From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #229 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, August 30 2007 Volume 13 : Number 229 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- 78 - 86 [Adam Kimmel ] Re: 78 - 86 [Doug ] Re: 78 - 86 [Ellen Rawson ] Re: 78 - 86 [meredith ] Re: 78 - 86 [Yngve Hauge ] Re: 78 - 86 [Ellen Rawson ] RE: 78 - 86 (WAS: RE: Need a little bit of help here ...) ["Bill Mazur" <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:54:47 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: 78 - 86 Hmmm, sounds like a challenge to me. This, unfortunately, was a bit of a fallow period for me, as punk wasn't really my thing. I'm sure you'll be wanting something recogniseable and upbeat, so I'll not mention any of my Hammill stuff. Still: Peter Gabriel did some brilliant tunes in this period: Games Without Frontiers Shock the Monkey In Your Eyes Sledgehammer Don't Give Up Big Time As did the Talking Heads: Life During War Time Once in a Life Time Burning Down the House Also, Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd I Got You by Split Enz Don't Dream It's over by Crowded House Owner of a Lonely Heart by yes Driver 8 by REM Can't Get There from Here by REM Shattered, Start Me Up and Miss You by the Rolling Stones If You Leave Me, Can I Come To? by Mental As Anything (always wins my "Best Song Title" prize, as well as being a fantastic song) RAttlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Pretty in Pink by the Psychedellic Furs Frederick and Because the Night by Patti Smith Running Up that Hill by Kate Bush The Salt in My Tears by martin Briley (obscure, but great power pop and a minor MTV hit) Twilight Zone by Golden Earring Don't You Want Me by the Human League Rock the Casbah by the Clash Better Things by the Kinks (a personal fave, being an anthem of hope at a baad time) Umm, oh there must be many more, but I suppose it all depends on where you were at the time. I seem to remember listening, defiantly, to loads of prog, and my top album of that time was Hammill's "Sitting Targets" (about to be re-released! Yayy!) I'm sure there's others out there that can do alot better, but offhand, these are the more commercial songs that I can remember filtering through. It would be interesting to see what others here come up with: I'm sure it will be a great nostalgic trip for us all -- bring it on! Adam K. > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:11:26 +0200 > From: Yngve Hauge > Subject: Need a little bit of help here ... > > Hi, > > I'm gonna put together a collection of songs released between 1978 and > 1986 > for a class reunion. Since I can't be there myself I want to make a mark. > So > if you were gonna pick songs from that period, what would they be? > > - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:34:47 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: 78 - 86 > Better Things by the Kinks (a personal fave, being an anthem of hope at a baad Did Dar Williams cover that, or is her choice of song names just a coincidence? - --Doug ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:05:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: 78 - 86 - --- Doug wrote: > > Better Things by the Kinks (a personal fave, being > an anthem of hope at a baad > > Did Dar Williams cover that, or is her choice of > song names just a coincidence? No coicidence. She covered the Kinks' song. I spent a good chunk of the '80s telling my students that '80s music just wasn't as good as '70s music. But then I was a fan of Renaissance, Fairport Convention, Janis Ian, etc. in the '70s. :) Ellen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:12:02 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: 78 - 86 Hi, Doug wrote: >>Better Things by the Kinks (a personal fave, being an anthem of hope at a baad > > > Did Dar Williams cover that, or is her choice of song names just a coincidence? Yes, she did. IMHO it's a great version, too. - -- =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== hear at the HOMe House Concert Series http://hom.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:20:44 +0200 From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: 78 - 86 I did actually decide to do 2 collection of song - the commercial one and then a second one not that commercial :) These are the songs I've picked this far (not taken the replies into concideration as of now - and I recon the songs are a mix from both collections too): Talking Heads - Psychokillers Blondie - Atomic A-Ha - The Swing of Things or Take On Me (or both) Cocteau Twins - Ivo Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around or perhaps Edge of Seventeen Fleetwood Mac - Sara 10000 Maniacs - Can't Ignore the Train Renaissance - (gotta pick a song but no clue which) Dead Can Dance - In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:10:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: 78 - 86 - --- Yngve Hauge wrote: > Renaissance - (gotta pick a song but no clue which) From '78-'86 here are some ideas. "Northern Lights" is a shorter song from "Song for All Seasons" (released in 1978, the title track, and another song, "Day of the Dreamer", from it are longer ones in the older-style Renaissance material, but they're not as strong, imho, as "Ashes are Burning", "Mother Russia", etc. However, "Northern Lights" was their only top 10 song. Later Renaissance albums were a bit different, as they tried for more of a contemporary feel. But maybe "Jekyll and Hyde" (from "Azure d'Or", 1979), "Ukraine Ways" (more of the 'Russian', classical feel of older songs, such as "Kiev" and "Mother Russia"), "Camera, Camera" or "Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)" (from "Camera, Camera", 1981). *sigh* I'm becoming nostalgic. I saw them perform those songs live way back when in the '70s and early '80s. And I saw them at the Astoria in London in 2001 for their warm-up gig for the short Japan tour they reunited for briefly. They recorded 'Tuscany', that reunion CD, at drummer Terry Sullivan's studio in the town where I live. *sigh* Can you tell I'm a fan? :) Ellen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:41:59 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: RE: 78 - 86 (WAS: RE: Need a little bit of help here ...) Hi Yngve, I am assuming that since it is a class reunion that you would be looking at more popular songs versus obscure ones. I am going with that premise. Here are a few that popped into my head and are favorites of mine from that era. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles Vienna - Ultravox Reap The Wild Wind - Ultravox Hymn - Ultravox Girls on Film - Duran Duran Save A Prayer - Duran Duran New Toy - Lena Lovich Saved By Zero - The Fixx One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx Red Skies - The Fixx Icehouse - Icehouse All the best! Bill - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Yngve Hauge Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:11 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Need a little bit of help here ... Hi, I'm gonna put together a collection of songs released between 1978 and 1986 for a class reunion. Since I can't be there myself I want to make a mark. So if you were gonna pick songs from that period, what would they be? - -- Yngve ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #229 ***************************