Pop Hits from the 80s

rubber soul · 01-14-2023, 10:29 AM

Yep. My favorite song of 1982 (even though I'm not really a huge synth fan)

Synthgirl · 01-14-2023, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Yep. My favorite song of 1982 (even though I'm not really a huge synth fan)

As a massive lover of all things synth, it's a top tenner for me as well. Glad we can agree on that!

rubber soul · 01-14-2023, 10:56 AM

Don't get me wrong. I don't hate synth or anything like that. I'm just more of a folk-rock/college rock guy.

Lisnaholic · 01-15-2023, 08:30 AM

Sometimes a song is more catchy than you actually want it to be. That's the case with Tainted Love by Soft Cell, which was a big hit in the UK: hear it a couple of times by chance on the radio or a pub jukebox and you won't be able to get it out of your head.

So, if you don't know this song yet, you have been warned: it may live with you for longer than you want:-

Queen Boo · 01-15-2023, 09:33 AM

It's actually a cover of a 60s R&B song, both versions are great in their own ways.

Lisnaholic · 01-15-2023, 07:22 PM

Interesting to hear the two versions side by side!

For the record, the Soft Cell version was released in 1981. Four years later, and here's another song that was inescapable if you lived in the UK in 1985:-

And yes, this is also a cover version of a song, this time by Randy Crawford. Is that what the 80s were best at? Putting a modern gloss on older material?

Chula Vista · 01-15-2023, 08:17 PM

Love the song, love the video. one of the best of the MTV era.

ribbons · 01-16-2023, 02:29 PM

The mighty Tony Thompson on drums.

"Samples weren’t even around back then. So, bottom line, the sound came from a good kit, hit hard, in a nice live room." - Tony T.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf2MNCu5oqM

Chula Vista · 01-16-2023, 05:34 PM

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The mighty Tony Thompson on drums.

That was a very cool project. Did ya know that Tony and Robert died within two months of each other back in 2003?

Loved this.

ribbons · 01-17-2023, 12:18 PM

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That was a very cool project. Did ya know that Tony and Robert died within two months of each other back in 2003?

No, I had no idea. As you probably already know: Tony idolized John Bonham and emulated his big sound.

01-15-2023, 08:30 AM	#44 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Sometimes a song is more catchy than you actually want it to be. That's the case with Tainted Love by Soft Cell, which was a big hit in the UK: hear it a couple of times by chance on the radio or a pub jukebox and you won't be able to get it out of your head. So, if you don't know this song yet, you have been warned: it may live with you for longer than you want:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

01-15-2023, 07:22 PM	#46 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Interesting to hear the two versions side by side! For the record, the Soft Cell version was released in 1981. Four years later, and here's another song that was inescapable if you lived in the UK in 1985:- And yes, this is also a cover version of a song, this time by Randy Crawford. Is that what the 80s were best at? Putting a modern gloss on older material? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

01-15-2023, 08:17 PM	#47 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Love the song, love the video. one of the best of the MTV era. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

01-16-2023, 02:29 PM	#48 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	The mighty Tony Thompson on drums. "Samples weren’t even around back then. So, bottom line, the sound came from a good kit, hit hard, in a nice live room." - Tony T. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf2MNCu5oqM Last edited by ribbons; 01-16-2023 at 03:22 PM.