1984 Appreciation Thread

[osiris]

No internet so the bad with the good. No social media, no ads on top of ads. I kind of miss pre-broadband when Google and Amazon didn't control everything.

[plexuss]

1984 was the year I traded my Apple ][+ system for a Juno 6 and MC202 at a local music store. That was a definining moment because it was transition from computer programming to music.

[stoopicus]

1984 was great for electronic music. People mentioned a bunch above, good callouts. I would add:

Skinny Puppy, Remission (stunning debut)
New Order, Thieves Like Us (decent single)
Cabaret Voltaire, Micro-Phonies (Sensoria! Do Right! so good)
Front 242, No Comment (not their best but pretty decent overall)
Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward (their first to chart in the US)

on and on. Great year.

[raiderpdog]

^ nice list, love them all.

a few others for me:

Thomas Dolby ---The Flat Earth
Talk Talk ---It's My Life
Black Flag---My War
Minor Threat---Minor Threat
The Fall---The Wonderful and Frightening World Of
Echo and the Bunnymen---Ocean Rain
Minutemen---Double Nickels On The Dime

[cryophonik]

Best movie ever (Top Secret! 1984) and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees

[lotus2035]

I just watched Band Aid again. Every lead vocal a white man, but otherwise well done all.

Yeah what a bunch of r*c*st, bigoted c*nts. Refresh my memory, what was Band Aid in aid of exactly?

[bermudagold]

not my heaviest album year of the 80s,..but still plenty of classics




https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... zvsfjtevXY

[osiris]

What a year for music. I'm looking at a chart. We got:
White Horse by Laid Back
Head Over Heels - Go-Go's
Wood Beez -Scritti Politti
Give Me Tonight - Shannon
Swept Away - Diana Ross
Why - Bronski Beat
Sunglasses at Night -Corey Hart
Dr. Beat - MSM
Close(to the Edit) - The Art of Noise
Borderline -Madonna
I Would Die 4 U - Prince
Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton
Together in Electric Dreams - Oakley & Moroder
You Might Think - The Cars
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E
Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
I Want To Break Free - Queen
Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
Legs - ZZ Top
People Are People - Depeche Mode
Neverending Story - Limahl
Smooth Operator - Sade
Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins
Radio Gaga - Queen
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
Solid -Ashford & Simpson
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Jump - Pointer Sisters
Missing You- John Waite
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Jump-Van Halen
Automatic - Pointer Sisters
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Shout - Tears for Fears
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
Like A Virgin-Mad
What's Love Got To Do With It - T Turner
When Doves Cry - Prince
I Feel For You -Chaka Khan
The Reflex- Duran Duran
Ghostbusters -Ray Parker

[Bombadil]

That was around the time I stopped listening to the radio and built up my record/tape collection.

[foosnark]

Beverly Hills Cop was that year, I was obsessed with the "Axel F" theme.

Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Police Academy, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, The Last Starfighter, The Neverending Story, This Is Spinal Tap, Cloak & Dagger, Terminator, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Comet, Dune, Starman...

[harryupbabble]

damn, i think i got every single one of these
made in 1984 songs in my music collection
well, i recognize them all, at least

1 When Doves Cry Prince
2 Like A Virgin Madonna
3 What's Love Got To Do With It? Tina Turner
4 Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
5 Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution
6 Careless Whisper Wham! feat. George Michael
7 Take On Me A-Ha
8 The Boys Of Summer Don Henley
9 Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
10 Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams
11 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
12 How Soon Is Now? Smiths
13 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
14 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
15 Crazy For You Madonna
16 Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
17 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
18 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
19 Missing You John Waite
20 Material Girl Madonna
21 Shout Tears for Fears
22 You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record) Dead or Alive
23 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
24 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
25 Footloose Kenny Loggins
26 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
27 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
28 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid
29 I'm On Fire Bruce Springsteen
30 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) Billy Ocean
31 Smooth Operator Sade
32 We're Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister
33 Nightshift Commodores

35 People Are People Depeche Mode

37 Glory Days Bruce Springsteen
38 Rock You Like A Hurricane Scorpions
39 Hot For Teacher Van Halen
40 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
41 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat feat. Jimmy Somerville

43 I Would Die 4 U Prince & The Revolution
44 Axel F Harold Faltermeyer
45 It's My Life Talk Talk
46 Dress You Up Madonna
47 Private Dancer Tina Turner
48 Drive The Cars
49 Solid Ashford & Simpson
50 We Belong Pat Benatar
51 You Might Think The Cars
52 Cherish Kool & The Gang
53 Round And Round Ratt
54 Sad Songs (Say So Much) Elton John
55 Radio Ga Ga Queen
56 Run To You Bryan Adams
57 The Old Man Down The Road John Fogerty
58 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen
59 My Hometown Bruce Springsteen
60 Panama Van Halen
61 You're The Inspiration Chicago

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64 Easy Lover Philip Bailey with Phil Collins
65 Hard Habit To Break Chicago



69 All She Wants To Do Is Dance Don Henley
70 Obsession Animotion

72 I'll Wait Van Halen



76 South Central Rain (I'm Sorry) R.E.M.
77 Oh Sherrie Steve Perry
78 I Want To Break Free Queen
79 Self Control Laura Branigan




84 The Killing Moon Echo & The Bunnymen






91 I Can't Drive '55 Sammy Hagar
92 Close (To The Edit) Art of Noise






99 Suddenly Billy Ocean
100 Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon

[revvy]

1984. I was young and in love with music.

And what tremendous music there was, too


Get off my lawn, dickhead.

[harryupbabble]

i just noticed that in 1984, the billboard top 100 was dominated by
americans

brits were slacking a bit?

[revvy]

American chart dominated by Americans?

That’s weird.

[harryupbabble]

americans also dominates in the british charts
the positions are different though

https://www.uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/c ... s/205-1984