This is the most 80s my blog has been in a very long while. Get out your day-glo.

Aztec Camera
Somewhere In My Heart (Remix)
Somewhere In My Heart (Alternate Mix)
I know very little about this band. In fact the only reason I own this 12” single is because a friend asked me to record it for them. I heard they did a duet with Mick Jones though, I’ll have to track that single down. Awesome band name though.

Underworld
Stand Up (Extended Dance Mix)
Stand Up (Ya House Mix)
Outskirts
Underneath The Radar (12” Remix)
Did you know that Underworld used to be a synthpop dance band? I sure as hell didn’t when I picked up these singles so imagine my surprise. Not only was I surprised by the songs’ decidedly Top 40-ness, I was also surprised by just how damn amazingly great they were. These tracks were from before Emerson joined the group and ever since he left they haven’t really been the same. Maybe they should go back to the synthpop, it’s kind of popular again. Have any of these songs been played live since 1990? I love it when a band has the guts to totally transform themselves like these guys did, it’s like when Pantera ditched the glam or when Alanis ditched the…Canada.

Anways, the first three tracks are from the single to “Stand Up” and the mix of “Underneath The Radar” (which is HOLY SHIT good btw) is from a promo 12”. And although I love all of these songs, they all just remind that I love “Born Slippy .NUXX” so I end up cutting them off halfway through and putting that song on – so they ain’t that great.

Wang Chung
Everybody Have Fun Tonight (12 Inches Of Fun)
Fun Tonight: The Early Years
I got shit to say about Wang Chung dammit. I like Wang Chung! That’s right, I said it. I’ve always thought the band got a shit rap for this song, which is actually a pretty damn good pop song that holds up. And I mentioned this before, but I want to say it again – their soundtrack for To Live And Die In L.A. is a great underrated piece of 80s goodness (much like the movie itself) and you should check it out. This single is great because of the later track, which as the title suggest, is from the band’s early years when they were more experimental.

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