Pop songs today that sounds like in the eighties

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Thanks to you ilxor people, I've discovered "We're in business" by A. Thompson that I do enjoy a lot and I would like to hear more fresh new songs that sounds very eighties. Plus I spin new wave/eighties music/electro in bars in Paris and I'm searching for new tunes. Do you know some ones ?

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Saturday, 18 February 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

"kelly" by van she

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Saturday, 18 February 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

thank you ! I'm downloading it right now !

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Saturday, 18 February 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

The Aprils - 'Pan-da', 'Cosmo 80s'
Chromeo - 'Needy Girl'
JC Chasez - 'All Day Long I Dream About Sex'
Maki Nomiya - 'Party Girl', 'Question Girl'
Cagedbaby - 'Disco Biscuit', '16 Lovers'
Basement Jaxx - 'Oh My Gosh'
Blake - 'Saturday Night' (Ewan Pearson & Al Usher Remix)
Black Eyed Peas - 'My Humps'
MissWonda - 'Cabriolet E46'
Felix Da Housecat - 'Rocket Ride'
Dannii Minogue - 'I Begin To Wonder'
Mylo - 'Drop The Pressure' (Rex The Dog Remix)
Polysics - 'Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto'
Macdonald Duck Eclair - 'Warp Warp'
Superthriller- 'Ahjustwannadance'

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Saturday, 18 February 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

The Modern - Industry

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 18 February 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

Fantastic !

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Saturday, 18 February 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

- Lisa Brown, "What's That Sound"
- Fans of Kate, "A Brief Guide to Coward Rock" (demo)

And then the whole Guillemots catalogue so far is basically just the greatest possible Dexy's Midnight Runners album waiting to happen.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 19 February 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

popular computer 'darling'

― nervous (cochere), Sunday, 19 February 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

From my experience, there is nothing recent that sound completely like an 80s effort. However, there is a lot of great stuff out there that has the entire 80s aestethic about their sound, only with slightly updated drum sounds etc. An absolutely brilliant example of the latter is of course Annie's "Chewing Gun".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 19 February 2006 09:33 (nineteen years ago)

'Don't Go (Boys and Girls)' by Fefe Dobson

― Abby (abby mcdonald), Sunday, 19 February 2006 09:44 (nineteen years ago)

Yes Geir Hongro, I'm talking about a style, I don't want something that sounds "completly" like the 80's, it wouldn't be stupid and senseless to ask that ! As there's not a one style, one way of making music in the 80's, we can only talk about a certain sound of drums, of keyboards, of guitars, that is related to these days... Annie's "Chewing gum" is a very good one anyway, thanks !

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Sunday, 19 February 2006 09:48 (nineteen years ago)

Shoot. Sorry for the last answer, I just woke up, I'm still high from last night, and my english is turning terrible; it's "It would be stupid..." of course.

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Sunday, 19 February 2006 09:56 (nineteen years ago)

A couple songs on the *High School Musical* soundtrack could almost be Miami Sound Machine. (See teenpop thread.)

― xhuxk, Sunday, 19 February 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

No More Conversations (Richard X remix) - Freeform Five
A Girl Like You - Bertine Zetlitz
Husj, Husj - Anja
You Don't Have To Change - Anneli Drecker
I Will Be There - Rachel Stevens
These Are The Things - Black Box Recorder
Holly Valance - State Of Mind
From Paris To Berlin - Infernal
Living In The Fantasy - Bodies Without Organs
Sorry (Pet Shop Boys remix) - Madonna
Dirty Rotten Boy - Georgina B Shaw
27 - Tobias Bernstrup (in fact, everything by him)
Everything by the Future Bible Heroes
Everything by Client (esp Price Of Love, Here And Now)
And Erlend Øye and Fischerspooner and Ladytron

― davidsim (davidsim), Sunday, 19 February 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

Well, now that i've took some time to listen to the songs you have droped, and I really enjoy CagedB, polysics, and chromeo. I'm gonna check out the new ones : thanks davidsim and xhuxk for your answers ! I'm gonna play allt hese new tracks next friday nite, my next "selector" dj night ! Exciting !

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Sunday, 19 February 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

VHS or Beta have a very "eighties" sound to them.

― Tess, Sunday, 19 February 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever mentioned Anja (who has still yet to receive a recording contract) should also mention Töyen Airport in the same breath. Another great unsigned Norwegian electro act.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 19 February 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

foreign born or magic bullets or the changes

― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 20 February 2006 00:44 (nineteen years ago)

Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Monday, 20 February 2006 06:57 (nineteen years ago)

Gwen Stefani - "Crash"

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Monday, 20 February 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

Odd that I didn't mention Cut Copy before. Try 'Glittering Clouds', 'Future' and 'Saturdays'. Would love to visit your night in Paris. A few of these will also crop up at Clique this Fri.

― BARMS, Monday, 20 February 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

The whole Editors album sounds like they've been listening to Joy Div / Cure / Teardrop Explodes / Echo & the Bunnymen. First 3 tracks are OK.

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 20 February 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

Dunno if they are really what you are looking for, but The Darkness is one of the most 80s sounding acts around today. Not electronic by any means though - their influences are rather the likes of Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Van Halen and Europe. :)

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 February 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sugababes - 'Red Dress'
Girls Aloud - 'Models'

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Monday, 20 February 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

Alan Braxe and Fred Falke, "Rubicon"

― Deluxe (Damian), Monday, 20 February 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To? (Max Tundra Remix)"
Vive La Fête! - "La Vérité"
Fischerspooner - "Never Win"
The Rakes - "Retreat"
White Rose Movement - "Love Is A Number"
X-Vectors - "Your Love"
Metric - "Death Disco"
Hitch Hike - "Travel Girl"
Client - "Rock and Roll Machine"
Goldfrapp - "Ooh La La"
Tiga - "You're Gonna Want Me"
The Killers - "Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Mix)"
Gwen Stephani - "Cool (Richard X Remix)"
Kelly Osbourne - "One Word"
The Bravery - "Honest Mistake"
LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations"
Bjork - "Who Is It? (Vitalic Remix)"
Soulwax - "E Talking (Tiga's Disco Drama Remix)

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 20 February 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

Beats For Beginners - 'Kill All DJs'
Francisco - '80 Voglia'
Prince - 'Black Sweat'
Britney - 'I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)'

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

Clor - whole s/t album

― Notclor, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

By the same token, both of Colder's albums.

― Deluxe (Damian), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

Hey dear ilxor people ! I had the greatest time djing last night thanks to you ! It was awsome ! I even get gothic guys to dance on "when the doves cry" ! I played :

chromeo, Cristina "when you were mine", superthriller "ijustwannadance", the soho dolls "prince harry", appolonia 6 "sex shooter", bollock brothers "harley david son of a bithc", vhs or beta "night on fire", the vapors "truning japanese", a flock of seagull, cure "killing an arb", oingo boingo "weird science", grandmaster flash "white lines" (yes !), fake "another brick" (extended, cagedbaby "dico biscuit", berlin "sex i am", kas product "so young but so cold", sss "shoot it up"...

It was a lot of fun ! I might be a guest selctor dj at the best gothic night in town, the "bloody bat" party. I'm excited !!

― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Saturday, 25 February 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

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