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Bruce MacGregor hears about the music being made, played and talked about in Scotland with live sessions, new releases and interviews with musicians of the moment.

The Music Café: 15/12/2010

15/12/2010

BBC Radio Scotland - The Music Café, 15/12/2010

Martin Fry of ABC and Glenn Gregory from Heaven 17 discuss the revival of 80s music.

Bruce MacGregor talks to Martin Fry and Glenn Gregory about the revival of 80s music. Plus what makes a good Christmas Carol? And the lost years of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Heaven 17, ABC and The Human League. They are all touring again, selling out arenas and releasing new material. But why is music from 30 years ago still so popular? Hits like Temptation, All of my heart and Don't you want me are as popular now as they ever were. So what is causing this revivial of the music that for some shaped a generation, but for others destroyed pop music for good.

Ding Dong Merrily on High. O Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night. What makes a good Christmas Carol? Does a modern carol still need to depict Christmas traditions and can a song that reflects the issues facing a modern society at Christmas time be considered a carol?

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