Music Tuesday #117: Stuck in that 80s rut
I happened to listen to the New Wave top 100 on Willy Radio a couple of weeks ago and now I am rediscovering 80s music. There is definitely a revival (High Hi, Billy Nomates, Whispering Sons) of new wave and 80s sound in general. This week I am going way back to the first vinyl I got to listen to. Two seminal records come to mind: Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA and The Age of Consent by Bronski Beat.
I have listened maybe only a handful times to the The Age of Consent in the last 10 years, but boy, what an underestimated album! The sound is quintessential 80s with the first samples and electronic sounds which makes the record sound more futuristic than today's pop music.
You can find it all in this song "Junk", one of the lesser known ones of the album but such a representation of my experience of the 80s.
By now you will know that lyrics are important to me, this song does not disappoint:
He can't take the street no more
Street too full full of junk
Thinks he'll hide in his room
Room too full full of junk
He turns to his TV, TV full full of junk
Processed zombies pushing junk
Junk food junk clothes
Dressed in junk from head to toe
Eat what you're given
Eat what you get
Bronski Beat - Junk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZihB7gctI
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