Now That's What I Call the 80's
Overview
Now That's What I Call the 80s is a special edition of the (UK) Now! series, released on October 29, 2007. The three-CD set has 60 hits from the 1980s.
- Elton JohnElton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
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"! - A-HaA-haA-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...
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" - David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
& Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
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" - Nik KershawNik KershawNik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid-1980s teen idol. His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists...
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" - Philip OakeyPhilip OakeyPhilip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...
& Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
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" - Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
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Quotations
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Yesterday (song)|"Yesterday", from Help!|Help! (1965)
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
"Yesterday", from Help! (1965)
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
"Yesterday", from Help! (1965)
She's lovely, great. She was very friendly. She was just like a mum to us.
About Queen Elizabeth II, in an interview after the Beatles received their MBEs from her (26 October 1965)
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me I know I need never care. But to love her is to need her Everywhere, knowing that love is to share each one believing that love never dies watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
"Here, There and Everywhere" (1966)
Lovely Rita, Meter Maid, nothing could come between us. When it gets dark I'll tow your heart away
"Lovely Rita" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,when I'm sixty-four?
"When I'm Sixty-Four" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better.
Hey Jude|"Hey Jude" (1968)
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
The End (The Beatles song)|"The End"; The last full song track of Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road (1969) the last Beatles album to be recorded before the band broke up. (Let It Be was the last album released, but had been recorded earlier.)