80s music trivia

**Plastic Paddy** · 26/10/2004, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Oh God no. I think we've had this thrashed out before.

I like Goth, the Mission, The Sisters of Mercy etc. But not that poppy middle of the road harmless goth of the Cure, though 17 Seconds was a fine album and Play for Today a great song. But after that there was a lot of mushy rubbish like Friday I'm in Love and LoveCats.

As do I, as you know. SoM, the Fields of the Nephilim, Bauhaus, James Rays Gangwar, I loved 'em all. Imagine my shock then about two months ago when my new boss started (I work in local government) and it turned out that he was the bass player of the last-named band all those years ago. Priceless.

I got him to sign the covers of all the albums and singles of theirs that I (still sadly) own.

Originally Posted by green goblin

If we're fishing for the for the champions of the Euro-pop musical nuclear accident genre, then I much prefer the vastly superior 99 Red Balloons by Nena.

I think I led a very sheltered life as a kid. Nena singing on ToTP was the first time I really remember seeing a woman with hairy armpits.

PP

**green goblin** · 26/10/2004, 9:37 AM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

I think I led a very sheltered life as a kid. Nena was the first time I really remember seeing a woman with hairy armpits.

PP

Hertfordshire does indeed have a human shield defending a young man from this kind of thing.
Showing me age here, but first single I remember buying was "Because the Night" by Patti Smith. Again, a lady who looks like she's got a stoat nestling under each arm. Brrr...

**lopez** · 26/10/2004, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

...I think I led a very sheltered life as a kid. Nena singing on ToTP was the first time I really remember seeing a woman with hairy armpits.

Very de rigeur in Germany in the eighties and Austria as far as 1995 when I was there for the 3-1 game. My brother-in-law mentioned M(??) and 'Pop Musik' the other day (New York, London, Peckham...erm sorry, Paris, Munich/Everybody's talking about...Pop Musik), from circa 1979. That and Amadeus by Falcao (??) are my candidates for crap Euro-pap. Far worst than that jail-bait now married to Johnny Depp singing about her taxi, or Nena, who despite her armpits was (and still is if you watched 'I love 1983' a couple of years ago) babe-a-licious.

**Pat O' Banton** · 26/10/2004, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by patsh

The Smiths were the best band of the eighties

80s? Surely ever. This isn't up for debate it is a fact.

Anyway think that these are all eighties but;

3 Feet high and Rising - De La Soul
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
The Queen is Dead & Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
Red Roses & If I should Fall from Grace with God - The Pouges
It takes a Nation of Million to Hold Us Back -Public Enemy No1
The Stone Roses - tThe Stone Roses

are prob the top albums of the eighties, I know that I've missed a couple of obvious ones out along the line.

**PaulB** · 26/10/2004, 12:15 PM

Best of the eighties and nobody has mentioned the Go-Betweens, most unrated band ever..a few others.

Swansway - Soul Train
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
China Crisis
The smiths
The Bunnymen
Stranglers (strange little girl one of the best singles of the 80s)
Old Heaven 17
Simple minds - pre don'y u forget about me (glitterign prize, american etc)

Compare all that to the ****e out now.. Weren' the 80's wonderful!

**green goblin** · 26/10/2004, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

80s? Surely ever. This isn't up for debate it is a fact.
Anyway think that these are all eighties but;
3 Feet high and Rising - De La Soul
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
The Queen is Dead & Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
Red Roses & If I should Fall from Grace with God - The Pouges
It takes a Nation of Million to Hold Us Back -Public Enemy No1
The Stone Roses - tThe Stone Roses
are prob the top albums of the eighties, I know that I've missed a couple of
obvious ones out along the line.

Oh, well played.

Any of these albums stand up now as good as anything from any decade before or since.

Originally Posted by PaulB

Best of the eighties and nobody has mentioned the Go-Betweens, most unrated band ever..a few others.
Swansway - Soul Train
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
China Crisis
The smiths
The Bunnymen
Stranglers (strange little girl one of the best singles of the 80s)
Old Heaven 17
Simple minds - pre don'y u forget about me (glitterign prize, american etc)
Compare all that to the ****e out now.. Weren' the 80's wonderful!

Go-Betweens- saw them loads from Postcard era through to later on. Still great. Good call for Heaven 17 too, Facist Groove Thing still gets a play in our house. Simple Minds are a mystery- loved The American, Sweat and Bullet, and then they became dreadful..

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**PaulB** · 26/10/2004, 12:52 PM

HEaven 17s Penthouse and pavement was a great album at the time. have it on Vinyl, bought it on cd a coule of years back, boy did it sound dated.

XTC and undertones 2 i forgot to mention earlier, and Husker Du!, they're all coming back to me now. The vinyls will be dusted off tonight.

**green goblin** · 26/10/2004, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by PaulB

Husker Du!... The vinyls will be dusted off tonight.

Oh, the only platters that matter are getting a good seeing tonight and no mistake!

If Penthouse and Pavement sounds dated, Dare still sounds fresh as a daisy in places. Black Flag, anyone?

**PaulB** · 26/10/2004, 1:28 PM

Totally agree on Dare, classic album.

**PaulB** · 26/10/2004, 1:32 PM

If Penthouse and Pavement sounds dated, Dare still sounds fresh as a daisy in places. Black Flag, anyone?[/QUOTE]

As a side note, bought the cd version of Dare on the way to Switzerland in September. Anyone who was in Tony and Jerrys bar the Wednesday night would have heard it being blared out, and all the 80s disco kings on the dance floor, what a night!

**Plastic Paddy** · 26/10/2004, 1:47 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call are just about the best things ever committed to vinyl.

Seconded. But then you knew I would.

Originally Posted by Conor74

New Gold Dream, Life in a Day, Real to Real Cacophony, Sparkle in the Rain, Empires and Dance, New Gold Dream...all outstanding.

Again, my thoughts entirely. Even down to NGD twice.

Originally Posted by Conor74

Kinda went a bit pompous and U2-like alright,

Indeed they did...

Originally Posted by Conor74

but Street Fighting Years was still a great album IMHO.

...ahh Conor, just when you were home and dry, you had to go and blow it. It was awful. Bombastic drivel at best.

PP

**patsh** · 26/10/2004, 1:52 PM

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

80s? Surely ever. This isn't up for debate it is a fact.

Hmmmm,
Beatles - 60's
Clash - 70's (closely followed by Queen)
REM - 90's
so the winner is...........The Beatles....

**razor** · 26/10/2004, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

80s? Surely ever. This isn't up for debate it is a fact.

The Smiths ? best bad ever ?
you betcha

The Queen is Dead & Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
George Best/Tommy/Bizarro - The Wedding Present
Viva Hate - Morrissey
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me - The Cure
Doolittle - The Pixies
Songs for the Tempted - 4 of us
Black Celebration / Music for the Masses/ 101 - Depeche Mode

I could go on all day