Late 70s, Early 80s New Wave/Post-Punk Appreciation Thread!

[Common Sense Party]

I'm kind of sick of politics at the moment.

Let's stroll down memory lane, to the days of skinny ties...

Post your favorite clips of New Wavey or Poppy Punky songs that were such a huge part of the soundtrack of the late 1970s and the early 80s.

No disco, please. :-)

[Common Sense Party]

1. Here's one to start. The Cars, "Bye Bye Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XitrgD1BPsQ

[Common Sense Party]

62. "Moving in Stereo/All Mixed Up"

I love The Cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXXTptEgsI

[Lady Effingbroke]

87. I absolutely, 100% adore The Cars.

Candy-O is my favorite album of all time, ever.

Candy-O, I need you so, could you help me in?

This was taped at the Summit (now Lakewood Church) in Houston in 1984 - I was in the audience...great show.

R.I.P. Ben Orr. :(

[Common Sense Party]

2. The Knack, "My Sharona"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoCrCl1YhsM

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. And some more Knack, proving that the rest of their stuff was just as good or better

Frustrated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjsOoO0VdM

Let Me Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqD055X8MQ

Good Girls Don't http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ
(unfortunately this is the sanitized AM radio version)

I Want Ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CboQudzPdPE

Baby Talks Dirty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-dKbd3XBHM


Criminally unrated band. RIP Bruce Gary :( (drummer)

[Common Sense Party]

25. Hey, those are good. Thanks for posting those.

I always loved "Good Girls Don't," but never heard any of their other stuff.

It still cracks me up that he's the brother of Kevorkian's lawyer.

[Sebastian Doyle]

27. I figured that out the first time I saw Geoff on TV with Dr. Death

They had the same hairdo and the same last name, so one of my friends said "Hey ain't that the dude from The Knack"? I said "no, but I think it's his brother." I was only half serious, but it turned out to be true.

[Common Sense Party]

3. The Kings, "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Wr8J8faGA

[Common Sense Party]

4. The Police, "Can't Stand Losing You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXMi3PSyW8

[mcctatas]

5. I'll play...

Generation X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di44bACr03w

[Common Sense Party]

8. Some early Idol. Nice. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

30. My favorite video from Generation X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImF9E2LNGE

That will wake you up in the morning!!

[mcctatas]

46. another good one!

[Common Sense Party]

64. Nice. Billy has a killer voice. n/t

[Common Sense Party]

6. The Clash, "Lost in the Supermarket"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWtylSdKSfA

[Common Sense Party]

7. Elvis Costello, "Pump it Up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo

[mcctatas]

9. Psychadelic Furs anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P09gm_I5RI&feature=related

[Common Sense Party]

11. Yes, please.

I love me some furs.

I'll see you and raise you "Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2R3FJyT1rc&feature=related

And my all-time favorite Furs tune, "President Gas" which fits Bush quite well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwVnHJ0Zucs

[mcctatas]

15. I had never heard President Gas before...

I like it!

[Common Sense Party]

19. That whole album is fantastic.

[mcctatas]

10. DePeche Mode, or am I getting too late in the '80's?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P09gm_I5RI&feature=related

[Common Sense Party]

12. Oops. Still the Furs link, I think...

[mcctatas]

13. oops..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ph1uSOQtXo

[Common Sense Party]

17. No, their early stuff was definitely new wavey, IMO.

Here's "Just Can't Get Enough," circa 1981:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg8D8MVYxQ

[mcctatas]

14. Bauhaus?

cover of a T-Rex song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUeAQ_urW4

[Common Sense Party]

18. I never got into Bauhaus back then. I don't know why.

I got into Peter Murphy's solo stuff in the early 1990s. Love his voice.

I'll have to go back and check out some of the early Bauhaus stuff.

[mcctatas]

24. My best friends older sister loved Bauhaus...

most of it just made me feel sad, but I suppose 8 was a little young to appreciate it...

[Sebastian Doyle]

38. And another Bauhaus cover of a glitter era hit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_YQXFs7Ts

[mcctatas]

41. I actually like that version better...

thanks :hi:

[two gun sid]

16. X - Los Angeles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo74OnQbhr4

[mcctatas]

21. Wall of Voodoo...

Mexican Radio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_0gPrzGA0

[mokawanis]

121. That's a good one

Stan Ridgeway released a solo effort notable for the title song The Big Heat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B7lxxCSQHI

[Common Sense Party]

22. The Cure, "Boys Don't Cry"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQhh4Xs8RcM&feature=related

[two gun sid]

23. Patti Smith - Horses & Hey Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3coSfks4rQ

Kind of a long one.

[Common Sense Party]

28. I always liked "Because the Night"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6YExufb1k

[two gun sid]

33. Nice video. Good song.

[mokawanis]

122. Horses was a big hit when I was in HS

Free Money and Redondo Beach are also good.

[mcctatas]

26. Boomtown Rats....

still one of my favorite songs ever, even now that I know what it's about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os

[mcctatas]

29. OK, I know this one is from 1990, but it's just too good...

the great song of indifference/Sir Bob Geldof, has kind of an old timey Celtic feel to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it45ankt0Ds

[mcctatas]

66. Ya know, that wasn't the actual video for that song...

that was footage from The Wall...

here is the actual video, I love the progression of dishevelment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILkDb1mdDAI&feature=related

[Common Sense Party]

34. I'd never seen that video before. Geldof's quite the actor, eh?

Is the song about a real school shooting?

[mcctatas]

37. Yep....

link:
Geldof wrote the song after reading a telex report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays."<1> The song was first performed less than a month later at the Fox Theatre, San Diego.<2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays_(song)

[Common Sense Party]

39. Wow. I never knew that. Thanks for the depressing info... n/t

[mcctatas]

42. I'm sorry...

I could lie and say I made it all up if that would help...

[tigereye]

116. I thought everyone knew what that was about...

[Common Sense Party]

129. Nope. Some of us were oblivious. n/t

[dembotoz]

165. saw them in concert-damn they were good

was in england when their first album replaces sat night fever as number 1 on the charts over there. They were on tv, it was quite funny.

[dembotoz]

166. saw them in concert-damn they were good

was in england when their first album replaces sat night fever as number 1 on the charts over there. They were on tv, it was quite funny.

[crim son]

31. Okay..

Here's something trashy that will always remind me of being sixteen:

Gary Numan: Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2h16m8X1Y

[mcctatas]

35. My step-dad used to have that album and my friends and I

played that song so much that he finally hid it from me! That and his Buggles album, of course I suppose a bunch of screaming 9 year olds listening to the same song over and over would drive anyone a little buggy;)

[crim son]

45. I have a nine-year-old now, and I know you speak the truth.

But it's a great freaking song, right?

[Common Sense Party]

36. That is one of my all-time favorite songs. I never tire of it.

I was about 11 when this came out.

[Common Sense Party]

32. Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM

[mcctatas]

40. First video played on MTv...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8

[enigmatic]

43. "Kids Don't Follow"- The Replacements

Boy, I miss Bobby Stinson..

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/09/kids-dont-follow-replacements-live-1981.html

[Common Sense Party]

48. Sweet! An early Replacements performance where they're sober

enough to make out what Westerberg is singing! That's a really good clip.

[mcctatas]

52. unlike this one where he completely fucks up the verses...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvzUEM0wFVk

actual lyrics:

Here come Dick, he's wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane, y'know she's sporting a chain
Same hair, revolution
Same build, evolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know, love each other so
Androgynous

Don't get him wrong and don't get him mad
He might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad
And she don't need advice that'll center her
She's happy with the way she looks
She's happy with her gender

Mirror image, see no damage
See no evil at all
Kewpie dolls and urine stalls
Will be laughed at
The way you're laughed at now

Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They're overjoyed in this world
Same hair, revolution
Unisex, evolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss
And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants
And tomorrow Janie's wearing a dress
Future outcasts and they don't last
And today, the people dress the way that they please
The way they tried to do in the last centuries

[Common Sense Party]

57. Ranks up there (down there) with David Lee Roth at the US Festival.

Completely wasted.

[mcctatas]

44. Siouxsie & The Banshees "Dazzle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94wZxJBbv3g

[ghostsofgiants]

47. This is my kind of motherfucking thread!

Rich Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTubfc48iPU

Joy Division
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCVHAjTBb1U

Magazine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKv3H9WAkY

Comsat Angels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXw7a3FdBL4

Gang of Four
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA

Mission of Burma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMu6ugTNfA

Josef K
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INMrHVkVzGo

Killing Joke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8EXTHCOMQ

Psyhedelic Furs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Qfw8mT3aY

Blondie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPq9tF1FbnA

Sad Lovers and Giants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRvak30iEs


I could keep going and going.

[Common Sense Party]

49. Apparently so. It's going to take me 30 minutes to go through

all the songs in your post! Cool!

[ghostsofgiants]

94. Hope you enjoyed 'em.

:D

[Common Sense Party]

51. I'd never heard of Rich Kids before. So is that Midge Ure?

[Sebastian Doyle]

68. Yep.

And that's Glen Matlock (original Sex Pistols member) on bass.

And on the subject of post-Pistols projects... Here's The Professionals (Jones & Cook)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVuNqDMPnw

[ghostsofgiants]

89. Also speaking of post-Pistols projects, how the shit did I forget Public IMage Ltd.?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BGi8u8BtaA

[PittPoliSci]

71. all very VERY good choices.!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

93. I aim to please!

There was one other song I was gonna post, but I forgot what it was and I still can't remember. x(

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

106. Wow - some good stuff there

I was a huge fan of Magazine, Joy Division, PFurs and Blondie!

[Lautremont]

112. You're a champ.

Good stuff!

[Lautremont]

113. You're a champ.

Good stuff!

[ghostsofgiants]

115. So good you had to post twice!

[Lautremont]

139. Apparently!

[mokawanis]

123. Holy smokes

I'll have to bookmark it and check them all out.

[driver8]

141. Comsat Angels!!

"Independence Day" is one of my favorite songs, ever!!

[KitchenWitch]

50. The Suburbs "Waiting"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In02RLoJbDA

The Suburbs "Music for Boys" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKguWyiNLEg

The Wallets "Totally Nude" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZVgOTyOD4

[Common Sense Party]

53. Now, why have I never heard of the Suburbs before?

I grew up in Iowa, I should have heard of a band from minneapolis that was this good!

Did they ever get much national exposure/success?

[KitchenWitch]

54. "Waiting" was supposed to be their national breakthrough hit.

It never hit big.

The 'Burbs were a fun band to go see at the clubs, back in the day.

[mcctatas]

55. I've always loved this stupid song for some reason...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkr_2G3Jlko

[Common Sense Party]

59. Me, too. We all need some guilty pleasures in life. n/t

[driver8]

147. That's not a stupid song -- that's a GREAT song!! n/t

[6000eliot]

56. The Headboys, "The Shape of Things to Come"

http://www.youtube.com/v/5ulYAE_GgnU&hl=en&fs=1

[Common Sense Party]

60. Never heard of these guys. Where were they from?

Good sound.

[6000eliot]

74. Glasgow, Scottland, I think.

They have a myspace page.

[mitchum]

125. That was a great song that time forgot

Thanks!

[driver8]

142. Oh man... I love, love, love this song!!

I haven't heard it in years, and had forgotten all about it.

When I was in high school, I used to listen to a radio station out of Ottawa, Ontario; they played this song all the time.

Thanks a million for posting this.

[Rambis]

146. Great stuff!

my favourite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTxdZEB7agA

[Sebastian Doyle]

58. Time to be Blinded with some Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

[Common Sense Party]

61. Oh, yeah. Everything sounds better in Dolby.

Or Dobly.

[Common Sense Party]

63. Must... sleep... must...stop... watching clips. No recommends?

If you like these tunes, keep this kicked and recommended. It'll take me a few days to listen to all of these songs.

[Iggo]

132. (Bookmark is your friend.)

And just for kicks, even though I'm a straight metaler, here's my favorite New Wave songs:

"True" by Spandau Ballet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poo2-Zqkz74

"99 Luft Balons" by Nena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

"Don't You Want Me?" by The Human League: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

"It's My Life" by Talk Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAVJTQeFiQ&feature=related

I know, I know. It's all pretty mersh. Early MTV stuff. But hey, I had to watch SOMETHING while I was waiting for Headbanger's Ball, right? I mean, we didn't have the interwebs yet.

[Common Sense Party]

161. Dude. Headbanger's Ball. An important part of my adolescence.

My wife always asks when I'm going to outgrow my cheesy 80s metal.

[Iggo]

172. When they pry it....

....from our cold dead hands! That's when!

:headbang:

[Common Sense Party]

179. I was th8inking the exact same thing as I typed that...

I didn't say it, cuz I didn't want to sound all Charlton Heston on you.

IF IT'S TOO LOUD, YOU'RE TOO OLD!

My workout music playlist on my iPod is all 80s metal and hard rock: Dio, Priest, Scorps, Fastway, Ratt, Crue, Sabbath, Ozzy, Cinderella, (old) Def Leppard, Dokken, HSAS, Krokus, Queensryche, Triumph, etc.

It sounds like we need a cheesy 80s metal thread!

[Tabasco_Dave]

65. Devo - Gates Of Steel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdFY8IIvd4g

[enigmatic]

67. "Graveyard Shift/Factory Belt"- Uncle Tupelo

Yeah I know, it's from 1989 but I don't care; for me, this is like watching The Beatles at The Cavern in 1962:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-start-off-with-bang.html

[PittPoliSci]

69. My second Klaus Nomi post in the last 2 minutes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gma5IUNMTn0

[Iggo]

133. Ah, poor tragic Klaus.

Amazingly weird little artist, with a beautiful soprano voice.

[Tektonik]

70. This thread fails, only one link to a Joy Divsion video???

:o

[ghostsofgiants]

96. A glaring omission by the rest.

[Tektonik]

102. def. post punk = Joy Divsion; that's just music canon

[Common Sense Party]

100. We were waiting for you. That's not a fail. That's being polite.

[Tektonik]

101. here I go

New Order - 'Dreams Never End' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXuRe0GkXyA
New Order - 'Procession' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4gL9lJkbk
New Order - 'Age Of Consent' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYx8yW3POcg
Joy Division - 'Transmission' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flVEoNuEYgE
Joy Division - 'Atmosphere' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0We9d5J3BLQ
PiL - 'This is Not a Love Song' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aumejrcEHs
The Cure - 'The Hanging Garden' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPs5kOy1edM

[Common Sense Party]

103. Now, aren't you glad we waited?

I love the "Hanging Garden."

[electricmonk]

72. The Skids

Seriously underrated band.

Working for the Yankee Dollar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqFdzZpUms

Into the Valley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udxbvHiqGw

If the guitar sounds familiar Stuart Adamson went on to form Big Country. Chance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij0Wa1sdXOw

[AllieB]

107. I had the single 'Working for the Yankee Dollar'

:-)

[WCGreen]

73. The Tubes... White Punks on Dope....

[d_b]

75. Post-Punk

My favorite music. Now I have to listen to The Chameleons. :headbang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDSnpc1W1Vc

[d_b]

76. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVgMEsMZdcQ

[Sebastian Doyle]

77. Anybody remember The Dickies?

These guys did some hilarious cover versions, and great originals too....

Banana Splits Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMS2gHFOH0

Nights In White Satin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLpwtaLDw8

Paranoid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c37GdAzgQo

Stuck in a Pagoda with Tricia Toyota http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvES35ICrI0

Give It Back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z1GqgUp1I4

[Starry Messenger]

80. I saw them live twice!

Thanks for the links.

[Tabasco_Dave]

78. The Fuzztones - Ward 81

I would have put this in my earlier post but i just found the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htjrlGMnsJY

[pfitz59]

79. Boogie 'til You Puke

Root Boy Slim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7sAOZr3GQ

Fish Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXA_pkfLso

[Kickin_Donkey]

81. How about The Fixx ...

"One Thing Leads to Another," "Stand or Fall," "Saved by Zero"

Big Country ... "In a Big Country"

Simple Minds ... "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

Wang Chung ... "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"

Eurythmics ... "Sweet Dreams," "Here Comes the Rain Again"

The Human League ... "Don't You Want Me"

Tears for Fears ... "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

Soft Cell ... "Tainted Love"

ABC ... "The Look of Love"

Duran Duran


Among other things, that's the soundtrack of my college years, although it's not my favorite music.

[Heidi]

82. The Stranglers.

:thumbsup:

No More Heroes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4pkNcE8nsM&feature=related
Peaches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMo9BVYzCI0&feature=related

[Giant Robot]

83. Here's to you for having even heard of them!

:yourock:

And here's a mellow Strangler's song that I like.

Always the Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9-epdDw9E


Edit: Cause I'm an idiot.

[Heidi]

86. I love that one!

Here's a Sunday morning Stranglers tune for ya, Giant Robot! :hug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIHBUGvAUMo

[ghostsofgiants]

90. Good call!

:thumbsup:

[Heidi]

91. Hey, you!

This isn't related to the OP, but it's my current favorite song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOiUPl5GjTE

Edited for brain fart.

[ghostsofgiants]

92. I've never really listened to them before.

They sound great though.

[Lady Effingbroke]

84. Red Rider, "Human Race"

Knock me down and I'll get back up and I'll get myself back in the race again

The Pretenders, "Tattooed Love Boys"

I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for

The Pretenders, "Message of Love"

Oh, it's good, good, good...like Brigitte Bardot

Red Rockers, "China"

Calling out to history, is that the way it will always be?

Adam and the Ants, "Stand and Deliver"

Even though you fool your soul, your conscience will be mine

Adam and the Ants, "Antmusic"

That music's lost its taste,so try another flavor

The Vapors, "Turning Japanese"

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark

Bow Wow Wow, "I Want Candy"

Someday soon I'll make you mine, then I'll have candy all the time

[Rob H.]

85. No one's posted Romeo Void yet?! For shame!

:P

Never Say Never still sounds great all these years later.

[Frank Cannon]

88. Split Enz - "I Got You"

Man, I'm glad I found this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw

[Giant Robot]

95. Kind of off topic but thought I would ask

Whatever happened to NewWaveChick1981? I have not seen her around here in forever and a day?

Now here's something on topic:

Bolshoi "TV Man" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQt-yz2AQMI

[driver8]

143. I was just thinking the same thing. Haven't heard from her in a long time. n/t

[Symarip]

97. HOWCOME NO ONE HAS MENTIONED OINGO BOINGO!!!11eleventy!!1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LJvHmapdWY

Ain't This The Life

[Arugula Latte]

153. I LOVE the Boingo. This is my favorite: "Not My Slave"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0iQD-LVqME

[Symarip]

156. Best Live Band Ever

I saw Oingo Boingo (aka The Clowns of Death) over 20 times.

[Arugula Latte]

158. You lucky duck.

Danny Elfman is such a showman, too. I love his maniacal expressions.

[Tikki]

98. Usually I post LA ...but, I'm going to the other side of the pond...

with one exception...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEPvXlTUnU
The Buzzcocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zci07Kono
The Damned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlpqOsc2BU
999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR9EliyaBIs
Generation X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGv0NabydMc
The Clash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHAL_q1ne8 from 1974..

Tikki

[ghostsofgiants]

99. That's what I'm talking about!

[harmonicon]

104. no echo and the bunnymen so far - for shame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZfpqFpM12c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1B6LrOmNsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_GR4Hw7UCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCB835WJsgs

[Arugula Latte]

105. Has anybody posted The Jam yet?

That's Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv55WsedLYI

Town Called Malice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fDXsPE0Sc

[AllieB]

108. The Flying Lizards? The Diodes? The Fleshtones? Stiff Little Fingers? Johnny Thunders?

Flying Lizards? Money (that's What I want)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHs-6xnMEdE

The Diodes: Tired of Waking Up Tired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJ89h8AkFA

The Fleshtones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcdbAFOYfA

The Outcasts, Stiff Little Fingers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTKiNtwRo08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYoNYuUVk0

Johnny Thunders: Born To Lose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwNkphrUjg

The Mo-dettes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mo-dettes

[Tikki]

110. ...and X-Ray Spex and Tenpole Tudor and Sham69 and Ian Dury & The Blockheads...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-K8oF-XoS0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis
and The Undertones


Tikki

[Coventina]

109. Some of my favs: B-52's, Elvis Costello, Echo & the Bunnymen

Here's a sample of songs I've listened to today from that era:

(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) - The Stranglers
Butterbean - B-52's
Beach Party Vietnam - The Dead Milkmen
Ghost in You - The Psycheldelic Furs
Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
America Is - Violent Femmes
Read It In Books - Echo & The Bunnymen
Heaven Up Here - Echo & The Bunnymen
Silver - Echo & The Bunnymen
For the Love of Big Brother - Eurythmics

I seem to be in an Echo & the Bunnymen mood today!

[SoxFan]

111. WAHOOO!

Translator-"Unalone"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgS9hmJtT0

The Neigborhoods-"WUSA"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10NIPRJEjQ

The Undertones-"Teenage Kicks"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis

The Skids-"The Saints Are Coming"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT9eQ2smjUM

Voice of the Beehive-"I Walk The Earth" (yeah, late '80s, but it fits)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6atSynsQm8

Blondie-"Dreaming"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95AEzyWZX8I&feature=related

The Lucy Show-"A Million Things"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjC4WD1t5ys

Chameleons-"Up the Down Escalator"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQyl5acHpZU

[Common Sense Party]

114. The Tubes, "Talk To Ya Later"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dF2WcrdxdQ

[tigereye]

117. "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors was always fun

and I tend to think of Bowie, Scary Monsters as fitting into that period.

Never Say Never by Romeo Void. Loved that one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHzLjRfgQqQ

Also Brian Eno's stuff. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, with David Byrne, no less


http://www.connollyco.com/discography/brian_eno/mylife.html

[Common Sense Party]

130. I love "Turning Japanese." I never heard any of the Vapours' other

stuff, though.

[tigereye]

157. I think it was the 1 hit wonder thing...

[billyoc]

118. The Specials -- Rat Race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-IG81K7Dc&feature=related

[kwassa]

119. What? No Talking Heads?

once in a lifetime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbUCvz1LYE

psycho killer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM

life during wartime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM

[ghostsofgiants]

124. Awesome.

[Common Sense Party]

127. I posted "Psycho Killer" up in #32.

But there's always room for more!

[Resuscitated Ethics]

120. selecter-celebrate the bullet b\w mtv get off the air- dk

the selecter 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9DUEiVj268
jello and pals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUjMWh1Q98&feature=related

[mitchum]

126. Damn all of you...for posting all this great stuff from my youth...

and making me get all weepy about the passage of time.
Damn all of you...in the nicest way!
:)

[Common Sense Party]

128. Glad we could help out. Those were the days, my friend... n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

131. Ev-ry-where-I, Ev-ry-where-I, Ev-ry-where-I- GOOOOOOOOOOOOO, oh ho ho ho ho ho....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3HhGtxCJmY

:toast:

[Common Sense Party]

136. I can't believe that I forgot the Call! One of my favorite albums, too!

Another hot Oklahoma night...

Oo! Found the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94huwzIHHJc&feature=related

[electricmonk]

134. Joan Armatrading

Drop the Pilot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifARMmcqhD8

Me, Myself, I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRNfWGxBp8

I remember the local fm rock station used to play her all the time back then. The good old days before Clear Channel when along with the standards like Skynyrd and Zeppelin and ZZ Top you would also hear cool new music like her, Go Go's, Public Image Ltd and other stuff. Now even the college stations and independent stations seem to be heavily formatted. They may play a larger variety but it's set up so the punk songs are this hour, reggae the next, new wave later, etc. I miss the old free form type stations.

[mcctatas]

137. I've always liked this one too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeIEiBnXWuQ

[driver8]

144. I love me some Joan Armatrading...

When I was a young college radio dj, she got a lot of air play from me!!

[Rhythm]

135. Here's a few more...

Dead Milkmen - "Stuart"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giu-_umqjeE

Meat Puppets - "Sam"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wubcrnsi88

The Cramps - "Garbageman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kpYUuHMhkg

[JeffR]

138. John Foxx: Underpass

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB3mpeenQ4

Got to interview him for my university paper. He was an exhausted but gracious and articulate man. As the singer for Ultravox and as a solo performer, he broke a lot of ground.

[meegbear]

140. How 'bout the Ramones and the New York Dolls ...

Blitzkrieg Bop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7FdJajqxmU

Looking For A Kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Kz3D2OgAE

[driver8]

145. How about some Haircut 100?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iitfDAJ8n9U

If you don't have their album "Pelican West", you need to get it -- it is a great album!

[driver8]

148. The Payolas

"Where is this love"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYDVxIgA0M

"Eyes of a Stranger" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_fVnE3xHY

[driver8]

149. Bow Wow Wow...

"I Want Candy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNHcaIJETZo

[Taverner]

150. Anything by, or associated with, Brian Eno

[kwassa]

151. What? No B52s ?????

Rock Lobster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UqKRGW6_rw

Private Idaho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7t7cGwN7_0&feature=related

Planet Claire - this video is hillarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPP3gkh_00&feature=related

[Iggo]

178. And then there's this one.

"Give Me Back My Man" by B-52's

Lip-sync version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-qpGKi2Bsc&feature=related

Live at Rock In Rio 1985: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGdkDuL_fgU&feature=related

Either way, a desperately sad song. Tears my heart out every time I hear it.

[Arugula Latte]

152. Here's a frickin' CLASSIC. Dramarama, "Anything, Anything"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MK-ibxlYKw

Apologies in advance if it has already been posted. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

175. Ooh, I love that song.

I remember the first time I heard it, during a fight training montage in I think Nightmare on Elm Street 4, haha.

[Arugula Latte]

154. Guadalcanal Diary -- "Watusi Rodeo" (with bonus early MTV footage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W9TgqWuJTk

[XNASA]

155. Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDfmn_TMkI

Or "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" which is the Elton Motello version if you prefer....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KAXvTvO0TI&feature=related

[Beer Snob-50]

159. wham- wake me up before you go go...

okay only joking- elvis costello "my aim is true" a really great album. and one of my first memories of saturday night live was elvis on the show.

[Common Sense Party]

162. I'm glad you were only kidding. I was about to express some

real umbrage.

Elvis doing "Radio, Radio" even when he wasn't supposed to? Classic.

[Beer Snob-50]

163. i was waiting in line at a coffee shop the oterh day when wham came on

i actually found myself actually bopping to the beat of the song. there was a day when i would have looked with disgust at whoever did that.

[Resuscitated Ethics]

160. Bad Brains -- Urgh!

Some of that elusive reggae/metal the Clash won with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7tryyJ0Ro&feature=related

http://www.badbrains.com/

This is the sparse movie that will form your nostalgia-- soundtrack record didn't have half the acts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgh!_A_Music_War

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

164. Love is For Lovers

The Db's

can't find a youtube of it

[driver8]

167. Great song -- great band!!

I just got the re-issue of this great album!!

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

168. very cool

back in the day, my now husband and I used to joke if we ever broke up, that album would be the only thing we would arm wrestle for. We decided it would just be easier to stay together.

very under appreciated band, imho.

[ceile]

169. "One Thing" INXS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arr2x9VGDX4
Still sounds great!

[ceile]

170. "One Thing" INXS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arr2x9VGDX4
Still sounds great!

[ceile]

171. "One Thing" INXS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arr2x9VGDX4
Still sounds great!

[Sebastian Doyle]

173. Let's not forget our Canadian friends, eh?

D.O.A. - World War III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twSREBowTwQ

Young Canadians - Hawaii http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KNUnLaRekg

Modernettes - Barbra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsmByOU_pE

[ghostsofgiants]

174. Okay, here's some more...

The Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf_EXBZxK8

Wire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbCTkD5dEc

Wipers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9MBr7JANI

Some very early Sonic Youth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHPQF02myaQ

Pere Ubu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qnRzCWFgd4

The Pop Group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL0tYowbIxE

Television
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6IAalgT4vU

[XNASA]

176. a friend just gave me a mix cd as a gift and

12XU and Modern Dance were both on it.

He included Magazine's 'Permafrost' as well. I'd forgotten about that one.

[ghostsofgiants]

177. Sounds like your friend has good taste.

Fun DU-related fact, I'm pretty sure asthmaticeog has performed with Pere Ubu.

[XNASA]

180. I've met asthmaticeog and

I'm convinced that he might actually be Alan Ravenstein.

[Tikki]

181. Two amazing ladies from that era...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VgDSNxlGU
Lene Lovich...'New Toy'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CST7XOxw4Dk
Nina Hagen....'New York, New York'



Tikki