h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I remember Madonna, the Village People (particularly the film 'Nobody Can Stop the Music'), the New Romantics, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Wham, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the list coud go on for ever.

and unfortunately all the stock aitken and waterman trash.

i had absolutely no interest in music at all til i discovered indie and electronic stuff towards the end of the 80s - smiths (of course), wedding present, wonderstuff, early blur, the la's, new order, stone roses ... and the housemartins and u2 too, just because.

Definitely ZZ Top. No contest. After all, every girl's crazy 'bout a Sharp Dressed Man.
I was at Poly in the eighties, with a huge range of students from an enormous selection of backgrounds. At poly I remember listening to music from Saudi, Malaysia and even Wales.
I learnt to love the Blues, and wanted to go to South Africa to listen to the music.
Peel and Kershaw were the twin Gods of radio, playing the Fall and 'The National Top Ten of Zimbawe', respectively.

I do remember one particularly horrid summer when Born in the USA and Brothers in Arms were all you could hear or see.

Paul Simon finally broke the apartheid deadlock by resolutely ignoring the rest of the world and teaching us to dance to the rhythms of the townships.


This is re-post as I missed this thread first time around and am trying tomake Jim's life easier.

I remember scrawling Van Halen's logo on my 3-ring binders when horribly bored in class.

I still draw the ZTT (Zang Tum Tumb - Excites!) logo on every folder i'm ever issued in new jobs.

and my other fave.

Kevin Arnold & The Electric Shoes (from The Wonder Years)