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| 544.1 | | LASHAM::MAILROOM | 666 - the number after 665. | Tue Nov 28 1989 12:48 | 5 |
| It was all Adam Ant and Blondie wasn't it ?
Brilliant stuff !!
PETE
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| 544.2 | | WELMTS::GREENB | In love, in fear, in hate, in tears | Wed Nov 29 1989 11:23 | 1 |
| Weren't the Jam the UK's no 1 in 1980?
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| 544.3 | | LASHAM::MAILROOM | Sir Arthur Conan (Destroyer)Doyle | Wed Nov 29 1989 11:45 | 3 |
| no. 1 what ?
PETE
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| 544.4 | | WELMTS::GREENB | In love, in fear, in hate, in tears | Wed Nov 29 1989 11:48 | 7 |
| Band, Pete, band!! I thought 1980 was the year the Jam could do
no wrong with the singles-buying public, and quite right too.
Then there was all that Two-tone stuff, then there was the New
Rommantics, then there was......
Bob
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| 544.5 | The 80's - good to see the back of them | MAGIC::OCONNOR | Anorexoid | Wed Nov 29 1989 22:31 | 14 |
| "I Could be Happy" Altered Images
"Free Nelson Mandela" Specials AKA
"Swamp" and "Big Decision" That Petrol Emotion
"We're having all the fun" Fun Boy Three
There must be some more but I can't think of them now.
Not much of a decade for singles with Duran-boran, Howard Jones (where
are they now ?? Waiting at Bognor Regis train station I hope) and all
that sickly twaddle.
- Tim (a note from Nashua N.H.)
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| 544.6 | My votes | AYOU30::PAULC | Captive of the Scottish rain | Thu Nov 30 1989 12:38 | 10 |
| My votes go for:
1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
2. "Graceland" - The Bible
3. "Souvenir" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4. "Holding Back The Years" - Simply Red
5. "P-Machinery" - Propaganda
Cheers,
�Paul�
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| 544.7 | You Got Love Technique | SHAPES::BROWNM | | Thu Nov 30 1989 13:19 | 33 |
| In no particular order;
"Love Will Tear Us Aparrrrt" - Joy Division
"Blue Monday" - New Order
"Atmosphere" - J.D.
"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"Oh L'Amour" - Erasure
"Enola Gay" - OMD
"Burning Up" (US 12") - Madonna (Favourite song)
"Dear Jessie" - Maddy
"Like A Prayer" - Maddy
"Spotlight" (Released in Japan) - Maddy
Most of Madonna's stuff.
"One Tree Hill" (Aussie 7") - U2
"Dreaming Of Me" - Depeche Mode
There's just too many. Here's a list of LP tracks & B-side I like;
"From Under The Covers" - The Beautiful South
"1963" - New Order
"No Love Lost" - Joy Division
"In The Night" - Pet Shop Boys
"My Heart So Blue" - Erasure
"Phantom Bride" - Erasure
"Reunion" - Erasure
"That's My Impression" - Pet Shop Boys
"Don't Do It" - New Order
"MTO" - New Order
"Your Silent Face" - the best - New Order
& most tracks by Madonna. I just like her voice.
MattyB
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| 544.8 | when you say it's gonna happen now... | BAHTAT::STURROCK | An earwig crawled into my ear... | Fri Dec 01 1989 09:57 | 15 |
| 1. How Soon Is Now - The Smiths (I cried with relief and joy when I
first heard this - thank God someone knew how I felt!)
2. Sit Down - James (Most uplifting single I've heard)
3. In Between Days - The Cure (Best pop song of the 80's)
4. Hand In Glove - The Smiths (Set the scene perfectly - I'll probably
never see you again.)
5. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (How many times have I heard that?)
6. Ask - The Smiths (Shyness is nice! Joyously witty)
7. Lovecats - The Cure (I just love cats!)
8. (Don't you) Forget about me - Simple Minds (Reminds me of The
Breakfast Club and that is killer movie.)
9. This Charming Man - The Smiths (Will nature make a man of me yet?)
10.Panic - The Smiths (Protest music as it should be sung.)
B.
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| 544.9 | Stereophonic Sexcrime! | PEKING::AMANNP | Don't ask me why | Fri Dec 01 1989 12:13 | 1 |
| Sexcrime (nineteen-eighty-four)
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| 544.10 | Jim Kerr is Scottish you know! | SHAPES::BROWNM | | Fri Dec 01 1989 12:23 | 9 |
| RE.8
Bruce,
Yeah I know what you mean about the Breakfast Club. But then most of
the Simple Minds stuff is good. I like Alive And Kicking (Live).
MattyB
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| 544.11 | I'm not Scottish! | BAHTAT::STURROCK | An earwig crawled into my ear... | Fri Dec 01 1989 13:33 | 4 |
| Whoops! I meant that *besides* it being a bloody good track it also
reminds me of the film.
B
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| 544.12 | | BOOKIE::GUEST | Anorexoid | Fri Dec 01 1989 16:29 | 7 |
| Jim Kerr has stated that he **H-A-T-E-S** that record, that he must've
written it in his sleep (REM anyone ??) and that the vile vinyl
is only good as a makeshift frisbee.
Tell it like it is Jim!!
Tim
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| 544.13 | | HYEND::SCHILTON | When they said sit down,I stood up | Fri Dec 01 1989 16:32 | 5 |
| >> Jim Kerr has stated that he **H-A-T-E-S** that record, that he must've
>> written it in his sleep
Why does he continue to sing it then? Surely it's not to satisfy the
fans, "independent thinker" that he is.
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| 544.14 | | BOOKIE::GUEST | Anorexoid | Fri Dec 01 1989 19:42 | 1 |
| It's to satisfy you Sue darling....
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| 544.15 | Sir Bob? | AYOV18::GHERMAN | Rebel without a Clue | Sat Dec 02 1989 12:14 | 6 |
| "Do They know It's Christmas (Feed the World)" BandAid
Music for a cause hasn't been like this since the 60's. The song
may be pretty saccharine but the feeling behind it makes it worthy.
George
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| 544.16 | | CURRNT::SAXBY | Isn't it 5.30 yet? | Mon Dec 04 1989 11:28 | 4 |
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Blue Monday - New Order.
Mark
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| 544.17 | To name a few (would be impossible) | CLADA::MEAGHER | These are the hands of a tired man | Mon Dec 04 1989 17:11 | 47 |
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Best Singles? Where do I start? Hope I don't bore you...
Anything by
Madness (esp Gray Day)
Blondie (esp Hanging on the telephone, or Atomic, or ...)
The Police (esp Don't stand so close to me (remix))
Depeche Mode (up till about 2 years ago IMO, esp See you)
The Human League (esp Love is all that matters)
Kate Bush (esp Cloudbusting [?])
U2 (esp The Unforgettable Fire)
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Start - The Jam
Ashes to ashes - David Bowie
Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran
Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for fears
Look of love - ABC
Hide & Seek - Howard Jones (met him down the station :-)
Don't try to stop it - Roman Holiday
When love breaks down - Prefab Sprout
Birthday - The Sugarcubes.
London Calling - The Clash
Beat it - Micheal Jackson
Say hello, wave goodbye - Soft Cell
Chance - Big Country
Waterfront - Simple Minds (bet you can hear me thinking :-)
Break out - Swing out sister (bet that threw you off)
Alphabet Street - Prince
Zoom - The Fat Larry band
S-Express (Theme ?) - S-Express
Stand - REM
A walk in the park - Spandau Ballet
Kayleigh - Marillion (sp?)
Whistle down the Wind - Nick Heyward (Deleted!!!)
Wouldn't it be good - Nik Kershaw
This Old Town - Phil Lynnot (Deleted!!! Have they no souls???)
Something about you - Level 42
Almaz - Randy Crawford (was this a single?)
Don't look down - Go West
Don't go - Hot house flowers
Enola Gay - OMD
...I could go on and on. I'm sure that I've left out a lot of my
favorites. Great years!
-Brian.
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| 544.18 | Just remembered some more! | GREBO::GURU | Nuclear War is a load of ballistics | Wed Dec 06 1989 12:07 | 20 |
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Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - The Rattler
Makes you want to dance around your room ... "I can help you get your feet
out of that clay"
The Redskins - Keep On Keeping On
Best political song ever ... "Wouldn't it be better to die on your feet than
to live on your knees"
Lloyd Cole - Forest Fire
Just a great song of a great album.
Heaven 17 - Facist Groove Thang
Another great disco song
Forgotten!!! - And the Motorcade Sped On
A free single from the NME about Pres. Kennedys assasination, unlikely
situation to base a record on but it works ... is anyone knows the band
or singer who did this please post it here ... I've lost the single and
only have a copy on tape with no notes!
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| 544.19 | "....and the motorcade sped on" | AYOV18::DROBB | More paranoid than a President | Thu Dec 07 1989 10:10 | 9 |
| Re. -1 - some good choices there, Mr. Guru ;-)
FYI, Steinski was the guy behind THE MOTORCADE SPED ON - from memory,
he was one of the first artists to hit big trouble in the recording
industry for sampling.
Wonder what ever happened to the freebie singles given away by NME,
Melody Maker, Record Mirror and the like....some of them were quite
good, y'know.
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| 544.20 | Thes must have been hits 'cos even I heard of them... | NSDC::SIMPSON | File Under Common Knowledge | Thu Jan 25 1990 12:08 | 68 |
| Bit late here, but anyway....
I stopped consciously following popular music (radio, TV etc.) in '83, so if
I've bumped into the record, then it must have sold well....
Reading through the list, its interesting to reflect on just how little popular
music endures - its mainly fashion and fad. Many of the 'super-stars' mentioned
have faded away shame isn't it?
Anyway, here's my list, in no order (I even like a couple of them!) :-)
Springsteen - Born in the USA
- the River
Tears for Fears - Everyone wants to rule the world
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver
- Kings of the wild Frontier
- Prince Charming
INXS - Need you tonight
the Police - Every breath you take
Duran Duran - Rio
- Hungry like the wolf
- The reflex
...many more - but they all sound the same
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Jan '80)
Madonna - Waste of time mentioning them - they're covered
100's times in this conference...
U2 - Without you
- Where the streets have no name etc.
George Michael - Dunno, but he seems to have made a lot of money
Prince - When doves fly
- Kiss
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
- Lets Dance
Dire Straits - MOney for Nothing etc.
Frankie Goest to H'wood - Relax
- Two Tribes
Peter Gabriel - Games without Frontiers
- Sledgehammer
Michael Jackson - Thriller
- etc. etc. etc.
Cyndi Lauper - Time after time
Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you...
Chris de Burgh - Lady in Red
Band Aid - Do they know its Xmas
Kim Carnes (who?) - Bette Davis eyes
John Lennon - Woman
Marvin "I like my dad" Gaye - Sexual Healing
Europe - The final countdown
Marrs - Pump up the volume
Abba (swansong) - The Winner takes it all
The Cars - you might think
New Order - blue Monday
Billy Joel - uptown girl
Kate Bush - Running up that Hill
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?
- Karma Chameleon
Visage - Fade to Grey
Van Halen - Jump
Wham - wake me up before you go, go (demonstrating the
fast developing writing skills of Mr. G. Michael :-))
Kim wilde - Kids in America
Fine Young Cannibals - She drives me crazy
Pet Shop boys - Always on my mind
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Dexy's Midnight runners - Come on Eileen
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
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| 544.21 | Yeah | SHAPES::BROWNM | I get this feeling I'm in motion... | Fri Jan 26 1990 09:07 | 9 |
| RE. -1,
A sane person. Someone who like mainstream stuff. I'd like to say
thanks for liking this sort of music.
Having said that I like indie stuff too.
Mattyb
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| 544.22 | only SOME of the best!! | SNOC01::TOMAC | Oh My, Oh My.. What a retched life | Mon Jan 29 1990 09:47 | 13 |
| o blister in the sun - violent femmes
o kiss off - violent femmes
o bigmouth strikes again - the smiths
o stop me if you think that - the smiths
you've heard this one before
o panic - the smiths
o my bag - lloyd cole
o suehead - morrissey
o superman - rem
o begin the begin - rem
o electrical storm - ed kuepper
o tender prey - nick cave
o rock the casbah - the clash
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