“In walking along the pavement, I sometimes indulge myself in the unutterable, deeply rooted satisfaction of stepping on a separate flagstone where this is possible with every stride.”
– W.N.P. Barbellion, The Journal of a Disappointed Man
Tag: 80s Music
TSLT: “Unconscious Melody” by Preoccupations
“Unconscious Melody” by Preoccupations sounds like XTC after spending a month listening to nothing but 80s-era Bowie.
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Roxy Music (Great Music As Fake TV)
“Same Old Scene”
Trapped in 1980 after a rickety old time machine in the basement malfunctions, a group of 21st century teenagers appear as alarmist, annoying Cassandras to the populace of a simpler place and time (that is also, let’s face it, fraught with geopolitical, sexual, and recession-based dangers relative to the world at that point).
Bruce Springsteen (Great Music as Fake TV)
“Pink Cadillac”
In Small Town America, rival Mary Kay reps battle it out, unravelling into suburban madness as they build their cosmetics empires and compete to win a very special car.
The Specials (Great Music as Fake TV)
“Too Much Fighting on the Dance Floor”
Each week, a band of hapless revolutionaries in Thatcher’s Britain fails in their attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister. A tragedy wrapped in a comedy, submerged in pathos, and sprinkled with slapstick that edges toward horror.