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Cover versions are sometimes bad, sometimes great. Here’s Classic Pop’s rundown of the very best cover versions of some of the 80s’ very best songs. It’s a testament to the…
Top 20: Ones That Got Away
We lift the lid on an alternate pop universe to tell the story of how these top 20 hits could have turned out very differently if fate hadn’t intervened… By…
Top 20 No.1s That Owed A Debt To The 80s
The 80s didn’t stop in 1989, oh no. In the world of music, the last three decades have leaned heavily on that classic decade. Jon O’Brien looks at the best…
Pop Side Projects Top 20
Some pop side projects were just fleeting dalliances away from the mothership, while others made a lasting impact… By Jon O’Brien Whether they’re borne out of creativity, curiosity or just…
Bananarama – Pop Life
Bananarama: Pop Life was meant to be a new start for the band after the departure of Siobhan Fahey, except the group’s fifth album failed to crack the Top 40……
Forget Me Nots: Susanna Hoffs’ When You’re A Boy
Jon O’Brien remembers Susanna Hoffs’ When You’re A Boy from 1991 Having topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with 1989’s Eternal Flame, The Bangles looked set to…
Madonna: The Second Coming
Channelling spirituality and state-of-the-art electronica, Madonna laid herself bare emotionally, eschewed the headline-grabbing antics of her past and pulled off the mother of all comebacks with her mystical masterpiece. Mark…
Sigue Sigue Sputnik Interview
In 1986, few bands were as controversial and confrontational as Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Now as their debut album Flaunt It gets an expansive 4CD reissue, Steve O’Brien speaks to its…
Forget Me Nots: ABC – How To Be A …Zillionaire!
ABC went through more personnel changes in the early 80s than their new wave counterparts did bottles of hairspray. But the lineup that fronted third album How To Be A…
Band Aid: The Next Generation
Thirty-seven years after Do They Know It’s Christmas? first made history, Felix Rowe relives the various incarnations of Band Aid and catches up with some of the artists involved… Band…