So then, here’s the reveal – here’s what I’ve been working on over the past months and now has been officially launched by none other than Richard Branson himself in New York.
VTravelled – Dreamt up by Virgin Atlantic
In true style, it’s time to commemorate the launch in the only way Shinypixel knows how… You guessed it; a bumper holiday pack of 80s toss!
Appropriately, our theme is travelling the globe…
Red Box – For America
You could also have had Kim Wilde, or Bruce Springsteen, of course. Lots more 80s after the jump!
Murray Head – One Night in Bangkok
People always seem to stare at me for putting this on jukeboxes. Best use of Panpipe in a pop song I can think of.
Aneka – Japanese Boy
(It’s cuter than Alphaville.)
T’Pau feat. Carol Decker – China In Your Hand
I absolutely couldn’t stand this in 1986 when it came out. I still can’t. It’s just terrible.
Toto – Africa
I got the words wrong to this for years.
Men At Work – Land Down Under
I’d never seen the video for this before. Now those men in vests are going to give me nightmares.
Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World
I’m only putting this in because it’s so appropriate, not because I think it’s any good.
Ultravox – Vienna
A personal favourite of mine from way back when. Not sure about the dodgy moustache in the video, though.
The Other Ones – Holiday
We round off with some hilarious badly-dubbed mental German-Australian(!) power pop with a video produced by someone who had just found their computer effects button and had overdosed on Baltimora. Absurdly good, it’s one of the feel-good tunes of the decade. Shame no-one’s ever heard of it.
I think I’ve run out now. Hopefully that brought back a few memories – perhaps even pleasant ones! More 80s soon as I continue to dredge the depths of Synthesizer Canal down Youtube Lane…
