Favorite Tracks of Yesteryear(s)...

[2Son]

I'm feeling a little nostalgic today (and I guess I had a little time on my hands), so I thought it would be fun to post some old favorite dance, club, synthpop, remixed songs from past years (I only got to half of '92). Although I enjoy all types of dance (and I spent much of my youth in the Chicago area and then moved to Texas), I really grew up listening to more new wave/synthpop/alternative stuff that developed into my love of dance music. Here's some of my fav's...feel free to post yours:

Visage - "Fade to Grey" - 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JiCzXPqDis

Yaz(oo) - "Only You" - 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvZa46xb3M

Heaven 17 - "Let Me Go" (12" Remix) - 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7flghNTYZI

Depeche Mode - "Blashphemous Rumours" - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlQKhdo2eQ&feature=related

Section 25 - "Looking From a Hilltop" - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL9ofOiZVxk

Dominatrix - "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX88XJaJ_bg

Ministry - "Everyday is Halloween" - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtX9u7_6F8

Strange Advance - "We Run" - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqaRcY5jI9g

Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Cities in Dust" - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMagNuhLkk

Stephen Duffy - "Kiss Me" - (US Mix) - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjIIh5Nq3Q

Book of Love - "Boy" - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x7cDOHHk30

Kissing The Pink - Certain Things Are Likely" - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju0Wq2NQQH4

Dead or Alive - "Brand New Lover" - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvZRq-iGRk

O.M.D. - "Secret" (Extended Remix) - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZZ02YCe8JA&feature=fvwrel

Fancy - "Lady of Ice" - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCkazYs5CIU

Company B - "Fascinated" - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-6ksMdkrU

New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOUMm-GBOI0

Bad Boys Blue - "Gimme Gimme Your Lovin'" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGU5cGCTaDU

Session - "The Magician" (Razormaid) - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNE_VdTZXFY

Colm III - "You Take Me High" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8D3G9gippA

A Split Second - "Rigor Mortis" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2iDAv8mZE

Voyou - "Houseman" (Razormaid Mix) - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sejIRMqYYJQ

Raze - "Break 4 Love" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46woerdzQ78

Micro Chip League (MCL) - "New York" - 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03m7_xFWtg&feature=related

Confettis - "The Sound of C" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-z4XSnus8

Cetu Javu - "Situations" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhwd9UNpo0

Sandra - "Secret Land" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzcLxl6hLIQ

Lords of Acid - "I Sit On Acid" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSdaagf6MZQ

Quantize - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTOeTdZkbQY&feature=related

S'Express - "Theme From S'Express" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx4bcLYAHKM

Gino Latino - "Welcome" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaLEpc0lBJU

Peter Schilling - "The Different Story" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEb3K2ZBlI0&feature=related

Inner City - "Good Life" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI

Pet Shop Boys - "Left To My Own Devices" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed1tv_gCOUA

A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihm0YpxJwbU

Taste of Sugar - "Hmm Hmm" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sCkVe31fwo

Big Pig - "Breakaway" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsdFk6BJ-g

Erasure - "Stop" - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjoqmN5tyw&feature=related

Sweet Sensation - "Hooked On You" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnvxO46I0-U

Rhythm Device - Acid Rock" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvx5AsVOmY

Camouflage - "Love Is A Shield" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DL_Pxgqmno

101 - "Rock to the Beat" (US Mix) - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3pwjgFGu-g

Pick A Number - "Groovy" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46XokgwPwLk

Kyper - "What Gets Your Body Hyped" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3o1FSeJuI

T42 - "Don't Let My Love" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDSBHohV8q8

Ten City - "That's the Way Love Is" (Remix) - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJ4evyKkf4

Xymox - "Imagination" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efbNIrLO9z0

Baby Ford - "Children of the Revolution" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewkrkN3fIF4

Lil' Louis - "French Kiss" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y8w2W1uy2A

Stevie B - "I Wanna Be The One" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUO7hCDe5I

Anything Box - "Living in Oblivion" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS5qe1SMKD4&feature=related

Depeche Mode - "Sea of Sin" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nmHqf-FZY

KLF - "What Time is Love" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQ-MuHaSUM

Final Cut - "She Destroys" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9XH95rxhA

Westbam - "Alarm Clock" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgKGMmWZY0

Deee-Lite - "What is Love" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI54DsngHwU

Trance Trax - Odd Flute" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaT0L8EasQE

Red Flag - "Count to Three" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoTpCIsNFFU

Lisette Melendez - "Together Forever" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnvxO46I0-U

Candy Flip - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjWpq8Oyoc

The Shamen - "Move Any Mountain" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0FwUzOwI9o

The Grid - "Floatation" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xT-NLQ5Ug

TKA - "Louder Than Love" - 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckqZDY_E7Q

808 State - "In Yer Face" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCXqRHk6JU

DJ Dick - "Weekend" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffRfmc6sB4&feature=related

Zero Zero - "Zeroxed" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu_pm91iBcU

The Shamen - "Make It Mine" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORsj7AUI1I

Corina - "Temptation" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jRfWiLHGY

Mental Cube - "Q" (Santa Monica Mix) - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tKf3hcmGJw

Eon - "Spice" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcgft-iiZ_s

Fortran 5 - "Heart On The Line" (Voodoo Child Mix) - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE5NRDuE0Sc

The Hypnotist - "Rainbows in the Sky" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIGmJcb5FuQ

Altern 8 - "Move My Body" (Hard Hardcore Mix) - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izI2dxcbBxM

FKW - "Romeo and Juliet" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEAcLVIVWaI&feature=related

The Other Two - "Tasty Fish" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAMztYcB0k

F.U.S.E. - "F.U." - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnyrmh8LnYo

Midi Rain - "Eyes" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BnRzVZ1Oz4

Pet Shop Boys - "Was It Worth It" - 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkeLhRtN_c

Felix - "Don't You Want Me" - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj8xF2bnxp0

Latour - "Blue" - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE7NdOLVPU8

Electronic - "Disappointed" - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJlHSFwYEPs

The Grid - "Figure of Eight" - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtz9Y40IE_k

Human Resource - "Dominator" (Joey Beltram Mix) - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gcCZo9jsKM

Messiah - "Temple of Dreams" - 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcSyihjn0Vo

 

[CHRles]

That list is beautiful!
So many great tracks listed.

This is my kinda nostalgia

 

[2Son]

That list is beautiful!
So many great tracks listed.

This is my kinda nostalgia

Mine too. Thanks for appreciating them.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Impressive List minus a few. I play a good number of those on my Retro Mixes. But I know this one came out in 1986 on Next Plateau.

Sweet Sensation - "Hooked On You" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnvxO46I0-U

 

[2Son]

Impressive List minus a few. I play a good number of those on my Retro Mixes. But I know this one came out in 1986 on Next Plateau.

Sweet Sensation - "Hooked On You" - 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnvxO46I0-U

Correct. Actually it had two releases.

Originally, the single was released in '86 when the group went by Sweet Temptation, but they were told by the Temptations management that they couldn't use their name. They changed their name to Sweet Sensation and were then signed to Atlantic/Atco Records in '88 when their debut album was released. When Mari Fernandez left, Sheila Vega replaced her and the "Take It While It's Hot" album was re-released with Sheila on the cover and a new remix/remake of "Hooked on You" was released in 1989, along with a new video.

This is their video from the first release in '86: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k7SxkeYCzE&feature=related
This video was from the second release in '89: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj4o02nPLoI.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Interesting, but the 12" I own from 86 is "Sweet Sensation" so the whole Temptation thing must be a pretty rare find. I remember hearing the song on KZZP back then too. I don't think Phx cared too much about the re-release as radio here played it out the 1st time

 

[2Son]

Interesting, but the 12" I own from 86 is "Sweet Sensation" so the whole Temptation thing must be a pretty rare find. I remember hearing the song on KZZP back then too. I don't think Phx cared too much about the re-release as radio here played it out the 1st time

Actually, I believe the band charted higher nationally with the re-release in '89 than they did with the original release in '86.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Well that's guarenteed with a major label behind them, but Phx wasn't a typical market. In the 80s, Radio took chances and broke records that other markets waited on. This was one of those examples.

 

[CHRles]

Well that's guarenteed with a major label behind them, but Phx wasn't a typical market. In the 80s, Radio took chances and broke records that other markets waited on.

Correct. 104.7 KZZP sounded amazing in the second half of the 80s, largely thanks to the efforts of its PD back then, Guy Zapoleon. It was very aggressive on new music, and played a lot more Dance and Rap titles than a typical CHR/Pop outlet, all while still playing the big Pop/Rock hits of the day.

 

[2Son]

Well that's guarenteed with a major label behind them, but Phx wasn't a typical market. In the 80s, Radio took chances and broke records that other markets waited on.

Correct. 104.7 KZZP sounded amazing in the second half of the 80s, largely thanks to the efforts of its PD back then, Guy Zapoleon. It was very aggressive on new music, and played a lot more Dance and Rap titles than a typical CHR/Pop outlet, all while still playing the big Pop/Rock hits of the day.

That reminds me of KHFI in Austin in the late 80's/early 90's.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

That top list is really good,, and alot of those songs can be heard on Liquid Radio