Page 9 of 9

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:57 am
by bpdp3
I remember when 808 State released 'Pacific' and one of the magazines labeling it as 'new age techno'...making a big deal how they were merging two big (at the time) current genres.

This song is the first time I'd heard Psyche, which just happened to be on Brave New Waves: "insatiable"


Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:21 pm
by obs
Back in the early 90s, I used to refer to trance as being "modern classical" :D .

Back to BNW, I had heard Sarah McLachlan's Vox from somewhere, but it wasn't until I heard "Touch" on Brave New Waves that I bought the album.

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:58 am
by InvisibleMan
Strange Advance - She Controls Me (1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsjS2cbwwNM

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:23 pm
by bpdp3
I don't think this one has been posted yet. It sounds a little cheesy to me now, but there's no way i'd want to be without this 12" in my collection.

Trans-X "Living on Video"

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:17 pm
by obs
When Brent Bambury was hosting Brave New Waves, the guy behind the scenes was Kevin Komoda, who was in the band Rational Youth. One of their hits was Cite Phosphore (or the English version, City of Light). In the 2000s, this song was covered by the Quebecois teen group, Standing Waltz. I much prefer this version, which is edgier.


Wimpy version :) , by Rational Youth:

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 2:58 pm
by InvisibleMan
bpdp3 wrote:I don't think this one has been posted yet. It sounds a little cheesy to me now, but there's no way i'd want to be without this 12" in my collection.

Trans-X "Living on Video"
]


Tapps - Runaway with My love.... it's along the same lines of Canadian synth Disco. Good tune!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsG357lQDw

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:30 pm
by obs
To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday ...


Yes, I grew up in a backward town in British Columbia (although not Kelowna, where the Grapes hail from).

I first heard the Grapes when I bought the cassette "September Bowl of Green", at Vancouver's legendary store, A&B Sound, late in 1986. I was into Nettwerk, having heard Skinny Puppy, Chris and Cosey, and Severed Heads, and I love the cover of this album, so picked it up without knowing anything about what they sounded like. Surprise! I didn't expect the jangly guitars, but I grew to love the album, as well as "Treehouse". I pretty much stopped following them after that, although I do have several of their later releases, thanks to the garage sales that Nettwerk had a few years ago. $2 CDs :D .

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:04 pm
by MarcD

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:11 pm
by MarcD
phallyka wrote:this should have been a big hit [:D]


แตกใน xxx


What song?

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:58 pm
by Lizrdking

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:24 am
by InvisibleMan
bpdp3 wrote:from 1986 (again, probably past the 'sell-by' date for new wave) but certainly sounds like what new wave turned into by the mid-80's: The Arrows, 'Talk Talk'



The Arrows is good stuff. Talk Talk is from their second album The Lines are Open, first album called Stand Back and it contained singles "Say It Isn't True" and "Meet Me In The Middle"...

Re: Canadian 80's tune of the day...

PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:14 pm
by InvisibleMan
probably more on pop side, this band has some very catchy tunes :)

Cats Can Fly - Flippin to the A side (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzelUhfBrO8