Why Is 80s Italo Trendy And 90s Europop Not?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The subject line sez it all frankly!

I am assuming - from the evidence of my ears - that the one is no better than the other. How did Italo become such a buzzword? Do you like it? If so why? (Please do not be defensive and assume I do not like it!!)

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[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

That's abt 75% of it, I think. The remaining 25% is the Northern Soul factor - in the UK Italo was not not exactly filling the charts even when it was popular, whereas there were approx a bazillion Europop hits. So there is a def. obscurantist, crate digging cool thing going in.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, hence the Tarzan Boy snobbery I guess!