. . . . . time for an 80s Analepsis bringing you back to the songs of the 80s that were cool. OK, maybe they were not totally cool, but what is important is that you thought you were cool listening to these songs. Each song below cut a permanent niche into 80s music history.

Gary Numan - Cars
Devo - Whip It
Falco - Der Kommissar
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. . . . . time for an 80s Analepsis bringing you back to the start of the 80s and the start of 80s new wave hair. Out of Liverpool, A Flock of Seagulls set the trend for ridiculous 80s haircuts that burned its image in our brains as we had to keep seeing the dew in many 80’s movies, bands, and up through shows like Friends and movies like Pulp Fiction.

Enjoy our analepsis back to “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls:
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran.mp3

Before Nirvana, NIN, Ministry, etc. there was Killing Joke. Classified as an ‘English post-rock punk band’ (ya I am not sure what that means either), this band is always an in your face, raw sounding, punk rock band.

I used to listen to their song “Eighties” over and over as it was the first song on one of my skate-ratt mix tapes when I was growing up (yes in the 80’s). I recorded it off of a pretty cool indie local university radio station. Check out their myspace page below for some more current songs.

Check it out:
Killing Joke - Eighties

Get their album “Night Time”:
Killing Joke - Night Time

Killing Joke - Website
Killing Joke - MySpace

I have never seen the comparison, but to me Honeycut sounds just like the supercool 80’s band Squeeze (”Tempted”, “Black Coffee in Bed”, and “Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)”). It’s all about laid back funk that makes you feel like you should be wearing your shades and holding a nice glass of irish wiskey (on the rocks w/ a slight twist).

Honeycut has been described as a funky modern soul. They are a three piece band that includes live strings and horns. I love their sound.

Take a listen to SHADOWS by Honeycut to see for youself.

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Honeycut - Website
Honeycut - MySpace
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Honeycut - The Day I Turned To Glass

The first time I heard “Lost in the Plot” by The Dears, I was almost certain they were doing a cover of something from The Smiths that I had heard back in the 80’s. After several Google searches, I was baffled. It turns out that the Dears can sound a lot like The Smiths at times. Yes, I am sure you have heard the “Smiths” comparison of before, but the similarity of frontman vocals Murray Lightburn to Morrissey with the Smiths is too close to ignore.

Either way, The Dears play some good dramatic rock songs with vocals that are very easy on the ears.

Check out their song Lost in the Plot off of the “No Cities Left” album:

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The Dears: No Cities Left