New Wave/Synthpop songs ranked from #200 to #1, one per day.
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Number 50: Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose
Marking the three-quarter point of my Top 200 is "Tokyo Rose", the smash hit by Canadian New Wavers Idle Eyes. Tad Campbell formed the band in 1980, but it took years of touring before they got the attention of a major label. Their self-titled debut album produced two hits, including the song I have at #50 on this list, "Tokyo Rose". It peaked inside the Canadian top 20 during the steamy summer of 1986 and marks their only appearance here.
This song sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack of Sixteen Candles II - the John Hughes movie that was never made ... the one where Anthony Michael Hall has a scorchingly torrid romance with Long Duk Dong's nymphomaniac slampiece sister.
This song sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack of Sixteen Candles II - the John Hughes movie that was never made ... the one where Anthony Michael Hall has a scorchingly torrid romance with Long Duk Dong's nymphomaniac slampiece sister.
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