to want to ask about music in the 80's/

[SynysterGates]

im watching TOTPS in the 80's
oh its good....dear prudence..
where ever I lay my hat
moon light shadow
and now True
I want to be young again lol
does anyone else remember those days(MUSIC WISE)

Now I've got Cindy lauper running through my head singing true colours and waving that bad hair around

I watched that TOTP at midnight. I can't get over Tracy Ullman's dark suntan and white face. It's usually the other way around, these days, with all the orange masks of make up!

Howard Jones' hair was so bad. I thought it was great back then!

Music at the moment is total shite.

I heartily disagree with that. You have to avoid the commercial stations and Radio 1 and 2 and most chart stuff, though. I listen to 6 music and it costs me a fortune, some weeks. Not necessarily new stuff - it's fun watcing a few things on amazon during and after freak Zone and I'm often part of that scramble - recent acquisitions from that include some Focus, Can and 50 foot hose! I've bought plenty of newer stuff, too. I want Alt-J's new album when it comes out, for a start.

And yes, we acquired some Half Man Half Biscuit, a few months back - at my 13yo's request!

I saw that TOTP last night and felt very nostalgic. For me 1984 stood out a bit more but I love the 80s for music. Imo it was the last decade of true originality before manufactured pop became everything (although I recognise the 80s started that off in a heavily commercial manner)

Since we're listing:

Duran Duran (got into the front row at Wembley Arena for their 7 and the Ragged Tiger tour - on a school trip!!!!)
Culture Club (yes, Boy George's voice was so beautiful)
Simple minds (though I found them so dull live and the audience was full of drunk young men just pissing wherever, which completely offended my rather prim 16 year old sensibilities)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (were actually Brilliant at the same gig as support act to SM)
I still have both kids from Fame albums, somewhere!
Ultravox
Yazoo (loved Alison Moyets voice, then.)
Housemartins (my friends got me London 0 Hull 4 as a goodbye present when I moved back to Hull from the town where I spent my early teens)
Dire Straits - still love them. Much derided but Mark Knoppfler's guitar playing is beautiful. Private investigation took both sides of the single, iirc!
Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles was a fantastic album.
One of the few decent albums of the late 80s was Paul Simon's Graceland. Great music, Call me Al was so much fun and the story behind the album was monumental.

DH is a big Cyndi Lauper fan.

'Taped' it and watch it this evening. 1970 baby here and this thread is going to cost me on itunes tomorrow!

Or Youtube yourself to death &

Yy to David Sylvian Mrs Wicket. How can someone human be that hot? What was the show like?

I'm not sure but it looks like we're watching the same TOTPs now. I forgot just how much I loved The Cure.

PickaChew I adored Lloyd Cole, so beautiful too.

Lloyd Cole and David Sylvian both utterly beautiful. I remember reading in either Just 17 or 19 magazine about David Sylvian's woven chopstick perm - because all hair was permed, then!

I think the 80s was the hopeful end of the ultra manly man. Of course, that didn't quite work out, but it made a difference.

I used to play Forbidden colours over and over. It came on the radio, recently, and I had to stop what I was doing.

Agree, Forbidden colours is such a beautiful song pickachew. The video was on TOTP about a month or so ago. Wonder where he is now. Also Silver Moon is beautiful in his solo career, and Red Guitar, my god, his beauty in that video is off the scale

Y to end of manly man. Wish they'd do that now, or at least make an effort

I've never been a big Michael Jackson fan as I was more into indie stuff, but I've always liked 'Wanna Be Starting Something'. However, has anyone ever looked at the lyrics for that song? They are seriously odd.

I'll just leave this here for anyone else who was obsessed with Smash Hits.

likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.co.uk/

You're welcome.

The Dd's and I listened to 80's music playlist on Spotify all day / inspired by this thread. Awesome.

Born in 1969. The only thing that will now get my fat, middle-aged arse on a dance floor is 'Come on Eileen'.

Penguin that link is swesome.

Or should I say 'skill' 😃

Well, apparently I should have 'Awesome' as well.

Sigh.

Loved the 80's for its music.

My musical journey in the 80's was

The Jam
Adam and the Ants
Gary Numan
Madness
Human League
Heaven 17
The Smiths
Housemartins
New Order
The Charlatans
Happy Mondays
Stones Roses

Love so many of these but Bestiswest your three would see me through many a lonely desert island day, especially Party Fears Two which is just beautiful. Still sad about Billy Mackenzie.

Very sad Thisarmingman, I hadn't realised until you said and I googled.

My journey is much more naff but would look something like

The Jam
Kids From Fame
Ultravox
The Police
The Belle Stars
Wham
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Stranglers
The Smiths
The Cure
Sisters of Mercy
The Mission
Jesus and Mary Chain

And actually I think I can narrow down the ultimate 80s song for me to at least a few:

The Story of the Blues
A Town Called Malice
The Killing Moon

And of course Party Fears Two.

It's funny but I think that song kind of transcends its time - it didn't really sound like other stuff then or now or before it.

Bestiswest yes it is truly tragic.

The Story of The Blues is Fantastic. I dug the Nah = Poo album out the other day for DS to listen to but it wasn't on there! He's into punk so he's been delighted with all my 70s vinyl but I haven't managed to persuade him to listen to my Echo and the Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes stuff yet.

Reward is another cracker.