List your 80s guilty pleasures

MonkeyZero said:
You've openly admitted to running a spin class. Your credit here is now zero. Thanks for playing.

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oh yeah, spinning. mostly women in my class. I was also racing cat 3 road races and criteriums back then. Good cross training. I had no perceivable body fat. This is a guilty pleasures thread so you've just violated the trust that was present here. Thanks.
 
Nothing guilty about it. I swear that The Visitors is the best pop album ever released (if by Pop you mean after the 60s).
Pinnacle of melody, arrangements and what probably is the first major album recorded digitally.
Btw, one of my other fave albums was recorded in that very same studio just a few months after (Genesis' "Duke")

The breakups within the band brought something really honest to that album imo, and the performances are top.

 
Man in all the years of DJing that has got to be up there with one of the funnest gigs.

It took me 20 minutes to nip away to get changed at the end of the night, there was literally a queue of people wanting to take photos and tell me how much fun they had!



Playlist (there was so much more I wish I had time to play)

* = request

SOUNDCHECK
19:embarrassed:8 : CHVRCHES - Recover
19:embarrassed:9 : Robbie Robb - In Time

BACKGROUND
19:34 : Robbie Robb - In Time
19:39 : Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
19:42 : Christians - Ideal World
19:45 : Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need is a Miracle
19:48 : Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
19:52 : Madonna - Like A Prayer
19:57 : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
20:embarrassed:0 : Madness - Wings Of A Dove
20:embarrassed:3 : INXS - Mystify
20:embarrassed:6 : Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
20:10 : Bananarama - Venus
20:14 : Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
20:17 : Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
20:21 : Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
20:26 : Rod Stewart - Young hearts be free tonight
20:31 : Lionel Richie - All Night Long
20:37 : Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery
20:41 : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

INTRO AND FULL SET
*20:44 : Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
20:48 : Erasure - Little Respect
20:55 : Phil Oakey & Girgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
20:58 : Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
21:embarrassed:2 : George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
21:embarrassed:5 : Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
21:embarrassed:9 : Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
(CEILIDH) 21:24 : Tiffany - I think we're alone now
*21:30 : ABC - The Look Of Love
21:32 : Heaven 17 - Temptation
(CEILIDH) 21:44 : The Bluebells - Young At Heart
21:47 : The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
21:50 : Madness - Our House
21:53 : Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
21:56 : The Human League - Don't You Want Me
22:embarrassed:0 : Queen - I Want To Break Free
22:embarrassed:5 : Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
*22:embarrassed:8 : The Cult - The Cult - She Sells Sanctuar
22:12 : Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
22:16 : Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
22:21 : Eddie Grant - Give Me Hope Joanna
22:26 : Los Lobos - La Bamba
22:28 : Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
*22:33 : Madonna - Material Girl
*22:36 : Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
22:40 : Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
22:45 : Big Country - In A Big Country
*22:48 : Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
22:53 : Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
22:57 : Kenny Loggins - Footloose
23:embarrassed:0 : Jimmy Somerville and the Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
23:embarrassed:3 : New Order - Blue Monday '88
*23:embarrassed:8 : Soft Cell - Tainted Love
*23:11 : Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
23:13 : Toto - Africa
23:19 : Wham - I'm Your Man
23:23 : Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
23:26 : Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
23:28 : Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
23:31 : Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
23:35 : Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
23:39 : The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
 
jbj said:
Man in all the years of DJing that has got to be up there with one of the funnest gigs.

It took me 20 minutes to nip away to get changed at the end of the night, there was literally a queue of people wanting to take photos and tell me how much fun they had!



Playlist (there was so much more I wish I had time to play)

* = request

SOUNDCHECK
19:embarrassed:8 : CHVRCHES - Recover
19:embarrassed:9 : Robbie Robb - In Time

BACKGROUND
19:34 : Robbie Robb - In Time
19:39 : Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
19:42 : Christians - Ideal World
19:45 : Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need is a Miracle
19:48 : Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
19:52 : Madonna - Like A Prayer
19:57 : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
20:embarrassed:0 : Madness - Wings Of A Dove
20:embarrassed:3 : INXS - Mystify
20:embarrassed:6 : Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
20:10 : Bananarama - Venus
20:14 : Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
20:17 : Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
20:21 : Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
20:26 : Rod Stewart - Young hearts be free tonight
20:31 : Lionel Richie - All Night Long
20:37 : Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery
20:41 : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

INTRO AND FULL SET
*20:44 : Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
20:48 : Erasure - Little Respect
20:55 : Phil Oakey & Girgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
20:58 : Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
21:embarrassed:2 : George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
21:embarrassed:5 : Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
21:embarrassed:9 : Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
(CEILIDH) 21:24 : Tiffany - I think we're alone now
*21:30 : ABC - The Look Of Love
21:32 : Heaven 17 - Temptation
(CEILIDH) 21:44 : The Bluebells - Young At Heart
21:47 : The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
21:50 : Madness - Our House
21:53 : Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
21:56 : The Human League - Don't You Want Me
22:embarrassed:0 : Queen - I Want To Break Free
22:embarrassed:5 : Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
*22:embarrassed:8 : The Cult - The Cult - She Sells Sanctuar
22:12 : Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
22:16 : Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
22:21 : Eddie Grant - Give Me Hope Joanna
22:26 : Los Lobos - La Bamba
22:28 : Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
*22:33 : Madonna - Material Girl
*22:36 : Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
22:40 : Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
22:45 : Big Country - In A Big Country
*22:48 : Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
22:53 : Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
22:57 : Kenny Loggins - Footloose
23:embarrassed:0 : Jimmy Somerville and the Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
23:embarrassed:3 : New Order - Blue Monday '88
*23:embarrassed:8 : Soft Cell - Tainted Love
*23:11 : Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
23:13 : Toto - Africa
23:19 : Wham - I'm Your Man
23:23 : Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
23:26 : Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
23:28 : Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
23:31 : Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
23:35 : Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
23:39 : The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
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No "I Wanna Be A Cowboy?" "Tarzan Boy?" Tsk.
 
You know I took the wife out yesterday and drove her demented - every 15 minutes I'd go:

"SHIT, I didn't play Talking Heads"

"SHIT I forgot to do Tarzan Boy"

etc... :grin:

An old colleague of mine obviously didn't make it down near the front to see it was me but she was on FB raving about what a great time she was having at the festival and how awesome the music was on Friday night :embarrassed:
 
Dexter Inferno said:
Nothing guilty about it. I swear that The Visitors is the best pop album ever released (if by Pop you mean after the 60s).
Pinnacle of melody, arrangements and what probably is the first major album recorded digitally.
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That album got a ton of play in our house when it was current. I might not be completely on board with your estimation but it's a hell of a record. I smile patiently and don't take the bait with anyone who casually dismisses ABBA.
 
How the hell did I forget this? One of my all time favorite, and my headbanging friends got on my shit for liking it at the time. I didn't give a damn.

 
The 80's were when I realized that metal culture was a lot of bullshit. Kind of like hardcore culture.

How that got me into Willi Smith parachute pants is anyone's guess.
 
Danhedonia said:
The 80's were when I realized that metal culture was a lot of bullshit.
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My last "metal" (using the term loosely here) show was Whitesnake opening for Motely Crue at Tingley in the late 80s. Even at that point it was a giant clown car.
 
The 80s were a bit of a lost decade for me. Between getting married (Oct '79), moving twice, finishing school, having kids (83 and 91) I really didn't have a lot of time for pleasure, guilty or otherwise back then! Plus, spending 81-87 in Idaho Falls ensured that I was only minimally connected to popular culture...
 
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