January 1st 1983

[Marky Dread]

The subtitle to this thread "The day that Heston's music died".

Pick your favourite songs from 1983 onwards that Heston never got to hear because his music brain split from his being in 1982.

This Is The Day - The The
The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen
Just Got Lucky - Joboxers
The Sun and The Rain - Madness
A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues

[Low Down Low]

Love the Joboxers. A few personal favs from '83:

Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Blancmange - Waves
Flash and the Pan - Waiting on a Train
Joan Armatrading - Drop the Pilot

Personally, I'd put the "year the music died" a good bit later, or the year I just lost interest in chart music. Fact is U2 were still half decent in 1983 and much as I tried, i just couldn't hate the Wham! Rap.

[Marky Dread]

Love the Joboxers. A few personal favs from '83:

Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Blancmange - Waves
Flash and the Pan - Waiting on a Train
Joan Armatrading - Drop the Pilot

Personally, I'd put the "year the music died" a good bit later, or the year I just lost interest in chart music. Fact is U2 were still half decent in 1983 and much as I tried, i just couldn't hate the Wham! Rap.

"Rip It Up" and "Shipbuilding" are fantastic! I still have that fold-out tri sleeve 7" of "Shipbuilding .

[Low Down Low]

Love the Joboxers. A few personal favs from '83:

Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Blancmange - Waves
Flash and the Pan - Waiting on a Train
Joan Armatrading - Drop the Pilot

Personally, I'd put the "year the music died" a good bit later, or the year I just lost interest in chart music. Fact is U2 were still half decent in 1983 and much as I tried, i just couldn't hate the Wham! Rap.

"Rip It Up" and "Shipbuilding" are fantastic! I still have that fold-out tri sleeve 7" of "Shipbuilding .

Definitely my pick of the bunch. One of Elvis' very best for me and while Wyatts vocals are a bit quirky, i think they really suit that song. And if there's a genre called "pure pop", then Rip it Up is the apogee for me. Every note, every vocal twitch is a sheer sonic delight.

[revbob]

The subtitle to this thread "The day that Heston's music died".

Pick your favourite songs from 1983 onwards that Heston never got to hear because his music brain split from his being in 1982.

This Is The Day - The The
The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen
Just Got Lucky - Joboxers
The Sun and The Rain - Madness
A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues

Im confused have there been further such declarations made? Perhaps Ive been too focused on the start of music being 1964 or thereabouts.

[Heston]

War Baby - Tom Robinson
The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three
A Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style Council
Hey You The Rocksteady Crew - The Rocksteady Crew

[Marky Dread]

The subtitle to this thread "The day that Heston's music died".

Pick your favourite songs from 1983 onwards that Heston never got to hear because his music brain split from his being in 1982.

This Is The Day - The The
The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen
Just Got Lucky - Joboxers
The Sun and The Rain - Madness
A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues

Im confused have there been further such declarations made? Perhaps Ive been too focused on the start of music being 1964 or thereabouts.

Heston wanted the musical world to finish in 1982. It's been on all the news channels and in the national press.

[Marky Dread]

War Baby - Tom Robinson
The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three
A Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style Council
Hey You The Rocksteady Crew - The Rocksteady Crew

Nice list. If only your evil twin understood the greatness of these songs.

[Marky Dread]

The 80s were a strange era. Heston wanted our lips to be sealed. But there had to be a few careless whispers.

[Heston]

War Baby - Tom Robinson
The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three
A Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style Council
Hey You The Rocksteady Crew - The Rocksteady Crew

Nice list. If only your evil twin understood the greatness of these songs.

My evil twin was haunted by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

[Dr. Medulla]

So are we supposed to pick just 1983 or is it a 39-year spread, all the way to the present?

[Marky Dread]

So are we supposed to pick just 1983 or is it a 39-year spread, all the way to the present?

1983 onwards... Remember real music died at the end of 1982.

[Marky Dread]

War Baby - Tom Robinson
The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three
A Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style Council
Hey You The Rocksteady Crew - The Rocksteady Crew

Nice list. If only your evil twin understood the greatness of these songs.

My evil twin was haunted by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

[Dr. Medulla]

So are we supposed to pick just 1983 or is it a 39-year spread, all the way to the present?

1983 onwards... Remember real music died at the end of 1982.

Good gravy, that's too overwhelming. I'm going to stick to 1983 and get back to you.

edit: Look at all these shitty songs from '83.

The Fall, “Neighbourhood of Infinity”
New Order, “Blue Monday”
Aztec Camera, “Oblivious”
R.E.M., “Shaking Through”
Cocteau Twins, “Musette and Drums”
Violent Femmes, “Blister in the Sun”
Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House”
Bauhaus, “She’s in Parties”
OMD, “Telegraph”
The B-52’s, “Legal Tender”
X, “The New World”
Killing Joke, “Let’s Go Down to the Fire Dances”
Billy Bragg, “A New England”

[gkbill]

So are we supposed to pick just 1983 or is it a 39-year spread, all the way to the present?

1983 onwards... Remember real music died at the end of 1982.

Good gravy, that's too overwhelming. I'm going to stick to 1983 and get back to you.

edit: Look at all these shitty songs from '83.

The Fall, “Neighbourhood of Infinity”
New Order, “Blue Monday”
Aztec Camera, “Oblivious”
R.E.M., “Shaking Through”
Cocteau Twins, “Musette and Drums”
Violent Femmes, “Blister in the Sun”
Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House”
Bauhaus, “She’s in Parties”
OMD, “Telegraph”
The B-52’s, “Legal Tender”
X, “The New World”
Killing Joke, “Let’s Go Down to the Fire Dances”
Billy Bragg, “A New England”

Hello,

I'm with Doc. I gathered up a list of 1983 songs which included several selections from his list - I'd add She Was Hot by the Rolling Stones, Buffalo Gals by Malcolm McLaren, and Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You by the Ramones.