That Decade's Saving Grace: 1980-1989 by Ben McCormick

Ben McCormick

Member Since: 10/21/2002

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Total Feedback: 78

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Submit Date: 10/11/2002
Format: Cassette
Category: Theme

That Decade's Saving Grace: 1980-1989

Side A
Artist	Song
Camper Van Beethoven	Ambiguity Song

XTC	Making Plans For Nigel

Raincoats	Fairytale in the Supermarket

Devo	Girl U Want

Gang of 4	Paralyzed

Talking Heads	Born Under Punches

Specials	Ghost Town

Minutemen	Toadies

Run DMC	King of Rock

The Fall	How I Wrote Elastic Man

Meat Puppets	Plateau

X	Johnny Hit and Run Pauline

The Smiths	This Charming Man

New Order	Age of Consent

Minor Threat	Out of Step (With the World)

Black Flag	Six Pack

Violent Femmes	Gimme the Car

Pogues	Bottle of Smoke

Feelies	Original Love

The Jam	That's Entertainment

Mission of Burma	That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Jesus and Mary Chain	April Skies

Elvis Costello	I Want You

Mekons	Hard to Be Human Again

Beat Happening	Indian Summer

Echo and the Bunnymen	Killing Moon

Ultramagnetic MC's	Give the Drummer Some

Vaselines	Son of a Gun

Bad Brains	I Against I

Hnsker Dn	Divide and Conquer

Rites of Spring	For Want Of

Eric B and Rakim	Paid in Full

Big Black	The Model

Galaxie 500	When Will You Come Home

Replacements	Bastards of Young

Pixies	Debaser

Public Enemy	Bring the Noise

Tom Waits	Hang On Saint Christopher

Sonic Youth	Schizophrenia

Prince	Sign O' the Times

Comment:

(Note: this is actually on two CD's, but I'm too lazy to type out the two tracklists separately.) I was recently asked what was going on in music during the 1980's, and this mix is my response: a subjective, hastily sequenced, non-chronological mix (except for the songs being divided into 1980-1984 on the first disc and 1985-1989 on the second) of some of my favorite songs from that maligned decade. Due to time constraints, I had to leave out some bands (such as REM, U2, and the Cure) with whom I could assume the person for whom the mix was made was already familiar.

Feedback:

Curtis_Burns
Date: 10/11/2002

Nice choices all around.

popkulcher (Marc Fagel)
Date: 10/11/2002

Hard to argue with any of this. Recognizing your REM proviso, I don't think you omitted any of the decade's truly influential bands. My only qualm would be the omission of the college radio jangle-pop genre (i.e. dB's, Connells, Reivers, Game Theory, Tommy Keene, Love Tractor, etc.).

lo-fi jr.
Date: 10/11/2002

Wow! Can't argue with any of these choices.

Juan 1
Date: 10/11/2002

this is truly outstanding.

SteelyJack
Date: 10/13/2002

Jesus Creeping Shit, man! I'm a sophmore in High School again!! And it's 11:46 at night on a Tuesday!!! And I'm supposed to be doing my friggin' American Lit. homework!!!! But I'm listening to my college radio station, KUNV, instead!!!!!!! And next the DJ is gonna play Trotsky Icepick!!! And the Screaming Blue Messiahs!!! And The The!!! And That Petrol Emotion!!! And Cocteau Twins!!! AAAAAAAIIIIAIAIAIIAIIIIIAIAIIAIRRRGHGHHGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curtis_Burns
Date: 10/15/2002

Congratulations on a well deserved Mix O' the Week.

les_autres
Date: 10/15/2002

awesome!

lexrob
Date: 10/16/2002

Congrats, and great mix!

p the swede
Date: 10/16/2002

yes just what Lex said

Handfulls
Date: 10/16/2002

Taking into account the r.e.m. & cure exemption, there's some pretty definite definitivity to this. Frighteningly close to my take on the decade. Damn fine!

Adr8012
Date: 10/16/2002

looks wonderfull. Congrats

Rob Conroy
Date: 10/16/2002

Whoa! Great stuff. Sorry I missed this before.

Moe
Date: 10/16/2002

What my friend Rob said. Should be required listening for the teens of today.

Felix Weyhrauch1
Date: 10/16/2002

Show this to everybody who says, music in the 80s was shit. Bands like The Smiths, The Jam, Jesus And Mary Chain produced some of the best songs and albums ever to be released. Thanx for that mix.

Fundak
Date: 10/16/2002

This is great, but it just begins to scratch the surface. There is a ton of good stuff from the 80s...too bad I wasn't listening to it at the time...(forgive me but I was still an ignorant child...)

crackback
Date: 10/16/2002

What evryone else said and congrats.

jed the humanoid
Date: 10/16/2002

i'm doing this musical at the moment, called 'back to the 80s' and it's shocking. basically it revives all the putrid pop of the 80s - all the BAD parts we'd rather not remember. people would be misled to think that this is what the 80s was. thankfully people like yourself show that there WAS a decent side to humanity and music in this... 'memorable' time period.

Pete Millar
Date: 10/17/2002

Just the finest.

buglady
Date: 10/17/2002

Don't know how I missed this the first time around. Thank you for bringing back some good memories of 80s music. These are two terrific mixes!

Cub Rodriguez
Date: 10/18/2002

You have some of my favorite songs here. This mix makes me want to thank my big sis everyday for not letting go the way of my friends with New Kids and Debbie Gibson.

monster1
Date: 10/19/2002

depends on the genre of music.nice mix.

McDonald12
Date: 10/22/2002

If I was doing a comp of the eighties, almost all of this would be included. Great mix, and congratulations on mix of the week!

boogichild
Date: 10/23/2002

I especially like that Run DMC is in this mix. I think I alternated that with my X records at the time. Doesn't seem like it would go, but it does. Good job!

doorag
Date: 5/18/2003

fuck the 80s, i didnt really participate in that decade. the fall/saving grace/for certain yeah

Vinz Clortho Keymaster of Gozer
Date: 1/9/2005

I can't believe I never commented on this. It's been on my favorites list for two years. Anyway, fantastic work.