Last year I started a Valentine's playlist for my girlfriend highlighting love songs from 1982, the year she was born. It was to feature lush synthpop orchestrations of New Romantic/New Wave pioneers. Anyway, we broke up this year so the list changed; it's not strictly songs from 1982 anymore, and I tried for more obscure tracks. And there's perhaps a little more melancholy and mystery than love. Regardless, there's something special about the period where men wore make-up, hairstyles like neon Nagel prints, donned tuxedo jackets and faux-crooned like retro-Sinatras from outerspace. Lately Ive been listening to these songs on my iPod every day and find they're helping me through this dark and difficult time. Maybe you'll like them too.
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