I'm not quite so smitten with the 1980's as David Bailey is , but I do love his picture here of Naomi Campbell.

‘The 1980s turned out to be magic’: David Bailey on the era of excess – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/11/the-1980s-turned-out-to-be-magic-david-bailey-on-the-era-of-excess-in-pictures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyiaDK8VxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbwmAD4KJo

Our 1980s Top Twenty Chart Poll

Second Round Results - Part Two
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush 57% v 43% Down Under - Men at Work
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 60% v 40% Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

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Match-Up #25
Purple Rain - Prince v Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

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Match-Up #24
Let’s Dance - David Bowie v Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

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Match-Up #23
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics v Down Under - Men at Work

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Match-Up #22
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads v Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

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Match-Up #21
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division v Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears

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Billy Joel released the Glass Houses album on March 12, 1980. Happy 45th anniversary to Glass Houses!

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How A 1970s Māniatoto Farmer Amassed A Stellar Archive Of Retro New Zealand Fashion https://www.byteseu.com/821537/ #1970s #1980s #amassed #antlers #archive #begins #book #Central #collection #Collections #couture #dazzling #deer #eden #extract #farmer #fashion #from #further #highcountry #hore #hores #how #investigation #items #its #mniatoto #needs #new #NewZealand #of #otago #outstanding #own #predictable #quest #retro #some #stellar #such #that #this #womens #zealand

DOLBY’S CUBE
Howard The Duck
1986 Canada 12” single

Another from todays haul of fun 12”s.

The movie?
Truly one of the greatest abortions in cinematic history.

However, ever since I first saw it on TV when I was 8, the songs always stuck in my head.
Here, you get the extended version, the OG version on the soundtrack, & “Don’t Turn Away” which, on the soundtrack has Dolby singing it.
HERE, it’s the movie version sung by Lea Thompson.
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EDDIE MURPHY
Party All The Time
1985 Canada 12”

My local shop was having a clearance blowout on all their 12” singles today, & I was happy to take a handful of gems off their hands.

If someone asked you to pick 1 song from the #1980s that sounded like cocaine, it’s this one.

Rick James’ involvement alone gets it through the front door.

I have always loved this song, & always will.
So glad to own this, at bare minimum for “Leather Eddie” on the cover.
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40 years ago this week, "Too Late For Goodbyes" by #JulianLennon entered the #Top10 at 6. It peaked at 5 on 23 Mar 1985. The video was the last professional project for director Sam Peckinpah, famous for westerns, such as "The Wild Bunch". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQs1Ynq0rlk #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

Our 1980s Top Twenty Chart Poll

Second Round Results - Part One
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 60% v 40% Manic Monday - Bangles
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 56% v 44% Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics 73% v 27% Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

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Match-Up #20
Eternal Flame - Bangles v Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

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Match-Up #19
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman v Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

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