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PrintableSoulAlive said: wasitgood4u said: I think ppl have rose-tinted memories. To me, a lot of this crap was the same kind of waste as the boy bands in the 90s and the current airwave pollution. I did like the first two Wham! singles, though (Young Guns and Wham Rap) but Club Tropicana? Careless Whisper? Last Christmas? Ahggghhh! Are you seriously suggesting that "Careless Whisper" is a crap song?!  Nup - just an annoying one... (and I'm not saying that Young Guns and Wham Rap are "good" songs, just that I like them more than all that schmaltzy stuff). "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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Time for some more classics!
This song has had more of an impact on me than just about any other song. Eurythmics- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Other Eurythmics stone cold classics from 1983: "I Could Give You (A Mirror)"- that synth is just scorching! Plus, the lyric "I could give you a mirror to show you disappointment" is delivered with such icy ferocity! "This City Never Sleeps"- haunted, hollow and chilling! "Jennifer"- haunted, FULL and chilling! From Touch: "Here Comes the Rain Again"- Timeless classic! "Who's That Girl?"- Elegant paranoia! The video sees Annie playing both an overtly feminine and an overtly masculine role. Check out the kiss at the end! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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This is my favorite Madonna song, and a top 10 song of all-time for me!
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This song is an achingly beautiful love song by Talking Heads. Behold the glory of "Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)":
And a killer live version! [Edited 9/15/08 3:33am] Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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My favorite Grace Jones song is the striking, angular, pace-changing "Living My Life"!
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Moonbeam said: Time for some more classics!
This song has had more of an impact on me than just about any other song. Eurythmics- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Other Eurythmics stone cold classics from 1983: "I Could Give You (A Mirror)"- that synth is just scorching! Plus, the lyric "I could give you a mirror to show you disappointment" is delivered with such icy ferocity! "This City Never Sleeps"- haunted, hollow and chilling! "Jennifer"- haunted, FULL and chilling! From Touch: "Here Comes the Rain Again"- Timeless classic! "Who's That Girl?"- Elegant paranoia! The video sees Annie playing both an overtly feminine and an overtly masculine role. Check out the kiss at the end! See, these I agree with, but then I was a bg Eurythmcs fan. On the other hand, never much excited about Madge - more of that teenybopper phenomenon - at least until Ray of Light (okay Like a Prayer was okay...) "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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Robert Smith totally popped out in 83! Here are some fun videos:
"The Walk": "The Lovecats" "The Dream" (fan made) Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Tom Waits released a timeless album in 1983 called Swordfishtrombones. Here are some standouts:
"A Soldier's Things"- I'm no patriot, but this song is damn moving! "Town with No Cheer"- No video is available. It tells the tale of a near-deserted town in Australia, and he just lets the loneliness and the doldrums of depression ooze through the whole thing! "Swordfishtrombones"- Groovy and spooky! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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How about some funk?
Mtume- "Juicy Fruit"- In a word- irresistible! Mtume- "Hips"- 
Mtume- "Green Light"-
Indeep- "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"- I've seen some reports say it's from '82, but I'll count it here for now. :teeth: Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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This song is a marriage of everything I love about music. Echo and the Bunnymen- "Never Stop" Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Mtume's "Hips" certainly has me moving mine!
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Cinnie said: Abdul said: Go grab that first one off Ebay Soul, it's his best album as a whole IMO Out of his 3 albums??? ..... (I don't agree) I think I do like André's first album the most. It's very new wave. The second one sounds heavier, almost industrial at times. | |
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Cinnie said: Mtume's "Hips" certainly has me moving mine!
(that's for you Ian ) You remember!Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Flowers2 said: Very coool! Never heard of them - but a lot of things didn't reach downunder... "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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Moonbeam said: "Who's That Girl?"- Elegant paranoia! The video sees Annie playing both an overtly feminine and an overtly masculine role. Check out the kiss at the end! Brilliant! She's actually hot her in the guy get-up IMHO (  ). The embedding's been cacelled, so:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...LHtOqPW9zY "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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Level 42 The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) | |
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jn2 said: Level 42 The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) Great song. One of my faves by them. | |
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Joan Armatrading / The Key (1983) Joan Armatrading / The Key (1983) [ one of my favorite albums by Armatrading. bought the Australian import, still in its long cardboard compact disc sleeve. very rare. video for "drop the pilot." ] | |
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sextonseven said: 5. Tracey Ullman - You Broke My Heart in 17 Places wow, i remember her song now! Weird to think that was the first I ever heard of her, but now it's sort of like Maya Angelou, we say "she had a record?"  My Legacy
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wasitgood4u said: Flowers2 said: Very coool! Never heard of them - but a lot of things didn't reach downunder... they're called 'The System' .. you might be more familiar with them as they did the theme song to 'Coming to America' | |
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Flowers2 said: wasitgood4u said: Very coool! Never heard of them - but a lot of things didn't reach downunder... they're called 'The System' .. you might be more familiar with them as they did the theme song to 'Coming to America' ...or, you know, "Don't Disturb This Groove." "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: Flowers2 said: they're called 'The System' .. you might be more familiar with them as they did the theme song to 'Coming to America' ...or, you know, "Don't Disturb This Groove." he said he never heard of them, possibly he may not know that song either... I mentioned 'Coming to America' cause that's well known .. | |
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Flowers2 said: AlexdeParis said: ...or, you know, "Don't Disturb This Groove." he said he never heard of them, possibly he may not know that song either... I mentioned 'Coming to America' cause that's well known ..  I'm not sure which one of those is more well known Down Under."Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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NDRU said: sextonseven said: 5. Tracey Ullman - You Broke My Heart in 17 Places wow, i remember her song now! Weird to think that was the first I ever heard of her, but now it's sort of like Maya Angelou, we say "she had a record?" I remember seeing the video a lot that year and Paul McCartney being in it was a big deal, but I didn't get into the album until a few years ago after the Pipettes began the 60s girl group revival with me. | |
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Sorry to be tardy to the party. But ah yes, awesome year for music. I'll just post one album that I absolutely love right now from this year:
I'll post the rest later.  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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My birth year.   looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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Careless Whisper when it came out was a smash-every station black and white, was playing that joint. Now, it got played out, but when it first came out, couldn't nobody touch that ish. "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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scriptgirl said: Careless Whisper when it came out was a smash-every station black and white, was playing that joint. Now, it got played out, but when it first came out, couldn't nobody touch that ish.
Wrong year. That was 1984/85. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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