R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys
Sweet Dreams
PROBOT (w/King Diamond)
La Paloma
James Last Orchestra
My dad loved stuff like this; the Non-stop dancing series was a mainstay of the soundtrack of my early years. Amazingly, I think James Last is still recording albums - he must be well into his 80s at this point.
I know there's an official music video for this, but it appears to be a bit AWOL; this alternative is rather well-done, though.
Jerry Springer
Weird Al Yankovic
Agreed - thay's pretty good for an amateur effort.
Wild Boys
Duran Duran
Past the Mission
Tori Amos (thanks readerbreeder, havent listened to her in a while)
Well, that post above will be my last for a week or so. Headed down to Corpus Christi TX for a dedication ceremony of a 5-generation-ago relative's grave (and visiting Galveston and Austin). The family chipped in to get a newer stone and we couldnt all get together for Veterans Day, but we're going to have the speeches on Saturday. (Yes Im taking the Alamo tour...and yes Im going to ask about the basement. RIP Jan Hooks).
Enjoy your trip, DN...
King for a Day
Thompson Twins
The Power Of Thy Sword
Manowar, helpfully subtitled in Spanish
Speaking of Spanish...
Man of La Mancha
Linda Eder
Edge Of A Broken Heart
Vixen
This is actually a pretty decent tune, once you peel away the layers of hairspray and other 80s crap. I'm particularly impressed with the drummer - working the pedals in those heels can't be easy.
I was just thinking after watching that video... during the glam metal heyday, about the only way to tell a band like Vixen apart from, say, Poison would have been the heels and skirts. Hair and makeup were pretty much the same...
Victim of Love
Whitesnake
We've Only Just Begun
performed here by Ray Conniff And His Singers
Along with James Last, this guy was the main musical act in our house when I was growing up. My dad must have had 20+ of his albums. I still kinda like some of his versions, but it is not something I usually talk about...
Readerbreeder, you ninja bastard.
Shadow Wraith Theme from Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Joe Lyford
Vis-à-vis Vixen: I think the world could stand a lot more of that kind of "'80s crap" - it's at least infinitely better than homies, skinheads, and gilded turds being shoved down our throats. 1980s America was so strange - while half the country was enjoying forward-looking deviants like Weird Al Yankovic, Tim Burton, and of course, D&D, the other half was nearly ready to make Pat Robertson President.
I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote: Readerbreeder, you ninja bastard. Mwaaa-ha-ha-ha!
Living Dead Girl
Rob Zombie
Rampart Theme from Heroes of Might and Magic III
Paul Anthony Romero
To think: Before this thread, I never knew the name of one of my all-time favorite composers in the world.
Aquarian
Sleep
Closet: Yeah, of all the useless 80s things (and there are many), the music and glammy looks are by far the least malevolent. We Euros spent the decade watching Margaret Thatcher raze England to the ground while waiting for Reagan to fall asleep on the nuclear button and destroying the world. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
@Vattnisse: Ah, I'd mistaken you for a fellow American based on previous dialogue. Where are you from, precisely? Also, are you familiar with the Mind's Eye series of CGI music videos? They're one of the crown jewels of a distinctive late 1980s/early 1990s aesthetic that I feel displays the way toward a 21st Century that ought to have been - and still can be, if we're stubborn about it.
Skorne Theme from Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Joe Lyford
I'm not the biggest black metal fan out there, but this song is just magical. The outro (at about the 5-minute mark and onward) is flat-out fantastic. And they play their shows in suits and ties; it's like a Satanic Reservoir Dogs!
Leviathan
Akercocke
@Closet: I'm Norwegian, but have lived most of the last 10 years in the United States. And I had never heard of The Mind's Eye, but I'm watching it now (thanks, YouTube!), and it is looking pretty neat so far.
Embarassingly, I thought for the longest time that "As" was a George Michael song (I remember being pleasantly surprised that he had finally written a good song) - his version is OK, but the original is much better. Here's another Stevie:
Willie The Wimp
Stevie Ray Vaughan
I always hate when someone doesn't recognize a remake, especially when that person is me...
Vampires
Pet Shop Boys
I met a girl once who was sad that "Sting had messed up that great Puff Daddy song "Every Breath You Take""...
Supermodel (Of The World)
Ru Paul
Vattnisse wrote: I met a girl once who was sad that "Sting had messed up that great Puff Daddy song "Every Breath You Take""...
*Facepalm*
Love Potion Number 9
The Searchers
Welcome back, DN! How was the Alamo basement? :-P
Dude Looks Like a Lady
Aerosmith
I got all misty-eyed in the Alamo because my ancestor was in that Mission in 1842 (6 yrs after the massacre) on a different trip and witnessed people graffiti-ing the place and shooting at statues left there. My guy wrote in his journal at his disgust of the desecration...and there I was in 2014 seeing the graffiti dated to 1842. Kind of surreal and I choked on being silly about the basement, heh. Corpus Christi was GORGEOUS! Id like to get back to Austin and hang out there in a different context.
ATLiens
Outkast
Glad you enjoyed the trip, DN. It's cool being able to connect so directly with your family history...
Only the Lonely
Roy Orbison
Normal
Porcupine Tree
An aside - Steven Wilson is a flat-out genius, and PT songs are incredibly hard to cover. However, this girl does a really good job at it. Well worth a look.
Possession
Sarah McLachlan
This is another one of those songs (Every Breath You Take being the archetype) that sounds really romantic, until you listen closely enough. I've heard both of these songs played at weddings; you might want to vet the playlist a little more closely, guys...
Every Breath You Take
Alan King
Usually when I hear that Police song, I remember Quitters, Inc. FF to 2:46 to get to the clip. Not really sung by Alan King, but there's no info on who did the cover.
Playing "Every Breath You Take" at a wedding is right up there with the Ronald Reagan 1984 reelection campaign wanting to use Springsteen's "Born In The USA" as its theme song. Learn to read, guys.
Omen
King Diamond
Mango
Jonti "Weebl" Picking
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