Calling all 1980s music fans.
I (‘sheet Music Editor) am offering you the chance to win TWO (count ’em) tickets to the Forever Young festival which takes place from July 5-7 in Palmerstown House, near Naas, County Kildare.
It’s time to dig out the shoulder pads, backcomb that big bouffant, slip on the leg warmers and spangly jewellery and party like it’s 1982.
The line-up for the weekend is ‘a veritable who’s who of the decade that they could not kill’, including The Human League, Marc Almond, Kim Wilde, Holly Johnson, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins, T’Pau, Level 42 (careful with that slap bass!), Midge Ure, Bonnie Tyler, Heaven 17, Big Country and Jimmy Somerville.
There’s camping at the festival ‘to suit all tastes and budgets’ and there will be regular daily return buses from Main Street in Naas, Naas-Sallins train station and from Aston Quay in Dublin.
For a chance to win two day tickets to Saturday and Sunday (not camping tickets, sorry!), just become the 80th person to correctly answer the following question:
Holly Johnson was the lead singer of which 1980s chart-topping group?
Lines will stay open until we have a winner.
Frankie Nick says: Good luck!
UPDATE:
A serious flaw in the competition (which was Bodger’s idea) has been detected (by TheQ47 below) that would allow a lurker to wait until the 79th entry and ninja-like sneak in and claim the 80th spot with some ease. Very sorry. I will pick a random name out of the hat at 6pm. You may also a request a suitable song by way of apology.
Ahh the 80’s, ’tis well I remember the “Paddy goes to Hollyhead” T-shirts…
RELAX
the kacks
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
*Copy and Paste 78 times :)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
I get lovely flashbacks of the Cold War when I hear the opening chords of Two Tribes.
Like Boomtown Rats I don’t like Mondays
You can call the track with the opening bar
Now there’s an idea for Golden Discs competition: songs you can recognise in 3 seconds.
Actually Bodger, how about a weekly quiz on a Friday?
+ 1
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Relax
Lads
Says Frankie Goes to Hollywood
And I promise full Kim Wilde hair
A Cypress Mine t-shurt
Leather pants and tasseled pixie boots
Madonna’s Desperately Seeking Susan earrings and fish netty top
Blusher like chemtrails and pink shimmer lippy
And to Vogue pose and posture – maybe a bitta Soft Cell shirks dancing all weekend
And only drink Ritz and Satzenbrau
If I win
And then have anudder raffle for which one’ah ye comes with me
Good luck everyone
jasus Frilly
Cypress Mine
from cark
gamely sharing the bill, available pa gear & broken dreams with Light A Big Fire & Just A Phillistine…and too much cidre
have the vinyl somewhere in the pile too
ha!
oh and yeah it’s FGTH of course (before Trevor Horn stirred the shyte)
I am the Sugar Beet God
Mart
Thought you knew that
•-)
This is never going to work is it? We can all see how many comments there have been, so we just wait until 79 people have commented with the correct answer, and then jump in. Voila!
Or, as Murtles said, copy and paste until you’re the 80th person to reply.
You might need to think of another way to find your ticket winners, Nick.
It’s a mystery oh It’s a mystery
How Nick is going ta sort that now that’s what I call music
Who is in Big Country now I wonder?
Unfortunately I don’t get badly-photocopied newsletters and pin-up posters from the Big Country Fan Club anymore – my membership has lapsed – so, och, I canny tell yeh.
feckin great times
was something far purer about offline life
did you send them a postal order for £5.99?
I was in The Housemartins fan club, got a handwritten letter from Paul Heaton…
Oh lads this is going ta’ be mega
Not one
But two
Two Eurovision winners
The group is Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Well if you’re picking out a random name count me in so
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
( AKA Trevor Horn doing a nixer )
Part of me wouldn’t mind going to this but another part of me thinks, I’m over outdoor festivals; beer in a plastic cup and other people will annoy me.
It looks like it should be great fun though.
Kim Wilde is a respected gardener now! Toyah does nature programmes I think.
Stuart Adamson is dead unfortunately.
Toyah is married to the wonderful Robert Fripp
kim wilde is married to robbie fowler’s uncle
Do they live in one of robbies houses?
The Word
To the wise here lads
Bagatelle in the Tullamore Court there earlier in the year
Was not pretty
So if yere afraid of looking a state in that Crocker & Tubbs suit with the leather tie and side laced shoes
And white socks
You’ll be in good company
Just saying
crockett, not crocker
sonny crockett and ricardo tubbs, in fact
What colour was yours Brudder
Or were you more of a high waisted jeans and Magnum PI shirt
With Adidas Roms
Roms were Dave Starskey outof Starskey & Hutch whom I aspired to
I begged for a pair but instead was given some Gola yokes…another Christmas fail
I always wanted Puma Kings like Dalglish wore…
Oh boots were another Christmas fail
(being over reaching & ambitious as ever) I wanted Robson’s New Balance – I don’t even think you could buy NB off the shelf at the time ffs not that that mattered a damn
ended up with a fake Scalextric
think Frank Stapleton wore Kings as well, super soft technical yokes & most expensive too, £100 if I remember right which you could buy a used car for at the time
I can remember a crowd gathering round the first player we saw wearing Predators
Frankie goes to Hollywood – MadraRua goes to Naas…. hmm, doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
How’s Holly anyway, every so often I hear he died, but he hasn’t yet and hopefully not for some time.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Now that I’m safe to register whenever I want,
“Frankie Goes to Hollywood”
On a side note, I’ve just recently entered the 21st century and signed up to Spotify. For those of you on it (other streaming services are available), go and search for “19?? Top 100 UK Hits” for whatever year you were aged around 10 or 11. The nostalgia will hit you.
1981 for me.
Everything from Adam and the Ants, to Kim Wilde, to ELO and Toyah, etc., etc., etc..
TIL that TheQ47 is actually 47!
Close enough, but not exactly right. I’ve been called TheQ47 for around 15 years online, though!
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie goes to Hollywood.
Relax, free tickets
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie goes to Hollywood.
Frankie also went to Hoop’swall:
Here’s the Smash Hits poster I had pinned above my bed: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/FRANKIE-GOES-TO-HOLLYWOOD-OLD-1984-CENTRE-FOLD-POSTER-FROM-SMASH-HITS-/201962894620
1984, hoops?!
now you’ve got us all calculating your age
I’m guessing it was over her cot
Indeed. Relax was my first word.
I think my one of big brothers played all this stuff and made me say I liked it, the other one made me say I hate it,
I probably just liked the theme tune to Bosco but would say anything for a few Penny sweets
Ah after toxic spill Monday
Tis lovely to everyone playing nice again
On that note
Here’s a thought for the end of the day
And in keeping with the thread
‘ish
Frilly goes an gets a Hollywood
Frankie goes to Hollywood.
Two Tribes (12″)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnh7x8aU26g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ECu-JzaVLY
Sister Sledge were supposed to play but were cancelled because Frankie groped at Holly’s wood.
And in case my attempt at a joke doesn’t work… It’s Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
I heard Jimmy Somerville cancelled because his voice broke.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Boy George?
Frankie Hollywood
RELAX
Me
It’s Frankie Goes to Hollywood! Blew my mind in the 80’s at my 1st ever gig. Help me recapture my squandered youth with free tickets pleeease!!!!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, no apology necessary.
Frankie goes to hollywood
Frankie goes to hollywood. Great prize my wifes bday is on saturday of the festival, love to bring her to this festival