80s music trivia

**green goblin** · 26/10/2004, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

As luck would have it, I watched Gregory's Girl again last night. What a great show. I'd have had Clare Grogan over Dee Hepburn anytime.

PP

I'd have Clare over anything too!

**Peadar** · 26/10/2004, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

I'd have had Clare Grogan over Dee Hepburn anytime.

Don't be greedy now, it's one or the other.

The lads are probably fuming that we've hijacked their thread but this was originally on a Cork City thread about the St Pats game and had to be split.

**Pat O' Banton** · 26/10/2004, 5:27 PM

Claire Grogan, sang Happy Birthday, appeared in Gregory's Girl and is a Celtic fan. She's virtually perfect (although, of course, not as perfect as Mrs O' B)

**lopez** · 26/10/2004, 8:06 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

You mean you never heard Italy's contribution to the genre, Spagna's 'Call Me' or Sabrina's 'Boys Boys Boys'?

And wasn't Opus of 'Live is Life' fame from Austria?

I think Scooter might be the worst from the continent, or some of the trashier dance/techno crap from Holland too.

On the other hand, mainland Europe did spawn the excellent 'Captain of Her Heart' by Swiss duo Double, and 'Building a Bridge to Your Heart' by Wax, which is a great pop song. Oh, and Vanessa Paradis 'Joe le Taxi' and Desireless 'Voyage Voyage' were good ones too. And Yellow were good.

A fine selection of European sh*te there mate. That 'there's no limits (shurely lyrics) of the Dutch techno durge and the remix of Madge's Holiday. Also 'shutuppayourface', Rene and Ronato (well he was Italian) and that Ryan Paris's Dolce Vita. Where did he get that name from?

Of the better stuff, Scorpions 'Wind of change' wasn't bad and Vangelis knocked out some good stuff. Oh, and Bjork. Speaking of Maddona, anyone mention her? Been around the block a bit but pure babe central in her earlier, yes, sleezier, days.

**green goblin** · 27/10/2004, 9:19 AM

Stayed up way too late last night going through my vinyl and relaising I'd missed some obvious gems.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furous Five: The Message
Grandmaster ande Melle mel: White Lines
The Beastie Boys: Fight for your right to party
The Passions: I'm in love with a German Film Star
Dexys Midnight Runners: Geno
The Style Council: Long hot summer.
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper: Debbie Gibson is pregnant with my two headed love child.
The Fall: Lie dream a Casino soul scene.
The Men they couldn't hang: The Iron Masters
Pixies: Gigantic

Mrs GG inists I include the first record she ever bought: "Don't worry be happy" by Bobby McFerrin.

**green goblin** · 27/10/2004, 9:50 AM

Motorhead- the Ace of spades
the Specials- Too much too young
The Beat- Mirror in the bathroom
the selector- too much pressure
Eddie grant- Electric Avenue
Dead Kennedys- to drink to f*ck
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- the Power of Love

And to sum up the decade in full:
Sean Brady- The Thatcher song.

**green goblin** · 27/10/2004, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Another tangent, the first tape I ever got was a persent of Nik Kershaw's 'Human Racing' .

Your song titles were getting more and more bizarre, you surely have Half Man Half Biscuits 'All I Want For Christmas is a Dukla Pragua Away Kit' somewhere!!

Grandmaster Flas/Furious Five/Melle Mel - the days when rap was good. Another great one is Afrika Bambaataa's reworking of Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express' - think it was renamed 'The Power'

I'd forgotten all about the Biscuits! I hate Nerys Hughes/99% of gargoyles look like Bob Todd/Dickie davies Eyes, all golden and good. Never heard the Kraftwerk remake, though. Sounds good. I'll try and track that one down, cheers. Big Black did a cracking version of The Model, if you ever find it.

best cover version ever, imhom, is still De Dannan's version of Hey Jude. Hysterically funny.

And I'm fairly sure that Goden Green by the Wonderstuff and Sit down by James just make in into the 80's too. Or was it 1990 by then?

**dynamo kerry** · 27/10/2004, 1:28 PM

here's a good one. what do steve strange and boy george have in common pre-releasing singles with culture club/dead or alive?

**green goblin** · 27/10/2004, 1:43 PM

Originally Posted by dynamo kerry

here's a good one. what do steve strange and boy george have in common pre-releasing singles with culture club/dead or alive?

Er... Oh, is it the David Bowie video thing? they were both in Ashes to Ashes?(And do you mean Visage or DOA?)

**dynamo kerry** · 27/10/2004, 2:26 PM

boy george - culture club
ss- doa

both worked in the same nightclub in london prior to getting gigs

george on the cloaks
steve on the door

**green goblin** · 27/10/2004, 2:40 PM

Never knew Steve Strange was in DOA. I mean, that whole Ultravox\Tubeway Army\Visage set were all the same people in the main, but I thought Pete Burns was from oop north, Liverpool or sommat, and not part of the Elektrow Diskow/Heroes crowd.

Never wore eyeliner myself, I'm glad to say.

**noby** · 27/10/2004, 3:13 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Who is DOA?

Dead or Alive.
And yes, it was Burns, not Strange.

Gang of Four, anyone?
Housemartins.
Wedding Present (already mentioned)
Fine Young Cannibals
Second half of Jam/Style Council
and Madness of course (Biggest selling band of 80's, or some record like that)

Everyone knows (or should know) the biggest selling single of the 80's (in british charts). But what was the second biggest?

**noby** · 28/10/2004, 8:18 AM

Originally Posted by Conor74

I think Madness had the biggest singles sales, or else the most singles in the UK charts, in the 80s. Think Shakin' Stevens ran them close though.

Something like that.

Originally Posted by Conor74

As for the second biggest seller, I'm thinking Band Aid was the biggest and something like 'The Power of Love' (not the FGTH version, the one by that solo singer) was second.

Bnd Aid, followed by FGTH Relax!!!

(Back when single sales meant something (about 2 million))

**Pat O' Banton** · 28/10/2004, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by green goblin

I'd forgotten all about the Biscuits! I hate Nerys Hughes/99% of gargoyles look like Bob Todd/Dickie davies Eyes, all golden and good.

Sorry I knew that I would miss something, the brilliant 'ACD' by Half Man Half Biscuit, with classics like Arthurs Farm, Sealclubbing and F*cking Hell its Fred Titmus. 'Back in the DHSS' is a cracker as well.
Incidently seen them at the LA2 this year (�3 a can of Red Stripe

) and their encore started with Holiday in Cambodia. I thought the old punks in the place were going to have a corinary they got so excited.

Oh yeah 'Sit down' by James had been released at least, possibly twice before it reached No.1 in 1991 so I think that this would make it into the 80s quite comfortably

**PaulB** · 29/10/2004, 12:09 PM

What about UB40, the earth dies screaming, 1 in 10 super stuff. tyler..,, signing off was a great album.

**joeSoap** · 29/10/2004, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Then they all became millionaires too, and much quieter...

Typical...sing about life, hardship, how downtrodden they were and how tough they had it.....and then change and give their true fans the finger when they were comfortable...

**Dotsy** · 29/10/2004, 2:29 PM

One of the all time greats - Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music. Spanned fours decades but some of the 80's stuff was amazing - Jealous Guy, Slave to Love, Avalon..

**PaulB** · 29/10/2004, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by Dotsy

One of the all time greats - Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music. Spanned fours decades but some of the 80's stuff was amazing - Jealous Guy, Slave to Love, Avalon..

Never got into Roxy Music, always put me to sleep. Where is Ferry these days, haven't heard from him in years.