The 80's POX

this is rough.

Steve Reich - Different Trains
Morton Feldman - Crippled Symmetry
Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Kraftwerk - Computer Love
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
New Order - Blue Monday
A Flock of Seagulls - Nightmares
Deux - Game And Performance
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
38 Special - Caught Up In You

― crüt, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

off the top of my head...

laurie anderson - o superman
iron maiden - number of the beast
blue oyster cult - black blade
adrian belew - big electric cat
run-DMC - it's tricky
yazoo - only you
sonic youth - death valley '69
the pixies - gouge away
rhys chatham - guitar trio
prince - sexuality

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

isn't guitar trio 1977?

― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol, yes. i said it was off the top of my head.

(87's die donnergotter was my intro to chatham, and that version was rec'd in '81)

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

new order - temptation
chaka khan - i feel for you
mdc - dead cops/america's so straight
mr. fingers/fingers inc. - can you feel it?
van halen - jump
boogie down productions - the bridge is over
dinosaur jr. - freak scene
prince - kiss
flipper - sex bomb
public enemy - black steel in the hour of chaos

― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

i hate that list already.

― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

dinosaur jr. - freak scene
prince - kiss
flipper - sex bomb
public enemy - black steel in the hour of chaos

^ this part is unfuckwithable

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yuri - El Pequeño Panda De Chapultepec

haha good trolling!

― cock chirea, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

ok let's try it

joy division - twenty four hours
the stranglers - la folie
killing joke - birds of a feather
echo and the bunnymen - nocturnal me
cocteau twins - aikea guinea
tantra - hills of katmandu
inner city - good life
s'express - theme from s'express
renegade soundwave - lucky luke
stump - tupperware stripper

― cock chirea, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Associates-Party Fears 2
Dexys Midnight Runners-This Is What She's Like
Luther Vandross-Never Too Much
The Blue Nile-I Love This Life
Prefab Sprout-Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
Madness-Our House
ABC-Date Stamp
Felt-Primitive Painters
Cameo-Candy
Pretenders-Back On The Chain Gang

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Models - Barbados
Dio - Last In Line
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
Concrete Blonde - Happy Birthday
Bon Jovi - Runaway
INXS - Don't Change
Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Resort Girls - Australian Crawl

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oops I mean Australian Crawl - Resort Girls

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yuri - El Pequeño Panda De Chapultepec

haha good trolling!

― cock chirea

I always add something ludicrous to almost every list I make to see if someone notices. Good job ;)

I actually like the song though.

― Moka, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just because this will probably be the only occasion Yuri is mentioned in ILM:

― daavid, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 06:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

And now to my list:

JAMC - Never Understand
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Salt n Pepa - Push It
New Order - True Faith
Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Young MC - Bust A Move
Prince - When Doves Cry
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Sembello - Maniac

― daavid, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

what about english beat "save it for later" folks?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

kate bush - cloudbusting
tullio de piscopo - stop bajon
pet shop boys - west end girls
electronic - getting away with it
mr fingers - what about this love
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
loose ends - hangin on a string
prince - mountains
madonna - live to tell
abc - the look of love

― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Prince - Take Me With U
The Blue Nile - Easter Parade
Meat Puppets - Hot Pink
Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
Minutemen - Cut
Thomas Dolby - Weightless
Talk Talk - Desire
Shriekback - The Only Thing That Shines
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Robyn Hitchcock - Out Of The Picture

― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

K, second attempt?

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
The Cure - A Forest
Depeche Mode - Never let me down again
Liquid Liquid - Optimo
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
Madonna - Into the Groove
Nancy Sesay & the Melodaires - C'est Fab
Rheingold - Dreiklangs-Dimensionen
Sugarcubes - Birthday

― Moka, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

Still missed Bauhaus, Tom Waits, Prince, ESG, King Sunny Ade...

― Moka, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's basically impossible. I chose to think only of song-y stuff.

― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
The Psychedelic Furs - So Run Down
Prince - Head
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
Pixies - Vamos
Live Skull - Alive Again
Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day
Sonic Youth - Kotton Krown
the CURE - A Few Hours After This
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause

― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

kate bush - cloudbusting
tullio de piscopo - stop bajon
pet shop boys - west end girls
electronic - getting away with it
mr fingers - what about this love
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
loose ends - hangin on a string
prince - mountains
madonna - live to tell
abc - the look of love

This is an awesome list! Bonus points for including "Stop Bajon", and that particular Prince song.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

thanks man.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

twist and crawl - english beat
sole salvation - english beat
spy in the house of love - the dB's
holiday (12" version) - Madonna
six months in a leaky boat - split enz
i found that essence rare - Go4
a month of sundays - Henley
i could never take the place of your man - Prince
i will dare - the replacements

this is so impossible i'm leaving out #10 in memory of all the ones that i'll think about later

― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Coati Mundi - Que Pasa/Me No Pop I
The Cure - A Few Hours After This*
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Teddy Pendergrass - Dream Girl
Diana Ross- My Old Piano
Sparks - Funny Face
Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen

*Woah — I didn't even see someone else put this on their list before I made it!

― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm expecting A Few Hours After This to place pretty high in The Cure poll in a couple of weeks.

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

1981: "The Birdie Song"
1982: "Superman (Gioca Jouer)" (UK #9)
1983: "Hey You"
1984: "Agadoo" (UK #2)
1984: "Do The Conga" (UK #10)
1985: "El Vino Collapso" (UK #42)
1985: "I Speaka Da Lingo" (UK #49)
1985: "Hokey Cokey" (UK #31)
1986: "Viva La Mexico"
1986: "Wig Wam Bam" (UK #63)
1989: "Die You Fat Goth Cunt"

― Vermicious Knid A (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

For reference - Pazz & Jop's top singles for every year of the decade:

1980 Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
1981 Laurie Anderson - O Superman
1982 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
1983 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
1984 Prince - When Doves Cry
1985 Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
1986 Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
1987 Prince - Sign O' the Times
1988 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
1989 Public Enemy - Fight the Powe

― Moka, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

can not do this, though wkiw Moka listening to choons.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yikes, this is hard.

1980 Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
1981 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
1982 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
1983 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
1984 Prince - When Doves Cry
1985 The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
1986 Cameo - Word Up!
1986 The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
1987 Salt N Pepa - Push It
1988 Leonard Cohen - I Can't Forget

― o. nate, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:53 (1 year ago) Permalink