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What are your favourite cheesy 80s songs?

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

This was prompted by the rather wonderful new M83 track ‘Kim & Jessie’ which was obviously directly inspired by all things adolescent and 1980s. There’s been a bit of a non-ironic 80s revival going on lately with stuff like Neon Neon par example. Before that we had Donnie Darko and its distinctive soundtrack which is referenced on the Saturdays=Youth cover art along with The Breakfast Club.

Whether your cheese of choice is Rico Mambo, ‘Live to Win‘, ‘We Built this City‘, A Flock of Seagulls, ‘Don’t You Forget About About Me‘ or Final Countdown, spill your guts in the comments – What are your favourite cheesy 80s songs?

Here’s one to get you started along with the inspiration for the post..

M83 – Kim & Jessie (2008)

Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels (1985)

I’m off to London to do visuals for the Bonus Party, see you on the other side!

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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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