we listen so fast: forgotten/unkown/unloved 80s we are listening to.

my kid is looking for a new band name. i'm gonna suggest The Rutless Attack.

Dorothy sounds like a digital version of Moving.

this Bernard Edwards AOR band in search of a Kevin Bacon movie is not my thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo97TDxPmq0

Listening to the World Saxophone Quartet's Plays Duke Ellington this morning. It doesn't sound particularly '80s, but it's from 1986. On Nonesuch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRzdLk0W1is

i had this on tape in 1987. because i was a beatnik. #DolbyHXPro

https://i.discogs.com/zh3Pm-0KJSZtlBqbdCDAGFcC_FF-PVUUGz-b7rm9qYw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:594/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwNzA1/MjU1LTE1MDI3NTM5/MjItNDI0My5qcGVn.jpeg

i dig this mix because the intro is 3 minutes long. they shouldn't have even bothered with vocals. make it all intro. though the vocals are more of a dub effect then they are the original song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb3QOHSYCaM

this is that guy who did music with madonna in germany before she hit it big. and he was in liquid sky. i saw liquid sky in the movie theatre in nyc in the 80s. that's how hip i was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRmHThOkaUY

how many songs can i listen to that sound like this? a LOT apparently. she was the singer in Tapps if you are a Canadian Tapps fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5D8AoN5j_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdRBa0p6lU

speaking of great moments in canadian history...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbYDUrvYQ7U

Thought I was Mr Know It All of 80s R&B but somehow this gem escaped my attention until recently. Guess I went to the wrong clubs in 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9lUFlS966w

Love TAPPS. Have that Barbara Doust on my wantlist. It's not expensive, I just haven't gotten it yet.

TAPPS appeared on this mix I made of very hi-nrg/italo and related sounds. Lots of unloved 80s here.

https://soundcloud.com/the-magic-message/009-magic-message-radio-dan-selzer-womr-921-wfmr-913

lol I have the Barbara Doust on my wantlist too. “my forbidden lover” is all-time ofc

on the hi-NRG tip, this one has been in heavy rotation for me this year. magnificent sleeve art, and produced by Fancy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJ84oAWxJQ

some albums require a cassette rip onto Youtube for the right vibe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_hz64Vjwtk

where are the hepcat DJ nites for this stuff? other than japan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqA2H5mKatY

i'm keeping this EP. its not easy for me to find 80s goth rock that i like from the u.s. of a. i dig this though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLT6gf_Vgcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBwNL5HS3Kk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTxnwivGF2w

kinda reminds me of the die antwoord guy on the cover...

https://i.discogs.com/8qYWCS73-H1QU7LyzC05x0lk8LCI5FT8E-MlX5FLBmc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQzNjIx/NS0xNDIxNDUyNTg5/LTMxMzcuanBlZw.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKOv6Y7r6JU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3rBW47dy4c

that makes me wanna do a megamix of songs with "Attack" in the title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIllLueNJ4

these are all singles i got in and have been enjoying. not a random skot attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWKF4KqmCMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYVtV5-LWDg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZSk2oNTJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUriUIYe2G8

okay, boogie bomb is done.

look forward tho checking these out! i picked up that Omni just a couple of weeks back and it's fantastic

i just traded that Chocolate Cholly promo EP with the Roadway track on it above and some other boogie stuff to my friend Ryan for a super-clean Linda Perhacs! my day started out disco-fied and now its ending in the swirling ether.

I think x rated man is worth something? One of the first Italo adjacent hinrg records I got. Got a boost when Metro Area used it on their fabric mix.

this was part of the trade with my pal. i was gonna keep it but i'll be honest...i have a lot of records. and he digs this stuff a lot. plus, i've never had a nice copy of the linda perhacs album. it sounds like a dream on my hi-fi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPOOfgd-Miw

i was happy to get a copy of this yesterday. needed it. not 80s though. don't sue me.

https://i.discogs.com/ZwUvM6JLYrYQfzzx-sXFX8XqE283lQ1wPB8ZCSpHjoE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4MTI3/MC0xNTU4MDg3MDc4/LTQyMjUuanBlZw.jpeg

the thing with late 70s/early 80s disco/boogie/funk is that i am perfectly happy with 5 dollar High Inergy records. there is an embarrassment of inexpensive riches out there. i don't really need to own $$$ singles. though they are fun to find and sell. and i do keep the ones i truly love.

i will not be keeping this. this is a great promo video for the album though! it was apparently always 1978 for Walter Murphy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOgL1IsNE4

he did lay down some dope library beats in the 80s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyla7SWaMD4

Ohhhhh I mean that ORS sounds beautiful

bet not mean

this track is fun. 1980. fenderella right before the genius that was Klymaxx.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxUPy9ATQM

nickb posted her on the quiet storm thread: https://www.discogs.com/artist/131877-Sheree-Brown

patrice rushen collaborator. her albums for capitol are very pleasant mor r+b. patrice is all over the first one.

crushed by the wheels of new beat! haha, i dig it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvAoavw72ZM

picked this nice slice of college rock up the other day, would like to hear their previous indie album, but overall this is a case where the band didn't get totally undercut by bad 80s production, very clear, crips production, two vox (m/f), some interesting lyrics, good songs overall

https://i.postimg.cc/mkjwSGp0/PXL-20240416-022407166.jpg

famously ripped off by LCD Soundsystem, I forget which song tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWO7asc2_4w

i love this. she reminds me of my hero Lorita Grahame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IcjDVpLZ3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTT_opq0VyQ

what an earworm

alisha ruled. she does those stars of freestyle concerts i think. i'm always so tempted to go to one at a casino near here. they usually have them once a year.

i had that album in 1985. that's how cool i am.

too cool

fuck Kim Fowler but this Orchids song is so damn good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ39VhVaiKE