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Old 07.12.2006, 07:35 AM   #1
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I heard some Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on the radio the other day, and it was fantastic to hear. I'd forgotten that I used to quite like them.

Who else from the 80s do you think I should make the effort to rediscover?
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Old 07.12.2006, 11:07 AM   #2
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I heard some Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on the radio the other day, and it was fantastic to hear. I'd forgotten that I used to quite like them.

Who else from the 80s do you think I should make the effort to rediscover?


First coupla Ultravox albums! I guess technically these may have been from the late 70s, but with John Foxx at the helm they were radically different and ruled.

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FELT.
Love that band, wimpy though they may be. Maurice Deebank is a godlike guitarist.
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Old 07.12.2006, 11:17 AM   #4
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I had sort of forgotten about the Beasties, believe it or not, until just recently. Or that is just hadn't played them in a loonnng time. I love Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head. And I have to get Licensed to Ill.
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Old 07.12.2006, 11:21 AM   #5
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Dead or alive were a good band at one point.
As someone mentioned Felt,that made me think of Denim wich i have been listening to a bit recently.
China Crisis
Fiction Factory
Lotus Eaters
Art of noise
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Old 07.12.2006, 11:24 AM   #6
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Dream Syndicate. Love that Days of Wine and Roses album.

Also, Gun Club - Fire of Love & Miami are great albums.
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Old 07.12.2006, 11:26 AM   #7
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Wow Dream Syndicate were excellent.
Does anyone remember the british Dream Syndicate?
(note:there is also obviously the La Monte Young combo as well)
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Dead or alive were a good band at one point.
As someone mentioned Felt,that made me think of Denim wich i have been listening to a bit recently.
China Crisis
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youuuuu spin me right round baby right round
like a record, baby...

i actually sort of like that song. but pete burns is rank.
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youuuuu spin me right round baby right round
like a record, baby...

i actually sort of like that song. but pete burns is rank.
Yes darling but apart from that song have you actually listened to a whole album of theirs?Pete Burns is a very funny man(erm....?).He has a big mouth on him but he can be entertaining.
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Days Of Wine and Roses is a stone psychedelic classic.

Emergency Third Rail Power Trip by Rain Parade rules as well.

Also, for you Dream Syndicate aficionados, try the 10" "Guild Of Temporal Adventurers" by Kendra Smith if you don't have it already. Excellent stuff! Contains Kendra's great cover of Can's "She Brings The Rain" as well as "Earth Same Breath," a great drone/psych/folk number that really resonates with me. I have covered it both solo and with one of my bands. Great EP!!
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Yes darling but apart from that song have you actually listened to a whole album of theirs?Pete Burns is a very funny man(erm....?).He has a big mouth on him but he can be entertaining.
i have. it was pretty okay for what it was.
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Style Council's 'Our favourite shop' has its moments
The The
Thomas Dolby had his moments too.
One band that i've always disliked was They Might Be Giants.Gosh,they were irritating college crap.
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Style Council is a tough one for me. Later Jam is even hard for me(why did they feel the need to add horns, for god's sake?). I love a lot of the Jam, though.

TMBG are annoying as fuck and always were to my ears.
The The...most definitely had some awesome stuff, as did XTC.
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One thing that i've never understood is my tolerance to Beatles-influenced bands(XTC,Husker Du etc) and my dislike of the Beatles themselves.The Jam were excellent in their prime.Someone whose records i don't always enjoy is Adam and the Ants.It must be the Panto side of him that puts me off.
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One thing that i've never understood is my tolerance to Beatles-influenced bands(XTC,Husker Du etc) and my dislike of the Beatles themselves.


I know what you mean! A lot of the XTC stuff I like isn't the super-Beatlesy stuff, but I like a lot of that too. I think it comes maybe from beaing totally saturated with Beatles music involuntarily all the damn time; I never feel the need to listen to the Beatles on my home stereo, as I hear it all the time out in the world.
Being able to throw on an XTC LP from the 80s, however, is nice.
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Old 07.12.2006, 12:11 PM   #19
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I don't know about you but this is one my favourite of theirs:
 
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