Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (c.1978)
Telex - Twist À St. Tropez (Les Chats Sauvages Cover) c.1978
…The Belgian synth-pop group Telex was formed in 1978 with the intention of “Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar — and the idea was electronic music.” Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-down synthesized cover version of “Twist à St. Tropez” by Les Chats Sauvages.
1978 Telex video:
Hear the original version on yesterday’s A Song A Day:
Les Chats Sauvages - Twist À St. Tropez
Yazoo (a.k.a. Yaz) - Midnight (c.1982)
…from their highly acclaimed debut album Upstairs At Eric’s; which also boasts one of my favorite 80’s album covers.
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
… @carybrothers & @harperblynn killed it with a cover of this song @thehotelcafe last night. Well done, gentlemen.
Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
…HoJo performed his first two albums, Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action in their entirety last night @ The Music Box in Hollywood, CA.:
More info and Tour Dates HERE
Twin Shadow - Tyrant Destroyed
“…as if it wasn’t enough just to hear you speak, they had to give you lips like that”
Twin Shadow - Slow
George Lewis, Jr.’s self-described bizarre and lonely childhood forms the backdrop for his work as Twin Shadow, and he uses the sounds of the past as a foundation. But while the 26-year-old Brooklynite’s music is steeped in 1980s new wave— he sometimes takes on Morrissey’s vocal tone and phrasing, and threads of British bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and Depeche Mode run through his songs— Lewis does well by this much-revisited era. Simplicity is part of what carries it over… - Ptichfork.com
