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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 13:15:58 GMT
************** lands yet another thunderous blow into RBO's territory.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 13:25:07 GMT
This should have been the follow up single to Blue Monday. It would have seen New Order go on to become bigger than Led Zep. However, Factory Records had its own way of doing things and canned it.
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Post by nik80 on Jul 9, 2014 13:30:23 GMT
As a decade it gets knocked quite heavily but musically there was some good stuff about IMO Number One when I was born Released a few weeks later Last number one of the 1980s... Damn you Stock Aitken Waterman
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Post by nik80 on Jul 9, 2014 13:31:45 GMT
************** lands yet another thunderous blow into RBO's territory. I nearly put Treason on, like Julian Cope, bit of an arse but great voice. Good shout there **************
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 13:36:56 GMT
Just fantastic. What a single this was. Unstoppable.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 9, 2014 14:36:00 GMT
Eighties music soundtracked my transition from kid to er.. 'adult', so there's tunes which summon up pivotal memories of life firsts and crucial moments: first time proper pub boozing, brawling and wenching. We were lucky in S-o-T, Chico's on a Saturday and the DJ Ben C Bowker really did kick the shit out of most 'alternative nights' around the country at the time. That's probably a chunk of hometown bias, but I did travel to many towns/clubs during the eighties and nowhere quite grasped the eclecticism of Chico's. You'd get REM 'Can't Get There From Here', the Long Ryders, Joy Division, New Order, Bpwie and Bauhaus alongside Run DMC, ACR, Banbarra and Gil Scott-Heron, and indeed Cameo and Grandmaster Flash. The Eighties for me was a time of musical cross-pollination where the boundaries between punk and funk, rock and rap started to crumble, and the seeds of dance/rave were sown.
That's a bit of a cheat, because 'The Bottle' was from '74, but neither I nor any of my peers heard it until about '84, and it blew us away. Up to that point the only dancing I did was a poorly executed pogo or an Ian Curtis seizure. 'The Bottle' allowed me to be a bit more sociable on the dancefloor. It made sense of bands like Working Week, Blue Rondo a La Turk, Everything But the Girl and even Style Council, and helped to broaden my hitherto tribal attitude to music. So Gil Scott-Heron made me think I was cool in the eighties.
And then these happened....
Good thread.
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Jul 9, 2014 15:53:40 GMT
Got you all beaten I think. Not so fast, sunshine...
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 9, 2014 17:25:51 GMT
'Fade to Grey' was great, Steve Strange is still touring, played at 'The Winking Man' recently, but time hasn't been kind and I wouldn't recommend seeing him live now, other than for curiosity.
Of that kind of ilk, I always thought The The were pretty cool.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 9, 2014 17:34:17 GMT
Frank Tovey, Fad Gadget was the synth go to dude for me though.
I'm thinking the original Human League 'Being Boiled', Gazza Numan and John Foxx 'Underpants' was late 70's not 80's, but I could be wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 17:36:14 GMT
Heaven 17. Great 12" this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 17:41:28 GMT
Best remix album of that decade. RIP Martin Rushent. Trouser flapping bass on this belter. Just incredible. Turn this up.
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Post by Trouserdog on Jul 9, 2014 17:47:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 17:50:40 GMT
I like Fad Gadget and "Collapsing New People" is my fave. But my go to guy for synth will always be Jon Foxx. I got to know him and Louis Gordon well years later too and he's still at it. Loves his analogue synths, knows how to get the best out of them and and has never strayed. Top bloke and a genuine artist.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 17:53:37 GMT
For me, Sex Dwarf was Chico's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 18:00:51 GMT
'Fade to Grey' was great, Steve Strange is still touring, played at 'The Winking Man' recently, but time hasn't been kind and I wouldn't recommend seeing him live now, other than for curiosity. Of that kind of ilk, I always thought The The were pretty cool. It's a small point but I always preferred the original demo version of Uncertain Smile. Much more musical.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 9, 2014 18:01:08 GMT
Just creeping into the 80's and a bit of uneasy viewing today, but at the time I thought Japan were head and shoulders above the fake feyness of Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and Spandex Bullet etc. 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids' is a great album, some funky bass manoeuvres.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 18:02:52 GMT
Possibly the best 12" of the decade? The epic "Killing Moon" 12''. My god, at times the Bunnymen were simply in a class of their own.
I'd put this tune right up there with the very best of the entire Beatles catalogue. What a sound - Liverpool has this knack of throwing up bands like the Bunnymen.
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Post by Trouserdog on Jul 9, 2014 18:09:36 GMT
Bunnymen's Eighties stuff is sublime. 'Heaven up Here' has never been out of my top 10 best ever albums list.
Shame that most of the stuff they've released in their second incarnation has been gash. (a few tracks from 'Evergreen' and 'Siberia' are worth a spin, but nowt else)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 18:13:53 GMT
This had appeal too
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 18:20:54 GMT
Another brilliant 12". Killer bass on this too. I liked 12' vinyl - big fat grooves. Astonishing vocal performance and heart wrenching lyrics by Jimmy Somerville.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 9, 2014 18:34:50 GMT
Well if it's the Eighties you're talking about one rather obvious (and brilliant) tune needs to be included...
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 9, 2014 18:41:54 GMT
Eighties music soundtracked my transition from kid to er.. 'adult', so there's tunes which summon up pivotal memories of life firsts and crucial moments: first time proper pub boozing, brawling and wenching. We were lucky in S-o-T, Chico's on a Saturday and the DJ Ben C Bowker really did kick the shit out of most 'alternative nights' around the country at the time. That's probably a chunk of hometown bias, but I did travel to many towns/clubs during the eighties and nowhere quite grasped the eclecticism of Chico's. You'd get REM 'Can't Get There From Here', the Long Ryders, Joy Division, New Order, Bpwie and Bauhaus alongside Run DMC, ACR, Banbarra and Gil Scott-Heron, and indeed Cameo and Grandmaster Flash. The Eighties for me was a time of musical cross-pollination where the boundaries between punk and funk, rock and rap started to crumble, and the seeds of dance/rave were sown. That's a bit of a cheat, because 'The Bottle' was from '74, but neither I nor any of my peers heard it until about '84, and it blew us away. that point the only dancing I did was a poorly executed pogo or an Ian Curtis seizure. 'The Bottle' allowed me to be a bit more sociable on the dancefloor. It made sense of bands like Working Week, Blue Rondo a La Turk, Everything But the Girl and even Style Council, and helped to broaden my hitherto tribal attitude to music. So Gil Scott-Heron made me think I was cool in the eighties. Good thread. If you talking about Gil Scott Heron in a thread about the '80s this song has to feature;
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 18:42:58 GMT
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Post by Billybigbollox on Jul 9, 2014 18:55:27 GMT
The Clash double A side 12" Should I stay or should I go/ Go straight to hell. The Bollox.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 9, 2014 18:59:54 GMT
The 1980s to me is;
Theatre of Hate
Southern Death Cult
Bauhaus
Sisters of Mercy
New Order (Everythings Gone Green)
The Fall. (Container Drivers)
The Smiths
Cocteau Twins
Wedding Present
Three Johns
Public Enemy
And lets never forget...
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ....I.LIBERATE I LIBERATE...I LIBERATE
Good owd Kirk Brandon ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 19:26:51 GMT
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Jul 9, 2014 19:29:06 GMT
Look of Love - ABC Enola Gay - OMD African and White - China Crisis
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 9, 2014 19:31:44 GMT
Almost forgot...
Zigue Zigue Sputnik
Love Missile @ Shelleys mid 80s is probably the best 'live' record Iive records I've ever heard. .apart from Surfinbird by The Cramps 1986 Viccy Hall who were the best live band ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 19:52:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 19:57:11 GMT
My stylus quite obviously got stuck in a groove in late 1979 .....!
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