we listen so fast: forgotten/unkown/unloved 80s we are listening to.

I’m in your area but not sure I’ll be able to make it.

my area?? i'm not there today. maria is. and my 12-inch section is bleak right now. fair warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZW-UozSINk

All the youtube comments on that compilation are like "the algorithm brought me here", but little do they know you just need to bookmark the forgotten/unknwn/unloved 80s thread and you're all set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-X6Pn3qEU

that’s awesome

New to me. RVNG reissue in 3...2...1...

i picked up a copy of the cd reissue on discogs and the guy wrote back asking me how come he's sold three in the past week. he said he got the cassette in the 80s and loved it and got the nod from the artist that he could reissue it so he did. i told him there's a discussion group called ilm and gave him a link. he was, like, that's a discussion?!

that’s funny. in this context maybe more like a bulletin board where ppl can stop and discuss but it’s not required

darkwave/jennifer beals Kamala Harris for the win!

https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/452370773_925097282996328_4778831759924554757_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=2tCq-kAMNQIQ7kNvgHRisqc&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYAMYfCS-qOu4akQPnGsoue_t7BRCywks5hbIuq3onpkBQ&oe=66A5B989

wild....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIHffkmwSo

galaxie 500 should have covered this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmRh-Zv6d4

green day should have covered this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hFRGvfskc8

or no wait green day should have done this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7qCU-6oz1Y

Randomly remembered Jean Beauvoir's name today. Mick Jones plays on this song. The next few are Prince-light. The first song was in a Sylvester Stallone movie.

He co-produced the Ramones "Pet Sematary" and has co-writing credit on an NSYNC song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dEb2DyBpA

AOR Funk.

He was in Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul too! Along with Dino Danelli on drums. I once watched them getting seriously barracked on a Status Quo support slot for wearing long 80s coats and being flashy and American.

jesus, yeah, quo fans are no nonsense.

The Individuals — Fields

Fun little album in a janky kind of Martha & the Muffins / Gang of 4 Lite mode. The songs themselves are a bit naff maybe but the first side has a vibe anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPU5D2PEZAA

for some reason people were bringing up the black crowes on the oasis thread and i was never a fan because i feel like there are so many brit and aussie bands who did the stones thing better. bands nobody listens to anymore except for obscur-o rock lifers. i am probably more fond of the bands that did stones + ac/dc anyway. its the chuck eddy part of me. anyhoo, forgot about this album. its a lot of fun. it basically does what the cult would end up doing years later. (and its more aerosmith + ac/dc than stones but whatever...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQMTGRp8GM

although to be fair the black crowes are more southernfriedr&bboogaloojimjamhordefestharmonicadelica.

also, i really need a copy of the first method actors album. maybe i need all their stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01selqSHnw

still think this is one of the best values for your power pop dollar. should only cost you a buck or maybe two in a store. they rocked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry9584i3EGs

You do need all the Method Actors stuff. You can buy the GREAT Acute CD compilation I made if needed, but the records aren't that rare. The lesser known second album isn't as good, it's not just the duo, but it has an AMAZING version of All Tomorrows Parties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adEbffx1XOQ

is the whole album, link in the description to go to the song.

Vic is a really nice guy and still making wonderful music. He just posted last week in the memory of the drummer David Gamble who passed away in 2021. I commented and he mentioned he's gonna send me some new music. Looking forward to it. Last time he sent me some I tried to reach out to a few people to see if I couldn't help find a home for it but didn't get very far.

https://vicvarney.bandcamp.com/

very cool.

i took those records for granted for decades. like love tractor and lots of other stuff probably.

Yeah. Love Tractor are great!

When I did the Method Actors CD that was the first time where somebody said "but those records are easy to find", as all the other releases were rare/obscure/unreleased/out of print etc and I argued that yes if you know what this is and are looking for it you can find it, but the point of putting it out is to promote it and recontextualize and compile and all that. It did fairly well and earned them so new fans I believe.

that's awesome.

i wish someone would do that for those Urban Verbs records. give them a nice CD reissue. Wounded Bird put them out but they put so much out and i think their stuff gets lost. the UV records are five bucks and nobody wants them but they are so good and i really think there are young people out there who would dig them. they deserve better.

Random Hold are another one. their records are everywhere for cheap but i love them so much and i feel like lots of people still haven't heard them. they've been comped on hard to find U.K. CDs but they've never had a comprehensive reissue. you could probably put everything they did on 3-CDs. if i only had a trust fund! or excess drug money revenue!

keeping this 12-inch! not from 1979 despite what the youtube title says. from 1981. though my copy is a THIRD edition from 1985. must have been a big seller for boots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Zkw_JYS50

I just learned about (Ghost) Riders in the Sky. I'm researching Lee Hazlewood and was looking at the influences of the sort of ersatz-mexican country western music that would lead to surf music, morricone/spaghetti-western scores, the lonely bull type stuff and this song and it's long history was mentioned.

Never heard the disco version but look at this catalog of SF hi-nrg disco fun:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/79945-Randy-Sills

daddy dewdrop himself. i always liked that album.

oh wait randy sills isn't daddy dewdrop. he just worked on that album.

weird comp...

https://i.discogs.com/TZlR7o4huO0PTk3uinhvfEEWSMr0zUZPMA_hiLe0hyQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:579/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MTE4/MzQtMTU3Njc3ODc4/Mi05MzAyLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/V0cdocAEQEvW6pxJHboz9E2ysj65oZfwNNYP7MLs4Ss/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:590/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MTE4/MzQtMTU3Njc3ODc4/Ni01Nzc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

before there was acid jazz there was...uh, this stuff i guess.

the courtney pine promo push was its own monster though.

I was gonna say I figured you were a Daddy Dewdrop fan, but I must've seen you post that somewhere for me to come to that conclusion.

never reissued! my kinda sound. 1984. for Modern Eon fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiSwjFFheFU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMHYhWUnGW4

IIRC, they're from Philadelphia and this is their first album (whenever I see it I think it's an IPR release). Cool sound, reminds me of The Sound/Adrian Borland

fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTpneJnG-U

someone i wanted to shoutout here, even though it's kind of a loose fit, is louis philipe. he was kind of on that sophistipop/classy twee vibe, but way more lofi. he started out in the 80s, but most of his catalogue came later. sometimes he sings in french and his voice is kinda similar to a few different classic 80s alt frontmen. in general, it's very recommended if you like shibuya lounge pop. here's "guess i'm dumb" from 1988―
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ovTBmmxZCU

his records didn't get consistent until the 90s, but his initial 80s run is pretty idiosyncratic and a pleasant stroll through the b-movies of twee.

that of course is a Glen Campbell cover - song co-written by Brian Wilson - and a very sweet rendition indeed

i can't find anything about him online though. what else is out there?

https://louisphilippe1.bandcamp.com omits Louis' 1980s Él material but has pretty much everything else I know about. He's a proper charmer.

(It occurs to me that Austin may not have come across this small treat: https://hangoverloungerecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-talk )

Thanks! (name was spelt incorrectly)

tyvm tim this is new to me!

Japan + Alphaville =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAudxu01wE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQnRVpJFg0

i love this. wish i could have it on vinyl. my pal andy zax turned me on to it awhile back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmXCmGbNZl8

https://i.discogs.com/8Fhyv1WfO0JH8T_3-5cbOszFNmCi3egs9ZiOwI0RUsg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:331/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODMw/ODAyLTE1MjMxMTYw/OTEtMjQ2OS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/PrTCk3D6Xz5HRnrLPLrVA8LUR9ysuCUKA1n1-_K0ix0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:331/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODMw/ODAyLTE1MjMxMTYw/OTMtNTcxMy5qcGVn.jpeg

If it was on vinyl, you'd miss out on the togas. The ideal format for this song is Betamax.