Rare 80's Classics

Randy Gibbons · 28-02-2012, 16:15

Best known for his nineties monster hit 'Here Comes The Hotstepper', here's a couple of good ones from the mid-eighties from Ini Kamoze.

Ini Kamoze - Trouble You Trouble Me (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiD-l4N2Yg&feature=fvst

Ini Kamoze - World A Music (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiD-l4N2Yg&feature=fvst

Ian Aberdon · 28-02-2012, 20:15

Police - Synchronicity II
ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now

Both 1983, both a departure from their norm ( well I thought so) & both good (well I thought so!!!)

RetroMusicFan · 01-03-2012, 17:09

Morris Minor and The Majors - Stutter Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8a9Jx8WVJA&feature=fvsr

Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9h5...eature=related

Barney06 · 19-03-2012, 18:38

Time for some B-52's , Give Me Back My Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5Hj...eature=related

icefall · 20-03-2012, 02:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by funky_elephant

Steinski and the Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLwWIIqObkg

Coldcut - Beats and Pieces (remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcj0qPt2gQ

Both 1987 I think and had a big influence on the hip-hop around the corner.

Coldcut had Stop this Crazy Thing
which is a great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhC-z7F6w-o

Phoenix Lazarus · 20-03-2012, 02:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by icefall

Coldcut had Stop this Crazy Thing
which is a great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhC-z7F6w-o

I've just listened to that! I've remembered it for years, but couldn't remember who did it! I just remembered it being on the radio a lot during the first term I was away studying for my degree.

MiresiaVerteta · 20-03-2012, 10:37

Phyliss Nelson's follow-up to "Move Closer"...."I Like You" charted in the low 80s in 1985:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-bkn0XWVOw

ohglobbits · 13-05-2012, 08:08

Late 80's shoegaze

Pale Saints - Sight of You

ohglobbits · 03-06-2012, 17:22

alt country at its best.

Dream Syndicate - Bullet with My Name On It

Orangemaid · 03-06-2012, 18:24

Fox the Fox.Precious little diamond was good..i lost it from itunes so i just d/ loaded it again

ItsNick · 06-07-2012, 21:10

Not sure if its been mentioned

Telegraph by OMD

MiresiaVerteta · 06-07-2012, 21:41

A big hit in Spain and believed to have been second in their 1985 internal pre-selection for Eurovision. Alaska y Dinamara "Ni tu ni nadie":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g3mBnhvbVU

"Flames of Paradise" by Jennifer Rush and Elton John - both big voices, and failed to make top 40 in 1987:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT1wNkE5_8

axlgod · 06-07-2012, 22:26

The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion.

Full Length 10 minute version.

Favourite song ever.

Ms Katt · 07-07-2012, 02:00

Animal Magnet - Welcome to the Monkey House

Love this-a real cult early 80s gem.

Randy Gibbons · 28-08-2012, 15:47

Time to resurrect this thread, I think.

The Dots - Helen In Your Headphones (1982-ish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3XiKfcPmaY

Multimedia81 · 02-09-2012, 21:28

I might have mentioned this before, but Westworls with Do You Believe in the West World? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_6K1xGApY

REM were quite big in the 90s but they had a brilliant early single Stand in 1989 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKqLl_ZEEY

soundstory · 03-09-2012, 11:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by axlgod

The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion.

Full Length 10 minute version.

Favourite song ever.

The full length version is actually 11.21 long on the CD single, the album version is an edit (a slight one).

Brilliant track

soundstory · 03-09-2012, 11:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multimedia81

I heard another Carmel song from about 6 months later: More More More. It is not the same song that was a hit for Andrea True Connection, Bananarama and Rachel Stevens though.

Carmel's song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpQ9VbOjqSU

That's a brilliant track so is Bad Day

Podling · 03-09-2012, 11:28

Not sure whether it can be considered a classic but I loved this tune,though no-one I know remembers it!

Philip Jap - Save Us

jumbotrousers · 03-09-2012, 12:25

Strawberry Switchblade were best known for Since Yesterday, but this track, Let Her Go was also great:

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

I have recently tracked down an Ultimate Collection CD which features all tracks from their debut album (except for one "reprise"), and although sounding a little dated, it features some good tunes.

Also, this, by Aussie band 1927 never really troubled the charts here, but is one of my favourite songs of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lRattGT_Io

soran · 03-09-2012, 13:00

I have yet to meet anyone else that has heard of Mark Shreeve who was/is Britain's answer to JMJ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbM4hJjKPBo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L19vV4dvaEA

He was also one of the writers on Sam Fox's Touch me

wavy-davy · 03-09-2012, 13:12

Frazier Chorus - Sloppy Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOA50EBalo

Frazier Chorus - Dream kitchen

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

Frazier Chorus - Typical

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

Jennifer Rush - Destiny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LhCTzv6Zs

No 4 in Germany during 1985 but didn't get anywhere near the UK charts. A really good tune I think.

Multimedia81 · 07-09-2012, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumbotrousers

Strawberry Switchblade were best known for Since Yesterday, but this track, Let Her Go was also great:

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

I slightly preferred Let Her Go to Since Yesterday, and almost whince when I hear SS described as one-hit wonders.

Mike_1101 · 07-09-2012, 13:50

After some items from communist Czechoslovakia I found for the 60s and 70s threads, here are a few items from the 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDOdliq0Bu8&feature=plcp

0:06:35 - Helena Vondráčková - A ty se ptáš, co já (The winner takes it all - 1981)
0:41:16 Petra Janů - Už nejsem volná (Jennifer Rush)

A czech song that clearly shows western influences
1:29:50 Richard Muller - Po schodoch (1986)

Finally from 1989, right at the end of the communist era :-
1:11:18 Jiří Korn - "Miss Moskva" (1989)
This was a real surprise when I found it, probably a "cult classic" for those in the know. Hard to believe it wasn't released in western countries so enjoy it now, it's also on last,fm

Phoenix Lazarus · 18-04-2013, 00:03

For some reason, seemingly out of the blue, I today recalled this great track, which became nearly-not quite-a top forty hit in late 1982.

China Crisis-African and White

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28-02-2012, 16:15	#401
Randy Gibbons Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 718	Best known for his nineties monster hit 'Here Comes The Hotstepper', here's a couple of good ones from the mid-eighties from Ini Kamoze. Ini Kamoze - Trouble You Trouble Me (1984) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiD-l4N2Yg&feature=fvst Ini Kamoze - World A Music (1984) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiD-l4N2Yg&feature=fvst

28-02-2012, 20:15	#402
Ian Aberdon Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 803	Police - Synchronicity II ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now Both 1983, both a departure from their norm ( well I thought so) & both good (well I thought so!!!)

01-03-2012, 17:09	#403
RetroMusicFan Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Under The Bed Posts: 658	Morris Minor and The Majors - Stutter Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8a9Jx8WVJA&feature=fvsr Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9h5...eature=related

19-03-2012, 18:38	#404
Barney06 Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 29,375	Time for some B-52's , Give Me Back My Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5Hj...eature=related

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MiresiaVerteta Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Weston-super-mare Services: Freeview, Orange Mobile broadband - 500mb a month Posts: 1,218	Phyliss Nelson's follow-up to "Move Closer"...."I Like You" charted in the low 80s in 1985: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-bkn0XWVOw

13-05-2012, 08:08	#408
ohglobbits Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,017	Late 80's shoegaze Pale Saints - Sight of You

03-06-2012, 17:22	#409
ohglobbits Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,017	alt country at its best. Dream Syndicate - Bullet with My Name On It

03-06-2012, 18:24	#410
Orangemaid Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lou Lou Land Services: Freeview Posts: 35,759	Fox the Fox.Precious little diamond was good..i lost it from itunes so i just d/ loaded it again

06-07-2012, 21:10	#411
ItsNick Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,002	Not sure if its been mentioned Telegraph by OMD

06-07-2012, 21:41	#412
MiresiaVerteta Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Weston-super-mare Services: Freeview, Orange Mobile broadband - 500mb a month Posts: 1,218	A big hit in Spain and believed to have been second in their 1985 internal pre-selection for Eurovision. Alaska y Dinamara "Ni tu ni nadie": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g3mBnhvbVU "Flames of Paradise" by Jennifer Rush and Elton John - both big voices, and failed to make top 40 in 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT1wNkE5_8

06-07-2012, 22:26	#413
axlgod Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 140	The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion. Full Length 10 minute version. Favourite song ever.

07-07-2012, 02:00	#414
Ms Katt Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wentworth Detention Centre Posts: 1,008	Animal Magnet - Welcome to the Monkey House Love this-a real cult early 80s gem.

28-08-2012, 15:47	#415
Randy Gibbons Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 718	Time to resurrect this thread, I think. The Dots - Helen In Your Headphones (1982-ish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3XiKfcPmaY

02-09-2012, 21:28	#416
Multimedia81 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North West Services: Keeping you on your toes especially on Sunday evenings Posts: 6,521	I might have mentioned this before, but Westworls with Do You Believe in the West World? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_6K1xGApY REM were quite big in the 90s but they had a brilliant early single Stand in 1989 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKqLl_ZEEY

03-09-2012, 11:28	#419
Podling Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,469	Not sure whether it can be considered a classic but I loved this tune,though no-one I know remembers it! Philip Jap - Save Us

03-09-2012, 12:25	#420
jumbotrousers Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 104	Strawberry Switchblade were best known for Since Yesterday, but this track, Let Her Go was also great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjLjDLto_Eo I have recently tracked down an Ultimate Collection CD which features all tracks from their debut album (except for one "reprise"), and although sounding a little dated, it features some good tunes. Also, this, by Aussie band 1927 never really troubled the charts here, but is one of my favourite songs of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lRattGT_Io

03-09-2012, 13:00	#421
soran Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Services: FreesatHD,Newnet, PS3,Wii,Win7,Linux Mint,JellyBean 4.2 Posts: 1,189	I have yet to meet anyone else that has heard of Mark Shreeve who was/is Britain's answer to JMJ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbM4hJjKPBo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L19vV4dvaEA He was also one of the writers on Sam Fox's Touch me

03-09-2012, 13:12	#422
wavy-davy Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NW England Posts: 5,520	Frazier Chorus - Sloppy Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOA50EBalo Frazier Chorus - Dream kitchen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eviIapiznbA Frazier Chorus - Typical http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJByNXjkDPo Jennifer Rush - Destiny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LhCTzv6Zs No 4 in Germany during 1985 but didn't get anywhere near the UK charts. A really good tune I think.

07-09-2012, 13:50	#424
Mike_1101 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lancs Posts: 5,888	After some items from communist Czechoslovakia I found for the 60s and 70s threads, here are a few items from the 80s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDOdliq0Bu8&feature=plcp 0:06:35 - Helena Vondráčková - A ty se ptáš, co já (The winner takes it all - 1981) 0:41:16 Petra Janů - Už nejsem volná (Jennifer Rush) A czech song that clearly shows western influences 1:29:50 Richard Muller - Po schodoch (1986) Finally from 1989, right at the end of the communist era :- 1:11:18 Jiří Korn - "Miss Moskva" (1989) This was a real surprise when I found it, probably a "cult classic" for those in the know. Hard to believe it wasn't released in western countries so enjoy it now, it's also on last,fm

18-04-2013, 00:03	#425
Phoenix Lazarus Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,535	For some reason, seemingly out of the blue, I today recalled this great track, which became nearly-not quite-a top forty hit in late 1982. China Crisis-African and White

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