Looking back at the eighties is more fun than actually living through them was. (Thatcher - Reagan era...ugh)
In that spirit, I present "Plastic Love". Even if you don't follow East Asian pop, one listen will take you back to the eighties - and then perhaps to 2017, when an unofficial remix was uploaded to YouTube, becoming viral, and sparking a revival of interest in the city pop sound.
You might remember the thumbnail that went with that YouTube, which has since been taken down.
In fact, the single was not a huge success in Japan when it was released in 1984, although the album reached number one; it's only in retrospect that the song has achieved its status as a musical icon of the eighties.
I had absolutely no idea that Tom Baker and Lalla Ward did advertisements for Prime Computer in the #1980s! Also, I have never, ever heard of Prime Computer. What's even more astounding is that they were based in my home state of Massachusetts! Why have I never heard of them?
It makes sense that Doctor Who would be a "hot property" in Massachusetts at that time. #WGBH in #Boston aired the Baker years frequently.
So I'm starting up the #BandCamp recommendations thread.
Please feel free to recommend your own work, your friends work or just something cool you would like to share. If it's on BandCamp it's welcome in the thread.
"East Midlands Vice" is my jam. Deep and gritty #cyberpunk music that nods just enough to it's namesake, whilst alsobeing on it's own unique vibe, (and taking you on a disturbing off kilter inner journey), I Dig It!
"Disco ectasi" is a banger, perhaps my favorite single track. Look,
the whole release is gold.
This one has been stuck in my head for weeks. But that's because I've been ending every day by watching an episode of an insipid anime (the one about the unappreciated nerdy boy who goes on great adventures to save the world) that ends with a very similar guitar riff.
Still, it's better than anything Samantha Fox ever created. Really, her virtues were elsewhere than music...