OT: Obscure 80's songs

[styxman]

NIG, this is truly a great thread...seriously. I've been thinking around the clock for songs, most mentioned and to be honest it's brought back great memories of the 80's. Obscure may not tipify the majority of selections, mine included but I think I've finally found the most obscure 80's hit and a whole album at that. Burning a Million pounds, creating an album that everyone bought into....and at the end of the day it was an arts project. You've got to take your hats off to the two guys that created KLF...it's a piece of work that really encapsulates the whole 80's music scene. They were basically takin' the piss and really when you listen back to that era it was pretty simple shit that captivated the buying public, Styx, Journey included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Q4HtN ... ed&search=

This isn't the track off the great white album but it's okay.

[styxman]

My thinking's over for tonight but how fuckin'obscure is this, a No1 song about an alcoholic. What I'd do to be like Arthur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JOmEIGGdE

[TRAGChick]

Didn't anyone listen to "Freestyle" music? It was mainly Puerto Rican influenced east coast 80's muic. Produced artists like Cynthi, Johnny O, Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam (featuring Full Force), Debbie Deb, The Cover Girls, TKA, Stevie B, Nancy Martinez, Brenda K Starr and many, many others. I love that shit. Here are a few examples (man, I KNOW I'm gonna get blasted for these).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0aa2mOs5kE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_CcfwO3Is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrehCaBiqb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrehCaBiqb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlTUyYnsgDE

Ohh YEAH!!! Dude ~ NOW you're speakin' my LANGUAGE!!!

Here's 2 more....man, I TAKE OVER the Dance Floor when this shit comes on...

"Ohh OH DIAMOND GUURL...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlTUyYnsgDE"

"She wants to lead The Glamorous Life...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDzr3T6Kw0

[Saint John]

Didn't anyone listen to "Freestyle" music? It was mainly Puerto Rican influenced east coast 80's muic. Produced artists like Cynthi, Johnny O, Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam (featuring Full Force), Debbie Deb, The Cover Girls, TKA, Stevie B, Nancy Martinez, Brenda K Starr and many, many others. I love that shit. Here are a few examples (man, I KNOW I'm gonna get blasted for these).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0aa2mOs5kE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_CcfwO3Is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrehCaBiqb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrehCaBiqb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlTUyYnsgDE

Ohh YEAH!!! Dude ~ NOW you're speakin' my LANGUAGE!!!

Here's 2 more....man, I TAKE OVER the Dance Floor when this shit comes on...

"Ohh OH DIAMOND GUURL...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlTUyYnsgDE"

"She wants to lead The Glamorous Life...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDzr3T6Kw0

Diamond Girl came out in 1986 and has been in heavy rotation since. Love that song.

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

NIG, this is truly a great thread...seriously. I've been thinking around the clock for songs, most mentioned and to be honest it's brought back great memories of the 80's. Obscure may not tipify the majority of selections, mine included but I think I've finally found the most obscure 80's hit and a whole album at that. Burning a Million pounds, creating an album that everyone bought into....and at the end of the day it was an arts project. You've got to take your hats off to the two guys that created KLF...it's a piece of work that really encapsulates the whole 80's music scene. They were basically takin' the piss and really when you listen back to that era it was pretty simple shit that captivated the buying public, Styx, Journey included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Q4HtN ... ed&search=

This isn't the track off the great white album but it's okay.

The KLF did a song with Glenn Hughes on vocals - ~What Time is love...cos they considered him to be the "voice of rock" - it was okay for a dance song - had a bit of power....they were also responsible for Justified and Ancient with Tammy Wynette..........

[geminix]

Jim Photoglo - Fool in Love with You

This version is off an import cd of his that he redid, but the original version came out in 1981. Try finding the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUXEH9XXBSw

[Matthew]

A few obscurities from British 80s bands....


Frozen Heart - FM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDwrinoYZko


Tinseltown In The Rain - The Blue Nile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY


Doot Doot - Freur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9BDMGjoWCQ

[Matthew]

NIG, this is truly a great thread...seriously. I've been thinking around the clock for songs, most mentioned and to be honest it's brought back great memories of the 80's. Obscure may not tipify the majority of selections, mine included but I think I've finally found the most obscure 80's hit and a whole album at that. Burning a Million pounds, creating an album that everyone bought into....and at the end of the day it was an arts project. You've got to take your hats off to the two guys that created KLF...it's a piece of work that really encapsulates the whole 80's music scene. They were basically takin' the piss and really when you listen back to that era it was pretty simple shit that captivated the buying public, Styx, Journey included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Q4HtN ... ed&search=

This isn't the track off the great white album but it's okay.

I took my very first E to this KLF track, Styxman....


What Time is Love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apjTA2p_Wf8

[X factor]

Great thread!


I loved these guys in the early 80's - saw them open for CHEAP TRICK in 79, and loved em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UboSdR4932w

Another late 70's (but close enough- and they recorded into the 80's)- saw THESE guys open for KISS on the DYNASTY tour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelYhIJVeWg


And the mother f'ers at YOUTUBE pulled Toronto's original of this one, but the New Pornographers cover is pretty hot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MfESZHY9Z4

LOVED that damn song!!!

Shit I could do this all night...

[X factor]

...and speaking of CHeap Trick...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meY_d8Yy86E

[Matthew]

Another late 70's (but close enough- and they recorded into the 80's)- saw THESE guys open for KISS on the DYNASTY tour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelYhIJVeWg

This is great X factor...I hadn't heard of this band before.....I just downloaded their album....and the version on that is nearly nine minutes long....

[Deb]

Not obscure, but definately fun.

Ballroom Blitz ~ The Sweet

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k

Deb, I think you're lapsing back into the 70's there as was Seasons in Sun...could have sworn that was early 70's. You showing your age now?

LOL, I know I know, I'm on a 70s kick, they had some great ones back then. Also having a giggle at some of those 70s fashions.

Nazareth ~ This flight Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5p1OdK_fyI

Steve Miller Band ~ Jungle Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5gVj-FlZA

Golden Earring ~ Radar Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF01SpB6joI

Grand Funk Railroad ~ The Locomotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQOeQakExU

The Guess Who ~ These Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6EXUmGo0M

The Sweet ~ Fox on the run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDCbIhTa_w

38 Special ~ Caught up in you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXQDWuitMZc

[Matthew]

Nazareth ~ This flight Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5p1OdK_fyI

Utterly brilliant version. Joni Mitchell did the original, I think....

[Matthew]

A one-hit wonder but surely one the best ballads of all time:

Stay With Me Til Dawn - Judie Tzuke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DsKKhNW ... ed&search=

[Rick]

Not obscure, but definately fun.

Ballroom Blitz ~ The Sweet

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k

Deb, I think you're lapsing back into the 70's there as was Seasons in Sun...could have sworn that was early 70's. You showing your age now?

LOL, I know I know, I'm on a 70s kick, they had some great ones back then. Also having a giggle at some of those 70s fashions.

Nazareth ~ This flight Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5p1OdK_fyI

Steve Miller Band ~ Jungle Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5gVj-FlZA

Golden Earring ~ Radar Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF01SpB6joI

Grand Funk Railroad ~ The Locomotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQOeQakExU

The Guess Who ~ These Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6EXUmGo0M

The Sweet ~ Fox on the run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDCbIhTa_w

38 Special ~ Caught up in you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXQDWuitMZc

For me it was the best era for music. A friend of mine asked me the other day, "Hey Rick, you know music was made after the 70's and 80's don't you?" I don't give a shit, I like what I like.

[weatherman90]

Anyone remember Gino Vanelli?

Here's my favorite of his - Black Cars:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1m39piBT2vE

Also a few others:

Nick Straker - A Walk in the Park (1979)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KT94wgS6jdE

[Matthew]

Nick Straker - A Walk in the Park (1979)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

I'd totally forgotten that one...good tune....

[X factor]

Another late 70's (but close enough- and they recorded into the 80's)- saw THESE guys open for KISS on the DYNASTY tour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelYhIJVeWg

This is great X factor...I hadn't heard of this band before.....I just downloaded their album....and the version on that is nearly nine minutes long....

Yeah, I always liked those dudes. Actually, two of them (Gary Shea, Jimmy Waldo) went on to form Alcatraz w/ Graham Bonnett and "Yngwie" something or another on guitar!

[Rick]

Nick Straker - A Walk in the Park (1979)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

I'd totally forgotten that one...good tune....

Nick Straker sure looks like David Keith.

[nikki]

This is going back a ways, but I remember this song from when I was little. Of course I listen to it differently now, but I still love it. Anyone remember Bobby Goldsboro??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqWub93Duaw

[larryfromnextdoor]

Nick Straker - A Walk in the Park (1979)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

I'd totally forgotten that one...good tune....

Nick Straker sure looks like David Keith.

wow! good call,, he looks just like him....

[larryfromnextdoor]

I am a HUGE Aldo Nova fan. Aldo is the guitarist on the studio recording of Bon Jovi's "Runaway". Aldo plays every instrument and does all of the BG vox on his first album.

dude,, i used to work with a Jersey music lover... everything was Bruce, Southside, and Aldo... i dont think they sound the same,, my friend would swear to it... he just loved that sound so much...

[Vladan]

Random obscure songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgVvUTYejg John Parr (The Running Man theme)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV1TVlyHQHk John Cafferty - Hearts On Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho (Karate Kid)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZQWUY33sA0 (Big Trouble In Little China)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBQlFZyZ-c (The Goonies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl8W6AqmORI Afer The Fire by Roger Daltrey

[L~L~L]

I know you will probably kill me for saying this, but I believe this original Brenda K. Star's version is way better than that of Carey's. jmho

I still Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_CcfwO3Is

[nikki]

I know you will probably kill me for saying this, but I believe this original Brenda K. Star's version is way better than that of Carey's. jmho

I still Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_CcfwO3Is

I always thought the same thing.

[NealIsGod]

I am a HUGE Aldo Nova fan. Aldo is the guitarist on the studio recording of Bon Jovi's "Runaway". Aldo plays every instrument and does all of the BG vox on his first album.

dude,, i used to work with a Jersey music lover... everything was Bruce, Southside, and Aldo... i dont think they sound the same,, my friend would swear to it... he just loved that sound so much...

Aldo's a Canuck, Larry. I don't see any similarity to Bruce or Southside Johnny, either. Do you have any of his CD's? Most people like his debut the best, but I like his 2nd one, Subject: Aldo Nova the best.

Here's another obscure '80's song:

Monkey On Your Back

[Just Mindy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl8W6AqmORI Afer The Fire by Roger Daltrey

LOVE this one, Vladan...love the whole CD, actually.

[Matthew]

A few more....

Every Day Hurts - Sad Cafe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LNOhZI72AY

Love Changes Everything - Climie Fisher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEv3XwKd ... ed&search=

Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdkigWz_M9o

And a great one hit wonder from 1988...with an autocue/lip-syncing cock-up which played out live on national television....

Martha's Harbour - All About Eve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXDxbuJOo38

[larryfromnextdoor]

I am a HUGE Aldo Nova fan. Aldo is the guitarist on the studio recording of Bon Jovi's "Runaway". Aldo plays every instrument and does all of the BG vox on his first album.

dude,, i used to work with a Jersey music lover... everything was Bruce, Southside, and Aldo... i dont think they sound the same,, my friend would swear to it... he just loved that sound so much...

Aldo's a Canuck, Larry. I don't see any similarity to Bruce or Southside Johnny, either. Do you have any of his CD's? Most people like his debut the best, but I like his 2nd one, Subject: Aldo Nova the best.

Here's another obscure '80's song:

Monkey On Your Back

well... ill be.. i thought he was a jersey boy.. .. i guess he digs that sound as well... yea .. i like monkey on my back... but when that first record came out .. my friends and i were blown away.. OF COURSE we all thought he was Ace Frehley with out make up... no foolin.. the cover.. the playing ..ect... although better than ace at the time,, we just thought it was incredible..

[Deb]

I am a HUGE Aldo Nova fan. Aldo is the guitarist on the studio recording of Bon Jovi's "Runaway". Aldo plays every instrument and does all of the BG vox on his first album.

dude,, i used to work with a Jersey music lover... everything was Bruce, Southside, and Aldo... i dont think they sound the same,, my friend would swear to it... he just loved that sound so much...

Aldo's a Canuck, Larry. I don't see any similarity to Bruce or Southside Johnny, either. Do you have any of his CD's? Most people like his debut the best, but I like his 2nd one, Subject: Aldo Nova the best.

Here's another obscure '80's song:

Monkey On Your Back

Good one NIG. I think my favorite of his is probably 'Rumours Of You'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUb0i-9P-9w