Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

Apr 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM
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'80s! I know you have some tucked away for a little blast from your past, in what seems now incredibly a more innocent time... I've seen several love letters to this time from my VOX friends recently. What ever floats your boat, as they say! :) All you have to do to get the vibe is watch Music And Lyrics first 5 minutes...

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The official "New Wave Sissy Boy 80s Hits You Were Afraid To Admit You Liked In High School" playlist

Posted Sun Mar 16 1:04pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

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I published my first playlist to the web almost 4 years ago on June 12, 2004. And this is the very same list which kicked off a playlisting obsession for me.

When I was in grade school during the late 1970's classic rock bands like The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin ruled the hallways. Tough guys wore black concert t-shirts looking to pick a fight with anyone who had the slightest propensity toward disco -- another major pop genre of the time.

Disco was eventually slayed by rock & roll and no one dared admit owning a Village People or Gloria Gaynor album, although almost everyone did.

Then the 80's came and with them came "new wave", a genre that was neither outright ridiculed by the rock & roll set, nor embraced. But a new invention called cable television gave MTV an opportunity to bypass previous methods of getting music out to the masses and new wave took off.

However, many of us who were raised on the classic rock or first wave punk of the 1970's had trouble admitting that we were attracted to the music of Culture Club, Kajagoogoo or Wham!

But we were...

This is the ultimate 80's new wave guilty pleasures playlist. All the sissy boy hits we secretly loved in high school, but were never man enough to admit until grunge killed pop metal.

The official "New Wave Sissy Boy 80s Hits You Were Afraid To Admit You Liked In High School" playlist

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[this is good]

For it, it would be more like when I was in grade school when these songs were on the radio. Memories!

[esto es genial]

As we well know, these songs stay with you... :)

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

The official "New Wave Sissy Boy 80s Hits You Were Afraid To Admit You Liked In High School" playlist

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo

No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club

Poison Arrow - ABC

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran

Careless Whisper - Wham!

Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins

If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

It's My Life - Talk Talk

More Than This - Roxy Music

I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls

Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes

Perfect Way - Scritti Politti

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Only You - Yaz

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Love Plus One - Haircut 100

True - Spandau Ballet

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