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LPs rule, your fucking mp3 pick n choose a song rubbish killed the best thing in music, the album.
True dat.
However, let's not forget that the 80s were when even well-produced albums started to sound shit because of the advance of digital recording.
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[Hm, it won't let me submit this post in one chunk, so let's try to split it up.]
I didn't find much that I liked in the 80s. The vast majority of what I listen to is earlier. These aren't so much musical as lyrical selections, as that's really what I'm interested in. No particular order.
Lou Reed - New York. My favourite album. I also love the two follow-ups, Songs for Drella (with John Cale) and Magic & Loss (both in the 90s), but none of his subsequent work.
Lou Reed Romeo Had Juliette (HQ) - YouTube
The Kinks - Since they're my favourite band, I like almost anything by them (except for 'Schoolboys in Disgrace' and some of the other early 70s stuff, obviously). 80s albums include State of Confusion, Think Visual, and UK Jive.
The Kinks - Bright Lights.mpg - YouTube
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz [Official Music Video] - YouTube
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The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, Now That's What I Call Quite Good (compilation). I always liked Paul Heaton's lyrics from that time, although not his later work.
The Housemartins - Build - YouTube
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman and Crossroads
Tracy Chapman - All that you have is your soul - YouTube
The Hooters - Nervous Night and One Way Home. I don't think that these have great lyrics, but they're the first band I liked, so they have a place here for nostalgic reasons. I still like some of the songs very much.
the Hooters - South Ferry Road + lyrics - YouTube
BAP - Zwesche Salzjebäck un Bier
Midnight Oil - I like a lot of their work from the 80s, but mainly Bird Noises, Species Deceases, Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining. Favourites are really individual songs like 'The Dead Heart' or 'Gunbarrel Highway'. I've always liked their lyrics.
Midnight Oil Gunbarrel Highway Australia 2005 - YouTube
Billy Joel - Storm Front
Billy Joel - And So It Goes - YouTube
I can't think of a tenth favourite, although there are obviously other 80s things that I like.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfxgOMVGPms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYKh72NXig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSsXRWhfN3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu-eHCkEh-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJXWQXwNb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvPZo52X5vo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyAROLpqbo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObtEUFKiIzE
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well I didn't make a mixtape, but I made this
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO7_iU-eI-WO9gvuuRFX_6iKi-cBBp9s6
-eI-WO9gvuuRFX_6iKi-cBBp9s6
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No particular order... apart from my number 1.
Prince - 1999
Mantronix - Got to have your love
InDeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
Grandmaster .... - White Lines
Inner city - Good life
Inner city - Big fun
Odyssey - Going back to my roots
Taylor Dane - Tell it to my heart
Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid
Pointer Sisters - I'm so excited ( my number 1 )
Oliver Schick
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Titan_Uranus
EB
JaRyder
gios78
hoefla
d-goods
Markyboy
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You'll need to apologise for each and every one separately, I'm afraid. One blanket apology just won't do. :)