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Just listening to some tunes and figured I'd try and inspire the younger members to discover some music and artists they may not have heard before. Not necessarily "classic" or "Top 40" stuff - just stuff I liked back then and still listen to an awful lot surprisingly enough now. Feel free to contribute.

Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It"Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Still surprisingly hot)
Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man" (Still touring)
Rick Springfield - "Jessie's Girl" (Hey, don't laugh - it's a great song!)


 
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Frida- I Know There's Something Going On

Samantha Fox- Touch Me  - I think she was a porn star back in the day- could be mistaken- it's been a while-

Oran "Juice" Jones- The Rain

Living Colour - Cult of Personality

The Smithereens - Blood and Roses

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun


These are just off the top of my head- still ringing in my ears from nights at the Frat house-


 
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Quote Originally Posted by Dsn150:

Frida- I Know There's Something Going On

Samantha Fox- Touch Me  - posed topless, but not a pornstar-

Oran "Juice" Jones- The Rain - try this link

Living Colour - Cult of Personality

The Smithereens - Blood and Roses

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun


These are just off the top of my head- still ringing in my ears from nights at the Frat house-


 
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I love Echo
 
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The Cure - "Why Can't I Be You?" (For jmw )
The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" (For dhop )
Poison - "Nothin' But A Good Time" (For Crowkillers )
Pink Floyd - "Learning To Fly" (For MUGG )
Night Ranger - "(You Can Still) Rock In America" (For everyone else! )
 
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Fishbone

Bad Brains

 
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The Outfield-  Your Love

Midnight Oil -  Beds are Burning

Parachute Club -  Feet of the Moon

April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen  - not the original video, but the one I prefer  

Honeymoon Suite -  New Girl Now

Nik Kershaw  -  Wouldn't it be Good

Tony Carey  - The First Day of Summer
   -  Planet P Project was pretty good as well-

King  -  Love and Pride

The Tubes  -  She's a Beauty

The Greg Kihn Band  -  The Breakup Song
                                   Jeopardy




I'll be back with more-   
 
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In a chamber of "hello"
 
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Thanks hugh.......

 

 I got one for you...........frankie goes to hollywood

 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x_1oum4QHg

 

Try that.......

 
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Quote Originally Posted by THEMUGG:

I got one for you...........frankie goes to hollywood
Words to live by: "Relax, don't do it, when you want to juice..."



Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" (Still the best video ever!)
ABC - "The Look Of Love"
Depeche Mode - "People Are People"
Simple Minds - "Alive And Kicking"
Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"


 
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http;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRDS9AwDF6g
 
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David & David  Welcome to the Boomtown

Y & T  Summertime Girls

 
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Anyone remember this?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqRqrG5yWM
 
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Holy hair metal Henry!

New Order - "Ceremony"
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "What I Am"
Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
MIchael Penn (Sean's brother!) - "No Myth"


 
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Fuck it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_msHpEa3_Y
 
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There's actually a salon here in Ottawa called "Haircut 100"...

Anyways, let's do a John Hughes theme!

OMD - "If You Leave"
Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Flesh For Lulu - "I Go Crazy"
Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink"
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile" (I can't believe I used to like this song... )


 
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Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio

 
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Echo and the Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar


Big Audio Dynamite Medicine Show
 
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Quote Originally Posted by jmw59:

I love Echo


Me too. They were cool as shit....
 
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Missing Persons - Walking in L.A. sorry but i like this song, hell its the 80's

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head (HQ Audio) strange stuff that could have only been a hit in the 80's

 
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beds are burning fan here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Not sure who remembers this one, but stumbled upon a few Donnie Iris tunes on YouTube the other night, totally forgot about that guy.  They sound pretty much the same live as on record.  They even have some clip of him from a recent show in 2009 and seems like he can still get it done.

Donnie Iris - Ah Leah Live 1981
Donnie Iris - Love is Like a Rock Live 1981
Donnie Iris - Do You Compute



 
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Some other early 80's AOR type rock oriented things while going around YouTube.

Aldo Nova - Fantasy and Monkey On Your Back

Not sure who remembers this, but Michael Bolton used to do early 80's guitar rock with keyboard before he became a crooner for 40 year old bored housewives. Fool's Game

Triumph - Fight the Good Fight Live '83 US Festival 

Prism - Don't Let Him Know

Van Zant - I'm A Fighter  I used to like the video because Marvelous Marvin Hagler was in it.
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by jackjaffee:

Not sure who remembers this one, but stumbled upon a few Donnie Iris tunes on YouTube the other night, totally forgot about that guy.  They sound pretty much the same live as on record.  They even have some clip of him from a recent show in 2009 and seems like he can still get it done.

Donnie Iris - Ah Leah Live 1981
Donnie Iris - Love is Like a Rock Live 1981
Donnie Iris - Do You Compute




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