I remember first hearing Vienna and immediately stopping and listening - it was something wonderful that I'd never heard anything like before.
I became an instant fan of Ultravox and even though they never reached those heights again, I still love this song...
Fade to Grey is one of my all time top 20 songs.
In 1980 it was just revolutionary and is not out of place even today.
Lead singer Steve Strange died recently in 2015 and though he never quite scaled the same heights with any of his other songs, he left ...
Love Will Tear Us Apart is an all time classic by any meaning of the term. Tragically, their lead singer committed suicide in May 1980 and the song was only released after his death, despite it actually being written in 1979.
Joy Division ended shortly afte...
Another one of my all time favourites (how many are there you ask?!), Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins is an 80s classic.
There are/were actually two Martha's in the band (and I don't actually know of any other Marthas anywhere!).
I think that this w...
London Calling is one of those songs that really captured and spewed out the angst of 1980, much like The Specials' Ghost Town did for the English riots.
From the very first few riffs, you just knew it was going to be a great one. And it was!
London has ...
Phil Collins' first breakthrough single, both in the UK and the USA was a smash hit. Watch out for it in a key scene in the 1983 movie Risky Business with Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay!
1 January 1980 and the UK's first number one of the decade is an all time classic and a personal top 10 favourite of mine - Pink Floyd's The Wall. It was actually also the 1979 Christmas number one, beating Paul McCartney to the top spot. A great way to kick o...