You Should Hear This: 1981

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:49 pm

FT Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

I thought I was the only one...

I have a diseased love for 80s Cooper.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:15 pm

Good job ruining the thread, the concept, and the board.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:26 pm

Pretty fantastic DIY'ers...think Robyn Hitchcock meets Martin Newell...the off-kilter bizarre lyrics, the jangle-pop, the DIY charm...it all gels.

I'll see your Billy Idol, and raise you one

Surprised no one's mentioned this yet (I'm lookin' at you Billy):

Gone are the two minute pop punk singles of their debut, here Monsieur Cash and Co. present a coherent, well executed rock & roll album...complete with kick-ass instrumental and a Sam the Sham cover.

Other decent records of note:

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:32 am

ShamWow! Wrote:

Pretty fantastic DIY'ers...think Robyn Hitchcock meets Martin Newell...the off-kilter bizarre lyrics, the jangle-pop, the DIY charm...it all gels.

Now, that's all I need to hear. I'm on it.

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:46 am

FT · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:16 am

DumpJack Wrote:

FT Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

I thought I was the only one...

I have a diseased love for 80s Cooper.

Me too - ESPECIALLY Flush The Fashion.

But I also used to wear this out, and even gave Zipper Catches Skin an embarrassing number of listens back in the day.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:18 am

ShamWow! Wrote:

I'll see your Billy Idol, and raise you one

Good call.

I had this, too.

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:02 pm

i just recently got round to getting the albums proper over the Beat This comp i've had for decades now. better late than never.

nobody · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:44 pm

Love all the English Beat albums. On the go, I have You Just Can't Beat It, which collects just about everything off all three plus a few singles. However, it inexplicably leaves out a couple album tracks. And listening in the original order is always nice. Plus, the individual albums all have their own unique character so they work nicely as individual pieces. I do still pull out the vinyl at home since I will often be in the mood for one or the other of them.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:26 pm

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:35 am

Not just an iconic album cover, but a pretty nasty slab of classic metal, too.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:54 am

These need to be mentioned.

Kraftwerk - Computer World
Might be my favorite Kraftwerk album. Definitely up there.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
I haven't been listening to OMD for very long, but I love this and Dazzle Ships.

Glenn Branca - The Ascension
Guitars guitars guitars

Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
Contains the hit song "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"! Covered by Moby!

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
I haven't really been listening to this band very long either, but I've been loving this and Kaleidoscope

Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
This I actually haven't listened to in a quite a while, but it's a really cool record. Maybe some of the easiest early/proto-industrial for me to stomach.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:06 pm

Some good picks -
Plimsouls, Fleshtones, Elvis C, The Cramps, Merle, I like that Furs record well enough, but their Warfield show in SF in '81 was perhaps the worst I've ever seen.

Rads - I'm intrigued by this >>> Carlene Carter

btw - the last great Stones record was Some Girls.

Dunno how this was forgotten -

Not as good as Present Tense, but worthy.

From Be Bop Deluxe, Red Noise and all the rest, an absolute gentleman and innovator. An effin great guitarist too.

Not for everyone, but I remain a fan.

1981 show at The Old Waldorf in SF still remains an all-time Top 5 performance.

fucking hell......

" Cantonese boy bang your tin drum "

Guilty pleasure, if only for "Are You Going With Me"

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:21 pm

I like Tin Drum. I need to get BGM and Songs of Pain.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:22 pm

I love that Replacements album. Nice call.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

a handful of others:

Mink Deville - Coup de Grace
Devo - New Traditionalists
Fela Kuti - Coffin for Head of State
Bauhaus - Mask
Squeeze - East Side Story
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Eek-a-Mouse - Wa do dem

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:02 pm

FT · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:31 am

Forgot all about this one, but probably my most-played in 1981. "There's no love inside the Icehouse..."

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:48 am

mcaputo Wrote:

Dunno how this was forgotten -

nobody mentioned it in passing early in the thread but it deserves an image shot.

For me, it's a record that is greater than the sum of it's parts. If some of those songs come on random they are kind of bland and moronic but when listening to the record and all those songs keep coming fast and furious, they completely win you over by the end of the record.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:01 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle

The Cramps themselves weren't particularly fond of this album, moaning that it was too conceptual and didn't reflect their scuzzpunk live sound. I guess that's a fair enough complaint. But that same conceptual slowburn sheen - this is by far the most laidback Cramps disc - is what gives Psychedelic Jungle its spooky power. "Goo Goo Muck" and "Rockin' Bones" and so much of everything else shimmer with a weird twilight sleaze that's downright subtle (considering the source). And "Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk," in a perfectly inappropriate twist of fate, was recorded using Karen Carpenter's hi-hat. So eventually even Lux and Ivy are gonna have to admit they accidentally tossed off a spurt of genius here.

Picked this up last year packaged with the "Gravest Hits" EP. They never stray from their 50's Horror B-movie rockabilly schtick to their credit.

Agree about the spooky power. It's not loud or brash punk. It throbs and oozes.

If I hosted a Halloween party, this would be played all night.

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