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

Next up is “Persiana Americana” by the legendary Argentinian Rock en Español band Soda Stereo (https://youtu.be/jyLSoS2Bnr8?si=ruL7arZNeQdY9XSj) from their 3rd album “Signos” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIcaYGMXGIcaSm_vut9nVFBbT9vlid9fY&si=LPKGBY1d9ci9BFYL) Soda are the most influential and commercially successful in Latin America!
#RetroView #SodaStereo

“Train of Thought” by Norwegian synth-pop band A-Ha (https://youtu.be/7vdOgObQvz8?si=MToWLaL-JJcyg-05) is from their hugely successful debut album “Hunting High and Low” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldg_UUKSKemf6g6lkAFu2ZLVFd5_u-N_Q&si=pVJgMJBi-DRpgOcU). Fun Fact: the lyrics for “Train of Thought” are based on the existentialist authors and poets Gunvor Hofmo, Knut Hamsun & Fyodor Dostoevsky
#RetroView #AHa

The music video for “Train of Thought” was designed & directed by Candice Reckinger and Michael Patterson who also did A-Ha’s video for "Take On Me" (https://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914?si=r_i6Sb10gH5a3P9r)
#RetroView #AHa #CandiceReckinger #MichaelPatterson #animation

Time for some Salt-N-Pepa! Here’s “Tramp” (https://youtu.be/yW9BrMFsjfc?si=GDmOzwlhZw8q6DfO) from their debut album “Hot, Cool & Vicious” (https://youtu.be/uHMw4qjVscA?si=fO4vcgprGxqC92Du). It’s loosely inspired by the Lowell Fulson song of the same name (https://youtu.be/plRaZXnLA5c?si=Zq9F8VRceNJciEos)
#RetroView #SaltNPepa #LowellFulson #hiphop #rap

You can’t have a party without The Queen of Funk Chaka Khan. “Love of a Lifetime” (https://youtu.be/2igCau3i87s?si=_oMBdx0mBUR620RK) is from her 6th album “Destiny” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2thiqiM-0NMw0PN5ggPtIuu9qJGnMh2c&si=G44MJsi7MT9QuHG5) She’s currently doing her thing on the road
#RetroView #ChakaKhan #funk

Next we have Argentinian new wave band Virus with ”Imágenes Paganas” (https://youtu.be/mCEbVR7VZxc?si=6XT_nGlqlTPpFP_j) from the first volume of their live albums “Vivo” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPvTaiaERfEpA7crNNQkc9QlHkw56L9dy&si=NtwfaGrDZ-Vh0Fty). Along with Soda Stereo ( they helped to bring New Wave to the world of Rock en Español.
#RetroView #Virus

I shouldn’t have to explain who Madonna is. “True Blue” (https://youtu.be/P51LunEV3Sk?si=YgEBuvCmsU4wOCZd) is from her album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2r6nGYxLKviMJBGhaTW4T4r1xPxRMaHc&si=3IyoiiqeTsady5mG), which was sold as a patchouli scented cassette & LP. My mother’s cassette still vaguely has the scent! She recently announced that she’ll be releasing a new album in the next year or so
#RetroView #Madonna

Annie Lennox. Dave Stewart. The Eurythmics. This is “Thorn In My Side” (https://youtu.be/_AmkmqYEarw?si=aFT0TnC2oB3-AfCA) from their 5th album “Revenge” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mr8HOuYj-aTroPiMUBlo6ygLWAeHqscnk&si=y1sji0P_0uh6NLIC).
#RetroView #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox

Annie Lennox recently performed as part of the “Together for Palestine” event (https://youtu.be/DIovgMHVojs?si=NYbfsP4cu9dxRzqD)
#RetroView #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox #FreePalestine

Here’s Brazilian punk band Titãs with “Igreja” (https://youtu.be/0c9DZRbJBvc?si=QPw5p3K-jTFDpKEY) from their 3rd album “Cabeça Dinossauro” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nvDP-TX-cNh0xrWnEJzCjsoIeV_pS5sIw&si=8uu9xW6ZZLl-8JSe) The band is currently on a reunion tour
#RetroView #Titas #punk

Next up is XTC with their classic and frustratingly always timely “Dear God” (https://youtu.be/p554R-Jq43A?si=UeUntledYI_DF-jx) from their Tod Rungren produced extremely loose concept album “Skylarking” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMEWbPty0s2NfKWQg653sRPW0nb_vsAOI&si=GH9sjf8DYTHQfHmE).
#RetroView #XTC

“True Colors”. Cyndi Lauper. (https://youtu.be/LPn0KFlbqX8?si=_wiY8Ea5esfvvzvv) from the album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf6HeubTwKIkhc1gvIvOWdE2wBbnGTc9w&si=VVXgoDMePSwJjSmM ) She recently completed her final tour and a Grammy Salute to her will be airing on CBS this weekend
#RetroView #CyndiLauper

Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel with “Don’t Give Up” (https://youtu.be/hBshhw0bz7E?si=q2f0QZXkDbsjh7ag) from Gabriel’s hugely successful 5th album “So” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nt6a4IwREDPJq66JtWww0BK7J-ra3n5_c&si=dcMJTOQqpbxqx5FZ)
#RetroView #KateBush #PeterGabriel

Here’s “What About Love” (https://youtu.be/KE5GGMhmo-M?si=IWNe46GSnxt929M-) from #RetroView favorite Heart’s self titled quintuple platinum self titled album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzlFb00GPVM7-l4QSZ_urauiihtUbPFG&si=_9IVSVrIT1Thsjq1)
#Heart #AnnWilson #NancyWilson

Tied with “The Diamond Sea” (https://youtu.be/2O3joFK_NFw?si=uTLcWD8ifO3udno3) and my favorite Sonic Youth song is “Starpower” (https://youtu.be/4ocy6qOky84?si=Diyvs2tKIx1UN6ZP) from “EVOL” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQ0zczkB7Q3fXCUBnR5VEJZUX07RiIPf0&si=vUGT1A7NDSThk7sg)
#RetroView #SonicYouth

“Holiday on the Moon” (https://youtu.be/qDeu9DCDkTM?si=D9p8s3burxFNrKJc) by Bauhaus and Tones on Tail spinoff band Love and Rockets from their 2nd album “Express” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m1Tqnt4LrVvlmP_YPlPneYCQOBlcvI2bE&si=WIN6ooO-zA8Mzz2F). Their recent reunion tours keep encountering drama that is usually unrelated to the actual band
#RetroView #LoveAndRockets

“Sanity” (https://youtu.be/v5MftVtnU_k?si=o71LcK6UFQot4DSa) is from post-punk band Killing Joke’s 6th album “Brighter Than a Thousand Suns” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_naaLWHbCXrFCdq3jyTtlpHe06GpO4EpOA&si=cDLusGhTm_Bpr64z) Thie most recent work is the 2023 single “Full Spectrum Dominance” (https://youtu.be/s4lLQAbI-8E?si=Ne74VNNqU7Im0Fnn)
#RetroView #KillingJoke #postpunk

“The Blood” (https://youtu.be/4PgWNRSHQ8k?si=gD4rQlT5nlHl_qyG) was a late single from The Cure’s 6th album “The Head on the Door” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lFxBkpDs-S_D9Kg9KQWh0NNTng_WMBE7s&si=DFWi3mJUZdprCK8-) If you haven’t experienced their 2024 album “Songs of a Lost World” GET ON THAT SHIT (https://youtu.be/tuU-oUZJuFo?si=WI5Gw56qBNAifZ77)
#RetroView #TheCure #goth

Here’s a live version of INXS’s “Listen like Thieves” (https://youtu.be/gDQ6L11fupM?si=_BGyoeaNrjXC8gTn) from their album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZuY3IyhamZv4KMISF7c9IVoF8ZOPmX1s&si=tpRWDwdi0DikEaXJ)
#RetroView #INXS

An obvious pick but a damn good one nonetheless: “She Sells Sanctuary” (https://youtu.be/ZCOSPtyZAPA?si=tsOd0kALWppSrVap) from The Cult’s album “Love” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTo__bpnlYXhgIuopXQ0cKsOBSbfbhWT&si=JgMq4HGn5M88F8lk)
#RetroView #TheCult

I honestly have no idea where I first heard this song but I really enjoy it: “Desire” (https://youtu.be/_RLTUguVO8g?si=NxhsDU8BaL-vJRlA) by British glam-ish altrock-ish band Gene Loves Jezebel from their album “Discover” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kVIpTznd8oX6sD9rpUESmKQhINhfsr-jo&si=SPx08XH1qZKPXh5H)
#RetroView #GeneLovesJezebel

Obviously, I had to have Depeche Mode on this playlist. “A Question of Time” (https://youtu.be/NBb_NJFzvdE?si=2g8urwdKK4BSFCBd) from their iconic album “Black Celebration” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjbDv77ohQ0OWqMSl-kbxJe2UiML0HRFQ&si=Fu1KrVHi6VcEcSZV)
#RetroView #DepecheMode

Iconic pop band Wham! with “Edge of Heaven” (https://youtu.be/cCqEyJc-wdk?si=y_IEYFiqcnRZOVEd) from their 1986 greatest hits album “The Final” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQRtIyhQcVJAAUR7F-tfMbRqTEUAgZ-LU&si=1Ml262VroMLHVXoe)
#RetroView #Wham #GeorgeMichael #AndrewRidgeley

My love of REM is public record. “I Believe” is from their 1986 album “Life’s Rich Pageant” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7g-tdBMM8Wi_OVidWnaLZsYGFx6iHPf4&si=5kToKAT_UZ0mC7gS) but this is from a 1989 show (https://youtu.be/gWUW1KCOm_8?si=MyF0W_6q9RwySyvf)
#RetroView #REM