Favourite 80's hits...............

[AngryApples]

Thinking a little obscure, rather than the type to appear on MoS 80's Part X...........

Live it up - Mental as anything (just You Tube'd it and couldnt believe quite how awful the vid was!)

Camouflage - Stan Ridgway

Amytville (House on the hill) - Lovebug Starski

[Mark34bn]

I had a similar discussion on Facebook recently. Same rules applied, basically stuff we hadn't heard since it left the charts.

Hollywood Beyond - What's the colour of money http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PcaABUzWY

Robbie Nevil (looking a bit camp) - Dominoes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlucGdeT37E

Inevitably we always end up back at this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rvUfHurM1E

Edited by Mark34bn on Wednesday 8th December 23:24

[mark387mw]

Obscure, I liked it then but not sure now - Indians in Moscow - Naughty Miranda

I lived in a pub in the 80's and this was played on the jukebox a lot. Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven

[AngryApples]

Mark34bn said:

I had a similar discussion on Facebook recently. Same rules applied, basically stuff we hadn't heard since it left the charts.

Hollywood Beyond - What's the colour of money http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PcaABUzWY

Robbie Nevil (looking a bit camp) - Dominoes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlucGdeT37E

Inevitably we always end up back at this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rvUfHurM1E

Edited by Mark34bn on Wednesday 8th December 23:24

Good grief, I'm in my late 30's but I dont recognise "Dominoes"? - odd

How about -

Top of the world - The Cross

[PaulHogan]

Steinski & Mass Media - We'll Be Right Back, After This Word

[Mark34bn]

Most people know C'est la vie, Dominoes was his 2nd single. I had the album so I'm probably more familiar with the song as it didn't get the same airplay as the previous single. I'm 40 now and they used to play Dominoes in one of the nightclubs I frequented back in '88..

[AngryApples]

Mark34bn said:

Most people know C'est la vie, Dominoes was his 2nd single. I had the album so I'm probably more familiar with the song as it didn't get the same airplay as the previous single. I'm 40 now and they used to play Dominoes in one of the nightclubs I frequented back in '88..

Ahh,

nightclubs, I remember them...............

[pano amo]

how about this one, I dont think I heard since it came out.

Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weMrzt6W8V8&fea...

[alfa pint]

I was a big fan of the Kane Gang and their version of Respect Yourself. My first single.

I can see this thread turning into a nerdy 'I can do more obscure than you', so I'll stick to some genuine favourites.

Love Cats by the Cure
Kayleigh by Marillion
Girls on Film by Duran Duran
Tinder by Hipsway
Belfast Child by Simple Minds
Pride by U2
We've Got the Power by Win

[Nicholas Blair]

Few here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhIXU4IXLWg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=s2jJC-p4A...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRNDQNjCK4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgqUrDsnC4

Edited by Nicholas Blair on Thursday 9th December 12:54

[onomatopoeia]

Maid of Orleans - OMD

45 seconds of ambient soundscape at the start which never got played on the radio plus oodles of Mellotron. Still an astonishing song.

[ZesPak]

Ultravox - Vienna
OMD - Enola Gay

My top 2 of the 80's, no contest.

[jet_noise]

Dear All,

mildly unknown:
Love and Money: Strange Kind of Love , Hallelujah Man + Jocelyn Square all from the Strange Kind of Love album - sort of Scottish Soul/Jazz meets Steeley Dan production values [fast show] mmm, smoooth. [/fast show]

terribly tartaned:
King: Love & Pride - ska tinged indie pop featuring eponymous VJ Paul King

country rock:
Steve Earle: I ain't Ever Satisfied - mega catchy stuff from the (now less) addled Texan

super video:
Westworld: Sonic Boom Boy - punky pop vid starts with cliche'd pan from band performing song to camera shooting the video but when you get to see the viewfinder they are now a cartoon, neat.

big sound:
Adventures: Broken Land - Big Country meets U2 Celtic rock, whatever happened to them?

british rap:
Smiley culture: Cockney Translation & Police Officer - if Mike (streets) Skinner had a sense of humour

I could go on...
Jet

[Mark34bn]

I have so many 'favourites' from the 80's it's impossible to list them all so here's a few which come to mind.

Some electronic stuff -

Japan - Ghosts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYYRl86R4g&fea...

Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (NSFW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B__8N5d_LA

Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons (well, the intro...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlhQ3iC54QM&fea...

[StevieBee]

jet_noise said:

Dear All,

mildly unknown:
Love and Money: Strange Kind of Love , Hallelujah Man + Jocelyn Square all from the Strange Kind of Love album - sort of Scottish Soul/Jazz meets Steeley Dan production values [fast show] mmm, smoooth. [/fast show]

Fabulous band!

Hows about:

Belouis Somme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkTTBdIjj0&fea...

Bit of Talk Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXQYyKzyDaE

Will be amazed if anyone has come across Aldo Nova (song starts at 1.00): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIajAVbR_zY

[StevieBee]

Nicholas Blair said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY

Blue Nile - absolute class act!

Try this - them on Jools Holland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0wkO0aTtec&fea...

[Mark34bn]

From the Ritzy nightclub Plymouth circa '88 / '89....

Hue & Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxMvb9VrzY

The Rebel MC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU8SPZprzsw

Darryl Pandy (a bit ghey) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-OgG1A74c&fea...

Inner City - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI&fea...

Them were the days etc...

[Mark34bn]

Depending on how old you are, you'll either not know this / think it's better than the original / think it's crap and the original can't be bettered.....

Far Corporation - Stairway to heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzDEmkfb6VI

I reckon it's better..

[kiteless]

Despite everything (heavily gated snare / synthesised bass / dreadful dancing / even worse "hairdos"), I still really like this (Obsession by Animotion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0

Others from the 80's that really flick my switch:-

Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It

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

The Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dew Drops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdEHbdjyCJ4

And a couple of Gary Numan ditties: We Are Glass & I Die You Die

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cksIn_mK0Co&fea...

Honourable mention to most of Marillion's work during the mid to late 80's as well

[2volvos]

Mark34bn said:

From the Ritzy nightclub Plymouth circa '88 / '89....

Hue & Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxMvb9VrzY

The Rebel MC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU8SPZprzsw

Darryl Pandy (a bit ghey) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-OgG1A74c&fea...

Inner City - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI&fea...

Them were the days etc...

I was there too! 88/89 was my first year at Plymouth Poly! Ritzy was for Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesday was Oscars night and Friday was the Sea Anglers Club....thems were the days indeed...Oh and Saturday night was for running the gauntlet of Union Street to get to the Star of the West.

My song memories of those nights are

Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Cure - Love Cats
Housemartins - Happy Hour
Talking Heads - Slippery People
EMF - Unbelievable
Soul II Soul - Back to Life
INXS - Need You Tonight