Next we have my favorite song from The Smiths “Big Mouth Strikes Again” from “The Queen is Dead” (https://youtu.be/UL6dq4jm34E?si=qkOKq6WHqNY9vIo-) BUT b/c Morrissey is a POS, I found a live version of Johnny Marr performing the song with Alex Kapranos of the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand (https://youtu.be/oA_cnueElDU?si=-AO9JNGBWJWMMvyo)
#RetroView #TheSmiths #FranzFerdinand #JohnnyMarr

Johnny Marr recently put out the live album “Look Out Live!” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9Ufn8gEihfhG3m2LE7bCItpfJmQy74co&si=EOdULFg3VaiUvytP)
#RetroView #TheSmiths #JohnnyMarr

Up next is New Order’s “Shellshock” (https://youtu.be/IdQW9eXJ4yY?si=c8OGttobjlu_5rc2) from the phenomenal soundtrack to “Pretty in Pink” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvD0nRM1JFTcJihy-7-27RFb9Y6vuzbsQ&si=q0bccoOhNIZRitIK). the band has been working together sporadically in recent years
#RetroView #NewOrder #PrettyInPink

You can’t make a playlist of mid80s music without some Siouxsie and The Banshees. Here’s my favorite song of theirs “Cities in Dust” (https://youtu.be/wsOHvP1XnRg?si=Fq6qiDJX6QF1kjMB) from their seventh album “Tinderbox” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mhY22U_8WqPSgeIdJ9Is2Z3W7HRedoyEQ&si=h9M-Mas8o5RsZnw_) Siouxsie Sioux has been performing for time to time during recent years like at the 2023 “Cruel World” festival (https://youtu.be/qdMZYox2doI?si=0sZ3Mjl6LTapwmiY)
#RetroView #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #goth

It’s public record at this point that I’m a huge Duranie. “Notorious” (https://youtu.be/Wn3pt0dKvSc?si=dXlItBATe0felF-X) is from Duran Duran’s 4th album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncdUODlVH6cly92KHJ7L8-PFRDID2SJTU&si=zRbZVMTE30202WB1).
#RetroView #DuranDuran

“Notorious” features some writing & guitar work from Nile Rodgers- you should definitely listen to this great episode (https://youtu.be/mrOpxQ6OFno?si=o3IOX69r8fJLbIhx) of the wonderful “It’s the Groove” podcast about his influence on and work with Duran Duran
#RetroView #DuranDuran #NileRodgers

SCRITTI POLITTI! Here they are with “Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)” (https://youtu.be/VdTjOqb_GCE?si=ha0_aIJcp_puRDgO) from “Cupid & Psyche 85” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPSpdzRuFhnoTnWnms-4PmHTG_YrqeAwQ&si=WRAinTi9HyRBUTYZ), which was my introduction to the band when I found a copy at a used record shop in Cardiff.
#RetroView #ScrittiPolitti