Popular Nostalgia

Mr President – Coco Jambo0

80s Child — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:05:06 +0000

This track, Coco Jamboo, came out in 1996 courtesy of the German reggae style outfit known as “Mr President” – this was an instant summer classic which spun us round and round the waltzers in the summer of ‘96. Another treasured memory.

Pugwall

80s Child — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:34:19 +0000

Saturday (or was it Sunday??) mornings never were the same once we lost the Orange Organics front-man Pugwall (Peter Unwin George Wall) and his epic series of the same name. In the UK, we used to watch these glorious moments of Aussie stardom on Channel 4. Pugwall was played by a chap called Jason Torrens. We all [...]

Toys R Us “Magical Place” Song

Linda Haywood — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:48:06 +0000

You can now catch up with Geoffrey the Giraffe on his special nostalgia webpage which even includes the “Magical Place” song about Toys R Us with old-school computers and roller skates!

Bomfunk MCs Freestyler

80s Child — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:45:02 +0000

This song will probably place you in a certain period of your life, at the dawn of a new Millennium, when things like the “Bomfunk MCs” were just a new group of people who you hadn’t really heard of. The latter part is still true, but this track, “Freestyler” is one of those pieces of music [...]

Harold and Maude

Linda Haywood — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:01:59 +0000

Radio One’s Edith Bowman loves this old film: “it’s a really old film… it’s an incredible film… it’s more about the fact that the story’s great… well worth checking out.” Harold, played with deadpan humor by Bud Cort, is under extreme pressure from his overbearing mother, Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles), in a performance that is a [...]

Just One Cornetto Advert

Linda Haywood — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:32:53 +0000

This advert came out in the UK in 1993. It was an instant hit and many people still sing the lines and ice cream vans play the tune: Just One Cornetto Give it to me Delicious icecream For me to eat Its taste is just supreme Give me Cornetto From Wall’s Ice Cream The theme is “O Sole Mio” written in 1898. The [...]

Airwolf

Linda Haywood — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:15:43 +0000

Airwolf ran from 1984 through 1987. The supersonic military helicopter with hidden weapons and stealth capabilities flew along the thin line of the Cold War standoff. Its test pilot, Stringfellow Hawke, was played by Jan-Michael Vincent. When Airwolf is stolen by its twisted creator, Doctor Charles Henry Moffet, “the FIRM” asks Hawke to go to Libya [...]

Knight Rider

Linda Haywood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:43:39 +0000

The 1982 TV series starred David Hasselhof as a cop who was shot in the face, but then rescued by a self-made billionaire committed to vigilante action. Wilton Knight treats Michael Long and gives him plastic surgery to rebuild his face. Not only that, but the wealthy do-gooder gives the ex-policeman a new identity and [...]

Pussy Galore

Linda Haywood — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:25:56 +0000

Pussy Galore was the most famous name of a Bond Girl. Played by Honor Blackman, the superbad female pilot appeared in Goldfinger (1964). Although the book is more forthright about Pussy’s sexuality, the film still hints at her being a lesbian: “I am immune to your charms”. This provides a unique challenge for Bond, who can [...]

LSE Students Take Over University

Linda Haywood — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:36:42 +0000

On 27th January 1969, the London School of Economics was closed because students forcibly dismantled steel security gates in protest at the appointment of Walter Adams – a prominent figure from aparteid Rhodesia. The governors had put up steel gates for security, but a group of students said it made them feel as though they [...]