creating an 80s compliation cd..

[Trufflehound]

Totemic song used for the original live aid Africa videos.

True, but it was also bollocks.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Electric 80's - £12.97 Tesco's

Disk 1
1.Torch (12" Version) - with Soft Cell2.Fade To Grey (12" Version) - with Visage3.Today - with Talk Talk4.Brilliant Mind - with Furniture5.Planet Earth (Night Version) - with Duran Duran6.I Ran (Full Album Version) - with A Flock Of Seagulls7.Life In Tokyo (12" Version) - with Japan8.Mad World - with Tears For Fears9.Enola Gay - with Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark10.Absolute - with Scritti Politti11.Obsession - with Animotion12.The First Picture Of You - with Lotus Eaters13.Drowning In Berlin - with Mobiles14.I'm In Love With A German Filmstar (Long Version) - with Passions15.Moments In Love (12" 'Beaten' Version) - with Art Of Noise

Disk 2
1.Love Action (I Believe In Love) (12" Version) - with Human League2.Quiet Life (12" Version) - with Japan3.To Cut A Long Story Short (12" Version) - with Spandau Ballet4.Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (12" Version) - with Flock Of Seagulls5.Love On Your Side - with Thompson Twins6.Vicious Games - with Yello7.Mind Of A Toy (Extended Version) - with Visage8.Dr Mabuse ('13th Life' Mix) - with Propaganda9.Soul Train - with Swansway10.Promised You A Miracle - with Simple Minds11.Love My Way - with Psychedelic Furs12.Kick In The Eye - with Bauhaus13.Back To Nature (Full Album Version) - with Fad Gadget14.Underpass - with John Foxx15.Down In The Park - with Tubeway Army

Disk 3
1.You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Version) - with Dead Or Alive2.Don't Go - with Yazoo3.Don't Talk To Me About Love - with Altered Images4.Shiny Shiny - with Haysi Fantayzee5.Safety Dance (12" Version) - with Men Without Hats6.Calling Your Name - with Marilyn7.Cry Boy Cry - with Blue Zoo8.Einstein A Go-Go - with Landscape9.Feels Like Heaven - with Fiction Factory10.The Look Of Love (12" Version) - with ABC11.Take On Me - with A-Ha12.It's A Mystery - with Toyah13.Pop Muzik - with M14.Living By Numbers (Album Version) - with New Muzik15.Video Killed The Radio Star - with Buggles16.Hold Me Now (12" Version) - with Thompson TwinsMore info...

 

[El Presidente]

Anyone suggesting Style Council tracks and ignoring The Jam should have their genitals covered in honey and then be thrown into a bear pit.

Going Underground OR
Town Called Malice

 

[227 BHA]

You can't possibly consider an 80's compilation without -

ULTRAVOX - VIENNA

and

ENOLA GAY by OMD should be given some serious consideration.:

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Come on Eileen - Dexys
Its Different for Girls - Joe Jackson
waterfront (12 inch version) - Simple Minds
Gold - Spandau
Doctor Doctor - Thompsons
Hymn or the Voice - ultravox
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Saved by Zero - The Fixx
Emotional warfare - Silent Running
Primary - The Cure
Anything from Broken Frame - Depech Mode
House of Fun - Madness
Wonderland - Big Country

Want more?

 

[El Presidente]

(We don't need this) Fascist Groove Thang: Heaven 17

 

[Lush]

(We don't need this) Fascist Groove Thang: Heaven 17

Or "Klactoveesedstein - Blue Rondo A La Turk"

 

[Trufflehound]

Ten off the top of my head:

Iron Masters - The Men They Couldn't Hang
Sally Maclennane - The Pogues
99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd - Half Man Half Biscuit
The Killing Moon (12" All N"Ight Version) - Echo & the Bunnymen
Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
Love is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
Death of the European - The Three Johns
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
To Hell With Poverty - Gang of Four
There is a Light that Never Goes Out - The Smiths

 

[the wanderbus]

betty davis eyes - kim carnes
our lips are sealed - fun boy 3
kids in america - kim wilde
breakout - swing out sister
& tenpole tudor -swords of a thousand men , thats always a good one to get people jumping about like nutters

 

[Ding Dong !]

Propaganda - Duel (A must!) [/B][/QUOTE]


Good call...

 

[Ding Dong !]

Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen
Our lips are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
Such a shame - Talk Talk

 

[The Auditor]

(We don't need this) Fascist Groove Thang: Heaven 17

slight preference for Temptation

 

[The Large One]

There must be about 250 songs mentioned on this thread, and I firmly believe that at least 220 should be poured into concrete, lined with lead, and placed 500 feet down into a Third World nuclear landfill site. For ever.

 

[Seagull's Return]

Anyone suggesting Style Council tracks and ignoring The Jam should have their genitals covered in honey and then be thrown into a bear pit.

Going Underground OR
Town Called Malice

surely, AND

 

[Theatre of Trees]

There must be about 250 songs mentioned on this thread, and I firmly believe that at least 220 should be poured into concrete, lined with lead, and placed 500 feet down into a Third World nuclear landfill site. For ever.

Which ones are those then?

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

There must be about 250 songs mentioned on this thread, and I firmly believe that at least 220 should be poured into concrete, lined with lead, and placed 500 feet down into a Third World nuclear landfill site. For ever.

Its all about personal preference though isnt it? I mean you could suggest some tunes and get laughed off the board

 

[Parson Henry]

There must be about 250 songs mentioned on this thread, and I firmly believe that at least 220 should be poured into concrete, lined with lead, and placed 500 feet down into a Third World nuclear landfill site. For ever.

TLO what gets your foot tapping then?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Los Lobos

 

[Trufflehound]

I mean you could suggest some tunes and get laughed off the board

Alternatively, you could support Palace and get laughed off the board.

 

[Parson Henry]

Los Lobos

I was sure that they re-invented themselves as the Mavericks but I was wrong.