Tag: Eighties Music

  • Ten Reasons Why It Was Okay To Like Bon Jovi In The Eighties

    Ten Reasons Why It Was Okay To Like Bon Jovi In The Eighties

    If you have been reading some of the rubbish I have come up with over the last eighteen months you may have built up a Sherlockian picture of me, although instead of observing the type of sand on my shoe (mentally noting I must live by the sea), or the bruise on my otherwise clean…

  • A Look Back At Look-in: The 1982 Pop Scene

    A Look Back At Look-in: The 1982 Pop Scene

    1982 was a big year in pop music. Madonna’s debut. The release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Ozzy munched a bat. But what was it really like? In the UK the biggest selling single was Dexy’s Midnight Runners‘ Come On Eileen. The Human League had a huge hit with Don’t You Want Me. I particularly liked…