POX: Largely Forgotten Singles from the 80's

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1. "Another Kind of Love" by Hugh Cornwell
2. "Breakaway" by Big Pig
3. "Talk to Me" by I Am Siam
4. "City Bound" by Novo Combo
5. "No.9" by the Suburbs

yerz?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

whoops, that was only five.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Siedah Garrett - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

― Melson (ArchCarrier), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Ellen Foley, "Phases of Travel"

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Polyrock, "Romantic Me"

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hungry Town" Big Pig
"Panic" Fiction Factory
"Candybar Express" Love and Money
"Beautiful Imbalance" Thrashing Doves
"Upstreet Downfall" McClusky Brothers
"Letter to a Fanzine" Great Plains
"Moon 3" Friends Again
"Everything That Rises Must Converge" Shriekback/PWEI
"Seedy Lotion"(5-song EP)-Mel-O-Tones
"Keen"-That Petrol Emotion

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

ooooooohh, and "Breaking Point" -Bourgie Bourgie

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Rock and Roll Crazy Nights-Loudness

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I Could Have Been A Dreamer - Dio

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't remember hearing any of the songs that have been listed so far (even though the 80s were my high school/college years, when I was relatively aware of what was on both mainstream and college radio).

So maybe the following are less forgotten. But I never see them mentioned or showing up on compilations:

The Members - "Working Girl"
Torch Song - "Don't Look Now"

(But i can't remember hearing any of the songs

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

mine will all be courtesy of VH1 Classic

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Crap, accidentally hit "send" too soon

The last bit of my post is redundant obviously, plus I was going to note that Wm Orbit took Torch Song in a very different (ambient) direction after the early track I've listed.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

5.45 by Gang of Four

― egon krenz (slaytrack), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Shoot You Down" by APB
"Glad I'm Not a Kennedy" by Shona Laing
"Where Was" by Guthrie Handley

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Victory Line" by Limited Warranty

― subgenius (subgenius), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Korgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
OXO - Whirly Girl
Kings - Switchin' To Glide
Rockwell - Obscene Phone Caller (so he was a *two*-hit wonder)

I have not forgotten "Romantic Me."

― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The two "Exposed" samplers on CBS are great for playing this game. You can find 'em for $5.00 total in most used bins.

― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

'A True Story' by Thirteen Moons
'Bias Binding' by Yeah Yeah Noh
'Cottage in Negril' by Tyrone Taylor

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Diesel - Sausalito Summernight

― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

parachute men "bed and breakfast"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

icicleworks "understanding jane"
shriekback "nemesis"
when in rome "the promise"
lucy show "new message"
cactus world news "worlds apart"
mighty lemon drops "all the way"
machinations "pressure sway"
drongos "lower east-side substance abuser"
forgotten rebels "surfin' on heroin"
screaming blue messiahs "i wanna be a flintstone"

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

icicleworks "understanding jane"

Nice!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"shoot you down" is such an incredible track. i still have a copy of that at home, think i'll play it tonight. i wish i would have included "boy" by book of love.

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cruisin' (Lucy and Ramona)" -- Michael Nesmith
"AEIOU Sometimes Y" -- Ebn-Ozn

― rainman (rainman), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Ex Post Facto "Oceanic Explorers" (obscure, even if you're ned haha!)
Freur "Doot Doot", "Matters of the Heart"

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The Lucy Show, now there was a band. what happened to them?

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

"bulletproof heart" - fingerprintz

...i had "new message" - the lucy show but was beaten as i wrote :)

― william (william), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm having too much fun with this, how about "nimby" by chalk circle and "pure" by the lightning seeds

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

mania has always been one of my favorite albums from the 80's but it's near impossible to find anyone that has ever even heard of the lucy show. right before it closed i was able to buy the lp and the new message 12" from what was a very weird tower records outlet store near my work. they had the strangest collection of unwanted music at this place.

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

art bergmann - "empty house"
slow - "i broke the circle"

― william (william), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

speaking of the lucy show. i like "undone " more than "mania" although,what do i know as amg only gave it 1 and a half stars :P

― william (william), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i no longer have a copy of undone but i remember not being a very big fan of it. it would be nice to revisit it though.

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Blue Clocks Green - "Hemingway"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Airport - The Motors
Thank You - The Pale Fountains
Sunkissed - Friends Again
Beautiful Love - Adeva
This House - Big Sound Authority
Dream Sequence - Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls
Venceremos - Working Week
Price You Pay - The Questions
Questionnaire - Chaz Jankel
Riding On A Train - The Pasadenas
Reachin' - Phase II
That's The Way Love Is - Ten City

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Coconut Rough, "Sierra Leone"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Thursday, 19 February 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Expose - "Let Me Be The One"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 February 2004 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Sue Wilkinson, "You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On"
Susan Fassbender, "Twilight Cafe"

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 20 February 2004 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The two "Exposed" samplers on CBS are great for playing this game.

I was listening to the 1981 Exposed this morning!

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 February 2004 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

before this thread was posted!

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 February 2004 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Roachford, "Cuddly Toy" - I've never seen this on an '80s compilation in my life but I still find it delightful

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 20 February 2004 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I love that Sue Wilkinson record! Always wondered about its history though, so odd..

Jeffrey Osbourne - "She's on the left"
Dhar Braxton - "Jump back"
Stevie [can't remember surname] - "Run for cover" (like Hi-Nrg northern soul hybrid)

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 20 February 2004 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Electric Blue" Icehouse

― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Friday, 20 February 2004 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah Band 'Clouds Across The Moon'
Jody Watley 'Looking For A New Love'
Nu-Shooz 'Point Of No Return'
Wax 'Bridge To Your Heart'
Billy Ocean 'Loverboy'
Whistle 'Nothin' Serious (Jus Buggin)'
Krush 'House Arrest'
Desireless 'Voyage Voyage'
Fox The Fox 'Precious Little Diamond'
Scarlet Fantastic 'No Memory'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 20 February 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Sherry Kean - I Want You Back

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Friday, 20 February 2004 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Jacob I did some research into the Wilkinson thing (i.e. googled it) - it seems to have been on a short lived record label set up by Chas Chandler (ex-Animals I think) and some pub rock geezers, Wilkinson was their only hit. No info whatsoever on her or why the record sounds like it does.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 20 February 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Lotus Eaters - 'First picture of you'

― Bidfurd, Friday, 20 February 2004 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh God, this is very odd - I've been singing some of these songs all week - in particular "Questionaire" by Chas Jankel, seem to remember the video was always on "Saturday Superstore", very much in the style of "Accidents will happen" if I remember correctly. And someone mentioned the first two Freur singles (when most only noticed the first one).

On a side note, does anyone remember a single issued in 1983 which was sung by a girl whose chorus was just her shouting "What a wally!"? Got a lot of play on Radio Luxembourg at the time, but I never saw a copy or heard of it since.

― Rob M (Rob M), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

This is a proper 'show your age' thread, isn't it?

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

too girly girly - can't remember who it's by

buggin' - Whistle

― chris (chris), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"Girlie Girlie"? Sophia George

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

er, i said Whistle only a few posts back there chris

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Heaven, "Rock School."

So very Jack Black (but unironic), 20 years before his movie of almost the same name.

― mike a, Friday, 20 February 2004 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Sa-fire - Don't Break My Heart
Nude Ants - Love & Happiness
Fad Gadget - Back To Nature
Freur - Doot Doot
Paul Haig - The Only Truth
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
The Unknown Cases - Masimbambele

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

crap, its "Masimbabele"

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

To give a more recent example: White Town, "Your Woman."

― mike a, Friday, 20 February 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

forgotten? 80s?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Where Does That Boy Hang Out? - David Lasley

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The Chairs - Size 10 Girlfriend
Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix
Corn Dollies - Forever Steven
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Jennifer she Said

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Producers - She Sheila

― Chris V (Chris V), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"Jean's not happening" - Pale Fountains
"Get out of London" - Inteferon
"Jackpot Jack" - The Room

― Rob M (Rob M), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

The Jets - "Cross My Broken Heart"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

― Chris V (Chris V), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

omg thanks for mentioning the Paleys !

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

seriously! and by the way "Thank You" if it's not already upthread

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Most of my faves are from the Hardest Hits collection...

Gazebo - I Like Chopin
Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
Benjamin Russell - The Miracle
Rational Youth - Saturdays In Silesia
The Mood - I Don't Need Your Love Now
The Big Supreme - Don't Walk
Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul)
Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You
Furniture - Brilliant Mind

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

by the way "Thank You" if it's not already upthread

I mentioned it. Such a lovely record.

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 20 February 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

While we're her..

You'll Start A War - The Pale Fountains

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 20 February 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

these are less likely to qualify as forgotten but still deserve more attention...

"eyes of a stranger" the payola$
"sometimes" belouis some
"happy hour" housemartins
"go" tones on tail
"things i do for money" northern pikes
"big saturday" jazz butcher
"bittersweet" hoodoo gurus

― metfigga (metfigga), Friday, 20 February 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Scarlet Fantastic 'No Memory'

This was the first thing I thought of before I read the thread!

"Beautiful Imbalance" Thrashing Doves

And this was the second!!

Also:

"Sonic Boom Boy" - Westworld
"The Promise You Made" - Cock Robin
"See The Day" - Dee C Lee
"I Don't Mind At All" - Bourgeois Tagg
"Away" - The Bolshoi
"Let's Go All The Way" - Sly Fox
"The House That Jack Built" - Tracie
"The Second Summer Of Love" - Danny Wilson

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 20 February 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

what about :

Swansway "illuminations"
the Mobiles "drowning in berlin"
Marc and the Mambas "black heart"
Sylvia and the Saphires "shopping around"
April Showers "abandon ship"

― Bart (Belgium), Saturday, 28 January 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

The Loft - "Up the Hill and Down the Slope"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 28 January 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Leave In Silence - Depeche Mode
All I Want - Howard Jones
Turn Back The Clock - Johnny Hates Jazz
Clouds Across The Moon - Rah Band
State Of The Nation - Industry
Till I Can't Take Love No More - Eddy Grant
Dancing In Your Shoes - Thompson Twins
Flash In The Night - Secret Service
God Thank You Woman - Culture Club
Black & White - Patto

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 28 January 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Fiat Lux- Secrets

― Xavier Dechamps, Saturday, 1 April 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Black and Sam Brown 'Fly up to the moon'

― Niall, Saturday, 1 April 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

visage - "mind of a toy"
classix nouveaux - "guilty"

― bijoux (bijoux), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Fashion - Move On

― ratty, Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

The Colourfield - Thinking of You

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

kissing the pink - "mr. blunt"
tracey ullman - "you broke my heart in 17 places"
jodelles - "girls fall in love"
special aka - "free nelson mandela"
baltimora - "key key karimba"

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Marc Almond - "Melancholy Rose"
Kirsty MacColl - "Free World"
Stump - "Chaos"
The Proclaimers - "Throw the 'R' Away"

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

Where was I when this thread got started?! Ok, anyway.

Nine Ways To Win, "Close To You"
Industry, "State Of The Nation"
Vitamin Z, "Burning Flame"
Secession, "Touch"
4 Out Of 5 Doctors, "Anna With Antennae"
Language, "We're Celebrating"
DAF, "Der Mussolini"
November Group, "Work That Dream"
Marc Almond, "Traumas Traumas"
Smash Palace, "Living On The Borderline"

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

1. "Mama Used to Say," Junior
2. "Siberian Nights," Twilight 22
3. "Ethiopian Jokes," Smokin Dave and the Premo (sic) Dopes
4. "Your Imagination," Hall and Oates
5. "Let My People Go-Go," Rainmakers

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 2 April 2006 07:05 (twenty years ago)

Magic smile - Rosie Vela.
Completely and utterly - The Chesterfields.
Hang ten - The soup dragons. In fact all those wonderful Buzzcocks stylee early singles like can't take no more, Whole wide world and a couple of others besides.

― ant, Sunday, 2 April 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

If anyone has a copy of Icehouse's "Electric Blue," I'd appreciate a copy via YSI...

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 2 April 2006 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Only ten? Oh man! Can Dr. C and Mark Grout go first?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Sunday, 2 April 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

what counts as "largely forgotten" seems kind of arbitrary (and probably also depends on what country you're in), but a few off the top of my head:

eyes of a stranger -- payolas
switchin' to glide/this beat goes on -- kings (i see "switchin' to glide" mentioned above, but it really needs the b-side)
stop the cavalry -- jona lewie

also, i'll tell t0dd steed someone thought to mention "ethiopian jokes," he'll prolly be flattered.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 2 April 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

6. "Static," James Brown

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, I don't have "Electric Blue" on mp3 either!! I have "Hey Little Girl", "Great Summer Land", and "No Promises", but I don't have "Electric Blue". It would rule if I could get a YSI of "Electric Blue" too, esp since I'm too lazy to fire up any file sharing doohickey at the moment. In return, I could share an mpg copy of the "No Promises" video that I also have on my HD.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:32 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and "Eyes Of A Stranger" = forgotten?! Really?? That's too bad.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. I almost fell asleep at an Icehouse gig once. But I do love "We Can Get Together."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:34 (twenty years ago)

And John Oates cowrote "Electric Blue"!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

And John Oates cowrote "Electric Blue"!

No way! That's awesome! :) Talk about learning something about a song or album that completely changes the context of said song/album (this time it's for the better).

Ok, you know what? I don't have this song on mp3, but I *do* have it as a cassingle (anyone remember those?) and I am going to go right now to my stereo and play it. Actually, I have the full album itself (Man Of Colours) on cassette, but it's in one of the trundle boxes I have pushed underneath my bed, whereas the cassingle is actually on display in this cassette rack I have in my bedroom, so it'll be easier for lazy ol' me to dig that baby up.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Marc Almond -- Days of Pearly Spencer
Billy Ocean -- Carribean Queen
The Rave-Ups -- Radio

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

Billy Ocean -- Carribean Queen

I hear this all the time! The one I don't hear is "Loverboy."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

I never hear it enough!

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Ok, OMG, I just secured me a copy of the Australian 12" version of "Electric Blue" on Some File-Sharing Doohickey, and it's supremely awesome and amazing and lovely and wonderful and yaaaaay all at once!

Also: I used to hear Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" ALL THE TIME on this flashback syndicated radio station that used to air in the mid - late '90s called "The Amazin' '80s". I used to make it a point to listen to that program, no matter how many times the whole of the broadcast would consist of stuff I'd heard a thousand and one times before, because it was really the only time I could hear the '80s pop/rock hits I loved, plus I thought the guy who hosted it had a nice voice. (I totally forgot what that guy's name was.) Anyway, he would have several songs he would play a lot -- one of them was that "Loverboy" song, and another would be Greg Kihn's "The Breakup Song", which one could also say is comparatively "forgotten" (compared to "Jeopardy", that is).

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

See Me, if you can send "Electric Blue" via YSI, I'll love you eternally.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

(Correction: That's "The Amazing '80s". I misheard -- and wow, it's still on the air!!!)

Also, just in case someone's interested in the aforementioned Australian 12" of "Electric Blue"....

(xpost!) Ta-daaaaa.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 2 April 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Strange Advance - We Run
Eight Seconds - Kiss Me When It's Dangerous

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 3 April 2006 00:16 (twenty years ago)

Don Dixon - Praying Mantis

― EZ Snappin (EZSnappin), Monday, 3 April 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Hall & Oates - Did It In A Minute
Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!
Single Bullet Theory - Keep It Tight
Tin Tin - Kiss Me
Deon Estos - Heaven Help Me

― John Fredland (jfredland), Monday, 3 April 2006 01:09 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if that Australian 12" of "Electric Blue" is the same 12" that I have. Hope not, since it's one of my favorite songs of the 80s and I'd love to hear a new extended version.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 3 April 2006 03:44 (twenty years ago)

I've always had a theory that "Electric Blue" wasn't forgotten by Gwen Stefani when she recorded "Cool."

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Monday, 3 April 2006 04:15 (twenty years ago)

"You and I" by the Onlookers

― dr x o'skeleton, Monday, 3 April 2006 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Narada - Divine Emotions

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 3 April 2006 09:05 (twenty years ago)

nobody can be you but you STEVE ARRINGTON
rain forest PAUL HARDCASTLE
can't hide your love DAVID JOSEPH & HI TENSION
razor's edge DEFUNKT
button up THE BLOODS
together in electric dreams PHILIP OAKEY/GIORGIO MORODER
all cried out/ALISON MOYET
collapsing new people FAD GADGET W/EINSTURZENDE NEUBATEN
a million miles away/PLIMSOULS
when yr heart is weak/COCK ROBIN

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 3 April 2006 10:18 (twenty years ago)

"I Don't Mind" Bourgeois Tagg
"Stay the Night" Benjamin Orr
"Never Satisfied" The Infidels
(I'm not sure the last one even existed outside of Cleveland, but I taped it off the radio and listened to it 100,000x when I was 13, so I know that it exists)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 3 April 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if that Australian 12" of "Electric Blue" is the same 12" that I have. Hope not, since it's one of my favorite songs of the 80s and I'd love to hear a new extended version.

It's basically an extended version of the 7-inch; not much different.

Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark

Oh man!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

"Piano in the Dark" is one of those perennial dentist's office lite-rock songs I hear from time to time. What about "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones? That's another dentist's office song.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I have spent a lot of time at the dentist's office.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

I hear "Into the Night" pretty often; same with Benjamin Orr's "Stay the Night."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Ok. Never mind then. But have you seen photos of Benny Mardones lately? I don't want him to pick me up, show me love or take me into the night. Then again, I'm not 16. He probably wouldn't want to anyway.

http://www.sunny1043.com/Benny-Mardones-Pic-1.jpg

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

double, "captain of her heart"

always and forever a fave

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:45 (twenty years ago)

"Into the Night" is one of the most repulsive songs ever written.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:47 (twenty years ago)

"leave her alone they said"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)

It is indeed. It's vile.

What about "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott? Eenie meenie miney mo, come on girl let's sho fo sho. It was exactly like "Sexual Healing" but with different words.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

who could forget "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off To Have A Good Time" by Jermaine Stewart (I liked it! I liked it!)

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 3 April 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

1980: It Doesn't Bother Me - The Distractions
1981: Aie A Mwana - Bananarama
1982: Am I Normal? - David
1983: Zarah (Ich Weiss, Es Wird Ein Wunder Gescheh'n) - Nina Hagen
1984: Dirty - Hard-Corps
1985: I Had A Dream - Long Ryders
1986: You Can Dance (If You Want To) - Go Go Lorenzo & The Davis/Pinckney Project
1987: Everything Bamboo - Lenny D & Tommy Musto
1988: Reachin' - Phase II
1989: Helyom Halib - Capella

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 3 April 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)

"Reachin" is not forgotten!

I play it whenever I'm maudlinly drunk and have people over and remember singing the entire thing the whole way through with some guy in a record shop when I was a student.

Anyway

Data - "Living inside me"
Mario Reyes - "Lost Love (I want you back)"
Steve Grant - "Run for cover"
The Bar Kays - "Sex-o-matic"

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 3 April 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

7. "Shayla," Elliot Easton

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 3 April 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

"Shackles On My Feet", RJ's Latest Arrival
"C'est La Vie", Robbie Nevil
"Screams Of Passion", The Family
"Can U Help Me", Jesse Johnson's Revue
"Feet Don't Fail Me Now", Utopia
"The Pleasure Seekers", The System
"Everybody Dance", Ta Mara & the Seen
"Break My Heart", Jimmy G & the Tackheads

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:07 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking about Taja Sevelle's "Love Is Contagious" today, for some reason.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Department S: Is Vic There?
Shop Assistants: Safety Net

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

"Wild Girls" - Rori

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

"Voo Doo", Rachel Sweet
"All Cried Out", Full Force
"Dead Giveaway", Shalamar
"What's He Got", The Producers
"Happy", Surface
"Wicked Ways". Pennye Ford
"Breathless", Mtume

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking about that Shalamar record! There's a greatest-hits collection on The Right Stuff that *kills*.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure if these are 'forgotten' but I'll just list my underrated favourites that I hardly hear anywhere, anymore...

Working With Fire & Steel- China Crisis
Stay Young- INXS
Into You Like A Train- Psychedelic Furs
Gloria- U2
Sweat In A Bullet- Simple Minds
Cat People- David Bowie (proper version on Cat People Soundtrack)
King, Food For Thought- UB40 (Pretty much all of their excellent stuff before they became a covers band)

― Miranda Leigh (Miranda Leigh), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 00:07 (twenty years ago)

All this talk of Icehouse brought this flood of forgotten Australian singles...

Sweet And Sour - The Takeaways
Make Me Smile - Nick Barker & The Reptiles
Soul Revival - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
Stuck On You - Paul Norton
Come On Let's Go - Cockroaches (aka THE WIGGLES)
Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
Rain - Dragon
Stimulation - Wa Wa Nee
I Was Only 19 - Redgum (it's kind of out of place, but I just remembered it...)

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 03:44 (twenty years ago)

That Australian 12" of "Electric Blue" is pretty good, but it's much different than the one I have, which actually makes a somewhat significant break from the original structurally and musically. I think it's about as good as the 7", which isn't something I say lightly.

"Electric Blue (Extended Version)"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 04:03 (twenty years ago)

"cry" godley & creme
"strange day for dancing" moral support
"city of night" rational youth

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 05:10 (twenty years ago)

I Was Only 19 is hardly forgotten, the new version is getting playlisted on 2Day FM!

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 06:57 (twenty years ago)

Industry: State Of The Nation
Patto: Black And White
Rah Band: Clouds Across The Moon
Ken Laszlo: Tonight
Baby's Gang: Happy Song
OMD: Dreaming
Secret Service: Flash In The Night
Wax: Bridge To Your Heart
Gamson: Sugar Sugar
Bananarama: Cruel Summer

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 08:41 (twenty years ago)

"Cruel To Be Kind" is not at all forgotten, and not from the 80s either.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

Karel Failka - "Hey Matthew"
Stan Ridgeway - "Camouflage"
Rational Youth - "Saturday In Silesia"
Hollywood Beyond - "What's The Colour Of Money"

― JohnFoxxsJuno (JohnFoxxsJuno), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 09:07 (twenty years ago)

Patto: Black And White

Oh Geir, how COULD you? It makes "Ebony And Ivory" sound positively subtle!

"Black and white, it's like day and night, there's no wrong just right, in black and white..."

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

"Black and white, it's like day and night, there's no wrong just right, in black and white..."

That's not as bad as:

"Black stations, white stations, feet on the floor. Stand up and face the music, this is 1984!"

― JTS (JTS), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

"Nights Over Egypt", Jones Girls
"Change The Beat", B-Side
"The Word Is Out", Jermaine Stewart
"Stand By", Roman Holiday
"Sign Of The Times", Belle Stars

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Strange Advance - We Run

Still played at every single retro dance night in Toronto.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

"Black and white, it's like day and night, there's no wrong just right, in black and white..."

It's still a great song though, with a very typical mid 80s synth sound. :)

And I like "Ebony & Ivory" too...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Stevie Nicks - "I Can't Wait"
Device - "Hanging On a Heart Attack"

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 21:27 (twenty years ago)

"Mama Used to Say," Junior

Oh, that's a great choice, Rickey. FYI, the same guy who produced that song also produced the original version of Language's "We're Celebrating" AND was the keyboardist in the band.

together in electric dreams PHILIP OAKEY/GIORGIO MORODER

Aw, m.coleman, I LOVELOVELOVELOVE that song TO DEATH. It makes me feel alive when I hear it. :)

Alfred, I'm sorry the remix didn't live up to my hyping of it. I was exuberant because I hadn't heard a remix of the song before, I suppose. But I do now have the regular "Electric Blue" -- are you still interested?

"Into the Night" is one of the most repulsive songs ever written.

I third that emotion (The Milkmaid seconded it). A song from the viewpoint of a sexual predator = not even Milli Vanilli was as hate-worthy. BTW, I don't think "Shake You Down" can be considered "forgotten". It's on all of the '80s retrospective compilations -- deservedly so, actually.

"What's He Got", The Producers
Into You Like A Train- Psychedelic Furs
Device - "Hanging On a Heart Attack"

Yay! I ADORE all three of those songs and am glad they got mentioned!!

The Good Dr. Bill, thank you for sharing the regular extended version of "Electric Blue". :)

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 6 April 2006 00:32 (twenty years ago)

I enjoyed the "Electric Blue" remix, See Me, Repeat Me; if I haven't mentioned, I apologize!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 6 April 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

It's ok, Alfred.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 6 April 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Some excellent choices everyone!!!

African and White- China Crisis
Strangers When We Meet- The Smithereens
Burning Bright- General Public
Talking to a Stranger- Hunters & Collectors

― Miranda Leigh (Miranda Leigh), Thursday, 6 April 2006 03:59 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

Nude Ants - love & happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG35O6v4Ipw

― meisenfek, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 08:46 (fifteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

BA Robertson - To Be or Not to Be (UK #9, 1980)
Tony Capstick - Capstick Comes Home / The Sheffield Grinder (UK #3, 1981)
Cheri - Murphy's Law (UK #13, US #39, 1982)
Tracie - The House That Jack Built (UK #9, 1983)

― houdini said, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:04 (three years ago)

Dumptruck, "Going Nowhere"
Freur, "Doot-Doot"
The Mighty Lemon Drops, "Inside Out"
Steel Pulse, "Your House"
Men at Work, "Overkill"
Love and Rockets, "Ball of Confusion"
Romeo Void, "A Girl in Trouble"
David + David, "Welcome to the Boomtown"
Yazoo, "Only You"
Wall of Voodoo, "Mexican Radio"

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:27 (three years ago)

The Men at Work, Romeo Void, and Wall of Voodoo are not all forgotten by me, the latter is their signature tune

― Josefa, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:45 (three years ago)

Yeah, but your knowledge is deep. I don't think many people could name it anymore.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:48 (three years ago)

Thought about INXS, "Don't Change"

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:49 (three years ago)

Thank you, Jimbeaux.

But again, “Don’t Change,” I mean that’s one of the first two INXS titles that occurs to me.

― Josefa, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:05 (three years ago)

To me too, but 99% of the time you'll get people referring to something from Kick, X or maybe Listen Like Thieves.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:07 (three years ago)

And I forgot to mention, “Ball of Confusion,” that was a huge song to me in the ‘80s. Not embarrassed to say I heard that before I heard the Temptations one.

― Josefa, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:10 (three years ago)

LOL

Me too. I suspect we are of the same vintage. But I'm not sure how many people would think of that song when they think of LnR . . . if they think of LnR at all.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:13 (three years ago)

Coincidentally just yesterday I heard “Kundalini Express” by LnR in the wild and thought, jesu fucking cristo, that was a great track

― Josefa, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:30 (three years ago)

That song pops into my head with surprising regularity. That whole album is a trip, although imho not as good as the first one.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:34 (three years ago)

Cheri - Murphy's Law (UK #13, US #39, 1982)
― houdini said, Wednesday, October 5, 2022 7:04 PM

I love any song with that "Jam On It" vocal effect (but that's probably because I was 11 when those songs came out).

― enochroot, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:56 (three years ago)

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