Here's a partial list of those often forgotten, yet great, albums that radio stations have a bad habit of forgetting, even just seven or eight months out of the way.
(in no particular order)I just see all this great music out there, ready to be played, and yet radio stations continue, day after day, to play the same rotation of songs over and over. Blah... Posted by jeremy stock at March 28, 2002 11:18 AMMidnight Oil's "Diesel and Dust" or "Blue Sky Mining"
Morrissey's "Bona Drag"
Siousxie and the Banshee's "Peekaboo"
Metallica's "And Justice for All"
The Cure's "Disintigration"
New Order's "Substance"
U2's "Unforgettable Fire"
Nine Inch Nails' "Pretty Hate Machine"
Tori Amos' "From the Choirgirl Hotel"
Garbage "Version 2.0"
Depeche Mode's "Ultra"
The Black Crows' "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion"
Willie Nelson's "The Red Headed Stranger"
and maybe Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall"
Being a young adult of the 80's, I'm always embarrassed by the stuff that they play on "80's flashbacks". So here's my list of great but forgotten 80's artists:
Elvis Costello
Oingo Boingo
REM
Talking Heads
Devo (first three albums only)
B-52's (first four albums)
The Smiths
The Cult
The (English) Beat, The Specials, Madness
I could go on....
Posted by: Russ at March 28, 2002 02:37 PMJeremy, I totally agree, radiostations play the same stuff over and over. Blah! And I only discover new stuff by word of mouth from some friends.
Russ, I didn't know you liked The Smiths. They are the best! Hoorah!
Posted by: Hechung at March 29, 2002 12:28 AMRuss, I accord with you 100% One time Kate mentioned to me that she likes "80's" music, and she was surprised when I told her that I didn't. She replied, "But you like The Cure, Depeche Mode, and The Smiths don't you?" My response was something along the lines of Those bands transcended the eighties-- they aren't exactly "80's" music, at least one wouldn't think so by listening to the typical "80's" radio shows whose basic rotation is something like: Culture Club, Eurythmics "sweet dreams", Frankie Goes to Hollywood (there's a band for you), Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Howard Jones, Thomson Twins, and the Go Go's. Over and over again.
It's really a shame since, as you point out, there is so much good eighties music, it just never gets any air play.
good thing for CD players.
Posted by: jeremy at March 29, 2002 12:50 AMHechung, The Smiths are one of my ALL TIME favorite bands. Morrissey's lyrical ability is nearly unmatched in our generation, and Johnny Marr's orchestration is par none. I love love The Smith's melancholy...same thing that drives me to bands like The Cure and Depeche Mode.
Great to hear that we have such great taste in music! lol
Posted by: jeremy at March 29, 2002 01:03 AMMuch to my shame, I did own albums (yes, vinyl) by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Cyndi Lauper, Howard Jones, and Thompson Twins. I even saw HoJo and Twins in concert. (Jones is actually very good live, but TT were horrible.)
And howsabout Flock of Seagulls, Kajagoogoo, Toni Basil, Men Without Hats, Wang Chung, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bananarama, Human League, ABC, Soft Cell, Modern English, Men At Work, The Cars, Billy Idol, Fine Young Cannibals, Adam Ant, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Rick Springfield, Hall & Oates, Rick Astley, Steve Perry/Journey, 80's Bowie, and all hair bands (Ratt, Poison, Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, etc.), to make you lose your appetite?
But I must differ with you on Duran Duran and the Go-Go's. DD's first two albums were pretty darn good, as wash Beauty and the Beat. Too many bands start out with great first albums, but go commercial and lose what made them good. Case in point: Tears For Fears; great first album (The Hurting), but then they grew mullets and did "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Blecchh.
Here's some more good 80's artists: Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Pretenders, Crowded House, Squeeze, Simply Red, The Police, Wall of Voodoo/Stan Ridgeway, Stray Cats, early Bangles.
I'm torn when it comes to Prince and George Michael. On the one hand, they did some amazing music; on the other hand, they did some completely horrible music and their personal lives leave me a little queasy.
Posted by: Russ at March 29, 2002 10:59 AMI just purchased Garbage's "Version 2.0" not too long ago. What a great album -- the best of theirs in my opinion. And who can deny that "And Justice For All" is simply one of the classics? Ahh, the memories...
Posted by: wayne at March 29, 2002 12:01 PMRuss, you are officially Grace's "80's" man. I say that with absolute..."reverence." :-)
Posted by: jeremy at March 29, 2002 03:28 PMRuss,
I didn't mean to downplay Duran Duran. I think they made some great music-- music that I love to this day. In fact, Duran Duran was probably THE first band that gave me the desire to be in a band myself. My cousins and I used to play with tennis racket guitars, pillow keyboards, and butter-knife drumsticks pantomiming Duran classics such as "Wild Boys," "Planet Earth," and of course "Hungry Like the Wolf."
The Police, absolutely talented and great music. Crowded House, excellent stuff, Michael Penn's solo stuff wasn't so bad either. And I think Prince, like Michael Jackson, deserves credit not only for making often groundbreaking music, but also for just surviving the everyday tribulation of being himself.
You can have your Pretenders, and Thomas Dolby though.
Posted by: jeremy at March 29, 2002 03:40 PMI'm glad Russ pointed out your new site. I'm going to link it right now.
Posted by: mikey at March 29, 2002 04:17 PMthanks Mickey!
Posted by: jeremy at March 30, 2002 11:46 AMHey peeps lets not forget Sheena Easton "Strut", The Outfield "Your Love", Exile "I Wanna Kiss You All Over", Pat Benatar "We Live For Love", The Romantics "Talkin In Your Sleep",and Divynals "I Touch Myself". These are some of my favs.
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