#1980s #Manchester

A live version by Peter Hook of the New Order classic Temptation.

#1980s #Manchester

Peter Hook performing my favourite Joy Division song, Decades.

#2000s #BPDgirlvibes

Another one from the Sounds, Dorchester Hotel. I love the tune here.

#1970s

This song shouldn't be nearly as much fun as it is... In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry.

#Americana #1980s #country

ZZ Top with their classic song Legs, about a sexually attractive woman.

#2000s #BPDgirlvibes

The Sounds, with their hit Tony the Beat.

#synth #videogames

A demo track made by Elektron of their Sidstation synth, which used the SID chip from the Commodore 64 home computer.

#1970s #Roxy

Roxy Music's cover of A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. This was a regular on the car stereo when I was a child.

#2000s #BPDgirlvibes

Like a Lady by the Sounds. Very sexy.

#1960s #counterculture

Nico did a solo version of the classic song she originally made with the Velvet Underground, All Tomorrow's Parties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB1yUXBzUjA

#1980s #electronic

35 years ago today, Erasure released their single Victim of Love, which became one of their big hits.

Yesterday was another anniversary: 42 years since Ian Curtis killed himself. Here is one of my favourite songs of his.

RIP Andy Fletcher, 1961-2022.

#1980s #electronic

Another Depeche song here that I've always liked, Ice Machine.

#1980s #electronic

Depeche Mode with a 1990 live version of their classic Enjoy the Silence.

#1990s #electronic

"Not poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday."

"You will never again know the peace you enjoyed before today."

The Pet Shop Boys with their fantastic extended version of their song Jealousy, a study of the heartbreak, agony, obsession, insecurity and jealousy that one feels upon learning of a lover's betrayal.

Two versions of a lovely song by a Ukrainian girl called Zhanulka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFWOLUHYj0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UupFHZgnc8E