Gary Byrd - The Crown
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
DAF - Absolute Body Control
Colourbox - The Moon is Blue
Axel f
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Art of Noise - Close (to the edit)
thanks DezB, enjoyed that
Simple Minds - Love Song
Back when they were synth pop - Talk Talk with the song of the same name
Foetus - Wash It All Off - Yeah! I've got that on 7" - worth nearly £50 according to discogs
Sadly my Wash/Slog 12" isn't worth much except great memories 🙂
OMD - Silent Running
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show.
We've got a sampler and we're gonna use it!
OMD: Maid Of Orleans
Good shout with Colourbox, The moon is blue, off a great album as well.
Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime, a superb video too, imo.
Pete Shelley, Homosapien
Didn't think I liked Pete Shelley's solo stuff at the time, but its blimmin good really.
couple of bangers
the most banging of all which I still love, Italo disco at its finest
Charlie, Spacer Woman 1983
I believe this lot have been forgotted so far
Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
Which lead me to The Passage - Born Every Minute
Enjoying the broad interpretation of "electronica" on this thread.
Totally valid since AFAIK the term wasn't coined 'til the '90s.
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love...
Jaaaames Broooooown, Jaaaames Broooooown!
Laurie Anderson - O Superman. This got to number 1!
Love threads like these..
Robin S .. Show me love
Ace of Base, all that she wants
Ace of Base, all that she wants is 1990s. and crap 🙂
The Sign is far betterer!
Carly Simon Why? Not a rhetorical question, Die Bassline ist sensationell !!
. 1982 as is the video. so so weird
12" version is the best
Heaven 17 .. Temptation
Yello, I Love You
Cabaret Voltaire, I Want You
Update the playlist you slackers!
❓ wHaT pLAyLiSt? ❓
Sigue sigue Sputnik - love missile
wHaT pLAyLiSt?
This playlist:
[b] https://open.spotify.com/user/karen.massey/playlist/4sLEcpRGPH6sKlXqR9U9wi?si=cRPXVBapTOSRnJBwCeZTXw [/b]
I was too young to appreciate New Order at the time (sister loved em) but their music does pull the heart strings, as someone here said. Amazing.
Bin dun?
808 State - Pacific
Stephen Tin Tin Duffy - Kiss Me
Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right!
Flock of Seagulls. Either "Wishing" or "I Ran"
E2-E4. All 58 minutes of it.
This was a bit of an industrial-electro-goth banger BITD...
Not sure this was specific enough about updating Spotify, I don’t use it, so I’m out.
Similar vibe to Front 242, but with a bit more funk...
Model 500 - Night Drive
[i]update the playlist[/i]
Could someone put mine on, cos I don't use Spottyfing
Hopefully this isn't a repost:
The Associates: Party Fears Two
I love this tune
O Superman -
Laurie Anderson.
/p>
Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.
And when justice is gone, there's always force.
And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!
Can't have that twice Rusty, it's a bit long 😉
Missed that Dez.
Top tune though, love the fact it was toppermost of the poppermost.
Sly Fox, "Lets go all the way"
Since we're going with a fairly catch-all definition of '80s electronica:
Crazy Comets! 😀
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
(hopefully not mentioned already.
Yes! Used to load that up just to listen to the theme. Great game too.
This is the only C64 music to top it IMO...
Electric Dreams: Phil Okey and Giorgio Mororder
Fashion ..Dressed To Kill
plink plonk 80's electonica from the master of the Moog
Master of the Moog ?
That honour belongs to Keith Emerson ..different genre though
Saw them live a few times , Black celebration tour sticks in my mind as being very good
Vince Clark from Depeche Mode and Fergal Sharkey.
Different style but quality synth work.
Cant find any decent videos on YouTube but Dalek I were good Particularly anything from the Compass Kumpas album
http://www.deezer.com/track/1576865
Nurse With Wound - Mourning smile
Einsturzende Neubaten - Energie
Suicide - Dream baby Dream (1979, i know, but **** it, it's awesome)
Phuture - Acid Trax
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy...
Oh go on let's have Oh Superman again.
My sister used to have the Travelogue album by the Human League when I lived at home in the late 70's/early 80's and I always loved 'Being Boiled'. Just listened to it again, turns out I still do!
I was a big Numan fan too and Down in the Park was my favourite track, really creepy.
As any Numan fan will know he pretty much ripped off John Foxx's sound. Poor old John Foxx had the misfortune to not only have his only hit [i]after [/i]Numan got to number one with 'Are Friends Electric' and everyone assume he had copied Numan but also for 'Underpass' to be called 'Underpants' by us schoolkids
slowoldman - Member
Oh go on let's have Oh Superman again.
Are you Dez's granddad, by any chance?
🙂
IHN - love you, what a great thread!
bikebouy beat me to it with Heaven 17, but this is my fave of theirs =
we live so fast
one of the best tracks of the 80's
Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy
can you tell I'm loving this thread?
[i]but also for 'Underpass' to be called 'Underpants' by us schoolkids[/i]
God, i havent heard that since... oh, page 2
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
Prescient lyrics for a choc-a-bloc nostalgia thread 30 years down the line.
Well good thread!
Sorry for wrecking it.....
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Way before my time unfortunately.
It has to be the DoJo and Bernard Sumner full on version of Sectuon25's Looking From a Hilltop…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/23/jon-savage-song-section-25
Mr Fingers. Can You feel it.
Maurice. This is Acid
Voodoo Ray is the tune though but it's already been suggested.
808 State - Pacific State
not sure these really fit the brief but it's not like I'm the first 😀
Edit for titles:
Revolting Cocks, from Big Sexy Land. BSL and Union Carbide (Bhopal version)
Vangelis - Blade Runner End Titles
Africa Bambaataa - Planet rock
Shriekback- Hand on my heart
Bill nelson- Do you dream in colour
Not on spotify either thanks to the bloody Italian hip hop fans
Yello- oh yeah
Just to save Ferris.
Still find it hard to believe this was recorded in 1983 - William Onyeabor Fantastic Man
Good call with Bill Nelson! How did I frget that. Shriekback though, not electronica or I woulda posted them! 😉
You missed this one.
and..
Finitribe - De Testimony