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 Oct 2 2008, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE (Bruegel @ Oct 1 2008, 03:59 PM)  Could you run a '101 songs from 1983 I think you should hear' thread in parallel with this one please. Alright then, I will. Most of what I have from this year is on vinyl and I don't have the means to rip it so there's going to be some linking to what I can find on blogs and, occasionally, I'll imagine I'll have to resort to youtube. This won't necessarily amount to a short selling cos you'll sometimes get some interesting stuff on the side from people who are prepared to go to a lot of trouble in a way that I'm not. You might, for example, get a picture of a bloke from the Mekons dressed as a giant beetle. The point is that 1983 was not a bad year, not as bad a year as a cold squint at the charts would suggest anyway, so lets go back and look at it from round the back. It's also likely to unfold quite slowly on account of real life interference and the unavailability of particular songs at any given time. All links live and tested at time of posting but not my responsibility long-term. Here we go. # 101 The Three Johns - A.W.O.L.  The Three Johns were a sort of West Yorkshire cousin to Big Black. Guitars, bass, sneering and machine. But where Albini concerned himself with who was fucking whom, and why he wasn't getting any, the Johns were concerned much more with who was being fucked over by their appalling government (nearly everyone as it happened). A.W.O.L. was their third single and one of their best so lucky for me (and you) that it came out in 1983 and is up on this blog http://www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/news/?p=660 Three Johns Factoid # 1 - band featured Jon Langford from The Mekons, now resident in Chicago Three Johns Factoid # 2 - only 2 of them were actually called John (or Jon) which makes them a bit like ZZ Top but, er, not really. Next up: whatever I can find, bear with me. |
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Oct 2 2008, 02:15 PM
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Oct 2 2008, 10:35 PM
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I'm hoping for improvement in this thread
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Oct 3 2008, 12:33 AM
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This thread could be pretty stellar.
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Oct 3 2008, 12:47 AM
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Do we all get to play?
Rock For Light -------------------- QUOTE (Montana @ Oct 16 2009, 01:01 PM) Not really. And 13th Floor is commercial, watered down west coast hippie bullshit which sadly inflicted most American rock acts at the time. GOTCHA |
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Oct 3 2008, 01:49 AM
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Knock yourself out.
# 100 Intaferon - Get out of London  An intro strangely reminiscent of The Fall's 'Fit and working again' gives way to cold war doomsday scenario delivered in an urgent style suggestive of "Subterranean homesick blues" but, for all the highbrow reference points, this song sounds like it was written and produced with the deliberate intention of having a hit. It was not a hit. It is pretty catchy though. I heard it a few times in 1983 and never again until now but it stuck in my mind. Still sounds alright. More background and link here - http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=41 Next up: probably The Fall. I think we've waited long enough. |
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Oct 3 2008, 01:55 AM
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Dio - Holy Diver  Seriously, this song owns your ass. -------------------- QUOTE (Montana @ Oct 16 2009, 01:01 PM) Not really. And 13th Floor is commercial, watered down west coast hippie bullshit which sadly inflicted most American rock acts at the time. GOTCHA |
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Oct 3 2008, 12:47 PM
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At risk of peaking too early, I give you -
# 98 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized  There can be no song more SOMB. CODE http://www.dane101.com/files/music/SuicidalTendencies-Institutionalized.mp3
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Oct 3 2008, 01:20 PM
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#1 Shaking Through - R.E.M.
thread over thanks for playing No really. I'll edit this post with the fish when I get home and can rip it. -------------------- "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business."
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Oct 3 2008, 05:25 PM
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David Bowie's "Let's Dance" album came out in 1983. I actually think it is better than some of his 1970s work.
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Oct 4 2008, 03:42 AM
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"That's Love" by Jim Capaldi -------------------- I fully support people doing drugs on the streets. I'm sick and tired of people being selfish by doing drugs in the privacy of their own homes. Do it on the streets where you can share with your friends and neighbors. It's the Christian thing to do.
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Oct 4 2008, 10:03 PM
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QUOTE (Badger @ Oct 3 2008, 12:47 PM) At risk of peaking too early, I give you - # 98 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized There can be no song more SOMB. CODE http://www.dane101.com/files/music/SuicidalTendencies-Institutionalized.mp3 Every time I read Chuck Klosterman's claim "punk rock never saved anyone's life," I think of this song and the tremdous amount of comfort it gave me when I was in high school in the '80s. Did it save my life? I dunno. But it sure-god helped. Good thread, Badger. |
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Oct 4 2008, 10:40 PM
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QUOTE (professionaldumbass @ Oct 4 2008, 09:03 PM) Every time I read Chuck Klosterman's claim "punk rock never saved anyone's life," I think of this song and the tremdous amount of comfort it gave me when I was in high school in the '80s. Did it save my life? I dunno. But it sure-god helped. Because all you wanted was a Pepsi? |
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Oct 4 2008, 11:24 PM
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Mother fuck Jim Capaldi (and I mean that in the best possible way)!
This will be the best thread the SOMB has ever known. I absolutely love Holy Diver...I'm putting it on right now. I never got into Suicidal Tendencies. I guess I can now see the appeal. Could this be the thread that sucks....... ...me back into the SOMB? 1983 is right in the wheelhouse. |
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Oct 4 2008, 11:34 PM
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I think my love for Holy Diver (the cassette of which I am now playing) lies in Vinny Appice's approach to the drums on this one--three bars time, one bar fill*. It fucking works.
Listening to ""Invisible" right now...honestly, I spent a LOT of time playing along to this record. It likely influences my playing to this day. Okay, I'm realizing the original intent of this thread...SONGS. I'll go away now. This record fucking rocks top to bottom, though--no duds. *shit, it's more like one bar time to one bar fill! The drums are really special on this record--Vinny's just given free reign. Viv Campbell is prefect on this as well....god...what a fucking great record! |
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Oct 4 2008, 11:54 PM
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Violent Femmes - Gimme The Car  -------------------- QUOTE (Montana @ Oct 16 2009, 01:01 PM) Not really. And 13th Floor is commercial, watered down west coast hippie bullshit which sadly inflicted most American rock acts at the time. GOTCHA |
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Oct 5 2008, 07:15 AM
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QUOTE (theremin @ Oct 5 2008, 05:54 AM) # 96 Violent Femmes - Gimme The Car Ha! I was just getting to them. Maybe later. QUOTE (Seamus @ Oct 5 2008, 05:34 AM) Okay, I'm realizing the original intent of this thread...SONGS. I'll go away now. No! Come back! This thread welcomes & embraces the tangent. |
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Oct 5 2008, 08:48 AM
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# 95
Q - The Voice Of Q  Spooky spacey disco tune makes good use of then-fashionable vocoder sound. Background blurb and link at this blog http://beatelectric.blogspot.com/2008/01/t...voice-of-q.html Note, this says it was 1982 but I think that's probably just the © notice, I'm pretty sure it came out in 1983. (edit - reminded of this by its inclusion in the very good Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi mix that came out a month ago) |
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Oct 5 2008, 01:26 PM
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Cabaret Voltaire - Over and over  Cabaret Voltaire, what a band. Don't know why more isn't made of them now. By this time they were on a biggish budget at Virgin and had ditched the lo-fi scratchiness of their home-made early work for 'real' instruments and production but certain motifs remain constant - a creeping eastern influence and the momentum acquired through heavy repitition. The production dates this slightly but it still kicks pretty hard. http://www.zshare.net/audio/8242194a5d8440/ |
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