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Please tell me there is someone out there that remembers these dudes...

WOW..

I remember the Disco at the Centennial Club, we used to go there all the time and listen to Abba.

My Dad was at 4 Svc Bn (MSE OP) and we lived in Area 31 (9-9) from 74-78 and back again later in the 80's.

I also remember the Rod & Gun and the CYC.

Cool...........................
 
Hey Vern - I seem to rmember posting those dudes earlier.  Even scarier, when I left Calgary in 95 - they were playing at one of the bars there just before I left town,

Here's another one hit wonder from across the pond: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leMzjdb2WVw

MM
 
Jeez Vern you really got the old memories coming back. I remember walking into a US Army club in Frankfurt in the 60/70's ?, and the cover group on stage was doing this one, Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSFHPXkhyaY
 
The Librarian said:
Too funny Scott. I saw Gowan open for Supertramp at the Aitken Centre in Fredericton in 85.

I barely remember that concert. I saw the Beach Boys there with Cat's Can Fly as the opener.
 
I know these guys are a tad later than the 80's, but oh well.  They were big on MTV Europe when I was in Yugo in '94.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-x-NNNq5o2w

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j53VGZnW4fU

Weird Al liked the first one so much, he revised it a bit:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YPVbynQaIv4&mode=related&search=

MM


 
HFXCrow said:
WOW..

I remember the Disco at the Centennial Club, we used to go there all the time and listen to Abba.

My Dad was at 4 Svc Bn (MSE OP) and we lived in Area 31 (9-9) from 74-78 and back again later in the 80's.

I also remember the Rod & Gun and the CYC.

Cool...........................

Hmmm,

We may know each other then. I know there's at least one other poster here who was present when I had to be escorted from the base Theatre during the opening of Jaws as I was freaking out so bad!! Dependant upon your age, our paths may have crossed. I lived in 33.2.8, Langenwinkle. Spent some time at the Rod & Gun, but not much. The CYC, yes I used to stroll down there at lunch from School (it became much better when the BeeGee's ceased to be the mood of the day for music and was replaced by AC DC.

I also have really good memories of the bus coming around the Qs to pick us up for school dances, dropping us bad apples off near Spain, imbibing, staggering from marketstrasse to the Caserne and then crawling under the back gate behind 'the new gym' to get into the dance in order to avoid my mother, the gate guard!! Actually any gate guards.

Driving mopeds. Trips to Berlin and other scheduled countries on the double-decker bus for Swim meets.
Class trips: to Berne (and the tour of the Toberlone choclate factory and all the samples that go with it), Lake Luscerne, Biberweir skiing for the week, Bertchesgarten (where I also spent March breaks skiing), and many others. Best class trip though was the trip to Paris (and from which I got RTUd a day early  ;D ) where Mr. F (a famous teacher!!) wanted to know who was bored (I was) and proceeded to take us to the Styx concert wearing his Birkenstocks!! Geez, all that and not even 14 yet!!

I also have the requisite photo of me on the log-ride in EuropaPark, Rust, which IIRC I thought was the cats ass at the time. Man, those were the days. Good for the morale of the troops posted there and an absolutely unforgettable experience for their dependants. I can still rattle off my fathers (He was a Sup tech ~ FMSU) SIN, rank, name and posn; just in case the crap hit the fan and we dependants had to fly out to the land of safety all on our own.
 
This is amazine, the "approaching mid-life" club  ;D.  Glad to see I am not the only one who loves the music from back in "the day" 
Now about acid wash jeans ........
 
I also have the requisite photo of me on the log-ride in EuropaPark, Rust, which IIRC I thought was the cats *** at the time. Man, those were the days. Good for the morale of the troops posted there and an absolutely unforgettable experience for their dependants. I can still rattle off my fathers (He was a Sup tech ~ FMSU) SIN, rank, name and posn; just in case the crap hit the fan and we dependants had to fly out to the land of safety all on our own.

OK Vern now ya done it. My wife was a gate guard in Baden, we do have " the requisite photo of me on the log-ride in EuropaPark, Rust.  ' My son did identical  school trips as you describe.  Cheese, chocolate Paris etc.

Boy I guess that's it I am officially "Old."  Guess I'll hobble down to Timmies now!  ;D
 
You think you’re old, when Vern was 8 according to her post I’d been in uniform almost a year. :'(
 
You think you're old when--- Vern was 8 according to her post I'd been in uniform almost 10 years.

Anyone else ;D
 
I found a long misplaced mixed tape the other day.

I had forgotten all about "Strange Advance" and how much I liked the song "Worlds Away".
I wonder if the kids have a blank CD...
 
GUNS said:
You think you're old when--- Vern was 8 according to her post I'd been in uniform almost 10 years.

Anyone else ;D

Well, I was just heading for Cornwallis that year - so, if I'm OLD - YOU'RE ANCIENT!!  :o

 
Okay, here's my "A" list 80's list:

Killing Moon, Echo and the Bunny Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPamefZ0TpA

Cuts You Up, Peter Murphy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwxR6UNitUQ (with cool modern movie clips)

Can You Forgive Her? Pet Shop Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laIfJMRREyM  (crazy Final Fantasy clip video)

Lovers In a Dangerous Time, Bare Naked Ladies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ercqDP18ms (lovingly shot in Scarborough, best line ever at 2:48)

Where Is This Love, Payolas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYDVxIgA0M

Heart Break Beat, Psychedelic Furs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPv0qCg4so8

Send Me An Angel, Real Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBlVYIbL97g

The Power of Love, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnAbtIF3YM (not much of a video)

Small Town Boy, Bronski Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raoaZFDSLcc

Word Up, Cameo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmtsN_gzMM

April Fool, Chalk Circle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2cDsqu91q8

Let It Whip, Dazz Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDNFGeTrDxw (goofy video)

Strange Love, Depeche Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjRYifPHPgo

Bad, U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYu_kO0w3g

Surfin' on Heroin, Forgotten Rebels
(couldn't find a link)

I Wanna Be A Flintstone, Screaming Blue Messiahs
(gettin' a bit obscure now)

True Faith, New Order
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcunLqxHDWU (one seriously weird video)

So In Love, Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgyXfOQSJE

True, Spandau Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_x1zqLj1k

Mad World and Pale Shelter, Tears For Fears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv9IX2MnOkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTn4o2Z-vZU
(for some reason the two just always go together)

Go!!! Tones on Tail
(rare song and hard to find)

Melt With You, Modern English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-9foTvUAj0 (set to a Dr. Who vid)

Saved By Zero, The Fixx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-9foTvUAj0 (just music)

Yes, I was a bit of an angst-ridden Preppie boy as a teenager.  Hey, we had The Bomb to worry about! 

And just for SprCForr:

Worlds Away, Strange Advance
http://www.strangeadvance.com/Worlds_Away.mpg
 
Ah! (heavy sigh) Germany in the '80's:

"Stop the Cavalry" by Hewie Lewis and the News.

Driving down the Autobahn listening to "Fun, Fun, Fun, on the Autobahn" by Kraftwerk.

Wearing our sun glasses at night on those tank trains (before they all went dry) listening to the tunes of the same name.

Going to concerts and seeing all the big names for only 35 DM. 

Seeing Nena perform "99 Luftballons" live and being grossed out by her armpit hair.  Seeing Nena Hagan live and being scared more than being out on a freaky Halloween night.  ;D  Then knowing that Nana Miscourri (SP) was the third of the "N's" and they were all different, and all three are still alive and well....

Listening to BAUHAUS, SPLIFF, Falco, Hubert Kah, the Klaus Lage Band, Peter Schilling, ixi, Markus, Spider Murphy Gang, Rednex, Trio, Taco and other German Bands.

Listening to Adam Ant, Donald Fagan, Capt. Sensible, Haysi Fantayzee, Musical Youth, Culture Club, The Flirts, Toni Basil, The Mobiles, The Associates, Little Fingers, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Chas and Dave, Pig Bag, Gary Numan, Uriah Heep, Peter Gabriel, the Alan Parsons Project, Jean Michel Jarre, Jethro Tull, and the Clash two or three years before their tunes hit North America.  Joan Jett, Jona Lewie, OMD, Mike Batt, the Eurythmics, Kajagoogoo, Thompson Twins, Madness, the Belle Stars, Aneka, Andy Borg, Depeche Mode, Eddy Grant, the Boomtown Rats, Marianne Faithful, Donald Fagen, Icehouse, Styx, Queen........

Who can forget Wonder Dog and "Ruff Mix"?



 
A favorite movie of mine is Grosse Pointe Blank which has an excellent soundtrack with the likes of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2_3wIeg_r4&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDB-fc4fn9Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdaHCLlBkWU

And a few others I can't seem to find links to as of yet.

MM


 
Hey there was the whole Brat Pack of the 80s movie thing going on...

St Elmo's Fire;
Pretty In Pink;
16 Candles;
Little Darlings;
The Breakfast Club...

Molly Ringwald...cute little red-headed girl!!

Some of the ones I liked the best...

The Colour Purple
Platoon
Prince...Purple Rain
and the ultimate...
9 1/2 Weeks

 
Vern, I never took you for a "9 1/2 Weeks" fan... >:D

Funny you mention Molly Ringworm, oops, Ringwald and 16 Candles and after I brought up Gross Pointe Blank - both John and Joan Cusack were in that flick and got their starts there.  He was one of the power geeks with Anthony Michael Hall and she was the chick in the scoliosis brace who couldn't figure out the water fountain.

MM
 
Back to music - try watching Scrubs sometime and a whole pile of weird stuff comes up on episode soundtracks.

These guys have a spot where the song keeps coming back through the whole episode - as one doctor puts it, "...I can't get this song out of my head - it's like a virus..." and I happen to agree: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WY_8woQ-HEA

Here's another with the original video and the Scrubs version from Colin Hay (Men At Work):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oy0219vxZj0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RZ45xrtNnzk

Another from a more recent source, but still a really catchy tune:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K5Oe1Oc62f0.

MM
 
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