There was a real connection between what our lives were like and what Paul Weller was writing about. Talking about his personal music favourites from the 80s, Scott said: “I grew up on a council estate in Fife, and whenever The Jam song A Town Called Malice came on, everyone would get up on the dance floor. ![]() They weren’t really my cup of tea, but people loved them.” “I remember Spandau Ballet and Haircut 100. It’s so positive and so evocative of that era’,” said Scott. “When you a hear a song like The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star, or the one I sing, True, you think, ‘It’s great. Scottish actor Scott believes that the soundtrack is a reminder of the optimism of that era. You can stream every episode of A Town Called Malice on Sky Max with NOW from Thursday, 16 March and trust us when we say you’re going to be spinning All Out 80s playlists on Spotify after watching this show.įrom Bowie and Bananarama to Blondie and Bon Jovi, A Town Called Malice has the greatest electro, punk, pop and new wave tracks from the colourful decade that will generate fuzzy nostalgia in the MTV generation.Ī member of the cast who is old enough to have lived through the 1980s is Dougray Scott, who plays Uncle Tony. The eight-part TV series about a gangster family on the run on the Costa Del Sol in the 1980s uses classic pop needle drops, features characters breaking into song and dance routines and sees every episode end with an iconic music video from the glory days of MTV. ![]() ![]() “A big part of our world is music: music shapes the world, the characters and their experiences.”Ī Town Called Malice creator Nick Love understands the power of music to take viewers back in time, transport us into the style and attitude of the 80s and get under the skin of the show’s characters.
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