The 80s music thread

[helenjane]

[pigstar]

Originally Posted by Mr~Spaceman

ABC - Be Near Me

OMG!!! <3

I'm keeping this thread at arm's length at the moment - there are a couple of bands I am dorky as hell about, and I wouldn't want to bore you all. But since I'm here...

YMO - Taiso

[helenjane]

[pigstar]

^ the world was a better place when pop bands dressed like that.

it makes me want to post more Imagination, so:

Music and Lights

[Mr. Spaceman]

[pigstar]

i always think of this song as "say hello..."'s awesomely creepy cousin:

heaven 17 - come live with me

[helenjane]

[helenjane]

[W!llow]

[Mr. Spaceman]

'Til Tuesday - What About Love

[pigstar]

let's play cowboys and indians!

presented with apologies to any native americans who might happen to be reading this board for some reason:

the sugar hill gang - apache (jump on it)

presented with apologies to any executors of the estate of john wayne who might happen to be reading this board for some reason:

haysi fantayzee - john wayne is big leggy

are you there god? it's me pigstar. please explain why the feck you decided, in your infinite wisdom, that I was going to be born too late for THIS:

adam and the ants - kings of the wild frontier

[helenjane]

[catlover]

The 80's had some good tunes, but I've always preferred the 60's and early 70's.

[Dan B]

[incommunicado]

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[catlover]

Now that I think about it, one song from the 80's does strike a chord in me. I just wish I could follow its advice!!!

Don't Worry, Be Happy - 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-Fk1PwVeU

[imperfectlysane]

Tim Finn - Carve You In Marble

[Pink*Lady]

Originally Posted by heleny

Another long forgotten favourite.

[helenjane]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Another long forgotten favourite.

Yes Mel & Kim were really good and that was a great song of theirs

[helenjane]

[pigstar]

IT'S HALLOWEEN

and I'm adopting that Tim Finn video as an honourary part of this post, cos the video was kinda spooky.

(I liked it a lot, actually. Is there more like that? have no idea what genre you'd call it, but there's a slightly neurotic, angular but smooth, grown-up kind of 80s pop that I totally love, and could always use more of.)

Anyway. Do you want to hear a zombie love song? There's no video, but it's great - the kind of song that Neil Hannon or Alex Kapranos would *kill* to write.

eine symphonie des grauens - the monochrome set


With this - I'm using a spoiler tag for

the dancing vampires

at the end, but I must have watched this video 30 times and it still cracks me up, so...it maybe doesn't need a spoiler tag. Either way, it's awesome.

kenji sawada - the sixth melancholy


This one isn't as halloween-themed as the others. I'm posting it cos I find it really unsettling. I know this sounds like a bit of a stretch for a video that features a teddy bear army, Steve Strange being terrorised by a puppet of himself and giant liquorice allsorts rolling down the stairs in slow motion, but...actually, that all makes it worse. It feels genuinely unhinged, in a bad way. Or am I just being a wuss? You decide:

visage - mind of a toy


(ps: much love for freeez! will try and remember to come back with more b-boy music sometime.)

[timmyb]

Terrible film but my god Olivia was hot back then.

[imperfectlysane]

Originally Posted by pigstar

eine symphonie des grauens - the monochrome set

I especially like the line, 'my skull gives head, so let's wed'. Very good.

[helenjane]

[helenjane]

[helenjane]

[Pink*Lady]

Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHo5w2WGZWA

[helenjane]

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