Posts Tagged ‘1980s’
Cry little sister – thou shall not fall
They call me Atreyu
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-nineteen
More than this
1980s mashup
A thank you to Derry who pointed me in the direction of a 1980s mashup tune which I’m digging. Mashups are combined from multiple sources, blended together.
This mashup combines such timeless tunes as:
- Madonna – Like a Virgin
- Cher – Believe
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
- George Kranz – Din Daa Daa
Derry knows just how much I
the 1980s 
Enjoy!
Review: Ashes to Ashes (Series 2 / BBC1)
Enjoyed the first episode in the new eight part second series which has returned to the BBC. Series one was one of my favourite TV shows last year. Hard to say why I like it as I have little interest in police dramas usually. I just love the depiction of the 1980s. That decade has so much resonance and seems so formative. The attention to detail in the series is great – seeing all those reminders of that decade – also the music.
The sexual chemistry between the two main characters – Alex Drake (aka ‘Bolly Knickers’) played by Keeley Hawes and Gene Hunt (aka Phil Glenister) appears to be toned down somewhat. The rest of the cast are all still there which is good.
No sign of the David Bowie ‘Ashes to Ashes clown’ so far – which haunted her throughout the last series. Instead, she hears voices spoken through random people and even a police dog!
What looks to be a recurrent theme throughout the series is police corruption (at senior levels of the Met police). I imagine that was fairly rife back then but I don’t know that for sure.
I really do quite like Keeley Hawes. Thought she was fantastic in Spooks as well.
Watch series 2 episode 1 again on BBC iPlayer.
Incidentally – the only other police drama that I really did enjoy very much indeed – was Wallander which aired last year for three episodes. I really, really would like to see more of that; it was brilliant.
The one to watch: Ashes to Ashes (Series 2 / BBC1)
Really very much looking forward to this. Series 2 premieres on BBC1 next Monday 20th April at 9pm. I really did enjoy the first series which aired last year.
As mentioned at the time, I don’t watch cop shows normally. I have little to no interest. But it’s the depiction of the 1980s, a decade hot-wired into my brain for reasons I’ve never quite been able to grasp. Just something about that era. The music. The things that happened. Extremely formative years for me (I was born in 1976) and I do see myself as a child of the 80s.
PS The (somewhat underwhelming) trailer doesn’t really do the series justice in my opinion!
