March 24, 1984

 

 

 

Today is March 24, which any good card carrying Gen Xer will tell you that on this day in 1984, 5 disparate teenagers convened in the library of Shermer HIgh School at 7a.m. to serve detention for various offenses, and the rest, as they say, is history…..
(Hell, I’ll find any excuse to do an 80s show!)
 

 

 

 

 

Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from Once Upon a Time (Deluxe) 2015

 

 

 

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David Bowie "Changes" from Hunky Dory 1971

ABC "That Was Then But This Is Now" from Beauty Stab 1983

Ultravox "Reap the Wild Wind" from Quartet 1982

Figures On a Beach "No Stars" from Standing On Ceremony 1987

 

 

 

 

 

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Depeche Mode "Now This Is Fun" from A Broken Frame 1982

Les Rita Mitsouko "C'est comme ça" from The No Comprendo 1986

The B-52's "Song for a Future Generation" from Whammy! 1983

Ēbn-Ōzn "AEIOU Sometimes Y" from Feeling Cavalier 1984

Eurythmics "Sex Crime (1984)" from Greatest Hits - Eurythmics 1991

 

 

 

 

 

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Julie Brown "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun!" from Goddess in Progress 1984

Fuzzbox "Love Is the Slug" from We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It 1986

The Primitives "Spacehead" from Lovely 1988

Voice of the Beehive "I Say Nothing" from Let It Bee 1988

Marc Almond "Tears Run Rings" from The Stars We Are 1988

 

 

 

 

 

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The Sisters of Mercy "This Corrosion" from Floodland 1987

Shriekback "Nemesis" from Oil & Gold 1985

Wall Of Voodoo "Back In Flesh (Live)" from URGH! A Music War 1981

Robert Hazard "Escalator of Life" from Escalator of Life - Single 1982

Mi-Sex "Space Race" from Space Race 1980

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ministry "Revenge" from With Sympathy 1983

New Order "Kiss Of Death" from Substance 1987

Alphaville "The Jet Set" from Forever Young 1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Cult "Rain" from Love 1985

Easterhouse "Whistling In The Dark" from Contenders 1986

The Chameleons "The Fan and The Bellows" from The Fan and The Bellows 1986

Tex & the Horseheads "Oh Mother" from Tex And The Horseheads 1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Midnight Oil "Best of Both Worlds" from Red Sails In the Sunset 1984