently (*cough*) … and how could I ever forget the happy pop of “Stay With Me”? Fuss free jaunt thru the urban mindscape of escape for this dull average boy in Singapore way back when, hand-in-hand with Ms Kensit, of course! :p It also “helped” the fantasy when she’s about my age too (ok, maybe a couple years older :p) … *cough* Alas their sounds very quickly graduated to the fast-paced Ameri-Electro-Pop, like in “Will You Remember?” and movie soundtrack-friendly “When the Phone Stops Ringing”, sounding like other ladies in the genre, like Kim Wilde (but less rock and more pop tho :p) … but regardless of my fascination with her b...

Retro80s-Thursday Special: Swing Out Sister

In honor of the excellent "live" concert I attended last night for Swing Out Sister @ East Coast Park, Singapore [photos on my Facebook-album ] ~ this week's Retro80s-Thursday is fully-dedicated to tunes from SOS! Featuring song-selections from their It's Better To Travel (1987) and Kaleidoscope World (1989) albums :) BREAKOUT (It's Better To Travel): TWILIGHT WORLD (It's Better To Travel): - Fooled By A Smile - Surrender WAITING GAME (Kaleidoscope World): FOREVER BLUE (Kaleidoscope World): WHERE IN THE WORLD (Kaleidoscope World): THE KALEIDOSCOPE AFFAIR: Swing Out Sister was especially memorable as I'd discover them at the tail-end of the 80s, when synth-pop had gone saccharine-commercial, and the musical-mystique of androgyny wore off it's caked-facade (having dredged itself thin thru the late-70s), then all of a sudden BREAKOUT appeared out of nowhere, and the old-world glamour of blarring horns and catwalk struts was surprisingly refreshed! No ...

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