80s Genre/Categories Mixtape Draft - Draft Underway (2 Viewers)

[Andy Dufresne]

"On The Turning Away" is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song. And while it deals with some similar themes, it is light years better than that insipid "Imagine" by Lennon.

Close second, off the same album, is "One Slip".

 

[El Floppo]

Bored at work, here's a quick FA list of songs I like/would have drafted for most categories:

Genres (11):
Metal/Hair Metal: Metallica - Battery
Indie/Alternative: Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Soft Rock: Bryan Adams - Heaven
New Wave/Synthpop: The Cure - In Between Days
Punk/Post-Punk: Pixies - Debaser (surprised only 1 Pixies track was drafted.)
Rap/Hip Hop: Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
R & B/New Jack Swing: N/A
Pop: Dramarama - Anything, Anything
Disco/Dance/House: Trans-X - Living On Video
Country: N/A
Wildcard: New Order - Age Of Consent

Categories (11)
Non US/UK Band: Barenaked Ladies - Lilac Girl
UK #1's: UB40 - Red Red Wine (this category was a lot harder than I anticipated)
1st song off first album: Annihilator - Crystal Ann
Title track of album: Husker Du - New Day Rising (works for ahead of its time too imo)
Cover songs: Nirvana - Love Buzz
Movie/TV "themes": Phillip Glass - Pruit Igoe (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Ahead of Its Time: Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
One Hit wonders: Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
Guilty Pleasures: Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Wannabee 80s: Wampire - The Hearse (tonnes to choose from here, but I'll go with these guys due to their determination)
Silly/Funny/Weird: Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow

Lots of overlap with my tastes. Love the Koyaanisqatsi pick (although a bit of a mix killer), Husker Du, New Order, Dramarama (picked in the draft, IIRC), Pixies and Sonic Youth (I took it with my 2nd list of songs).

Re: Pixies... I'll speak for myself, but I picked up on the vibe that the usual suspects like Pixies and Joy Division were a bit worn out for these drafts

 

[Eephus]

I have a ton of just missed picks but for brevity's sake, I'm only going to spotlight two that I couldn't fit into the mix.

Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It - Stars (80s Wannabee)

They nailed the sound of New Order circa 1987

Emotion - DFX2 (New Wave)

The best song the Rolling Stones didn't record in the 80s

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Bored at work, here's a quick FA list of songs I like/would have drafted for most categories:

Genres (11):
Metal/Hair Metal: Metallica - Battery
Indie/Alternative: Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Soft Rock: Bryan Adams - Heaven
New Wave/Synthpop: The Cure - In Between Days
Punk/Post-Punk: Pixies - Debaser (surprised only 1 Pixies track was drafted.)
Rap/Hip Hop: Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
R & B/New Jack Swing: N/A
Pop: Dramarama - Anything, Anything
Disco/Dance/House: Trans-X - Living On Video
Country: N/A
Wildcard: New Order - Age Of Consent

Categories (11)
Non US/UK Band: Barenaked Ladies - Lilac Girl
UK #1's: UB40 - Red Red Wine (this category was a lot harder than I anticipated)
1st song off first album: Annihilator - Crystal Ann
Title track of album: Husker Du - New Day Rising (works for ahead of its time too imo)
Cover songs: Nirvana - Love Buzz
Movie/TV "themes": Phillip Glass - Pruit Igoe (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Ahead of Its Time: Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
One Hit wonders: Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
Guilty Pleasures: Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Wannabee 80s: Wampire - The Hearse (tonnes to choose from here, but I'll go with these guys due to their determination)
Silly/Funny/Weird: Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow

Lots of overlap with my tastes. Love the Koyaanisqatsi pick (although a bit of a mix killer), Husker Du, New Order, Dramarama (picked in the draft, IIRC), Pixies and Sonic Youth (I took it with my 2nd list of songs).

Re: Pixies... I'll speak for myself, but I picked up on the vibe that the usual suspects like Pixies and Joy Division were a bit worn out for these drafts

Makes sense.

 

[sn0mm1s]

Bored at work, here's a quick FA list of songs I like/would have drafted for most categories:

Genres (11):
Metal/Hair Metal: Metallica - Battery
Indie/Alternative: Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Soft Rock: Bryan Adams - Heaven
New Wave/Synthpop: The Cure - In Between Days
Punk/Post-Punk: Pixies - Debaser (surprised only 1 Pixies track was drafted.)
Rap/Hip Hop: Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
R & B/New Jack Swing: N/A
Pop: Dramarama - Anything, Anything
Disco/Dance/House: Trans-X - Living On Video
Country: N/A
Wildcard: New Order - Age Of Consent

Categories (11)
Non US/UK Band: Barenaked Ladies - Lilac Girl
UK #1's: UB40 - Red Red Wine (this category was a lot harder than I anticipated)
1st song off first album: Annihilator - Crystal Ann
Title track of album: Husker Du - New Day Rising (works for ahead of its time too imo)
Cover songs: Nirvana - Love Buzz
Movie/TV "themes": Phillip Glass - Pruit Igoe (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Ahead of Its Time: Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
One Hit wonders: Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
Guilty Pleasures: Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Wannabee 80s: Wampire - The Hearse (tonnes to choose from here, but I'll go with these guys due to their determination)
Silly/Funny/Weird: Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow

Lots of overlap with my tastes. Love the Koyaanisqatsi pick (although a bit of a mix killer), Husker Du, New Order, Dramarama (picked in the draft, IIRC), Pixies and Sonic Youth (I took it with my 2nd list of songs).

Re: Pixies... I'll speak for myself, but I picked up on the vibe that the usual suspects like Pixies and Joy Division were a bit worn out for these drafts

Re: Pixies - and some of us weren't reusing bands once they were chosen. Specials, Berlin, Pixies, and a few others were crossed off my list due to being chosen by someone else.

 

[Northern Voice]

Was definitely more of a music discovery aimed draft rather than a debate the absolute best songs draft, which is good IMO, we've done lots of "best of..." drafts.

 

[valence]

I have to say, outside of the small frustration of some songs not being available, spotify is a great tool for these drafts. I know JML likes CDs, but to me this is perfect. I agree with Valence, I would love to hear the order on mobile, but I dont think I listen enough to justify the 9.99 cost. Maybe when my kids get a bit older

yea maybe it's too "old school" now but I prefer uploading actual files and downloading the mixes locally like we used to do

 

[Northern Voice]

people are welcome to upload lists, I'll download.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Finally finished the second playlist - KP's.

I found his metal easier to listen to than JZilla's mix.

Unbeknownst to me I am apparently an Iron Maiden fan as The Trooper is the 2nd Iron Maiden song I have liked.

I immediately added Cult of Personality to my iTunes - for whatever reason it hadn't made it on despite me knowing the song.

Most of the softer stuff I already have so I find "Oh Sheila" amusing since in college (living in a tiny triple) mentioning that song was the signal one of my roommates used to signify he wanted us to clear out so he could #### his gf (her name wasn't Sheila).

The gem of this mix for me was Front 242 "Until Death". Never heard the song. Never heard of the band. But these guys were way ahead of their time. This is the best part of these sorts of things being introduced to "new" artists/music. Great list.

Glad you liked the mix. If there has been somebody turned on to the power of Maiden, all the better. I realize I am a little biased, but no metal band (hell, maybe no band) put together a better string of albums than their first 7 albums. Love them all, and still listen to them a bunch. Even their resurgence in the 00s+ has been good. We will just pretend that their output in the 90s never happened.

The Front 242 was a nudge from the wife, so can't take all the credit. It was one of the bands that she introduced me to when we met in college.

 

[Brony]

Been checking out a few Spotify lists. Some good ones and a couple that make me suspect that George Michael posts here.

No surprise to really like Northern Voice and El Floppo drafts.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Vike Me's mix was up this morning. Another great mix. I didn't see the Van Halen drafted, and was thinking of that song it I did a 2nd mix. Lots of other songs I love and was considering were on here too - Hazy Shade of Winter, I Will Follow, West End Girls, hell - even the country track was a nice blast from the past that I liked hearing.

Favorites of the new tracks:

1. Space Age Love Song

Have only heard their main hit before. Really liked this one and played it a couple times

2. Get Down On it

3. Tie: Panic and Kiss the Dirt

Ok, I guess I am a fan of The Smiths and INXS

 

[Brony]

On semi-related note, a few songs here made me nostalgic for the show 120 minutes on MTV. There's at least one Spotify list that captures most of the tunes on the CD collection. I'll try to link that tomorrow

 

[KarmaPolice]

Valence: Ok, I have liked all the mixes so far, but I would say that this one has been my favorite so far. Had a bit of a drive this afternoon and this mix really hit the spot. Just a great mix of songs I love or haven't heard for awhile. Even the ones I didn't know were homeruns for me. Was jamming for the whole drive, and was caught by the next car belting out "She's a Beauty". This mix got played twice today - the wife was curious wtf we were up to with these draft thingies.

New songs I loved:

1. Do It To the Crowd

2. You are the One

3. She's a Mystery to Me

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Vike Me's mix was up this morning. Another great mix. I didn't see the Van Halen drafted, and was thinking of that song it I did a 2nd mix. Lots of other songs I love and was considering were on here too - Hazy Shade of Winter, I Will Follow, West End Girls, hell - even the country track was a nice blast from the past that I liked hearing.

Favorites of the new tracks:

1. Space Age Love Song

Have only heard their main hit before. Really liked this one and played it a couple times

You might like their song "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)".

 

[KarmaPolice]

Northern Voice was up tonight. Damn you, sir! Got caught today with She's a Beauty, and tonight you get me with the fantastically catchy one-two punch of Make Me Lose Control and Hearts of Fire!! Another great mix, and had a little more edge to it. Had more songs that I considered like Head Like a Hole, Safety Dance, and You Spin Me Round. Love the Skid Row and hadn't thought of the Nirvana song - great surprise. Great mix.

Favorite of the new songs:

1. Wise Up Sucker

I think maybe these guys opened for NIN when I saw them, but remembered 0 about them. great song

2. Let's Shake

3. This Beat Goes On

I am really glad that we did this draft. I thought there would be a mix I didn't like by now, but definitely not the case. So much good music. I guess it looks like Floppy's mix is next.

 

[Northern Voice]

Listened to Eephus' mix tonight, I listened to most of the double dutch/theme songs when they were drafted, so I was somewhat prepared for a bit of craziness. Definitely a dancier vibe to this one, and a few songs really feel 70s ish to me... but as it goes from the Jump Rope championship to the after party, it gets a lot more rockin'. I really love "Five Seconds" and "Temptation" but that's not news to me. The Kingdom Come song sounds like Led Zeppelin, the Robert Plant song does not. The plant song "Tall Cool One" was one of those songs I've heard and liked and remember but never known the name of or who sang it, though knowing now, it fits in with Plant's other 80s/90s stuff.

Anyway...

Five favourite songs not on my iPod

Doowutchyalike

Rip It Up

Same Old Scene

Tall Cool One

Welcome to the Boomtown

 

[Northern Voice]

Northern Voice was up tonight. Damn you, sir! Got caught today with She's a Beauty, and tonight you get me with the fantastically catchy one-two punch of Make Me Lose Control and Hearts of Fire!! Another great mix, and had a little more edge to it. Had more songs that I considered like Head Like a Hole, Safety Dance, and You Spin Me Round. Love the Skid Row and hadn't thought of the Nirvana song - great surprise. Great mix.

Favorite of the new songs:

1. Wise Up Sucker

I think maybe these guys opened for NIN when I saw them, but remembered 0 about them. great song

2. Let's Shake

3. This Beat Goes On

I am really glad that we did this draft. I thought there would be a mix I didn't like by now, but definitely not the case. So much good music. I guess it looks like Floppy's mix is next.

 

[valence]

Valence: Ok, I have liked all the mixes so far, but I would say that this one has been my favorite so far. Had a bit of a drive this afternoon and this mix really hit the spot. Just a great mix of songs I love or haven't heard for awhile. Even the ones I didn't know were homeruns for me. Was jamming for the whole drive, and was caught by the next car belting out "She's a Beauty". This mix got played twice today - the wife was curious wtf we were up to with these draft thingies.

New songs I loved:

1. Do It To the Crowd

2. You are the One

3. She's a Mystery to Me

glad you enjoyed it!

 

[Eephus]

I listened to the mixes from Zamboni, Floppo and VikeMe. I'm going to come out and say it, 22 songs is too long for future mixes. It's hard to keep any flow going for that long but the bigger problem is that it's just too long to listen to in a single sitting. This is especially a problem in the 80s because it was the golden age of 12" extended mixes.

Zamboni's mix came from a different 80s than I remembered but I enjoyed the variety. I Wanna Be Adored with it's opening build was a natural pick to start things off. The Hill Street Blues theme went on way too long. I never heard of Saga before but loved the album cover with the sunglasses, lips and skullet dude. I thought the sequencing could have been better. Little River Band to Iron Maiden and Bronski Beat to Alabama were pretty abrupt transitions. I did like the Little River Band song though.

Floppo was the only person who accused me of sniping during the draft so I thought we'd be more sympatico. But his mix was very different in a good way. Loved hearing Bill Nelson and Marshall Crenshaw again and the relatively obscure Elvis Costello cut. Spotify dictated the demo version of Repo Man and the rerecording of the Gang of Four track. I thought that Go4 album was better than most rerecordings but I Love a Man in a Uniform wasn't the among the stronger versions. The best album cover was the Mutants album. This mix held together pretty well until the end where Al B. Sure to Love Missile made no sense. I think that's just an issue with any mixtape this long.

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

 

[zamboni]

Zamboni's mix came from a different 80s than I remembered but I enjoyed the variety. I Wanna Be Adored with it's opening build was a natural pick to start things off. The Hill Street Blues theme went on way too long. I never heard of Saga before but loved the album cover with the sunglasses, lips and skullet dude. I thought the sequencing could have been better. Little River Band to Iron Maiden and Bronski Beat to Alabama were pretty abrupt transitions. I did like the Little River Band song though.

Glad you liked some of the tunes. I just did the mix order as I drafted - didn't give any thought to sequence.

 

[Vike Me]

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

LoL, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the fact that my 4 black guys were placed together.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

LoL, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the fact that my 4 black guys were strung together.

I was considering doing the Oreo mix. White dudes in the middle.

 

[simey]

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

LoL, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the fact that my 4 black guys were strung together.

I was considering doing the Oreo mix. White dudes in the middle.

In the 60s draft, my theme was "Coloreds Only". I only drafted blacks (whites in a backing band were acceptable, but they couldn't be the lead singer).

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

LoL, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the fact that my 4 black guys were strung together.

I was considering doing the Oreo mix. White dudes in the middle.

In the 60s draft, my theme was "Coloreds Only". I only drafted blacks (whites in a backing band were acceptable, but they couldn't be the lead singer).

Ah, the "Back of the Bus" mix.

 

[simey]

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

LoL, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the fact that my 4 black guys were strung together.

I was considering doing the Oreo mix. White dudes in the middle.

In the 60s draft, my theme was "Coloreds Only". I only drafted blacks (whites in a backing band were acceptable, but they couldn't be the lead singer).

Ah, the "Back of the Bus" mix.

yeah. There were so many great black artists in the 60s. The bus riders included Ray Charles, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Ike and Tina Turner, The Staple Singers, Eddie Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Jr., Rufus Thomas, Mable John, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Supremes, James Carr, and Etta James. I think that's all that was on my bus.

 

[Usual21]

I owe 6. I'll have them up by the end of the week. End of the marking period, putting house up on the market (and fixing everything little thing with the house in order to put it up on the market), plus birthday week have made me a very busy, tired, run down guy. Sorry for the hold up.

 

[Usual21]

16 - There's No Stopping Us, Ollie and Jerry - Movie/TV Theme Song

17 - The Rain, Oran "Juice" Jones - Silly/Funny/Weird
The last minute of the song makes this fit the category.

18 - 19, Paul Hardcastle - UK #1

 

[El Floppo]

I listened to the mixes from Zamboni, Floppo and VikeMe. I'm going to come out and say it, 22 songs is too long for future mixes. It's hard to keep any flow going for that long but the bigger problem is that it's just too long to listen to in a single sitting. This is especially a problem in the 80s because it was the golden age of 12" extended mixes.

Zamboni's mix came from a different 80s than I remembered but I enjoyed the variety. I Wanna Be Adored with it's opening build was a natural pick to start things off. The Hill Street Blues theme went on way too long. I never heard of Saga before but loved the album cover with the sunglasses, lips and skullet dude. I thought the sequencing could have been better. Little River Band to Iron Maiden and Bronski Beat to Alabama were pretty abrupt transitions. I did like the Little River Band song though.

Floppo was the only person who accused me of sniping during the draft so I thought we'd be more sympatico. But his mix was very different in a good way. Loved hearing Bill Nelson and Marshall Crenshaw again and the relatively obscure Elvis Costello cut. Spotify dictated the demo version of Repo Man and the rerecording of the Gang of Four track. I thought that Go4 album was better than most rerecordings but I Love a Man in a Uniform wasn't the among the stronger versions. The best album cover was the Mutants album. This mix held together pretty well until the end where Al B. Sure to Love Missile made no sense. I think that's just an issue with any mixtape this long.

I thought VikeMe's mix held together the best of the three in terms of pure flow. Van Halen kicked things off well and the Rick Springfield, Bangles, Duran Duran section worked well. Talking Heads to Tom Tom Club was a natural transition for obvious reasons which moved into the Black folks' section. The best album cover definitely goes to The Gap Band with the Wilson brothers rockin' their Members Only jackets.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and write it up.

You nailed when the flow went south... about the same time when I started grasping for picks. I thought the Camper Van B tune was going to be a bit of a killer too, but it worked better than expected. Sigue Sigue otoh, not so much. I actually like the more stripped down, less produced version of Go4 Uniform.. but Spotify didn't give me a choice and I would have probably went with the more recognized studio version.

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

 

[simey]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

 

[AcerFC]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

This doesnt work in the web client. Only the download

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I did minimal arranging, but at a certain point there are songs that just don't fit with transitions all that well. Elvis is Everywhere was a song that I thought might fit best before or after Steve Earle, but I found it easiest to just dump it at the end. Nowhere Fast was the same way. The jokey/embarrassing songs are kind of shaggy dog entries in the mix by definition.

 

[El Floppo]

16 - There's No Stopping Us, Ollie and Jerry - Movie/TV Theme Song

17 - The Rain, Oran "Juice" Jones - Silly/Funny/Weird

The last minute of the song makes this fit the category.

18 - 19, Paul Hardcastle - UK #1

Glad to see 19 make it in here... I was looking at it for a couple of categories, but probably would have went with Dance for purely personal reasons.

I visited NYC in 85' to look at colleges and went to the Palladium with some girl who was friends of friends and who's dad was some bigwig who got us on "the list" at the door... this was a week after it had opened so the crowd at the rope on the sidewalk was insane. The place was the epitome of NYC dance club with: endless different rooms spiraling around the main, huge space, co-ed bathrooms overflowing with yayo and sexytime, giant dance floor with the most incredible (looking and cool-factor) people this suburban SF kid had ever seen, and celebrities of whom Boy George was the most impressive to me. The highlight moment for me (other than losing my virginity later that night) was being out on the dance floor and having the realization that this was like I was in the middle of the most amazing movie at the very moment that 19 came on.

The Palladium is now an NYU dorm.

 

[simey]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

This doesnt work in the web client. Only the download

What is the web client? I only have the free spotify version on my desktop computer.

 

[El Floppo]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

gtfo. fo real? I'd swear I've tried that... brb.

 

[El Floppo]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

gtfo. fo real? I'd swear I've tried that... brb.

lol... holy #### I'm an idiot.

Thanks Simey.

 

[El Floppo]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

This doesnt work in the web client. Only the download

What is the web client? I only have the free spotify version on my desktop computer.

me too. but I'm a mo-ron, so who the hell knows really.

 

[simey]

I also put the picks up in order of taking them, except for the last one which I mistakenly left out of the playlist until the end. I wish I knew how to rearrange the order on Spotify... is there a way?

you just click and drag the songs on your playlist to rearrange the order.

gtfo. fo real? I'd swear I've tried that... brb.

lol... holy #### I'm an idiot.

Thanks Simey.

Ya dingleberry. Aren't you an architect? I reckon you can design a building, but not a spotify playlist.

 

[AcerFC]

When you sign in to spotify, you can listen to everything on the web (in the browser), no need to have the desktop download. However, if you want to rearrange songs, you have to do it in the downloaded version

 

[KarmaPolice]

Floppo's mix needed a couple listens to digest. That's a good thing - lot's of stuff that I hadn't heard the song or even heard of the band. Maybe was really familiar with 3-4 tunes on this one - Motorhead and PE off the top of my head. Really liked the tone of this mix, for lack of better description. Evidently I just need to add Jesus and Mary Chain to my rotation, and there are a handful of other bands I will be digging deeper on too.

My favorite new tracks:

1. High Pressure Days

Not what I usually gravitate towards, but damn was this song great - stuck in my head all day.

2. Twisted Thing

3. I Love a Man In Uniform

 

[Usual21]

16 - There's No Stopping Us, Ollie and Jerry - Movie/TV Theme Song

17 - The Rain, Oran "Juice" Jones - Silly/Funny/Weird

The last minute of the song makes this fit the category.

18 - 19, Paul Hardcastle - UK #1

Glad to see 19 make it in here... I was looking at it for a couple of categories, but probably would have went with Dance for purely personal reasons.

I visited NYC in 85' to look at colleges and went to the Palladium with some girl who was friends of friends and who's dad was some bigwig who got us on "the list" at the door... this was a week after it had opened so the crowd at the rope on the sidewalk was insane. The place was the epitome of NYC dance club with: endless different rooms spiraling around the main, huge space, co-ed bathrooms overflowing with yayo and sexytime, giant dance floor with the most incredible (looking and cool-factor) people this suburban SF kid had ever seen, and celebrities of whom Boy George was the most impressive to me. The highlight moment for me (other than losing my virginity later that night) was being out on the dance floor and having the realization that this was like I was in the middle of the most amazing movie at the very moment that 19 came on.

The Palladium is now an NYU dorm.

 

[Usual21]

What exactly is "Ahead of It's Time"?

 

[KarmaPolice]

I can't find the threads/links. At some point wasn't there a post that had all the other song drafts that we have done hyperlinked?

 

[Chaos Commish]

I'm doing a bunch of basic home improvement inside and out getting the place ready for the brutal Mojave desert summer and I have been playing your lists four/five hours a day. I haven't taken notes, but I can report my Mexican landscaping crew really digs the 80s. Also, I'm such a knucklehead. I owe a song I replaced TFP with a Simply Red tune that was already taken. I'm listening.

Just a thought. For years I deliberately avoided 80s music. That was a mistake. 60s and 70s music is great, but it all feels dated and played to me. I've pretty much lost interest. But the 80s stuff is... hard to find the right word... not still fresh, but still a lot of fun. Something like that. How many times I thought of a great tune only crack up at the ridiculous video. This was fun, so thanks again, and I hope to revisit this thread for awhile.

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[zamboni]

my Mexican landscaping crew really digs the 80s.

Ask them their thoughts about Wall of Voodoo.

 

[Eephus]

my Mexican landscaping crew really digs the 80s.

Ask them their thoughts about Wall of Voodoo.

The Cruzados

 

[Chaos Commish]

my Mexican landscaping crew really digs the 80s.

Ask them their thoughts about Wall of Voodoo.

Combine new wave with spaghetti western reverb and you know I'm a fan. I said this to Floppo in another thread, but if you ever got to see WoV early when Marc Moreland was still coherent, you saw an amazing show. The guy was incredible. The song Joey by Concrete Blonde was written about him. Alcoholism took his talent by 88 and his life later.

 

[El Floppo]

my Mexican landscaping crew really digs the 80s.

Ask them their thoughts about Wall of Voodoo.

The Cruzados

Los Microwaves

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I heard a few new songs that I liked:

Maid Of New Orleans

Tojo

Envelope

Primitive Painters

Repo Man

Let's Shake

I Eat Cannibals (I remember hearing this one a LOOOONNNNNGGG time ago)

What's He Got

Ways To Be Wicked

 

[KarmaPolice]

SO, I admit that I have a lot of time on my hands and am a little nuts. I did finally find links to the old mix drafts that we did. I don't think I have copies of any the mixes anymore, and all the megaupload/mediafire links are dried up. I started poking around on spotify and at least 90% of the songs look to be on there. I am slowly starting to make playlists for each of the mixes. Figured if I do a couple a day it won't be too bad.

If any of you are interested, I can post links as I go - or I guess if you follow me on spotify it would link to them too?

 

[Northern Voice]

I listened to the mixes from Zamboni, Floppo and VikeMe. I'm going to come out and say it, 22 songs is too long for future mixes. It's hard to keep any flow going for that long but the bigger problem is that it's just too long to listen to in a single sitting. This is especially a problem in the 80s because it was the golden age of 12" extended mixes.

Agree that there's a lot to get through but I think 22 songs is coming in the same 80 - 100 minute range that a lot of others have, going to a specific time limit is probably best but where do you set it?