Two things I did a lot while growing up: Watched movies and listened to radio. In the 80’s, the movies had a strong influence on what’s being played on radio. Sometimes the music was much better than the movie! These are some 80’s songs, as part of movie soundtracks, still stuck in my mind: Simple […]
In my continuing series of 80’s music (re)collection, I’m listing a few more that were stuck in my mind. During my teenage years, I went clubbing quite a bit. When I was a DJ, I played them a lot, too. These songs were popular in Europe, but in North America1 they were obscure – at […]
A friend once asked me, “What is my favorite 80’s music?” That’s not an easy question to answer. I can’t think of one song that represents an entire decade of music. Instead, the music was integrated into the experiences that occurred in the 80’s. There are many examples, and in the next few months or […]
I used to be a DJ in the 80’s, and I enjoy doing party mixes for a crowd, or to a tape recorder. Having two turntables (and sometimes a drum machine), and playing various dance/club songs were fun me. It was an expensive hobby too, I bought a lot of vinyls. Now, it looks like […]
While everyone’s putting up fake posts and news, I decided to go against all of that and write a post about one my favourite band: Chalk Circle. They only released three albums back in the 80’s. By far, their most successful one was “The Great Lakes” EP. One of the popular song from the album […]
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