Artist: Twinball

WHY THE 1980s DIDN'T SUCK (Music Edition)

Jul 22, 2011, 7:31am Berkeley Place

I was listening the other day to Sara Lov's brilliant cover of the Thompson Twins, and it just flashed on me that so many people dismiss the 1980s as an era known for easy music, by which they mean simple, accessible pop. No thought to it. Well, if it's so easy to get everyone to sing a song, why is it the big "pop" stars of the 1990s have pretty much faded away? And the early 2000s are going fast, too. Gnarls' "Crazy" and Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" were monster hits, for their time, but people are covering Wham and [...]

• Frankmusik - The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats cover)
• Jonathan Coulton - Don't Talk To Strangers (rick springfield)
• Sara Lov - 186p.mp3
• The Feeling - Walk Like An Egyptian (Bangles)
• Twinball - Don't Pay the Ferryman (Chris DeBurgh)

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Artist:	Frankmusik
Title:	The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats cover)
Link Text:	Safety Dance-Frankmuzik
File Name:	186s.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Jonathan Coulton
Title:	Don't Talk To Strangers (rick springfield)
Link Text:	Don’t Talk to Strangers-Jonathan Coulton
File Name:	186q.mp3
Bitrate:	169 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2006

Artist:	Sara Lov
Link Text:	Hold Me Now-Sara Love
File Name:	186p.mp3
Genre:	Indie
Year:	2011

Artist:	The Feeling
Title:	Walk Like An Egyptian (Bangles)
Link Text:	Walk Like An Egyptian-The Feeling
File Name:	186n.mp3
Bitrate:	188 kbps
Genre:	Pop
Year:	2007

Artist:	Twinball
Title:	Don't Pay the Ferryman (Chris DeBurgh)
Link Text:	Don’t Pay the Ferryman-Twinball
File Name:	186r.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps