80s anthem but still with that air of melancholy.
I’m veering over to non-english territory (besides the cocteau twins), but these italians ones are incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOK0eC6U-gg&ab_channel=BATCARIOCA
may have overlooked, but no Roxy in here yet? big sucker for this one:
Can this be classed as pop?
Listening to The Lexicon Of Love now, such a great album & this has just come on
A post in the Steely Dan thread made me think of this. Would fit.
Skip to 4:00 Coastal Town
Not a great recording, and possibly not at the correct speed.
Included 10 years later in her debut solo album, but that version is uplifting dance-pop.
This version fits, I think.
Talk Talk ploughed a deep furrow of melancholy in their pop music years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgiCKT6Y-lg
And I’m thinking Laurie Anderson’s No. 2 hit, “O Superman”, has a huge dollop of melancholy at its heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE
Was a very generous soul doing a playlist or was I mistaken?
Having lived through it and after attending Uni with a thousand Ian McCulloch lookelikies be more than my fragile mental health could endure listening to that 
I had started this on Spotify last week. I’ll update later today and over the weekend!
Not too many missing on Spotify so far.
You’re a star 
Nice one 
Great work. Brilliant playlist when you see it all together like that.
A beauty from Argentina right here which seems right in step with this thread.
