any lost 80's music you want to share?

[Richland123]

Another band that should have been bigger; especially considering the lineup. They had one album filled with catchy, power pop rock songs in the Bryan Adams mode.

The group consisted of Ian Lloyd, former lead singer of Stories, Bruce Fairbairn, Jim Vallance, Jimmy Lowell, Andrew Kirin, and Patrick Mahassen.

Fast Forward - Play To Win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjWOuCMt4U

[N.F.A.]

How about Missing Persons? Terry Bozzio on drums, his wife Dale on vocals and Patrick O'Hearn (played with Zappa) on bass. I forget who the keyboard player was. Always wondered why they weren't more popular or sold more records.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5G3Fg25hg8

[N.F.A.]

How about some power pop/new wave at its finest? Ladies and gentlemen Tommy Keene!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0rWgegzQGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiS21aTDN3I
He had 3 or 4 albums or EP's in the 80's. He was really great and I still have most of his albums.

[Richland123]

Omar & The Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty

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

[dhsierra1]

How about this from Hunters and Collectors, more greatness from Oz, and one of the meanest sounding surf styled tunes IMHO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xzTJfQugDM

or perhaps something more obscure and noir-ish, ClockDVA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNY9-Zl2Ds

great bass lines in both of these

[MisterFabulous]

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

Ideal - Blaue Augen, Eiszeit, Hundsgemein, Berlin

I still have an Ideal album. That Annette Humpe is hot. She sang background with Trio sometimes.

[rtslinger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW3WYcnQj8I

Triumph- Magic Power

[MisterFabulous]

I just this year discovered the Indie pop band The Flatmates listening to a local indie radio station (WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge).

Here's a video jukebox of 'em:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIt2r...e=results_main

[chuck norriss]

The album, The Ghost of Cain, by New Model Army.
Strength by The Alarm. Carved in Sand, The Mission UK. Love Hysteria, Peter Murphy. Wait songs or records?
&
Lone Justice, Shelter

http://youtu.be/jvo9MbTkUbE

[iridiumrocks]

Originally Posted by 4dog

Talk to ya later-- the tubes

Yes! Anything from the Completion Backward Principle CD. One of my favorites from the 80's.

[chuck norriss]

Originally Posted by Mugre

Big Country was a great, timeless band



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Yes. Not sure if they're obscure enough for this thread. They were really fantastic.

[chuck norriss]

Originally Posted by dhsierra1

How about this from Hunters and Collectors, more greatness from Oz, and one of the meanest sounding surf styled tunes IMHO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xzTJfQugDM

or perhaps something more obscure and noir-ish, ClockDVA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNY9-Zl2Ds

great bass lines in both of these

I really like Throw Your Arms Around Me. I had the cassette.

[bassplayer347]

Henry Lee Summer - I Wish I Had A Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnPZeVFJ9e8

Kim Mitchell - Go For A Soda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnTbmPxv5g

[hufe]

What Do All The People Know - The Monroes

[hufe]

one more: Rappin' Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield

[trevcda]

Blue Murder- Jelly Roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxK9CS3RV0

Not sure why they called it that, but quintessential 80's all the way. What caught my ear was the fretless bass, which I'd never heard in a 80's metal song. After years of trying, I got the hair down but could never quite nail this bass line!


Staying in the Aussie theme, I always liked the song Crazy from Icehouse:

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

I played and sang this in a cover band when it came out and it killed. What's funny is the original video, which looks like it was done with one long camera take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5mPQKf8Rw

The sparks coming of the wall for no apparent reason just kill me, probably because of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs4v-zexx8M

Patton Oswalt's take on 80's metal. Hilarious, but NSFW language and delicate ear holes, so turn it down first!

[rtslinger]

Fastball: the way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ

great hook (the chorus)

[Mal1905]

Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfFunjzyIsE

Love the bass tone, love the Wal. Just not sure it's a Wal on the original recording though.

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by rtslinger

Fastball: the way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ

great hook (the chorus)

That song is not from the 80s. It is from 1998.

Bronz - Send Down an Angel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnaCtSTe4Jg

[rojo412]

If you guys are into the alternative 80s stuff, check out somafm.com's "Underground 80s" channel. A lot of y'all mentioned songs they play on the regular.

How about Thompson Twins - Watching ?
Tripped out video, fantastic bassline, I love this kind of stuff!