"Free Yourself" - THE UNTOUCHABLES

Free yourself:

Free Yourself @ Yahoo! Video

Like I did.

HUMAN LEAGUE - "Do or Die"

Yeah, whatever, I'm recently obsessed. But I think my pal Brian has it right when he sez that DARE is one of the Top Five pop albums of all time...



A nice live piece from the short-lived "Over The Top".

SOFT CELL - "Sex Dwarf"

Quite possibly the greatest '80s dance song ever:

soft cell - sex dwarf

This was our favorite. If you can't dance to this, you can't dance to anything.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Heads Will Roll"

Great video:



Off with their heads.

TONES ON TAIL - "War"

Man, I wish they had made videos for this band's songs...



You're given two sets of clues
With the answers both the same
And a two speed crossword called
Love in the Suds
Your bullet holes are screaming
Wearing shoes you should be seen in
With a brave knife and fork
We're all set to go blind
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Your thought for the week in the
river river river
Feeling something like a crow
Flying round with the planes
And the fish down under coming up
with rust inside
And your summer days were spent
Collecting soap opera stories
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Saved by the music makers
Speedboats to freedom
With the beautiful people
Bullet holes in your head
But you're running out of time
And you're running out of freedom
Now the animal crackers
Are all set to go flying
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble
Here comes trouble - Comes trouble
Comes trouble - Here comes trouble

SELECTER - "Celebrate the Bullet"

Best SELECTER song ever



Ever.

DEE LITE - "Groove is in the Heart"

If you don't like this one



you have absolutely no soul. Even Satan don't want you.

As my friend J-P sez, any vid with Bootsy is ACES!

CAB CALLOWAY - Reefer Man

Wonder how much a dime bag was going for back then...



By the way, that was a trick question. What, are you high?

CRAMPS - "Surfin' Bird"

Just turn this up:



Ooo maw maw ooo maw maw.

REPUBLICA - "Drop Dead Gorgeous"

Sigh. Another piece of the puzzle that is The Sphere of Repugnance...



What can I say? I'm drop-dead gorgeous!

DEAD OR ALIVE - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

While I'm in that weird mood, there's this:



What the hell is wrong with that guy? Reading their Wikipedia entry, it seems they once topped the Japanese charts for SEVENTEEN WEEKS! Who knew.

SQUEEZE - "Cool For Cats"

Squeeze, another fine band, from a very good year indeed:



They're cool for cats. This album is long gone from my collection. Sadly.

ECHO & the BUNNYMEN - "Lips Like Sugar"

This song also makes me sad:



But there is redemption. Plus those damn lips.

ABC - "Be Near Me"

All my dreams came true last night:



Don't ask, please.

ABC - "How to be a Millionaire"

This brings back lots of unspeakable memories:



Tell me tell me
How to be
A millionaire

THE CRAMPS - "What's Inside a Girl?"

I love raunch



So obviously I love The Cramps! (Hi Gary!)

SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - Love Missile F1-11 (uncensored)

A true classic:



Wow. Weird times, eh?

CANSEI DE SER SEXY - "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"

From Brazil:

ENGLISH BEAT - "Mirror In the Bathroom"

A true dance anthem:



This song still sounds fresh...

FUTON - "Strap It On"

Yikes!



Yes, I have a weakness for "club dance" music.

MURRAY HEAD - "One Night In Bangkok

A bit too much of that "chunk-a chunk" '80s sound...



Still, I had the 45 of this, never saw the movie it's from (CHESS)...

ENGLISH BEAT - "Save It For Later"

Classic dance tune:



Ah, the '80s...

PETE SHELLEY - "Homosapien"

Just classic:



Some wheat amongst the '80s chaff...

HEARTSREVOLUTION - "C.Y.O.A."

Pretty cool visuals in this one:



Choose your own adventure.

THUNDERHEIST - "Jerk It"

Compelling:

DAFT PUNK - "Television Rules the Nation"

I've always had a soft spot for DAFT PUNK.
HERE'S the only "official" version of this song I can find.

BOW WOW WOW - "Do Ya Wanna Hold ME?"

Back when those rhythms were new, I loved this band:

Children, I wanna warn ya, 'cos I've been to California
Where Mickey Mouse is such a demon, where Mickey Mouse is as big as a house
Life is wasted on illusions, Tom and Jerry's my solution

And, yes I wanted to hold her, hold her tight.

A-HA "Take On Me"

I'm sure everyone has seen the classic comic-strip inspired music video for A-HA'a "Take On Me":



Very cool on many levels.

But do you remember their follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV"? Behold:



It begins with the end of "Take On Me"... but where does it go?

Tell me.

THE STRANGLERS - "Golden Brown"

From the absolutely uncategorizable STRANGLERS:



Great use of harpsichord.

TONES ON TAIL - "Go"

Quite possibly my favorite song of all time:



The vid sucks, because they never made a video when the song was out...

BAUHAUS - "Kick In The Eye"

So woe betide.



Kick in the eye. KICK IN THE EYE!

Searching for satori, the kick in the eye.

KAP BAMBINO - "Save"

French electro-techno-disco-punk mofos...



Click HERE to watch the vid...

BAUHAUS - "She's In Parties"

It's in the can:



Looks like spoor on the cuting room floor.

(Special effects by Lunatics and Drinks)

SELECTER - "Missing Words"

I love SELECTER.



That is all.