The More You Live, The More You Love

With this Corona virus thrashing around and half Europe on lock down and working from home I thought I bring you a new Volume of the never ending story of "The Unknown Beauty Of The 80s". And to be honest this one has a bit of a thread. the first New Wave / Synthpop record I bought was in March 1982, when I got the 12" of I Ran by A Flock Of Seagulls. I guess it was the first record I bought not being influenced by a friend or someone from high school. Already so many volumes behind me I decided to look back at the real early 80's, with even some '79 songs. The total of 25 songs were taken from the period 1979-1982. The second thread is the optimistic and good vibe of the songs. I n these uncertain days, we need some light to take us to the end of this Corona tunnel. Cos like a Dutch politician described it tonight: "This virus is not a Chinese virus or French virus or a Dutch virus. It is a pandemic. We are all in the same boat on the unpredictable sea clin...

Here's a new addition to the growing list. Tracklist: 01. T.X.T. - Cold As Ice (3:55) 02. Original Mirrors - Dancing With The Rebels (3:24) 03. Virna Lindt - Pillow Talk (4:13) 04. Digital Dance - Treatment (5:15) 05. Payoles - Eyes Of A Stranger (4:58) 06. Monday - Fallen Angel (7 inch mix) (3:25) 07. Pale Saints - Sight Of You (5:45) 08. The Migthy Ballistics Hi-Power - Ghost Train (5:50) 09. Fear Of Falling - Like A Lion (4:17) 10. Takumi - Mein Schatz (3:23) 11. Johnny Average Band - Ch Ch Cherie (2:44) 12. Boris Grebenshikov - The Postcard (7" edit) (3:46) 13. The Flirts - Jukebox (don't put another dime) (3:45) 14. Department S - Going Left Right (extended version) (4:24) 15. Siglo XX - The Art Of War (3:07) 16. Nine Below Zero - Eleven Plus Eleven (2:20) 17. Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibal (part 1) (3:33) 18. Andy Gill - Dispossession (3:55) 19. Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not (3:51) 20. Jules Shear - Whispering Your Name (3:44) link