CONNIE MITCHELL – BIG (Live on Rockwiz) (Sounds like the 80s)

Hello and welcome back…. Being a huge fan of the music series “Rockwiz” (Australian Music Show), I loved the song by Connie Mitchell with the song “Big”.
Connie is from the band “Sneaky Sound System”, Not only does Connie look and sound amazing, the team from Rockwiz do an stellar job with the Live sound with snappy synth playing…. One word “Stunning”

CONNIE MITCHELL – BIG  (LIVE ON ROCKWIZ)

Massive thanks to DrDownunder for the video

LINK

http://www.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/

http://www.sneakysoundsystem.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sneaky-Sound-System/108064039214447?nr

MIXTAPE 22 – SIDE A

Hello and welcome back….I found this tape in the bottom of my sock drawer, I oiled up the Sony tape player and Mixtape 22 is born again. This is side A.

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SONG LIST
1 = Pete Shelley – Telephone Operator
2 = Nena – Nur Getraumt
3 = Tom Petty – Learning to Fly
4 = Jane Clifton – Girl on the Wall
5 = Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom
6 = MEO245 – Other Places
7 = Big Pig – Breakaway
8 = Devo – Snowball

PETE SHELLEY – TELEPHONE OPERATOR  (Thanks to MusicVideoStudiosTas for the video)

NENA – NUR GETRAEUMT  (Thanks to ForbiddenInGermany3 for the video)

BIG PIG – BREAKAWAY  (Thanks to maho8519 for the video)

No intro on this Mixtape due to time restrictions, but you get 8 songs for your ears to enjoy……only on Electronic80s.

ALAN MYERS (Drummer for DEVO) HAS DIED

Hello and welcome back….. Sad news today, Alan Myers, Drummer in the Electronic band “Devo” has died of  Stomach Cancer, he was only 58.
Alan was with the band from 1976 – 1986 and was often referred to as the Human Metronome, because his timing was similar to that of a drum machine.

R.I.P. Alan

JANE CLIFTON – GIRL IN THE MIRROR (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back….. Lead singer from the Australian Band “Jo Jo Zepp & the Falcons” (think Taxi Mary) & the “Stiletto’s”, Jane Clifton was also know for her stint on TV series “Prisoner” (Margo Gaffney).
I love this song, its got gritty, slap in the face lyrics, She may be big-bottomed,short-legged & her nose is out of place…perhaps may not look like the girl on the wall…at all. Excellent song.

JANE CLIFTON – GIRL IN THE MIRROR  (Thanks to MusicVideoStudiosTas for the video)

JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS (Ft JANE CLIFTON) – TAXI MARY (Thanks to retroj25 for the video)

LINKS

http://www.janeclifton.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jane-Clifton/290447094352215

PASSENGER – LET HER GO (New Music)

Hello and welcome back…..Ok, so its not 80s…But it does have a Synthesizer in it so we’re half way there. This blokes voice blows me away, every time I hear it…U.K singer / songwriter “Passenger” – Let Her Go….I remain speechless.

PASSENGER – LET HER GO  (Thanks to Passengermusic for the video)

Sometimes I find it hard to listen to this song without a tear in my eye, Its just Beautiful….But, Thats me.

                                                                LET HER GO
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you’ll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you’ll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it’s burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
‘Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
‘Cause you loved her too much
And you dived too deep

Well you only need the light when it’s burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh)
Well you let her go

‘Cause you only need the light when it’s burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

‘Cause you only need the light when it’s burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

LINKS

https://soundcloud.com/passengerofficial/02-let-her-go

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/all-the-little-lights/id490717938

https://www.facebook.com/PassengerOfficial

BACK to the 80s shortly 🙂

TOTO – AFRICA (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back….. Love this song, such a wonderful tune, from 1982… A number 1 hit by American band “Toto”

TOTO – AFRICA   (Thanks to totoVEVO for the video)

TOTO – AFRICA (LIVE)   (Leaves you speechless) (Thanks to EAGLE ROCK for the video)

PET SHOP BOYS LIVE – 2012 (BERLIN)

Hello and welcome back…..A full concert from the Pet Shop Boys, from Berlin Germany. This concert features songs from their 2012 album “Elysuim”.

A little something for the Pet Heads out there.

Visually stunning and sounding sharp, this is an excellent concert. Enjoy

PET SHOP BOYS LIVE – BERLIN 2012  (Massive thanks to ElectronicBeatsVideo for the video)

SONG LIST

1. Winners’ cacophonie
2. Face Like That
3. Leaving
4. Invisible
5. Winner (Andrew Dawson HappySad-Remix)
6. Ego Music
7. Memory of the Future
8. Hold On
9. Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin
10. I Started a Joke (Bee Gees cover / Encore)

WHITESNAKE – HERE I GO AGAIN (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back…..Not essentially a Electronic band, more Soft Rock, but it has a haunting synth at the the start and well, that does it for me.
Originally released in 1982 on the “Saints and Sinners” album…Here I go Again made it to No1in the U.S music charts after being re-released in 1987.
The video for this song has everything you could possibly need in a music video…Long hair, A couple of Jaguars (cars, not big cats), 3 band members playing Synthesizers, several band members playing guitars and a girl in a white flimsy dress/lingerie lounging on the Jaguars (cars not big cats)…..oh, and even more Hair.
As it turned out, the lead singer married the girl in the white flimsy dress/lingerie but that didn’t last long…never does.

WHITESNAKE – HERE I GO AGAIN  (Thanks to emimusic for the video)

Something for the Whitesnake fans….I know your out there

WHITESNAKE LIVE 1990   (Thanks to 80RockConcerts for the video)

SONG LIST
01. Slip Of The Tongue
02. Slide It In
03. Judgement Day
04. Slow An Easy
05. Kitten’s Got Claws
06. Adagio For Strato
07. Flying Dutchman Boogie
08. Is This Love
09. Cheap An’ Nasty
10. Crying In The Rain
11. Fool For Your Loving
12. For The Love Of God
13. The Audience Is Listening
14. Here I Go Again
15. Bad Boys
16. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
17. Still Of The Night

PSEUDO ECHO – HITS AND MORE (1983-2012)

Hello and welcome back……Pseudo Echo fans rejoice, a new compilation album has been released.
The album called “Hits and More 1983-2012” includes tracks like “Listening”, “A Beat for You”, “Don’t Go”, “Love an Adventure” & “Living in a Dream”.
But then it gets interesting with Funky Town being a live track (the electronic drums are mind blowing) and a Y2K remix (Remember that).
 Some rare songs from Autumnal Park (Pseuds first album), are included, those being “Walk Away” & “In Their Time”.
2 new songs make it to the compilation as well, those being “Suddenly Silently” and “Fighting the Tide”……
This is an excellent album, $8.99 on Itunes, this compilation is definitely an addition, that’s worthy of one’s collection.

SONG LIST

1 = Listening
2 = A Beat for You
3 = Dancing until Midnight
4 = Stranger in Me
5 = Fast Cars
6 = Destination Unknown
7 = Walkaway
8 = In their Time (Bonus Track) 
9 = Dont Go
10 = Love an Adventure
11 = Living in a Dream
12 = Try
13 = Funky Town (Live)
14 = Fooled Again
15 = Over Tomorrow
16 = 1985
17 = Funky Town (Y2K remix)
18 = Suddenly Silently
19 = Fighting the Tide

UPDATE
For Australian fans, Pseudo Echo are currently touring around the traps on their “2013 Polyphonic Tour”

28 JUNE – Settlers Tavern Margret River WA
29 JUNE – Charles Hotel Perth WA

5 JULY – Brass Monkey Sydney NSW
6 JULY – Bridge Hotel Sydney NSW
27 JULY – The Gov Adelaide SA

9 AUGUST – Lizottes Newcastle NSW
10 AUGUST – Lizottes Kincumber NSW
11 AUGUST – Lizottes Dee Why NSW
23 AUGUST – Northcote Social Club Melbourne VIC

13 SEPTEMBER – SS&A club Albury NSW
14 SEPTEMBER – Mulwala Ski club NSW

6 OCTOBER – Ceduna SA

9 NOVEMBER – Benalla Music Festival VIC

Keep checking their Facebook page for more additions.

LINKS

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/hits-and-more/id649757172

https://www.facebook.com/pseudoecho

LISTENING  (Thanks to HOLLYwoodgoesFRANKIE for the video)

IN THEIR TIME  (Thanks to andyet1 for the video)

FIGHTING THE TIDE  (Thanks to TheNouveauxdecadence for the video)

INSTRUMENTS USED

Akai 3200s
ARP Odyssey mk3
Arp 2600 Modular
Ensoniq EPS 16+
Korg M1
Nord Lead
Oberheim OBXa
Oberheim Xpander
Propellerhead Rebirth 2.1
Roland JP800
Roland JV1080 + Vintage exp
Roland MKS80 Super Jupiter
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
Simmons SDS V & IIIV Electronic Drums

CHAKA KHAN – I FEEL FOR YOU (12" U.K)

Hello and welcome back….A stunning sound made better with the 12″ U.K version of Chaka Khan’s “I Feel for You”….sweet sounds, so good.

CHAKA KHAN – I FEEL FOR YOU (12″ U.K REMIX)

Thanks to gilmour509 for the video…..