The Eighties get a bad wrap. Yes, the era ushered in a ton of overproduced, digital reverb filled garbage, but I’d put a good 1980s mixtape up against any era. This playlist is full of artists that never quite “made it” and some artists that got famous for other songs (but not the ones highlighted in this mix). If anyone can identify track 7, they get a gold star. I found it in another mix, but that author couldn’t find any information on it (I know neither the band or song name). Though the track count says 28, 3 of the tracks are clips from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, my favorite 80s film. Cheers!
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- OST Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – “Bueller, Bueller…”
- The Church – “Reptile”
- XTC – “Dear God (2001 – Remaster)”
- The Bats – “North By North”
- Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love”
- Tears for Fears – “Change”
- ? – “Let’s Go to Egypt” (unknown band and song name)
- Patrice Rushen – “Forget Me Nots”
- Yaz – “Only You”
- Bauhaus – “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything”
- Love Tractor – “I Broke My Saw”
- The Clash – “Lost in the Supermarket”
- Tanita Tikaram – “Twist In My Sobriety”
- OST Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – “The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California”
- The Flowerpot Men – “Beat City”
- Polyrock – “Changing Hearts”
- Guadalcanal Diary – “Watusi Rodeo”
- Platinum Blonde – “Not in Love”
- Flock Of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song”
- Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men”
- They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng”
- Dream Academy – “Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental Smiths cover)”
- Double – “The Captain of Her Heart”
- Fiction Factory – “(Feels Like) Heaven”
- Smithereens – “Blood And Roses”
- Martika – “Toy Soldiers”
- Michelle Shocked – “Anchorage”
- OST Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – “It’s Over…”
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