There’s a particularly rude hip hop song of the same name by Too Short which uses this as a basis for the instrumental. I can’t…
Tag: 80s
12/11/2019: “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin
Giorgio Moroder, Tom Cruise, fighter jets, sunsets – and a price comparison website advert. You can’t win ’em all… Still, this is undoubtedly one of…
09/11/2019: “Big Log” by Robert Plant
The most well known of Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant’s solo efforts, this is a triumph. The song is very relaxed – very pleasant to listen…
08/11/2019: “Private Life” by Grace Jones
This one was originally recorded by The Pretenders in 1980; Grace Jones covered it in the same year. Its essentially a reggae track, but the…
07/11/2019: “Telegraph Road” by Dire Straits
Dire Straits – with Mark Knopfler’s spell binding song writing skills and guitar playing – are a band who have more than a few ‘epic’…
06/11/2019: “Umi No Ue Kara” by Yasuaki Shimizu
Japanese electronic music is vastly underappreciated in English speaking countries, which is mental considering a lot of it is instrumental. This gem was released in…
30/10/2019: “Take A Chance” by Mr Flagio
Italo-disco is a fantastic thing – not least for its vast arsenal of relatively obscure beauties languishing unloved in record crates. However, due to the…
16/10/2019: “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits
This song was banned at one point from receiving airplay on Canadian radio stations, due to its homophobic language. However, the song was written based…
14/10/2019: “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Prince
This song has an interesting history. Although Prince did record the song himself in 1984, he didn’t release the song himself. Technically, the song was…
06/10/2019: “Hope” by Descendents
The Descendents aren’t exactly pop punk as such. This is still too fast and too aggressive for that. The sound is closer to what has…