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Necessary 80s music.

twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
A conversation the other day between my younger brother and myself: Him: "Dude, check out this song..." plugs Ipod into stereo.Maneater by Hall & Oates begins to play.Me: "Hmmm." Him: (speaking as if to a child) "It's by this band called Hall & Oates." Me: "Um, yeah." Long pause while music plays.Him: "Have you ever heard of them?"Long story short, my bro needs an education in 80s music so I'm making him a mix CD. I'm trying to stick to the classics that I personally enjoy, but I'm open to strutter suggestions on anything that should be mandatory listening. So far I've downloaded:Joe Jackson - Stepping OutToto- AfricaThe Church - Under the Milky WayQuaterflash - Harden My Heart (hey, they're local ok?)Romantics - Talking in your SleepTears for Fears - Head Over HeelsAdam Ant - Goody Two ShoesName some more!

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  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    Couple (imo) essentials that jump to mind:

    New Order - Blue Monday
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
    Sade - Sweetest Taboo

    some Prince...
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
    Couple (imo) essentials that jump to mind:

    New Order - Blue Monday
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
    Sade - Sweetest Taboo

    some Prince...

    Thanks for the suggestions. I tried snagging Love Will Tear us Apart on Kazaa, but couldn't find a fast connection.

    Where's Shig?
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    Talking Heads-Wild Wild Life
    Talking Heads-Burning Down The House
    The Smiths-How Soon Is Now
    Michael Jackson-Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, PYT
    Rah Band-Clouds Across The Moon
    Aha-Take On Me
    Wang Chung-Dancehall Days
    Wang Chung-The Waves (killer!!!!!!)
    Wang Chung-Everybody Have Fun Tonight extended mix
    One Night In Bangkok
    Many more Tears For Fears tunes
    UB40-Red Red Wine
    Level 42-There Is Something About You
    Kajagoogoo-Too Shy
    Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams
    Bobby Brown-My Prerogative
    New Edition-Candy Girl
    Chaka Khan-I Feel For You
    Hall And Oates-I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
    Revenge of The Nerds Theme they play to win the talent contest in the movie

    TBC

  • schnipperschnipper 528 Posts
  • raredaveraredave 205 Posts
    give the lad a copy of the DJ Spinbad "Casbah" mix...
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    Most of the early Duran Duran still holds up (Hungry Like The Wolf, Rio, Girls On Film, Planet Earth), and there's the later stuff like The Reflex and Wild Boys.
  • frankynipplezfrankynipplez 410 Posts
    give the lad a copy of the DJ Spinbad "Casbah" mix...
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts

    colored vinyl (grey and purple), plaese
  • Imperial_MaoImperial_Mao 1,119 Posts
    Adam and the Ants : Car Trouble > Adam Ant : Goody twoshoes

    Infact the whole of the "Dirk wears white sox" LP is pretty good...
  • smallchangesmallchange 202 Posts
    You said you're starting at ground zero, but if you get 12"/dub versions of 80's songs, you'll find some nice remixes of the hits. This is how I keep myself amused when doing cheesy parties. He may want to know the original versions first, but its nice to give him some different shit then what he'd find on his own.

    Wham 'Everything She Wants' 12" Remix version
    Duran Duran 'Girls on Film' (Night Version)
    Human League 'Keep Feeling Fascination' (Dub)
    Human League 'Don't You Want Me' (Instrumental)
    Prince 'Raspberry Beret' 12" extended
    Dead or Alive 'You spin me Round' 12"
    New Order 'Blue Monday' dub version...kills
    Yaz 'Situation' Dub...or OG.

    I haven't heard that spinbad mix but from what I've heard about it (and other mixes he's done with JS-1, etc) I'm sure its retarded.

    If you think he's ready for something a bit grittier/no wavey try

    Gang of 4 'Entertainment' LP
    Grauzone 'Eisbar'
    Laidback 'White Horse'
    A Certain Ration 'Shack Up'
    Disco Not Disco comps.
    ESG, Liquid Liquid, Konk, various 99 records shit.
    23 Skidoo 'Coup' (later ripped off by the chemical brothers)

    bonus wedding cheeze:

    Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Come on Eileen'
    Pretenders 'Middle of the Road' (gets the yuppies moving!)
    Taco 'Puttin' on the Ritz'
    Talking Heads 'Naive Melody' (actually this is a jam)

    $??






  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
    Adam and the Ants : Car Trouble > Adam Ant : Goody twoshoes



    Infact the whole of the "Dirk wears white sox" LP is pretty good...



    Yeah, Goody Two Shoes is not my favorite Adam Ant track by far, but I think it's something my brother will like.



    I couldn't get everything I wanted, but I got enough for a short mix. Here's the final track listing:



    1. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels



    2. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes



    3. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It



    4. Toto - Africa



    5. A-ha - Take On Me



    6. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out



    7. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)



    8. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran



    9. Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Yeah, technically not 80s, but he needs to hear it.)



    10. The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep



    11. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart



    12. Roxy Music - More Than This



    13. Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter



    14. Hall and Oates - Out of Touch (Have you heard of these guys?)



    15. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Thanks for reminding me of that track, Schnipper)



    16. Men At Work - Down Under



    17. Laura Branigan - Self Control



    18. The Church - Under the Milky Way[/b]



    I'll post audio later.



  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
    Here's the mix:

    Real Audio Clip (256k, so decent sound)

    I did it really quick, so it's nothing fancy. I also haven't adjusted all the levels, so some songs are quieter than they should be. Still, I thought it'd be fun to share.

    Enjoy!
  • oldnewsouloldnewsoul 238 Posts
    Madness- Our House
    Elvis Costello- anything from that period
    Police-Message in a Bottle, Voices in My head, Spirits in the Material World
    Atlantic Starr- Silver Shadow
    Luther Vandross- Never Too much
    Teena Marie- Square Biz
    The Time- 777-9311
    Prince- Dirty Mind, Controversy,Purple Rain
    Crash Crew- High Powered Rap
    Clash- London Calling
    U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
    Peter Gabriel- Shock The Monkey
    Thomas Dolby- dolby's Cube
    Treacherous Three- Feel the Heartbeat

  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts
    a few late additions



    Rockwell - Somebodys Watching

    Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

    Psychedlic Furs - Love My Way

    Knight Rider Theme Song

    Nena 99 Luftballons

    David Bowie - Magic Dance

    Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi

    When In Rome - The Promise

    Wang Chung - Dancehall Days

    Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

    Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my Heart

    INXS - I Need You Tonight

    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

  • ayoayo 44 Posts
    Corey Heart - i wear my sunglasses at night
    Oran juice jones - walking in the rain
    prince - when doves cry
    quiet riot - cmon feel the noize
    guns n roses - all of appetite for destruction

  • wooshiewooshie 490 Posts


  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    phil collins - susudio(sp?)
    billy idol - dancing with myself
    knack - my sharona(80's?)
    motley crue - home sweet home
    billy joel -still rock n roll
    stray cats - stray cat strut
    pet shop boys - west end girls
    culture club - karma cameleon
    kim wilde - kids in america
    shannon - let the music play
    eu - da butt
    huey lewis - heart of rock n roll
    peace, stein. . .
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
    Y'all have some good suggestions. I might have to do a part two if he digs the first one.
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    THE SOFT BOYS
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey Two-ply,



    Here are some more:



    -"Ever Changing Moods"-Style Council.

    -"Pull Up to My Bumper"-Grace Jones.

    -"We've Only Just Begun (The Romance is Not Over)"-Glenn Jones.

    -"Slow Down"-Loose Ends.

    -"Cool Night"-Paul Davis.

    -"I.G.Y."-Donald Fagen.

    -"Hearts"-Marty Balin.

    -"Reminiscing"-Little River Band.

    -"Tenderness"-General Public.

    -"The Perfect Way"-Scritti Politti.

    -"Trouble"-Lindsay Buckingham.

    -"Ain't No Stoppin' Us"-Ollie & Jerry.

    -"Ain't Nobody"-Chaka Khan.

    -"Forget Me Nots"-Patrice Rushen.

    -"Love Come Down"-Evelyn "Champagne" King.

    -"Every Generation"-Ronnie Laws.

    -"The Word is Out"-Jermaine Stewart.

    -"Spread My Wings"-Troop (I think this is from '88; I might be wrong).

    -"Wishin' Well"-Terence Trent D'Arby.

    -"Electric Avenue"-Eddy Grant.

    -"Breakout"-Swingout Sister.



    Peace,



    Big Stacks from Kakalak
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    matthew wilder - break my stride. one of my fav's
    bowie - lets dance
    cyndi lauper - girls just wanna
    bon jovi - livin on a prayer
    peace, stein. . .
  • grumblegrumble 72 Posts
    ANITA BAKER !!!!!
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts




    Stein: "My Sharona" was 1979. Big Stacks: the Little River Band's "Reminiscing" was 1978.[/b]
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
  • OlskiOlski 355 Posts
    What the heck is an 80ties mix? How can ten years of music be represented in one mix? You can maybe be kinda sucessful when you try and make a 50ties or 60ties mix but pop music was way to diverse in the 80ties. I started buying records in 1980 seriously so I know what I am talking about. From my point of view the 80ties were one of the most interesting and exciting decades in music. I started as a teenage prog rock/ hippiie music fan, disbanded that whole sound through Punk and New Wave, started diggin soul and garage punk before hip-hop changed it all.

    Many of my all-time favourite bands from The spacials to BDP are from the 80ties and I still can't stand all the 80ties crap that i used to hate religiously back than: Joe Jackson, The Smiths, Toto, UB40, Kate Bush, INX, Eurythmics, Phil Collins ...and the list goes on.

    Sorry for hijacking, Twolpy, your mix mirrors some of the best and worst music from that period, even though I can't cope with the headline.

    Smallchange and Risingson represent my 80ties best!!
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    What the heck is an 80ties mix? How can ten years of music be represented in one mix?

    I believe he just wants a simple compilation. He's not trying to write the history of the world on the head of a pin.

    You can maybe be kinda sucessful when you try and make a 50ties or 60ties mix but pop music was way to diverse in the 80ties.

    As if 50's and 60's music wasn't? Hell, the sixties alone gave us garage, psychedelia, frat rock, Latin boogaloo, the Bakersfield country sound, the blues (both soul-blues and the white revival kind), what was left of the Rat Pack (Frank, Sammy & Dean, still having hits even though their era was gone), bubblegum, folk-rock, Phil Spector, Stax-Volt, Motown, soul-jazz (Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Smith, etc.), the folk music boom, etc., etc., and etc..

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    What the heck is an 80ties mix? How can ten years of music be represented in one mix?

    I kinda agree w/ u but you have to start some where. You could make separate mixes for all the various genres. It's just an introduction not a clear history of music.All you can hope for is his little brother doing the extra leg work to delve deeper into the artists he finds attractive.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,915 Posts
    What the heck is an 80ties mix? How can ten years of music be represented in one mix? You can maybe be kinda sucessful when you try and make a 50ties or 60ties mix but pop music was way to diverse in the 80ties. I started buying records in 1980 seriously so I know what I am talking about. From my point of view the 80ties were one of the most interesting and exciting decades in music. I started as a teenage prog rock/ hippiie music fan, disbanded that whole sound through Punk and New Wave, started diggin soul and garage punk before hip-hop changed it all.

    Many of my all-time favourite bands from The spacials to BDP are from the 80ties and I still can't stand all the 80ties crap that i used to hate religiously back than: Joe Jackson, The Smiths, Toto, UB40, Kate Bush, INX, Eurythmics, Phil Collins ...and the list goes on.

    Sorry for hijacking, Twolpy, your mix mirrors some of the best and worst music from that period, even though I can't cope with the headline.

    Smallchange and Risingson represent my 80ties best!!

    No worries. Like I said in my initial post, I'm just looking for tracks I think my brother would like, not an all-inclusive mix. You're right about the vast diversity of the 80s, however I think you might be unaware of the U.S. custom of labeling pop music from the 80s (like the music people are listing here) as just "80s" music. My town has two or three "80s nights" where they play only this kind of music. It's not to say that pop is the only kind of music that came from that decade, but rather an easy title for club promoters and radio programmers.
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