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Posted by: Guido on 31 May 2002

Being a little melancholic now and then I went through music I loved in the eighties and, tata:
Kissing the pink with "The last film" and "big man restless"
or Blancmange with "Don't tell me" (the mange tout album) are totally awsome!!!
Sitting here, staring at the horizon and trying to remember other "milestones" of 80ies new wave - whatever - synthie - dark pop.
Had a short listen to the meteors, they didn't make it, not a milestone.
What are your 2 or 3 milestones from the 80ies?
Regards
Guido
(sisters of mercy, cure, depeche mode, talking heads and philip boa don't have to be mentioned, their milestone status is undenyable)
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Stephen Bennett
Gizmogirl wrote

quote:
...not only are you looking a bit Limahl, but it...


At a recent Howard Jones acoustic gig my girlfriend took me to (Piano/guitar & vox - it was actually very good.), I was chatted up by a very attractive woman who was not only a big KJ fan in the eighties, but had met Limahl in person recently.

Now it all makes sense. And I thought it was my boyish charm.

wink

Stephen
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Former member
Stephen

I too have met Limahl (last year, departmental night out to the Roadhouse in Cov Garden, Limahl doing a tribute to the Eighties)...for your sake, I'd stick with the boyish charm idea...
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Rico
We saw Lloyd Cole and the negatives last year at Ocean in hackney - great gig, I'm told the new album is very good.

You're not the only one who digs early Lloyd.

Tin Drum is fab, as is Oil On Canvas in the Japan stakes.

And what about The Fixx? I saw them live in NZ in about 1984 IIRC (damn, where is that tour poster I have) - certainly seemed good at the time, they played hard and delivered to the crowd.

Anyone remember Oz act "The Johnnies"? 'My buzzsaw baby really cut me up' has to be up there in the list of classic song titles.

QUESTION Anyone remember who said "I know what I like, so you can all go ride a bike"? What was the name of the single?

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Former member
Isn't Kling Klang the name of Kraftwerk's studio?

More 80s memories...

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Toto Ceolo - I Eat Cannibals

Oh dear...
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by David Quigley
quote:
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!


Nick - thanks for that. Follow up question - why were DJs always so in awe of Pete Wylie. I always remember Dave Fanning going on about Pete Wylie on his rock show in Ireland in the '80's.
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Former member
quote:
Originally posted by David Quigley:
Follow up question - why were DJs always so in awe of Pete Wylie. I always remember Dave Fanning going on about Pete Wylie on his rock show in Ireland in the '80's.


He was intermittently brilliant, but you get the feeling that people at large got confused by the variability of his naming conventions: Wah!, Wah Heat!, The Mighty Wah! and I'm sure there were others. He just wasn't as easily marketed as Echo & The Bunnymen.
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Former member
quote:
Originally posted by Dutch:

More 80s memories...

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Toto Ceolo - I Eat Cannibals

Oh dear...


Hmmm...this sort of thing can only lead one way: enter Army Of Lovers fans!
Posted on: 07 June 2002 by Former member
Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour
Talk Talk - Mirror man
Men at Work - Overkill
Army of Lovers - only kidding...
Posted on: 08 June 2002 by Rico
Romeo Void - never say never

Psychedellic Furs - President Gas

Human League - Being boiled

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 09 June 2002 by David Dever
Modern English and the other "raincoat brigade" bands of that time, esp. on 4AD.

Kept us miserable Pennsylvanians moderately sane in a patchwork sort of way.

Dave Dever

P.S. Creds for the Dali's Car post. That record is a prescient reminder of later things to come (esp. Peter Murphy's solo career).
Posted on: 10 June 2002 by Guido
forget about them:

Heaven 17 - let's all make a bomb (the B Side of Penthouse and Pavement and Luxury Gap)
Eurythmics - sweet dreams
Thompson Twins - Ballet dancer (I had this song on autorepeat for at least three weeks at age 16)

As I'm going to be 35 tomorrow I seem to have a minor midlife crisis - the recommendations from this thread made me flip through music which had (at that time) a meaning for my life - based on this juvenile reminiscences, I ask myself what happened to my plans from 85, where is the fast and furious life I intended to lead.
Hmmmm.
whatsoever - keep em coming, I had great fun checking out a couple of your fav songs,
for example "I'm in love with a German Filmstar" by The passions (uups that was from "songs which make you tingle", I think) - 80ies pure!
Regards
Guido
(still young)
Posted on: 10 June 2002 by seagull
the chameleons!!
the smiths!!!
Posted on: 10 June 2002 by Former member
Kick was released in 1987 and is still worth a spin.
Posted on: 10 June 2002 by Rico
speaking of INXS, Shaboo Shoobah is IMHO one of their better works.

I saw them in Wellington in 1985, it was a blistering show. Somewhere I have 5x7's I took on 1600ASA film that night...

A friend of mine saw INXS when they first came to Wellington (somewhere around and 1980 IIRC), they played some dingy bar on Vivian St and only 20-or-so punters turned up. I remember the flyers on lamposts etc and wondering "whats an INXS?".



Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Rico
Oh and thanks, Dave! Nice to see you've not abandoned us. cool

I have Peter Murphy's "deep". Any others you'd recommend?

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Giles Felgate
Now if you asked for 2 or 3 peaks from each year, that might be achievable. Just off the top of my head 5 lay-down misere classics; The Trffids - Born sandy devotional; Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation; Eno & Byrne - My Life in the bush of ghosts; The Undertones - Hypnotised; Propaganda - a secret wish. I could probably rattle off a hundred or so if you really want!

Gileso
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Simon Jenkins
Shriekback - Jam Science
Fad Gadget - Under the flag and Fireside Favourites

Plus, though these sound really dated now.

Balaam and the Angel
Cabaret Voltaire

Loads more, but can't think at the moment.
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Former member
quote:
Originally posted by Simon Jenkins:

Loads more, but can't think at the moment.


That's exactly what I was saying - there's a consipracy to make us think eveything from the 80's was crap. Aliens, definitely aliens. Or rods...

Just remembered:

Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene. A superb and witty American blue-collar album (if that's not a major oxymoron). Ten superb songs. Even the dog can shake hands.

Laurie Anderson - BIg Science, Mister Heartbreak
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Rico
sun's coming up, like a big bald head. cool

Of Caberet Voltaire, I have Micrphonies. Heard it one saturday in a previous life doing some cabling at a flat, and one of the flatties had Microphonies spinning on the Rega P3. I was transfixed. Quizzed the girl about it, made a note, and rushed round to the reckid store to buy it on the way home. Great stuff. "Sensoria!". Oh yeah, it was a new release in those days. Oh yeah, on the black stuff, of course.



Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 11 June 2002 by Simon Jenkins
Nick,

Must be aliens. They came last night and took all my Duran Duran records. I think they are looking for hidden meanings with explanations of why there is life on earth.

Simon