80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

[Clare]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Logan's 1987 winner Hold Me Now would be a good one as well.

The problem is that in his 1980 hit, the lyrics sound as if he is promoting The Samaritans or something: "I've been crying for such a long time" etc - I know that a Sunday morning programme that just played number one hits used to play it now and again. Compare that with the Bucks Fizz hit from a year later which gives the opposite feel of life.

Wasn't there a third song that he wrote but someone else sang? I'm thinking Niamh Kavanagh, perhaps? (I could easily look it up but trying to remember is more fun!)

[George 1978]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Logan's 1987 winner Hold Me Now would be a good one as well.

The problem is that in his 1980 hit, the lyrics sound as if he is promoting The Samaritans or something: "I've been crying for such a long time" etc - I know that a Sunday morning programme that just played number one hits used to play it now and again. Compare that with the Bucks Fizz hit from a year later which gives the opposite feel of life.

[Clare]

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Have there been any 1980s Eurovision songs played on the radio? - the equivalent of Abba's Waterloo from 1974? I am certain that the closest is on Gold's Number Ones at One when they occasionally play Bucks Fizz's Making Your Mind Up.

"What's Another Year?" by Johnny Logan would be worth playing again.

[George 1978]

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You Never Hear Samantha Fox's Songs Anymore,shame really as i loved her voice .
here is one of my favourites.
https://youtu.be/Ow8rsycBQ54

She had two big hits (or something that rhymes with "hits" anyway...)

[George 1978]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Have there been any 1980s Eurovision songs played on the radio? - the equivalent of Abba's Waterloo from 1974? I am certain that the closest is on Gold's Number Ones at One when they occasionally play Bucks Fizz's Making Your Mind Up.

Probably too obscure, apart from when Eurovision is on, that is.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

You Never Hear Samantha Fox's Songs Anymore,shame really as i loved her voice .
here is one of my favourites.
https://youtu.be/Ow8rsycBQ54

[Paddles]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Bur apart from that.... It's turning into "What have the Romans ever done for us?" lol.

I need to listen to the radio more.

What she said was it was too much full monty, not enough python...

[branny]

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I've also heard "And She Was" by Talking Heads, and "Messages", "Loco-motion", "Talking Loud and Clear" by OMD fairly recently.

Bur apart from that.... It's turning into "What have the Romans ever done for us?" lol.

I need to listen to the radio more.

[Clare]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Occasionally you get to hear Psycho Killer or Souvenir if you are lucky.

I've also heard "And She Was" by Talking Heads, and "Messages", "Loco-motion", "Talking Loud and Clear" by OMD fairly recently.

[Richard1978]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Almost anything by Talking Heads except Once in a lifetime or Road to nowhere.

Almost anything by Omd except Enola gay.

Occasionally you get to hear Psycho Killer or Souvenir if you are lucky.

[branny]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Almost anything by Talking Heads except Once in a lifetime or Road to nowhere.

Almost anything by Omd except Enola gay.

[Clare]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Red Box - "Lean On Me" - 1985
...
Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Geno" - 1980
...
Maybe I just listen to the wrong radio stations...or the right ones, at the wrong time

They get played quite a bit on Absolute 80s, and I've heard the Desireless one a couple of times in recent months.

[George 1978]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Stevie Wonder's version of Happy Birthday was in the 1981 Pick of the Pops chart yesterday - but was not played, making my point above valid. Would have been ironic if it had been played...

[RetroTechRules]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Taffy - "I Love My Radio" - 1986

Red Box - "Lean On Me" - 1985

Peter Schilling - "The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime)" - 1988

Sabrina - "Boys (Summertime Love)" - 1987

Desireless - "Voyage Voyage" - 1986

Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Geno" - 1980

Bucks Fizz - "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" - 1986


Maybe I just listen to the wrong radio stations...or the right ones, at the wrong time

[George 1978]

Re: 80's songs you never hear on the radio these days

Stevie Wonder and Altered Images' versions of Happy Birthday - despite the fact that they are both totally different songs, they both have the same title, they both got to number two, and they were both hits in 1981!

I suppose that as it will be my own birthday this week, the occasion coming up had reminded me of both those songs - I wonder if any radio station will play them on the day itself?