The Music Of The 80s - Favorites, Classics And Rarities

[hitman531ph]

Sigh!

 

I miss those days when I was DJ'ing for the mobile I worked with. The Technics SL-1200MK2 turntables I used to do my spin on.

 

The tunes we played ranged from new wave of the 1st half of the 80s to the emerging house music of the late 80s and some rap (now known as old school).

[nomanji]

what's your mobile disco's name?

[vino_kulafu]

what's your mobile disco's name?

 

Nomanji!!!! My mobile's name was AUDIO INTENSITY... :evil: kilala mo kaya ako?

[nomanji]

sorry, di ko alam yun mobile mo.

[vino_kulafu]

@nomanji: ygpm

[boyong]

Really? That's great! But only on Fridays?

bitin nga fridays lang. I also used to spin. kaso tagal na yun :upside: both disco :boo: and new wave :goatee: :cool:

Edited February 16, 2007 by boyong

[nomanji]

hope to see you there sa katips timog tom nite! 80s nite dun!

[hitman531ph]

Did you know?

 

Herbie Hancock's 1983 hit Rockit was the first song that featured record scratching.

 

But if that wasn't enough, the very first song that contains purely samples of sound effects and riffs was the song called Beat Dis by Bomb The Bass. What is little known was that this late 80s dancefloor hit was a product of a thesis to meet the requirements for the degree of studio engineering in a university in the UK.

[Gestanon]

ah the 80s, that's the decade when I was in my rollickin' 20s hahaha, very cool decade...culture club , spandau ballet, roger moore as james bond, edsa revolution, laura brannigan, madonna, cyndi lauper, we are the world, rock hudson dead of aids, ninoy assasination, return of the jedi, huey lewis and the news, duran duran, bagets, raymong lauchengco hahahaha, sarap ng decade na yan

[umd]

80's Mobile :

 

Eyeball Dub

Mode Zero

[hitman531ph]

Whatever happened to that 1-album 80s band that was touted to be the next 'The Dawn'?

 

Identity Crisis was largely an underground band that surfaced into the mainstream. The Dawn signed with Octoarts while Identity Crisis signed with Dyna Records. Dyna released the Identity Crisis album circa 1987 or 1988.

 

The Dawn came up with several albums despite the untimely death of guitarist Teddy Diaz. Identity Crisis, on the other hand, did not come up with another album.

[gorgonites]

friday i'm in love - the cure

upside down - two minds crack

my boyish days - the care

sunday bloody sunday - U2

in the name of love - U2

with or without you - U2

tenderness - general public

if you leave - omd

i don't like mondays - boomtown rats

panic - the smiths

hold me now - thompson twins

arms of orion - prince and sheena easton

[hitman531ph]

The 80s also was a renaissance for opm artists. The 70s Manila Sound had faded out. And opm music started to come up with songs in English. Prior to the 80s opm music was essentially in Tagalog. While The New Minstrels first released an English single in the late 70s, no opm artist immediately followed suit.

 

Then came Martin Nievera with 'Pain' in the 1982 Metro Pop Music Festival.

 

Other artists soon followed. Gary Valenciano, Raymond Lauchengco, Rage, Tito Mina, Janet Basco, Joey Albert, Kuh Ledesma, Boy Katindig, Paul Pascal, the late Ric Segreto and even Apo Hiking Society had English hits.

 

The Dawn began the band era that started in the second half of the 80s. Most of their hits were in English too.

 

At around the late 80s, budding bands Introvoys and After Image were joining band competitions. Meanwhile, Strictly Confidential came up with a single that did not click and then disbanded with its lead singer eventually forming True Faith.

[Guest bleeding_angel]

80's? the music of U2 and Queen... classic!

[Immortal666]

Whatever happened to that 1-album 80s band that was touted to be the next 'The Dawn'?

 

Identity Crisis was largely an underground band that surfaced into the mainstream. The Dawn signed with Octoarts while Identity Crisis signed with Dyna Records. Dyna released the Identity Crisis album circa 1987 or 1988.

 

The Dawn came up with several albums despite the untimely death of guitarist Teddy Diaz. Identity Crisis, on the other hand, did not come up with another album.

 

Identity Crisis actually released a second album. I can't remember the title. I even have a cassette copy tucked away somewhere.

 

Their singer Cool Karla eventually formed another band when the '90s Pinoy alternative scene boomed. You probably still remember them - Mariya's Mistress.