Pearl Ram Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, CWC1983 said: Brilliant, your own piece of British pop history from one of the greats. I suppose it is in a small way, I joined C & D for a six week tour and stayed three years, they were great, good blokes and great musicians, they know everybody, they are quite highly regarded "in the biz" oh, and they were well into their football before it became vogue for celebs to hang on to it. We went to Tottenham quite a lot and they played at the aforementioned cup final celebrations, that was a great night, we left the venue just after five in the morning, absolutely pished...happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskination Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 18 hours ago, Gypsy Ram said: The 80's were embarrassing. The clothes , the hair, the mainstream music all awful. Yes, and this Sabrina track encapsulates that. Real tongue in cheek stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskination Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 6 hours ago, EastHertsRam said: Ok, I was working for Chas & Dave at the time, when they recorded the cup final song, it was a bloomin' nuisance, can you get this can you do that, so when we were scheduled to do TOTP I asked the tour manager if I could give it the bodyswerve because I didn't fancy running after the Tottenham players again all day. Now, I'm a huge Beatles fan and Chas & Dave know Paul McCartney from the time he produced a hit for Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers who Chas and drummer Mickey Burt were in. Anyway, P McC turns up to do TOTP and C & D spent the day with him, which I would have done as well being on their crew, it's what we did. They told him how gutted I'd be when they told me he was there and he sent me a note which I've still got that says To Den, Where were you ? Giving it the old bodyswerve again ? Paul McCartney. I can post a picture of it but it will have to be tomorrow now, it's up in the loft. Yes, a picture would be great. And of anything else you've got. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskination Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 I guess nobody will have much to say about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 A hit in 91, but originally released in 89 so I'm going to include it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On 28 Oct 2016 at 18:27, Angry Ram said: Guilty pleasure.. Going back a bit further Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp.. " guilty pleasure"?? You had me at REO Speedwagon AR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 A few of mine transcend both 70s and 90s... Massive Attack Bomb The Base Art of Noise Orange Juice Prefab Sprout The Durutti Colulm Frankie Knuckles Even some of The Clash great work came in 81/2 with Combat Rock. New Order Simple Minds ( everything up to Sparkle) Husker Du The Pixies Comsat Angels The KLF This Mortal Coil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 educated in 80s music by my parents. Smiths, Ultravox, New Order, Stone Roses, Joy Division, Specials, Madness.. bright lights in an otherwise poor music period - so I'm told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Nina Hagen - Album: NunSexMonkRock 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Animal is a Ram said: educated in 80s music by my parents. Smiths, Ultravox, New Order, Stone Roses, Joy Division, Specials, Madness.. bright lights in an otherwise poor music period - so I'm told 'Poor' is arguable. The 80s was an interesting time. There was a period from 82-86 when British acts ruled the world. Something not achieved before or since when all of the creativity came together in some unique way to create global hits like no other period in music. It was a maturing and melding of punk and synth-pop genres to create middle of the road stadium rock for the masses. Think of The Police, Genesis, Phil Collins, Tears for Fears, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham, Sting, George Michael, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Spandau Ballet, Def Leppard and Eurythmics. It's a big list, and today its hard to imagine just how big and how dominant these acts were. Add to that an 80s renaissance for some 70s superstars: Elton John, David Bowie and Queen, and in many ways the 1980s can be viewed as the very pinnacle of British popular music. Time though hasn't been kind, and much 80s music sounds very dated today. The British global domination came to a swift end in 1987 when a new fangled 'acid house' sound came out of Chicago nightclubs. Out with stadium rock. In with raves in a field outside Milton Keynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 4 minutes ago, therealhantsram said: The 80s was an interesting time. There was a period from 82-86 when British acts ruled the world. Something not achieved before or since when all of the creativity came together in some unique way to create global hits like no other period in music. It was a maturing and melding of punk and synth-pop genres to create middle of the road stadium rock for the masses. Think of The Police, Genesis, Phil Collins, Tears for Fears, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham, Sting, George Michael, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Spandau Ballet, Def Leppard and Eurythmics. It's a big list, and today its hard to imagine just how big and how dominant these acts were. Add to that an 80s renaissance for some 70s superstars: Elton John, David Bowie and Queen, and in many ways the 1980s can be viewed as the very pinnacle of British popular music. Time though hasn't been kind, and much 80s music sounds very dated today. The British global domination came to a swift end in 1987 when a new fangled 'acid house' sound came out of Chicago nightclubs. Out with stadium rock. In with raves in a field outside Milton Keynes. I'd argue that Stock Aitken & Waterman had a much greater negative impact on British music. I remember at one point, they were responsible for 12 of the top 20 singles. Compared to their constant dirge, house music was somewhat refreshing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Wolfie said: I'd argue that Stock Aitken & Waterman had a much greater negative impact on British music. I remember at one point, they were responsible for 12 of the top 20 singles. Compared to their constant dirge, house music was somewhat refreshing IMO. I wouldn't argue with that. House music was the kick up the arse that a, by then, stagnant music scene needed. And without house music there would have been no Stones Roses , no Happy Mondays etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 the 80s were absolute quality, so much diversity and variety. It was inventive whilst structured and creative. More than anything though, there seemed to be an innocence to the music. It was before gangster rap and obscenities which in my opinion and ruined popular music culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 U2 the Joshua tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i-Ram Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Just dipping in here, where l don't think Talk Talk are getting enough mention, and XTC too are worthy of a name call (although they perhaps were late 70's). In fact there are so many "80's" groups not mentioned so far who for a time gloriously caught the moment. ABC and Heaven 17 being good examples. Nothing wrong with the early 80's IMO but it did fizzle out as the decade went on. Perhaps though that feeling just came from getting married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 7 hours ago, i-Ram said: Just dipping in here, where l don't think Talk Talk are getting enough mention, and XTC too are worthy of a name call (although they perhaps were late 70's). In fact there are so many "80's" groups not mentioned so far who for a time gloriously caught the moment. ABC and Heaven 17 being good examples. Nothing wrong with the early 80's IMO but it did fizzle out as the decade went on. Perhaps though that feeling just came from getting married. Ahhhhhh.... How did I forget Talk Talk. Famously sued by their own record label for " willfull negligence" for an album that went on to become a benchmark for just about anything electronica since the dawn of the 90s. Amazingly talented man Mark Hollis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskination Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 12 hours ago, Squid said: More than this at 2.15? Although there were those Bowie/Jagger rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskination Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 My absolute favourite of about a top 1000. And on a continuing scale of personal disclosure which I may regret, yes, John Taylor was the reason I picked up the bass guitar and yes, I had the dyed blonde fringey bit On another note, when it's been music and beers etc at my place I always bide my time before gently asking for their rendition of Rio on the bass. For those with a bent for the bass here's the best on the net imo, and there's quite a few to choose from. One with the least views too. She's got the ghosting (for the pedantic, I know there are issues but there's no denying that flow).. Closely followed by: And... There's a guy who plays a six string too who does a great job but I want to hear it off a four, or a five string at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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