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1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)

Easing out the holidays with Toy Dolls, Ian McCulloch without the Bunnymen, Limahl without Kajagoogoo, and The Stranglers

Stewart Mason
Three Imaginary Girls
11 min readJan 13, 2025

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Photo by Tobias Nader on Unsplash

Since starting research for this series, I’ve been seeing how my old neighborhood in Lubbock has changed in the last 40 years on Google Maps. For one thing, as the city as a whole has grown in that direction, I’m kind of shocked at what’s now available within a 10- or 15-minute walk from my old house. There’s a multi-screen Cinemark movie theater, which 15-year-old me would have killed for. But then I ask myself whether I would rather live in Lubbock or Boston today, and I feel a lot better.

The only thing of even the slightest interest within that walk from my house was a 7-Eleven at the corner of 82nd Street and University Avenue. Google Maps shows it’s still there. I wonder if I’m still banned from using the nacho machine. The manager felt I was too free-handed with the cheese sauce and the pickled jalapeño slices. I probably was. I regret nothing. Anyway, Band Aid was at #1 for the fifth week. There were five new entries, the highest being “Love and Pride” by King at #45. I might write that one up, I haven’t decided.

At #6, “Nellie the Elephant” by Toy Dolls

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Stewart Mason
Stewart Mason

Written by Stewart Mason

From West Texas. In Boston. It’s mostly gonna be music, food, and cats.

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