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.

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PET SHOP BOYS - its a sin (classic 12 inches)

Because sometimes 8.12 minutes is still not long enough :) ...... CLICK HERE to Download "Pet Shop Boys" and more from my Mixtape series........ Enjoy

AVO MUSIC - BEST OF VOL 1

Hello and welcome back.... Just a quick note for people who like new(ish) electronic music, My sister site "AVO Music" has just released the Best of Vol 1 to Download / Listen.

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CLICK HERE to Download / Listen

TRACK LIST =
1 = Donkey Boy - Ambitions
2 = Hot Chip - Motion Sickness
3 = Divine Knights - Storm
4 = The Ting Tings - Hands
5 = Grum - Through the Night
6 = Freezepop - Doppelganger
7 = Royksopp - The Girl & the Robot
8 = Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - The Key
9 = Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
10 = Von Iva - Birds of Prey
11 = FM Attack - Yesterday
12 = Robyn - Dancing on my Own
13 = Venus in Furs - Chances
14 = Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
15 = Bag Raiders - Way Back Home 

CHEERS

SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - success ( classic 12 inches )

Hello and welcome back.... Sigue Sigue Sputnik's 1988 smash song just got better, getting whipped with 12" inches of goodness.. Turn it up..Heaven

SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - SUCCESS



SORRY - couldn't go past this... Sigue Sigue Sputnik live 2012 (yes, their back )

NOW I'm in heaven.

RIC OCASEK

Hello and welcome back.... Rick Ocasek ( Richard T Otcasek) is best known as the frontman in the band "The Cars".
Rick was born in Baltimore, Maryland,  USA, and when he was a young lad joined a folk band called "Milkwood" with fellow Cars member Ben Orr ( Ben Orzechowski).

Sadly Benjamin Orr died in year 2000 from pancreatic cancer.

Rick has been married 3 times and met his latest wife (Paulina Porizkova) on the set of the video shoot of "Drive" (cars song), while still married to his second wife... Complicated, huh.

Rick has produced 7 studio albums to date but his best album in my opinion would be "This Side of Paradise".
This album was set free on the general population in 1986 and included the hits "Keep on Laughing", "True to You", "Emotion in Motion", and my pick of the album "True Love" with its moody synths and and the distinctive voice of Rick, its a song I could listen to over & over.

The song Jimmy Jimmy was also excellent but was on the album " Beatitude" 1982

Steve Stephens from Billy Idol's band plays guitars on most most songs from this album.

Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) played guitar on the song "Emotion in Motion"

I will do a post on "The Cars" soon :)


TRUE LOVE



KEEP ON LAUGHING (Live)



TRUE TO YOU



EMOTION IN MOTION



JIMMY JIMMY



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Cant believe I-Tunes don't have this album (This Side of Paradise)

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


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MIKE & THE MECHANICS

Hello and welcome back.... Mike & the Mechanics was formed as a side project by Mike Rutherford (Genesis).
The band started in 1985 and included singer Paul Carrack, Paul Young (singer), Adrian Lee(keyboard player) & Peter Van Hooke (drums).

Singer Paul Young died in July 2000 from a heart attack.

Mike & the Mechanics have released 7 albums to date and include songs like "Silent Running", "All I Need is a Miracle", "Nobody's Perfect", "The Living Years", "Nobody Knows" & "Word of Mouth"

Song "The Living Years" was penned by Mike Rutherford after the death of his father.

My favorite album from Mike & the Mechanics would be their 1985 album (self titled) because it includes the song "Par Avion"... A haunting song, with mellow synths and the amazing  voice of Paul Carrack.
Why this song was never a single I will never know.

Mike & the Mechanics are a multi-talented band with some of the best songs of the 80s.












PAR AVION ................. brings a small tear to your eye



SILENT RUNNING 



ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE



NOBODY'S PERFECT



THE LIVING YEARS



NOBODY KNOWS



WORD OF MOUTH


CLICK HERE  to Download "Mike & the Mechanics" and more from my Mixtape series.....Enjoy

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