Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go…
“Born in the U.S.A.” is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and released in 1984 on the album of the same name. One of Springsteen’s best-known singles, Rolling Stone ranked the song 275th on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, and in 2001, the RIAA’s Songs of the Century placed the song 59th (out of 365). The song addresses the economic hardships of Vietnam veterans upon their return home, juxtaposed ironically against patriotic glorification of the nation’s fighting forces. Source: Wikipedia , Youtube
I’m Alright – Kenny Loggins
“I’m Alright” is a song written and performed by American pop singer Kenny Loggins. It was used as the theme music for the 1980 comedy film Caddyshack.
It’s My Life – Talk Talk
“It’s My Life” is a song by the English new wave band Talk Talk. Written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, it was the title track on the band’s second album and released as its first single in January 1984.
Purple Rain – Prince
“Purple Rain” is a song by American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring Prince.
Speak N’ Spell commercial 1980
The Speak & Spell line is a series of electronic hand-held child computers by Texas Instruments that consisted of a TMC0280 linear predictive coding speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library.
