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

[Clare]

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

Absolute '80s has a pretty good selection of songs.

[Clare]

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

The Thompson Twins got their names from the characters in the Tintin cartoon series, which makes the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy ironic as well.

I was reading Stephen Tin Tin Duffy's wikipedia the other day. Apparently he was also known as Dr Calculus. He must have had quite a thing about Tin Tin!

[George 1978]

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

Others I can recall not played are many by Simply Red - I never hear any of their stuff these day's and Jimmy Sommerville and The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way too!! Me I was a 1977 baby, so I am a-head of you two - George and Richard by a year sadly!

80sChav

You were probably born in the same academic year as me and Richard if your birthday was between September and December in 1977.

[George 1978]

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

My brother used to think it was an odd name because they were 3 of them & too different to be twins.

The Thompson Triplets?

[Richard1978]

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

Others I can recall not played are many by Simply Red - I never hear any of their stuff these day's and Jimmy Sommerville and The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way too!! Me I was a 1977 baby, so I am a-head of you two - George and Richard by a year sadly!

80sChav

Occasionally you can hear Simply Red & The Communards on oldies stations.

[80sChav]

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

Well we're both 1978 babies, so it's not surprising!

Others I can recall not played are many by Simply Red - I never hear any of their stuff these day's and Jimmy Sommerville and The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way too!! Me I was a 1977 baby, so I am a-head of you two - George and Richard by a year sadly!

80sChav

[Richard1978]

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

The Thompson Twins got their names from the characters in the Tintin cartoon series, which makes the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy ironic as well.

My brother used to think it was an odd name because they were 3 of them & too different to be twins.

[George 1978]

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

The Thompson Twins don't seem to have had the kind of critical revaluation a few of the better 1980s groups have.

I like most of their material, but they seemed to lose their edge after Joe Leeway left.

The Thompson Twins got their names from the characters in the Tintin cartoon series, which makes the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy ironic as well.

[Richard1978]

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

Doctor!, Doctor!, by The Thompson Twins is one I heard on Thursday and it bugged me for ages until establishing it was The Thompson Twins

Hearing this song really, really took me back a long, long time I freely admit to - no doubts!!

80sChav

The Thompson Twins don't seem to have had the kind of critical revaluation a few of the better 1980s groups have.

I like most of their material, but they seemed to lose their edge after Joe Leeway left.

[George 1978]

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

Yes same here, I remember it well because I was finishing at primary school.

Well we're both 1978 babies, so it's not surprising!

[80sChav]

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

Doctor!, Doctor!, by The Thompson Twins is one I heard on Thursday and it bugged me for ages until establishing it was The Thompson Twins

Hearing this song really, really took me back a long, long time I freely admit to - no doubts!!

80sChav

[George 1978]

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

Just realised that it says 1980s songs - never mind.

[Richard1978]

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

When I hear that song, I often think of 1989 and things such as Bermuda shorts, as I mentioned in my fashion thread.

Yes same here, I remember it well because I was finishing at primary school.

[George 1978]

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

I am listening to BBC Radio Gloucestershire online, and they have played Brown Girl in the Ring by Boney M - the B-side to Rivers of Babylon - I can't remember the last time when any radio station played that.

The story goes that back in 1978 a DJ was supposed to play Rivers of Babylon, but had played the B side by mistake, and the listeners loved the song so much that it was lusted as a double A side and the song shot right back up the charts and remained there until the end of the year, a total of 40 weeks.

Yesterday, I was listening to another radio station online, and they had played this week's chart from 1980, including Embarrassment by Madness and Banana Republic by the Boomtown Rats.

[George 1978]

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

I was quite surprised to be woken up by Holly Johnson's Americanos on Radio 2 jusr before 7am.

When I hear that song, I often think of 1989 and things such as Bermuda shorts, as I mentioned in my fashion thread.