FabSwingers.com forum: Forgotten 80's tunes

By *onnyc OP Man
over a year ago

Doncaster

I will kick off with Spear of Destiny Never Take Me Alive

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

Toni basil oh mickey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sweetest Smile - Black

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got to have your love- Mantronix

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

Ones I've forgotten ... I've forgotten for good reason..

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

One step further - Bardo

Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Duel - Propaganda

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Live it up - Mental as Anything

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By *bi HaiveMan
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade "

That's a good un!

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Story of the Blues - Wah!

A law should be passed that it's played every day on the radio!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Absolute - Scritti Politti

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Ghosts - Japan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Big in Japan - Alphaville

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nuttin no go so. Always love it

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Beat Box - Art of Noize

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Driving Away from Home - It's Immaterial

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

Black. Wonderful life

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

Hall&oats. Out of touch

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By *ietsenmakerMan
over a year ago

Hartford

Wishing (If I Had a Photgraph of You) by A Flock Of Seagulls

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loadsamoney - Harry Enfield

A funny comic but the song....tragic

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By *ietsenmakerMan
over a year ago

Hartford

Kajagoogoo - too shy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Cramps, Garbage Man !

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By *anielpiercedMan
over a year ago

Love is the slug - We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sultans of ping - where’s me jumper

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

"Big in Japan - Alphaville "

Love that tune

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Devo - whip it

XTC - making plans for Nigel

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Mr roboto - Styx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Big in Japan - Alphaville

Love that tune"

Better than Forever young.

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

"Story of the Blues - Wah!

A law should be passed that it's played every day on the radio!

I love this song so much!

Love Is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works

The Promise - When In Rome

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By *emma HoldenTV/TS
over a year ago

Ramsey

Hithouse, Jack to the sound of the underground

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory"

One of my favs and on the first ever NOW compilations.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snowy White... Bird of paradise

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Computer Love - Zapp & Roger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldn’t It Be Good by Nik Kershaw

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By *llNatural36FWoman
over a year ago

Denbighshire

Erasure- blue savannah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sultans of ping - where’s me jumper "

That was actually the 90's but its such a cracker we don't care!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carrie by Europe. It was a hit too but only The Final Countdown gets played/remembered

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Tonbridge

Climie Fisher: Love Changes Everything

Hue and Cry: Labour of Love

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shudupa your face

Birdie song

Adam ant

Queen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Carrie by Europe. It was a hit too but only The Final Countdown gets played/remembered"

Carrie was payed a lot too.

Rock the night not that much except on MTV sometimes.

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Rain or Shine - Five Star

(Could have picked a whole load of theirs - I think they're great!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sultans of ping - where’s me jumper

That was actually the 90's but its such a cracker we don't care!

Fair

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I’m a firm believer that what happened in the 80’s should stay in the 80’s

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I have one,once you listen to it and please do, you'll be humming it all day.

Brother Louie.

Modern talking.

"Your no good can't you see brother Louie Louie Louie (bang bang bang)......"

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By *eedsmale36Man
over a year ago

Leeds

Misfit : curiosity killed the cat

Happy Hour : The Housemartins

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By *angerous123Man
over a year ago

Leeds

Fad gadget - lady shave

Model 500 - no UFOs

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By *igDesire2Couple
over a year ago

belfast

"Carrie by Europe. It was a hit too but only The Final Countdown gets played/remembered"

I saw Europe last Saturday and Carrie is amazing live! Great gig

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

London

Life in a northern town - The Dream Academy

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

Buggles video killed the radio star lol

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By *olf and RedCouple
over a year ago

Nr Cardiff or at Chams Darlaston

Will You - Hazel O’Connor

Red

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By *igDesire2Couple
over a year ago

belfast

Toto - Africa

I’m a rock chick but this song is one of my all time faves

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Toto - Africa

I’m a rock chick but this song is one of my all time faves"

I wouldn't call this a forgotten track at all.

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Romford

"One step further - Bardo

Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

So loved Strawberry Switchblade.

XTC - Making plans for Nigel.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Bitterest Pill - The Jam

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By *ldbluMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes/luton

XTC senses working overtime

Hazel O'connor 8th day

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

Wales/Sussex

Am just listening to echo and the bunny men - killing moon so am throwing this into the mix, great 80s track

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Am just listening to echo and the bunny men - killing moon so am throwing this into the mix, great 80s track

Great track, but not really forgotten. Any show that is set in the 80s and is slightly edgy tends to use it. Lol

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I Like Chopin by Gazebo

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Everything Counts by Depeche Mode

also

Shake the Disease

and

Question of Lust

God they're good!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Buggles video killed the radio star lol"

1979, and the first ever track played on MTV.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I will kick off with Spear of Destiny Never Take Me Alive

Rattling boy by goodbye Mr MC Kenzie great song about masturbating,so I'm led to believe.Shirley Manson left them to join garbage

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Safety dance - men without hats…..

And….. remember Scott and Charlene’s wedding?

Suddenly - angry Anderson

What do I win????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Living On Video - Trans X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The First Picture of You: The Lotus Eaters

Wishful Thinking: China Crisis

Let my People Go-Go: The Rainmakers

Perfect Skin: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Romford

Men at Work - Down Under.

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By *immy11Man
over a year ago

west berks / wilts border

One Night in Bangkok- Murray Head

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

This thread has just inspired me to fine the dollar and dime remix of “dirty cash” by the adventures of stevie v…. Thanks

Now I am going to find all the old classic choons I use to go to clubs in east London when I should have been 18.. and wasn’t!! ( we all did it… stop giving me that look!!)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Fire On The Moon by Aleph; An absolute belter

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By *lexanderSupertrampMan
over a year ago

Gourock

The Silencers - I can feel it

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By *ubwife4uCouple
over a year ago

Maidstone

[Removed by poster at 27/10/23 11:14:08]

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love Missile F1-11

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

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By *ockey64Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

Don’t talk to me about love.. Altered Images

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By *azza72Man
over a year ago

Leeds

Broken Land by The Adventures

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don’t talk to me about love.. Altered Images "
very good taste I must say,good axe work on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

[Removed by poster at 27/10/23 16:45:47]

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Millie Vanilla

-Girl you know it's true.

-Girl I'm gonna miss you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alison Moyet.

-Is this love.

-Weak in the presence of beauty.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Anything by echo and the bunnymen.

Such a massively underated band

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By *heekyDemandCouple
over a year ago

Leicester

Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid

Put it on Spotify and crank to 11, sing along!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

[Removed by poster at 27/10/23 17:00:39]

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Millie Vanilla

-Girl you know it's true.

-Girl I'm gonna miss you."

It's Millie Vanilli NOT Vanilla

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cutting crew - died in your arms. First 12ish I bought with my own cash.

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
over a year ago

Darlington

Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood

The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen

Story of the Blues Wah

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By *oldyoudown41Man
over a year ago

Winchester

Building a bridge to your heart- Wax

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stakka Bo - Here we go

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oops that was 90s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ph.D. I won't let you down

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By *nyx_xy.Man
over a year ago

Elsewhere

Yazoo – Don’t Go

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Debbie Gibson - In my dreams (1987)

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

I'll tell you what fellow fourumites - I think we've put a darn good 80's compilation together here!

I'm going to celebrate our achievement by you tubing a few of these later

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By *nyx_xy.Man
over a year ago

Elsewhere

Heartache – Pepsi & Shirlie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Orange Juice - Rip It Up

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By *nyx_xy.Man
over a year ago

Elsewhere

Crush on You – The Jets

System Addict – 5 Star

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dollar - Mirror Mirror

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

True Faith,New order absolute tune.

As is confusion the original 12" version

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Live it up - Mental as Anything"

Omg this is such a tuuuune!!

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By *o scandalousWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Call Me - Spanga

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"True Faith,New order absolute tune.

As is confusion the original 12" version "

I should have said the 12" instrumental version.

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Cuddly toy - Roachford

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By *emma HoldenTV/TS
over a year ago

Ramsey

Red Box

Lean on me

Absolute corker of a tune.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drowning in Berlin - The Mobiles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Alarm - 68 Guns, Rain in the Summertime.

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By *aulhornyladMan
over a year ago

Sunderland

Feels like heaven. Fiction factory

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the polecats - john im only dancing

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Baby I don't care - Transvision Vamp

Solid Bond in your Heart - Style Council

The Touch - Stan Bush (From Transformers the Movie, animated version)

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By *emma HoldenTV/TS
over a year ago

Ramsey

Kim Wilde

You Came

Those white pants on her

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By *sedpussylickerMan
over a year ago

Leicester

Blow the house down- Living in a box

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Belinda Carlisle - Circles In The Sand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden

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By *emma HoldenTV/TS
over a year ago

Ramsey

Always the sun

The Str*nglers

* = "a" cos the site won't let me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Heartache Avenue: The Maisonettes

Twilight Cafe: Susan Fassbender

Ever So Lonely: Monsoon

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By *iking 777Man
over a year ago

Wick

Camouflage

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

London

I need (another) Spotify playlist.

Thanks, Fab.

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By *ischiefmanaged90Man
over a year ago

Blackpool

All I wanna do is make love to you - Heart

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By *arren and AliciaCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Agadoo black lace forgotten for a reason lol

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By *intiemintieWoman
over a year ago

Scottish Borders

Word Up Cameo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Climie Fisher

-Love changes everything.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Invisible Sun - The Police

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

vienna,, ultravox

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

wouldn't call a lot of the ones mentioned 'forgotten', quite a lot get plays on the oldies radio stations and plenty of people on here remember them.

Does anyone remember these?

Benny Mardones- Into the Night

Twisted sister - I Am, I'm Me

Bonnie Tyler - Hide Your Heart

Pandora's Box - It's All coming Back to Me Now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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By *idnightslutWoman
over a year ago

manchester

"Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp"

Fuck yeah!!!!

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By *idnightslutWoman
over a year ago

manchester

"Sultans of ping - where’s me jumper "

Yesss!!!

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

Hands up..by Ottawan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drowning in Berlin - Mobiles

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By *antricSeeker60Man
over a year ago

Durham

Freeeze - IOU

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By *NGthe2ndWoman
over a year ago

Here and there

The promise you made - Cock robin

Heard it on radio about a year ago, totally forgot about it until recently

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

glos

"Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

One of my favs and on the first ever NOW compilations. "

Was on "NTWICM vol 2" not the first

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

glos

Breakaway

They don't know

My guys mad at me

All by Tracey Ullman

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

7 Tears by The Goombay Dance Band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never Never - The Assembly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Party Fears Two - The Associates

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Party Fears Two - The Associates "

Great choon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stephen Duffy "Kiss Me"

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

glos

Hyperactive, by Thomas dolby

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Animal magnet- Welcome to the monkey house

Bit of an underground tune at the time- didn't seem to make it out of The Midlands club scene- my god its still sounds good almost 40 years later!!!

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By *wcdfor2TV/TS
over a year ago

SKELMERSDALE

Rise P.I.L

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Rip it Up - Orange Juice

Love and Pride - King

John Wayne is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee

Sl*ve to the Rhythm - Grace Jones

Favourite Shirt - Haircut 100

Is Vic There - Department S

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By *wcdfor2TV/TS
over a year ago

SKELMERSDALE

Lawn chairs Our Daughters wedding.

Caio Baby the Cult.

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By *ez669Man
over a year ago

East Kilbride

cry little sister theme from the lost boys

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

"cry little sister theme from the lost boys"

Love that song !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tarzan boy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"cry little sister theme from the lost boys

Love that song !"

Safety dance

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