As a kid, I often liked the songs I didn’t officially like. I certainly wouldn’t have bought any of these or admitted in conversation that I even gave them time of day (oh no!). They were fairly typical ’80s chart dance / pop tunes, but they all stuck in my head, for various reasons – “guilty pleasures”:
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday:
Flash & The Pan – Waiting For A Train:
Human League – Don’t You Want Me:
Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll:
Visage – Fade To Grey:
The Vapors – Turning Japanese:
Imagination – Just An Illusion:
Blondie – Heart of Glass:
Rod Stewart – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?:
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive:
Yazoo – Don’t Go:
XTC – Senses Working Overtime:
Laurie Anderson – Oh Superman:
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams:
OMD – Maid Of Orleans:
Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling:
Lotus Eaters – First Picture Of You:
Elkie Brooks – Fool If You Think It’s Over:
Sade* – Smooth Operator: [*the ’80’s coolest crush]
Fun Boy 3 + Banamarama – Ain’t What You Do:
Tom Tom Club – Under The Boardwalk:
Kane Gang – Smalltown Creed:
Soft Cell – Tainted Love:
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag:
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message:
Yello – Lost Again:
Kraftwerk – Das Model:
Xmal Deutschland – Incubus Succubus:
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