Home

Advertisement

Customize
About this Journal
Links:
Trouser Press All Music The '80s Server In the '80s Request Post
Current Month
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
Aug. 5th, 2008 @ 04:23 pm EPIC REQUEST
Okay--here's the story-

For every occasion, I try to make my girlfriend a theme mix of love and love related songs. Her birthday's coming up and I'm trying to make her a mix of love songs exclusively from the 80s. Seeing as how I am a huge 80s music buff, however, this is not so simple--this has turned into a massive, potentially legendary mix. Unfortunately, I do not own much of my beloved 80s music on anything other than cassette tape (and I also had about 400 of my CDs stolen last year, so my library is considerably smaller than it once was).

Anyway, I've put together every 80s love song I can think of.

I am looking for two things:

1. Suggestions for more songs that I haven't heard of/may have forgotten, regardless of how shamelessly dated or cheesy and

2. if you have links to download any of the songs you suggest and/or any of the songs I have listed but do not have, it would be GREATLY appreciated as many of these songs are rare and unavailable to purchase as a single MP3 (meaning I would have to go out and buy all of the corresponding albums, which I certainly don't have the money for).

Here is a list of the songs I'm hoping to put on the mix:




THE LIST )




If you see a "/" that was just my way of saying "or"

if you see a question mark after a band name, it means I am unsure of what (if any) song to use from that band/artist


Anyway, in return, I will post the mix and any other 80s music I come across in my attempts to throw this thing together, including stuff from other communities and my own collection.


Thanks a million to anyone and everyone who's willing to help a guy get brownie points with the ladyfriend.
About this Entry
[info]theinfamouspaw:
Mar. 11th, 2007 @ 11:22 pm Special edition of 80's HADES - Irish 80's bands
Yes, as unoriginal as it is, we are finally doing a vaguely Irish-themed St. Patrick's Day show on 80's HADES this coming Friday, March 16. Thus, I am desperate for music by Irish pop/rock/punk bands of the late 70's and 80's (roughly 1976-1989).

Clicky-clicky if you want to be a part of history... )

Crossposted to [info]the_eighties...sorry if you've seen it twice!
About this Entry
titan
[info]incorruptibles:
Dec. 25th, 2006 @ 08:23 am Christmas from the 80's
Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas (Feed the world)

Via YouSendIt
About this Entry
Scrooge Galoot
[info]seabat:
Aug. 8th, 2006 @ 07:56 am Subdivisions - Rush
Current Mood: awake
Be cool or be cast out.

About this Entry
goth angel
[info]robyn_ma:
Aug. 7th, 2006 @ 10:48 pm The Lost Boys
One of my favourite 80’s movies was The Lost Boys, once I got into it. I was 13 when it came out, and my sister [info]queenstartiger took me to see it one afternoon that summer. I was all about Corey Feldman at the time, so anything he was in was a must-see. I know, I know. Yeesh. If I only knew then what I know now...

By the time the opening credits started to roll, I wanted to leave. I was scared! Not only had Corey Feldman not appeared on the screen yet, but the scary vampire David (who was that bad guy Ace Merrill in Stand By Me) had bitten right into a bald guy's head and blood squirted out! It was about all my thirteen-year-old psyche could take. I'd be having nightmares for weeks!

[info]queenstartiger had a better grip on reality, and was not going to waste the price of admission, especially since I had begged her to go to this movie. So we watched the whole thing. Looking at it now, I think Geez, what happened to these guys? Only Scary Vampire David (the gorgeous Keifer Sutherland) has a worthy career at this point. I didn't know how to back a winning horse back then, evidently.

And the soundtrack? Not so bad. Well, actually Roger Daltrey's cover of Elton John's Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me is laughable, but the INXS and Jimmy Barnes contributions are good, and Echo and the Bunnymen do a more than respectable cover of the Doors' People are Strange.

And where are you now, Gerard McMann? You and your ghostly-voiced children's choir really made this soundtrack for me with Cry Little Sister (Theme from the Lost Boys).
About this Entry
sexiest. mullet. ever.
[info]scarbaby:
Aug. 7th, 2006 @ 10:16 pm Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Current Mood: awake
One of the great music videos of all time: Stan Ridgway being a twitchy freak, and that oddly disturbing face emerging from the beans near the end. You can almost smell the sweat and steam and fajitas.

About this Entry
goth angel
[info]robyn_ma:
Aug. 7th, 2006 @ 05:33 pm Respectable Street
Current Mood: awake
Wow, was Andy Partridge cranked or what? XTC performs 'Respectable Street' in the concert film Urgh: A Music War.

About this Entry
goth angel
[info]robyn_ma:
Aug. 6th, 2006 @ 09:35 pm Mama
Current Mood: awake
The video for "Mama" by Genesis. Creepy as fuck.

About this Entry
goth angel
[info]robyn_ma:
May. 16th, 2006 @ 07:12 pm I'm just a normal guy
Current Mood: awake
Since I just uploaded it for [info]yendi, I give you: Norman Bates by Landscape.

My name is Norman Bates
I'm just a normal guy
About this Entry
goth angel
[info]robyn_ma:
Apr. 3rd, 2006 @ 07:49 pm Examples of 80's in 80's song lyrics?
Hi there! I'm looking for any 80's song that mentions any year or set of years from the 80's in the lyrics. Anything counts -- eighties, 1984, '86, whatever. Any mention of a year from the 80's, in any (audible) form, is fair game. I'm making a new promo for our 80's radio show, and I want it to be a collage of "80's" (obvious, I know, but we really need a new promo -- the old one is getting pretty stale). Here's what I already have in GarageBand ready to be sampled and mixed:

"Eighties" - Killing Joke
"New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" - Simple Minds
"California Uber Alles" - Dead Kennedys
"Lost In The 80's" - Steel Breeze

I know Marillion has a line about "hitting the streets in '82" in "White Feather" (from Misplaced Childhood), but it's kind of hard to hear, so I'm not using that one. Also, there's the classic line of Asia's -- "And now you find yourself in '82, the disco hotspots hold no charm for you" -- but I am embarrassed to admit I don't own that song. I will probably snag it through iTunes.

Any others? I'd love to hear what you can come up with. I don't need mp3's of songs -- just titles and artists (although if do you post mp3's, I won't complain!). Some of them I will probably already have; others I can buy.

Thank you!
About this Entry
titan
[info]incorruptibles:
Feb. 27th, 2006 @ 04:44 pm Looking for Shriekback
Current Mood: calm
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a song by Shriekback from the late '80s, from the Go Bang CD (I think). The song is called "Dust and a Shadow." Any assistance appreciated. If I can help you find something in return, please let me know. TIA!
About this Entry
faeunicorn
[info]a_nightengale:
Feb. 1st, 2006 @ 01:39 pm Music swaps?
Are there any active '80s trading sites around? I'm looking for three songs and have several to offer in return. I would like to find Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil, Venus by Bananarama, Let's Go All the Way by Sly Fox. Any suggestions appreciated.
About this Entry
faeunicorn
[info]a_nightengale:
Dec. 10th, 2005 @ 10:02 pm Hello
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
New member here, hopefully I'm doing this right. I have a few random songs to share, and some requests as well.

Berlin - The Metro
Depeche Mode - Photographic
Front 242 - Headhunter

And I'd like to request:

Chris and Cosey - October Love Song
Depeche Mode - Here Is The House
The Cure - Caterpillar

Thank you :D
About this Entry
[info]nekurakoneko13:
Dec. 6th, 2005 @ 08:16 pm a hella lot of '80s songs
Current Mood: content
Current Music: play crack the sky // brand new
i need you like water in my lungs )
About this Entry
[info]kissedblister:
Nov. 12th, 2005 @ 08:17 pm My knees are weak, my head is reelin'
Current Mood: sore
Robert Plant • Burning Down One Side

Pictures at Eleven, 1982


For his debut solo album, Robert Plant doesn't exactly succumb to everyone's expectations. With a less-potent vocal style, Plant manages to carry out most of the songs in smooth, stylish fashion while rocking out rather convincingly on a couple of others. He gets some pretty good help from guitarist Robbie Blunt, who truly comes to life on "Worse Than Detroit," and both Phil Collins and Cozy Powell give Plant enough of a solid background to lean his sultry yet surging rock voice against. Plant channels his energy quite effectively through songs like "Pledge Pin" and "Moonlight in Samosa," while the single "Burning Down One Side" is a creditable one, even though it failed to crack the Top 50 in both the U.K. and the U.S. The most apparent characteristic about the album's eight tracks is the fact that Plant is able to escape most of his past and still sound motivated. Without depending too much on his Led Zeppelin days, he courses a new direction without changing or disguising his distinct vocal style whatsoever. Pictures at Eleven peaked within the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, successfully launching Plant's solo career. - Mike De Gagne, AllMusic.com


This has to be one of the catchiest riffs in all of rock. It took me forever to find this song — try looking for Pictures at Eleven sometime. (Throw a stick and you'll hit twelve copies of Plant's 1987 Now & Zen.)
About this Entry
wet
[info]robyn_ma:
Oct. 14th, 2005 @ 12:31 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: curious
They just played the theme to Charles in Charge on the XM 80's channel. Who is that? The voice sounds so familiar for some reason.
About this Entry
simpsonized me
[info]sirinek:
Jul. 3rd, 2005 @ 08:40 pm The song Jimmy Page didn't want you to hear
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Signifying Rapper-Schoolly D
Signifying Rapper, off Schoolly D's 1988 album Smoke Some Kill, was once an integral part of Abel Ferrara's ballsy, big-Catholic-guilt 1992 film Bad Lieutenant. On the home video versions, the song has been replaced by either silence or a church organ. Why? Because the song samples Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' — well, it sounds like it recreates the riff moreso than samples it — and Jimmy Page didn't dig that. (LedZep usually charges exorbitant fees for the privilege of using their songs in a movie.) So it was removed. But now, thanks to the magic of file-sharing, you can put on your Bad Lieutenant DVD and experience the film the way it was meant to be seen — with 'Signifying Rapper' playing in the background as a nun is raped and as Harvey Keitel is wandering through a hospital to visit the nun.

NOTE: Lyrics may be offensive to, well, everyone. Schoolly D is today perhaps best known for his theme song for Aqua Teen Hunger Force.


Rolling Stone actually used to be worth reading.
Illustrations like this one by Charles Burns,
which ran alongside the Bad Lieutenant review,
were part of why.
About this Entry
hag
[info]robyn_ma:
Jul. 1st, 2005 @ 09:49 am (no subject)
Current Mood: amused
Gotta love my selection of music to keep me amused on the bus...
Some 80's mixed with ramdoms...



What else can I ad?
I downloaded NKOTB Greatest Hits for Irene too!
About this Entry
[info]beckybecbec: