Images from Future Pop: Music For The Eighties by Peter L. Noble, 1983.
(via: archive.org)
1. Sparks
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Sting
4. Robert Smith
5. John Foxx
6. Thomas Dolby
7. The Fixx
8. Annie Lennox
9. David Byrne
10. Robert Fripp
Addicted to this specific live Hyperactive! performance. Adele’s voice is insane. Her and Thomas’ coordinated dance moves. I’ve watched this part 16 times this morning
Propaganda for She Blinded Me With Science: Probably the catchiest song about science you will ever hear. Also, Thomas Dolby in the video is uhhh kinda Tumblr sexyman-core, I'm afraid to say. Sorry. The song makes up for it by being a banger though.
(Editorial note: You're not wrong about young Thomas Dolby as Tumblr sexyman, but based purely on the songs I think this is the toughest matchup in this bracket so far.)
I need to get this off my chest for once and for all i absolutely hate how there’s a ten second gap between the line “i can smell the chemicals” and then the sniffing noises in she blinded me with science, but only after another science ! shout out so at that point in the song you’re already passed the smelly line and you’re back into science mode so why even bother you know what i mean girls i think Thomas dolby could of handled this one track better, i’m highly disappointed but this image of him will always be the coolest