Sounds of the Eighties
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30:00Sounds of the Eighties
Musical memories from the BBC archives, featuring performances from Kool and the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Grace Jones, Cameo and Sade.
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Some heavy rhythms, including UB40's Food for Thought, Aswad's African Children, the Beat's Hands Off She's Mine, Run DMC's You Be Illin, Public Enemy's Miuzi Weighs a Ton and Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance. 30:00 Expired
A new generation of guitar-based bands are showcased on this episode of the pop archive show. A stellar line-up features Michael Stipe of REM when he had angelic hair, plus the Smiths, the Cure, the Bangles, Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Jesus & Mary Chain and Lone Justice. 30:00 Expired
Rocking out with the loud guitars and manly hair of Motorhead, ZZ Top, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, INXS, the Cult and the Mission. 30:00 Expired
Flouncy-haired pop merchants and indie stalwarts on The Old Grey Whistle Test and its younger, more colourful sibling, The Whistle Test dominate this trawl through the 80s. Featuring the Teardrop Explodes, Orange Juice, Robert Wyatt, Aztec Camera, Billy Bragg, the Fall, the Pogues, Robyn Hitchcock and the ever smiling Styl...