Top pop hits in the first half of 1981
1981 is seen by some as the best year for British pop ever so what did the NME think were the pop hits of the first half of 1981?
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Siouxsie Sioux says pop is rubbish…
Siouxsie Sioux of the Banshees declared in 1982 that pop was over in terms of its excitement and daring compared to the 1960s
Toyah – the tail end of punk
Tony McMahon never quite got Toyah and among punk female singers preferred X Ray Spex and Siouxsie Sioux but she was successful
Charles and Diana wedding – 1981 reactions
What did people think of the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981?
New Romantics – glamour on the cheap
New Romantics exuded glamour on the cheap but don’t assume they were all Tories who loved Thatcher – that was not the case