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

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

14.2 -- Hands -- The Ting Tings (80sesque)

 

[sn0mm1s]

Out for the night... skip me if for some reason this actually gets back to me.

Karma Police - OTC
Chaos Commish - skip
El Floppo
Andy Dufrense
JZilla
JML - skip
kardplayer
valence
Northern Voice - skip
zamboni
Eephus
Mr Ected
AcerFc - skip
simey skip
Vike Me

 

[Eephus]

having trouble with this category. this one has a mix of disco, funk, guitars, etc. if it doesn't fit I can dig deeper:

A number of other decades can claim to be the best era of rock n roll but I think the 80s were the best decade for dance music. At the beginning of the 80s, you had the end game of the disco craze with some very sophisticated examples of the genre. Then came the whole new wave thing, which was basically disco music for cool white kids. Rap was dance music at the beginning but became much less so as it matured. R&B artists like Michael Jackson and Prince became the mainstream for a few years in mid decade. House and techno music started underground and got co-opted by the music industry. By the end of the decade, there was the start of the rave scene which was cool to start with but quickly morphed into a bunch of sub-genres with ridiculously high BPM counts. Or maybe I just got old

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Yeah, I'm losing absolutely no sleep worrying about what I'll do about dance. Spoiled for choice.

 

[Eephus]

You want a guilty pleasure. I'll show you a guilty pleasure.

13.17 -- Nowhere Fast -- Fire Inc.

I give you the opening song from that awful "Rock N Roll Fable" Streets of Fire. Featuring a song that Jim Steinman obviously had rejected by Meatloaf (the movie closes with Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young, which is the song that Steinman obviously had rejected by Bonnie Tyler). This song is as over the top as you'd expect from the guy who gave us Making Love Out of Nothing At All and Total Eclipse of the Heart (and the chorus to a song that may yet make my mix).

BONUS: I haven't been doing YouTube links, but the song is more enjoyable if you pretend Diane Lane is actually singing it. Also, Willem Defoe makes a hysterical looking rockabilly/punk villian.

Second Bonus: Did you know there's an unofficial sequel to Streets of Fire called The Road to Hell? And that Michael Pare actually reprises his role? As near as I can tell, it's a Natural Born Killers ripoff in the first half before awkwardly transitioning to him going to see his "daughter" sing all the Ellen Aim songs. I must see it.

I kind of liked Streets of Fire

I only made about halfway through Simmons' ridiculous action hero championship belt article but if there's a crown for action direction I present Walter Hill's resume from 1978-84 for your consideration: The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs and Streets of Fire. He was writer/director of all except for The Long Riders. Plus he found time to produce Alien in the middle.

Then he decided he wanted to try his hand at comedy and directed Brewster's Millions.

 

[meanjoegreen]

Wildcard (unless the hair/metal genre works)

8.06 Guns and Roses -- Sweet Child 'O Mine

We needed a just plain "Rock" category but I don't see why it can't go into Metal/Hair.What an all time awesome song, obviously.

Plain popular rock fits in the pop category.

 

[rockaction]

Rev. Norb's were pretty good, too. Always some good stream of consciousness. I still check into his Bubblegum Fuzz show from time to time. It's how I discovered the Marked Men, among others. (no 80's, no spoiler here.)

 

[JZilla]

What's happening with the clock? I'll hold off if we are stopped

 

[sn0mm1s]

What's happening with the clock? I'll hold off if we are stopped

Clock runs for another 40 minutes. I think I had the last official pick at 7:30 eastern. So all of the following could've made a pick:

Karma Police - time out
Chaos Commish - skip
El Floppo time out
Andy Dufrense time out
JZilla time out
JML - skip
kardplayer time out
valence time out
Northern Voice - skip
zamboni OTC

 

[JZilla]

OK I'll sneak another one in tonight

 

[KarmaPolice]

OK I'll sneak another one in tonight

kinky

 

[JZilla]

14.9

Megadeth - Peace Sells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEupVsL07E

Title track / TV theme

 

[valence]

can we lose the soft part of the soft rock category. ugh.

 

[valence]

Hoping this one qualifies...

14.12 Roy Orbison - Mystery to Me (soft rock)

 

[Northern Voice]

12.13 - Pink Turns to Blue - Husker Du (Ahead of it's time)

13.07 - Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Gary Portnoy (TV Theme)

 

[Eephus]

Hoping this one qualifies...

14.12 Roy Orbison - Mystery to Me (soft rock)

Just Like Heaven --- The Cure

Graceland --- Paul Simon

With or Without You --- U2

Steppin' Out --- Joe Jackson

In the Air Tonight --- Phil Collins

Kayleigh --- Marillion

Biggest Part of Me --- Ambrosia

Big Love --- Fleetwood Mac

Romeo & Juliet --- Dire Straits

Ambrosia is still the softest but I like the Orbison song a lot

 

[HellToupee]

12 Atomic by Blondie(Disco)

13 Your Attention Please by Scars (Weird?wildcard) Scars put out 1 great album in 1981 . Absolutely fantastic. Your Attention Please is a reading of a poem by Peter Porter and fits perfectly as a closing song sitting nicely behind Atomic

 

[Eephus]

13 Your Attention Please by Scars (Weird?wildcard) Scars put out 1 great album in 1981 . Absolutely fantastic. Your Attention Please is a reading of a poem by Peter Porter and fits perfectly as a closing song sitting nicely behind Atomic

I have the EP in a storage unit that we've paid way too much for over the years.

 

[HellToupee]

13 Your Attention Please by Scars (Weird?wildcard) Scars put out 1 great album in 1981 . Absolutely fantastic. Your Attention Please is a reading of a poem by Peter Porter and fits perfectly as a closing song sitting nicely behind Atomic

I have the EP in a storage unit that we've paid way too much for over the years.

I wish I still had my copy of Author!Author! For the longest time there was zero prescence of Scars on the internet

 

[sn0mm1s]

12 Atomic by Blondie(Disco)

13 Your Attention Please by Scars (Weird?wildcard) Scars put out 1 great album in 1981 . Absolutely fantastic. Your Attention Please is a reading of a poem by Peter Porter and fits perfectly as a closing song sitting nicely behind Atomic

I put these in 12 and 13 - but I think you are still missing rounds 9, 10, 11, and 14

 

[KarmaPolice]

time to tease up the hair a little bit:

13.15: Motley Crue- smokin' in the boys room ( cover song)

14.5: Poison - look what the cat dragged in ( title song)

I will move my nwa to rap

 

[zamboni]

Think I am past due - posting via phone and will gussy up link later.

12.xx Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary Of A Madman" (title track)

Missing link: 12.xx Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary Of A Madman" (title track)

Man, I miss album covers. :(

 

[HellToupee]

12 Atomic by Blondie(Disco)

13 Your Attention Please by Scars (Weird?wildcard) Scars put out 1 great album in 1981 . Absolutely fantastic. Your Attention Please is a reading of a poem by Peter Porter and fits perfectly as a closing song sitting nicely behind Atomic

I put these in 12 and 13 - but I think you are still missing rounds 9, 10, 11, and 14

I have to go through everything I think I'm good for 9 & 10

 

[HellToupee]

9- Stay the Night by Benjamin Orr (soft rock) Always favored Cars songs sung by Ben

10- Youth of America by The Wipers(punk rock) A 10 minute song the Greg Sage's guitar shreds his way through. You can hear future bands raising from this sound

 

[zamboni]

13.06 The Producers - "What's He Got" (silly/funny/weird)

The keytarist makes this category alone.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

13.07 - Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Gary Portnoy (TV Theme)

Good pick. Almost pulled the trigger on this with my last one.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

14.8 - Call Me, Blondie (UK #1)

The single was released in the United States in February 1980. It peaked at No. 1 for six consecutive weeks, and was certified Gold (for one million copies sold) by the RIAA. It also spent four weeks at No. 2 on the US dance chart. The single was also No. 1 on Billboard magazine's 1980 year-end chart. It was released in the UK two months later, where it became Blondie's fourth UK No. 1 single in little over a year. The song was also played on a British Telecom advert from the 1980s. 25 years after its original release, "Call Me" was ranked at No. 283 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 1981, the song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song lists at No. 44 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.

I think this song is an important one. I'm hard pressed to come up with another song that so clearly divides the disco 70's from the pop/rock of the 80's. This includes Blondie's own music.

Strangely, the video is recorded in a different key.

 

[AcerFC]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

 

[zamboni]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

Good pick - was in the mix for me in the category.

Always dug her hippie chick look...

 

[AcerFC]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

Good pick - was in the mix for me in the category.

Always dug her hippie chick look...

It is a pretty bad category after I took a look at some lists. This song will fit in nicely in my mix

 

[Vike Me]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

Choke me in the shallow water.

 

[HellToupee]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

Usually there is about a song per round that I hate. This is a fine example.

 

[El Floppo]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

Good pick - was in the mix for me in the category.

Always dug her hippie chick look...

her.

until she shacked up with Paul Simon. gross.

 

[AcerFC]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

sorry

 

[El Floppo]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X- Love Will Tear us Apart- Joy Division (One-hit wonder)

 

[HellToupee]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

nothing meant towards the pick. this was a song that was played to death in the late 80s

 

[HellToupee]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

wtf

 

[El Floppo]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

expand, please.

 

[HellToupee]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

always associated this with '79 but forgot it was 80 after Curtis diied. Love the pick & song. In my top 10 . I'm mad as hell at myself

 

[Northern Voice]

14.13 - Needle to the Groove - Mantronix (Hip Hop/Rap)

 

[Northern Voice]

Stick with the clock or one pick in a AM/one pick in PM?

 

[simey]

Time Warner screwed up the appointment this morning. This is the second time in a month they have been no-shows due to them ####### up the schedule. We will see if the show tomorrow morning. For now I'll post a couple picks on my phone, and provide links tomorrow.

12.18- Ain't No Half Steppin'-Big daddy Kane (rap/hip hop)

13.02- City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson (cover)

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

I assume he's saying that he doesn't believe that Joy Division is a one-hit wonder. I suppose definitions can vary. It wasn't their only charting single on the UK charts (and Control reached #3 as an album). It actually didn't chart in the U.S. outside the dance charts.

And of course, there's the question of whether you're really a one-hit wonder if your lead singer commits suicide two months after you first chart.

The song was also written and recorded in 1979, for what its worth.

 

[AcerFC]

13.3 What I am , Edie Brickell and the New Bohs, one hit wonder

Good thing it was only around for one year then. Imagine it came out in 1980

 

[Eephus]

I thought one hit wonder was for US pop top #40 only

 

[HellToupee]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

all of the above but it was an early 80 releaseGREAT song

 

[HellToupee]

I thought one hit wonder was for US pop top #40 only

was it in your linked list? I thought that was the arbiter

 

[El Floppo]

I'm going to stretch the category just a bit- this came in at #42 (on the disco/dance charts in the US) in 1980 after being released in 79'...

And even though I told myself I wouldn't, I'm still taking a song by them and THIS iconic (I'd even say over-done) tune... it wouldn't be an 80s draft without it. (but if there's an issue with the pick, I'll throw it back)

13.X-

kinda covered all that in my OP.

like I said- I can throw it back... I think I have some other one-hits still on my depth-chart.

 

[El Floppo]

I thought one hit wonder was for US pop top #40 only

was it in your linked list? I thought that was the arbiter

if it has to be pop-chart, then it won't work. like I said- it was a reach... just outside the dance top 40.

but I'll let a few other voices chime in before throwing it back.

 

[simey]

I thought one hit wonder was for US pop top #40 only

Me too. This is my first phone quote. I hope it works right.