1989
The Fall perform the opening song from their final album for Beggars Banquet, the dance number Dead Beat Descendant.
I was initially resistant to the dance music takeover in the late Eighties and the replacement of guitars with laptops, synths and samplers. But I was converted by songs like Pump Up The Volume, S Express – and this.
I’d forgotten quite how long The B-52s kept up their run of quirky hit singles backed by camp and kitsch videos.
Chris Isaak’s moody masterpiece being given a dub reggae makeover may not seem like a natural marriage – but it turns out to be a perfect match.
I have to confess I wasn’t swept away with the baggy revolution at the time but I did come around to The Stone Roses’ debut album.