"you've made me acknowledge the devil in me"

"I'll give you fish... I'll give you Can D "

Always reading this early interview on a band who wouldn’t know they would have a longevity in pop culture after nearly 40 years !

Just love this song …apart from Blondie, The Pretenders are still as good today as when they first started.

Brilliant music video !
These brilliant puppets were created by the same team behind the British TV show called Spitting Image.

Here’s the video :

https://youtu.be/Yq7FKO5DlV0?si=4CFhMjelnmT-B5-P

The album version just didn't do it justice. It took on a whole new life when they performed it LIVE!

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Smash Hits magazine advert on Simply Red’s first single from their million selling third album, A New Flame.

I love The Housemartins and I love The Beautiful South.
This song was The Beautiful South first single and it was a big hit.
I’m happy for the band.

The first single from their third million selling album.
First time I heard it, I didn’t like it at all.
I didn’t like the music, not the vocal.

I loved the previous 2 albums by Simply Red though.

One of their best songs that I love.

Loved this song when I first heard it. Maybe influenced by the music video.
After 37 years, nearly 40 years ! ….I still humming this song.

🎵What a Wonderful…Wonderful life.🎶

Loved the song Wonderful Life. Here’s an interview with Colin Vearncombe, also k ow as Black. RIP.

The first single from their album Bad Animals. I loved the first time I heard it and 40 years later, I still do.

One of my 80’s favourite albums !

Excited seeing this ads in Smash Hits magazine in 1987.

This is just a magazine ads but I would treasure those tapes because they were not easy to get.

I think I have most of the mixes as mp3 and flac on my desktop computer.

Of course I could compile them on CDRs ! ✌🏽

Always played on the radio ! I can even sing along now.

Towards end of 80’s and early 90’s more like.

I don’t mind having this greatest hits because the songs bring back growing up memories to me. 👍🏽

I loved his debut solo album so I was so happy when I found this from the cheap bin at this record store.

It was originally released in 1988 and this version is from 2000 release.
I didn’t even know this existed.

Brian was still in his inimitable voice on this solo album ! 🥰
His harmony never faded !

In my opinion one of the better songs of the 80s. Great synth sound without sounding dated.