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The best of the 1980's
I know some people here still love the 80's. What were your highlights?
For me, the pinnacle was 1984, Frankie Goes to Hollywood ruled. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...48788xbvry.jpg |
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1986, Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
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Level 42!! If you find a faster bassist, i'll eat my hat. and then eat it again after i crap it out.
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Kiss.
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1983 and 1984. I graduated from High School (yes, I'm showing my age, here...) Def Leppard and Pat Benatar were at the top of their game, and MTV was changing the face of music as we knew it. They definitely didn't suck back then!
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yeah, the early years of MTV ruled, now it just sucks. and i just like the whole era music wise, you saw a lot of musical shifts in a short period of time. but the most memorable would be when i discovered alternative music! The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, etc., definite musical jump for me!
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I'll join your 80s party, as long as I can spin
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin Goin On But The Rent MARRS - Pump Up The Volume Eric B & Rakim - Paid in full (coldcut remix) Public Enemy - Fight The Power Art of Noise - Moments In Love De La Soul - Buddy Double D and Steinski - Lesson Three The Specials - Guns Of Navarone Pig Bag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pig Bag Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid (Snowman Mix) Together - Hardcore Uproar Thankyou for helping me to choose my playlist for this morning :D |
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ripe, that's one fine selection man.
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Cylob,
I totally agree with you about FGTH, what an awesome band. Trevor Horn's producer talents in all their glory... I love the 80s mostly because some of my fave bands were at the height of their powers at that time : The Cure, New Order, FGTH, The Smiths, and more generally, I love the synth pop/new wave stuff of that period. :) |
I loved new wave & later house. It's head & shoulders above today's mainstream. The good thing is 80's style synth-pop is very much alive in the form of electroclash (the blueprint being Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret).
The 80's are coming back! |
Back during the 80's I liked 80's rock like GnR, White Lion, Bon Jovi, Poison, White Snake, etc..
Now I don't really care for that crap but among 80's bands I do like are Dire Straits, New Order, Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
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Frankie goes to Hollywood is one of the best music artists ever - their all-time hit single 'Relax' is still rated as the best song ever composed by any artist to date, IMO. Other than FGTH, some of my favourite 80s artists would be: 1. Tears for Fears 2. Pet Shop Boys 3. Alphaville |
What would your ultimate 80's compilation tape include? I'll have a stab:
A-Side Human League - Love Action Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Tears For Fears - Shout Depeche Mode - Master & Servant Thompson Twins - Love on Your Side Howard Jones - What Is Love New Order - Blue Monday Soft Cell - Tainted Love ABC - Poison Arrow Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) B-Side The Cure - Love Cats Rock Steady Crew - Hey You M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing U2 - With Or Without You Ultravox - The Thin Wall Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day Def Leppard - Animal Duran Duran - Planet Earth Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia (My Reflection) Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory |
Well, let's see. A good pop/rock combo should do the trick:
Side A: Blondie - Atomic Japan - Quiet Life Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (are made of this) Autograph - Turn Up The Radio Teardrop Explodes - Treason New Order - World in Motion Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short Human League - Don't You Want Me Aha - Take On Me Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Grandmaster Flash - The Message Peter Gabriel - Slegehammer Side B: G n' R - Welcome To The Jungle The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name Van Halen - Aint Talkin' 'bout Love Queen - Hammer To Fall Echo And The Bunnymen - Killing Moon Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection Metallica - Ride The Lightning ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner And a few others. Obviously nothing by Kylie, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Cyndi Lauper (I hate her voice), Bros, Yazz, or Bananarama... |
My 80s compilation tape would be mostly New Wave:
SIDE A: Alphaville - Big in Japan PSB - Suburbia Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world New Order - Blue Monday Baltimora - Tarzan Boy Depeche Mode - Dangerous FGTH - Relax Tears for Fears - Shout Duran Duran - Wild Boys Van Halen - Right now SIDE B: FGTH - Two Tribes The Cutting Crew - I just died in your arms New Order - True Faith Murray Head - One night in Bangkok Europe - The Final Countdown Alphaville - Forever Young PSB - Go West Van Halen - Jump PSB - Always on my mind Duran Duran - Ordinary World I agree that it's a bit repetitive in terms of the artists, but this is what my 80s collection would look like. |
As far as Im concerned, Iron Maiden takes the cake for 80s. They pretty much evolved that type of music in a decade or so! Hands down... all their albums kicked ass!
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Didn't Iron Maiden release an album a year? I was big on Def Leppard myself, High N Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria. When I bought my kids a hi-fi last year I gave them just 1 CD - High N Dry. Lesson 1: Rock N Roll.
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...33611803mp.jpg I believe for the Saudi release they had to put water in the swimming pool. They may have plenty of oil, but not alot of h2o. |
a few more off the top of my head/HardDisc
The Family Stand - Ghetto Heaven Cookie Crew - Got To Keep On Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love De La Soul - Eye Know Stetsasonic - Talking All That Jazz Happy Mondays - W.F.L. Joyce Sims - All And All (The UK Remix) Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis Royal House - Can You Party Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life Lil Louis - French Kiss The Style Council - Promised Land Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino S'Express - Hey Music Lover...... arghh LIST MANIA!! Have to agree that Trevor Horn worked wonders on the Pleasuredome album (well the first half at least :p :D ). Also I recommend checking out some of the 12" Frankie mixes of the day - "Two Tribes (Annihilation)" is fantastic, complete with extended Ronnie Reagan clips, voiced, I think, by Chris Barrie. Also, an artist getting something of a reappraisal in my house is PRINCE! The Minneapolis Midget! He wrote some awesome tunes in the 80s :up: :up: |
The Safety Dance owns all....
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Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
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How update albums!
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jaco pastorius (or however you spell it) is probably the master, and i suspect les claypool could play faster than the level 42 guy as well. could be wrong, though - the level 42 guy was really damned good... |
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Don't forget zootm, the Level 42 guy (Mark King is it) has extra large fingers. He can slap that guitar alright. It's a shame they only ever wrote 1 good song.
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...gawd, i just made myself feel old, i automatically catagorized the 80's as an era:cry: |
My 80's playlist: http://www.geocities.com/cylob2003/80s
Almost perfected, just a few tracks to add. It beats the fiddly compilation CDs. |
System Addict by Five Star? You're 'aving a larf! That was terrible. You did pick some other gems though:
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie <most of the stuff on my aforementioned 'tape'> Kraftwerk - Tour de France :D, :up: |
I know Five Star are crap, but for some reason I actually like System Addict (also 2 others). I can't help it! My older brother listens to Bros, now that is demented. He even had the haircut & ring-pull in the shoe-lace.
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Ah, the 80's - the worst era EVER for fashion and mainstream rock, but possibly the best for alternative and indie. :D
20) The Cure - Disintegration 19) Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me 18 ) Metallica - Master of Puppets 17) Sonic Youth - Sister 16) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour 15) REM - Murmur 14) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything 13) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 12) Pixies - Surfer Rosa 11) The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy 10) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 9) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 8 ) Joy Division - Closer 7) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade 6) REM - Document 5) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 4) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 3) Talking Heads - Remain In Light 2) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 1) Pixies - Doolittle |
Very class Cpt Bottles. I have 90% of the above (now), but I didn't own them at the time. So you weren't into New Wave then.
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These lists always bother me. Not enough room! |
You can always post your playlist so we can have a laugh. There's a playlist thread kicking about somewhere.
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I'm a downloader and a purchaser, so my playlist is kinda empty right now.
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Ah well, would've been interesting to see what you have.
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I just saw a preview of where they're coming with 3 DVD collection of "High School Reunion" with Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. I'd love to have the soundtracks to those. Great songs from those movies.
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I dont know much on the 80's but here's some that I think are good.
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust Slayer - Hell Awaits Sepultura - Beneath The Remains. |
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A few more 80s tracks I'd recomend listening to:
1. Pseudo Echo - Funkytown 2. Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin 3. FGTH - Lunar Bay (very rare, but excellent none the less) |
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