Basically heard some old 80s synth pop on the radio the other day and it got me thinking about how it would be interesting to do a mashup of old Elite footage and new, mixing music from then and music from now....
Which led me on to checking what was the music of the time when Elite was released. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true
) Elite was released on 20th September 1984. The UK charts that weekend were:
Personally, I think I own Pride and Ghostbusters for sure and probably have a couple of others on compilations.
There is a list of top 100 for the whole year here:
http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1984.shtml
Two Tribes is a brilliant track - loved it in Supergrass.
The project I mentioned will probably never come to light, by me anyway, but music from 1984 eh?, memories... GO!
Which led me on to checking what was the music of the time when Elite was released. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true
) Elite was released on 20th September 1984. The UK charts that weekend were:- I just called to say I love you : Stevie Wonder
- Ghostbusters : Ray Parker JR
- Careless Whisper : George Michael
- Pride (in the name of love) : U2
- Agadoo : Black Lace
- Dr. Beat : Miami Sound Machine
- Lost in Music : Sister Sledge
- Big in Japan : Alphaville
- Master and Servant : Depeche Mode
- Passengers : Elton John
Personally, I think I own Pride and Ghostbusters for sure and probably have a couple of others on compilations.
There is a list of top 100 for the whole year here:
http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1984.shtml
Two Tribes is a brilliant track - loved it in Supergrass.
The project I mentioned will probably never come to light, by me anyway, but music from 1984 eh?, memories... GO!
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