Zero Le Crêche - Last Year's Wife

They eclipsed too soon, but are fondly remembered.

Into the light,
Into the day,
We push and fall and we all sing and pray,
Out in the garden i catch your eye,
Out on the edge there,
Oh we can fly

Sometimes our anger will tear us apart,
fever that grips us is breaking our heart

All is the same and I sing your praise,
no room for me love it's just a phase,
youth will fade and you will be gone,
a young mans beauty won't last for long

Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties

Ooo, we didn't have anything for St Valentines.
Let me compensate you with this bitter-sweet 1980 hit.




I'm no good at chatting up and I always get rebuffed.
Enough to drive a man to drink I don't do no washing up.
I always reached the stuff piled up
a-piled up in the sink.

But you will always find him in the kitchen at parties.

Me and my girlfriend we argued and she ran away from home.
She must have found somebody new and now I'm all alone

Living in my own. What am I supposed to do?

That's why always find him in kitchen at parties.
you will always find him in the kitchen at parties.
You will always find him in the kitchen at parties.

Then I met this debutante I said I like new wave rock.
She was into french cuisine but I ain't no cordon bleu.
This was at some do in palmers green
I had no luck with her.

You will still find him in kitchen at parties.
You will still find him in kitchen at parties.

At last I met a pretty girl she laughed and talked with me.
We both walked out of the kitchen and danced in a new way.

And now I've done my time in the kitchen at parties.
I've done my time in the kitchen at parties

He's done his time in the kitchen at parties.
He's done his time in the kitchen at parties.

Roxy Music - Same Old Scene

Same Old Scene was featured during the opening credits of the movie Times Square, both are from 1980. It was also used in the popular british TV series "Ashes to Ashes", which prompted it to climb iTunes charts last year.






Nothing lasts forever
Of that I'm sure
Now you've made an offer
I'll take some more
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Will I still survive
The same old scene?
In our lighter moments
precious few
It's all that heavy weather
We're going through
When I turn the corner
I can't believe
It's still the same old movie
That's haunting me
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Trying to revive
The same old scene
Young loving may be
So extreme
Maybe we should try
The same old scene

Nothing lasts forever
Of that I'm sure
Now you've made an offer
I'll take some more

Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A.

A track from their only LP Colossal Youth, 1980.

Here's a live performance - the sound quality is poor and the image isn't much better, but it's still nice that there's a video:




It's nice to hear you're having a good time
But it still hurts 'cos you used to be mine
This doesn't mean that I possessed you
You're haunting me because I let you

Shape up your body "Let's be a tree"
Visual dynamics for you to see
Nature intended the abstract for you and me

No rain outside but tears in my eyes
Out on the rooftop for a surprise
Call you at teatime
In off the street
Sit down at table, Mummy is neat

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Atari Baby

From their debut album Flaunt It, 1986.

Je t'aime, je t'aime
You look so good
You look so fine
Atari Baby, gonna make you mine
Atari Baby
Atari Baby

Atari Baby, gonna make you mine
Atari Baby, you look so Fine
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby

Top gun cha cha Rambo child
My uzi baby, my shootin star
Atari Baby
Transex
Transform
Transexy baby
I don't mean maybe, don't mean maybe
I don't mean maybe, Atari Baby
Atari Baby

Him she, she sex on Arcade Street
A more more more with a pulsin' beat
She she's the woman from the pleasure store
She's the one that gives me more more more

Silicon sex my sputnik baby
Alike no other baby
Atari Baby, she's my baby
Atari Baby
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby

DÖF - Codo

Earth has been ruled by Hate for a good 2000 years when Codo (Cosmischer Dolm) finally comes from outer space to save it, bringing love and joy to the planet and thus defeating Hate.

Seit 2.000 Jahren lebt die Erde ohne Liebe.
Es regiert der Herr des Hasses.

Hässlich, ich bin so hässlich, so grässlich hässlich:
Ich bin der Hass!
Hassen, ganz hässlich hassen, ich kann's nicht lassen:
Ich bin der Hass!

Attention, attention.
Unknown flying object approaching the planet. -
Identify unknown flying object.

Codo der dritte, aus der Sternenmitte bin ich der dritte von Links.

Unknown flying object identifies as: "Codo"

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

We do not need any love on this planet:
Tötet Codo! Vernichtet die Liebe!

Zielansprache: Gamma, Delta, sieben, drei, eins, Überraum.

Codo aus der Ferne der leuchtenden Sterne:
Ich düse so gerne durchs All.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Objekt überwindet den Hassschirm.

Ätzend, ich bin so ätzend, alles zersetzend:
Ich bin der Hass.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Elli et Jacno - Je t'aime tant

Beautifully sincere song from french duo Elli Medeiros (vocals & lyrics) & Denis Quilliard "Jacno", ex-Stinky Toys.

The lyrics go something like this : as soon as I'm gone/you say "she doesn't love me"/open your eyes/look at me/my life would be nothing without you

Je regarde tes yeux ça me fait pleurer
Ne fais pas cette tête, je ne veux pas te blesser
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Aujourd'hui je pars je reviendrai demain
C'est pas toi et moi, toi et moi ça ne fait qu'un
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Nos erreurs appartiennent au passé
Elles sont rayées annulées oubliées
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Les choses trop belles doivent être préservées
Si c'est cassé nous allons réparer
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Et si un jour tu doutais de moi
J'ai un gage d'amour la preuve par trois
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Avec mon sang j'ai marqué sur mon bras
À la vie à la mort ça n's'efface pas
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Pseudo Echo - A Beat For You

And now, a little bit of australian new wave with this 1984 song from Pseudo Echo. Pseudo Echo was (I'm sorry, is, if I believe their official website) Brian Canham and Pierre Gigliotti, who met at school. They take their name from a synthesizer manual, pseudo echo machine being one of the sounds the machine could produce.



In my life I've many strong desires
And still in all I'm reaching for the fire
You never look, you never see
You never notice when you're next to me
But feel my heart, it's burning with desire

There's a beat for you in my heart
I tell you true from the start

Catch a glimpse, remember it forever
And still I try to keep myself together
You never speak, you never hear
You're never closer when I want you near
But feel my heart, it's burning with desire

There's a beat for you in my heart
I tell you true form the start

Domina - You Got My Soul

An italo-disco gem, sung by Dora Carofiglio of Valerie Dore and Novecento.
Unfortunately I only understand half of the words, otherwise there would be lyrics. ;>

The Vaselines - Son Of a Gun

This song seems to be made for pillowfighting and general bouncing around.

I'm sure everyone knows the famous Nirvana cover- The Vaselines had a few other songs that were covered by Kurt Cobain's grunge gang. The Vaselines were Eugene Kelly & Frances McKee, two dirty-minded Scots who formed the band in 1986. They notably covered Divine's You think you're a man.



Swing swing up and down,
Turn turn turn around,
Round round round and about and over again.
Gun gun son of a gun,
You are the only one, And no one else can take my place.

The sun shines in the bedroom when you play,
And the raining always starts when you go away.

Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen

Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle, a mysterious construction in Florida, served as inspiration for this 1986 song. The lyrics constantly refer to it.
"Sweet Sixteen" is how Edward referred to his 16 year-old fiancée Agnes Scuffs, who broke the engagement the night before their wedding and for whom the castle was built, single-handedly, by Edward .

A picture of Leedskalnin can be seen in the beginning of the video.





Another version of the video was recorded at the Coral Castle:




I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen,
And I'll do anything
For little run away child

Gave my heart an engagement ring,
She took ev'rything,
Ev'rything I gave her,
Oh sweet sixteen

Built a moon
For a rocking chair,
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh.

Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in.

Well I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh I'll do anything
For little runaway child

Well, memories may burn you,
Memories grow older as people can
They just get colder
Like sweet sixteen

I see it's clear
Baby, that you are
All through here
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in.

And I do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I do anything
For run away girl.

Yeah, sad and lonely and blue.
Yeah, gettin' over you.
How, how do you think it feels
Yeah to get up in the morning, get over you.
Up in the morning, get over you.
Wipe away the tears, get over you, get over, get over...

My sweet sixteen,
Oh runaway child
Oh sweet sixteen
Little runaway girl.

Gave my heart an engagement ring,
She left everything,
Everything I gave her,
Oh sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair,
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in.

And I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
For little runaway child

Do anything
For my sweet sixteen
I'll do anything
For little runaway girl
Little runaway girl
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

And now... a popstar who, unlike the previous ones, is more alive than dead...
Pete Burns in Dead or Alive, singing "You Spin me Round (Like a Record)".
According to Pete, the eye patch was a clever idea to distract people from his recent nose job.

Very catchy and danceable hit from 1985.

I want your lo-o-o-o-oooove

Yeah I, I got to know your name
Well and I, could trace your private number baby
All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
I want some

Well I...I set my sights on you
(and no one else will do)
And I, I've got to have my way now, baby
(and no one else will do)
And I, I've got to have my way now, baby
All I know is that to me
You look like you're havin' fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come

*You spin me right round, baby
right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

I, I got be your friend now, baby
And I would like to move in
Just a little bit closer
(little bit closer)

**All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come

[*Repeat]

I want your love
I want your love
[**Repeat]

Serge/Charlotte Gainsbourg - Lemon Incest

Controversial love song.

Nierdoi Sseaurou stands for Henri Rousseau, le douanier (french naïf painter).

Released in 1984 on Serge Gainsbourg's Love On The Beat, also to be found on Charlotte Gainsbourg's 1986 album Charlotte For Ever.

Covered by Vive La Fête.



Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa
Naïve comme une toile du Nierdoi Sseaurou
Tes baisers sont si doux
Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa
L’amour que nous n’ f’rons jamais ensemble
Est le plus beau le rare le plus troublant
Le plus pur le plus enivrant
Exquise esquisse
Délicieuse enfant
Ma chair et mon sang
Oh mon bébé mon âme

Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa
Naïve comme une toile du Nierdoi Sseaurou
Tes baisers sont si doux
Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa

L’amour que nous n’ f’rons jamais ensemble
Est le plus rare le plus troublant
Le plus pur le plus énivrant
Exquise esquisse
Délicieuse enfant
Ma chair et mon sang
Oh mon bébé mon âme

Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa
Naïve comme une toile du Nierdoi Sseaurou
Tes baisers sont si doux
Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa

L’amour que nous n’ f’rons jamais ensemble
Est le plus rare le plus troublant
Le plus pur le plus énivrant
Exquise esquisse
Délicieuse enfant
Ma chair et mon sang
Oh mon bébé mon âme

Inceste de citron
Lemon incest
Je t’aime t’aime, je t’aime plus que tout
Papapappa

Erasure - Blue Savannah

A Little Respect was going to be my choice, but then I gave it a thought. And while A Little Respect is more interesting, this is better.

Released as a single in 1989.




Blue savannah song
Oh its a blue savannah song
Somewhere cross the desert
Sometime in the early hour
In a restless world
On the open highways

My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Blue savannah song
Oh its a blue savannah song
Racing cross the desert
At a hundred miles an hour
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder

Home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Im on my way back
And your love will bring me home
Im travelling fast
And your love will bring me home
Will I discover
That your love will bring me home?

Somewhere cross the desert
Sometime in the early hour
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder

My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy

The video is a little gem. In it, "Ken" answers a woman's phone call only to address her as:
hey, hey guy.





Ken: "Hallo"
French guy: "Hallo??"
Ken: "Oh dear, you have phone"
French guy: "Yeah, hey guy, tell me about your menicure"
Ken: "I love you and feel the groove"
French guy: "Tell me about it, is it the true"
Ken: "It's true, yes, it's true"
French guy: "Don't fool out, it's dangerous"
Ken: "Don't worry, baby gold"
French guy: "Everything is same as all"
Ken: "Everything is the same"
French guy: "Oh, I love you"
Ken: "Me too"
French guy: "I love you"

Let me see what you have done
Let me know what happens here tonight
Love for hire is dangerous
Let me know what happens here tonight

Hey hey guy (Shell I get you)
Hey hey guy (Oh yeah)
Hey hey guy (? any longer)
Hey hey guy (Oh yeah)

Steps to heaven, three steps to me
Let me know what you are doing tonight
You love me, but sorry I don't love you
Let me know what you are doing tonight

Fool for love and shine
Shine into my life
In your eyes my trouble
I forget that's right

Let me try your love
Yes babe, I'm waiting, please don't stop
Hey guy all your love forever...

Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

We are young,
Heartache to heartache, we stand!
A hymn for heartbroken, runaway teenagers, released in 1983.

It's funny to see the parents in the video kicking out of the house what appears to be a 30 year old woman... It's like those tv shows with actors way too old to be in high school.
I miss heartbreak high.



We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us were wrong
Searchin our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

Youre beggin me to go, youre makin me stay
Why do you hurt me so bad?
It would help me to know
Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing youve had?
Believe me, believe me, I cant tell you why
But Im trapped by your love, and Im chained to your side

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us were wrong
Searchin our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

Were losing control
Will you turn me away or touch me deep inside?
And before this gets old, will it still feel the same?
Theres no way this will die
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, youll need me to hold

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us were wrong
Searchin our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us were wrong
Searchin our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

The Romantics - What I Like About You

When first released, "What I Like About You" was already a popular song on the Romantics' concert playlist. In terms of record sales and radio airplay, however, the song was only a moderate success at the time of its release, reaching only Number 48 on the Billboard charts. It was only towards the end of the 1980s, after the song had been licensed for use in television commercials for Budweiser beer, that "What I Like About You" grew to become one of the most popular rock anthems of all time.
-wikipedia

But what is it that he likes about her? Except that she really knows how to dance, and that she keeps him warm at night ( but a good pair of socks or an extra blanket work just as well)




What I like about you, you hold me tight
Tell me I'm the only one, wanna come over tonight, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you

What I like about you, you really know how to dance
When you go up, down, jump around, think about true romance, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you

Hey!

What I like about you, you keep me warm at night
Never wanna' let you go, know you make me feel alright, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you

OMD - Secret

shhht...





video with crappy sound :




better sound/longer version but no video :

I got a secret and I can't explain
All the time, I've waited for this day
All along I was never in doubt
I always knew it would never get out
There are things that I cannot tell
And there are things that you know damn well
This is getting very hard for me
I guess you'd better just wait and see

This is all, this is all
You heard a message and the message was clear
All the time you wipe away that tear
And all I want is to hold your hand
To see the sun and walk the sand
You make me sad and you make me glad
My secret is this love
Is love, is love
All my secret is this love

Everyday you're always there
You comfort me
And make me feel its worth my while
And then I look around and you're not there
And everyday you say you care and I'll beware

This is all, this is all

Ive got a secret and I cant explain
All I want is to hold your hand
All along I was never in doubt
To see the sun and to walk the sand

1985.

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

Released as a single in 1989, this song became a hit only two years later for some reason.
The first version of the video is directed by David Lynch
for the Wild at Heart soundtrack. 
The second version, directed by Herb Ritts, features a half naked danish model rolling around on the beach with Isaak. 

I like Blue Hotel too,  but it's no love song.

David "cheesy love songs" Lynch's video :



Half naked supermodel video :





The world was on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you

What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
And I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
And I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]

The world was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you

Nobody loves no one

Oingo Boingo - Little Girls

This so not romantic!

But, guess what, I could think of a couple of old fashioned cheesy romantic songs but.. I don't feel like posting them! ha

And this song's somewhat about love anyway,
a very special kind of love. :D~




I love little girls they make me feel so good
I love little girls they make me feel so bad
When theyre around they make me feel
Like Im the only guy in town
I love little girls they make me feel so good

They dont care if Im a one way mirror
Theyre not frightened by my cold exterior

They dont ask me questions
They dont want to scold me
They dont look for answers
They just want to hold me
Isnt this fun
Isnt this what lifes all about
Isnt this a dream come true
Isnt this a nightmare too

They dont care about my inclinations
Theyre not frightened by my revelations

Uh oh take a second take
Uh oh its a mistake
Uh oh Im in trouble
Uh oh the little girl was just to little
Too little, too little, too little
Isnt this what lifes all about
Isnt this a dream come true
Isnt this a nightmare too . . .

And I dont care what people say
And I dont care what people think
And I dont care how we look walking down the street