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Devo - 'Whip It'

As if...

Eddie Rabbitt - 'I Love A Rainy Night'

Hello! Is there anybody there? I'll avoid the obvious ones like Toyah and Adam & The Ants and I'll ask for a song that was written in 1898!


When You Were Sweet Sixteen - The Fureys With Davey Arthur

Let's hear it for the Irish!

;o)

Hello Senga ☺

Hello Billy! Fancy seeing you here! Where is everyone?

Probably mystified by the inability to post comments on this threed until now ☺

Oh dear. We can expect a deluge soon then!

Yes 1981 is the bloggers favourite year...

Are you being facetious? It might be Bryan's favourite year! LOL!

Facetious, moi?

;o)

Heard the second half of this on the radio this morning. 'That sounds perfect for GIO tonight' I thought. Then the DJ enthused about the song..."That sounds really...fresh" he said!!! That clinches it then...

'My Baby's Comin' Home' - B.B. King...an upbeat "fresh" sounding song from 1962...it's the same age as me and nothing like as old and creaky as I am!!!

Funnily enough I was Sweet Sixteen in 1981 ☺

SHADDAP YOU FACE by JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE

Floss her dongs...

#12 - So was I!

:o)

On the face book page it seems to be only songs from 1981 that count...

Rush - Tom Sawyer,
Marianne Faithful - For beauty's Sake,
The Cure - Primary all sound pretty good.

But for the incredible sound I would go for PiL - The Flowers of Romance.

or of course the Four From Toyah ep....

How 'bout us ~ Champaign

Don't stop the music ~ Yarbrough & Peoples

You might need somebody~ Randy Crawford

Let's groove ~ Earth, Wind & Fire

However...


A good year for the roses ~ Elvis Costello

Our lips are sealed ~ T. GoGo's

Well, our hero is off on his hols tonight, so hopefully he'll be demob happy and deal with the long outstanding matter of 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell 12" remix' most easily accessed form the Memorabilia album (although the 12" remix was made in 1981, on vinyl, unsurprisingly).

This harks back to the night a few months ago when that most extraordinary of things happened: a track nobody chose got played.... we were all psyched for
the above when the bold Bryan decided to play the hideous David Grey version instead.Our hero then said he'd find a place to squeeze the Soft Cell 12" version in on a future show. This is it!

Maybe it was a time thing, cause the above is just on eight glorious minutes including a wonderful electric oboe solo in the middle (at least, that what I think it is
- we should have a competition to properly identify it) .. but, as we all endured 10 minutes of Freebird on classic rock night, 8 minutes of Soft Cell on 1981 night is hardly less appropriate.

Let's Get It Awwwwwn.

regardez youse

henri

#20. Speak for yourself HH...I really like David Gray's version!

Oh well...if it's just from 1981...

'Don't Want To Wait Anymore' - The Tubes
'Better Things' - The Kinks
'Runaway Boys' - Stray Cats
'Generals and Majors' - XTC

Echo & The Bunnymen - 'A Promise'

endless love...................diana ross lionel ritchie


cheers frae the dale

#20 As a youngster I liked some of soft cell, and marc and the mambas. I think he lost his way somewhat after that. say hello is a classic. But don't tell henrihannah.....I actually like the David Gray version...ssssh.

Talking Heads - 'Once In A Lifetime'

Tom Tom Club - 'Wordy Rappinghood'

#20 Are you sure that wasn't 1991?

Ach, you got to the XTC shoo-in first Ju!

Big seconds for Dont Stop The Music (Mac) and Dont Want To Wait Anymore (Julie).

Away to look in the archives of my favourite year...

#22 Julie great suggestions, can I second 'Better Things' - The Kinks

Susan Fassbender - 'Twighlight Cafe'
Dave Edmunds + Stray Cats - 'The Race Is On'
Godley + Creme - 'Under Your Thumb

And another showstopper...David Bowie - 'Wild Is The Wind'

You're on form today ☺

The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound

Probably too 80s but so what, it was a great time - Miami Vice on TV, Margaret Thatcher as PM, Aberdeen and Dundee Utd beating the Old Firm, Chariots of Fire, Scottish Grand Slam, the list goes on and on.

Looks like 1981 was Adam and Julies year.....

#27

I think I'm right - the Memorabilia album was 91 and Julian Mendelsohn re-did it for that album, but I had a 12" vinyl that is virtually identical to the 'Memorabilia' track, so I think he remixed the 12" for that album, but I don't think it's a 'new' version. In fact, there are a few versions, but as far as I can tell, they are all from/originate in 81 - however it's done, the tune and the vocal are all 81.

I wouldn't completely dislike the David Grey version, if I'd never heard this version. In comparison with this, David's laconic delivery and lethargic pace just don't cut it imho. I should add, that also applies to other versions by Soft Cell which also pale in comparison with this one, imho.

regardrez youse

henri

Ah there you all are. I was still using the last working thread I could find.

I'll second Scotch Git's Keep it Country suggestion of
Teddy Bear / Red Sovine



Nice to see Glen get one of his themes on for a change

Actually 1981 was the year a crowd of us students hired some caravans in Nairn for a week and spent idyllic days collecting driftwood to keep the fire burning for the all night parties in the dunes.

The river / Loose Windscreen
Just the two of us / Grover Washington jnr and Bill Withers
Good Thing Going / Sugar Minott
Southern Freeez / Freeez

#35

Yes its a big thank you to Glen Miller for this theme - I think his original idea was to have two weeks of the 80s, a year a night - but he'll be happy enough.

Scotch Git has been trying to get Red Sovine on for a long time and he's certainly due a mention.

1982 Next week

#37

Adam,

If you like that, you'll love this!

>8-D

Monday promises!! Glen's record will surely go.


Anyway, never mind their 25th anniversary - lets celebrate Space and its 22nd time as a theme!

This is also the 50th anniversary of our first year at secondary school and we're planning a reunion. So far B.A. Robertson has not replied but a Tannahill Weaver has expressed mild interest..

#40 Well I'm getting my Queen shout in early:

Ian Hunter - You Nearly Did Me In.

Queen on backing vocals, and with the band including Jaco Pastorius and David Sanborn.

Gotta be a "shoo" in.

Or Roger Taylor - Racing In The Street

What a superb show!

Klaxon on Under Pressure... Ay ay ay ay moosey ~ Modern Romance GIO!

#43
Had to be Norrie. Cant wait for Listen Again later tonight.


AFR - still at lunch