It's the Friday 80s Pop song thread (1 Viewer)

pete · Jan 13, 2023

therealjohnny · Jan 13, 2023

:1:35 is particularly odd

prefuse · Jan 13, 2023

The psychedelic furs - Pretty in pink (1981)

I'm guessing Richard Butler was a fan of David Bowie.

prefuse · Jan 13, 2023

The stranglers - Strange little girl (1982)

prefuse · Jan 13, 2023

therealjohnny · Jan 20, 2023

#liveversionsofsongs

I love this live version. It really shows the cleverness of the arrangement and how cool Robert Palmer was

GO · Jan 23, 2023

prefuse said:
The stranglers - Strange little girl (1982)

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Theres something about early 80s Stranglers that just kinda sounds like a daydream to me.
I was a full time daydreamer as a kid and this reminds me of those days. Staring out the window.

Most of my time in school was spent staring out the window. I can remember it vividly. And this song reminds me of it.

GO · Jan 23, 2023

therealjohnny said:
#liveversionsofsongs

I love this live version. It really shows the cleverness of the arrangement and how cool Robert Palmer was

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This is awesome

nuke terrorist · Jan 27, 2023

Martha And The Muffins - Saigon (1980)

Lili Marlene · Jan 27, 2023

I used to think that first Martha & the Muffins album was really weak, now I think it's incredibly strong, great vibes start to finish.

therealjohnny · Jan 27, 2023

nuke terrorist said:
Martha And The Muffins - Saigon (1980)

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"I'm sure that's going to be just as big a hit as their last on, Echo Beach"

no

nuke terrorist · Jan 27, 2023

In the early days of YouTube (circa December 2005 onwards) I started looking up videos of HC, grindcore, noise etc. artists that I had previously never seen even a colour photo of.
Seeing camcorder footage of bands playing in a corner of a room, with no stage, got boring surprisingly quickly so I migrated to my other big music interest - post punk. Much better visuals there.
Sometimes in 2006 I'd look for stuff and there would be nothing for months on end (e.g. BIG BLACK).

Apart from their TOTP appearances this was the first ASSOCIATES clip that emerged (it wasn't really the done thing to post audio clips on YouTube until 2009).
Here Billy MacKenzie and the 1985 line up (WITHOUT Alan Rankine or Michael Dempsey or Martha Ladly or John Murphy) were supporting ABC and CULTURE CLUB at Yokohama Baseball Stadium.
There was torrential rain as they caught the tail end a storm (typhoon??).
Despite not being the classic line up, they do a amazing version of A Matter Of Gender and Billy could move!

best comment:
''The rain makes it look more like Tannadice than Yokohama!''

nuke terrorist · Jan 27, 2023

GO said:
Theres something about early 80s Stranglers that just kinda sounds like a daydream to me.
I was a full time daydreamer as a kid and this reminds me of those days. Staring out the window.

Most of my time in school was spent staring out the window. I can remember it vividly. And this song reminds me of it.

Strange Little Girl was apparently the first song The Stranglers wrote in 1974 but it never was never released until 1982

GO · Jan 27, 2023

nuke terrorist said:
Strange Little Girl was apparently the first song The Stranglers wrote in 1974 but it never was never released until 1982

Wow!

Lili Marlene · Jan 27, 2023

I'm not a huge fan or anything but the Stranglers are well underrated in my opinion; they really artistically represent some really nasty bits of maleness, but it is done artistically! It's valid, like. No one would be willing to write those kinds of songs nowadays.

I saw someone describe Peaches as like a Doors song if the Doors were clever enough to realize how stupid they were, sounds about right.

Saw them once at a festival and my main takeaway was how much better players they were than everyone else.

Lili Marlene · Jan 27, 2023

Anyway, speaking of men writing about their problems, he's 12+ minutes of fucking glory from Dexys. That drummer is unexpectedly dressed.

Great dancing

prefuse · Jan 27, 2023

GO · Jan 27, 2023

therealjohnny said:
"I'm sure that's going to be just as big a hit as their last on, Echo Beach"

no

Cheggers plays pop!!

I LOVED that show

therealjohnny · Jan 27, 2023

I saw him in real life at a Multi Coloured Swap Shop event

Highlight of my life

GO · Jan 27, 2023

Lili Marlene said:
Anyway, speaking of men writing about their problems, he's 12+ minutes of fucking glory from Dexys. That drummer is unexpectedly dressed.

Great dancing

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This is EXTRAORDINARY!

Thanks for posting man! Amazing

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