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Started 2 years ago by michaelcoyote
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michaelcoyote
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So I was thinking after responding to that Ladies 80s thread that I could probably throw together a better 80s playlist than Skullys could, so I just grabbed what I had on this laptop and threw together a playlist of 80s songs.

I had a few criteria for the songs I picked. I wanted songs people could (and want to) dance to and weren't overplayed.

Here's what I came up with:

Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox
The Fall - Hit The North
Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song
The Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket
David Bowie - Cat People
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
TalkTalk - Dum Dum Girl
Bauhaus - St. Vitus Dance
Joy Division - Interzone
Section 25 - Loose Talk (Costs Lives)
The Mo-dettes - Satisfy
XTC - English Roundabout
Talking Heads - Moon Rocks
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
New Order - Everything's Gone Green
Pylon - Stop It
Mission Of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
R.E.M - 7 Chinese Bros.
Siouxsie and The Banshees - We Hunger
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things
Galaxie 500 - Parking Lot

After a few listens I think it hold up OK. On the whole it's pretty rock and post-punk oriented with some pop bits here and there. It's pretty fast overall. I think adding more R&B would allow me to bridge into some slower dances. I'd also probably drop that Sector 25 track or move it elsewhere since it gets too slow, dark and gothy in the middle of the playlist.

A few notes:
I'm sorely missing MJ - Off The Wall on this laptop. "Don't stop til' you get Enough" would have been on the mix.
Also missing:
NYC post disco like ESG, Liquid Liquid and Tom Tom Club
Athens sound bands like Love Tractor and B52s
R&B and Funk like Prince, P-Funk, Chaka Khan, Sade, Midnight Star
Depeche Mode
Gang of Four

What's your playlist?

Posted 2 years ago #
JonMyers
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It's settled. You gotta DJ it then. They have to give you a crack at it. :)

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michaelcoyote
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JonMyers wrote >>
It's settled. You gotta DJ it then. They have to give you a crack at it. :)

Haha! Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I don't think I'm the guy for that. I've not DJed in public in 10 years, and I've had my tables in storage for 2. I don't think I'll be doing the main room at Skully's any time soon.

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JonMyers
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michaelcoyote wrote >>

JonMyers wrote >>
It's settled. You gotta DJ it then. They have to give you a crack at it. :)

I don't think I'll be doing the main room at Skully's any time soon.

True, but excess liquor works wonders.

Posted 2 years ago #
10sun
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I'd love to see a set devoted to songs that were good on their own, but later covered/heavily sampled by an artist that younger kids might know.

Highlight it as the only cover being to get in the door.

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michaelcoyote
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JonMyers wrote >>

michaelcoyote wrote >>
I don't think I'll be doing the main room at Skully's any time soon.

True, but excess liquor works wonders.

There's not enough liquor for that. :-)

10sun wrote >>
I'd love to see a set devoted to songs that were good on their own, but later covered/heavily sampled by an artist that younger kids might know.
Highlight it as the only cover being to get in the door.

Let's see that playlist siah'

Posted 2 years ago #
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Here is my typical playlist that I use at work whenever the dumb hillbillys/rednecks really get me down. Played on random everytime...

Lovage-Stroker Ace
Modest Mouse-Never Ending Math Equation
Modest Mouse-Summer
Modest Mouse-A Life Of Artic Sounds
Yacht-Psychic City
Wilco-War on War
Violent Femmes-Waitin For The Bus
RJD2-Cut Out to Florida
Phoenix-Second To None
Phoenix-Rally
Karate Coyote-Incogneat-o
Justice-D.A.N.C.E.
Iron & Wine-White Tooth Man
Hot Snakes-Plenty For All
Grandaddy-Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake
The Fiery Furnaces-Paw Paw Tree
Death Cab.-We Looked Like Giants
The Dead Milkmen-Dean's Dream
Arctic Monkeys-Mardy Bum
Built To Spill-Strange
The Books-Be Good To Them Always
The Books-An Animated Description Of Mr. Maps

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10sun
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Just spitballing without particular order (would have to work it out to blend between genres):

NIN - Hurt
Cat Stevens - First Cut
Ray Charles - I Got a Woman
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Otis Redding - RESPECT or Hard to Handle (or any of the others out there)
[just pick the earliest possible recording] - House of the Rising Sun
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
The Guess Who - American Woman
Tears for Fears - Mad World
Lori Lieberman - Killing Me Softly
Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
Police - Every Breath You Take
All kinds of P. Funk

actually on that note, lets just have a regular P. Funk night someplace.

I'll add to this when I get back to my main music library.

Posted 2 years ago #
Rockmastermike
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Lately I've been listening to whatever is playing on the Secret Agent channel on Soma FM.

http://somafm.com/play/secretagent

as far as the 80s go... that's some fine work, Lou.

Posted 2 years ago #
takeasiesta
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@michaelcoyote = MC I have a lot of 80's R&B like Prince, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson etc. What about Run DMC or some other old school rap? I'll look through them and copy some for you if you want.

I really don't work from a playlist since I like the concept of albums and have way too many CDs that haven't been ripped.

Songs off the top of head:
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
Mr. Big - To Be With You
The Whispers - Rock Steady

Maybe some Tom Petty? Or do you want to stay indie and less pop? I think I remember hearing The Cure last time I was there around Halloween. Maybe Billy Idol, The Cars, Duran Duran, Heart, Joan Jett? I have an unnatural love for Van Halen. I could go on and on...

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ohiojimmie
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I noticed a lack of Phil Collins. I find it hard to spell 80's without Sussudio...you dig?

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michaelcoyote
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ohiojimmie wrote >>
I noticed a lack of Phil Collins. I find it hard to spell 80's without Sussudio...you dig?

Sorry man, this train doesn't stop at Sussudio. That song put me off just about everything Phil Collins forever.

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agtw31
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wow,no Poison?
ha

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takeasiesta
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michaelcoyote wrote >>

ohiojimmie wrote >>
I noticed a lack of Phil Collins. I find it hard to spell 80's without Sussudio...you dig?

Sorry man, this train doesn't stop at Sussudio. That song put me off just about everything Phil Collins forever.

What about "In The Air Tonight?" There were some great Genesis songs too, like "I Can't Dance". The video was hysterical for that one.

Also, Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

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takeasiesta wrote >>
@michaelcoyote = MC I have a lot of 80's R&B like Prince, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson etc. What about Run DMC or some other old school rap? I'll look through them and copy some for you if you want.
I really don't work from a playlist since I like the concept of albums and have way too many CDs that haven't been ripped.
Songs off the top of head:
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
Mr. Big - To Be With You
The Whispers - Rock Steady
Maybe some Tom Petty? Or do you want to stay indie and less pop? I think I remember hearing The Cure last time I was there around Halloween. Maybe Billy Idol, The Cars, Duran Duran, Heart, Joan Jett? I have an unnatural love for Van Halen. I could go on and on...

Yeah, I'm pretty particular about my 80s (and most music really). I'm probably going to stay pretty close to what I listened to then except cooler.

I'm never going to play Eddy Money, but the Cars? Sure. Duran Duran was pretty heavy rotation at dances back in the day, and I'm pretty sure that Girls On Film would get people on the floor.

I'd play some Billy Idol, sure even though he was never a fave of mine. White Wedding and Dancing With Myself are classic 80s dance staples. Joan Jet is another I'm not a huge fan of but with classic hits worth putting in rotation that would probably keep a floor moving.

The 80s rap, I'd probably throw in if I had more R&B and post-disco/no-wave to segue into it with. I only had Eric B & Rakim on the laptop, but I had no songs that I could play in and out of it. Rock Steady is a great song. As for 80s hip-hop I'd probably play Run-DMC, but also Slick Rick, Mantronix, Kurtus Blow and Herbie Hancock

agtw31 wrote >>
wow,no Poison?
ha

Heh.. Maybe. I'd probably slip in some early Van Halen and some Ratt, because I think it's fun and funny

Posted 2 years ago #
ohiojimmie
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I love the Cars. I hope to introduce my wedding party to 'Living in Stereo.' There may even be some slowmotion striptease to go along with it. Thank you Phoebe Cates and the Ridgemont High creators.

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batmanwest wrote >>
Here is my typical playlist that I use at work whenever the dumb hillbillys/rednecks really get me down. Played on random everytime...

Hah. Rednecks at the office.. Nice :-p

I don't do the random thing all that often. I like to set up my playlists and make track selection the same way I'd do with a mixtape. I guess it's how I learned, and I always liked making mixtapes.

batmanwest wrote >>
Yacht-Psychic City

I really love this track. It's probably the most fun new song I heard last year, but I never heard anything else by them.

batmanwest wrote >>
The Dead Milkmen-Dean's Dream

The Dead Milkmen's "Big Lizard in my Backyard" album got me through high school.

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I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)-- Hall & Oates

Hey Sandy (theme from Pete & Pete) -- Polaris

I'm Not the Man I Used To Be-- Fine Young Cannibals

The best Cars song ever is still Drive, although it's a slow song. Then again if I ever DJed I'd probably suck because I'd play lots of slow songs like Surrender by Suicide. Like, wear-my-letter-jacket-baby type stuff.

More Than This-- Bryan Ferry

...and don't laugh but Come On Eileen might be one of my favorite songs ever, yes I know it's overplayed, but it makes the ladies shake it, and might even get some Eileens to come on.

Don't forget Jesus and Mary Chain, Pretenders, Naked Eyes, Kate Bush, Gang of Four, KLF...

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As far as 80's pop/dance tunes go maybe some GoGo's& Young MC..?? If tipsy enough, I'd most definitely shake my ass to that. Sometimes I do accidentally while sober behind the bar ;-)

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+1 Go-Go's

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