Necessary 80s music.
twoply
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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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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?
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
colored vinyl (grey and purple), plaese
Infact the whole of the "Dirk wears white sox" LP is pretty good...
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)
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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.
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!
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
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
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
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. . .
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
bowie - lets dance
cyndi lauper - girls just wanna
bon jovi - livin on a prayer
peace, stein. . .
Stein: "My Sharona" was 1979. Big Stacks: the Little River Band's "Reminiscing" was 1978.[/b]
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!!
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.
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..
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.
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.