FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - THE POWER OF LOVE (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back..... Watching a show on TV at the moment called 'Resurrection' and instantly recognized the theme being played 'The Power of Love', sung by a young lady by the name of 'Gabrielle Aplin'.

The original 'Power of Love' song was done beautifully by 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood' in 1984, it is a haunting song that is amazing to listen to.

A quote from Holly Johnson about this song - "I always felt like The Power Of Love was the record that would save me in this life. There is a biblical aspect to its spirituality and passion; the fact that love is the only thing that matters in the end."




FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - THE POWER OF LOVE




Remake for TV series 'Resurrection'
Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love



While the remake is stunning, I still Love Frankie's version, which one do you like?

THE NEW ROMANTICS SPECIAL (Mixtape 20) - (Music Download)

Hello and welcome back....New Romantic Special on Electronic80s (Mixtape 20)

Early 80s London U.K saw Fashion and Music fuse together to produce The New Romantic Scene.

One club in London set that scene, that being "The Blitz" run by Visage frontman 'Steve Strange' and music Dj 'Rusty Egan'..... The legend was born.

The music on this mixtape are not only New Romantic bands but also a few songs that you would hear in 'The Blitz'...

Enjoy

SONG TRACKS
1. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
2. Simple Minds - I Travel
3. Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
4. Ultravox - Sleepwalk
5. Visage - Visage (12" Dance Remix)
6. Adam & the Ants - Stand & Deliver
7. Depeche Mode - Photographic
8. Classix Nouveaux - Guilty
9. Japan - Quiet Life (7" version)
10. Gary Numan - Down in the Park
11. Human League - Being Boiled (Lost Version)
12. Landscape - Einstein a Go Go
13. OMD - Electricity
14. Shock - Angel Face
15. Visage - Fade to Grey (12" Dance Mix)


LISTEN / DOWNLOAD HERE   @ MP3 320kbps


 DURAN DURAN - PLANET EARTH  (Thanks to emimusic for the video)



ADAM AND THE ANTS - STAND AND DELIVER (Thanks to AdamAntVEVO for the video)



JAPAN - QUIET LIFE   (Thanks to JapanVEVO for the video)



VISAGE - FADE TO GREY    (Thanks to VisageVEVO for the video)

THANKS to theblitzclub.com for the photos - Visit Here



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HAIM - IF I COULD CHANGE YOUR MIND (Sounds like the 80s)

Hello and welcome back.... Such an amazing song, stunning vocals, sweeping synths... Im just in Heaven. If you have never heard of 'Haim' (rhymes with Time), do your ears a favour :)

HAIM - IF I COULD CHANGE YOUR MIND (Thanks to  HaimVEVO for the video)


 Haim are 3 sisters from California in the U.S ( Este Arielle, Danielle Sari & Alana Mychal Haim ) with a Male drummer called 'Danny Hutton' (Who's the lucky boy?).... Seriously, their music is brilliant.

LINKS

http://electronic80s.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/sounds-like-80s-vol-4-mixtape-16-music.html

http://haimtheband.com/

https://www.facebook.com/haimtheband

https://twitter.com/HAIMtheband

https://soundcloud.com/haimtime

https://myspace.com/wearehaim

SPANDAU BALLET - THE FREEZE (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back.... Im currently going through some Tapes and CDs for an upcoming special Mixtape download on 'New Romantics - The Blitz club' (Stay Tuned) and came across this song....Haven't heard it in years.... From 1981, Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
(OMG - Those Synths are Heaven)

SPANDAU BALLET - THE FREEZE  (Thanks to spandauballetVEVO for the video)

BILLY IDOL - BEHIND THE MUSIC

Hello and welcome back.... Ive always been a big fan of 'Billy Idol' (aka William Broad).... This is the story, told in detail of one of the best rockers of the 80s ...Billy Idol.


BILLY IDOL - BEHIND THE MUSIC - Part 1




BILLY IDOL - BEHIND THE MUSIC - Part 2 (Massive thanks to musicfangirl1979 for the videos)




LINKS

http://billyidol.net/

https://www.facebook.com/BillyIdol

https://twitter.com/BillyIdol

https://myspace.com/billyidol/music/songs


SORRY - Couldn't go past this.....

BILLY IDOL LIVE IN CONCERT  (Thanks to Erik Idol for the video)


SONG LIST
Super Overdrive
Dancing With Myself
Flesh For Fantasy
Touch My Love
White Wedding
Scream
Eyes Without A Face
Cry
Blue Highway
Ready Steady Go
Rebel Yell
Kiss Me Deadly

 

MIXTAPE 17 (80S Music Download)

Hello and welcome back..... Just in time for the weekend.
Mixtape17with some rare and well love tracks.... This tape i had towards the end of the 80s and kept adding to it.... I only found it about a year ago, thought it was lost... found it in my sock drawer (at the back)... hope you enjoy.

TRACK LIST
1 - Gary Clail - Human Nature
2 - Gang Gajang - Hundreds of Languages
3 - FAB - Happy People
4 - The Motels - Art Fails
5 - Oh Well - Oh Well
6 - F.R. DAVID - Pick up the Phone
7 - Diesel - Sausalito Summernight
8 - Pretty Poison - Catch Me, Im Falling
9 - Time Modem - The Time of the Gathering (Highlander Fight scene)
10 - Boytronic - You
11 - Information Society - Whats on your Mind
12 - Tpau - Heart and Soul
13 - Tina Turner - Better be good to me
14 - Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
15 - Inxs - Newsreel Babies


LISTEN / DOWNLOAD HERE 


GARY CLAIL - HUMAN NATURE   (Thanks to Disco Imperium for the video)
 



OH WELL - OH WELL  (Thanks to Anatoly Styagov for the video)




TIME MODEM - TIME OF THE GATHERING (Thanks to ACEQUETEVI for the video)




INXS - NEWSREEL BABIES   (Thanks to InxsFans80s90s . for the video)

THE GRID- SWAMP THING (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back....Formed in 1988, U.K electronic band 'The Grid' had to wait until 1993 to release one of the best songs of their career... 'Swamp Thing'.
A former member of 80s band 'Soft Cell - David Ball' is a member of The Grid along with 'Richard Norris'

This song from the album 'Evolver' made it to No3 in Australia and U.K Music charts.

'Swamp Thing' is a catchy tune, mostly from the amazing sound of banjos in a dance song. They were played by folk musician ' Roger Dinsdale',.... sadly in July 2009, Rodger committed suicide.





THE GRID - SWAMP THING   (Thanks to thegridVEVO for the video)


Can you spot the Roland SH101 synth?   (One of my fav synths)



Couldn't go past this, an another song by THE GRID - TEXAS COWBOYS, also from 'Evolver'

Thanks to byte150m for the video


LINKS

https://myspace.com/gridmusic

http://www.mit.edu/people/mattski/Grid/

https://myspace.com/richardnorris