Going back to my roots on the next few posts, back to the 80’s. My decade, my favorite music. I started the 80’s as a naive 16 year old kid, and ended it as a worldly, jaded 26 year old man looking to prove something to the world. In between, there was the music that defined the edge, the music that inspired me, the music that made me who I am. Offbeat, sometimes bizarre, weird, and willing to take the path less traveled. The music of the 80’s have always been the soundtrack of my life.
What I wanted to find today was a few songs by artists and bands that I love, but that I maybe never really paid attention to at the time. For the most part, I think I accomplished it. With the exception of the songs by Real Live and Yazoo, I don’t recall ever really hearing the songs on todays list. I’m not going to say I haven’t, because god knows I at times had, ummm…how do I say this gently….altered states at times in the 80’s. So let me qualify it a bit. I don’t REMEMBER hearing most of these songs before. One that I KNOW I never heard was Midge Ure’s version of the David Bowie classic The Man Who Sold The World. So, enjoy, and look forward to some more great 80’s tunes this coming week!
- Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
- Camouflage - The Great Commandment
- Freur - Doot-Doot
- Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
- Midge Ure - The Man Who Sold The World
- New Musik - Living By Numbers
- Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy
- Prefab Sprout - Bye Lucille (Johnny Johnny)
- Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
- Real Live - Send Me An Angel
- Talk Talk - Such A Shame
- Tears For Fears - Mad World
- Trans-X - Living On Video
- Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It!)
- Yazoo - Don’t Go
9 responses so far ↓
1 Michael // Feb 17, 2008 at 6:47 am
Sorry but,the Player isn’t working..
2 Infonistacrat // Feb 17, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thanks for the heads up. It’s all fixed now. Who would have thought I could misspell the date? Sorry the inconvenience!
3 MissParker0106 // Feb 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm
80’s…now you’re really speaking my language. Thank you for a wonderful assortment
PS - I think I’m the only one in the entire world that prefers Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” over the one by Gary Jules. TFF also did a fabulous, little-known (here in the states) song called “The Hurting.” Every time I hear it, it’s an emotional ride.
MissParker0106’s last blog post..80’s Music Rules ~ Modern English ~ Someone’s Calling (A Tribute)
4 spanky28 // Feb 17, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Track 10, “Send Me An Angel,” is by Real Life.
5 Infonistacrat // Feb 17, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Spanky, thanks for letting me know about the typo. Sometimes I put this list together while watching the tube at night.
Miss Parker, I had a feeling you would be checking in. I hope you notice I put Doot-Doot in there just for you, since you were so kind to reference it the other day!
6 MissParker0106 // Feb 17, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I noticed.
Thanks so much.
When you have a chance, hop on over to see my latest from Modern English. Also, I had a surprise visitor check in about the Dubh Chapter montage I made last month (Jan. 20). That’s what makes this all worthwhile.
MissParker0106’s last blog post..80’s Music Rules ~ Modern English ~ Someone’s Calling (A Tribute)
7 Infonistacrat // Feb 17, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Yeah, see, now I am *little* bit jealous! How cool is that comment? And when he say “you should be able to download it on the internet some where”, I nearly died laughing. What a very cool guy!
8 Infonistacrat // Feb 17, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Oh, and the video…SO very cool, and such a great song. Modern English is one of the best!
9 MissParker0106 // Feb 17, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Thanks again for your candor and compliments. I look forward to hearing more of ME on your page.
MissParker0106’s last blog post..80’s Music Rules ~ Modern English ~ Someone’s Calling (A Tribute)
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