Oliver Sutton Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shindigger Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hail the Tripod Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Blue Monday by New Order Fantastic, but as the biggest selling 12 inch of all time, it's not really obscure. I nominate Alphaville's poignant track Forever Young, which attained a mighty 65th in the US billboard charts but never quite made it in the UK (Genre - German New Romantic): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Nice..... Like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYN_zaMa0s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Fantastic, but as the biggest selling 12 inch of all time, it's not really obscure. My daughter has a robot fish that activates itself randomly while lying in the soap dish between baths, and sounds exactly like the intro to Blue Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The The - Heartland [1986] Was introduced to this by another member on here.. The Pet Shop Boys must have liked it - that "clunk" noise at the start is rather similar to the intro of "Always on My Mind". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Not sure if this is truly obscure but a very nice slice of early eighties all the same. The intro might be suitable for establishment paedo thread too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Fantastic, but as the biggest selling 12 inch of all time, it's not really obscure.24 Hour Party People? I love that line:(Talking about Blue Monday) Tony Wilson's mate: Tony, do you realise the artwork on this single is so expensive we're going to lose 5p on every one we sell Tony Wilson: It's OK we're not going to ******ing sell any Voiceover: Blue Monday went on to becoming the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooncat69 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 We could do with a YouTube playlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 24 Hour Party People? I love that line: (Talking about Blue Monday) Tony Wilson's mate: Tony, do you realise the artwork on this single is so expensive we're going to lose 5p on every one we sell Tony Wilson: It's OK we're not going to ******ing sell any Voiceover: Blue Monday went on to becoming the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time Yes, great film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikthe20 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hurrah, 1987 The Bathers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 The The - Heartland [1986] Was introduced to this by another member on here.. The Pet Shop Boys must have liked it - that "clunk" noise at the start is rather similar to the intro of "Always on My Mind". Very good Call Mark; I'd actually forgotten that but used to love it. He did the whole album as a series of videos, very unusual for the time, and it was a very strong album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Very well known band members but this was a side project that didn't get much publicity at the time. (The Glove) A very good album indeed: Going home time - story on the radio I don't know anybody else who had it or had even heard of them. Eight: as frozen-out said Electronic were a very successful, and decent, band. Begone from this thread with your mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Perhaps not quite 80s. Whatever ever became of band members Bill Drummond, Ian Broudie and Hollly Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Perhaps not quite 80s. Whatever ever became of band members Bill Drummond, Ian Broudie and Hollly Johnson? Jane Casey (singer) is still going strong too AFAIK. I'm more of a Crucial Three fan myself: Pete Wylie, Julian Cope and Ian McCullough This was an early cracker from Pete, not really bettered by him IMO, 1979 so just on the cusp: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagain Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 This is the very first post of very long term lurker, listen to the words of this;- It takes me back 30 yrs to a time of bliss..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrink Proof Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 This was and is fairly obscure (though it made the Top 5 in Spain apparently), but sums up the early 80s in Liverpool perfectly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 For no earthly reason I found myself humming this this morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHalaTjvxyM Can't have heard it since the time, if I even did then. Took a good bit of googling to find out what it actually was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank Hovis Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 This is the very first post of very long term lurker, listen to the words of this;- It takes me back 30 yrs to a time of bliss..... Huge fan at the time of NMA, saw them live with a support band called Fuse. Possibly because i had played that album to death my favourite song was a much more obscure one, RIP, loved the galloping rhythm: Funny how they all come running if you let your pockets jangle a little For no earthly reason I found myself humming this this morning. Can't have heard it since the time, if I even did then. Took a good bit of googling to find out what it actually was. Then Jericho were the coolest band ever. Big Area was a cracking song, didn't know that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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