Melancholic 80s pop

They don’t make em like this anymore! The kind of music that you’d get at the end of a coming of age 80s movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZkLV3ZjeI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU

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https://youtu.be/opkzgLMH5MA

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https://youtu.be/ie7ECyuosq0

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https://youtu.be/Qo7QjrA9TRE

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8 glorious synth-filled minutes of melancholy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-nyVrX3UwE

Crying at the disco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTEBdxNzrc

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https://youtu.be/9anlm4hJluY

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Madness in reflective, conscientious mode. Really floors me every time.

https://youtu.be/7Xwh1J6VQnI

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https://youtu.be/-4Yl9INVnls

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Everyone will interpret this thread differently but for me it’s always about those haunting chords and orchestral strings

https://youtu.be/Itr1q2hdcbM

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https://youtu.be/RwcpKUgLLGg

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This would sometimes make an appearance at afters at someone’s flat in Bermondsey. And everything made sense. It’s the records that sound profound but you don’t know why.

https://youtu.be/rXGRRUlgAy4

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https://youtu.be/MEl0Chq36lc

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Pino Palladino on fretless bass

https://youtu.be/ju_a2-Pve4g

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https://youtu.be/6_myE38P2f0

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A tune that will have you dancing while simultaneously breaking your heart.

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feels like it goes without saying:

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this one, based on the description “the kind of music that you’d get at the end of a coming of age 80s movie”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUwXh2J79gg

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Glorious

The Lotus Eaters “It Hurts” (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJqBpNCaxiw&t=1s

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