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Subject: 60s in the 80s
Okay, since Todd R brought up the subject of 50's style songs in the 1980's, and I felt that at least one of his choices was more '60's style than anything else, I'm going to bring up some '60's-style songs/bands in the 1980's. I'm also going to start a thread for '60's style songs/bands in the 1990's.
First:
Tracey Ullman: "They Don't Know."
The Smithereens: Pretty much anything they ever made.
The Cavedogs: Same Here.
I thought of more of them earlier, but I forgot what they were. So I'll leave the rest to you.
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
Smokey Robinson--Cruisin'
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
"A Million miles away"- The Plimsouls (reminds me of the Birds)
"What I like about you" - The Romantics
Buzz
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
This may not count, but "when we were Fab" by george harrison sounds just a little sixties.
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
How about the remake of "Spirit in the Sky" by Dr. & The Medics???
---cornboy98
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
Camper Van Beethoven's remake of Pictures Of Matchstick Men.
MissInformation
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Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
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How about the remake of "Spirit in the Sky" by Dr. & The Medics???
---cornboy98
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The fact that this is a cover tune has more to do with how 60's this sounds than anything else.
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
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Camper Van Beethoven's remake of Pictures Of Matchstick Men.
MissInformation
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This is a cover tune too.
;)
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
"In Your Room" by the Bangles has that 60's sound of sitars and such in the mix.
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
(reminds me of late 50's/early 60's... like Buddy Holly, maybe)
Madonna - Cherish and Madonna - True Blue
(both sound like early 60's Doo Wop to me)
Alarm - 68 Guns
(sounds like it dropped in straight outta 1967)
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
(Beatles of 1964 almost could've done this one)
B-52's - Deadbeat Club
(reminds me of... Peggy Lee, maybe)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (late 70's? sorry)
(very Brit Invasion ca. 1966-68, to me)
Most anything by Dead Milkmen
(ignore the lyrics; it's in the tune and beat)
Depeche Mode - Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
(Herman and the Hermits much?)
That's it for now...
Ana
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
I posted a reply over at the 90's board, only 'cause I didn't see the question here, anyway Strawberry Switchblade's "Since Yesterday", reminds me of a 60's girl group sound.
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
"They Don't Know" was written by Kirsty MacColl. (albeit still in the 80s) And was recently covered again by Departure Lounge"
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Okay, since Todd R brought up the subject of 50's style songs in the 1980's, and I felt that at least one of his choices was more '60's style than anything else, I'm going to bring up some '60's-style songs/bands in the 1980's. I'm also going to start a thread for '60's style songs/bands in the 1990's.
First:
Tracey Ullman: "They Don't Know."
The Smithereens: Pretty much anything they ever made.
The Cavedogs: Same Here.
I thought of more of them earlier, but I forgot what they were. So I'll leave the rest to you.
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Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
Quoting:
"They Don't Know" was written by Kirsty MacColl. (albeit still in the 80s) And was recently covered again by Departure Lounge"
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Ah, but did it sound like a '60's tune when Kirsty MacColl did it?
??? ::) ;)
Subject: Re: 60s in the 80s
This is TV, not music, but the “Wonder Years” show was my favorite example of the popularity of the 60s in the 80s (just like “Happy Days” showed how popular the 50s were in the 70s).
In a case of 60s-meets-80s-meets-00s, the father from “Wonder Years” was in a recent episode of “Smallville,” where he played a high school football coach who could burn things just by touching them — putting a new twist to the expression “getting the team fired up before the game.”
The revival of “The Monkees” was another popular example of 60s culture in the 80s.