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NEWS this week in 1983
The House of Lords voted in favour of allowing cameras to broadcast live discussions from its chamber. MPs continued to block moves to televise the House of Commons’ debates fearing politicians might play up to the cameras and bring the House into disrepute. The Commons had been debating the wisdom of letting the cameras in for 20 years before finally taking the plunge in November 1989.
Michael Jackson’s 14-minute music video for Thriller was premiered on MTV. Voted as the most influential pop music video of all time,Thriller proved to have a profound effect on popular culture, and was named a watershed moment for the music industry for its unprecedented merging of film-making and music.
SONGS PLAYED
Abba – The Winner Takes It All
Texas – Everyday Now
Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas
Mel and Kim – FLM
John Lennon – Imagine
Madness – Grey Day
Heaven 17 – Come Live With Me
Men at Work – Down Under
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Mel Smith and Kim Wilde – Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
Bucks Fizz – Land of Make Believe
Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
Aswad – Don’t Turn Around
Duran Duran – Notorious
Eurythmics- Thorn In My Side
Jam – Beat Surrender
Flying Pickets – Only You
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love
Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
Matt Bianco – Yeh Yeh
Madonna – Express Yourself
Fine Young Cannibals – Good Thing
a-ha – Take On Me
Erasure – Chains of Love
INXS – New Sensation
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love