Spotlight: Pre-Metal Days

ok now I wasn't born listening to heavy metal, in fact I didn't start until I was in junior high. So what did I listen to pre-metal? Well, this week we take a look and listen to what I was into a very long time ago. The first song that I really fell in love with was Man in Motion by John Parr...classic. Anyway, that was my kind of music; 80's new wave mostly with British singers. This week I focus in on a few of those artists.





Pet Shop Boys were pretty popular back in the day. They were heavy on the keyboards and had some great choruses. Their first hit was West End Girls. Now funny story is that up until about 4 months ago I always thought it was Western Girls...kinda like California Girls for the 80's? maybe? Their other hit was Opportunity whic is now used for the show Beauty and the Geek. Great chorus, so catchy.







Tears for Fears were probably one of my favorite bands, and Songs from the Big Chair is just a great album. Shout, Head Over Heels, and Everybody Wants to Rule the World were huge...huge people. They had the great vocals and keys, and some top notch choruses. They released The Seeds of Love which had another song I liked, Sowing the Seeds of Love. By the early 90's grunge was all the rage and new wave and pretty much any 80's band was done. Well in 1993 they release dan album with Break It Down Again. Now by 93, I was in full metal mode, but I still enjoyed a nice laid back pop sound.





Duran Duran was another band that I listened to, but not because of Rio or Hungry like a Wolf. It was for A View to a Kill, from the James Bond movie of the same name. Side note, that was the first movie I saw with Christopher Walken in it. For me though it was their 1993 album, The Wedding Album, that had some of my favorite songs on it. Come Undone and Ordinary World are just great songs. And once again, it was during my early metal days, but I still recongized great music when I heard it.








Now let me say this, I didn't talk about alot of my other "ghosts in the closet", like A-Ha, Simple Minds, and tons more...that's another week.

Playlist for the week
Monday: West End Girls, Opportunity by Pet Shop Boys from Fear is the Mindkiller
Tuesday: Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, and Head Over Heals by Tears for Fears from Songs from the Big Chair
Wednesday:
Thursday: Break It Down Again and Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears from
Friday: A View to a Kill, Ordinary World, and Come Undone by Duran Duran from