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Subject: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 12/04/05 at 2:37 am
Here are 50 Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's.
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: zcrito on 12/04/05 at 4:05 am
You live in Canada? Right?
Out of what you listed only these look (sound) familiar
1981 Castles in the Air - Don McLean (US #36)
1983 Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex (US #24)
1983 Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee (US #74)
1984 The Kid's American - Matthew Wilder (US #33)
1986 Is This Love - Survivor (US #9)
1986 Captain of Her Heart - Double (US #16)
And I would say only two of them are worth hearing ... okay, maybe three.
I'll see if I can come up with some obscure/rare+good songs from the '80s.
:)
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: Kryllith on 12/06/05 at 1:02 pm
Hmmm, of those I recognize
Loving You With My Eyes - Starland Vocal Band (US #71)
Cool Love - Cool Love - Pablo Cruise (US #13)
You're Driving Me Out of My Mind - Little River Band (US #35)
I Eat Cannibals - Total Coelo (US #66)
Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex (US #24)
Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers (US #36)
Original Sin - INXS (US #58)
Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project (US #15)
Tenderness - General Public (US #27)
Only For Love - Limahl (US #51)
We Close Our Eyes - Go West (US #41)
All the Love in the World - The Outfield (US #19)
Needles and Pins - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks (US #37)
Is This Love - Survivor (US #9)
Captain of Her Heart - Double (US #16)
No Promises - Icehouse (US #79)
Hot Water - Level 42 (US #87)
Come On, Let's Go - Los Lobos (US #21)
Dreamin' - Will to Power (US #50)
Wild Horses - Gino Vannelli (US #55)
Funkytown - Pseudo Echo (US #6)
So the Story Goes - Living in A Box (US #81)
I'm Still Searching - Glass Tiger (US #31)
Under the Milky Way - The Church (US #24)
Supersonic - JJ Fad (US #30)
Forever Young - Alphaville (US #65)
Lay All Your Love on Me - Information Society (US #83)
Giving Up on Love - Rick Astley (US #38)
I might have heard some of the others, but they don't really click in my head (course, I may remember other pieces of the given songs...)
Kryllith
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: AFTERSHOCK on 12/06/05 at 1:13 pm
What? No mention of Sly Fox's Let's Go All the Way?
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 12/06/05 at 1:21 pm
What? No mention of Sly Fox's Let's Go All the Way?
That's a song everyone knows. I was going for the obscure hits that you don't hear too often these days :)
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: Carl on 12/06/05 at 1:29 pm
Alphaville- Also did Big in Japan
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: AFTERSHOCK on 12/06/05 at 2:04 pm
What? No mention of Sly Fox's Let's Go All the Way?
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Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: Kryllith on 12/07/05 at 8:22 am
I'd also toss in General Public's "Tenderness" as one people should know pretty well. It's on both the Weird Science and Clueless soundtracks, and it seems like I here it more on retro stations than either "Hot You're Cool" or "I'll Take You There." "Forever Young" is also pretty well known, though most people I've talked to are more acquainted with the original rather than the extended version (I prefer the extended).
Kryllith
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: 80s gail on 12/07/05 at 9:27 am
Some of these I instantly recognise as they got high in the uk chart, Captain of her heart by double for instance, was number 1 over here, Funky Town by by aussie group Pseudo Echo was a remake of the old lipps inc hit from 1980.
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: Criz on 12/07/05 at 5:06 pm
My favourite minor hit of the 80s has to be Berlin's 'The Metro'. I absolutely love that song!
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: karen on 12/08/05 at 3:58 am
Of those on the list I recognise
I eat cannibals by Toto Coelo as they were called here
Politics of Dancing
Shiny Shiny
Just Got Lucky (friends brother was a big JoBoxers fan)
My Everchanging Moods
We Close Our Eyes
Captain of Her Heart
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: Tanya1976 on 12/08/05 at 5:13 pm
1984 Tenderness - General Public
1984 Give Me Tonight - Shannon
1986 Walk Like A Man - Mary Jane Girls
1986 For Tonight - Nancy Martinez
1987 Light of Day - The Barbusters
1987 Come On, Let's Go - Los Lobos
1987 Dreamin' - Will to Power
1987 Funkytown - Pseudo Echo
1988 Supersonic - JJ Fad (US #30)
I remember these.
Subject: Re: Ultimate Rare and Minor Hits of the 80's
Written By: DJ Midas on 12/08/05 at 11:29 pm
Here's the ones I recognize offhand:
1981 The Jam Was Moving - Debbie Harry (US #82)
1983 I Eat Cannibals - Total Coelo (US #66)
1983 Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex (US #24)
1983 Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee (US #74) :D
1983 Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers (US #36)
1984 The Kid's American - Matthew Wilder (US #33)
1984 Original Sin - INXS (US #58)
1984 Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project (US #15)
1984 My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council (US #29)
1984 Invisible - Alison Moyet (US #31)
1984 Tenderness - General Public (US #27)
1984 Give Me Tonight - Shannon (US #46)
1985 We Close Our Eyes - Go West (US #41)
1986 Needles and Pins - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks (US #37)
1986 Is This Love - Survivor (US #9)
1986 Captain of Her Heart - Double (US #16)
1986 No Promises - Icehouse (US #79)
1986 Hot Water - Level 42 (US #87)
1986 For Tonight - Nancy Martinez (US #32)
1987 Light of Day - The Barbusters (US #33)
1987 Dreamin' - Will to Power (US #50)
1987 Funkytown - Pseudo Echo (US #6)
1988 You Don't Know - Scarlett and Black (US #20)
1988 Under the Milky Way - The Church (US #24)
1988 Supersonic - JJ Fad (US #30)
1988 Forever Young - Alphaville (US #65)
1989 Lay All Your Love on Me - Information Society (US #83)
1989 Giving Up on Love - Rick Astley (US #38)