I went back 35 years for some of the music on this morning’s show, inspired by a recent TV showing of Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980. It was good to remember how a variety of styles were mainstream – with punk, new wave and disco still very much alive, heavy metal regularly making the top 40 and the dawn of new romanticism.
Songs played from the year were Spandau Ballet’s To Cut a Long Story Short, Geno by Dexy’s Midnight Runners and Tom Hark by the Piranhas – a catchy tune that asked the question “does anybody know how long to World War Three?”!