Post punk, alt-rock corner

[Harlequin74]

7 hours ago, Old Man Riva said:

It certainly was! I was really disappointed when Be Bop Deluxe split but bought Revolt Into Style when it came out (on blue or red vinyl, I think?!) and loved it.

I saw the band at Birmingham Odeon (or Town Hall?) and, again, loved it.

Whilst it wasn’t BBD, it was a definite progression from Drastic Plastic, which I really dug, esp. the more electro moments on the album (e.g. Electrical Language).

For me Bill Nelson is such an overlooked artist and musician…

Still love Modern Music, and Bills solo stuff. Amazing guitarist also….

[Harlequin74]

Something a little different…from Blue Rondo Al a Turk! 
 

 

[Harlequin74]

On 06/07/2021 at 06:07, Beedster said:

These two songs defined post-punk for me, Unguarded moment by The Church and Song From Under the Floorboards by Magazine, lovely fretless Ovation in the latter

 

 

Love that Magazine track. Saw them loads of times back in the day….. 

[Frank Blank]

15 hours ago, Harlequin74 said:

‘Vi does it hurt when my heart misses a beat’ - classic stuff, best said in german accent

Are you thinking of the band Propaganda? Rather than this which is the song Propaganda by Play Dead? 

Edited July 7, 2021 by Frank Blank

[Waddo Soqable]

1 hour ago, Harlequin74 said:

Something a little different…from Blue Rondo Al a Turk! 
 

 

Gawd, I'd forgotten about the kind of attempted zoot suit "jazz revival" thing of the period..  seems to happen every few decades or so

[Waddo Soqable]

The Church Unguarded Moment above (great track 👍) got me thinking Australian ....

 

[Barking Spiders]

1 hour ago, Harlequin74 said:

Something a little different…from Blue Rondo Al a Turk! 
 

 

Arent they more part of the jazz-pop thing of the mid 80s along with Sade and Animal Nightlife? 

Anyone remember this cracking  Peel fave?

Wish Planet Rock would play stuff like this and other bands mentioned on this thread rather than bluddy Foreigner, Styx, Dire Straits, Smith Kotzen etc all the time

[Leonard Smalls]

More Scouse early new wave from ex Big In Japan-ers:

 

And some New York No Wave:

 

[Harlequin74]

2 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

Are you thinking of the band Propaganda? Rather than this which is the song Propaganda by Plat Dead? 

Yes!

[Harlequin74]

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Gawd, I'd forgotten about the kind of attempted zoot suit "jazz revival" thing of the period..  seems to happen every few decades or so

They started life quite edgy but salsa/pop, then this (produced by Godley & Creme) and went on to become Matt Bianco….

[Harlequin74]

I think we have had some Bauhaus, but this is my fav. Nice fretless bass.

 

 

[Harlequin74]

And here is the Propaganda tune i meant to reference……

i will stop now, this is getting obsessive!

 

[Frank Blank]

59 minutes ago, Harlequin74 said:

And here is the Propaganda tune i meant to reference…

Ah, so this is the track, I was wondering, I haven't listened to them that much despite liking them when I did. Having Derek Forbes on bass is always a good thing.

59 minutes ago, Harlequin74 said:

i will stop now, this is getting obsessive!

Don't. Really enjoying this thread.

 

[Harlequin74]

Oh alright then!

so here is one of the original post punk bands, John Fox’s Ultravox! Not the rubbish with Midge Ure etc, but the original!

 

[Harlequin74]

Or early Human League!

 

[Frank Blank]

30 minutes ago, Harlequin74 said:

Or early Human League!

Both Reproduction and Travelogue are (and have been since released) in my top ten albums. Proper genius.

[Frank Blank]

12 hours ago, Harlequin74 said:

I think we have had some Bauhaus, but this is my fav. Nice fretless bass…

I saw Bauhaus many, many times back when they were in their pomp, some of the early gigs were so exciting, proper possessed madness, extraordinary.

[Waddo Soqable]

 

[Frank Blank]

To Iceland and my favourite drummer…

 

[itsmedunc]

Another great band -

 

[Barking Spiders]

Here's one hell of an underrated/overlooked band, 23 Skidoo. That this vid has just 370 views sums it up really. I guess they were too different and inventive for the general public in the early 80s. 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

23 skidoo takes me back a bit !.. We used to listen to this one when sitting around all night talking bollocks in the Hulme Crecents

 

[Waddo Soqable]

Which also reminds me of these.. Tony Wilson thought they were going to be factory's "big thing" rather than Joy Div.  Tw@t !

 

[MacDaddy]

I'm tempted to post some The Damned.

Controversial maybe, as they were one of the original punk bands, but since reforming (for the first time) in 1978, they've definitely covered the post-punk and alt-rock genres.

 

[rushbo]

Anybody fancy a bit of Post-Punk whimsy?

 

Edited July 8, 2021 by rushbo