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What is the 80's song playing while Henry is studying while listening to his Walkman


In S5 Episode 11-It is bugging me as know the song but not artist and didn't come up on the end credits-Massive help thanks

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https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-americans/season-5/47512
says here Hard Times by The Jetzons.
I never heard of them and I lived through the 80s!

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Thanks much appreciated, So you never heard of them but have you heard this song before? Where you from?

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I don't think I have heard the song before this episode. from California.

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Oh right and do you like the song, I'm from the UK you ever been?
I have been to California among other U.S states and towns like New York, Florida, Washington D.C
What other bands/artists you like from the 80's

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I've been to the UK 3 times, I love it there.
Manchester so sad for their recent tragedy.
Newcastle
Birmingham
London
Brighton
suburbs close to lLondon (Epsom, Beckenham, etc)

I like so many artists from the 80's it's too many to even list. I was into punk and new wave, so I was not into like, hair bands and power ballads type bands.
The Clash
The Ramones
Blondie
P.I.L.
The English Beat
Madness
Specials
Talking Heads
The Cure
Joy Division/New Order
David Bowie
Iggy Pop
many many more

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You been to a good amount of places as you also said etc
Yea I know what you mean it would take me weeks to name all the bands and artists from the 80's I like- I like all them in your list here are some of mine- A dozen of these artists/bands had many hit singles and albums in other countries but were not hits/ or not released in the U.S, or UK, But were hits in countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Greece, China, Japan, etc

Some of mine are: Sandra, Big Country, Dire Straits, Spandau Ballet,Den Harrow, A-ha, Heart, Niagara, The Cult, Suzanne Vega, INXS, Midnight Oil, Crowded House, Boom Crash Opera, Eurogliders, Curiosity Killed the Cat, The Fixx, The Jets, Fine Young Cannibals,
Shalamar, Romeo Void, The Stranglers, Modern Talking, Mylene Farmer, Ready for the World,
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Kate Bush, Level 42, Trance Dance, Oingo Boingo, Cock Robin,
Jaki Graham, Whitney Houston, Grace Jones, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, Sisters Of Mercy, Phil Collins, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Alphaville , The The, Tears for Fears, Malcolm McLaren,
Art of Noise, Kim Wilde, Bananarama, Indochine, Style, Gold, Five Star, The Beastie Boys,
Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Debbie Gibson, Iron Maiden, AC/DC...Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, The Police, Journey, Van Halen, Duran Duran, Berlin, Thompson Twins, Psychedelic Furs, OMD, English Beat/General Public, The Smiths, Pat Benatar, Modern English, The Human League, Madonna, ABC, U2, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Def Leppard, Rush, Echo and the Bunnymen, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Prince, New Order, Missing Persons, Janet Jackson, Split Enz, Sparks, Soft Cell, Simple Minds etc etc

When will you be back in the UK, And did you like that song then Hard Times by The Jetzons as you never heard it before hearing it on The Americans! BTW I'm from the county of Kent

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Yeah I like that song, what little I heard of it. I like a lot of the bands on your list and have seen some of them live.

I don't know when I can travel again, I have some responsibilities right now that don't give me much freedom to travel .
I'd almost be embarrassed to travel to Europe right now with our current president. I didn't vote for him but he makes my whole country look like idiots. The way he just behaved on that trip last week, the way he treats other world leaders. OMG it makes me cringe. He acts like the spoiled bully in school who nobody likes.

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Well here is the whole song for you then as you a little bit of it-www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OWC5Hosv8

Good glad you like a'lot of bands on my list-How about the solo artists as well?? The ones you haven't heard of you might know their songs as that happens sometimes- and also the ones that had hits in other countries apart from U.S + UK check them out!

If you been to France , Germany, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, Canada, etc and/or watched MTV Europe back in the day then they would of been on there as well :-)

Yea the way Trump acted in Saudi Arabia was so over the top, Come back to UK when you can + what responsibilities do you have right now if you don't mind me asking

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