It ranged from everything from The Cure to TransVision Vamp to Love and Rockets to the Radiators. For him, it brought back a lot of fond memories.
Here’s Troy’s Top 10 picks
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Pretty In Pink by Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 - “I like this one because it’s catchy, and a great tune
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Good Year For The Roses by Elvis Costello, Almost Blue, 1981
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Blister In The Sun by Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes, 1983 - “The first time I heard this song was when I went out to The Tatapouri (bar) and had a few beers with mates. It was a pub on the waterfront in those days in Gisborne. I wore blue jeans and a t-shirt with some white basketball boots, and sported a mullet”
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Just Like Heaven by The Cure, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987 - “Had a bit of edginess to it, was alternative”
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Crash by The Primitives, Lovely, 1988 - “An all-time favourite – I love this song”
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Mandinka by Sinead O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra, 1987 - “We used to head to the clubs on a Friday Night, used to party it up all the time down there”
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Summer Holiday by Radiators, Feel The Heat, 1980
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Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode, Violater, 1989 - “It’s just a bloody good song!!”
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Cult of Personality by Living Colour, 1988
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Joey by Concrete Blonde - “Me and my girlfriend (now wife) used to play this song all the time. Used to head round to my mate's house and chuck this on” - Although it’s a song from 1990, we let him slip in Concrete Blonde’s ‘Joey’ into his 10th spot
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