Help me with my ultimate 80's mix

[owensmom]

All right, I'm in the midst of an 80's nostalgia kick - not like the kind you can hear on the radio though. I wanna hear Sex Dwarf by Soft Cell, I just listened to my Spandau Ballet record, and just bought Depeche Mode's Some Great Reward on cd off ebay because I only have it on vinyl.

I wanna make an mp3 cd full of songs like that, bands like the cure and the smiths and new order and stuff........... trouble is, I can't think of songs.

What bands/songs would you have on your ultimate 80's collection?

Off to track down a source of Icicle Work's Whisper to a Scream, and the Vandal's Urban Struggle...

[Arduinna]

I'd have:

Almost anything by Depeche Mode but especially: Stripped, Fly on the Windscreen, Sacred, Behind the Wheel, Somebody, Strangelove, Things You Said, Shake the Disease, Master and Servant, Policy of Truth, A Question of Lust, But Not Tonight, I Want You Now, Things You Said and Here is the House.

I loved OMD but I can't remember any of their songs, same thing with New Order and the Cure.

How about Girlfriend in a Coma by Smiths?

[Arduinna]

Ya know Amazon has a pretty extensive music section and they list the titles to the somg of many of the cd's. You might want to scan some of the titles of your favorite bands and you might remember the names of the songs you liked.

[owensmom]

Funny Arduinna, I was just searching on Amazon for stuff like that... here is what I have to search for so far:

english beat
echo and the bunnymen
ultravox - dancing with tears in my eyes
under the milky way - the church
wire train - chamber of hellos
blancmange - don't tell me
new order
marc almond
cure
soft cell - sex dwarf
aztec camera - oblivious
bangles - hazy shade of winter
berlin - metro
the smiths
bronski beat
everywhere I go - the call
whistle down the wind - nick heyward
erasure
camper van beethoven - pictures of matchstick men
the clash
alone again or - the damned
vandals - urban struggle
sparks
just drive - wall of voodoo

oh, and I found a cool website: www.flashbackalternative.com

[serenetabbie]

I would add The Pixies (la la love you; here comes your man), The Dead milkmen (bitchin' camaro), The B52's (Rock Lobster of course!)and maybe throw in some Sisters of Mercy to those lists

[Dragonfly]

Social D, baby

(I'm going to get dh on this later... he is the ultimate 80's music guru).

[carmen veranda]

Elvis Costello~
Squeeze~
Pyschodelic furs~
Police~
Husker Du~
Modern English~
Prince~
Blondie~
U2~
The Specials~
Jo Jackson~
Lou Reed~
Men At Work~
The Motels~
Culture Club~
The Cars~
The Thompson Twins~
Stray Cats~
Cindi Lauper~
Bananarama~
Eurthymics~
The Fixx~
Devo~
The Ramones~
Joy Division~
The Jam~
The Mighty Diamonds~
Bob Marley and the Wailers~
Black Uhuru~
Talking Heads~
The Knitters~
Bow Wow Wow~
Taj Mahal~
Nina Hagan~
The Jam~
The Pretenders~
Gang of Four~
Dead Kennedys~
Circle Jerks~
The Hooters~
The Boomtown Rats~


That was fun!!!

[daylily]

What about XTC? "Dear God" or "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"

And The Cult. I used to loooooove The Cult. I think my favorite songs by them are "Rain" and "She Sells Sanctuary," but the whole "Rain" album is good.

Edited to add the Violent Femmes! "Blister in the sun," "Add it up," "Kiss off," "Gone Daddy Gone," "Prove my love."

[rachelle-a-tron]

We used to go dancing at a grange hall in the 80's & we had the greatest time. So I decided to make a 3 CD set off all the songs they played there. Here is the list:

Sex Dwarf + Soft Cell
Hit That Perfect Beat Boy + Bronski Beat
Peek-a-boo + Siouxsie & The Banshees
Never Say Never + Romeo Void
Boys Say Go + Depeche Mode
Dance This Mess Around + B52's
Go + Tones On Tail
Living On Video + Trans X
Erotic City + Prince
5-8-6 + New Order
Don't Go + Yaz
World Destruction + Time Lords
Dont Leave Me This Way + The Communards
This Corrosion + The Sisters Of Mercy
The Metro + Berlin
Blasphemous Rumors + Depeche Mode
Supersonic + JJ Fad
Pride (In The Name Of Love) + U2
Blister In The Sun + Violent Femmes
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? + The Clash
Close To Me + The Cure
Victim Of Love + Erasure
People Are People + Depeche Mode
Tainted Love + Soft Cell
Everyday Is Like Halloween + Ministry
Push It + Salt & Pepper
Blue Monday + New Order
Dr. Who + The Time Lords (KLF)
Headhunter + Front 242
Nemisis + Shriekback
Boom Boom Boom + Paul Lekakis
Love Is A Shield + Camoflauge
Behind The Wheel/Route 66 + Depeche Mode
True Faith + New Order
Why Cant I Be You? + The Cure
White Horse + Laid Back
When I Needed You + Erasure
New Life + Depeche Mode
You'll Dance To Anything + Dead Milkmen
I Melt With You + Modern English
Killing An Arab + The Cure
Add It Up + Violent Femmes
Somebody + Depeche Mode
Boys Don't Cry + The Cure
Oh Lamour + Erasure
Talking Loud & Clear + OMD
Only You + Yaz
Theme From S-Express + S-Express
Who Needs Love Like That + Erasure
Sounds Like A Melody + Alphaville
HOT! HOT! HOT! + The Cure
Safety Dance + Men Without Hats
Master & Servant + Depeche Mode
Whats On Your Mind? + Information Society
Kiss Me + Tin Tin
Desire + Gene Loves Jezabel
Rock Lobster + B52's
Let Your Body Learn + Nitzer Ebb
Heavenly Action + Erasure
Bizarre Love Triangle + New Order
Whip It + Devo
Just Cant Get Enough + Depeche Mode
Lets Go To Bed + The Cure
The Promise + When In Rome
Forever Young + Alphaville
Under the Milky Way + The Church

Hope that helps you some!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few others I thought of...

Come On Eileen + Dexy's Midnight Runners
In A Big Country + Big Country
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) + Icicle Works
Take The Skinheads Bowling + Camper Van Beethoven
Rappers Delight + Sugarhill Gang
(Keep Feeling) Fascination + The Human League
Life In A Northern Town + The Dream Academy
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me + Culture Club
The Reflex + Duran Duran

[daylily]

T "Come on Eileen!" Boy, does that bring back memories. My name is Aileen (pronounce Eileen) and back in the day, practically every boy I met would sing a few bars of that song at me. Each one thought he was being incredibly witty and original.:

This one is kind of obscure, but I always associate the eighties with Meryn Cadell's song, "The Sweater."

[serenetabbie]

Whew, thanks Daylily from stopping me from singing it to you (because you know I can't "see" you with out humming it to myself )! :LOL

[owensmom]

Oh man! Thanks sistas! What a great list to get started on! I've culled all I can from my collection, now I'm trying to get those random songs I don't own...

rachelle-a-tron - that so reminds me of growing up... my friends were (I guess are) mormon, and they had a montly dance at their stake center and the dj was always so great, I think they were affiliated with KROQ in LA, and your song list was our song list (minus Kiss Me, they wouldn't let them play that because it says "your love is better than wine". Yes, we pointed out to them that that verbage is from the bible...).

dragonfly, everyone is pretty much on the right track here, does your dh have anything to add??

there are bands where I feel like I might know the song if I heard it again....

Here is what I'm still looking for:
depeche mode - behind the wheel/route 66
english beat -mirror in the bathroom
echo and the bunnymen - bring on the dancing horses, killing moon
ultravox - dancing with tears in my eyes
wire train - chamber of hellos
blancmange - don't tell me
new order - bizarre love triangle, blue monday, everytime I see you falling, shell shock, subculture, true faith
marc almond
cure - kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, why can't I be you, just like heaven
aztec camera - oblivious
bangles - hazy shade of winter
berlin - metro
the smiths - vicar in a tutu, please please please let me get what I want, stop me if you think that you've heard this one before, every day is like sunday, cemetary gates, suicide is painless,
bronski beat - hit that perfect beat, smalltown boy, tell me why, run away, never can say goodbye
whistle down the wind - nick heyward
camper van beethoven - pictures of matchstick men
the clash - rock the casbah, should I stay or should I go now
alone again or - the damned
sparks- music that you can dance to,
just drive - wall of voodoo
dramarama - anything, anything
stephen "tin tin" duffy - hold it, kiss me
omd - tesla girl, electricity, so in love
xtc - dear god
dead milkmen - punk rock girl
psych furs - heaven, ghost in you, love my way
make a circuit with me - polecats
simple minds - alive and kicking
nowhere girl - b-movie
general public - general public, tenderness
tears for fears- head over heels, mad world, pale shelter, I believe, mothers talk, change

[serenetabbie]

are you looking for these on MP3. vinyl or tape? I ahve some of the list on tape. If you want them........

[owensmom]

I'm putting them on mp3 to burn to a disc for the car or the computer. So far my sources have been my cd collection, and some cd's from the library. I'm now having to turn to, ah, other sources shall we say, for the random songs I don't have.

[Len]

WOW I'm impressed with your lists. However, I want to add (or perhaps they are already there and I missed them?)
Men at work
A-Ha
Tom Petty
The Waterboys
Simple Minds
The Police
Talking Heads
Billy Idol
Toto

Great thread

[AdinaL]

Which Marc Almond songs are you looking for? I will scour my stuff...most of my music in on MP3....PM me if you want me to email you anything!

[owensmom]

Adina -actually, I have two marc almond cd's so I'll get my stuff from there, but thanks!

Here is what I have ready to burn thus far (for those of you playing along, the list above was what I was still looking for):

Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Antmusic.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Beat My Guest.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Desperate But Not Serious.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Friend or Foe.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Goody Two Shoes.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Kings of the Wild Frontier.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Los Rancheros.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Puss 'n Boots.mp3
Adam Ant (Adam and the Ants) - Stand and Deliver.mp3
Damned - Alone Again Or.mp3
Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl.mp3
Depeche Mode - A Question of Time.mp3
Depeche Mode - Any Second Now (Voices).mp3
depeche mode - Behind the wheel (Route 66 megamix) (1).mp3
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration - Live.mp3
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration.mp3
Depeche Mode - Boys Say Go!.mp3
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight.mp3
Depeche Mode - Clean.mp3
Depeche Mode - Dreaming of Me.mp3
Depeche Mode - Fly on the Windscreen.mp3
Depeche Mode - Get the Balance Right.mp3
Depeche Mode - Halo.mp3
Depeche Mode - Here is the House.mp3
Depeche Mode - I Feel You.mp3
Depeche Mode - Ice Machine.mp3
Depeche Mode - If You Want.mp3
Depeche Mode - It Doesn't Matter Two.mp3
Depeche Mode - It Doesn't Matter.mp3
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough.mp3
Depeche Mode - Lie To Me.mp3
Depeche Mode - Love In Itself.mp3
Depeche Mode - Master & Servant - Live.mp3
Depeche Mode - New Life.mp3
Depeche Mode - Nothing - Live.mp3
Depeche Mode - Now This is Fun.mp3
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus.mp3
Depeche Mode - Photographic.mp3
Depeche Mode - Pipeline.mp3
Depeche Mode - Pleasure Little Treasure - Live.mp3
Depeche Mode - Route 66.mp3
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease - Live.mp3
Depeche Mode - Shout.mp3
Depeche Mode - Somebody.mp3
Depeche Mode - Something To Do.mp3
Depeche Mode - Sometimes.mp3
Depeche Mode - Stories of Old.mp3
Depeche Mode - Told You So.mp3
Depeche Mode - Tora! Tora! Tora!.mp3
Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night.mp3
Duran Duran - Anyone Out There.mp3
Duran Duran - Careless Memories.mp3
Duran Duran - Girls on Film.mp3
Duran Duran - Planet Earth.mp3
English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom.mp3
Erasure - A Little Respect.mp3
Erasure - Chains of Love.mp3
Erasure - Drama!.mp3
Erasure - Gimme Gimme Gimme.mp3
Erasure - Hideaway.mp3
Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be.mp3
Erasure - Leave Me To Bleed.mp3
Erasure - My Heart ... So Blue.mp3
Erasure - Oh L'Amour.mp3
Erasure - Sometimes.mp3
Erasure - Star.mp3
Erasure - Stop!.mp3
Erasure - Take A Chance On Me.mp3
Erasure - Victim of Love.mp3
Erasure - Who Needs Love (Like That).mp3
General Public - Tenderness.mp3
Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream.mp3
Jimmy Somerville - Never Can Say Goodbye.mp3
Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy.mp3
Lesley EACProfile.CFG
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday.mp3
Morrissey - Suedehead.mp3
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix).mp3
New Order - Blue Monday.mp3
New Order - Shell Shock.mp3
Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You.mp3
Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf.mp3
Spandau Ballet - Communication.mp3
Spandau Ballet - Gold.mp3
Spandau Ballet - Instinction.mp3
Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave.mp3
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short.mp3
Spandau Ballet - True.mp3
sparks - music that you can dance to.mp3
The Church - Under The Milky Way.mp3
The Cure - A Forest.mp3
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry.mp3
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes.mp3
The Cure - Close To Me.mp3
The Cure - In Between Days.mp3
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed.mp3
The Cure - Primary.mp3
The Cure - The Caterpillar.mp3
The Cure - The Hanging Garden.mp3
The Cure - The Love Cats.mp3
Vandals - I want to be a cowboy.mp3
Wall Of Voodoo - Drive She Said.mp3
Yaz - Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I).mp3
Yaz - Don't Go.mp3
Yaz - In My Room.mp3
Yaz - Midnight.mp3
Yaz - Only You.mp3
Yaz - Situation.mp3
Yaz - Winter Kills.mp3

Yes, I like Depeche Mode. !

[pamamidwife]

I LOVE Adam Ant & Yaz!!!!

Hey, we should pay you for copies of this CD! Wow!

[3girls1boy]

Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House" got me on the dance floor at many a college bash.