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Book Of Love- Boy
Book of Love - Boy (Dub)
Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2LNEIEXARM&fmt=18 Lyrics I want to be where the boys are but I'm not allowed I wait outside of the boy's bar I wait for them to all come out I'm not a boy It's not my fault that I'm not a boy it's not my fault I don't have those toys I'm not a boy And now it's alright without those boys I stay at home at night and I play with my toys I'm not a boy Book of Love was, from 1984 to 1993, a popular synth pop and dance music band, right alongside Sire Records labelmates Depeche Mode and Erasure. Led by vocalist Susan Ottaviano, the band also included Ted Ottaviano (no relation to Susan), Lauren Roselli and Jade Lee. The band was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later based out of New York City. The band gained their first exposure as the opening act on Depeche Mode's Black Celebration tour. Their biggest success came on the US dance charts, placing seven singles in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart between 1985 and 1993. Their largest exposure on pop radio was with the song "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls." The song, from their album Lullaby, was originally the second half of a medley with their dance version of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", a 1973 instrumental that served as the eerie theme music to the classic horror film The Exorcist. Edited down to a single-length, "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" became Book of Love's only Hot 100 entry, peaking at number 90 in 1988. Sixteen years after their first dance chart entry, Book of Love had their first number one on the US dance chart when "Boy", a track from their debut album, was remixed and re-released. It reached #1 on the Club Play chart in February 2001. Since their active years, Book of Love's songs "Boy" and "I Touch Roses" have been rediscovered by new audiences. Both their original versions and subsequent remixes are heard in both dance clubs and on alternative radio stations. Member Ted Ottaviano also had significant dance club hits as one half of Doubleplusgood ("The Winding Song," number two in 1996). Their song "Sunny Day" was featured in the movie The Silence of the Lambs, in a scene in which band member Lauren Roselli also had a cameo with principal actor Jodie Foster [1]. Roselli appeared again in the movie Philadelphia. Roselli and Ted Ottaviano have completed a handful of new songs with singer Lori Lindsay under the name The Myrmidons. Music videos by the band include "You Make Me Feel So Good" from the band's debut album, "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" from Lullaby, and "Alice Everyday" from Candy Carol. The "Alice Everyday" video featured the band singing and playing their keyboards inside various snowdomes, reflecting the cover art of the album, designed by Jade Lee, showing the band as plastic figures also performing inside a snowdome. Rounding out the band's videos was "Boy Pop" from the Lovebubble album. The cassette and compact disc front covers of the band's album, Lovebubble, were designed by former Talking Heads' frontman David Byrne. In 1985, Susan Ottaviano produced an album called I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia which featured several bands from the Philadelphia area, including Pretty Poison. Book of Love's contribution to the compilation was the song "Henna." Jade Lee designed the album's bright orange cover that included an overlay graphic of a Philadelphia street map. 1986 Book of Love 1988 Lullaby 1991 Candy Carol #174 U.S. 1993 Love Bubble 2001 I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love
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Erasure - Oh L'Amour
Erasure - Oh L'Amour (Remix) Video from Hits!
This video was conspicuously left off the Hits! DVD video collection and never released on any of the DVD single formats for the re-release of the Oh L'Amour single used to promote the repackaged best-of album.
Runtime: 3:34
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Do you remember...?
Fer shure dude!It's the 80's - the Me Decade of the Valley Girl, the Rubik's Cube, MTV, high-top sneakers, computer games, The Breakfast Club and Dr. Pepper commercials, along with Smurfs, Fraggle Rock and Madonna...
80's Trivia
Are you a true child of the 80's?
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1. Which of the following was the first video to be aired on MTV?
1. Down Under by Men at Work
2. Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
3. Physical by Olivia Newton John
4. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
2. Which country did the United States invade in 1983?
1. Greneda
2. Libya
3. Panama
4. Nicarauga
3. Which of the following was not a character on the Smurfs?
1. Wild Smurf
2.Slouchy Smurf
3. Forgetful Smurf
4. Clumsy Smurf
4. What singer played Willis' girlfriend on Different Strokes?
1. Mariah Carey
2. Toni Braxton
3. Karyn White
4. Janet Jackson
5. What state was Challenger victim Christa McAuliff from?
1. New Hampshire
2. Illinois
3. Florida
4. Colorado
6. Which of the following video games did not lead to a Saturday morning cartoon?
1. Pac Man
2.Joust
3. Q-bert
4. Donkey Kong
7. Which of the following puzzles is generally considered the most difficult to solve?
1. Rubik's Revenge
2. Rubik's Snake
3. Rubik's Magic
4. Rubik's Missing Link
8. Which of the following nations did not boycott the 1984 olympics in Los Angeles?
1. U.S.S.R.
2. East Germany
3. Romania
4. Albania
9. Which of the following movies did not win an academy award for best picture?
1. Rain Man
2. Amadeus
3. Platoon
4. The Color Purple
10. Which of the following singers was never a member of New Edition?
1. Bobby Brown
2. Johnny Gill
3. Keith Sweat
4. Ralph Tresvant
11. Jennifer Beals starred in which of the following movies?
1. Flashdance
2. Footloose
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Swing Kids
12. Which of the following Transformers was not a decepticon?
1. Megatron
2. Jazz
3. Starscream
4. Soundwave
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (2003 Digital Remaster) Capitol USA (catalog) (P) (C) 2006 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws.
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The B-52's- Planet Claire
80's Dance Music!
Update Your 80's Dance Music collection today!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byYazoo - Don't Go
Yazoo - Don't Go
Promotional video for 'Don't Go' by Yazoo from the album 'Upstairs at Eric's'
Runtime: 3:03
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Visage - Fade to Grey
Visage - Fade to Grey
Visage's 1981 hit "Fade to Grey", taken from MuchMoreMusic.
Runtime: 3:21
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More 80's Trivia!
1980's Trivia QuizThe answers are at the end. Don't peek!
1. What was the British equivalent of "We Are The World?"
2. Name six members of the Brat Pack.
3. What Liverpool band popularized the Doors' "People Are Strange?" in the
80's?
4. Who had the trademark saying "Nanoo Nanoo?"
5. What was the original name of Duran Duran?
6. What was the name of ET's favorite candy?
7. What did people desperately try to avoid getting on "Press Your Luck?"
8. Name 3 books by Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary.
9. Who was the leader of the Transformers? (according to the cartoon)
10. Where did the Super friends congregate and watch the latest happenings
on a big screen TV?
The Answers:
1. "Do they know it's Christmas?" by Band Aid
2. Demi, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy
3. Echo and the BunnyMen
4. Mork from Mork and Mindy
5. This one was tough.
Duran Duran was the original name for the group. Bassist John Taylor
took the name of the villain in Roger Vadim's 1967 film "Barbarella"
starring Jane Fonda. He liked the rhythm of the name and decided it
matched the band's "edgy" sound at the time. Two of the founding
members were considering another name, a three-letter acronym (RAF?)
that wasn't intended to stand for anything. Arcadia was formed after
Duran Duran by band members Simon Lebon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor,
while the other 2 members (John and Andy Taylor) formed Power Station
with Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson. Arcadia had a big single
"Election Day." Duran Duran got back together after the Arcadia and
Power Station Projects, but without Andy and Roger Taylor.
6. Reeses
7. Whammies
8. Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Ramona Quimby, Age 8
9. Optimus Prime
10. Hall of Justice
Depeche Mode- Everything Counts
Depeche Mode. Everything Counts In Large Amounts Stereo (HQ)
Depeche Mode. Everything Counts In Large Amounts (Stereo)
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Feargal Sharkey- You Little Thief
Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief (Full Music Video)
Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief (Full Music Video)
Runtime: 4:30
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Find Your 80's Faves
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAHHHHHHH BBBAAAYYYBBBEEE!!!
Thompson Twins- The Gap
Thompson Twins - The Gap
Single from the lp 'Into the Gap' (1984).
Runtime: 4:45
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Thompson Twins- Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins - Hold me now (Fans-80's)
Thompson Twins - Hold me now (1984)
Runtime: 4:39
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What's Your Favorite 80's Tune???
If I can find it on YouTube, I'll post it here!
Renagade wrote...
Love this lens!! Hope you get the chance to check out my music lenses and add this one to the lists there! Love Major Tom!!
Posted May 22, 2008
musicnerd wrote...
Love your lens - totally classic. I love "Ain't nobody gonna breaka my stride"
Posted April 10, 2008
animal_lover79 wrote...
Fantastic lens! There are so many songs from the '80s that I love. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison and "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell are two of my favorites. Ahh...those were the days!
Posted March 27, 2008
GypsyPirate wrote...
I love this lens - I always find something fun here. How about some Adam Ant? There has to be a video of "Stand & Deliver" out there, doesn't there?
Posted March 18, 2008
AMK wrote...
Great lens. Happily though for me I been sapping up all the 80s music via my youtube channel :) Its good to see someone else has a lens full of memories :)
Posted March 16, 2008
Issac Hayes- Don't Let Go
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
Billy Ocean's hit debut single from 1985's "Suddenly." "Caribbean Queen" which held the pole position on the Hot 100 on November 3 and 10, 1984, and also hit #1 on the Hot R&B Singles/Tracks and Club Play Billboard charts.
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Get Your 80's Dance Stuff
867-5309 Yellow T-Shirt
Price: 18.99 
I Love 80's Value T-shirt
Price: 14.99
Save Ferris White T-Shirt
Price: 18.99
Dude - Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Robbie Nevil - C´est La Vie
Robbie Nevil - C´est La Vie
excelente tema. La version extendida es muy buena...
Runtime: 3:22
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Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
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