What are you listening to?

[CharlieH.]

The Firehouse Five Plus Two!

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[Rafter]

Billboards top ten for each year.
Starting with 1981....
"Jessie's Girl", "Physical", "9 to 5", "Queen of Hearts"
Next 1983 and 1986!

1983 was the "quintessential" 80's music year!!
I remember seeing the groundbreaking videos on MTV.
Many songs from that great year are on my i-Pod.

The Police, Every Breath You Take
Yes, Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Eddy Grant, Electric Avenue
Greg Kihn Band, Jeopardy
Billy Joel, Uptown Girl
Don Henley, Dirty Laundry
Donna Summer, She Works Hard for the Money
Duran Duran, Hungry Like the Wolf
Men At Work, Overkill
Men Without Hats, The Safety Dance
Styx, Mr. Roboto
The Police, King of Pain
The Romantics, Talking in Your Sleep
Duran Duran, Is There Something I Should Know
Pat Benatar, Love Is A Battlefield
Quiet Riot, Cum on Feel the Noize
Stevie Nicks, Stand Back
Thomas Dolby, She Blinded Me with Science
Daryl Hall & John Oates, Family Man
Huey Lewis & The News, Heart and Soul
Journey, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
The Clash, Rock the Casbah
Talking Heads, Burning Down the House
Bryan Adams, Straight From the Heart

My i-Pod has these gems from '86-
Wang Chung, Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Simply Red, Holding Back The Years
Mike + The Mechanics, All I Need Is A Miracle
John Mellancamp, R-O-C-K In The USA
Michael McDonald/Patti LaBelle, On My Own
Eddie Money, Take Me Home Tonight
Bon Jovi, Wanted Dead Or Alive
Human League, Only Human
Rolling Stones, The Harlem Shuffle

 

[Joie DeVive]

1983

I have to say you have a choice list there Rafter.

I always have had a soft spot for Huey Lewis..

 

[Hondo]

Oliver

Where is love?
Does it fall from skies above?
Is it underneath the willow tree
That I've been dreaming of?
Where is she?
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet "hello"
That's only meant for me?
Who can say where she may hide?
Must I travel far and wide?
'Til I am beside the someone who
I can mean something to ...
Where...?
Where is love?

Who can say where...she may hide?
Must I travel...far and wide?
'Til I am beside...the someone who
I can mean...something to...
Where?
Where is love?

 

[Rafter]

Where is love?
Does it fall from skies above?
Is it underneath the willow tree
That I've been dreaming of?
Where is she?
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet "hello"
That's only meant for me?
Who can say where she may hide?
Must I travel far and wide?
'Til I am beside the someone who
I can mean something to ...
Where...?
Where is love?

That's from Oliver! Hondo, Here's a "twist"!!
http://thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=320935&postcount=493
The other day I posted something about Jack Wild,
who was the Artful Dodger in the 1969 film.
He died last year after a very tragic life.

Mark Lester (Oliver Twist) sang an awful version of that song you posted... butchered it badly in the film. Wild was far more talented and was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of the Artful Dodger!

After seeing that film on the television when I was about 9, I made my parents buy me a "Newsboy" cap (like the one Oliver had).
I've been wearing one ever since, and it's become somewhat of my trademark!!

Here's another bit of trivia- Jack Wild was discovered by talent agent June Collins, mother of rock star Phil Collins.

 

[Hondo]

Wild had serious drug problem, but seemed to be coming out of it, real sad, glad you got the cap Yeah I always favored Jack Wilds version, when I was years younger, we'd have drunk'n bouts and sing this song, got many laughs

 

[Dinerman]

Listening to the Violent Femmes.
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[Rosie]

THe Roots

 

[Lincsong]

Sinatra

 

[Dinerman]

Moved on in my playlist. Now I'm on Dispatch.

 

[Sweet Polly Purebred]

Arthur Blythe "Down San Diego Way" .. Absolutely smokin'. As Stanley Crouch writes in the liner notes: "Oh yes, a fiery galaxy of talent."

 

[MKL]

Wars Years. Songs during the 1940's - various artists and bands. Good stuff.

 

[PastimeSteve]

I thought I should stay in this thread:

Let's see, here's a sampling of some stuff I just put on my new MP3. I guess I'm fairly eccentric:

Smithereens
Honeymoon Suite
Jeremy Camp
Billy Joel
Springsteen (Human Touch)
CCR
Bobby Darin
Rod Stewart (You wear it well)
Eagles
Crowded House
Queen
Superman march -- John Williams
The name is Bond, James Bond -- Casino Royale soundtrack

Steve

 

[Lesvinyl]

Forever Changes by Love. I guess I'm more into 60's psychedelic and 70's prog rock than any golden era music. Blasphemy, I know!

 

[SarahLouise]

I've been listening to lots of western swing/hillbilly stuff lately such as Bob Wills, Maddox Brothers & Rose and Johnny Bond.

 

[Liz]

My current obsession is an Indonesian girl garage group from the '60s called Dara Puspita. They are totally amazing! If you do a search on YouTube, you can hear their music -- which is a great alternative to trying to buy the actual LPs, which seem to be very expensive.

 

[beaucaillou]

Velvet Underground.

yet again,
since adolesence.

and Johann Johannsson, the new Arcade Fire (still), Jesu, Jason Anderson, Tom Waits (Like Velvet Undergorund, a musician who is my sonic 'Glue'), Colleen, (smog), Philip Glass, and older Belle & Sebastian.

 

[Sunny]

For the last week or so, "Tales of the Texas Rangers" at work. A woefully underappreciated true-crime show, with the not-inconsiderable bonus of starring Joel McCrea.

In between times, mostly the Andrews Sisters. A couple friends and my youngest brother are working on learning their songs. We've got "In the Mood" down! I'm going to try splicing together an instrumental accompaniment, hopefully today.

 

[Technonut]

Right Now:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town

Next Up:

The Best Of Lita Ford

Foreigner - Foreigner


Rock On.....

 

[Quigley Brown]

I'm having fun listening to a Falco LP I found at the Goodwill this week...he was pretty original. Ooops, just slipped on some Thomas Dolby.... Earlier was Walter/Wendy Carlos' Switched on Bach...all on LP.