Yayyy! It's almost the weekend!
Let's take a mini-timeslip, dear reader, back 40 years to December 1984. In the headlines: heavy snow causing disruption up and down the country, the Bhopal disaster, the future of Hong Kong signed away in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the privatisation of British Telecom, and of course Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?. In our cinemas: Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Dune. On telly: Dallas, The Box of Delights and the last ever series of Crackerjack!
I had only just come out, and I remember the charts of the time like it was yesterday. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's third mega-hit The Power of Love was at #1, and in its wake were Jim Diamond, Nik Kershaw, Eurythmics, Our Glorious Leader Madonna, Limahl, Paul McCartney, Chaka Khan, Shakin'-bloody-Stevens, and (erm) Alvin Stardust.
Among the meld, however, were those ever-reliable purveyors of party choons Kool & The Gang with this catchy number - Thank Disco It's Friday!
[Could the video be more 80s if it tried?!]Have a great weekend, folks!
I loved this song. The rhythm and pacing of the lyrics. Thanks for bringing it back to me!
ReplyDeleteIt's a classic! The video, however, just made me laugh. Jx
DeleteAlso 40 years ago...Madonna's Material Girl...and Wham's Last Christmas. I'm not old yet!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh my back...bad weather is acomin'. Cheers darling!
Last Christmas was yet to arrive - it hit the UK charts on 15th December. Meanwhile, Queen Madge's Like a Virgin was still riding high (in the end it spent nine weeks in the Top 10 without ever hitting #1). We had to wait till March 1985 for Material Girl! Jx
DeleteNo mention of Russ Abbot's Atmosphere, knocks the above song into a cocked hat and so does Agadoo!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Jx
DeleteJ’adore le “twirl-boy” :)
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Il est très beau! Jx
DeleteI remember this song and, of course, Kool and the Gang! We'd been stateside for a couple of years, super nana was 7 and the Krewe were young teens, so this was background music. Thanks, sweetpea! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHappy days! Jx
DeleteI love Fresh, but I would have guessed it was older than a mere 40. ANd the idea that the treacly Do They Know It's Christmas is the same vintage is shocking
ReplyDeleteTime flies, dear. They've just released it again as a remix of the original with its various covers as "Band Aid 40"... Jx
DeleteA fab year to 'come out' and a lot of fab music to make a sound track of it.
ReplyDeleteIt was a simply fantabulosa time for music!! Happy memories. Jx
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