by AllanW | Jan 1, 2015 | 80's Music, Tears For Fears
Tears For Fears recently recorded this special to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Songs From The Big Chair. I loved watching this – they talk about the story behind each song. Did you know Everybody Wants To Rule The World was originally called Everybody...
by AllanW | Dec 27, 2014 | 80's Music, Australian Music, INXS, Max Q
In 1986 Michael Hutchence (INXS) and Ollie Olsen had worked together on the Dogs In Space movie and soundtrack. They came together under a new project called Max Q (Max was the name of Ollie’s dog!). Featuring Hutchence, Olsen and other Melbourne musician...
by AllanW | Dec 20, 2014 | 80's Music, Billy Squier, Christmas
Back in the early 80’s Billy Squire performed this song on an MTV Christmas special. Of course, Billy Squire is better known here in Australia for his big 80’s hit, The Stroke. It’s nice to see something else he did in the 80’s....
by AllanW | Nov 30, 2014 | 80's Music, Fairground Attraction
I didn’t think this was an 80’s song – I thought it came out in the 90’s. But I was looking on an old singles chart today and there it was – Perfect by Fairground Attraction. You can find it on this old Aria chart – it was the sixth...
by AllanW | Nov 24, 2014 | 80's Music, Countdown, Tears For Fears
This one takes me back – August 1985 and Tears For Fears were on Countdown. For those readers who aren’t Australian, Countdown was HUGE here during the 80’s It was a one-hour TV show that screened at 6pm on Sunday nights. Ian ‘Molly’...
