Classify THIS!

[Spaz]

I've got a few 20-something co-workers who are very much into music yet don't know much about the '80s at all (apart from THE HITS). I've started a new series for them called EDUC80S, which covers certain genres per disc. I've already made them one that has punk and power pop on it, I'm working on a 'synthpop' one and then there's one that I need your help on.

I'm going to call it Quirky, since the music does NOT fall into any new wave catagory very easily.

A few bands/songs I'm planning to feature include:

Trio-Da Da Da
Wide Boy Awake-Chicken Outlaw
Hayzi Fantazee (sp?)-Shiny Shiny
The Chefs-Sweetie
XTC-Making Plans For Nigel

and many more....

although these bands are different from each other, I'm trying to think of another 'term' that may fit better than Quirky. What would YOU call these types of bands? In the case of XTC, some of their stuff is easily classifiable, but you can't say that Nigel or Helicopter would fall under the same umbrella as Generals And Majors...



SPAZ
Born of innocence. Free of ignorance.

[DevoManiac101]

quirky, hm ... no

Haysi Fantayzee -
I Lost My Dodi
John Wayne Is Big Leggy
- I would define those songs quirky

You don't want to scare these guys off, and have them think the eighties was a decade full of goofy material, don't get me wrong but the more quirky/strange bands and songs should come later on, introduce them to stuff like -

Have a disc dedicated to 'new romantic' another disc dedicated to 'power pop' etc. This way the guys get a taste of what genre they might like the most and explore deeper into it.

For example,
try putting these songs on the new romantic themed CD
Soft Cell - Bedsitter, Secret Life, What
Visage - Fade To Grey, Mind Of A Toy, Pleasure Boys
Japan - Still Life In Mobile Homes, Visions Of China

This is just my idea of what might be most tasteful, another idea would be NO-ONE Hit wonder,
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
Toni Basil - Shoppin' From A To Z

etc.

[Panorama]

[quote]Originally posted by Spaz
A few bands/songs I'm planning to feature include:

Trio-Da Da Da
Wide Boy Awake-Chicken Outlaw
Hayzi Fantazee (sp?)-Shiny Shiny
The Chefs-Sweetie
XTC-Making Plans For Nigel [/quote]Haysi Fantayzee
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 98s30ba3bg
Never heard of them before, so thanks for the introduction

I prefer Wide Boy Awake's - "Come Back Friday" over "Chicken Outlaw"

A few I'd include:
Blanket of Secrecy - Say You Will
The Church - Metropolis
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Fischer-Z - So Long
Frazier Chorus - Dream Kitchen
The Indian Givers - Hatcheck Girl
The Indian Givers - Unthinking You
Industry - State of the Nation
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven
Visage - Fade to Grey

[b]Edit [/b]- Sorry I just re-read your post and it's about quirky songs, of which I would not include any of the above list, beyond Wide Boy Awake's - "Come Back Friday" and maybe Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
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The "Living in Oblivion" series has a lot of the hits as well as the "Just Can't Get Enough_ New Wave Hits of the '80s" series

Living in Oblivion
Vol 1 - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 3zefek7gfo
Vol 2 - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 620r3ar48z
Vol 3 - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... azqj4yojaa
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Just Can't Get Enough_ New Wave Hits of the '80s
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Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Women - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... f5zfjoehak

1980's New Wave - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 5h8qfpbtx4
Millennium: 80's New Wave Party - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... jw7i22g78r
Anxious 80s: New Wave Hits of the 80s - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 861vfozzca
Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 80's New Wave - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... ja7i24g75r
Oldies But Goodies: Real 80's New Wave, Vol. 1 - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 811vy4zzma
Pop & Wave, Vol. 5: The Neverending 80's [#2] - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 5h8qfnbtc4
World Of Dance: New Wave-The 80's - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 59keft0q7z

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[quote][i]Originally posted by DevoManiac101[/i]


You don't want to scare these guys off, and have them think the eighties was a decade full of goofy material, don't get me wrong but the more quirky/strange bands and songs should come later on, introduce them to stuff like -

[/quote]

I agree ... Great post.

[highway1pch]

Another great series is the 6-piece Richade Blade's Flashback Favorites. It's got a lot of 12" singles that still aren't available elsewhere on CD.

Richard Blade was a leading DJ on Southern California's KROQ (when it was the ROQ of the 80s).

http://1800coolcds.stores.yahoo.net/blades.html

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[Crescent Fresh]

[quote][i]Originally posted by highway1pch[/i]
<br>Another great series is the 6-piece Richade Blade's Flashback Favorites. It's got a lot of 12" singles that still aren't available elsewhere on CD.

Richard Blade was a leading DJ on Southern California's KROQ (when it was the ROQ of the 80s).

http://1800coolcds.stores.yahoo.net/blades.html

<a href="http://www.ocnewwave.blogspot.com/"><font color="#ff6600"><font size=+1.5>OC New Wave Blog</font></a>
<font color="#00ff00"><font="westminster">Music videos, Orange County concerts, and more.</font>
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He's now a DJ on SIRIUS 22 First Wave (Classic Alternative) and plays some 12" rares quite often.

[Crimsor]

Pretty much anything by:

B52s ; They Might Be Giants ; Ween

Also

OMD - Tesla Girls

Roman Holliday - Stand By

The Damned - Grimly Fiendish

Jona lewie - Kitchen at Parties

Soft Cell - The Girl with the Patent Leather Face

Fishbone - Party at Ground Zero; Ma and Pa .. actually theres probably a bunch of Fishbone songs

Romeo Void - Never Say Never

Im sure there plenty more ill remember!

[basstone]

How about:

Siouxie : Partys fall, Cities in Dust, Happy House, 1 & 2 upon a time
Cure : Other voices, If only tohight we could sleep, Lulluby,
Standing on the beach
Smiths : Big Mouth, How soon is now, Best of I, II, III

Engish Beat
Oingo Boingo
Depech Mode
New Order