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    #32
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I don't particularly remember it, I was only five or six, but that doesn't mean I can't be well versed in 80s pop trivia - everyone should be! :pac:


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    #33
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Nah, by the time Bros came along a few yeras later I had realised how cool I was. (Unfortunately, my peers were not as perceptive as me on that front)

    All the Taylors in Duran wanted me, as well as Le Bon and Rhodes, so you just dream on Foxy, in your "Frankie says..." tee shirt. And anyway EVERYONE knows you can't like FGTH and DD at the same time 'cos it's not allowed!So, actually, you're not cool, actually.

    :D

    I don't think I actually did like FGTH, I think it was a case of everyone and their granny had the t-shirt..

    I was 15ish..
    and I thought I was cool :cool:
    in a just follow the crowd kinda way..

    When I think about it now I don't think I knew what gay was then..


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    #34
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Am old enough to remember it charting and the Harp bar westmoreland street was were I use to hang out at the time to . I had the T - Shirt to ( ah 80s memories ;))

    a BBC DJ called Mike Reid refused to play ' Relax ' song on his radio show due to the lyrics which only upped the sales of and no doubt helped the record to reach no 1 in the charts ( but would have anyway ) .

    Think it was the same DJ who also on release, refused to play the Sex Pistols ' Anarchy in the UK ' .

    Result ? ... that also reached no 1 which had Fcuk all to do with with him playing it or not .:cool:

    .


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    #35
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    fryup wrote: »
    and here it is in its crudest form

    brillant niteclub track all the same, love the stomping bass intro.. a real 80s classic:)

    I'm sure the 'ban' wasn't as draconian in Ireland as it was in the UK. Ironically.

    Let's just say I only had access to Irish media back then. And I heard the song plenty. Think in Ire it was allowed after a certain time of the night.

    Could be wrong though, I'm going senile these days


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    #36
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    And a few months later we got "The Power of Love" nativity video.
    Schites, I really do remeber it a wee bit too well!

    Which in turn lost out to BandAid.


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    #37
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    You could get into serious trouble with anything remotely Frankie related at my school at the time. The funny thing is, the teachers didn't actually know what the controversy was actually about, just that they were considered controversial and they must have thought "That's enough of that now, (careful there) down with that sort of thing.."


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    #38
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Is Holly Johnson still alive btw.

    This thread reminds me of buying Smash Hits on a Thursday.:pac:


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    #39
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Latchy wrote: »
    Am old enough to remember it charting and the Harp bar was were I use to hang out at the time to . I had the T - Shirt to ( ah 80s memories ;))

    a BBC DJ called Mike Reid refused to play ' Relax ' song on his radio show due to the lyrics which only upped the sales of and no doubt helped the record to reach no 1 in the charts ( but would have anyway ) .

    Think it was the same DJ who also on release, refused to play the Sex Pistols ' Anarchy in the UK ' .

    Result ? ... that also reached no 1 which had Fcuk all with him playing it or not .:cool:

    .

    eh.. The Harp you say?

    Did I snog you? :p


    * googles youtube Anarchy in the UK *

    I loved the Sex Pistols


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    #40
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Luxie wrote: »
    I'm sure the 'ban' wasn't as draconian in Ireland as it was in the UK. Ironically.

    Let's just say I only had access to Irish media back then. And I heard the song plenty. Think in Ire it was allowed after a certain time of the night.

    Could be wrong though, I'm going senile these days
    Yes! Now I can remember Gerry Ryan playing it at night, after much hype: "you won't get this on the BBC, boys and girls..."


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    #41
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Wasn't George Michael's 'I want your sex' also considered too RUDE for the listening/watching public to listen to/watch?


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    #42
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Luxie wrote: »
    Is Holly Johnson still alive btw.

    This thread reminds me of buying Smash Hits on a Thursday.:pac:
    Yep, diagnosed with HIV about 20 years ago and apparently given six months to live at the time. Hearing him say, in an interview, with his extremely camp Liverpool accent (an accent that, like the Cork one, lends itself very well to camp) "Well Mike Read was just a fucking wanker really" made me giggle... :D

    Ah, Smash Hits - such a fantastic mag before it became all sanitised in the 90s... :o


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    #43
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Luxie wrote: »
    Is Holly Johnson still alive btw.

    This thread reminds me of buying Smash Hits on a Thursday.:pac:

    I did see him on a tv show a few months ao ( cant remember which one ) and I do belive he's still around producing and recording some stuff
    foxinsox wrote: »
    eh.. The Harp you say?

    Did I snog you? :p
    You so did :p

    Tis quite possible , we may have crossed paths ;)

    * googles youtube Anarchy in the UK *

    I loved the Sex Pistols
    I did to but I settled for the less extreme ' new wave ' dress style myself


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    #44
    Rubberlegs
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    Luxie wrote: »
    Is Holly Johnson still alive btw.

    This thread reminds me of buying Smash Hits on a Thursday.:pac:

    Yup he's still alive, was rumoured he'd died of AIDS if I remember rightly.

    Ah God be with the days of Smash Hits. Got really cool best of Smash Hits annual, what a trip down memory lane:D. Could vividly remember a lot of the front covers....


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    #45
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Yes! Now I can remember Gerry Ryan playing it at night, after much hype: "you won't get this on the BBC, boys and girls..."

    ok .. for the younger folk..google tape recorder for info :o

    I think I might have recorded that off the radio..
    In the kitchen..
    Telling my mother to be quiet..
    Put tape recorder as near to radio as possible and hope to god nobody farts, belches, talks etc..


    @ Dudess... just saw the end of your post.. auldies :p :P


    Will us old folks get beaten with sticks for taking over the young man's thread?


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    #46
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Luxie wrote: »
    Wasn't George Michael's 'I want your sex' also considered too RUDE for the listening/watching public to listen to/watch?
    Despite its perceived "sauciness" (the word "sex", that's about it) the sentiment of it was an endorsement of monogamy (height of the AIDS panic). A decade later, George Michael was in a very public open relationship... :pac:


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    #47
    philstar
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    fryup wrote: »
    its about gay sex,

    what:eek:

    so its not about chillin, but more about ribbin


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    #48
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Yes! Now I can remember Gerry Ryan playing it at night, after much hype: "you won't get this on the BBC, boys and girls..."

    Makes sense, I remember Gerry Ryan when he was 'cutting edge' late at night.


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    #49
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    philstar wrote: »
    what:eek:

    so its not about chillin, but more about ribbin

    Excuse me, young man..

    I cannot assist you in your quest for answers..

    Apologies I don't understand this modern language..

    I do not know what ribbin is :confused:

    Sorry I can't be of more help..

    I'm 72 years old don't you know :D


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    #50
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    philstar wrote: »
    what:eek:

    so its not about chillin, but more about ribbin
    /waves walking cane

    Hey... younglin'! Get offa ma thread! :mad:

    /rocks manically in rocking chair and cackles


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    #51
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    is Holly Johnson the guy who had to get his stomach pumped because it was full of...ahem well you know


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    #52
    Rubberlegs
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Despite its perceived "sauciness" (the word "sex", that's about it) the sentiment of it was an endorsement of monogamy (height of the AIDS panic). A decade later, George Michael was in a very public open relationship... :pac:


    George and I were to be married. I was to bear him many children. How naive was I:rolleyes:


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    #53
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    "Oh yes, it's Auldies night
    and the feelin's right
    Oh yes, it's Auldies night
    Oh, what a night... "


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    #54
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    philstar wrote: »
    is Holly Johnson the guy who had to get his stomach pumped because it was full of...ahem well you know
    Yeah, that one was doing the rounds at the time.:D


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    #55
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Yes! Now I can remember Gerry Ryan playing it at night, after much hype: "you won't get this on the BBC, boys and girls..."

    Also (IF I remember correctly TOPT/Beeb refused to show the video for Two Tribes, it was shown regularly on MT USA presented by Vincent Hanley (Fab Vinnie, remember him?)


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    #56
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    @ Latchy..

    I so bet you had the ol Flock of Seagulls haircut.. :p
    I know I did at some stage..

    I'm raging I have to go to bed and leave all the aul ones :(
    work in the morning..

    BUT..

    I leave you this..

    http://www.fashion-era.com/fashion_after1980.htm

    :)


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    #57
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Luxie wrote: »
    Also (IF I remember correctly TOPT/Beeb refused to show the video for Two Tribes, it was shown regularly on MT USA presented by Vincent Hanley (Fab Vinnie, remember him?)

    Ah yeah ....sadly another Aids victim


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    #58
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    73Cat wrote: »
    Yup he's still alive, was rumoured he'd died of AIDS if I remember rightly.

    Ah God be with the days of Smash Hits. Got really cool best of Smash Hits annual, what a trip down memory lane:D. Could vividly remember a lot of the front covers....

    They were great days to be 15 and under. Thursdays for me were buying Smash Hits (paper version kids) and TOPT came on at 7.30. Awww.


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    #59
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Latchy wrote: »
    Ah yeah ....sadly another Aids victim

    Yep but it was denied vehemently at the time. Aids was still 'new' when he died.

    I used love Fab Vinnie RIP.


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    #60
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    philstar wrote: »
    is Holly Johnson the guy who had to get his stomach pumped because it was full of...ahem well you know

    Nah, the rumour I heard at the time,was that it was Marc Almond of Soft Cell that was munching on Hotdogs. :eek: ..........erm allegedly!


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    #61
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    The agonising wait for Garda Patrol to end and make way for Top of the Pops. :D


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