Forgotten 80's music thread

[Elidor]

Ultravox - Vienna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OaIsqtG64

Post those almost-lost memories if you got'em.

[Elidor]

1. Thomas Dolby Live

Thomas Dolby - Sole Inhabitant Podcast #5 Blinded Me W/Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Anq2DWdTI

Very nice show. :thumbsup:

[harmonicon]

12. ha!

At Martyrs, in Chicago. I've played at that club a few times. Nuts.

[Elidor]

27. Oh, man, you saw him?

I'd love to catch him touring sometime. But I seldom go to town.

[harmonicon]

29. no, I've never seen him

That's just where it said that youtube video was shot of his performance. I've played on that same stage a few times, yonks ago, when I was in a band in Chicago. It would be neat to see him though - my band did a similar, if less cheeky, sort of thing: www.bunnyhug.com if you're interested.

[KatyaR]

109. I saw him, back in the 80s--

he was the opening act for the Eurythmics. He was awesome, just him surrounded by synthesizers, and Annie Lennox--oh, man. One of my best concert memories.

[frickaline]

99. lol! Good call, I was starting to forget about him...

[KamaAina]

2. This little gem from across the pond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

[Elidor]

4. >_<

Doh!

Just for that...

M - Pop Musik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybjH7qRT37k

[underpants]

16. This is why we need harpoons in this society

:grr::mad:

[KamaAina]

21. Agreed.

:beer:

[krispos42]

40. Uh-oh

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Ultravox? Forgotten???

Nah :)

Kissing The Pink's "Big Man Restless", that has been forgotten.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rQuktQ4ksxM

[Elidor]

7. I yikes it!

Very cool.

King Crimson Live - Elephant Talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbOdgevxDE

[Canuckistanian]

5. Frankie Goes to Hollywood

"Relax" was HUGE at the time.

Also, I had some good sex while listening to them. Sometimes with a partner.

[B3Nut]

47. I recently nabbed "Welcome To The Pleasuredome"

at a used CD shop. That record was way ahead of the curve in terms of production at the time, it's what good synth pop is supposed to sound like. Trevor Horn is a *genius* producer.

[Jade Fox]

6. I love this Lou Gramm song....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5hXNM3OS0

[Elidor]

13. I tend to think that Lou's best moments came with Foreigner

And relatively early on at that.

Pardon me for going back a bit beyond the 80s for this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQagCZPRk2c

Check the wannabe-Robert Plant outfit, hehe.

[Blondiegrrl]

177. Cool! My favorite LG song is Midnight Blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7L6MUUrTc&

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Comsat Angels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXw7a3FdBL4

[Elidor]

20. Coo!

I never listened to them, and at the time was ignorant of Joy Division, too.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
(the most kickass song of all time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st1lH8zcIuQ

[ghostsofgiants]

24. My friend's band has a super fun cover of that on their first album.

http://www.zshare.net/download/13185701430aa891/

And Joy Division are one of my all time favourites. :thumbsup:

[driver8]

70. Awesome song -- one of my favorites!! n/t

[grannylib]

9. Crowded House:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOenp3MUnh0

I love these guys...

[Elidor]

115. Good memories there

I was going to post another one by them, but I suddenly thought of this-

Madness Live - One Step Beyond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QOfgoD8hnI

[CreekDog]

118. i like this one from Crowded House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXArBZItqGc

[CBHagman]

10. I can't be the only one who remembers Henry Lee Summer.

Warning, DUers: Here be mullets, and the type of behavior that today would bring a restraining order. And why is that nice gospel choir backing him up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rezwyQvigWs

[bbernardini]

14. You're not the only one. I remember that tune well. nt

[General Zod]

30. That is one righteous mullet

But one on this guy is even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjvx7G4zr_I

Icehouse-Crazy

[Elidor]

122. Great band

And of course, their self-titled track, which I've always loved:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3i8x6XhO4

[General Zod]

126. Love that song!

That was my favorite video from the early days of MTV.

[ikojo]

189. That is some serious mulletage going on

there.

Disclaimer....I worked HARD to grow my very curly hair long enough to get a mullet back in the day. Few pictures exist, thankfully!!

[Elidor]

116. Dayyam. I used to have that haircut

Bad karma, that. It's painful to remember, lol.

[Frank Cannon]

147. I love that song. I never knew who did it. Thanks for that.

The video is quite funny, too. They just don't make them like that anymore.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

181. He'd have had more success without the mullet

That is one Major Mullet. :wow:

[Swede]

11. Destination by the Church.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9BTGPrj-mQ

Our instruments have no way of measuring this feeling
Can never cut below the floor, or penetrate the ceiling.
In the space between our houses, some bones have been discovered,
But our procession lurches on, as if we had recovered.

Draconian winter unforetold.
One solar day, suddenly youre old.
Your little envelope just makes me cold,
Makes destination start to unfold.

Our documents are useless, or forged beyond believing.
Page forty-seven is unsigned, I need it by this evening.
In the space between our cities, a storm is slowly forming.
Something eating up our days, I feel it every morning.
Destination, destination.

Its not a religion, its just a technique.
Its just a way of making you speak.
Distance and speed have left us too weak,
And destination looks kind of bleak.

Our elements are burned out, our beasts have been mistreated.
I tell you its the only way well get this road completed.
In the space between our bodies, the air has grown small fingers.
Just one caress, youre powerless, like all those clapped-out swingers.
Destination, destination.

[B3Nut]

48. I've got that on vinyl!

That's a really good record. "Antenna" is another good cut off that album.

[Giant Robot]

76. Usually I am the first one to post the Church

on these threads.

Oh well.

Here's another one from them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNhR-PrTAFE

[Elidor]

131. Fantastic!

Fucking amazing song. Just this side of sublime. I'm gonna have to buy some of their stuff.

Kinda brings this to mind, though it's not the same era-

Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj2WOIvnTk

[devilgrrl]

15. The Moon Is Blue - Colourbox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK13i7SHhcA

[Elidor]

139. Hidy, devilgrrl

:hi:

Bob Marley vs. Funkstar DeLuxe - Sun Is Shining

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59G67qq19e0

[devilgrrl]

151. Awesome!

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[darkstar]

17. Tranlator--"Un-Alone"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCE8U5ipd1M

Great record, IMO. Anyone else?

[SoxFan]

72. More Translator-"Come With Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fPjeuLM8w

These guys created some absolutely stunning jangly alterna-pop!

[NashVegas]

103. That Song Was So Under-rated

Everyone wanted another "Everywhere That I'm Not," but I loved "Un•Alone."

'my heart has a miiiiiind of it's own ...'

[Arugula Latte]

156. I've got that one on my iPod...Good stuff.

[Jade Fox]

18. Pebbles "Mercedes Boy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJD96cnH-VE

[CreekDog]

119. oh i remember that summer

and this song out at the same time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVRX7uu_2c :rofl:

[CBHagman]

19. Holy crap, I never saw this Grayson Hugh video.

Not recommended for the claustrophobic or delusional. Also, fashion-wise, this was between the hip-hugger and low-rider eras.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw

[Elidor]

142. Everything seems to work out when we talk it over in bed

Pardon me for just a moment:

:rofl:

Hehehe. That line tickled my funny-bone.

Ray Charles - Busted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRtbLvw1sE

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

22. Echo and the Bunnymen

lips like sugar - Man, that 80's hair!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3IsQlZsiM

[NashVegas]

104. They Have Not Been Forgotten

Not by me, anyways.

[devilgrrl]

23. Dif Juz - No Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbQiUv1QHo

[Elidor]

25. I'm afraid I'll be in bed soon. I'll have to catch the rest of these tomorrow evening

Thanks everyone for contributing such an embarrassment of riches. Great music. :thumbsup:

One last song for tonight:
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (not Constantinople)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0X77OBJUg

[Lydia Leftcoast]

182. That's actually a cover of an old novelty song

:-)

[General Zod]

26. Here's a good one

Talk To Ya Later-The Tubes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dF2WcrdxdQ

It's been six months/she hasn't shut up once.

[bbernardini]

28. You know, I was thinking about posting this...

But I figured they were still somewhat remembered for "She's A Beauty."

One of my absolute favorite bands of all time. I just listened to a recording of a show from the "Completion Backward Principle" tour yesterday.

[Spike89]

67. Great band, fun shows

My favorite song of theirs was "what do want from life?" But of course White Punks was an anthem for us when we partied.

[Adsos Letter]

31. Robert Palmer...as 80's as it gets...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3geoXOdnJQ

:D

[bluesbassman]

39. Gonna have to face it you're addicted to.....

Skinny Ties!

[HughBeaumont]

45. I prefer this one by him . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S9Or_bEGQI

[MorningGlow]

81. Oh! Excellent tune!

I had forgotten about that one! Thanks, HB! :hi:

[Left Is Write]

90. I agree. That's probably my favorite RP song.

[Left Is Write]

88. Hardly a forgotten song OR forgotten person.

:)

[Adsos Letter]

101. Does his work still get air time?

I haven't listened to radio (except talk...I know, BORING) in quite some time.

I have always thought we lost a great songster when he passed. :(

[Left Is Write]

117. I'm sure the 80s and eclectic pop stations play him often.

MusicMatch (Yahoo music) certainly does.

He was too big and well known to be forgotten. I hated that he died so young.

[NashVegas]

106. I Was Always Partial to This One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU4tgy0zx4Y

[MorningGlow]

32. Wot!

No, seriously--"Wot", Captain Sensible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqC563bX_w

I swear, I saw this on MTV ONCE and I never forgot it. I have no idea why--it's pretty stupid. Maybe it was the Basil Fawlty impersonator.

[driver8]

71. I love me some Captain Sensible!

His "The Power of Love" album is one of my favorites. When I was a college radio dj, we played the sh*t out of this album!!

I found his Greatest Hits on Amazon -- it's got most of "The Power of Love" on it. It's a great collection.

[MorningGlow]

83. I never heard of CS except for this one song

And like I said, I only saw the video once. Ah, the gaps in my musical education...!

[maxsolomon]

84. founding member of The Damned

listened to their 30 minute debut album just yesterday...

[driver8]

86. The song "Wot" is the song most people know of his...

but it's not a good example of most of his music.

Check this out if you get a chance:

http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Captain-Sensible/dp/B00006FM8N/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1212784893&sr=1-1

Not sure if his songs are on iTunes.

Captain Sensible was also in "The Damned".

[HughBeaumont]

110. John Cleese, Margaret Thatcher, QEII, Adam Ant . . .

. . . ALL the stars come out for the Captain!

:rofl:

OK, so like . . . why did the Captain shove Adam Ain't to the ground?

[MorningGlow]

166. ROFL! Who the heck knows?

General disdain, perhaps? Some rivalry that didn't make the pop music history books?
:rofl:

[Elidor]

159. I love it!

It's amazing to me how narrow my musical tastes were back then. Well, I was only 15 in 1980, just getting into bands like Yes and Floyd and Rush. A lot of the music on this thread I generally hated back then (I wasn't sure if I liked or hated Ultravox's Vienna), but I'm finally 'over' classic rock and into a dozen other genres now. And all this old stuff seems like pure gold to me.

He said Captain
I said WOT?
He said Captain
I said WOT?
He said Captain
I said WOT?

:headbang:

[MorningGlow]

168. We're about the same age, Hardhead

In '80, when I was 14, I got supremely bored with the crap music in the top 40. I became a latter-day retro Beatles fan (and that's persisted to this day), but I was still hungry for something new. I tweaked to New Age music and the '80s British Invasion (perfect for me, the diehard anglophile) around '82 and lived and breathed MTV in the hopes of seeing some of that excellent new music, even if I had to wait till the wee hours of the morning to get it.

"I said WOT?" Earworm-y, no? :hi:

[MorningGlow]

33. Ooh, here's a good one--Romeo Void

Never Say Never

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHzLjRfgQqQ

[lildreamer316]

53. "I might like you better if we slept together..."

Play it all the time at the club. Great 'stripper' song. Luves it.

[MorningGlow]

34. Okay just one more--Scritti Politti

Perfect Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2-cRCssBY

I'll stop now or I'll end up going on all night! Sigh. I'm such an '80s baby.

[lildreamer316]

55. Oh! We think alike!

I'm gonna raid husband's 80's file and find some you'd like.

[lildreamer316]

59. See my post downthread...

and let me know if there's something you want..I have it all!!

[MorningGlow]

82. Woah, excellent collection!

If you can swing it, I would LOVE "Whisper to a Scream" and "Wouldn't It Be Good"! Thanks, LD! :hi:

[CreekDog]

121. that's a great song

:applause:

[newmajority]

35. Do you hear me? Do you care?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcnptUmDVQM

They were "Missing Persons" then. They're really missing now.... what the Hell happened to them?

Forget about tinfoil hats.... Dale Bozzio invented the tinfoil BRA!

[Elidor]

143. Hardly forgotten!

Wow...interesting stage outfit. :blush:

Hooverphonic - One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ehaxni9bY

(Not even remotely connected to the 80s, but so what)

[electricmonk]

36. Woodentops

Move Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLBZKSQoEIM

Magazine- Song From Under the Floorboards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58kCYsiwt0


Good call on the Ultravox. I've been listening to them a bunch lately.

[Elidor]

161. Good ones

I think I'm gonna make a public youtube playlist with all the songs on this thread. At the current rate, I should catch up with all these viddies in about a week.

I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin

:rofl:

Can't help it 'bout the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

[KatyMan]

37. The Producers...

She Sheila...I always liked this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=katOCMHLofM&feature=related

[NashVegas]

105. Producers Are Playing Here

Next week. Opening for The Tubes - at the Wildhorse Saloon of all places.

[Elidor]

162. I remember that one

It made me think of New Girl Now by Honeymoon Suite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EycDPQUem6g

Bad hair alert. I mean, really. It's awful.

[The_Casual_Observer]

38. Suburban Lawns, the Fibonacci's

[Elidor]

165. Interesting

*arched eyebrow ala Spock*

Suburban Lawns - Oh My Genitals err, I mean - Janitor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32-LHS2-LxU

The Fibonaccis - The Purple Haze Video
"80s cheese, ripened on the shelf and ready for consumption."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O83ZIeiiAk

My mind just got blown a little bit.

The only response I can think of is Yello - Bostich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFShE1VfEc

[raouldukelives]

41. Cabaret Voltaire

Sensoria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkfzXq0tA3c

[Elidor]

169. Hell yes

Wild video. Kind of disturbing, even.

I'm gonna cheat and dip into the '90s to respond. Whale - Slobo Babe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMN9yKQIk2w

One of my favorite vids, so I had to slip it in here somewhere.

[Tabasco_Dave]

42. Split Enz

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw

[Left Is Write]

92. Another one I never forgot about.

:)

[Elidor]

171. Landscape - My Name is Norman Bates

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLvnYwvJMKE

This song was the shit when I was 17.

[coyotespaw]

43. The song that made me fall in lust with Christina Amphlett...

From the Nightmare on Elm Street 4 soundtrack...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7aFEXLYbx8

[Giant Robot]

77. Saw them in concert

I still have a t-shirt that says "I Touch Myself." Never giving that up!

[BuddhaGirl]

128. here's the video

looooooved that song!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zTneO6UgRuM

[HughBeaumont]

44. "Lucy and Ramona, Cruisin' through the jungle of L.A. . . . "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWTz3zY1WY

[Elidor]

163. I remember seeing that on Nesmith's pre-MTV video show, Pop Clips

That show had some great music on it. Of course, it also had the Buggles.

Love the last verse there, where he gets excited.

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmYvuvaJDg

[Magrittes Pipe]

46. This is all there is to life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SLs7EWyIk

[Elidor]

137. That fucking rocks!

:headbang:

Robin Trower Live - Bridge of Sighs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFyfKcanJ6k

At this point, I think I've slightly slipped the leash on the 80s. And this thread is officially out of control. I'll be a week getting through all these vids. B-)

[B3Nut]

49. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

really well-written tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBzbdo2LjU

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[bbernardini]

200. I've always enjoyed this tune. Hated the version on the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack, though. nt

[B3Nut]

50. Planet P = "Why Me"

ex-Rainbow keyboardist Tony Carey's sci-fi-oriented side project. One of the first videos I ever saw on MTV...had to get the tape after I saw it. :) (yeah, I'm that old hahahaha)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4

(And I have it on CD now...w00t!)

[Elidor]

164. Wow, I truly had forgotten that one

Good song, too.

Zebra - Who's Behind the Door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4TQehFNnQ

[terrya]

51. Forgotten song by Eurythmics

Eurythmics did the music for the remake of the movie "1984" with John Hurt and Richard Burton.

This song, "Sex Crime" was not in the film, but I still like it very much:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT1H9gafkfE

[Elidor]

172. She's always made me weak in the knees

Her eyes are haunting, and I love it when she croons.

But few have forgotten her, because she's simply unforgettable. So here's someone else who hasn't been forgotten. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

52. The Motels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ox-lGm-wA">Suddenly Last Summer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uquEXROFja0">Only the Lonely

[kmla]

54. You are "oblivious" to this forgotten tune...

Aztec Camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3JAC7oeX8U

[XNASA]

56. The Residents- "Third Reich 'n' Roll"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve0XrTiFiwo

[InternalDialogue]

57. The Insiders -- "Ghost on the Beach"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0e02TNaX3U

Not even a real one-hit wonder. More like a quarter-hit blooper. But big in the Midwest when I was at college.

[lildreamer316]

58. Wang Chung - To Live And Die in L.A. (MORE SONGS YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN)

ABC - When Smokey Sings
After The Storm - Fairy Tale
Animotion - Room To Move
Appolonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Basia - Miles Away
Bardeaux - When We Kiss
Benjamin Orr - Stay The Night
Book Of Love - Boy
Boy's Club - I Remember Holding You
Brenda K Starr - I Still Believe
Calloway - I Wanna Be Rich ( SO CHEESY!!!)
CCCP - American Soviets
Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie To You
Christopher Ocasek - Real Wild Child
Club Noveau - Rumors
Cutting Crew - I've Been In Love Before
Dead Or Alive - Brand New Lover
Debbie Deb - Look Out Weekend
Dino - Summergirls
Double - The Captian of Her Heart
El Debarge - You Wear it Well (did I say CHEESY??)
Fixx - Saved By Zero
Flying Lizards - Money, That's What I Want
Force MD's - Tender Love
Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
General Public - I'll Take You There
Gerald Levert - Casanova

....RICO

...SUAVE! (LOL)(Gerardo)

Glen Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (..this will be a couples skate only...)
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Hi Tek 3 - Spin That Wheel
Huey Lewis & The News - Bad Is Bad
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream
Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk (Features a young Madonna on backing vocals)
Jets - Rocket To U
John Parr - Naughty Naughty
Johnny Desmond - C'est La Vie
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
Julian Lennon -Vaolette (sp?)
Kajagoogoo - Neverending Story
Keith Sweat - I Want Her
Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Halfway
Klymaxx - Meeting In The Ladies Room
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
Kyper - Spin The Bottle
Laura Branigan - Solitaire
Lisa Stansfield - Been Around The World
Living In A Box - Living In A Box
Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
Love & Rockets - So Alive
M Factor - Pop Music
M.A.R.R.S. - Pump Up The Volume
Madness - Our House
Martika - I Feel The Earth Move
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
Michael McDonald - Minuite By Minuite
Michael Penn - It's No Myth
Midnight Starr - Operator
Moving Pictures - What About Me
Mister Mister - Is It Love (one of my fave bands; I admit it!!)
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises
Nenah Cherry - Buddy X
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
Novaspace - One More Try
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Outfield - Say It Isn't So
Patti LaBelle - Stir It Up
Paul Carrack - Don't Shed A Tear** (GOOD one!)
Pebbles - Giving You The Benefit
Peter Cetera - One Good Woman
Peter Gabriel -Solsbury Hill
Peter Wolf - Lights Out (baaaaaaaaaad)
Power Station - Some Like It Hot
Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
Raze - Break For Love
Ready For The World - Digital Display
Real McCoy - Come and Get Your Love
Reliant K - Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
Remy Zero - Save Me
Sa Fire - Let Me Be The One
Seduction - You're My One And Only True Love
Shalamar - Over and Over
Shamen - Love Sex Intelligence
Shiela E. - The Belle of St.Mark
Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls
Sir Mix A Lot - My Posse's On Broadway
Something For The People - My Love is the Shhhhh (this may be '90s)
Soul II Soul - Keep On Moving
Starpoint - Object Of My Desire
Steve Winwood - Roll With It
Stevie B - Diamond Girl
Stevie V. - Dirty Cash
Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover
Surface - Only You Can Make Me Happy
Sweet Sensation - Love Child
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Sybil - Don't Make Me Over
Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight
Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister
The Beat Club - Security
The Firm - Radioactive
The Jetts - Crush On You
The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Tina Turner - Typical Male
TKA - X-Ray Vision
Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
Uptown Girls - I'm Losing You
Vanity 6 - Nasty Girls
When In Rome - The Promise
Whispers - Rock Steady
Will To Power - Dreamin'
World Class Wrecking Crew - The Fly

[CBHagman]

75. Lots of earworm there.

I don't think I've heard anyone mention Baltimora in ages.

On edit: And I actually met Glen Medeiros back in the day. He seemed rather shy.

[Coventina]

195. Ha ha! I was just thinking about Debbie Deb the other day!

I even put her into my Amazon "wish list"! Along with Trans-X's "Living on Video"

However, I'm stunned that with a list like that you don't have Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts"!

Thumbs up on the Nu Shooz "Point of No Return" BTW!

[Pendrench]

60. Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpllAHo0ng

[Left Is Write]

93. What? People forgot about that?

Say it ain't so.

[Twillig]

112. Damn, I was gonna post "longarm"

Screw it. Here it is anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f5nUqko3Ug&feature=related

Now that has to be forgotten.

[dolo amber]

61. My 80s were a little non-traditional

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O1qTKb-wjeQ

:headbang:

[Richardo]

62. "Walking in LA" and "Destination Unknown" - Missing Persons

"Only a nobody walks in LA" :D

[Richardo]

63. The Girl U Want - Devo

[Left Is Write]

91. Love that one.

[ceile]

64. Lords of the New Church

"Russian Roulette"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr3u08x8038

[Dulcinea]

65. After the Fire, "Der Kommissar"

Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?

[JanMichael]

113. Falco did that one first.

What a loss...

[DinahMoeHum]

66. Madness - "One Step Beyond"

White boys doing ska:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eir3-omjMVQ

:bounce:

[MorningGlow]

152. Love that song so much better than "Our House"! (although that one is good too)

ONE! STEP! BEYOOOOND! (cue horns)

I saw lots of bands during the '80s, but I do regret I never got to see Madness. :(

[MorningGlow]

153. Delete--dupe

[Richardo]

68. Theme From 'Peter Gunn' and 'Close (to the Edit)' - Art of Noise

[The Great Escape]

69. Heaven 17...

LET ME GO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uj98Tgm8Y

[SoxFan]

73. The Three O'Clock

A little Paisley Underground action for your Friday afternnon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6j6AlM62Bo

[driver8]

87. I love The Three O'Clock.

I saw them live at the 9:30 Club in DC in 1985.

I was doing a college internship in DC, and a bunch of my friends were in town for a college radio convention. We all went to see The Three O'Clock!

[SoxFan]

145. I saw them in 1985, too!

They opened for REM at Walter Brown Arena (Boston University's hockey rink) on the Fables tour.

I've also been to 9:30; i saw a triple bill with the Neighborhoods, Reducers, and the Windbreakers there in 1986.

[SoxFan]

74. More cowbell from Drivin' n' Cryin' !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgvmB85UCCI

Can't Promise You the World, from 1988's Whisper Tames the Lion album

[driver8]

89. Man, you are naming a lot of "blasts from my past!"

I saw these guys live a couple of times.

They were very good and VERY LOUD!

[Giant Robot]

78. The Bolshoi

TV Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQt-yz2AQMI

[Initech]

79. Spinal Tap

What happened to them after "Smell The Glove"?

[Richardo]

80. "Science Fiction" - The Divinyls

[DS1]

85. Genesis - Mama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChPqlOySbXE

[Left Is Write]

94. Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-bop) by Q-Feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4Vgh0xOs8

[driver8]

95. The Rave-Ups -- "Positively Lost Me"

Sorry I couldn't find a better video, but at least you get to hear the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVACzapXLo

[NashVegas]

107. Twas Not Forgotten!

"Show this piggy the waaaaaaay home!"

[Left Is Write]

96. On The Loose by Saga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yrXvxctmw

[frickaline]

97. Can't forget Depeche Mode and New Order

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ph1uSOQtXo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw

[frickaline]

98. Oh, and Duran Duran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCD4rtcOgHE

[raouldukelives]

100. Jilted John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN45OjB-cCU

Beat Farmers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J40rLaARx00&feature=related

Undertones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis

[JeffR]

138. Unbelievable that someone here remembers Jilted John

Kudos!

[leeroysphitz]

102. Moev, Head Down. n/t

[leeroysphitz]

111. Link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcY62Q6n5o

[NashVegas]

108. Carmaig DeForest

I went looking for "Hey Judas" but no find.

http://ukuleledisco.com/bigbusiness

[JanMichael]

114. "Mondo Rock"!

Top that!

[electricmonk]

144. I had the album Nuovo Mondo, why I don't know.

One day I took a big stack of records to sell at Plan 9 Records in Richmond Va and that was the only one they wouldn't give me any money for. I told the clerk they could have it so I wouldn't have to carry it back home and he turned me down so I dumped it in the trash on the way out. Couldn't even give the thing away.

[General Zod]

120. Tommy Shaw-Girls With Guns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dSxa8-LdQ

Featured on an episode of Miami Vice.

[CreekDog]

123. Let The Day Begin by The Call

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6QJegyu_p2o

[Frank Cannon]

148. Thanks for that. I LOVE that song and had forgotten all about it.

What an energizing, inspiring song. They used to play stuff like that on the radio... back when we were energized and inspired.

[General Zod]

124. The Vapors

Waiting for the Weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmcBgeSciA

[Bonobo]

125. The Firm.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq5cqjUFOo

I saw them in 1986 at the Rosemont Horizon. People stood balanced on their chairs with one foot up on the top of the seat back to get an inch or two higher.

Page in his 3-D laser pyramid playing that great big double-necked guitar... Tony Levin, the crooning and wailing of Paul Rodgers....

[General Zod]

127. Michael Stanley Band

My Town:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-zQhr0V6g

The pride of Cleveland, Ohio.

[General Zod]

129. Utopia

Feet Don't Fail Me Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeC9mSWV-w

[bbernardini]

201. One song that's better without the video, I think.

Actually, most of Utopia's songs had pretty odd videos, probably because Todd had the technology and wanted to use it.

[General Zod]

203. I actually like that video

It was different, to say the least.

[General Zod]

130. Slade

Run Runaway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM

A great sing-a-long tune. Catchy as hell.

[Blarch]

188. I can't believe I just watched that 2 times.

[General Zod]

132. Chilliwack

My Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yahBtp_1jWE

[General Zod]

133. Blotto

I Wanna Be A Lifeguard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KhXbtUldqg

[Coventina]

196. Awesome!

I thought I was the only person in the world who remembered that song!

"HELP HELP HELP HELP"

:rofl:

[JeffR]

134. Big Hard Sun, Indio

Covered, credibly, by Eddie Vedder, but the original's better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5KXozi_HM

[General Zod]

135. Lone Justice

Ways to be Wicked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOCT5RDnJIY

Maria McKee is sooo hot!

[General Zod]

136. Donnie Iris

Ah! Leah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo

Donnie looked like a geek, but he could rock with the best of them.

[Left Is Write]

140. I loves me some Donnie Iris.

[Frank Cannon]

149. I have this and his "Love is Like a Rock" on my i-Pod

This whole thread is full of win.

[Left Is Write]

141. Martin Briley - Salt In MyTears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HfJLow4cAY

[Frank Cannon]

146. SSQ - Synthicide

I didn't realize how much I miss the 80s until I saw this video. It pretty much has everything, including keytars.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qC73KoGiwFg

[MullenBank]

150. Metro

was a band that recorded an album in 1979 called "criminal world". Last year of HS at the time -- Go Big Red-- and attending a single sex independent school near Princeton. Heard the title cut played late night on WMMR one saturday when I was nearly dead asleep and stoned. Bolted out of my bed and wrote down the name of the cut; took a bus into Princeton the next day and bought the album.

Cleaned pot on that jacket. Hid and later recovered some Pink Floyd "Wall" tour tickets in that jacket. Lost my cherry freshman year at university of delaware (thank you carmen) and that album was playing while I bid good bye my maidenhead. God DAMN that album was good.

David Bowie covered "criminal world" some years later.

[DFW]

154. Here's a musical magic trick

I have seen Leo live, and he really can do this stuff all by himself,
even if sounds like there are 3 other musicians backing up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnQTC5ICGik

and one more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWBC_ZlLeE&feature=related

[jus_the_facts]

155. Here's a few....starting with Til Tuesday ~ Coming Up Close...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cQmE9DE2c


Timex Social Club ~ Rumors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5LKmS5z-rI



Sidestep ~ Charles Durning ~Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A

[Tikki]

157. Hope they haven't been forgotten....yet, here...

are three:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGEgmcUslbM
Sparks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC7lLPaNB8
Pandoras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZfhbl7M-I
The Three O'Clock...nee Salvation Army


Tikki

[Arugula Latte]

158. The Chameleons -- "Swamp Thing"

The opening guitar riff is to die for ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AuelAz0_Y9I

[NashVegas]

170. Oh I Loved That Song

And the beat. ... totally apocalyptic song.

[Arugula Latte]

173. It's so hypnotizing

The Chameleons should have been much bigger than they ever became.

[cordelia]

160. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOKMxMjc8Mk

[masshole]

167. never forgotten!

Magazine: A Song from under the floorboards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3LaNeG5fu8

XTC: No Thugs in our House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9ieVLaLo8

The Stranglers: Get a Grip (On yourself)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGqx3sqq-4

[Blondiegrrl]

174. Eddy Grant: I Don't Wanna Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4O4K_4ulqY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0&

Electric Avenue -- and ZZ Top's Eliminator -- were the first cassette tapes I ever owned.

[Left Is Write]

175. "Keep on whispering in my ear...tell me all the things that I want to hear..."

Not forgotten, but it is my current earworm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMmYl2U99qs

[Blondiegrrl]

178. Ooh, I've got that album on vinyl. I remember reading in one of the

music mags at the time that the lead singer ripped the back out of his skin-tight leather pants during a live performance once. :evilgrin:

[Left Is Write]

179. I have the LP too.

:)

[Blondiegrrl]

176. Tony Carey: A Fine Fine Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhSZAhepf1w&

One-hit wonder, cool song.

[Left Is Write]

180. The Call - The Walls Came Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kX8lqXAONg

[Lydia Leftcoast]

183. Meanwhile, over in Japan...where they didn't have to turn Japanese, because they

already were:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GCyzz18LZg&feature=related

The Alfee, with "Byakuya" ("White Nights")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBDepcZVggk

Sawada, Kenji with "Stripper"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmUeHn4ZRqI&feature=related

Nakamori, Akina with "Mi Amore"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCh9cBQa3js&feature=related

Anzen Chitai ("Safety Zone") with "Kanashimi ni Sayonara" ("Goodbye to Sorrow")

[helderheid]

184. fIREHOSE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o

[helderheid]

185. and this and this and this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jd-VSJ0pQ9g&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WFcvXl5Hp4w&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qC766IV_NxA&feature=related


http://youtube.com/watch?v=LAW2jRBJBcQ

[helderheid]

186. And RIP Minutemen

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rGHNcQ4zv6Y

[atomic-fly]

187. Raymond Chandler Evening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XHmblowyY&feature=related

[Mad_Dem_X]

190. Queen - awesome vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMrY8jysdg

[General Zod]

191. Red Rockers

China

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmevO2V2JxA

[General Zod]

192. The Alarm

Rain in The Summertime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9TmWAAwuM&feature=related

[General Zod]

193. Robert Hazard

Escalator of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cl_pU6KEY

actual video starts around the 50 second mark.

[bbernardini]

202. I have a copy of his original EP on cassette.

He's doing sort of a Bob-Dylan-esque (according to my father) alt-country thing now. I still enjoy listening to recordings of his 80s material, though.

[Coventina]

194. Some of my favs

I feel these track have been forgotten. In most cases, the artists are still well-known.

1. Respectable Street - XTC
2. Private Idaho - B-52's
3. Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
4. The Goonies 'r' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper
5. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - Elvis Costello
6. Watutsi Rodeo - Guadalcanal Diary
7. Don't Change - INXS
8. All of Nick Heyward's solo career
9. Anything by Let's Active
10. To Hell with Poverty - Gang of Four

[General Zod]

197. Classix Nouveaux

Guilty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nawiQi1kNoI

Lead singer Sal Solo looks just like Nosferatu.

[JCMach1]

198. XTC- Virtually anything by them

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0invUXXsRAQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo


Seems they have largely been forgotten... One of the best Pop bands, ever.

[KatyMan]

199. Diesel?

Sausolito Summernight.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMJ88mdZCJQ
HATED that song when it came out.

[Elidor]

204. Ha! You thought this thread was dead.

Russ Ballard - Voices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYwDneCt0vU