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Ok, as a preface, I recently changed jobs and as a result, I had a lot of gardening leave. I did a lot of small projects and reading but one of the things I have been doing is recording music and tagging my iTunes collection properly.
So now I have this amazing collection of tagged tunes and I set out to make some mix playlists and tapes of each year. 1978, great year for music. 1979, great year for music, 1981 is again another great year but 1980 appears to have been mostly terrible. I will admit that I wasn't born until 1984 but I have a collection of about a thousand (mostly vinyl) records and am a big 70s prog/rock fan
The question here is for BeoWorlders to pull their knowledge and suggest of any good tracks released in 1980. Was it really that bad? So far I have the Super Trouper album and the following 19 listenable releases:
You shook me all night long (ACDC)Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie)Back in Black (ACDC)The Tide Is High (Blondie)Call Me (Blondie)All over the world (ELO)I'm Alive (ELO)Xanadu (ELO)I Can't Stand up for Falling DownCocaine (Eric Clapton)Que Sera Mi Vida (Gibson Bros)Going Underground (Jam)Baggy Trousers (Madness)Ace of Spades (Motorhead)DISCO (Ottawan)De Do Do Do De Da Da Da (Police)Flash Gorden (Queen)Another One Bits the Dust (Queen)Jump To The Beat (Stacey Lattislaw)
Try some of these..
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id207.htm
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
1980 was a milestone year for Electronic and New Romantic music also.
John Foxx; Ultravox, Viasage....and Gary Numan;which topped the charts with theTelekon album.
So, i want suggest:
Gary Numan - "We Are Glass", "I Die: You Die" and "This Wreckage"
Visage - "Visage" , "Tar" and "Visage" (the last two are early 1981 though)
Ultravox - "Vienna" and "Sleepwalk"
John Foxx - "Burning Man"
Moreover
The Police - "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
ABBA - "Super Tropuer" and "The Winner Takes It All"
Diana Ross - "Upside Down"
Michael Jackson - "Off The Wall" and "She's Out Of My Life"
Oh my gosh, the 1980s was the most amazing decade for music. 1984 was the year of breakdance too! It was also my favourite year for music.
Try these beauties...
Change - Change of Heart
Chaka Khan - I feel for you
The SOS band - Just be good to me
Laura Branigan - Self control
Womack & Womack - Love wars
Ollie & Jerry - Breakn' there's no stopping us
Sister Sledge - Thinking of you
Freeze - Southern freeze
Scitti Politti - Absolute
Howard Jones - Pearl in the shell
WHAM
The Pointer Sisters - im so excited
Do you plan to make actual mixtapes? I have done quite a lot from my LP collection recently
The 80's was definitely the best decade for pop music, and heavy metal became popular!
I was born in 1993 unfortunately; can I borrow someone's DeLorian please?
Vinyl records, cassettes, open reel, valve amplifiers and film photography.
Søren Hammer:I was born in 1993 unfortunately; can I borrow someone's DeLorian please?
No worries, there will always be a DeLorian for you - they do not rust !
Dire Straits - Making Movies.
How can that not be great - it mentions Whitley Bay!!
Peter
Cool, thanks y'all! I'll need to check these out on spotify, and keep my audio ripper handy.
Yes I'm doing mix tapes; I got a stack of tapes down the market and I'm putting one together for each year. They'll look great on a shelf. Yes I could just run an ipod through my hifi or something but I far prefer the physical action of watching a tape turn around while I'm working
Re the Deloreon, you could also get a Jensen - those used plastic paneling and they look almost as good.
Calvin,
Download the AirCassette app in iTunes - it turns you iPhone into a cassette tape - it even gives you the choice of SONY, AGFA or BASF Cassettes!!!!!!! Real fun!
Peter: Dire Straits - Making Movies. How can that not be great - it mentions Whitley Bay!!
Easily the best album Dire Straits ever made. Classic!
NewOrder---Blue Monday
Soft Cell----Tainted Llove
Tracks the never age!
"Closer" by Joy Division!
Or, just the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which oddly isn't on either of their studio albums.
--mika
I'd like to lodge an official complaint about some of the truly awful selections in this thread!
Ban boring signatures!
What tapes do you use and what deck do you record on?
You might look into the Beocord 8000 range if you like the 80's!
Puncher: I'd like to lodge an official complaint about some of the truly awful selections in this thread!
Well, the original premise was that it was a terrible year - I'm glad to not remember so much
@Puncher lol - And quite a few of them aren't 1980 but 1979 album releases that only got a 7" pressing come the new year. I'll add Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders as one a friend recommended.
Even still, my initial point stands - if you took all the tracks mentioned here, sifted the 1979/81 tracks out and stuck them in a playlist, you'd only just about fill a 90 minute tape, which is a bit shoddy really given what happened before and after.
I've got a BeoSystem 5500 which is the right era, although I generally prefer the 70s, designwise and musically. I did look at that BC8000 at the time I bought the system though.
Tapeswise, it's a stack of Maxell 90m which I have no idea about quality wise, thought I think they're just a generic brand. Frankly, I'm not going to defend the format from an audiophile perspective anyway, I just like the physicality.
Calvin: Tapeswise, it's a stack of Maxell 90m which I have no idea about quality wise, thought I think they're just a generic brand. Frankly, I'm not going to defend the format from an audiophile perspective anyway, I just like the physicality.
Maxell was one of the top 5 tape brands, up there with TDK, BASF and Sony.
Just for you Puncher - "Just Supposing" Status Quo's 1980 offering.
Happy now?
Medogsfat: Puncher: I'd like to lodge an official complaint about some of the truly awful selections in this thread! Just for you Puncher - "Just Supposing" Status Quo's 1980 offering. Happy now?
How dare you sir! (slaps across face with virtual glove)!!
I've had a quick glance at 1980 just to remind me how awful it was - best single of the year, "Love will Tear us Apart", Joy Division - best No.1 single "Going Underground" The Jam.
Biggest crime against music in 1980 was "Bucket of Water Song", The Four Bucketeers, although it does contain the immortal line from (every young boys dream at the time) Sally James.............."whatever the case, we take it in the face"!
Talking 'bout 1980, don't forget these:
Fern Kinney: Together We are beautiful
Nick Straker Band: A walk in the park
Leo Sayer: More than I can say
Hot Chocolate: No doubt about it
Puncher: How dare you sir! (slaps across face with virtual glove)!! I've had a quick glance at 1980 just to remind me how awful it was - best single of the year, "Love will Tear us Apart", Joy Division - best No.1 single "Going Underground" The Jam. Biggest crime against music in 1980 was "Bucket of Water Song", The Four Bucketeers, although it does contain the immortal line from (every young boys dream at the time) Sally James.............."whatever the case, we take it in the face"!
Shades of ZZ Tops' "Pearl Necklace"!!!!!
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Forgot:
The Wall Pink Floyd
Must have been 1980?!
Rolf: Forgot: The Wall Pink Floyd Must have been 1980?!
30 November, 1979 - close!
personaltrainerpaul:Calvin, Download the AirCassette app in iTunes - it turns you iPhone into a cassette tape - it even gives you the choice of SONY, AGFA or BASF Cassettes!!!!!!! Real fun!