MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012

Hello and welcome back.....Firstly, I want to wish all my readers a merry Christmas and a Happy new year.
Last years post of Christmas songs are getting a good workout, some of the best Christmas songs of the 80s... CLICK HERE to view
This year I have gone with the some more 80s Christmas songs to enjoy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Michael Bailey.





THE PRETENDERS - 2000 MILES

 
 CHRIS REA - DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

ELMO & PATSY - GRANDMA GOT RAN OVER BY A REINDEER

MERRY CHRISTMAS R2D2

DAVID BOWIE - LIVE 1983 (SERIOUS MOONLIGHT TOUR)

Hello and welcome back... Absolutely stunning... The only way to describe this concert, Live 1983 - The Serious Moonlight tour is visually stunning and the sound is incredible
Pure Bowie... Enjoy

Track list =
1.Introduction
2.Look Back in Anger
3.Heroes
4.What in the World
5.Golden Years
6.Fashion
7.Let's Dance
8.Breaking Glass
9.Life on Mars?
10.Sorrow
11.Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
12.China Girl
13.Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
14.Rebel Rebel
15.White Light/White Heat
16.Station to Station
17.Cracked Actor
18.Ashes to Ashes
19.Space Oddity/Band introduction
20.Young Americans
21.Fame

DAVID BOWIE LIVE 1983

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or you can also use = http://www.real.com.au/?mode=rp (Realplayer)

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ROMEO VOID - NEVER SAY NEVER (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....A quirky song about love.... I may like you better if we slept together, ah 80s love, doesn't get better than this.. Enjoy.

ROMEO VOID - NEVER SAY NEVER

DEPECHE MODE LIVE - 1985

Hello and welcome back.....After working out problems with flash player (using Chrome now) Im enjoying Depeche Mode Live in Hamburg Gemany 1985.... Yes folks, Analogue Synths.

DEPECHE MODE LIVE 1985 (hamburg - Germany)

SONG LIST
1 = Something to do
2 = Two minute warning
3 = If you want
4 = People are people
5 = Leave in Silence
6 = New Life
7 = Shame
8 = Somebody
9 = Lie to me
10 = Blasphemous rumours
11 = Told you so
12 = Master and servant
13 = Photographic
14 = Everything counts
15 = See you
16 = Shout
17 = Just can't get enough

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You can also save just the Audio as well if you want with the above download
Make sure you untick all offers when installing or you will end up with toolbar you didn't want :)

Enjoy.

MODERN TALKING

Hello and welcome back.... German band "Modern Talking" formed in 1984, and was fronted by Thomas Anders (lead vocals, piano) & Dieter Bohlen (lead guitar, producer).
Their music often went under the banner of Europop.

In 1987 the band split up, but reformed in the late 90s
During the split Dieter Bohlen formed the band "Blue System"

Modern Talking brought out a slather of albums through their career, during the 80s the band brought out 6 albums (2 each year).
In 1985, The albums were = The First Album & Lets Talk about Love.
In 1986, These albums graced our ears = Ready for Romance & In the Middle of Nowhere.
In 1987, These albums were set free = Romantic Warriors & In the Garden of Venus

For me the song "Your my Heart, Your my Soul" caught my attention, swooning lyrics with melodic guitars and synths..... And the Hair, then again, It was the 80s
Sadly, Modern Talking wasn't that big here in Australia but I do remember hearing the song "Brother Louie" now and then.
Other songs that were popular in the 80s were "You can Win if you Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Atlantis is calling (S.O.S. For Love)", & "Geronimo's Cadillac".

A classic example of the best 80s Europop.... Enjoy.










YOUR MY HEART, YOUR MY SOUL



BROTHER LOUIE


YOU CAN WIN IF YOU WANT


CHERI, CHERI LADY



ATLANTIS IS CALLING (S.O.S. FOR LOVE)



GERONIMO'S CADILLAC


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LINKS
http://tarps24.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/modern-talking-25-best-songs-2012.html

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Modern-Talking/20336844882
http://au.myspace.com/moderntalking80

BLACK - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back.... The band "Black" was the creation from one man.... British singer-songwriter "Colin Vearncombe". Black had a huge hit in 1987 with the song "Wonderful Life", a moody ballad that reached No8 in the UK music charts.
The 1986 song "Everything's Coming Up Roses" which I think is a awesome song flopped on the music charts.

But we, at Electronic 80s don't care if it didn't chart well, we just like to remember so enjoy... Black









EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES



WONDERFUL LIFE

LINKS
http://www.colinvearncombe.com/
http://www.facebook.com/blackakacolinvearncombe
http://au.myspace.com/blackakacolinvearncombe
https://twitter.com/cvblack

NEW MUSIK - CHURCHES (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back.....Making great use of the Voice Vocoder, this song from English band "New Musik" featured on the 1981 album "Sanctuary". (best of)
Other songs on this album included "Sanctuary" & "Straight Lines"
While Churches was not a single, its still a great song.
Enjoy











CHURCHES



STRAIGHT LINES


SANCTUARY


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LINKS
http://www.new-musik.co.uk/
http://electrojams.com/forum/thread-3386.html#.UKbeF4ataK8
 

80s SYNTH MEDLEY

Hello and welcome back.... These guys are awesome, can't get enough of the synth sound.... Brilliant

80'S SYNTH MEDLEY

THE PEPPERS - PEPPER BOX (very lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....A classic example of very early (1973-4) classic synth, this one hit wonder from a french band called The Peppers made it to No 6 in the music charts.
No singing but an excellent tune with the sweet sounds of the Moog Synthesizer.
Enjoy .










THE PEPPERS - PEPPER BOX

ASIA - HEAT OF THE MOMENT (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....Asia was born from other members from different bands, the one who caught my eye was the Synth player, Geoff Downs,who was from the band Buggles (Video killed the Radio Star).
Other refugees that called Asia home came from bands like Yes, King Crimson & Emerson Lake & Palmer.
Hitting the top 5 in the music charts, the song Heat of the Moment was one of my favourite songs around 1982 and still remains to this day....An excellent example of old school bands moving to mainstream and what they can achieve.






ASIA - HEAT OF THE MOMENT


http://www.asiaworld.org/
http://originalasia.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Original-Asia/176656929013280
http://au.myspace.com/originalasia

THE MOODY BLUES - GEMINI DREAM (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back.... Released back in 1981, one of my favorite Moody Blue songs, what a sound, so smooth, so moody....

THE MOODY BLUES - GEMINI DREAM



http://www.moodybluestoday.com/
http://www.themoodyblues.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thebestmoodybluesprofile
http://www.facebook.com/MoodyBlues

38 SPECIAL - SECOND CHANCE (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....Formed by two neighborhood friends in the early 70s, this U.S band released the song "Second Chance" in 1989. More known for their southern rock sound, the band changed tact and ended up with a smash hit no1 on the U.S American music charts, Sadly this song was the last song this band released through A&M records.

38 SPECIAL - SECOND CHANCE
 

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http://www.myspace.com/38special
http://www.facebook.com/38Special

COMMODORES - nightshift (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....After the death in 1984 of both R&B singers "Jackie Wilson" & "Marvin Gaye", A band called the Commodore's (missing Lionel Richie) released the tribute song "Nightshift" back in 1985.
This song reach No3 in the U.S music charts.

For me, this song is smooth & classy with meaningful lyrics, a true classic of the 80s.
Something that both Jackie and Marvin would be proud of.










COMMODORES - NIGHTSHIFT



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THE REELS - bad moon rising (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back.....Walking through Sydney in the early nineties I stumbled across this band playing live at a open air concert. The band was "The Reels" and they were belting out the song "Bad Moon Rising", it literately made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, they were that good. The photo that you see on the left was taken by myself using a old Nikon film camera (remember them).
What got my attention apart from the excellent song was the strange sound the synth player was making with a mouth piece which made sea like sounds, even to this day I still don't know what it is called.
This song sound great with a good set of headphones, just close your eyes and be swept away :)











THE REELS - BAD MOON RISING



http://thereels.info/
http://www.myspace.com/therealreels
http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/reels/reels.htm
http://www.facebook.com/TheReels.Australia

FAT LARRY BAND - zoom (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....WOW, how many memories does this song bring back, such a smooth sound and yet if I close my eyes I am taken back to a happier time.... Back to my nans place listening to a small Panasonic radio under my pillow at 2am (I used to stay awake all night) when I used to hear this song so many times. Happier because my nan was still alive, I miss her so much, this song takes me back there.

FAT LARRY BAND - ZOOM


Funny enough Larry is not overweight... go figure.

GARTH KNIGHT - silent strike (sounds like the 80s)

Hello and welcome back....Knight rider fans rejoice, TV's favorite villain is back, Garth Knight ......well he features in this funky electro clip. Long live KITT

GARTH KNIGHT - SILENT STRIKE      (thanks to neros77 for use of his video)


So Electronic, So 80s, So much Hoff, So little time :)

LOVERBOY - turn me loose ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back.... Love this song, with swooning synths, rampant guitars and sweet vocals... Its a song you can sing to.  Turn me loose, turn me loose, everybody sing,  c'mon you know the words.

LOVERBOY - TURN ME LOOSE  (1980)


BRILLIANT

KORG EMX-1 - in real time

AT Electronic80s we salute the Korg EMX-1 played amazingly by "Danielle" with the song "In Real Time"



She makes it look so easy... Brilliant

MODERN TALKING - brother louie (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back...German synthpop band "Modern Talking" had a huge hit with this song in 1986.
Brother Louie was released on the "Ready for Romance" album and made it to top 5 in the U.K music charts.

For me I couldn't get into their music, maybe too much hair for me or maybe the music was too cheesy for me, I don't know, but they were huge so who am I to argue.
15 million youtube viewers cant be wrong :).. Enjoy.

UPDATE.... check out Modern Talking's new page = CLICK HERE







MODERN TALKING - BROTHER LOUIE


 CLICK HERE  to Download awesome music from my Mixtape series...... Enjoy

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Modern-Talking/20336844882
http://www.moderntalking.ru/eng/start.htm        (Russia loves them)

BELINDA CARLISLE - feel like i feel (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....2 things make this song special to me, Firstly, it was the first time I got to spend the night with my first "Real" girlfriend (at the time) much to my mothers horror. Nervously driving home the morning after, I turned the stereo on in my car and heard this song and it has stuck in my head ever since. (My mum grounded me for 2 weeks).
The second reason is that the stunning "Belinda Carlisle" has the same birthday as me...August 17th, so Happy Birthday to Belinda and to myself.... 21 again :)








BELINDA CARLISLE - FEEL LIKE I FEEL


 CLICK HERE to Download "Belinda Carlisle" and more from my Mixtape series...... Enjoy

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http://www.facebook.com/BelindaCarlisleOfficial
http://twitter.com/belindaofficial
http://www.myspace.com/belindacarlislevoiladeux

THE DREAM ACADEMY - power to believe (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....I heard this song while watching the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" with John Candy and Steve Martin. Its the part where Steve works out that Johns wife has actually died and that's the reason why he travels around because he has nowhere to go...Very Moving song ( May need to turn the volume up )



A Haunting song by The Dream Academy.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dream-Academy/118958634823504
http://www.myspace.com/coolartistseverywhere

THE ART OF NOISE -ft Max Headroom - paranoimia (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back.... Classic song from the 80s from electronic band "The Art of Noise" with the man that only exists in your TV.... "Max Headroom" (also seen on Back to the Future 2).
All together now....Swing

THE ART OF NOISE - PARANOIMIA


http://www.theartofnoiseonline.com/
http://www.myspace.com/artofnoiseoffical

MISSING PERSONS - words

Hello and welcome back....This is an excellent song from 1982, I thought I had already done this song as it is so awesome ,but no... so here it is... play loud, because sometimes I think no one listens anymore.

MISSING PERSONS - WORDS

LIVING IN A BOX - living in a box

Hello and welcome back..... British band "Living in a Box" was formed in 1985 but it wasn't until 1987 till the band saw the music charts with a self titled song "Living in a Box" reaching no5 in the U.K music charts.
For me, I first heard this song while working in a retail store called "Venture"... it was kinda like a small version of K-Mart and can you guess what I was in charge of?... The toy section, Oh what fun I had setting up massive displays while listening to songs like "Living in a Box" only to watch some 5 year old kid pick the toy at the bottom and my work of art (Toy Display) came crashing down. Still it was my first job and it taught me how to deal with outraged mothers that couldn't find their kids, who just happened to be buried under a pile of Care Bears...

LIVING IN A BOX - LIVING IN A BOX


http://www.livinginaboxmusic.com/Welcome.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-in-a-Box/112512295427115
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-very-best-of-living-in-a-box/id126160234

MIXTAPE 4 - The Dance Sessions

Hello and welcome back....Mixtape 4 - The Dance Sessions is now available to Listen / Download.
So what is the Dance Sessions?
Its some of the best late 80s dance, house and acid music to grace this wide planet.
Ive dusted of my yellow smiley badge, sculled down some RC Cola and nibbled on some Ollos.
Get ready to dance.....







DOWNLOAD HERE  for Mixtape 4 - The Dance Sessions


Track listing =
Underworld - Underneath the Radar
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotized
Coldcut - Doctorin the House
Cappella - Helyom Halib
Digital Emotion - Get up Action
Stakker Humanoid - Humanoid
S-Express - Hey Music Lover
Ten City - Way Love Is
Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (lets go back to my room)
Michael Bow - Love and Devotion
Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic
49er's - Touch Me
Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could


DEPECHE MODE - ENJOY THE SILENCE



 CABARET VOLTAIRE - HYPNOTIZED



 TECHNOTRONIC - THIS BEAT IS TECHNOTRONIC


1 hour of the best dance music only on electronic80s
Cheers

NEW ORDER - world in motion (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back... Released for England's 1990 FIFA World cup campain, World in motion was New Orders only No1UK single.
World in motion was originally going to be called "E for England" but due to the worries from the football association that E stood for the drug ecstasy, the band decided that World in Motion was a better choice.
This is an excellent song that sadly is not heard of anymore... Thank goodness for Youtube.






NEW ORDER - WORLD IN MOTION


http://www.myspace.com/neworder
http://www.facebook.com/NewOrderOfficial

IRENE CARA - why me ( classic 12" inches )

Hello and welcome back...Classic 80s synth just got better.
A 12" version of Why Me after the single "What a Feeling"... love the heavy synth lines (4.15) and electric drums, makes me want to get up & break dance...If only I could.











WHY ME


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Irene-Cara/104057902964679
http://www.irenecara.com/entry.htm
http://twitter.com/#!/Irene_Cara
http://www.myspace.com/irenecaramusic

DONNA SUMMER - died 17/05/2012

Hello and welcome back...Sadly another great musician from the 70s/80s has passed away.
Donna Summer died on the 17th may 2012 due to complications with cancer. She was only 63
Donna had some great songs from the disco era in the 70s thru to the early & late 80s
I will always love remembering Saturday night parties when Donna Summers song "I Feel Love" blasted out of the speakers with the heavy synths played by music genius Giorgio Moroder.... good times
Other songs I like from Donna Summer is "Hot Stuff", "She works hard for the money",State of Independence" and "This time i know its for real".

Rest In Peace Donna.


I FEEL LOVE



HOT STUFF



SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY



STATE OF INDEPENDENCE



THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL


                                                      THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

MIXTAPE 3 side A

Hello and welcome back... Mixtape 3 - Side A is uploaded and ready to listen/ download.











CLICK HERE to download / listen


Song list =
Fun Fun - Colour my Love
Tracey Spencer - Run to Me
Solid Citizens - Singing in the Shower
Bad Boys Blue - Come Back and Stay
Men Without Hats - Where Do The Boys Go
Taffy - I Love My Radio ( Midnight Radio )
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Pseudo Echo - Listening  ( Live Hit Segment )


TRACY SPENCER - RUN TO ME



BAD BOYS BLUE - COME BACK AND STAY



TAFFY - I LOVE MY RADIO (MIDNIGHT RADIO)


ENJOY.

DEBBIE GIBSON - electric youth ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back.... Another song that stays in your head... Love the punchy sounding synths and the fashion, Well, It was the 80s. Classic

ELECTRIC YOUTH


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http://debbiegibsonofficial.com/
http://www.myspace.com/officialdeborahgibson
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialDebbieGibson

SCORPIONS - wind of change ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... I Love this song, Not really electronic but still an awesome song that sticks in your head.

Wind Of Change


http://www.facebook.com/Scorpions
http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/

BEN LIEBRAND / JEFF WAYNE - eve of the war ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... The Martians are here, Run for your lives.. Well not really but this is a dance mix of "War of the Worlds" done in 1989.

Abruptly the sound ceased.


EVE OF THE WAR  (Thanks to Alex Boldway for the video)

BAD BOYS BLUE - COME BACK AND STAY ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... A few posts back I mentioned about a tape that got cooked in my tapedeck after leaving it in the sun, one of the songs on this tape was Tracy Spencer, an amazing Italo disco song that I just love....
I have found another song from this tape....Must thank Radio Polskie - 80s & Italo disco for playing "Bad Boy Blue - Come Back and Stay".
All I could remember from this song was the flute sound (similar to the koo de tah band) and the "Oh Baby" in the middle of the song and that it was released around 1987.
Turns out, that in 2009 they re-released this song with a more punchy dance beat and synth riffs (how did i miss this? )... Was I asleep? ... This is an excellent song. Enjoy

Come Back and Stay  ( 1987 )


Come Back And Stay  ( 2009 )



Sadly the one of the original singers in 1987 ( Trevor Taylor ) died of a heart attack in 2008 in Germany

Also original backup singer in 2009 ( Andrew Thomas ) also died in Germany 

Only one original member of Bad Boy Blue remains ( John McInerney )

CLICK HERE  to Download "Come Back and Stay" and more from my Mixtape series.

http://www.badboysblue.info/
http://www.facebook.com/TheBadBoysBlue
http://www.myspace.com/originalbadboysblue

R.I.P. GREG HAM / MEN AT WORK

Hello and welcome back...Greg Ham was one of the band members of "Men At Work", An Australian band famous for the song "Down Under".
Greg was the flute player but also played synths,sax and occasional vocals.
Men at Work was a band I grew up with with constant airplay on radio and also on "Countdown", a music show on Australian television
Greg died in his home in Melbourne... May his music live on forever. R.I.P.

DOWN UNDER
 

TIFFANY - think we're alone now (Classic 12 Inches)

Hello and welcome back...Brilliant song that I never get sick of listening to. This song came out in 1987 and went straight to no1 on the music charts.
Love how this 12" version seems to bring out the synths a bit more as the bass is pumping and even has the occasional cricket noise.... Now, I'm in heaven.











TIFFANY - think we're alone now

WANG CHUNG - Dance Hall Days ( Classic 12 Inches )

Hello and welcome back.... Love this version of "Wang Chung" - Dance hall days, It makes a good song sound even better (have you ever noticed that all the good songs don't seem to go long enough?)













WANG CHUNG - Dance Hall Days

SANDY MARTON - exotic & erotic (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back... looking like a cross between Fabio and George Michael (well, I think so), Sandy Marton sings this ditty about being exotic & erotic while playing a mean synth, meanwhile a women in lingerie is blowing kisses and stroking a puppy who looks like he wants to be somewhere else, all that in one video... What more could you ask for.

SANDY MARTON - exotic & erotic

HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY READERS.

BILLY OCEAN - loverboy ( Classic 12 Inches )

Hello and welcome back... A new segment called Classic 12 Inches where good songs were given the 12 inch treatment and turned into something amazing.
This first song from Billy Ocean I owned on vinyl and it sounded incredible especially towards the middle and end, the effects sound like a car trying to start.. Brilliant.....CLICK HERE to download "Loverboy" and more from my Mixtape series

BILLY OCEAN - loverboy ( extended 12" version)

CERRONE - supernature ( Lost Hit )

LATE 70S DISCO HIT.... LOVE THAT SYNTH..

Hand me my flairs... Hello Kitty  (Kitty dances to the music)

WONDER DOG - ruff mix ( lost hit )

ANOTHER UNUSUAL SONG FROM THE EARLY 80S

LIL LOUIS & THE WORLD - I called you (lost hit)

Unusual song with a message for everyone about love, oh... and a girlfriend who sounds like she's had one to many Panadol and is into stalking... in a blue car. Lucky it wasn't a red car, then he'd be in trouble.

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - bonita applebum (why ver) lost hit

Love this song, especially this version.... Smooth, Sexy and Sensual.... oooohhh yeah.

BLUE PEARL - naked in the rain (lost hit)

SOMETHING SEXY, 1990 hit from 'Blue Pearl' Ft American singer Durga McBroom and UK musican 'Martin Glover'.....

'Naked in the Rain' made it to No5 in the UK music charts... Awesome song, Makes me want to go Dancing Naked in the Rain.....Errrr, maybe not #notagoodsight

                                       (Thanks to VideoShare212 for the video)

ALEXEI SAYLE - Didn't you kill my brother? (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back....Every now & then a song comes along and were left thinking... What the hell was that.. This song falls in this category.




CLASSIC

PLASTIC BERTRAND - ca plane pour moi ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back...Just outside the 80s was this strange song.
Sang by Belgian musician Roger Allen Francois Jouret ( aka Plastic Bertrand ) in 1978.
He started his career in music as a drummer in the band "The Bisons" playing Rolling Stone covers.

O.k here's the bad news, Plastic Bertrand didn't actually sing this, The song "Ca Plane Pour Moi" was recorded in a studio and was sung and produced by Lou Deprijck.
For his efforts "Plastic Bertrand" received only 0.5% of the song royalties (Milli Vanilli anyone )...Still its a great song and even better when had one too many to drink and you try to sing the lyrics...English translation is interesting... goes something like "Wham Bam my Splash Cat",  least everyone knows the chorus... Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

PLASTIC BERTRAND  - ca plane pour moi



LYRICS TRANSLATED  (yes, its real) .. taken from spicks and specks TV show..many thanks


http://www.plasticbertrand.com/pb_en.html
http://www.myspace.com/rogerjouret

SHONA LAING - drive baby drive ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back...This song taken from her 1987 album is one of my favourite songs, its the kind of song i could listen to at 1am in the morning driving down the freeway in the rain.
New Zealand born Shona Laing has the voice of honey, with lyrics you can sing to.
An excellent song.

"Drive baby drive" was taken from the album "South" and also includes the hit 'glad I'm not a Kennedy".
This album was re-released in America in 1988.


















DRIVE BABY DRIVE



GLAD I'M NOT A KENNEDY


Haven't heard that in years...CLICK HERE to download "south".. cheers

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK ( OMD ) - the best of

Hello and welcome back...OMD first single was back in 1979 with the song "Electricity", a quirky synth driven song that would start this band to one of the best loved bands of the 80s.

Going under the banner of "New Wave" this band from England U.K was founded by Andy McCluskey (vocals, synth, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (vocals, synths) later adding Malcolm Holmes (drums, percussion ) and Martin Cooper (synths , sax ).

The best of OMD includes hits like "Enola gay", "tesla girls", "if you leave", "we love you" and my pick of the album "dreaming". which basically sums up my teenage years in the 80s, I quote the chorus from "dreaming" =
 I was only Dreaming
 I was only trying to catch your eye
 I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said "goodbye".

So, so true.




Track listings are = 
1 = ELECTRICITY


2 = MESSAGES


3 = ENOLA GAY


4 = SOUVENIR


5 = JOAN OF ARC


6 = MAID OF ORLEANS


7 = TELEGRAPH


8 = TESLA GIRLS


9 = LOCOMOTION


10 = TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR


11 = SO IN LOVE


12 = SECRET


13 = IF YOU LEAVE


14 = FOREVER LIVE AND DIE


15 = DREAMING


16 = GENETIC ENGINEERING


17 = WE LOVE YOU (12" version )


18 = LA FEMME ACCIDENT (12" version )


An Excellent album... CLICK HERE to Download "OMD" and more from my Mixtape series....... Cheers