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  1. *browsing wiki*

    Psychedelic Furs?

    edit: Husker Du?

    edit edit: Happy Mondays?

    edit edit edit: (need to do more research on these guys) The Replacements?

    edit x4: Sonic Youth?

    edit edit edit edit edit: Dinosaur Jr. , New Order, Jane's Addiction, R.E.M., Love And Rockets, Ramones, Chili Peppers, The Smiths, Pixies...

    So it's not a total loss, right?

    Not if you ignore the fact that not a single one of those bands is from that era. The Furs were 1977 at least. It may count if you regard it as a good year because the Smiths folded.

    :D

  2. Oh, you got a much better year than I! If you use i-Tunes, you can find a pantload of songs from '87

    Here are some that I would choose--

    Alone- Heart

    Animal- Def Leppard

    Angel- Aerosmith

    At This Moment- Billy Vera and the Beaters

    Back In the High Life Again- Steve Winwood

    Bad- Michael Jackson

    Big Time- Peter Gabriel

    Can't We Try" - Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard

    Casanova- Levert

    C'est La Vie- Robbie Nevil

    Cherry Bomb- John Cougar Mellencamp

    Circle in the Sand- Belinda Carlisle

    Come Go with Me" - Exposé

    Control- Janet Jackson

    Didn't We Almost Have It All- Whitney Houston

    Doing It All For My Baby- Huey Lewis & The News

    Don't Dream It's Over- Crowded House

    Don't Mean Nothing- Richard Marx

    Don't shed a Tear- Paul Carrack

    Dude (Looks Like a Lady)- Aerosmith

    Everybody Have Fun Tonight- Wang Chung (released in 1986)

    Faith- George Michael

    Hazy Shade of Winter- The Bangles

    Head To Toe- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

    Heart and Soul- T'Pau

    Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

    Heaven Is a Place on Earth- Belinda Carlisle

    Hysteria- Def Leppard

    I Get Weak- Belinda Carlisle

    I Heard a Rumour- Bananarama

    (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight- Cutting Crew

    I Need Love- LL Cool J

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2

    I Think We're Alone Now- Tiffany

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)- Whitney Houston

    I Want Your Sex- George Michael

    In Too Deep- Genesis

    Is This Love- Whitesnake

    I'm No Angel- Greg Allmann Band

    It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)- R.E.M.

    Keep Your Hands to Yourself- The Georgia Satellites

    La Bamba- Los Lobos

    Land of Confusion- Genesis

    Lean on Me- Club Nouveau

    Let Me Be the One- Exposé

    Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac

    Looking for a New Love- Jody Watley

    Lost In Emotion- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

    Love Bites- Def Leppard

    Love Will Find a Way- Yes

    Luka- Suzanne Vega

    Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and The Range

    Midnight Blue- Lou Gramm

    Mony Mony- Billy Idol

    Need You Tonight- INXS

    New Sensation- INXS

    Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley

    Notorious- Duran Duran

    Only in My Dreams- Debbie Gibson

    Out of the Blue- Debbie Gibson

    Paper In Fire- John Cougar Mellencamp

    Point of No Return- Exposé

    Pour Some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard

    Rag Doll- Aerosmith

    Rock Steady- The Whispers

    Rocket- Def Leppard

    Rhythm Is Going to Get You- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

    Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott

    Shake Your Love- Debbie Gibson

    Something So Strong- Crowded House

    Sweet Child of Mine- Guns 'n' Roses

    The Final Countdown- Europe (released in 1986)

    The Finer Things- Steve Winwood

    The Lady in Red- Chris DeBurgh

    The one I love- R.E.M.

    The Way It Is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range

    True Blue- Madonna

    Touch Me (I Want Your Body)- Samantha Fox

    Touch of Grey- Grateful Dead

    U Got The Look- Prince and Sheena Easton

    Wait- White Lion

    Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'n' Roses

    Where the Streets Have No Name- U2

    With or Without You- U2

    You Got It All- The Jets

    You Keep Me Hanging On- Kim Wilde

    1987 Wiki

    Judging from that list, 1987 was a dark, dark year for music...how appalling...can anyone think of a worse year?

    Early REM I can handle, Early Crowded House...fine...err, and that's about it. And I was a young man then! There must have been some decent music issued that year?

    Where's BF when you need him? Surely there must have been some redeeming music to be had?

    ;)

  3. The classic (and I know a bit about this) is 'Torn Between Two Lovers' by Mary MacGregor, although my personal favourite is 'Be My Downfall by Del Amitri.

    The bus is pulling out and I guess Id better go

    Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show

    And twenty miles away she waits alone for me

    But when I try to picture her youre the one I see

    And in another situation I could put up a fight

    But you will be my downfall tonight

    So the night is coming down, drowning us in blue

    And it all points towards the things we know we shouldnt do

    And as I look at you and I fall under your spell

    Well I know I should be thinking of her lying there herself

    And when faced with temptation you know a man should stand and fight

    But you will be my downfall tonight

    Be my downfall be my great regret be the one girl

    That Ill never forget

    Be my undoing be my slow road to ruin tonight

    So the bus is pulling out and Im grounded here with you

    And I want to say the sweet things babe Ive always wanted to

    So tell me now the tail-lights have gone out of sight

    Baby wont you be my downfall....

    .....once again tonight.

    ;)

  4. i first met this girl in highschool we had amazing chemisty and shared similiar views on almost anything...but ever since college she just neglected me and now it breaks me to see her just not care anymore..

    we were never a couple or nothin but we both know we shared something special. what am i to do now, ya know, i dont think a crush lasts for 7-8 years, does it?? anyway i plan on compiling a cd for her to listen to w/e i just need some suggestions..

    here's what i got so far.....

    fleetwood mac - go your own way

    cat stevens - wild world

    grateful dead - brokedown palace

    bob dylan - girl from north country

    bob dylan - it ain't me babe

    johnny cash - cry cry cry

    johnny cash - i walk the line

    buddy holly - blue days black nights

    buddy holly - crying, waiting, hoping

    buddy holly - maybe baby

    CSNY - suite: judy blue eyes

    jefferson airplane - somebody to love

    neil young - like a hurricane

    rolling stones - she's so cold

    need help, thanx

    I think there's a few on here who'd tell you a crush can last 20 or 30 years...at least.

    : )

    Send her what you love...if she hates it, you've got your answer.

    :cool:

  5. IMHO the re-mastered Steve McQueen (plus bonus disc) is the place to start and finish. They went seriously downhill after that and their only US, minor hit...the one about Elvis and jumping frogs, is an absolute nadir. Try these...if you like them, the album versions are ten times better!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh6k052-e_Y

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzlZKZE96R4&feature=related

    :D

  6. Vital though it is to the functioning of the body, the heart has no specific, proven engagement with our emotional processes. Any suggestion to the contrary is purely speculation based upon sentimentality.

    I would heartily ( :D ) disagree with this sentiment. You may not have experienced it, but I certainly have. My heart goes all over the place when I'm in love....I have christened it 'heart wheeling'...happens all the time to me. Extraordinary feeling! Hearts flutter, pound and sink (although it sounds that you may experience this in a more visceral way...in your bowels) and they certainly don't seem to be controlled by our brains...not mine anyway. ;)

  7. Hah...! I told you I wasn't a complete moron. Thanks for that Murdocking. I do think that cliches play a slightly more elevated role in song lyrics than in poetry. IMHO poetry should endeavour to avoid cliches at all costs :doh: but there is some latitude on song lyrics for twisting well worn phrases into newer metaphors so, hearts don't get broken any more, they get skewered, diced, ripped, etc. and if you can think of a great new adjective then hurrah!

    On re-reading the original though, it does rather rely on somewhat tired similies :blush: and BF's comments of a year or so ago were quite funny, so perhaps I was being over sensitive to his carping sarcasm. :D

    Thanks for the positive comments. It does have quite a nice tune too....which makes all the difference. Even a cliche can sound good if it has a nice tune. :cool:

  8. A friend who is emigrating to New Zealand has offered me custody of his entire collection of vinyl; literally hundreds of albums of predominantly punk, post-punk, goth and alt-rock.

    My sadness at probably never seeing Dominic, his lovely wife Julie and baby Jack ever again will at least be tinged by a degree of unfettered joy. Especially if they manage to return the step-ladders I lent them about 8 years ago before they leave for NZ.

    Every cloud has a silver lining. Can you have 'a degree of unfettered joy'? Sounds a tad oxymoronic to me, like being 'almost unique'. No matter, I comiserate with you on your loss and congratulate you on your gain.

    ;)

    I've got a ladder you can have.

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