I sustain with rising and new impartial artists, however I’ve one other ardour, the music of the Nineteen Eighties—the sounds and popular culture that outlined my teenage years. Furthermore, the brand new wave and digital music scene thrilled me then and nonetheless is the case at the moment. On the time I immersed myself in ’80s music by shopping for data, listening to the radio, studying Smash Hits, and watching music movies. Though I missed many reside reveals again within the day, the wave of Fortieth-anniversary excursions now provides me an opportunity to see my favorite bands. This yr, I immensely loved reside performances from The Human League, OMD and Bananarama. Nonetheless, for the reason that anniversary tour/rerelease pattern by 80s pop artists is way from over, I’m sure there are a lot extra alternatives forward!
For example, the Thompson Twins are a noteworthy band that deserves extra recognition. At the moment, they’re celebrating the Fortieth anniversary of their iconic album “Into The Hole.” (Toured by Tom Bailey earlier this yr). Equally, which has additionally been re-mastered and is on the market in new packages. This album not solely highlights their musical innovation but in addition produced a number of tracks which have turn out to be fan favourites. Whereas their 1984 hit “Maintain Me Now” is a major a part of their legacy, it’s a bit shocking that the Thompson Twins don’t obtain the identical stage of consideration as different pop acts from the 80s. Though, I do know that my colleague and pal, Raj Rudolph, the founding father of EQ Music Weblog, is a large Thompson Twins fanboy to today.
There’s additionally an rising indie alt-rock band, Your Favourite Coloration, from California that equally draw inspiration from the 80s. The band have been on an Instagram followers drive. Attaining their purpose of 10, 000 followers, they’ve dropped a shock launch for previous and new followers alike. This being a canopy of the aforementioned Thompson Twins’ monitor “Maintain Me Now.”
They share. “‘Maintain Me Now’ was a monitor we seen hadn’t been lined many instances earlier than. We thought we’d take a crack at it”
Your Favourite Coloration had fairly the problem forward of them. Earlier than I immersed myself of their interpretation, my curiosity led me to discover varied cowl variations of “Maintain Me Now“. Sadly, I wasn’t notably impressed by what I found. Nonetheless, once I listened to YFC’s rendition, it stood out as a exceptional tribute that not solely showcased their pop/rock aptitude but in addition captured the essence of the 80s model higher than any cowl I encountered. Notably second solely to the Thompson Twins’ unique.
What’s even higher is that Your Favourite Coloration utterly reworked my doubts. Their 80s pop/rock reimagining of “Maintain Me Now” is genuinely spectacular.
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