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  • Non naff 80s music for a party night.
  • jojoA1
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    Was at the work’s Christmas do last night and it was an 80s themed ‘bring a party to a party’ thing with fancy dress. All good fun, but the trouble was that the DJ played dreadful music. All the tackiest stuff like Kylie, songs from Grease, Wake me up before you go-go… twice!!! (no excuse for two tunes the same imo). Surely there was some good stuff from the 80s that would have had the whole place up and dancing.

    What would be your suggestions?

    mightymule
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    patriotpro
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    Prodigy

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    ton
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUza_wWCfA[/video]

    cynic-al
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    Prodigy 80s eh?

    Jo…lots…are you saying you are too young to remembe? New Romantics for starters, and of course, Level 42.

    grievoustim
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    The ministry of sound “alternative 80s” CDs are very good indeed.

    winston_dog
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    The The – Infected
    The Clash – London Calling (Dec 1979 but close enough)
    REM – Document

    deluded
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    Depeche Mode
    Human League
    Spandau Ballet
    Duran Duran
    FGTH
    New Order

    ton
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GkVhgIeGJQ[/video]

    cynic-al
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    Lots of.ska too.

    ton
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSMDaewz2A[/video]

    athgray
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

    The Smiths
    Early Happy Mondays, The Beastie Boys and The Sone Roses
    The Pet Shop Boys – It’s a Sin
    Tears for Fears

    jojoA1
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    I’m well old enough to remember,.. just wondered what others would put.

    I’d have had The Smiths (actually very dancy even though everyone thinks they’re miserable), The Cure, The Eurythmics, even some Bananarama and Dexy’s for more mainstream. No Come on Eileen FFS, what kind of 80s party is that?!! No Adam Ant, No Cyndi Lauper.

    I’d have had the 12″ of Blue Monday just to wind people up… 🙂

    singletrackmind
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    Proclaimers?

    athgray
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkKX035484&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

    Bladerunner OST although would probably go down like a lead balloon.
    The Police and The Jam

    davidjones15
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    Spandau Ballet.
    Soft cell.
    Thompson Twins.
    China Crisis.
    Haircut 100 (Only joking).
    Duran Duran.
    OMD.
    Teardrop Explodes.
    Echo and the Bunnymen.
    Depeche Mode.
    Cabaret Voltaire.
    The Cure.
    Visage.
    Ultravox.
    Southern Death Cult.

    househusband
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    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78[/video]

    I’m sorry.

    Bunnyhop
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pndIoh2If9U&noredirect=1[/video]

    patriotpro
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    ok i’ll gi’yer that ‘al’ – Prodigy are the nineties. 😳

    druidh
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    Roxy Music – if the party didn’t finish to Avalon, someone needs a good slap!

    ton
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo[/video]

    john_drummer
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    SDC? Bit obscure for an 80s theme party. The Cult maybe, everyone knows Rain and She Sells Sanctuary.

    Echo Beach; anything by Pretenders; Cocteau Twins. Goth it up with Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim.bring it back to commercial with Billy Idol. Siouxsie and the Banshees

    markfu
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    :mrgreen:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4pWcVPUybE[/video]

    rewski
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    Heaven 17, moroder, sparks, lots of 80s funk and disco comps around.

    ton
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQBSa4t8YQQ[/video]

    davidjones15
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    Bauhaus.
    Frankie goes to Hollywood.
    Bros (only joking).
    Spear of Destiny.

    Edukator
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    Something cool in French for when the guests are arriving:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FD6i79z2YI&list=PLADEF100A56086D52&index=12[/video]

    Something Nena because she was the hottest thing to dance through the 80s:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d70-tkYPHYQ[/video]

    Something Wham because everyone will dance to it:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7IY1kPafM[/video]

    An Italian slow for the end of the night:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LP7BIMFi0[/video]

    cynic-al
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    FFS no one has mentioned Wings?

    stuartie_c
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    For starters:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieI3ctfMfM[/video]

    And a bit of RunRig and Big Country (or was is only in Fort William that they were dancey?)

    MSP
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    Are those serious suggestions for duran duran as being non naff? I mean really they epitomise naffness.

    However I did have a twang of nostalgia for Aztec camera and have just purchased high land hard rain on itunes.

    davidjones15
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    However I did have a twang of nostalgia for Aztec camera and have just purchased high land hard rain on itunes.

    Who were plain shite rather than naff. 😉

    tomaso
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    [video]http://youtu.be/wPiMbg4yVWk[/video]
    [video]http://youtu.be/cvr16VL18r4[/video]
    [video]http://youtu.be/XA-PFwNFtig[/video]
    [video]http://youtu.be/Lr-OgG1A74c[/video]
    [video]http://youtu.be/vQObWW06VAM[/video]

    And you need to play this one turned up to 11 on a ghetto blaster while practising your body popping

    [video]http://youtu.be/pERrVMbsCfg[/video]

    jojoA1
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    God Stuart! I’m having flashbacks to the Golf Club discos with all the 6th yr boys jumping about in a circle with their arms over each other’s shoulders to Fields of Fire and Loch Lomond (the one that ends with the Gaelic bit).
    I’m amazed no one was mown down walking back to town along that road…

    cynic-al
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    Duran Duran: first album actually not too naff

    stuartie_c
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    God Stuart! I’m having flashbacks to the Golf Club discos with all the 6th yr boys jumping about in a circle with their arms over each other’s shoulders to Fields of Fire and Loch Lomond (the one that ends with the Gaelic bit).
    I’m amazed no one was mown down walking back to town along that road…

    Indeed, particularly since all the drivers would have been pished too.

    Nous étions jeunes et insouciants!

    mightymule
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    Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk to ****

    YoKaiser
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    REM
    Pop will eat itself
    The Wedding Present

    What about some Hip Hop

    Run DMC
    Public Enemy
    Boogie Down Productions
    Eric B and Rakim
    dj ez rock + rob bass
    Grandmaster Melle Mel

    stuartie_c
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    Here we go – Dunfermline’s finest:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONsUPtkQlYU[/video]

    galactus
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    Bauhaus
    This mortal coil
    Specials
    Blondie
    Softcell
    Modern English
    Wolfgang press
    Dub syndicate
    Dead can dance
    Gary numan
    Kate bush
    Berlin
    Roxy music
    Tackhead

    jojoA1
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    To be honest, this is the music that got me all a flutter in the 80s… I was a lefty wee teen girl.

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y76kIDbOcYQ[/video]

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