fuck man idk here's some faves
Daniel Johnston - BrainwashFoetus - Gums BleedJazz Butcher - RainShriekback - Everything That Rises Must ConvergeBongwater - Too Much SleepThe Ex - Bouquet For Barbed WireMoet The Poet - (untitled)Camper Van Beethoven - SweetheartsDavid Bowie - Up The Hill BackwardsCrass - Where Next Columbus
― sleeve, Friday, 24 September 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
Another top 10:
The Stone Roses Fools Gold (12" Version) (UK 1989)NWA Fuck Tha Police (USA 1988)Sueño LatinoSueño Latino (The Paradise Version) (Italy 1989)The Nits In The Dutch Mountains (Netherlands 1987)Metallica For Whom The Bell Tolls (USA 1984)Peter Schilling Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) (Germany 1982)Don Henley Boys Of Summer (USA 1984)Killing Joke Love Like Blood (UK 1985)Sandra Maria Magdalena (France/Germany 1985)The Scorpions Rock You Like A Hurricane (Germany 1984)DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Summertime (USA 1989)
― Siegbran, Friday, 24 September 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
Actual top ten, excluding anything already mentioned:
C-Bank - One More ShotJoe Smooth - Promised LandLisa - Rocket To Your Heart (original mix)Magazine - A Song From Under The FloorboardsOrange Juice - Poor Old SoulPeter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give UpSharon Redd - In The Name Of LoveSteve Winwood - While You See A ChanceStyle Council - My Ever Changing Moods (single version)Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 September 2021 09:28 (two years ago) link
"Summertime" came out in 1991
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 24 September 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
Marshall Crenshaw - you’re my favorite waste of timeXTC - mermaid smilesPhil collins - inside outVan halen- little guitarsPointer sisters - he’s so shyPrince - take me with uMadonna - live to tellKim carnes - Bette Davis eyesForeigner - I want to know what love isPhilip Bailey - easy loverMarvin Gaye - my love is waiting
― calstars, Friday, 24 September 2021 09:49 (two years ago) link
"Take Me With U" was narrowly eliminated from my 10 - it's been my favourite 80s Prince track for a while.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 September 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
I love the build up in the beginning and the acoustic guitar release
― calstars, Friday, 24 September 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
"Summertime" came out in 1991oh yeah, then:Tone Loc Funky Cold Medina (USA 1989)
― Siegbran, Friday, 24 September 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
'you're sheer perfection' 'thank you'
― calstars, Friday, 24 September 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
In solidarity with All Sheenas Of The World, I've cancelled "Funky Cold Medina".
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 September 2021 13:34 (two years ago) link
Great selections on yours there."Take Me With U" was narrowly eliminated from my 10 - it's been my favourite 80s Prince track for a while.Don’t Give Up almost made my top ten. It is a definite classic but partly it was attractive as a way to knock out two of the preeminent artists of the decade. Given more space I’d probably pick Mercy Street and Breathing for the individual artists (excluding Kate songs that have already been selected).
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 24 September 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
And now I have realized that Erotic City is objectively superior to Break 4 Love so I would like to amend my selections to reflect that substitution. I should give Take Me With U another listen.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 24 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
OK this is even more impossible than the 90s, so I only went with tracks that hadn't been named yet and am still quite happy with this
Prince – UptownPixies – Here Comes Your ManEmmylou Harris – JordanThe Replacements – Alex ChiltonU2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday Paul Simon – You Can Call Me AlNew Order – Bizarre Love Triangle Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder – Together in Electric DreamsMadonna – Like a PrayerThe Smiths – This Charming Man
― Indexed, Friday, 24 September 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
All for the Best - Miracle LegionJust Like Honey - Jesus and Mary ChainWe're Here - Meat PuppetsBeaten & Broken - MekonsIf I Should Fall From Grace with God - The PoguesI Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - PrinceBonzo Goes to Bitburg - RamonesSound of the Rain - Rank and FileFavorite Thing - The ReplacementsIt's Who You Know - X
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 24 September 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
Shit, how could I have possibly forgotten "Together in Electric Dreams" - that would be in my all time top 10, as I have a very powerful emotional connection to it.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 September 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
― mike t-diva
X2
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
a new day, a new list from bands not mentioned above
Dream Syndicate – That’s What You Always SayJason & the Scorchers – Absolutely Sweet MarieBlack Uhuru – Youth of Eglington Gregory Issacs – Night NursePylon - BeepHoodoo Gurus – Bittersweet dB’s – Black and WhiteLloyd Cole – Perfect Skin Violent Femmes – Add It UpCowboy Junkies – Sweet JaneJoan Jett – Crimson and Clover
― that's not my post, Friday, 24 September 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
10 more, not yet mentioned:
― o. nate, Friday, 24 September 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
Going Back to Cali - LL Cool JTouch of Grey - Grateful DeadWord Up - CameoHurts So Good - John Cougar MellencampGraceland - Paul SimonFairytale of New York - The Pogues (feat. Kirsty MacColl)Don Quichotte No Estan Aqui - Magazine 60Viva Las Vegas - Dead KennedysJust Like Heaven - The CureMaster of Puppets - Metallica
Well I found this impossible. My faves are very front-loaded early/mid-80s. MAYBE I could do a top 10 for 1984 alone. Or a top ten of songs not already mentioned. But here goes:
1980-1982
Tom Petty, Refugee Blondie, Call Me The Police, Don't Stand So Close to Me Hall & Oates, Private Eyes REM, Gardening at Night Prince, 1999 Marvin Gaye, Sexual HealingPretenders, Back on the Chain GangDuran Duran, Rio Peter Gabriel, I Have the Touch
honorable mentions to: Phil Collins, I Missed Again Stevie Nicks, Edge of Seventeen
1983-1984:
Eurythmics, Here Comes the Rain Again Howard Jones, New SongMadonna, Borderline Culture Club, Karma ChameleonDavid Bowie, Let's Dance Naked Eyes, Promises Promises Go-Go's, Head Over Heels Psychedelic Furs, The Ghost in You Cyndi Lauper, All Through the Night Cars, Drive
honorable mentions to:
Nena, 99 Luftballons Elvis Costello, Everyday I Write the Book Rick Springfield, Love Somebody Pat Benatar, We BelongU2, Pride
1985-1989:
Paul Young, Every Time You Go Away Talking Heads, And She Was The Cure, Close to Me Crowded House, Something So Strong INXS, Need You Tonight Bangles, Hazy Shade of Winter Bruce Springsteen, One Step Up Lightning Seeds, Pure
These two get sufficient praise as it is but I will mention them anyway: Tears for Fears, Everybody Simple Minds, Don't You
― Richard Marxist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 24 September 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
Rules are rules, people.
― enochroot, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
And yet the very first post breaks them by including "runner-ups because this is too hard."
― Richard Marxist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
Doing one alternate list:
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice (1981 re-edit)ESG - Dance Peter Murphy - Cuts You UpEcho & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Wipers - The Lonely One Husker Du - Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill Pylon - Crazy Volcano Suns - Balancing Act The Clean - Getting Older EPMD - So Watcha Sayin'
― Chris L, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Pet Shop Boys - West End GirlsBananarama - Cruel SummerPrince - When Doves CryBerlin - Take My Breath AwayThe Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand Echo and The Bunnymen - The Killing MoonTom Tom Club - Genius of LovePat Benatar - Love Is A BattlefieldKate Bush - Running Up That HillThe Go-Go's - Vacation
― daavid, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
I did a 1989 mix recently, it was a commission for a birthday, and a lot more mainstream / upbeat than I usually do, may be of interest to you emsworth as it has a few from your list. TBH the process taught me that the late 80s is a bit of a blind spot for me.― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, September 23, 2021 9:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkwould be keen to see that mix!― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, September 23, 2021 9:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
would be keen to see that mix!
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Here it is
https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/1989-for-skye/
Posting the tracklist as mixcloud hides it -
0:00:00 The Cure - Lullaby0:04:09 Orbital - Chime0:07:04 Black Box - Ride on Time0:10:19 Young MC - Know How0:13:58 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation / TV (Interlude)0:20:31 Pixies - Hey0:23:58 Glen Velez - Wren Chant0:25:38 Nirvana - Love Buzz0:29:10 The Stone Roses - Waterfall0:33:40 Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club Mix)0:40:00 Madonna - Like a Prayer (12" Remix)0:46:53 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game0:51:28 Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam0:56:26 New Order - Fine Time (Silk Mix)0:59:56 808 State - Pacific State (Original)1:02:54 Electronic - Getting Away with It1:06:59 De La Soul - Me Myself and I1:10:36 Prince - Batdance1:16:49 Swing Out Sister - You On My Mind1:20:13 The Wedding Present - Kennedy1:24:29 Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me?)1:28:04 Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved1:33:43 Fugazi - Waiting Room1:36:33 The Cure - Lovesong1:39:53 Rob 'N' Raz Featuring Leila K - Got To Get1:43:09 Rhythim is Rhythim - The Dance1:45:34 The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
i am very indecisive.think i'm going to wait another 10y.
― meisenfek, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
dr mabuse - propagandasensoria - cabaret voltairemy spine - shriekbackmy girl - madnessmaster & servant (on-u remix) - depeche modetwo tribes - frankie goes to hollywoodthe only good christian is a dead christian - scraping foetus off the wheeldont get mad get even - age of chanceliving on the ceiling - blancmangeone of our submarines is missing - thomas dolby
― mark e, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
Oh FFS, Young MC “Know How”, another total classic that I forgot about. My last set before lockdown, it rammed my floor. Teenagers shook my hand for playing it!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
nice
― nashwan, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Here it is― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 5:53 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 5:53 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Thanks! Great mix, some tracks I don't know - looking forward to throwing it on later. How did I forget the Pixies?
Also - mind blown to find that Getting Away With It came out in the same year as Technique. God, Bernard Sumner was at the absolute top of his game then.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Friday, 24 September 2021 23:35 (two years ago) link
Would now like to submit a best of the 80s list that is just Moments in Love played 10 times in succession
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Friday, 24 September 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
Ignoring post-punk & disco and sticking with the hits that scream "80s" to me that I sincerely enjoy:
Dazz Band – Let It WhipThe Gap Band – You Dropped A Bomb On MeShannon – Let the Music PlayYes – Owner of a Lonely HeartA Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)Don Henley – The Boys of SummerIcehouse – Electric Blue38 Special – Caught Up In YouThe Cars – DriveNew Order – Blue Monday
honorable mention: ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
― aegis philbin (crüt), Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
Even choosing 10 #1 billboard hits from 80-89 is hard:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_the_1980s
1. H&O - Out of Touch2. Olivia Newton John - Physical3. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls4 Tears for Fears - everybody wants to rule the world5 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes6 Prince - Kiss7 Blondie - Rapture8 INXS - need you tonight9 Bananarama - venus10 Human League - Don't you want me
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
Gardening At Night is maybe my favorite REM song, maybe because it was first
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 September 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Oh, human league
― calstars, Saturday, 25 September 2021 02:06 (two years ago) link
out of touch is such a monster, love it
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Saturday, 25 September 2021 03:51 (two years ago) link
It’s one of the most perfect pop songs of all time.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 September 2021 04:11 (two years ago) link
Bummed I forgot Lone Justice's "Ways to Be Wicked."
― Indexed, Monday, 27 September 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
no idea what a full list would look like for me, but it would definitely have:
kate bush - 'running up that hill'the cure - 'a forest'public enemy - 'fight the power'eric b. + rakim - 'eric b. is president'
otherwise, no idea where to even begin. i'm equally as likely to say something like "nerve pylon" by the lines as i am to say "out of touch." really just no clue how to even begin to narrow it down.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 9 October 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Let’s get some Mexican songs in here:
80’s Mexico top 10
Casino Shanghai - Cuerpos HuecosCaifanes - VientoFlans - Las Mil y Una NochesMenudo - ClaridadEmmanuel - La ultima lunaRocio Durcal & Juan Gabriel - Dejame VivirTropicalisimo Apache - Ojitos MentirososLos Tigres del Norte - la puerta negraYuri - Osito Panda de ChapultepecDaniela Romo - mentiras
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 10 October 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
Without watching other people's lists
Jali Musa Jawara - YekekeTalking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)Fingers Inc. - Can You Feel It Taana Gardner - HeartbeatSamba Mapalanga - MalakoThe Smith - There is a light that never goes outThe Sound - I Can't Escape MyselfDavid Bowie - Ashes to AshesLoose Joints - Is it all over my face (female version)Meredith Monk - Biography
And because I find it even more impossible than the 70s, honorable mentions aka second list:
Siouxsie and the Banshees - CannonsThrowing Muses - Hate My WayGregory Isaacs - Report to MeThe Dicks - Hate the PoliceWipers - No FairSteve McQueen - AppetiteUniversal Two - Dancing HeartJapan - My new careerThe Chameleons - Second SkinThione Seck - Bamba
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 October 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
(Prefab Sprout obviously)
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 October 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
Is this nabisco? I’m out of the loop sorry. It’s a great list. If I was being honest about my favorites I would have included the Naive Melody too. Yekeke sounds like it has similar vocals to Mory Kante’s Yeke Yeke, I wonder if there’s a connection?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
No I'm just myself :P Yeah there's a connection, they're maternal half-brothers :D
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
I should have included a Rail Band song in the 70s thread... Mansa probably, or Kaira.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
Mansa sounds like a dembow beat at points. But those vocals, wow!
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Exactly 10 songs:
Beastie Boys "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"Black Sabbath "Neon Knights"Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love"Dinosaur Jr "Raisans"Funky 4 + 1 "That's The Joint"Hall & Oates "Say It Isn't So"Jungle Brothers "I'll House You"Metallica "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"Michael Jackson "Human Nature"My Bloody Valentine "Drive It All Over Me"Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance”Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait"Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots"Prince "If I Was Your Girlfriend"Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"T'Pau "Heart and Soul"Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule The World"Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"Tracy Ullman "They Don't Know"Van Halen "Unchained"
― billstevejim, Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:53 (two years ago) link
Mansa sounds like a dembow beat at points. But those vocals, wow!― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Sunday, October 10, 2021 10:03 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Sorry, I just realized you probably went on Spotify and listened to the first one listed. You need to listen to the 12-minute original version (on the Belle Époque comps). It's a slow burner that builds patiently and eventually releases a pure energy flow of scorching trumpet, djembe, bass, and guitar.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 14 October 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
Umbababrumba - Jorge BenNew Sensations - Lou ReedThe Hawk (El Galvian) - Marianne Faithfull / Mark IshamYour Secret's Safe With Me - Michael FranksKid Fears - Indigo GirlsObsession - AnimotionA Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style CouncilWelcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to HollywoodCracking - Suzanne VegaFaded Flowers - Shriekback
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
Umbabarauma is a 70’s song.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 August 2022 04:05 (one year ago) link