80s Genre/Categories Mixtape Draft - Draft Underway (1 Viewer)

[zamboni]

heard it from a friend whooooo...

17.02 - Take it On the Run - REO Speedwagon (soft rock)

Like it. Great guitar work as usual by Gary Richrath.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Zilla made the wildcard pick easy for me now. Don't think anybody has taken something from them yet. I am pretty sure I took this album in one of the first rounds of our 80s album draft. Probably the album I listened to the most from it's release to the end of the decade. Still think it's one of the best metal albums ever.

17.15: Queensrÿche - Revolution Calling (wildcard)

Somehow Crimson Glory is already off the board though

The ryche was my favorite band in high school, bar none

I was obsessed with Mindcrime in high school. Pretty sure I called it a "masterpiece" without irony. So I was disappointed to learn I really didn't like it when listening to it today.

 

[Eephus]

heard it from a friend whooooo...

17.02 - Take it On the Run - REO Speedwagon (soft rock)

and Rosanne Cash is your guilty pleasure

 

[simey]

heard it from a friend whooooo...

17.02 - Take it On the Run - REO Speedwagon (soft rock)

and Rosanne Cash is your guilty pleasure

You're singing along to it right now, aren't ya?

 

[Eephus]

heard it from a friend whooooo...

17.02 - Take it On the Run - REO Speedwagon (soft rock)

and Rosanne Cash is your guilty pleasure

You're singing along to it right now, aren't ya?

I grew up in the Midwest. REO is a 35 year ache for me.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

 

[zamboni]

heard it from a friend whooooo...

17.02 - Take it On the Run - REO Speedwagon (soft rock)

and Rosanne Cash is your guilty pleasure

You're singing along to it right now, aren't ya?

Glad you posted just the song and not the video. Those dudes definitely had faces for radio only.

 

[Northern Voice]

Posting this in the shadow of REO, so it hopefully slips under the radar... if my guilty pleasure pick gets taken I may slide it there.

17.09 - Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (soft rock)

 

[Eephus]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

 

[El Floppo]

The English Beat talk is making me nervous so I better pull the trigger now.

17.17 Save it for Later - English Beat - Wildcard

lol and dammit- was just lining this up to pick, but couldn't figure out where... nice one. Love the song.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

 

[Eephus]

Posting this in the shadow of REO, so it hopefully slips under the radar... if my guilty pleasure pick gets taken I may slide it there.

17.09 - Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (soft rock)

He did eventually lose control

 

[El Floppo]

17.05 Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren (Silly/Funny/Weird)

Sometimes you have to make compromises to improve the mix

I'm also moving Double Dutch Bus from silly/funny/weird to one hit wonder.

Whoa - had this in my also-ran list. Didn't think it would be on anyone else's radar. One of the more memorable videos of my youth with that jump roping.

it's the only song from the decade that can be used as a transition from Double Dutch Bus to Graceland.

:mindblown:

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

17.05 Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren (Silly/Funny/Weird)

Sometimes you have to make compromises to improve the mix

I'm also moving Double Dutch Bus from silly/funny/weird to one hit wonder.

Whoa - had this in my also-ran list. Didn't think it would be on anyone else's radar. One of the more memorable videos of my youth with that jump roping.

it's the only song from the decade that can be used as a transition from Double Dutch Bus to Graceland.

:mindblown:

We're playing Chutes & Ladders and he's playing Three Dimensional Chess.

 

[JZilla]

We're doing transitions?

 

[zamboni]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

It was *the* album in junior high. Girls loved it, and we boys had to said they hate it even if we listened to it anyway. To be sure, a sexy lady on the album cover smoking a hookah did wonders for a 13-year old's loins.

 

[zamboni]

Posting this in the shadow of REO, so it hopefully slips under the radar... if my guilty pleasure pick gets taken I may slide it there.

17.09 - Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (soft rock)

He did eventually lose control

Didn't quite go all the way.

 

[Northern Voice]

Posting this in the shadow of REO, so it hopefully slips under the radar... if my guilty pleasure pick gets taken I may slide it there.

17.09 - Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (soft rock)

He did eventually lose control

thumbup: Gives my pick more street cred.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

It was *the* album in junior high. Girls loved it, and we boys had to said they hate it even if we listened to it anyway. To be sure, a sexy lady on the album cover smoking a hookah did wonders for a 13-year old's loins.

I'm guessing I'm a little younger than you. Rio was probably that album at my middle school. Girls were obsessed with Nick and Andy. I started S.A.D.D. (Students Against Duran Duran).

 

[JZilla]

I picked Nu Shooz because it's the only way to transition from Am I Evil? to Rock Me Amadeus

 

[El Floppo]

1 . 13 - --- Repo Man --- Iggy Pop --- Movie/TV Theme

2. 7 - --- Ace of Spades --- Motorhead --- Metal/hair

3. 13 - --- Just Like Honey --- Jesus & Mary Chain --- 1st song, 1st album

4. 7 - --- Primitive Painters --- Felt --- New Wave

5. 13 - --- High Pressure Days --- The Units --- Ahead of their Time

6. 7 - --- Sophisticated ##### --- Public Enemy --- Rap

7. 13 - --- Der Mussolini --- Deutsch Americanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) --- Non US/UK Band

8. 7 - --- Rich --- Yeah Yeah Yeahs --- 80's Wannabe

9. 13 - --- Ghost Town --- The Specials --- UK #1

10. 7 - --- I love a Man in a Uniform --- Gang of Four --- punk/post-punk

11. 13 - --- Take the Skinheads Bowling --- Camper Van Beethoven --- Silly/Funny/Weird

12. 7 - --- Flaming Desire --- Bill Nelson --- Wildcard

13 13 --- Da Butt --- E.U. --- One hit wonder

14 7 --- Different Finger --- Elvis Costello --- Country

15 13 --- The Planet Doesn't Mind --- Nu-Musik --- Disco/Dance/House

Genres (11)

Indie/Alternative

Soft Rock

R & B/New Jack Swing

Pop

Categories (11)
Title track of album
Cover songs
Guilty Pleasures

Ok... so many covers out there... they didn't do that much with this one, and it's pretty much in their wheelhouse anyways- so much so that it almost could be by them:

16.7- Ziggy Stardust- Bauhaus (Cover)

 

[Eephus]

We're doing transitions?

It's a mixtape

 

[zamboni]

16.7- Ziggy Stardust- Bauhaus (Cover)

I heard this the other day on SiriusXM. Pretty damn good cover.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

It was *the* album in junior high. Girls loved it, and we boys had to said they hate it even if we listened to it anyway. To be sure, a sexy lady on the album cover smoking a hookah did wonders for a 13-year old's loins.

I'm guessing I'm a little younger than you. Rio was probably that album at my middle school. Girls were obsessed with Nick and Andy. I started S.A.D.D. (Students Against Duran Duran).

You mean The Band so Good They Named it Twice? How dare you!!

 

[Eephus]

Posting this in the shadow of REO, so it hopefully slips under the radar... if my guilty pleasure pick gets taken I may slide it there.

17.09 - Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (soft rock)

He did eventually lose control

thumbup: Gives my pick more street cred.

He's a badass in a white suit.

 

[El Floppo]

I really wanted to take Jump by Aztec Camera (VH cover), but not on Spotify.

 

[JZilla]

We're doing transitions?

It's a mixtape

I couldn't make mine a bigger mess if I tried, but at least it all sounds pretty good

I still have more non-metal cats to fill, too

 

[Chaos Commish]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

It was *the* album in junior high. Girls loved it, and we boys had to said they hate it even if we listened to it anyway. To be sure, a sexy lady on the album cover smoking a hookah did wonders for a 13-year old's loins.

I saw them twice before the 80s but that cover did give me angst in my pants... wat.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Who doesn't like Take It On the Run? That's cheesy arena rock at its apex.

There was no ironic distance at the time. That came later.

Hi Infidelity has to be one of the first 5 cassettes I bought with my own money.

It was *the* album in junior high. Girls loved it, and we boys had to said they hate it even if we listened to it anyway. To be sure, a sexy lady on the album cover smoking a hookah did wonders for a 13-year old's loins.

I'm guessing I'm a little younger than you. Rio was probably that album at my middle school. Girls were obsessed with Nick and Andy. I started S.A.D.D. (Students Against Duran Duran).

You mean The Band so Good They Named it Twice? How dare you!!

I like em now. I had freakin' Eddie posters on my wall. I taught myself to play Run to the Hills on my tuba. I wouldn't say that my musical tastes were all that refined at that age.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

We're doing transitions?

It's a mixtape

I couldn't make mine a bigger mess if I tried, but at least it all sounds pretty good

I still have more non-metal cats to fill, too

I'm just trying to make sure all my songs are peppy enough for Eephus to jump rope to.

 

[Eephus]

We're doing transitions?

It's a mixtape

I couldn't make mine a bigger mess if I tried, but at least it all sounds pretty good

I still have more non-metal cats to fill, too

I'm just trying to make sure all my songs are peppy enough for Eephus to jump rope to.

 

[Eephus]

are we doing round 18 later today?

 

[Mr. Ected]

17.04 - Trail of Tearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmYY65ZGEQ – Guadalcanal Diary [Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man]

Band from Georgia in the early 80s, many comparisons to early-R.E.M.

The Sun hangs low in the Western sky
I bow my head and remember now
Someone's lips pressed close to mine
Her cool hand upon my brow

Hell burns hot for a killer 's heart
A shallow grave in an unmarked plot
Crack of gunfire in the dark
Hand in hand we'll walk at daybreak

One wore black (x3)

The trail of tears is winding on
Many pass along the road
Dusty soldiers march along
As they file one by one

One wore black (x3)

Trail of tears is winding on
Frightened soldier run no more
Arm and arm with lovers gone
No one passes on the road

Two girls wait at the railroad track
For their soldiers to come back
Knowing this will be their last
One wore blue and one wore black

One wore black...

 

[simey]

17.04 - Trail of Tearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmYY65ZGEQ – Guadalcanal Diary [Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man]

Band from Georgia in the early 80s, many comparisons to early-R.E.M.

I had that and their Jamboree album in college. There is a band from Nashville that I loved in college during the 80s, but they only have two songs on spotify.

 

[Mr. Ected]

17.04 - Trail of Tearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmYY65ZGEQ – Guadalcanal Diary [Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man]

Band from Georgia in the early 80s, many comparisons to early-R.E.M.

I had that and their Jamboree album in college. There is a band from Nashville that I loved in college during the 80s, but they only have two songs on spotify.

Both of those and their third 2x4 (my favorite) are on Spotify.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Well, I'm going to follow-through on my threat to ruthlessly crib from Eephus' earlier spotlighting

17.17 -- Elvis Is Everywhere -- Mojo Nixon (Funny/Silly/Weird)

"Elvis needs boats ..."

 

[kardplayer]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

 

[Eephus]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

It's a travesty that Timex Social Club isn't on Spotify

 

[zamboni]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

It's a travesty that Timex Social Club isn't on Spotify

Their catalog probably takes up too much bandwidth.

 

[Eephus]

Well, I'm going to follow-through on my threat to ruthlessly crib from Eephus' earlier spotlighting

17.17 -- Elvis Is Everywhere -- Mojo Nixon (Funny/Silly/Weird)

"Elvis needs boats ..."

This was in my mix somewhere between my original all rap concept and the current Plan Q. I eventually came to my senses and realized that six songs with Elvis connections were too many.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Well, I'm going to follow-through on my threat to ruthlessly crib from Eephus' earlier spotlighting

17.17 -- Elvis Is Everywhere -- Mojo Nixon (Funny/Silly/Weird)

"Elvis needs boats ..."

I eventually came to my senses and realized that six songs with Elvis connections were too many.

That sounds like something Michael J. Fox would say.

 

[JZilla]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

It's a travesty that Timex Social Club isn't on Spotify

Spoiler

Actually they are (as Club Nouveau), but I think all this stuff is re-recorded. However, I can't really tell on Rumors, and was considering it..

 

[Eephus]

Well, I'm going to follow-through on my threat to ruthlessly crib from Eephus' earlier spotlighting

17.17 -- Elvis Is Everywhere -- Mojo Nixon (Funny/Silly/Weird)

"Elvis needs boats ..."

I eventually came to my senses and realized that six songs with Elvis connections were too many.

That sounds like something Michael J. Fox would say.

Mojo was wrong

 

[Eephus]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

It's a travesty that Timex Social Club isn't on Spotify

Spoiler

Actually they are (as Club Nouveau), but I think all this stuff is re-recorded. However, I can't really tell on Rumors, and was considering it..

There are some terrible re-recorded versions. I'm not opposed to Junior Giscombe making some money off his hit but he should have at least made an effort to make it sound like the original.

 

[Chaos Commish]

17.9 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau - R&B/New Jack Swing

http://youtu.be/IwIzcNLOogc

It's a travesty that Timex Social Club isn't on Spotify

Spoiler

Actually they are (as Club Nouveau), but I think all this stuff is re-recorded. However, I can't really tell on Rumors, and was considering it..

I considered it too, but in the end I was just struggling for New Jack. I don't really care for it. Like soft rock, I'm clueless sometimes.

 

[Vike Me]

17.02 - Let the Music Play - Shannon (One Hit Wonder) I might change it to dance later.

I'm not taking this. None of the recordings on Spotify are her original version, and that is the one I like.

I looked at this song too, love it but I think there was only like a bunch of re-recorded mixes? weird. The opening is the best part of the song and they messed it up.

 

[Vike Me]

Going way out on a limb here. If you don't feel this fits the category I'll re-pick. Keep in mind this was 1982 and there are pew pew noises so.... Plus the name of the song and his hair. Double un-plus, this group hasn't been taken in an 80's draft yet - which I think is against the law.

16.19 Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls - 1982 - (Ahead of Its Time)

 

[El Floppo]

Pretty sure Flock gets taken in every 80s draft, no? I still like that song a lot though.. my favorite of theirs.

 

[Vike Me]

17.01 You Gots To Chill - EPMD - 1988 - (Rap/Hip Hop)

If you tired, go take a nap.

 

[zamboni]

Pretty sure Flock gets taken in every 80s draft, no? I still like that song a lot though.. my favorite of theirs.

Yes on the history of Flock drafting, and I agree that it's a really good tune.