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December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Yet Another ‘Not Your Usual’ 80s Playlist

80sSo, here’s another ‘Not Your Usual’ 80s playlist for you – might be a good time of the year for a 6-hour mix of tunes from the 1980s; one that starts out low-key and safe, and then throws up a few curveballs – then settles into the familiar and favourites…

I’ve offered up an eighties playlist here previously and this one is bound to have some of the same songs on it, but it’s also got plenty that are different. This one comes from my Christmas Eve DJ set at Turks in Havelock North where I was given a request, before I even played a single record, “The oldies want to be able to hear themselves talk – and they don’t want to listen to any shit”. (Something of an oxymoron, I know. But Anyway…

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