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The Pogues could really kick up some noise, but they also recorded some beautiful ballads.
Shane Macgowan is on top form in this recording from the Opera House in Boston in 1989.
The Pogues -Rainy Night In Soho

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Mike Scott formed the original Waterboys in 1983 taking the name from a line in Lou Reed’s song The KIds.
It was their third album This Is The Sea in 1985 that fused traditional celtic music with rock that broke the band in the UK. The single Whole Of The Moon reached number 26 in the [...]

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Tinita Tikaram was just nineteen years old when she released her stunning debut album Ancient Heart. This was the first single from the album and reached number 10 in the singles chart.
In 1988 it was a fresh sound combining a traditional celtic sound to Tikaram’s husky dark voice.
Tinita Tikaram - Good Tradition

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Human League - Being Boiled, Live TV Performance from 1979
The quality of this live television performance is not very good, but I thought a clip of the original Human League performing Being Boiled was still worth posting.
Being Boiled was originally released in 1978 on Fast Records.  Allegedly this clip is from 1979 but I don’t [...]

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Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty, Live in Germany, 1983
For a short period of time the politically motivated Marxist-Leninist group Gang Of Four produced some great music while signed to EMI, the largest capitalist record company in the world.  Unfortunately, their first album, Entertainment was by far there best and for me, they [...]

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