PETER HOWELL - dr who theme 1980-85

NO INTRODUCTION NEEDED  - one of the best shows on TV and one of the best themes.




HOW THE THEME WAS MADE

FURNITURE - brilliant mind ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... Strange name for a band..Furniture were a U.K group and scored the hit "brilliant mind" in 1986... unfortunately the band seemed to have a run of bad luck from various record company's. The thing that stands out for me in this song is the lyrics... nobody writes lyrics like this anymore... it's poetry at its best with a catchy but moody song, and a twang of a guitar now & then, sounding a cross between "Depeche Mode", "The Cure" with subtle hints of "New Order"... well, it does to me anyway. enjoy


Excellent song... CLICK HERE to Download or listen to this song & others from my Mixtape series...cheers

COLDCUT - doctorin' the house ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back.. In the late 80s i was lucky enough to be old enough to visit nightclubs when the acid scene was just coming out... This song is one of the first songs i heard. Vocals on this song are done by Yazz ( think "only way is up" ) with snippets from the tv show "Plastic man". This song made it to no6 in the music charts and stayed there for 4 weeks and was also on the compilation album "video hits"..
Classic acid with a pumping beat.. Love the 80s.


COLDCUT - doctorin' the house



YAZZ - the only way is up.

VIDEO HITS COVERS

Excellent music...CLICK HERE 
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WA WA NEE - i could make you love me ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... As i write this, freezing my butt off ( -2deg tonight ), i have my headphones on cranking out the sounds of "WA WA Nee" ( strange name for a band ). This was the first album from this band that featured heavily on "countdown" (80s music show in Australia) which is were i first heard of them. Let loose in 1986 this self titled album had 4 singles available and i have chosen my favorite "i could make you love me". Strangely the overseas market was not so good, releasing the song "stimulation" to the American audience to a luke-warm reception... other singles includes "one and one" ( ain't good enough ) and "sugar free" but it's the pumping bass and screaming guitars in "i could make you love me" that takes me back to summer 86.. when it was warmer.. cheers.

WA WA NEE - i could make you love me


WA WA NEE - one and one ( ain't i good enough )


WA WA NEE - stimulation


WA WA NEE - sugar free


Excellent stuff... CLICK HERE to Download "I could make you love Me" and more from my Mixtape series...... enjoy

TRAGIC ERROR - TANZEN

Hello and welcome back... Came across this track while looking for another song, love the deep bass synths, sounds excellent... think it's done in German?.
The main person in this band is "Patrick Demeyer" who is also know for his work on 90s bands "Technotronic", "T99" and "2 Unlimited" he also seems to have a fetish for statues and mannequins as seen in this video (kinky)
On a personal note , I've been fighting a  nasty cold/flu and have slowed down my posts.. i hate winter and with all the injury's i have.. it's a living hell.. good thing i have great music to listen to.. cheers


TRAGIC ERROR -TANZEN

Excellent... CLICK HERE to download cd single ( make a note of the password on the new romantic rules website, you may need it ).. HUGE thanks to nrrules.blogspot.com for the links.

THE REYNOLD GIRLS - I'D RATHER JACK (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back... Seeing that the end of the world is nigh.. I thought I would leave you with this song... personally I love this.. although some people would rather forget it... The reynold girls are a prodigy of stock, aitken & waterman and the download on offer is a 3 disc album of all their ( saw ) best stuff including "dead or alive", "banarama", "kylie", "divine" and the list goes on .... its a chunky download but its worth it..








REYNOLD GIRLS - I'D RATHER JACK  (Thanks to stephen9478 for the video)



Sooo Cheeezy... CLICK HERE to download "stock,aitken & waterman.. gold", then click on either rapidshare logo or mediafire.. it will be time consuming because there is time restrictions on free users but its worth it. HUGE thanks to disco-planet.blogspot.com for the links.

FREEEZ - iou ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... Listening to a music special on triple j Sydney around 1987 , the subject was about synthesizers and emulators and the band "freeez" was featured heavily ... mainly this song. IOU was also used in the breakdance move "beatstreet" and went to no 2 in the UK in 1983... Love the use of the Roland SH101 synth ( i had one but sold it.. kicking myself ).. This song was kinda ahead of its time, getting a synth to sound like a human singing was cutting edge stuff in 1983 and is one of my favorites.


FREEEZ - iou


Brilliant .... CLICK HERE to download album .. many thanks to riogroovefm.blogspot.com for the links.. cheers

BREAKDANCE TIME

Hello and welcome back.. Around 1983-84 a new style was coming out of America with funky music and these amazing moves.. put it all together and you have "Breakdancing" add to that Movies like "Breakin"  and "Breakdance" ( the movie ) add artists like "Irene Cara", "Ollie & Jerry" & "The Rock Steady Crew" and your ready to make some moves. All you needed was a boom box and a smooth surface and you were set.
 I tried breakdancing when I was at school and nearly did just that.. break something.. my neck. but it was fun.
 Both the movies had soundtracks which were chocked full of dance and hip hop- electro funk classics.. re-live what I can no longer do.. Breakdance

UPDATE 30/08/2013 - Download Breakdance Mixtape HERE

BREAKIN 1984



OLLIE & JERRY - there's no stopping us


IRENE CARA - breakdance


BREAKIN - turbo broom dance


Excellent moves...  CLICK HERE to download "electro breakdance" 1 & 2 ... enjoy

PH D - wont let you down ( lost hit )

Hi again... This song is one of those songs that when i close my eyes it takes me back to my nans house at 3am... I used to listen to the radio all night because i was too scared or too exited at being in a lonely old house so i would lay awake all night and would often hear this song. The band PH D got their name from the band members last names ( phillips, hymas and diamond ) and the single "i wont let you down" was released in 1982. The lead singer Jim Diamond ended with hepatitis and soon split from the band but later went solo and sang the song "should have known better" in 1984. The assassin in the video of "i wont let you down" is the keyboard player Tony Hymas and is quiet funny at times.. bit like a storyline.

PH D - i wont let you down


JIM DIAMOND - should have known better


Excellent songs ... CLICK HERE to download album PH D ... enjoy

JOE SMOOTH - promised land ( lost hit )

Greetings again.. Staying in my nightclub years, i couldn't forget this song. Joe Smooth was a producer and dj and was a self taught musician, he started to create music at the age of 12. Joe is still a producer,remixer and engineer and has work with some big names including = "new order", "pet shop boys", "style council" and "destiny's child". In October 2004, "Promised Land" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas... one word describes this song.. smooooth. 


Excellent... CLICK HERE to Download "Promised Land" and more from my Mixtape series..... Enjoy

MAN MACHINE - man machine ( automatik elektronik ) - lost hit

Hi and welcome back.. love this song, but can't find any info on it. Song came out in 1989 ... reminds me of my nightclubbing days.. brilliant.

ARNEE AND THE TERMINATERS - i'll be back

Hello , welcome back... How do i introduce this next song ?? First time i heard this song i thought "what the hell is this?".. Did Arnold Schwarzenegger join a band? .. no.. this was done by a chap called Steve Wright who was/is a broadcaster for BBC radio 1. This song was written
in two hours, start to finish, lyrics , music and all over an evening..Not bad for a catchy song.. love it.

FREUR - doot doot ( lost hit )

Hello again... Before they were "Underworld" they were known as "Freur" and came out with this one hit wonder in 1983. The band originally had only a graphic 'squiggle' for a name then when the band got a recording contract,the label insisted on a pronounceable name,and the band made the compromise that the squiggle was pronounced Freur. The squiggle is below ( you can see where prince thought of the idea ) aka the symbol.

FREUR - doot-doot



This song was also used briefly in the movie "vanilla sky"... CLICK HERE  to download full album... cheers

TAFFY - i love my radio ( lost hit )

Hello again.. I am having a blast remembering the songs often forgotten...This is one of them.. Listening to this song one morning on my way to work ( 4am ) it was one of those songs that stayed in your head all day, Shame it was a one hit wonder ( that i know of ). It went under the banner of italio hi-nrg disco and was heavy on the synths, It was also no6 in the u.k charts in 1985.. Play it loud .. yeah

TAFFY - i love my radio

Brilliant ... CLICK HERE to Download I Love My Radio and more from my Mixtape series ... ENJOY

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

WISHING MY READERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR .. STAY SAFE ... LOVE AND PEACE TO ALL..