Thanks to GTAIII Vice City:

Whodini - Magic's Wand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9fjN5lUgYo&feature=fvst

Far Corporation - Stairway to heaven, one of the best versions ive ever heard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzDEmkfb6VI

also The Lover Speaks - No more i love You's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieHHnarEmhI
Last edited by andycurly : 14-01-2011 at 18:14

Here's a bit of psychedelia...80s style:

Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields

Huey Lewis and the News - If this Is It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTQAaJWW54&ob=av2el

Level 42 - Love Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNhNlvZPls

Vesta Williams - Once Bitten Twice Shy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfAMx...eature=related

Matt Bianco - Who's Side Are You On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU4H87kjl90

Splodgenessabounds - Simon Templar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUHn21Z0yk

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBMHnJqAvM

One The Juggler - Passion Killer.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgUOfhjVP4

Laid Back - Bakerman.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdssZOAx3Q

^^
Top track.

Gary Byrd and the G B Experience-The Crown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epEQhxslprE

Little Benny and the Masters-Who Comes to Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wj7TLjz8dw

Alexandra O'Neal-Whats Missing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTovnrHCyY

Some of these are quite well known, but I rarely hear any of them on the radio any more.

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk

Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

Haysi Fantaysee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy

Art of Noise - Close To The Edit

Spear of Destiny - Mickey

The Cramps - I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Vicious Pink - Can´t You See

And no 80's music thread is complete without this cheesefest classic

Lovebug Starski - Amityville (The House On The Hill)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHotP...eature=related

Whistle - Just Biggin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB41vU3ypPU

Doug E Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew - The Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFG4_YiB6ek

Derek B - Bad Young Brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3Jd...eature=related

Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_BbC...eature=related

Stakker - Stakker Humanoid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxEoU...eature=related

Another Bow Wow Wow song , this time from the 8 track cassette only release Your Cassette Pet .Released in 1980

A familiar tune , Fools Rush Rush In .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28Il...eature=related

Yet another Bow Wow Wow track. Listening to a few of their records again they still sound fun & fresh today.

Don't remember this track though,according to Wiki it only reached 47 in the charts, should have done better.

Do You Wanna Hold Me - Bow Wow Wow


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BwR...eature=related

That's the problem. Anyone who didn't live through the 80's and only knew the music from 80's hours on VH1 and various radio stations wouldn't have a clue just how brilliant it was.

They'd just think it was Careless Whisper, True and The Reflex, with a bit of Frankie thrown in.

a couple of my personal favourites -

Electribe 101 - Tell Me When The Fever Ended

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

Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYFgcr9vQE

Malcolm McLaren - Deep in Vogue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVLFLLKIgzg

Army of Lovers - Crucified
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYT2aWavXlc

I know, it's so frustrating to see the same songs come round again and again. You occasionally get some good stuff when Chart Show TV shows some old episodes, as the Chart Show always was a bit eclectic.

[quote=lil lexie;47368328]a couple of my personal favourites -

Electribe 101 - Tell Me When The Fever Ended

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

Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYFgcr9vQE

Malcolm McLaren - Deep in Vogue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVLFLLKIgzg

QUOTE]

Good choices-I still have the Electribe 101 CD. Frankie Knuckles (DJ Legend) was asked to remix Talking-he did but initially said no beacuse he thought the song was perfect as it was.

Stephanie Mills-The Medicine Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRjYXno0UU&ob=av2em
Doing a bit of Lady Ga Ga 27 years ago!

Most lads fantasy back in the 80's (well mine) Wendy James from Transvision Vamp with a minor hit from 1988, did not quite make the top 40 Sister Moon .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPANt...feature=fvwrel

[quote=leosw4;47369048]
me too, I still listen to it quite a bit, BRM is a legend.

If I recall correctly, didn't Piers Morgan bet her £1 million that she would not win an Oscar, back when he was the lowly editor of the Sun's Bizarre section?

Summer of 83....this was all over the radio:
Roman Holliday-Don't try to stop it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMXYcPnySxg

Also from 83
Jimmy The Hoover-Tantalise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9h5...eature=related

I loved that one..had the 12 " on vinyl..Gee showing my age now

Oh I loved Just A Mirage, another one of my coveted 7 inches that still gets a spin from time to time. Guest vocalist Adele Bertei had also had a chart flop in 1985 with this funky enough little tune When It's Over.

It's on a really obscure compliation tape I have called "Out Now! 2", presumably an intended 'rival' series to Now! and the lesser Hits which never took off - and given it seems to consist mostly of low or even non-top 40 charting tracks, that's hardly surprising; there wasn't really any room in the market I suppose when the aforementioned series had already creamed off most of the top 40 catalogue.

My favourite track on there is this Adventures' criminally non-charting stormer, Two Rivers.

It's also a shame that everyone remembers Amazulu today for (aside from the singer's hair) their cover of 'Too Good To Be Forgotten', when their 1985 original calypso hit Excitable was IMO the better and funkier tune.

Wavelength - Hurry Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNG6anfVJbk

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0LvdAuK9tA

Bourgeouis Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUDMeIEMMI

I still love this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFYxC...eature=related

Love some Stump!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs

Another song that tells a good ghost story comes courtesy of Godley and Creme