Shameless Eighties Nostalgia Fest

nicklouse · May 2010

for Spotify users

http://open.spotify.com/user/nicklouse/ ... xL9XwwCFjm

spotify:user:nicklouse:playlist:4hRBLEQfpuNoxL9XwwCFjm

you can add to it as well

i have put most of them on it.

crumbschief · May 2010

Just thought of a few more

calling captain autumn - haircut 100
ant rap - Adam and the Ants
dreamer - The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band
whistle down the wind - nick heyward
music and lights - imagination
slow down - loose ends
big fun - inner city
absolute - scritti politti

nicklouse · May 2010

added

Seanos · May 2010

dmclite wrote:

Hipsway, The Honeythief.

Heh, nicely obscure 80s choice there Mr C. Played my copy of The Broken Years to death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyZ1DNmodNU

First time I've listened to that for years!

bikeav8or · May 2010

Beer, sex, chips and gravy - The Macc Lads

non?

MadammeMarie · May 2010

This is the 80's playlist in my iPod right now. It started as an "alternative-haven't heard it for ages" kind of thing, but it keeps changing.

Can't Hardly Wait, The Replacements
She Sells Sanctuary, The Cult
Lazy, Love and Rockets
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain), INXS
Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Some Candy Talking, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Pretty In Pink (Remastered), The Psychedelic Furs
Head Over Heels, The Go-Go's
Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol
Wouldn't It Be Good, Nik Kershaw
Avalon, Roxy Music
E=MC2, Big Audio Dynamite
Love Vigilantes, New Order
Rise, Public Image Limited
Indigo Eyes, Peter Murphy
I'm Sorry, Hothouse Flowers
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), R.E.M.
And We Danced, The Hooters
Lavender (1998 Remaster), Marillion
Through the Barricades, Spandau Ballet

I didn't include Mr Springsteen here, because, that's another religion all together....!

Seanos · May 2010

Anonymous · May 2010

Seanos wrote:

Just spent a happy half hour trawling youtube, better stop now or I'll be at it all day

Throwing Muses - Mania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgTHbKtBAGM
Pixies - Hey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5ngAiLKvc
JAMC - Sidewalking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ry0J84cLe4
The Fall - Mr Pharmacist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56dxJjXbnjg
Darling Buds - Shame on You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5mG3UhtAs&feature=related
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3mB6WrhJ4
Julian Cope - Trampolene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWU8_pYs3CE
]Long Ryders - Looking For Lewis & Clark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0saf-DKQoM8
Love & Rockets - Haunted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvS9YTi7VXI&feature=related
Tones on Tail - Go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_zNg__isZQ
David Sylvian - Pulling Punches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_2lCDMudM
Edwyn Collins - Don't Shilly Shally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oS082HqfVE
Balaam & The Angel - Slow Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UYGrCHuaM
BAD - Medicine Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlTcwcELO_o&feature=related
The Clash - Magnificent 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcHL8efKKPE&feature=related
Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3me4UiAGc
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready to be Heartbroken?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z0-m31oh2w&feature=related
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFZ7326-9k0
Maria McKee - Sweet Sweet Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZieDftvnpc
Sugarcubes - Regina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PznnQ9nhWFU
Blue Aeroplanes - Jacket Hangs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWF09T_62Bk

Nice list matey, you have been busy.

Seanos · May 2010

dmclite wrote:

Nice list matey, you have been busy.

Well I need to do something since I can't get out on the bike - knackered knee tendons and at least a 4 week lay off. No P-R for me...

kentdowner · May 2010

Man, that brings back memories, Lone Justice and Throwing Muses...going to have to dust off my old LPs now! A few more...
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
Everythings Different Now - Til Tuesday
April Skies - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Waterfall - The Stone Roses

Must remember to get these downloaded to save my vinyl before it wears out!

Splottboy · May 2010

As that Scots old git used to say, "I don't believe it !"

You've ALL missed THE tune of the 80's...

Come on, you DO know it...Think now...

Alright, give in?

"Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis.

God, between now and the 2012 Olympics it'll be on TV Every - Bloody - Day!

Get over it...

Homer J · May 2010

Mars - pump up the volume

Pross · May 2010

Just went into my 80's playlist and was going to do a screen dump but have decided to hold on to what's left of my dignity :oops:

There are a few good ones on there (mainly by The Jam) but some real cheese too but I still love it.

IronHorse100 · May 2010

MadammeMarie wrote:

Can't Hardly Wait, The Replacements

One of my all time fave's, let alone the 80's

daviesee · May 2010

Pross wrote:

Just went into my 80's playlist and was going to do a screen dump but have decided to hold on to what's left of my dignity :oops:

There are a few good ones on there (mainly by The Jam) but some real cheese too but I still love it.

I thought that was a great idea.

I listed my iTunes in year order and one from 1985 was

"Fish Below The Ice" by Shriekback :P

Just above it is

"Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Never, ever,ever let me do that again!

Pross · May 2010

OK among my list:-

Eloise - The Damned
Cars / Are Friends Electric - Gary Newman (yes, I know Cars is from 79!)
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Hold Me Now / Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins :oops:
Save a Prayer / Rio / Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
Enola Gay - OMD
Ashes to Ashes / Heroes - David Bowie
99 Red Balloons - Nena :oops:
Run to You / Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Bat Out Of Hell / Modern Girl / Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
Every Rose Has It's Thorns - Poison
Going Underground / A Town Called Malice / Down In The Tube Station At Midnight / That's Entertainment - The Jam (some maybe late 70's)
Prince Charming / Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants

I've also got pretty much all of the Metallica Master of Puppets, Ride The Lightning and Justice for All albums on there plus Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction and G 'N R Lies and loads of other 80's hair bands.

A slightly eclectic mix!

dodgy · May 2010

Anyone remember "no more I love yous" by The Lover Speaks? Annie Lennox covered it and I honestly don't think I've ever heard her or any radio DJ acknowledge the original.

dodgy · May 2010

nicklouse wrote:

for Spotify users

http://open.spotify.com/user/nicklouse/ ... xL9XwwCFjm

spotify:user:nicklouse:playlist:4hRBLEQfpuNoxL9XwwCFjm

you can add to it as well

i have put most of them on it.

Good work fella!

Stevo_666 · May 2010

Quite a few of my faves already mentioned here. Here's a few more:
- You spin me round (like a record) - Dead or Alive
- I fought the law - Clash
- Red Red Wine - UB40
- Give me all your lovin'/Sharp dressed man/Legs - ZZ Top (OK, it was more about the videos)
- Addicted to love - Robert Palmer (ditto

)
- Too much too young - Specials
- Word Up - Cameo
- Just can't get enough - Depeche Mode
- Smash it up - The Damned

My history is a bit ropey, some of these might be late 70's but what the hell....

Porgy · May 2010

The 80s - I reinvented myself over and over through that decade - it's what the 80s was all about.

1980 - ditched the 2Tone look I'd had at the end of 1979 and adopted the ways of the Numanoids - and briefly got quite into adam and the ants - dirk wears white sox era
1981 - as synthesisers hit the main stream I started listening to the likes of the the, the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, New Order, Bauhaus - gloomy psych rock. started wearing black
1982 - discovered Talking Heads. Discovered bowie and Iggy Pop
1983 - went and saw billy Bragg, took my O levels
1984 - everything but the Girl, Jesus and Mary Chain - bought most of Bowie's albums through the year - Heroes, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Lodger, Scary Monsters
1985 - the Fall, the Smiths (I was late), saw Nico and became a Velvet underground fan, half man half biscuit - still massively into Bowie and completed collection with Low, young Americans, Station to station - moved to London and started going to gigs on weekly basis.
1986 - the whole C86 thing - Weddoes, Primal scream et al - saw bowie and renounced him. Now more into Lou reed. MES is my hero.
1987 - Prince, Sugarcubes, age of Chance, J&MC, a million little indie bands
1988 - graduated; suddenly obsessed with Elvis costello
1989 - Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, solo Morrissey, discovered blues, fell in love, got a job, bought a guitar and my first proper bike, started listening to Hip Hop for first time in my life. Lou Reed makes brilliant come back with "New York" album and go see Suzanne Vega. Go to America and discover country. Move into a house with three girls. 8)

then the 90s started - marriage and a mortgage followed shortly

garryc · May 2010

So many posts and no ones mentioned SSS...

Sique Sique Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
5 Star - All Fall Down
Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
The Scars - Everywhere I go
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

There's loads more, I just can't stop buying em'

attica · May 2010

Two classics to add to the mix

Einstein-a-go-go - Landscape
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Also to the OP, I see you're listening to Party Fears Two by The Associates - Ever tried it at a Karaoke evening? A sure fire eardrum spliter...

...and then there's the actual lyrics, anybody got any idea what on Earth he's on about?

Porgy · May 2010

Attica wrote:

Also to the OP, I see you're listening to Party Fears Two by The Associates - Ever tried it at a Karaoke evening? A sure fire eardrum spliter...

...and then there's the actual lyrics, anybody got any idea what on Earth he's on about?

it sounds like he's having a minor mental breakdown in song to me

I used to play the associates to my friends at school - and they thought I was weird and went back to their Bruce Springsteen records shaking their heads.

daviesee · May 2010

Porgy wrote:

Attica wrote:

Also to the OP, I see you're listening to Party Fears Two by The Associates - Ever tried it at a Karaoke evening? A sure fire eardrum spliter...

...and then there's the actual lyrics, anybody got any idea what on Earth he's on about?

it sounds like he's having a minor mental breakdown in song to me

I used to play the associates to my friends at school - and they thought I was weird and went back to their Bruce Springsteen records shaking their heads.

Sad thing is, he probably was

Porgy · May 2010

daviesee wrote:

Porgy wrote:

Attica wrote:

Also to the OP, I see you're listening to Party Fears Two by The Associates - Ever tried it at a Karaoke evening? A sure fire eardrum spliter...

...and then there's the actual lyrics, anybody got any idea what on Earth he's on about?

it sounds like he's having a minor mental breakdown in song to me

I used to play the associates to my friends at school - and they thought I was weird and went back to their Bruce Springsteen records shaking their heads.

Sad thing is, he probably was

well, yeah, in retrospect - but at the time I just thought he was being willfully eccentric.

MadammeMarie · May 2010

Porgy wrote:

I used to play the associates to my friends at school - and they thought I was weird and went back to their Bruce Springsteen records shaking their heads.

Clever people...!

Porgy · May 2010

dammit! I didn;t see that coming - I really didn;t see that coming.

Mind you - I sort of got into Springsteen some time in the 90s. I see him as the sort of artist you get into when you reach middle age.

attica · May 2010

Porgy wrote:

I see him as the sort of artist you get into when you reach middle age.

Haha, I've not succumbed to that temptation (Heaven 17) yet. I mustn't have reached middle age then!

Porgy · May 2010

Attica wrote:

Porgy wrote:

I see him as the sort of artist you get into when you reach middle age.

Haha, I've not succumbed to that temptation (Heaven 17) yet. I mustn't have reached middle age then!

i should have qualified that with - if at all - of course. I only like about 3 or 4 of his records in total - Nebraska, the river, Darkness on the edge of town and that Pete Seeger project he did a couple of years ago.

Splottboy · May 2010

"Bahn Bahn Bahn...Autobahn"

Kraftwerk...Is guud, ja?

Zo, you av NOT given zis groupen ze respect dey deserve...

Zo, you vill all be taken outzide and... shotten !!!

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