Time for a New Romantic revival?

Terry Hall was behind everything! Like a one man secret society! Talking of Bananarama, did you know that the Eileen of Dexys 'Come on Eileen' was Siobhan Faheys sister?
Must also agree about Adam Ant, whilst fun in his Puss'n'Boots time, the early stuff was the quality (Dog Eat Dog, et al). I haven't heard reference to good ole Blue Rondo, but am now listening to Klactoveesedstein in honour. And not only do I have a copy of 'Since Yesterday', but also the Switchblade singing 'Jolene'!
Depeche Mode are still going, and even young people are buying their stuff. Which conveniently links to Yazoo, and Erasure - Vince Clarke being a founding member of all 3, and what a great voice Alsion Moyet had.
The track has changed on the CD Player, and I'm now blasting out Heaven 17s 'Let's all make a bomb', which I suspect may be a crime punishable with internment!
I can hear the police at the door, something about promoting terrorism!
Get the 'Lexicon of Love' by ABC out, and have a romantic evening. And here's a picture of Adam, before landing his Cesna on Bond Street!

Heaven 17! Penthouse and pavement is still one of my all time favorite albums!

Tubeway army, can't miss out them. ABC, beautiful lyrics sung in gold lame. What more could you ask for?



The jam, FYCwith 'the raw and the cooked', seducing ladies with sade playing in the background. love and money,hipsway, lloyd cole and the commotions, elvis costello,echo and the bunnymen,the thompson twins,new order,soft cell and the model by kraftwerk.

Blacmange being the support band for depeche mode. xtc!and ultravox!

That's just some of the great bands. Who can do this for the 90's and 2000's?

I doubt anyone can.

Superb list of great artists, and let's not forget some of the influential Scottish bands, too; Simple Minds (Jim Kerr, the living proof elves do exist), Jesus and Mary Chain (Psychocandy is still one of my all-time fave albums), Runrig (a Scots Pogues), and Skids/Big Country (still working for the Yankee Dollar).
It really was a time of varied but quality music, and a superb time to be a nightclubber.
For any US readers, I'm afraid the US bands were largely 70s artists who influenced the sound, rather than an active part of the scene, but kudos to Lou Reed, Velevet Underground and Iggy Pop!
Hippies with better dress-sense, and a bit more bite to the tunes. I'm all nostalgic now!
Have a photo of Steve Strange (& another cent in the bank for me!) for your great memories.

We had our 'townies' then, too, which just added to the fun. On one side of Oxford Road (Manchester) you had the cities biggest townie club, on the other, you had 'The Banshee', 'Jillies' and 'Rock World', where the subcultures mixed happily, under confused stares from the Farrah Slacked, white-shirted masses.
I was too young to enjoy Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, cross-dressing, make-up wearing days, (and Marc Bolan), so was really glad to have an era of similarly outrageous appearance.
'Shell suits' - God, and they said 'A Flock of Seagulls' looked silly!
I'm going to cheat, and give you an inspirational picture of John Malkovitch and Glenn Close, trying to look like New Romantics, and doing rather a good job of it!

It's my age, I warned you I may become nostalgic! The music really takes me back to my youth, and the fun that I had during those years. My halcyon days.
I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, I thought you would, being a poet yourself. I'm going to give you an excerpt from another Lord Byron ode to enjoy. It's his writings on a skull which has been turned into a wine goblet, and has a truly Gothic feel to it. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this, but Byron was the 6th Earl, and his lands included Rochdale, where I was born, so he's one of my must-plug artists! Grab a skull, and enjoy some fine red wine, whilst reading on;'I lived, I loved, I quaffed like thee;I died: let earth my bones resign:
Fill up -thou canst not injure me;The worm hath fouler lips than thine.
Better to hold the sparkling grape
Than nurse the earthworm's slimy brood,
And circle in the goblet's shape
The drink of gods than reptile's food.
Where once my wit, perchance, hath shone,
In aid of others' let me shine;And when, alas! our brains are gone,
What nobler substitute than wine?'
Isn't perchance a much too under-used word nowadays, I feel a new quest arising. And, here's a photo of the handsome devil, too.
All the best, my friend, and enjoy the written word.

Thank you Adrean. Indeed, I enjoyed that. Also, I was wondering if, perchance, you support the Dale? I have a friend lives in Rochdale who supports them, and by all accounts, they've done pretty well this year.

I just wondered, if perchance, you did! ha ha ha

Have a great afternoon and evening, my friend.

Ooooooops, got carried away with the spelling of your name... sorry!

Absolutely, my heart belongs to the Dale, and I've probably seen your friend at a match (there aren't many of us). The team were 100 years old last week, and so it seems are some of the players!
I don't get to as many games as I used to, unfortunately I have to work on Saturdays (but, then again, I don't do much for the rest of the week, so I shouldn't grumble). We had an abyssmal start to the season, sacked the manager, and were the inform team for the second half of the season. For reasons that relate back to a Joe Cooke incident 20 years ago, our 7-2 destruction of Stockport County gave me great plesure, in particular.
Wish your friend well, and keep enjoying, appreciating and writing poetry. As with most academics, I can only appreciate the brilliance of others, but lack that spark of creativity to write my own. Still, with Byron to live upto, I've probably been well advised to not try!
All the best, my friend.

Lol... I just knew you'd be a fan! She's told me all those stories and how the new Manager turned the team around... is he player manager? I forget now, but they certainly did well when it mattered.

As for your writing talents; you may not shine at poetry but your reviews in Hubs are excellent. I found them very interesting, especially, of course, Lileth!

Lilith is a wonderful character, and it's a shame they cut her out of the Bible. I feel she writes her own story, but thank you for the compliment.
Hopefully my next hubpage will be about Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose', which will hopefully be quite good.

Poor Adam, he has been through the ringer a bit. Did you hear that he had a pilots license, until he landed his Cesna airplane on Bond Street in London? To make matters worse, his ex-girlfriend at the time (she appears in several of his videos) still looks great and has a strong acting career- Amanda Donohue.
I thought the Duranies were not looking too bad, but it's the Human Leagues Phil Oakey who really pisses me off, somehow he's just as gorgeous as he was 25 years ago. Must have one of those Dorian Grey paintings in the loft!
Long live leather troisers, knee-high boots and silk hankies - and that's just for the men!