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Giorgio Moroder, Chase
Gorgio Moroder, Putting Out Fire (Cat People Soundtrack)
Human League, Fascination
It’s important to remember that when this song was released, being openly gay was still a felony almost everywhere. Jimmy Somerville had more courage than any of the supposedly revolutionary punk musicians of the time.
Bronski Beat, Smalltown Boy
Some musicians were openly gay earlier. Tom Robinson scared away a lot of his fans with this. It still got into the UK top 20 as a B-side.
Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay
His band are better known for this
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Okay,
Here’s your ridiculously specific genre of the day:
Oddly cheerful 80s songs about nuclear war
The Jam- Going Underground
OMD- Enola Gay
Queen- Hammer to Fall
Ultravox- All Fall Down
Nena- 99 Luftbaloons
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- Two Tribes.
I’ll pretend that it isn’t because it’s St Cuthbert’s Day today.
Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy and Kevin Whately - Blaydon Races
I suppose I could try to combine the two though, in some kind of way.
Sting - Every Bomb You Drop (Spitting Image)
Fear, Let’s Have a War
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Heaven
Reminded of this on another thread; the first Ministry song I ever heard.
Ministry, Isle of Man
L.A.Style - James Brown is Dead
Holy Noise - James Brown is Still Alive
Roxy Music : More Than This
Neil Young, T-Bone
Hey, I swear there was a mad-max-like video to JBID that had a truck carrying speakers rumbling around in the CA desert. I’ve never been able to find it. Does it ring any bells for you?
Dead Milkmen : Smokin’ Banana Peels
Hey, finally some Dead Milkmen, here’s Methodist Coloring Book
Asian Dub Foundation, Real Great Britain
It doesn’t seem familiar, although here in the UK some music shows would make up their own videos for songs that didn’t have one (mostly rave/house/techno from small record labels). I can’t find any good clips, but this is like the sort of thing they’d usually come up with.
Mary J. Blige, Reminisce