totally 80ies

This is really tricky.

When I stop and think about it I play very little from the 80's compared to 60's, 70.s and 90's.

Talk Talk, Nik Kershaw (wouldn't claim his work to be a milestone - just enjoy it), Psychedelic Furs.

B.A.D. (hah!)

The 4AD crew: Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil.

Ummm....most of the rest energed in the late 70's.

were a fantastic period in music, all the growing up in the post punk era.

Just a few seminal bands were :

Chrome
The Pop Group
Wire
Throbbing Gristle
Modern Romance
Dollar
Yazoo
The Residents
New Order
Severed Heads
Jesus & Mary Chain
Front 242

etc etc

DS

Hi All!

As my hope is to rediscover some songs I neglected/never heard:
What are/is the milestone song of that band?

With the Jesus and Mary chain it would be "Just like honey", Yazoo had a smash hit with "Don't go", with Front 242 it's more difficult (weren't they the first techno band?), "Im Rhythmus bleiben" comes to my mind or that track with the line: "... for the first time in history that blind boy could see...", have to dig out the albums.
The others, I have to admit, I don't know that well.
Sisters of Mercy saved a summer holiday in France with "Temple of Love", "Marian" generates nearly the same feelings with me.
Just thought of Rita Mitsuko, was it "Andy"?
So what are the milestone songs?
Regards
Guido
P.S.: Talk Talk - "Such a shame", Nik Kershaw "The riddle" (or was that Limahl? they are both former Kajagogoo, are they?); New Order - "Blue Monday"?

David,

Congrats on almost slipping Dollar past us in amongst the good stuff!

Guido,

Don't think Kershaw was in Kajagoogoo! His best song was "Wouldn't It Be Good", but his first three albums are packed with excellent tunes. The only thing is that the arrangements tended to be a bit samey, and have that certain 80's something just just hasn't worn well. Excellent pop though.

Likewise, there are so many Talk Talk songs that are first-rate, and then later things that weren't really "songs" at all, but were perhaps even more ground-breaking.

Surely,

The Jesus and Mary Chain's pinnacnle was "Upside Down" ?

That defined their sound and approach, everything else was a variant on that (still good though.

DS

I was serious about Dollar - what voices!

Ahh Guido, not only do I have Kissing the pink - naked, but also "certain things are likely". There are some great soundscapes in the first album. I'm sure I've heard some of it sampled in recent releases.

I guess they're filed by most people along with Blancmange under "awful" - I still dig them anyway. (skeletons in the closet time) I even have a bunch of Blancmange 12" eps. "I can't explain" has such a driving clanking bassline.

Hey, what about the first "Ministry" album. Certinaly a "contrast" to their later stuff.

Then of course there's - which I think is outstanding.

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

also gave us hip hop and electro!

DS

Hi Rico,

had a chance to get a (the?) Dalis Car record.
Hmmm.
eighties on acid?
Dead can dance meet tears for fears?
It's a bit special, is it?
And slow.
Velvet Underground from Cornwall?
They really do like orgeans (?), do they?

David,

searching the web for "Dollar" surely got me into intersting sites, your suggestions I have to check out in the future.

Have to give in that eighties are just an add on to other music I like in the moment.

Regards
Guido

The 80s also gave us....

The Blue Nile
Prefab Sprout
Tears for Fears
Talk Talk
David Sylvians solo work
U2
King Crimson mk 2
Peter Gabriels solo work
Thomas Dolby
Cocteau Twins

I loved kissing the Pink too

More I'm sure...

OK -some started in the 70s but peaked in the 80s.

Stephen

Oh - and these lovely lads - can you guess which one is me?





[This message was edited by Stephen Bennett on THURSDAY 06 June 2002 at 16:27.]

In the spirit of specific songs rather than artists

The Waah (Sp) Story of the blues (who was the lead singer)
Visage Fade to Grey
Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric
Life in a Northern Town (damn -who was that by?)

Haven't heard any of these in years.

David

Dream Academy, I think

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Life in a Northern Town (damn -who was that by?)

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This is by dream academy. I bought the CD again recently (my LP is missing!). Great song, horrible sounding album.

Stephen

The one on the far left is Mr Bennett.

Isn't it?

Steve

...that was my pet chimp Jaff..

Everyone had one in the '80s



Stephen

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Originally posted by David Quigley:
The Waah (Sp) Story of the blues (who was the lead singer)

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The Mighty Wah - Pete Wylie

I picked a few things out too, but was surprised at how many were late 70's rather than 80's....like "Are Friends Electric" - 1979!

Take that jewel-like label Zoo Records, a lot of their classic stuff was late 70's, though a bit crept into the early 80's.

The compilation album "From the shores of Lake Placid" is possibly Liverpool's finest hour. Some of the featured artists:

Big In Japan
Those Naughty Lumps
The Teardrop Explodes
Echo and The Bunnymen
Lori and The Chameleons
Dalek (I Love You)

And it all still sounds good today (that proves it was spritually 70's anyway)

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Originally posted by Stephen Bennett:
Oh - and these lovely lads - can you guess which one is me?

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Second right?

...Mr Lees. A copy of 'Creative Hairdressing in the '80s' is winging it's way to you as we speak.


Stephen

...and a copy of Too Shy by Kajagoogoo

....'hush, hush'

What was I thinking? Strangely, My girlfriend, who is '80s mad even though she was aged 4 to 14 in that decade, loves those pictures of me.

Can't account for taste eh?

I seem to be wearing Dr Who's jacket.

Stephen

...not only are you looking a bit Limahl, but it seems that Spandau Ballet's drummer's made it to the front row, second left's from Modern Romance and the geezer on the right has got a touch of the Midge Ure's.

Brilliant photo

There are a couple of bands locally (Liverpool) who are really doing something quite interesting with 80s synth pop ideas, but cleverly loosing the inherent crapness of that genre.

Ladytron are great fun, check out www.ladytron.net - the album 604 is really good, as are the many singles. They really have filtered out the naffness of 80s synth pop, but kept exactly the right amount of cheese.

The other local lot are Kling Klang, who I went to see play last night. They currently only have one 7” single to their name, ‘Rocker’ on Guided Missile records, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that hasn’t long sold out. Its good anyway! This band really have potential, they remind me of a far more aggressive early Kraftwerk (i.e. prior to Autobahn), but they are far “more rock”, some tracks even venture into metal style riffing, but all on old synths. The fact they use live drums and no sequencing really puts them somewhere pretty unique, I am very interested to see where they end up. Oh, and they were playing a Residents album before they went on… always a good sign in my experience.

Underground music in Liverpool is pretty damn good at the moment, there are a few great new bands bubbling under: Flamingo 50, 3 Minute Margin, Voo, and Mugstar.

Anyway, here is a pic of Kling Klang from last night…



PS I hand held that for 1 sec!

I think Japan's albums stand up remarkably well these days, especially from Quiet Life on.

Talk Talk's early albums I can pretty much do without, but The Colour Of Spring is a superb pop album, and of course Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock (yes, I know that was 1991) are simply two of the greatest albums ever. EVER.

I also still love Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' three albums. I don't think anyone else does though.

Phil

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Originally posted by Phil Tate:
I also still love Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' three albums. I don't think anyone else does though.

Phil

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No, no. Not so. I'd forgotten about them. They're all good but Mainstream is a near masterpiece of pop/rock. How did I forget about them? Some alien conspiracy to make us forget something important?

Hmmm...looks like I'm out of drugs....

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Originally posted by Stephen Bennett:
...Mr Lees. A copy of 'Creative Hairdressing in the '80s' is winging it's way to you as we speak.


Stephen

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You're so very very lucky my scanner doesn't work otherwise you'd be entertained by my 1972 Marc Bolan effort...

Sadly the book is wasted on me now!

yes and of course The Associates, more of The Cure, Art of noise, Big Country, Human League, Billy Idol, Gang of four, shreikback...

there was some good stuff in there somewhere...

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio