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Mike S, I wish I was looking this up on a website....unfortunately, I really AM this sad and tragic!
John Peel's all time fave is "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones (I've just bought their A-sides and B-sides compilation in the HMV sale incidentally - a bargain at £4.99!).
How about Bronksi Beat? And all those two-tone bands?
Plus I need to keep a check on my other threads
Talking of the Undertones, I quite liked Feargal Sharkey's solo stuff - "Listen to Your Father", "You Little Thief", "A Good Heart". It's all in the voice. And I remember him doing a "live" show in a plane on some Noel Tidybeard programme, but the "backing" tape got stuck at which point it became obvious he was miming. Bit like All About Eve on TOTP.
Bye, bye, busy thread.
Art Of Noise were good in a "trying to be pretentious but not quite getting there, maybe they're taking the p***" kind of way...
My favourite Frankie T-shirt was the one I saw which said "Frankie Says Who Give A F*** What Frankie Says". But I was only 15 at the time, and my parents weren't too keen!
The Pirhanas? "Tom Hark"? Or was that earlier?
I do admit to owning many of the records mentioned, in particular <he sighs> Howard Jones first 4 albums (if you include the 12 inch album)
Others that you might have forgotten?
Making plans for Nigel, though this may have been 70's rather than 80's
Anything at all by Kraftwerk, the model being a particular favourite
I think the clapping song (mentioned about 300 posts ago) was the Belle Stars, I could be wrong though
Can't believe no one mentioned Depeche Mode, demi-gods of Essex
and PB, annie Nightingale.. I listened religiously.. who can forget "fish heads" and the first exposure to half man half biscuit.
<sigh>
another thread successfully terminated by the awesome power of Bounce
just found this thread, have been reading through, I couldn't believe it, the 80s were the best time of my life and mentioning all these titles is bringing it all back, oh happy days.
Must dig out all my 80s albums now.
I have only seen one band live and that was WET WET WET at the Newcastle Arena, they were tremendous, what a pity they broke up, oh um........
Gaz.........
One night in Bangkok, from Chess I think.....
Great........
Gaz......
Its about the right time of year for those 80srevival tours, must checkmout St davids Hall in Cardiff
Kraftwerk
In my opinion though there is one band that stands head and shoulders above everyone else...The Jam. all the albums (vinyl & CD), and all the singles are safely stored somewhere in my house.
Down in the tube station at midnight and Thats Entertainment are probably among the best songs ever written.
I have to admit that whilst reading the thread I had Nik Kershaw blasting away in my headphones (the joy of MP3s). I also have to admit that the Johnny Hates Jazz album was one of my favourites of the 80s.
Now going back to the 70s, when I was a lad, how about John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett singing Really Free with Beware of the Flowers on the B side. Pretty relevant as Otway is at number 9 this week with Bunsen Burner only his 2nd top 10 hit!!
GFB
GFB
Cool for cats..Squeeze
into the valley....Skids
turning japanese...The Vapours
my sharona..The Knack
eton rifles..The Jam
feels like i'm in love....Kelle Marie
ghost town...Specials
golden brown...Stranglers
cars..gary newman
boxerbeat....Jo Boxers
shout to the top ....Style Council
labelled with love....squeeze
reward....teardrop explodes
sorry to go on but I love the 80s........
Better than the C**p today..........
World of water.. by NEW MUSIC?
Marvellous.. god I was shallow in those days,, and I'm getting shallower like a puddle in the sun.