MY PERSONAL TOP PICKS OF 1983-1987 (+ fitting 1981, 1982 and 1988 ones)
*** = missing at Spotify/grey. It's about the Dutch situation; it can be different somewhere else. The remaining songs are in this playlist (same goes for the bottom section).
- 10 Minute Warning - Echoes
- Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force - Planet rock --- Original 12" Version
- Akbaba İkilisi, Arif Sağ - Darıldım darıldım
- Alison Moyet - That ole devil called love
- A.R. Kane - Baby milk snatcher
- A.R. Kane - Suicide kiss
- The Art Of Noise - Beat box
- Astaire - The power of love
- Band Of Outsiders - Another cowboy
- Beastie Boys - (You gotta) fight for your right (to party!)
- The Beatnigs - Television
- Bérurier Noir - Salut à toi
- Bérurier Noir - Vive le feu
- Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' tears
- The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the rain
- Boogie Down Productions - The bridge is over
- Bow Wow Wow - Do you wanna hold me?
- Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar
- Chaka Khan - I feel for you
- CHIC - You are beautiful
- Chris Isaak - Blue hotel
- The Cure - Boys don't cry
- The Cure - Close to me
- The Cure - Inbetween days
- The Cure - The figurehead
- The Cure - The lovecats
- The Cure - Why can't I be you?
- Cy1, Bikaye, Zazou - Lamuka
- David Bowie - Let's dance
- David Sylvian - Brilliant trees
- David Sylvian - Taking the veil
- Dead Or Alive - You spin me round (like a record)
- Depeche Mode, The Beatmasters - Route 66 --- Beatmasters Mix
- Desireless - Voyage voyage
- De Dijk - Dansen op de vulkaan
- Doe Maar - 1 nacht alleen
- Doe Maar - Belle Hélène
- Doe Maar - De bom
- Doe Maar - Doris Day
- Doe Maar - Is dit alles
- Doe Maar - Nachtzuster
- Donald Fagen - New frontier
- Dr. Mary Sullivan Bain - Do you know black history ***
- Duran Duran - A view to a kill
- Duran Duran - Notorious
- Duran Duran - Save a prayer
- Duran Duran - Skin trade
- Duran Duran - The reflex
- Echo & the Bunnymen - People are strange
- Echo & the Bunnymen - The killing moon
- Einstürzende Neubauten, Adrian Sherwood - Yü-gung --- Adrian sherwood Remix
- Elder Jeffrey Roberson And The New Life Singers - We need love
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I want you
- Enya - Orinoco flow
- Erik Satie, Alexandre Tharaud - Gnossienne: no. 1
- Erik Satie, Philippe Entremont - Gymnopédie no. 1
- Evelyn Thomas - High energy
- Faith No More - We care a lot
- The Fall - Hit the north - part 1
- The Fall - Wings
- Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Darryl Pandy - Love can't turn around --- Original Mix
- The Fatal Flowers - For Christ's sake
- Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home
- Flash and the Pan - Waiting for a train
- France Gall - Ella, elle l'a
- Franco Battiato, Alice - I treni di Tozeur
- Frank Boeijen Groep - Kronenburg park
- Frank Boeijen Groep - Zwart wit
- Full Force - Alice, I want you just for me!
- George Michael - I want your sex
- The Glove - Relax
- Het Goede Doel - Belgie ... (Is er leven op Pluto...)
- Het Goede Doel - Hou van mij
- Het Goede Doel - Vriendschap
- Grace Jones - La vie en rose
- Grace Jones - My Jamaican guy
- Grace Jones - Slave to the rhythm --- 7" Edit
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The message
- Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel - White lines (don't do it)
- Hans De Booij - Annabel
- Happy Mondays - 24 hour party people
- Henny Vrienten, Herman Brood - Als je wint
- Herbie Hancock - Rockit
- Herbie Hancock - Rockit
- The Human League - Don't you want me
- The Human League - The Lebanon
- Imani - Somebody's love
- INXS - Need you tonight
- Janet Jackson - When I think of you
- Jocelyn Brown - Somebody else's guy
- Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him? --- Live
- Joe Jackson - You can't get what you want (till you know what you want)
- Kate Bush - Running up that hill (a deal with God)
- Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Annie, I'm not your daddy
- Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool pigeon
- Killing Joke - Love like blood
- Kim Wilde - Cambodia
- King - Love & pride
- Kleeer - Intimate connection
- Klein Orkest - Laat mij maar alleen
- Klein Orkest - Over de muur
- LL COOL J - I need love
- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
- Loleatta Holloway - Crash goes love --- Blaster Mix
- Loose Ends - A little spice
- Loose Ends - Hangin' on a string
- Luc Van Acker, Anna Domino - Zanna
- Madonna - Holiday
- Madonna - La isla bonita
- Magalhães e sua Guitarra - Xangô
- Man Parrish - Hip hop be bop --- Original Version
- Marcos Valle - Estrelar
- Mary Jane Girls - All night long
- Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed
- Matt Bianco - Half a minute
- Matt Bianco - More than I can bear
- Matt Bianco - Whose side are you on?
- Mel & Kim - Respectable
- Mel & Kim - Showing out (get fresh at the weekend) --- 7 Inch Version
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- Michael Jackson - Wanna be startin' somethin'
- Michael McDonald - Sweet freedom
- Mickeranno - Dai vetri
- Ministry - Work for love
- Mink DeVille - Demasiado corazon (too much heart)
- The Neon Judgement - Tv treated
- New Order - Blue Monday
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo
- Nick Lowe - Half a boy and half a man
- Nu Shooz - Point of no return
- Oran Juice Jones - The rain
- O.R.E.A. - Biguine inferno
- Paolo Conte - Gli impermeabili
- Paolo Conte - Max
- Paul Hardcastle - 19
- Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
- Pet Shop Boys - West End girls
- Peter Gabriel - Don't give up
- Peter Jahn - Abenteuer überm Schrank --- Peter's original 1987 Version
- Pixies - Caribou
- Pixies - Nimrod's son
- Prince - Sign 'O' the times
- Prince Far I, Singers And Players - Bedward the flying preacher
- Propaganda - Duel
- R.E.M. - Can't get there from here
- R.E.M. - Feeling gravitys pull
- R.E.M. - Oddfellows local 151
- R.E.M. - Perfect circle
- R.E.M. - Radio free Europe
- R.E.M. - So. central rain
- R.E.M. - Talk about the passion
- R.E.M. - The one I love
- Robbie Robertson - Somewhere down the crazy river
- Robert Cray - Right next door (because of me)
- Robert Plant - Big log
- The Rock Steady Crew - (Hey you) The Rock Steady Crew ***
- Ronald Langestraat - You need to cry
- Run–D.M.C., Aerosmith - Walk this way
- Sananda Maitreya - Sign your name
- Scritti Politti - Absolute
- Shannon - Let the music play
- Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle
- Sinéad O'Connor - Troy
- The Smiths - Bigmouth strikes again
- The Smiths - How soon is now?
- The Smiths - Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
- The Smiths - Panic
- Soft Cell - Torch --- Original 7" Single Version
- Sonic Youth - I dreamed I dream
- The Specials - Nelson Mandela
- The Specials - What I like most about you is your girlfriend
- Split Enz - Message to my girl
- Splitsing - Wind en zeilen
- Start - Where I want to be
- Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack your body --- 1986 Club Mix
- Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack your body --- Radio version ***
- Steve Arrington - Feel so real
- Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron - Johnny come lately
- Sting - Moon over Bourbon Street
- The Stranglers - No mercy
- The Sugarcubes - Birthday
- Talk Talk - Life's what you make it
- Talking Heads - Slippery people --- Live
- Tall Dwarfs - The slide
- TC Matic - Putain putain
- TC Matic - Ugh ugh
- Thomas Dolby - I scare myself
- Thompson Twins - In the name of love
- Tom Robinson, Steve Laurie, Marsha Hunt, Martin Ditcham, Pat Davey, Paul Harvey, Ian Ballamy, Guy Barker - Atmospherics: listen to the radio
- Trans-X - Living on video
- Tullio De Piscopo - Stop bajon --- Club Mix
- U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday
- UB40 - Rat in mi kitchen
- UB40 - Sing our own song
- Ultravox - Dancing with tears in my eyes
- Vanity 6 - Nasty girl ***
- Vaya Con Dios - Just a friend of mine
- Video - Somebody (hey girl) --- Vocal Version
- Vox Populi - Trois gouttes de sang
- Wham! - Club Tropicana
- Wham! - Everything she wants
- Yazoo - Don't go
- Yello - I love you
- Yello - Vicious games
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ME & MUSIC, BACK IN THE DAYS
➔ On this extra page you can find some information about myself, this site and my musical past. You can find tracks played a lot back in the days, and there are many pics and sound files.
BUBBLING UNDER/SUBTOP (1983-1987 + fitting 1981, 1982 and 1988 ones)
*** = missing at Spotify/grey. It's about the Dutch situation; it can be different somewhere else. The remaining songs are in this playlist (same goes for the darker pink section above).
- Alisha - Baby talk --- Extended Dance Mix
- Anna Domino - Target
- The Art Of Noise - Moments in love
- Band Apart - Marseille
- The Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
- Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
- Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes - (I've had) the time of my life
- Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy
- Carly Simon - Why
- Chaz Jankel - Glad to know you ***
- Cheb Hindi - A moi la liberté
- Cheb Zahouani - Zinek bekani
- Cocteau Twins - Ribbed and veined
- The Cult - She sells sanctuary
- The Cure - Hot hot hot!!!
- The Cure - The caterpillar
- David Sylvian - The ink in the well
- Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
- Duran Duran - Girls on film
- Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in full - Seven minutes of madness --- Coldcut Remix
- Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight
- Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet dreams (are made of this)
- Freeez - I.O.U. --- 7" Version
- Het Goede Doel, Henk & Henk - Sinterklaas wie kent hem niet
- Heaven 17 - Temptation
- Herb Alpert - Keep your eye on me
- Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson - Diamonds
- Holger Hiller - Jonny (Du lump)
- The Housemartins - Happy hour
- The Human League - Being boiled
- The Human League - Love action (I believe in love)
- INXS - Never tear us apart
- Janet Jackson - Nasty
- Janet Jackson - What have you done for me lately
- Jimmy Blanche - Misik a moun a kaz
- Joe Jackson - Steppin' out
- Joel Graham - Geomancy
- Julian Lennon - Too late for goodbyes
- Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes --- 12 Inch ***
- Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
- Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Endicott
- Lime - On the grid --- Extended
- Luc Van Acker - The fear in my heart
- Madonna - Into the groove
- Madonna - Live to tell
- Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte --- No Estan Aqui
- Metropakt - Neue Strassen
- Michael Jackson - Beat it
- Michael Jackson - Human nature
- Michael Jackson - Smooth criminal
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- New Order - Everythings gone green
- Nits - In the Dutch Mountains
- Nu Shooz - I can't wait
- Phil Collins - Sussudio
- Prince - Hot thing
- Prince - Kiss
- Propaganda - p:Machinery
- Pylon - Yo-yo
- The Rah Band - Clouds across the moon
- The Residents - Kaw-Liga
- Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla
- Sade - Smooth operator
- Sananda Maitreya - Wishing well
- Scritti Politti - Wood beez
- Simply Red - Holding back the years
- Simply Red - The right thing
- Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in dust
- The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
- Tabu Ley Rochereau - Hafi Deo
- Tears For Fears - Shout
- The The - Uncertain smile
- Tracy Ullman - Breakaway
- UB40 - Don't break my heart
- Vex - Sanctuary
- The Waterboys - The whole of the moon
- Whistle - Just buggin'
- Word Of Mouth, D.J. Cheese - King Kut --- 12" Single Version
- Yazoo - Situation
- Zangeres Zonder Naam - Mexico --- Live in Paradiso, Amsterdam, 23 May 1986
- Zèklè - Move nouvel
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