MeFi Music songs tagged with 80s

Getting a Tan by Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:04:40 -0800

Music for Spring. Another oldie from the 1980's. The Beat Meters was my 7-piece Pop-Dance orchestra with 2 girl singers in front, bass, drums, guitars, keys & sometimes 2 drummers/percussionists. We spent a crap-ton of money on a 4-song demo, but due to a revolving door of personnel, never managed to really get the thing off the ground.

1988 (Phoenix Mars Remix) by The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:21:36 -0800

I decided that God Particle's 1988 needed lyrics, so I added some text-to-speech from Phoenix's Last Transmission From Mars. Everything is better with sad robots!

Two "Go For It" Minuets by dagosto

dagosto — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:43:07 -0800

Written for a short film produced this past summer. Although they bought a fake TV news theme from me, these two were passed up after the producers bought the rights to The Scorpions' rock you liek a hurricane

1988 by god particle

god particle — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:29:52 -0800

a blast from the past

Blast Off Forever by jake

jake — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:31:03 -0800

Since there's a chiptune thread going on, I figured I'd show y'all that Game Boys don't have all the fun! Here's one of the tracks I performed at last year's Blip Festival, written under the constraints of the Neo Geo arcade system -- very much a classic "chiptune" machine, even though it featured snazzy FM synthesis and limited PCM waveform data.

Silver Sting by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:15:30 -0800

I threatened to do so, and I have -- a song I wrote when I was around 15 or 16 years old, in the '80s jazz-pop vein of Basia, Sade and Hiroshima. Although I think it's actually more inspired by Tears for Fears.

Alturas Pl by ageispolis

ageispolis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:43:55 -0800

Eighties inspired electropop with vox verse and instrumental dance hook. That's Arundhati Roy you hear at the beginning. I just had to use that beautiful voice of hers somewhere.

Undercurrent by tehloki

tehloki — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:45:28 -0800

I found an entry-level Yamaha synth in my friend's basement. The dials were stuck on 80's.

Reaching Further by tehloki

tehloki — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:18:06 -0800

An ambient guitar/bass/string jam. None of this is real.
I didn't really live through the Eighties, but I'm pretty sure this it what it might have sounded like.
Warning: Song is epic long. It's got some variety to it, though.

Au Courant by ageispolis

ageispolis — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:07:15 -0800

Experimental electroclassical hip-hop track. First one to name the classical piece I lifted for my main brass sample gets a lollipop. (Hint, I play it in entirety in incredibly high-pitched, fast motion near the end of the track).

Only In Your Mind by zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:36:43 -0800

The "big power ballad" from my hard rock album that was only released in Japan (in 1996) after I lost my major label deal (in 1994). Excellent backing vocals by Ted Poley of Danger Danger.

Through The Rain by litlnemo

litlnemo — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:32:31 -0800

This one is really lo-fi as I don't have the master tape and it's a 21 year old rough demo -- and I do mean rough. :) Recorded Spring 1985 in dorm room A-1016, The Evergreen State College. (More inside.)

Color of Love by Tlogmer

Tlogmer — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:52:26 -0800

Off my band's demo.

Shooting by augustweed

augustweed — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:14:52 -0800

A song about all of the violence and hate in this world. Recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of our band was: Tous. I played bass.

Alone by augustweed

augustweed — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:15:51 -0800

Recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player.

4 Sale by augustweed

augustweed — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:10:38 -0800

This song was rendered from a camcorder video recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed.

Africa! by augustweed

augustweed — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:20:32 -0800

This song was recorded in October 1986 at club Chez Mimo in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed. The Tarzan part on this song was kind of weird to me at first, but the crowd seemed to enjoy it, so we kept it.

Worse Than Pop - We Can Clone Knight Rider Fans, We Have the Techno by Eideteker

Eideteker — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:20:06 -0800

I am a lonely man, with only Audacity for company.
This is my first attempt at a multitrack recording. I don't have a real microphone, so it's really lo-fi. I also apparently have no clue how to master, so the levels will scare you. I welcome suggestions, death threats, etc.

Transcelestial Unification by ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:13:48 -0800

Started out as a shakedown cruise/tone demo for my PRS McCarty Brazilian, but it turned into a pensée on loose women from other galaxies, as all my songs seem to. Samuel Johnson's horse applies.