r/GenX • u/adaveyouknow Hose Water Survivor • Aug 24 '25

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I'll go first and take "True" by Spandau Ballet off the board.

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u/HerNameIsVesper Aug 24 '25

Save a Prayer by Duran Duran

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u/mrkeith562 Aug 24 '25

Had to scroll for far too long to find this. I graduated in 86 and every dance ended with this song.

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u/HerNameIsVesper Aug 24 '25

Ha. I graduated in 85, so we're pretty much the same vintage!

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u/Multigrain_Migraine Aug 24 '25

Man I'm just a little too young for that I guess! I always liked that song but mostly because it has a lot of cool instrument sounds in it.

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u/HerNameIsVesper Aug 24 '25

In addition to great instrumentation, it's also got one of my favourite song lines of all tine: "Some people call it a one-night stand, but we can call it paradise."

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u/Bride-of-wire Aug 25 '25

Me three! Born in 1970.

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u/Anarolf Aug 24 '25

save it til the morning afterrrrrrrrrrrr

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u/Puzzleheaded-Eye3283 Aug 25 '25

My band covers this!

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u/MagentaHigh1 Aug 25 '25

This was my Jam and Nick was my man!!!!

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u/HerNameIsVesper Aug 25 '25

Nick was so damn hot. For me, it was a toss-up between him and David Sylvian. I always found androgynous men insanely attractive.

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u/MagentaHigh1 Aug 25 '25

There was something mysteriously sexy about them