Scarlet Architect’s Rose Grey should certainly have been a huge hit. It has that professionalism to it; if you play, say, Ceramic Hello, you know instantly that they couldn’t have “made it” on a commercial level because the vocals are not too strong and not too well recorded… but Rose Grey has a strong, “rock” type vocal, kinda like Falck’s old hero, Stan Ridgway.
Kuruki too, well spotted Aircrash!
Looking to the left of the screen, I suppose both Blaze Colour and Informatics could have been bigger than they were, although I can’t say they’re top 40 material… How about The Body Electric? Pulsing sounds like it could have charted…
And all these bands who signed to labels of famous synthpoppers - like Hohokam, Absolute or Robert Marlow - they certainly must have wanted some of the sunshine these artists were basking in!
Oh! and Twilight Ritual. They should have been the ONLY band in the charts in, say, 1985 or so…
“BTW, wouldn’t it be cool if somebody threw an enitre 80s party just with hits that never were? And people would think “did I really live in the 80s after all”?”
That’s funny. I seem to be going to these kind of parties all the time. 8O
I was thinking B Movie as well, but since Nowhere Girl still gets lots of play in new wave clubs (at least around here), I figured it had at least some commercial success. Or at least the band hasn’t been forgotten altogether.
How about Starter? Their selftitled album is great, and several of the songs could have been hits.
[quote author=“AirCrashBureau”]“BTW, wouldn’t it be cool if somebody threw an enitre 80s party just with hits that never were? And people would think “did I really live in the 80s after all”?”
That’s funny. I seem to be going to those kind of parties all the time. 8O
You sure you know your Rick Astley and Mel & Kim? :wink:
Hey, I feel I need to mention Nouvelle Culture. They don’t quite fit in here as their 80s compatible music is being made today, but they could have been big in the day. Maybe somebody could sell Jacky a time machine? :D
No Falck, making 80s music in 2008 is cheating. You can’t say it should have been a hit if it wasn’t 25 years too late, that’s like saying you and I should have been in the charts in 1983, only we didn’t record.
Go sit at the back of the class now and pay attention. :wink:
[quote author=“reactorlgtn”]No Falck, making 80s music in 2008 is cheating. You can’t say it should have been a hit if it wasn’t 25 years too late, that’s like saying you and I should have been in the charts in 1983, only we didn’t record.
Go sit at the back of the class now and pay attention. :wink:
You’re really fond of the old time-space continuum, aren’t you?
IIRC this is my thread, so this makes me headmaster, doesn’t it? And if it’s being done by the headmaster, of course it can’t be called cheating.. :wink:
You’re really fond of the old time-space continuum, aren’t you?
Yeah, all this wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff gives me a headache… Better call the Doctor.
Headmaster huh? Well I knew that “back of the class” quib would get on your tits :-D
But you’re not to be let off that easily. Now mention more bands that should have been Top 10 in the 80s but were not…
Actually, I thought of something On-Topic here as well: The NDW. If you listen to any bunch of NDW, say a dozen records, you’ll find half of them good or great, and half, well, not. But forgive my foreign ears: Try as I might I can’t guess which ones made it and which ones didn’t! Some of the obscurities I have heard, are as good as the hits or better - within the same genres! I mean, it’s not that I only like “underground” ndw or something like that, I hear would-be hits that were not hits. Paso Doble “Computerliebe (Die Module Spielen Verrückt)” being a case in point, that should have been huge, no?
Oh, and what price REK 1? That single should have been top 10, with the LP selling sufficiently to fetching about €8 now…
Now my tits are of no matter of interest in this thread at all, so if you don’t start to behave I’ll have you sent to a foster home, you insolent little thing. 8)
Anyways…let’s start a fresh NDW thread for this then, shall we?
Doesn’t fit in here well IMHO, as people singing in the beautiful language of the fatherland sounding like music itself hardly ever made it big in Japan… :wink:
[quote author=“falck”]Anyways…let’s start a fresh NDW thread for this then, shall we?
Doesn’t fit in here well IMHO, as people singing in the beautiful language of the fatherland sounding like music itself hardly ever made it big in Japan… :wink:
Myes.. point taken, such as it is. Not even Goldene Reiter is played at every party cr-78 goes to. Although if B-Movie are too mainstream to be in this thread, it seems “international success” equals “UK chart success”, which wont do.
[quote author=“reactorlgtn”]Although if B-Movie are too mainstream to be in this thread, it seems “international success” equals “UK chart success”, which wont do.
I think they’re borderline - even though the Nowhere Girl 12” still gets played today (what a song!), their Forever Running LP is a perfect pop album that didn’t seem to sell many copies. In that respect I think they qualify.
[quote author=“reactorlgtn”][quote author=“falck”]Anyways…let’s start a fresh NDW thread for this then, shall we?
Myes.. point taken, such as it is. Not even Goldene Reiter is played at every party cr-78 goes to. Although if B-Movie are too mainstream to be in this thread, it seems “international success” equals “UK chart success”, which wont do.
[quote author=“cr-78”][quote author=“reactorlgtn”][quote author=“falck”]Anyways…let’s start a fresh NDW thread for this then, shall we?
Myes.. point taken, such as it is. Not even Goldene Reiter is played at every party cr-78 goes to. Although if B-Movie are too mainstream to be in this thread, it seems “international success” equals “UK chart success”, which wont do.
what did I do now?
The honourable Member of the Wave Board, Mr. O. Reactorlgtn, has filed a law suit against you for the non-playing of the NDW song “Goldener Reiter” at your parties as well as not ensuring it is being played at parties you attend with malicious intent.
I suggest you simply plead guilty. It’s the done thing.
[quote author=“falck”][quote author=“cr-78”][quote author=“reactorlgtn”][quote author=“falck”]Anyways…let’s start a fresh NDW thread for this then, shall we?
Myes.. point taken, such as it is. Not even Goldene Reiter is played at every party cr-78 goes to. Although if B-Movie are too mainstream to be in this thread, it seems “international success” equals “UK chart success”, which wont do.
what did I do now?
The honourable Member of the Wave Board, Mr. O. Reactorlgtn, has filed a law suit against you for the non-playing of the NDW song “Goldener Reiter” at your parties as well as not ensuring it is being played at parties you attend with malicious intent.
I suggest you simply plead guilty. It’s the done thing.
