Battlestar Eclectic
Sarah Torribio and her right brain. Music. Musings. Writing. Style.
Category: 80s rock
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Some of the most imagery-heavy lyrics around can be found in the miles-deep catalog of the dark-wave/alt-rock British band Siouxsie and the Banshees. The proof is in the pudding, as they say. To prove my point, all I have to do is point to a few lines from the epic “Dazzle,” off the band’s 1984…
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>>last post <<next post “New Song” is an ecstatically pleasant song. I think I may have underestimated Howard Jones. He helped pioneer electric rock amid the second wave British invasion of the the 1980s. According to Wikipedia, Howard Jones had six top 10 singles between the years 1983-1986, including “What is Love?” and “Things Can…
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I’m doing this somatic healing thing where I listen to “Fields of Fire” by Big Country on repeat. It’s challenging but the results are already worth it. The band, the internet tells me, hails from formed in Dunfermline, Scotland. My Song of the Day comes off of the alt-rock group’s 1983 album The Crossing. I’ve…