1985 “I believe they make me out to be something more sinister than I really am.” (L.J. Hosts)
- R.E.M., Tom Waits and Nick Cave were each in the middle of a brilliant string of albums;
- Sting went solo and adult-contemporary AF;
- Phil Collins “gifted the world” with “Sussudio”;
- Prince actually gifts the world with “Raspberry Beret”;
- Whitney Houston debuts with her self-titled hit factory;
- David Bowie is the first major artist to have his entire back catalog converted to CD;
- David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen;
- Roger Waters announces that Pink Floyd is “a spent force, creatively”
- Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney to purchase the publishing rights to The Beatles back catalog for $47MM;
- And lest we forget, self-important virtue-signaling is finally given a theme song with “We are the World”.
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Playlist
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Blancmange, “Lose Your Love (Single Version)”
from Believe You Me (Deluxe Edition)
London Music Stream - 1985
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Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) - 1985
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Prince & The Revolution, “Raspberry Beret”
from Around the World in a Day
Rhino/Warner Records - 1985
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Udokotela Shange Namajaha, “Awungilobolele”
from The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Volume One
Earthworks - 1985
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R.E.M., “Driver 8 (Remastered)”
from Fables of the Reconstruction (Deluxe Edition)
Capitol Records - 1985
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “Train Long Suffering”
from The Firstborn Is Dead (2009 - Remaster)
Mute, a BMG Company - 1985
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