Burl Veneer’s Music Blog Vox 2008-04-05T15:04:35Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144aef1d3c7f/tags/new+romantic/ Songs I Like Ghosts of high school: Japan tag:vox.com,2008-02-07:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398da0a600002 2008-02-07T02:06:16Z 2008-04-05T15:04:35Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Japan: Ghosts Japan - Ghosts

I rarely remember to search for my old favorites on YouTube, so it often happens that I happen upon them while blog surfing. That's how I just turned up a couple lip-synching performances by Japan of the first song I ever heard by them, "Ghosts."...

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12-The Robots Dance

I didn't get to hear a lot of new wave music when I was in high school; my intake was limited to what they played on WHFS and what I could afford to buy. All that changed when I went to college in 1982 and got involved with the college radio stat...

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01 - Feel The Fear

That's the opening line of the second album, Change of Heart (1982), by Glasgow band Positive Noise, another lost band of the 80s. The album title is significant: their first album was called Heart of Darkness, but frontman/songwriter Ross Middle...

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