The Cure, a band who I’m sure will pop up here again at some point, released tonnes of classics. Most people know all the big tunes: Close To Me, Lovecats, Boys Don’t Cry etc. but this is one that might have escaped several of you. Released as a single all the way back in 1982 this is a lovely slice of 80s electronic pop music…
Junior, proving that you don’t have to look cool to feature heavily in your own video, weighed in with this party classic in 1982. I have no idea if he ever did anything else but I certainly don’t remember hearing any other tunes by him. Mind you, I was 4 at the time so it’s possible that the follow up singles passed me by.
He does win back cool points by sitting in a pink bath tub and, trust me, this tune rocks the party
Absolute banger from 80s sort Kim Wilde. Kids In America was probably her biggest hit over here but many of you should recognise this one from back in the day as well. Perfect 80s pop crap to cheese it up to
Big pop riddim here. Much fun & frolics with a wicked vid to boot. I seem to remember this getting pretty high in the charts but never heard much else from them. Probably for the best
Ex-New Kid On The Block comes out with a pop smash in 1999. Who woulda thunk it? While I’ll be first to point out that pop music is mainly utter crap there are some real gems hidden away this, for me, definitely being one of them.
I guess I should really hate this tune but those funky semi-electro style beats and cheesy chorus always gets me singing along. Couldn’t find the video on YouTube apart from a version with terrible audio. Instead here are a load of pics of Mr Knight for you to swoon along to as you listen…