Shameless Eighties Nostalgia Fest
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Yello - Oh Yeah. Into them way before it became famous by Ferris Bueller.Every winner has scars.0
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This rather good band from Manchester.
This group fits here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LNOhZI72AYbagpuss0 -
Porgy wrote:Splottboy wrote:"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 !!!
They didn't do a lot in the 80s though did they? Or the 90s. or at all since the 70s really.
Mainly re-issued their original stuff in other languages I believe. I always think of The Model as an 80's hit but original was apparently 78 :?0 -
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Porgy wrote: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.
Errrr....xcuse me? I got into Springsteen when I was 17, and all my Bruce fan friends got into him waaaaay before middle age. Youngsters are still discovering the man's back catalogue.
By the way, have you seen this? http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/0 -
MadammeMarie wrote:Porgy wrote: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.
Errrr....xcuse me? I got into Springsteen when I was 17, and all my Bruce fan friends got into him waaaaay before middle age. Youngsters are still discovering the man's back catalogue.
By the way, have you seen this? http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/
some people just get old before their time.
ta for the heads up - think i'll nip down to Smiths and get my copy before I go home tonight. 8)0 -
Pross wrote:Porgy wrote:Splottboy wrote:"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 !!!
They didn't do a lot in the 80s though did they? Or the 90s. or at all since the 70s really.
Mainly re-issued their original stuff in other languages I believe. I always think of The Model as an 80's hit but original was apparently 78 :?
and in the 80s it was originally b side to Computer Love (i think) but ended up getting more plays than a side0 -
Anyone heard LCD Soundsystems new album? Can hear loads of influences in there. Bowie, Talking Heads, OMD, Human League, Blancmange, Kraftwerk, The Icicle Works. Class album if you're into those kinda bands."A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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ShockedSoShocked wrote:Anyone heard LCD Soundsystems new album? Can hear loads of influences in there. Bowie, Talking Heads, OMD, Human League, Blancmange, Kraftwerk, The Icicle Works. Class album if you're into those kinda bands.
no Sparks?0 -
Have you heard one of the current Eursport ads with the track "Better than Love".Porgy wrote:ShockedSoShocked wrote:Anyone heard LCD Soundsystems new album? Can hear loads of influences in there. Bowie, Talking Heads, OMD, Human League, Blancmange, Kraftwerk, The Icicle Works. Class album if you're into those kinda bands.
no Sparks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8tBgI1BVQ
Don't know anything about the band - Hurts - but this track is really 80s - I say very Depeche Mode, Mr A reckons Human League.
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Rush . Xanadu.{Exit stage Left}
When me and the boss got married in 1988 I parted with my Album collection of more that 500 LP's
My tastes ranged from Neil Diamond to AC/DC ...they are still as varied.In the words of this song. Take it away John.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnO3LwkANXwbagpuss0 -
Been thinking of a few more tonight,it's been helping get Shadi off my mind.
L'Aventurier - Indochine
Flexible Strategies - The Police
Everybody Wants Some - Van Halen
Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush
Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top0 -
Whilst in HMF another favourtie was 38 special.From USA.First heard them at an Military Air Tattoo at Greenham Common.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1722VFxD-qI&feature=fvsr
more info here{bout the Band}.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38_Special_(band)
and this stunning lady fromDeutschland...Nena...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEWHItzvQHk&feature=fvstbagpuss0 -
bagpusscp wrote:Rush . Xanadu.{Exit stage Left}
When me and the boss got married in 1988 I parted with my Album collection of more that 500 LP's
My tastes ranged from Neil Diamond to AC/DC ...they are still as varied.In the words of this song. Take it away John.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnO3LwkANXw
Sorry mate, but that's just wrong.
What's next? Your bike?None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.0 -
she was either some looker or had an allergy to vinyl. ha ha
what about Bogshed, Stump, Big Flame, A witness, all the ron johnson gang.
or shouting out loud by the raincoats
deutsch Americanische Freundschaft
Shoe gazing
Peels '82 festive 50
1. New Order - Blue Monday
2. Smiths - This Charming Man
3. New Order - Age Of Consent
4. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
5. Cocteau Twins - Musette and Drums
6. Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain
7. Billy Bragg - A New England
8. The Fall - Eat Y'self Fitter
9. Smiths - Hand In Glove
10. Naturalites and the Mystics - Picture On The Wall
11. Red Guitars - Good Technology
12. P.I.L - This Is Not A Lovesong
13. X-Mal Deutchland - Incubus Succubus
14. Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup
15. Cure - Lovecats
16. Cocteau Twins - From the Flagstones
17. Echo and the Bunnymen - Never Stop
18. New Order - Your Silent Face
19. Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
20. Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
21. The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded
22. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter
23. The Assembly - Never Never
24. The Imposter - Pills and Soap
25. New Order - Leave Me Alone
26. 10000 Maniacs - My Mother The War
27. Sisters of Mercy - Alice
28. Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig
29. Aztec Camera - Oblivious
30. Redskins - Lean on Me
31. Chameleons - Second Skin
32. X-Mal Deutchland - Qual
33. Smiths - Handsome Devil
34. Tools You Can Trust - Working and Shopping
35. The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy
36. Luddites - Doppleganger
37. Sophie and Peter Johnson - Television
38. Cocteau Twins - Hithertoo
39. S.P.K - Metal Dance
40. The Fall - Wings
41. U2 - New Years Day
42. Danse Society - Somewhere
43. Birthday Party - Deep in the Woods
44. Caberet Voltaire - Fascination
45. New Order - The Village
46. Birthday Party - Sonny's Burning
47. Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers
48. Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding
49. Cure - The Walk
50. Tom Robinson - War BabyThe dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
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I'm impressed that you found a copy without the continental armpits. That's what I remember most about Nena - the armpits ... the hairy ... armpits ... arrrrggghhhhhhhhhh! [screaming smilie]bagpusscp wrote:... and this stunning lady fromDeutschland...Nena...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEWHItzvQHk&feature=fvstA fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill0 -
daviesee wrote:bagpusscp wrote:Rush . Xanadu.{Exit stage Left}
When me and the boss got married in 1988 I parted with my Album collection of more that 500 LP's
My tastes ranged from Neil Diamond to AC/DC ...they are still as varied.In the words of this song. Take it away John.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnO3LwkANXw
Sorry mate, but that's just wrong.
What's next? Your bike?
No problem here .Inxs of 20 machines .5 in our front room.Some you win some you lose.One reason for the Lp sale was CD.The sound don't cut it though...I mean coasters.....compared to vinyl .bagpuss0 -
Can't believe that I've only just caught this thread.......despite some of the fashion crimes, the music was awesome....!!
I mean, no decade passes without its clunkers, one hit wonders etc. (Seven tears by the Goombay dance band anyone? No? well how about agadoo by black lace?)...and manufactured music/boybands etc exist in different forms too...but what a decade for diversity and just some cracking pop tunes. Nobody likes everything, but tell me you can't find something to love from the following -
Started off with the back end of disco and all the post-punk stuff - police, blondie. Can't remember if there was still enough "proper" 70s style rock around, to be contrasted with the long coat/big hair/flying axe power ballad rockers, but heavy mettle evolved. Remember when G N'R seemed to rule the world?
R&B always leaves its influences - most obviously, plenty of soul around if that's your bag. Luther Vandross. Whitney Houston could do no wrong for a while (from a chart point of view). Maybe Tina Turners comeback fits here?
Ska/two tone. specials, the selector, the beat, and of course Madness.
The new romantics and synth based stuff (it's where half my musical heart lies -the 'League, depeche mode, OMD, Eurythmics,Yazoo Alphaville, Soft Cell, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Heaven 17, Japan, Eurythmics, Ultravox).
Remember the other, less synthy,side of the new romantics - spandeau/duran rivalry, maybe with ABC, wham and culture club thrown in? How do Frankie goes to hollywood fit?
Although it was born in the 70s, the 80s saw the mainstreaming of rap/hip hop(the other half of my heart - sugar hill gang, grandmaster flash, NWA, Public enemy, de la soul - even beastie boys!) Much better when it was either political statement or pure party music, rather than bling, 'hos and b1tches . (not that I don't possess a bit of nas, kanye etc.)
House music - better in the clubs. Most of the crossover stuff that found its way into the charts e.g. MARRS - pump up the volume, wasn't that hot (Although remember the epic performance by daryl pandy on TOTP wiggling around like a man possessed and then falling to the floor to "love can't turn around")
just in case you forgot
Indy bands and Madchester. Smiths, Happy Mondays, Stone roses...
A few individuals or songwriters enduring (bowie, costello, bragg, joe jackson).
Not my cup of tea, but no denying the phenomenon of Springsteen.
Likewise, whether you like/rate them or not, others who don't fit genres, but are so huge they are just - themselves. Michael Jackson. Madonna, Prince.
Also, whimsical female singer songwriters (Kate Bush early, Suzanne vega late) were an interesting change, rather than ten a penny (can't watch an ad on telly these days without being accompanied by a folorn female voice warbling in a folky style about some sh1te or other).
confessions: I actually liked simply red's first (quite jazzy) album, before he became just a crime against gingerhood. I don't hate bananarama. I quite liked haircut one hundred, and - here's the real shame - Curiosity killed the cat.
Whilst there was clearly some rubbish too, in terms of enduring, best selling acts, on behalf of the 80s I apologise for Phil Collins, Bryan Adams and Shakin Stevens. Also, I apologise for "twisting by the pool" and "money for nothing" by Dire straits. Compared to the bluesy sounds of their earlier albums, which I loved, this commercial tosh was just an abomination.
Only going to list some of my faves, as many already mentioned (and I'd be here all day) - but glad to see slightly less remembered talk talk, lloyd cole, tears for fears and even the Thomson twins getting some love. Also I was a massive level 42 fan too, a band that didn't seem to fit into an obvious category (don't bother replying with categories like crap, rubbish sh1te etc....
Probably just a fixation on Mark Kings bass playing.
"kings of the wild frontier": by adam and the ants needs a mention - both as a single and album
"blue monday" - new order.
"white lines" - grandmaster flash & melle mel
"pale shelter" tears for fears ( i prefer it to more popular "mad world'.)
"push it" salt 'n' peppa
"vienna" ultravox (robbed from no 1 spot by - choke - "shaddap your face"
Also, UB40 may now be best known for "reggae lite" dross like red, red, wine. but "signing off" was a cracking album.
It's no coincidence that my Karaoke staples are "tainted love" "love action" and "the look of love". (lexicon of love: best. pure. pop. album. ever.)
Been inspired to go to my music collection and pick at random until I hit a 80s cd.
result: Pauls boutique by beastie boys.
OMG, just realised that this post has become my very own shameless eighties nostalgia fest!!!! (am I allowed to use OMG in a thread about the eighties [/url] 0 -
Porgy wrote:ShockedSoShocked wrote:Anyone heard LCD Soundsystems new album? Can hear loads of influences in there. Bowie, Talking Heads, OMD, Human League, Blancmange, Kraftwerk, The Icicle Works. Class album if you're into those kinda bands.
no Sparks?
I've only had a quick blast through the album, but there probably is some in there somewhere. Pretty much every recent album that has any kind of electronica on it seems to take something from Number One Song in Heaven."A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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Yep the Police at the Top of their game.Outstanding .Saw them at the NEC..Took this stunning blonde.... .
I knew I should of taken the brunette instead. The evening would of finished with a bang. :twisted:
Oh and this band from Wales.Man.Split 1976 reformed 1983...So they count...just.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6ShRmUgCEbagpuss0 -
Cleat Eastwood wrote:
1. New Order - Blue Monday
2. Smiths - This Charming Man
3. New Order - Age Of Consent
4. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
5. Cocteau Twins - Musette and Drums
6. Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain
7. Billy Bragg - A New England
8. The Fall - Eat Y'self Fitter
9. Smiths - Hand In Glove
10. Naturalites and the Mystics - Picture On The Wall
11. Red Guitars - Good Technology
12. P.I.L - This Is Not A Lovesong
13. X-Mal Deutchland - Incubus Succubus
14. Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup
15. Cure - Lovecats
16. Cocteau Twins - From the Flagstones
17. Echo and the Bunnymen - Never Stop
18. New Order - Your Silent Face
19. Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
20. Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
21. The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded
22. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter
23. The Assembly - Never Never
24. The Imposter - Pills and Soap
25. New Order - Leave Me Alone
26. 10000 Maniacs - My Mother The War
27. Sisters of Mercy - Alice
28. Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig
29. Aztec Camera - Oblivious
30. Redskins - Lean on Me
31. Chameleons - Second Skin
32. X-Mal Deutchland - Qual
33. Smiths - Handsome Devil
34. Tools You Can Trust - Working and Shopping
35. The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy
36. Luddites - Doppleganger
37. Sophie and Peter Johnson - Television
38. Cocteau Twins - Hithertoo
39. S.P.K - Metal Dance
40. The Fall - Wings
41. U2 - New Years Day
42. Danse Society - Somewhere
43. Birthday Party - Deep in the Woods
44. Caberet Voltaire - Fascination
45. New Order - The Village
46. Birthday Party - Sonny's Burning
47. Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers
48. Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding
49. Cure - The Walk
50. Tom Robinson - War Baby
This was my 80s from about 1985 to 1988 only without the U2 and Sisters of Mercy...Bogshed were favourites of mine - still play them regularly. And Stump. And Mighty Mighty, Mighty Lemon Drops, The Flatmates, KUKL...too many too remember.
And Peter and Sophie Johnston - weren't they great?
Oh - and the sundays - saw them on every tour from when they started - 1988?0 -
Scanning the memory banks of a long gone Lp collection.
Prefab Sprouts.When love breaks down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Fq2SCx ... re=related
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