POP Goes The World Salutes The Class Of 2024

 

 

…… while magnanimously dispensing some valuable wisdom to them.
(and by “wisdom”, I mean some classic 80s tracks)
Hey, if I don’t teach the children, who will?

 

 

 

Blondie

"Living in the Real World" from Eat to the Beat  (1979)

 

Oingo Boingo

"Ain't This the Life " from Ain't This the Life  (1980)

 

Mi-Sex

"People" from Space Race  (1980)

 

 

 

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The Godfathers

"Birth School Work Death" from Birth, School, Work, Death   (1988)

 

Pursuit of Happiness

"I'm an Adult Now" from Love Junk  (1988)

 

The B-52's

"Song for a Future Generation" from Whammy!  (2015)

 

Red Box

"Lean on Me (Ah-li-ayo)" from The Circle & the Square (1984)

 

Marc Almond

"Tears Run Rings" from The Stars We Are  (1988)

 

 

 

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Dragon

"Rain" from Body and the Beat  (1984)

 

The Psychedelic Furs

"Heaven" from Mirror Moves  (1984)

 

Ultravox

"Reap the Wild Wind" from Quartet  (1982)

 

Wire Train

"Chamber of Hellos" from In a Chamber  (1983)

 

Easterhouse

"Whistling In the Dark" from Contenders  (1986)

 

 

 

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The Specials

"Little Bitch" from Too Much Too Young  (1979)

 

Fishbone

"Lyin' Ass Bitch" from Fishbone  (1985)

 

The Baloney Heads

"I'm A Drunk" from I'm a Drunk / Life's Rough (1980)

 

The Untouchables

"FBI (I Spy for The)" from Wild Child  (1985)

 

 

 

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Simple Minds

"Waterfront" from Sparkle in the Rain  (1984)

 

The Stranglers

"Always The Sun" from Dreamtime  (1986)

 

Kate Bush

"The Big Sky" from Hounds of Love  (1985)

 

The The

"Giant" from Soul Mining  (1983)

 

 

 

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Alley Cats

"Nothing Means Nothing Anymore" from Urgh! A Music War  (1981)

 

Dead Kennedys

"Moon Over Marin" from Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc.  (1981)

 

The Downsiders

"Another Horns Cry" from The Downsiders  (1987)

 

Drop Nineteens

"Winona" from Delaware  (1992)

 

 

 

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Zero Boys

"Livin' In The 80's" from Vicious Circle  (1982)

 

Concrete Blonde

"Still In Hollywood" from Concrete Blonde  (1986)

 

Dramarama

"Last Cigarette" from Stuck in Wonderamaland  (1989)