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Dare (1981) es el 3º disco en estudio de la banda inglesa The Human League. El disco logró gran éxito comercial, impulsado por sus pegajosos sencillos Open Your Heart, Love Action/Hard Times y el más famoso: Don't You Want Me (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_You_Want_Me_(canci%C3%B3n_de_The_Human_League)) , que alcanzó el nº 1 en las listas del Reino Unido (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reino_Unido) en la Navidad (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navidad) de 1981 (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981) , convirtiéndose en uno de los sencillos mejor vendidos de ese año. También se posicionó en el nº 1 en los Estados Unidos (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_Unidos) en el verano de 1982, un logro excepcional ya que en aquel momento el rock en ese país despertaba de un letargo debido al largo reinado del sonido disco, por lo que la nueva vertiente techno (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno) no tenía mucha aceptación. Estos tres lanzamientos fueron acompañados por llamativos vídeos promocionales, como el vídeo de la canción Love Action que estaba basado en la película El Graduado. Durante el período de Dare, la banda a menudo era asociada al movimiento new romantic (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_romantic) . 

Especial: Post-Punk (parte 3) Tema: Qual sua opinião sobre a quantidade de conteúdo na carga horária escolar? 01) Tears For Fears  / Everybody Wants To Rule The World [Single Version]         Songs From The Big Chair, 1984 02) Depeche Mode / Strangelove (remaster)       Music for the Masses, 1987 03) Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Relax        Welcome To The Pleasuredome, 1983 04) New Order / Love Vigilantes (2015 Remaster)       Low-life, 1985 05) Ultravox / Dancing With Tears In My Eyes        Lament, 1984 06) The B-52's  / Trism                Whammy!, 1983 07) Gang Of Four  / Is It Love       Hard, 1983 08) The Human League  / Don't You Want Me        Dare/Fascination!, 1981 09) Duran Duran / Rio [US Edit]                  Rio, 1982 10) A Flock Of Seagulls / I Ran      A Flock Of Seagulls, 1982 11) Devo / Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth        New Traditionalists (Deluxe Remastered Edition), 1981 12) Blancmange/ Blind Vision        Mange Tout, 1983

  The Old School Rewind Podcast Features Jody Watley his week. Welcome Back Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959 is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul. In 1987, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959 is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul. In 1987, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.In 2008, she was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard magazine, and was also prominently featured in the historic black issue of Vogue Italia in 2008. Her early music influences are Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, The Carpenters, Roberta Flack, Prince, Grace Jones and various jazz artists including Nancy Wilson.  In December 2016 Billboard ranked her as the 21st most successful dance artist of all-time. and in 2017 Black Music Honors TV special recognized Watley as Crossover Music Icon Honoree for her groundbreaking achievements and influence. In August 2018 Billboard ranked Jody Watley as one of the top female artists of all-time, at number 53. Jody's Early career1977–1984: Soul Train and ShalamarWatley was born in Chicago, Illinois and made her first stage appearance at 8 years old with family friend and godfather Jackie Wilson. (CLIP JACKIE WILSON) She got her entertainment start on the TV dance show Soul Train at the age of 14. Documented by Ebony magazine in 1977 as a part of "The New Generation," Jody Watley was one of the most popular dancers on the show and recognized as a trendsetter for her style and dance moves. As standouts on the television show, Watley and fellow Soul Train dancer Jeffrey Daniel were selected to join Gary Mumford and become original members of the R&B group Shalamar, which was created by soul trains Don Cornelius. (Mumford was shortly replaced by Gerald Brown, and Brown himself was soon replaced by Howard Hewett as lead vocalist).  So The lineup now in shalamar of Hewett, Watley, and Daniel would be the most successful. Jody Watley remained with Shalamar from 1977 to 1983. In that time, The trio released several albums and scored several hits including the US Top 20 "Dead Giveaway", and the R&B hits "The Second Time Around", "For The Lover In You", and "A Night To Remember". A show exclusively for Shalamar up in a few weeks so I didn't mean to tease you their wit den jammies but few weeks we'll hook up with shalamars music..  after all of this and Because of conflicts within the group, disagreements about the artistic direction of Shalamar with Dick Griffey, and lack of payment from Solar Records, Jody Watley finally leaves the group in 1983, prior to the release of Shalamars "The Look" album. Here we are in post Shalamar mode for Jody watley as she moved to England, and while there, she recorded a guest vocal with British Jamaican roots reggae group Musical Youth for their album, Different Style!.(clip) remember them,  She also recorded with Gary Langan, Anne Dudley and J.J Jeczalik (who later became Art of Noise).(clip)  She had a brief stint with Phonogram Records where two singles were released (in the UK, Europe and Australia – though crucially not America) under the moniker "Jody" (no second name), "Where the Boys Are" and "Girls Night Out". Also during this era, and after departing the group, she took part in Bob Geldof's Band Aid recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas", which included Bono, Boy George, Sting, George Michael, Phil Collins, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Bananarama and other prominent UK artists. After two and a half years in England, Watley returned to America and secured a recording deal with MCA Records, eager to establish her own identity.[29] Her debut solo studio album, titled Jody Watley, was released in March 1987, and she co-wrote six of the album's nine songs. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Watley would say that she wanted to showcase her voice against "really funky hard dance tracks."[29] The album's lead single, "Looking for a New Love", became a hit and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[30] The album peaked at number ten on the US Billboard 200, number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and sold 2 million copies in the United States and a total of 4 million copies worldwide. It produced five uptempo dance and R&B singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with three peaking within the top-ten: The first being "Looking for a New Love"  was a #2 hit for Jody and was released in January 1987 as the first single from her debut album. The song became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. The single hit number two for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart.[1] It is the only single between 1985 and 1990 in the United States to have spent four weeks in the runner-up position and not have reached the number one. The single was kept out of the top spot of the Hot 100 by Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and U2's "With or Without You", and would itself keep Club Nouveau's Hot 100 number-one single "Lean on Me" out of the top spot of the R&B chart. It ranked number 16 on Billboard's year-end chart for 1987. The song also reached number-one on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada. In 1988 the song was nominated for two Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The single lookin for a new love came about  While listening to a tape of instrumental tracks given to her by producer André Cymone, Watley reflected on a recent sour romantic breakup. Fusing her own feelings of "I'll show you" with the feel of the track, Watley came up with the basic premise of "Looking for a New Love." The released record is the eight-track demo of the song; that way the emotional urgency of Watley's vocal was still intact. One of the song's key phrases became a popular saying: "Hasta la vista, baby." It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (see Hasta la vista, baby). This is what the kids now days would call a banger. Jody wattle lookin for new love on this weeks old school rewind podcast CLIP Lookin for a new love We are tracking jody watleys hits on the Old School rewind  I'm Aaron from the 35 acres and a microphone podcast farm..  The three most noted singles for jody chart wise were that you just heard lookin for a new love   next up a song called still a thrill got to #56 on the top 100. Higher at the r&b radio stations While the #56 (US chart) peaking "Still a Thrill" didn't necessarily match the pop chart success of its blockbuster predecessor, it was, however, a major hit on both the R&B and dance charts in 1987. Watley employed a deep lower register on this uptempo R&B / dance song, which she co-wrote. It was produced by Andre Cymone and David Z. There have been CoversFrom Indie Neo-soulsters, Soulscream, on their 2001 album, Prototype @lpha1 2001 Neophunk. Synth-pop artist, Matthew Duffy, covered "Still a Thrill" on his album, Here I Come. Here it is from jody now on the old school rewind podcast. Still a thrill CLIP still a thrill We're messing around in the lab and hookin you up with some jams to hear, and the stories from the singers and songs from the True School Days of Old School and we're featuring jody wattle. Next up for jody was my favorite song I played on KWIN in Stockton back in those days was this one which reached #6. The song "don't you want me.  I can remember like yesterday Christmas of 87 I was doing a lot of filling in for vacationing Dj's and this was actually the footings of Dance and Rhythm music to start taking down the white nature of top 40 radio It was released on August 10, 1987 as the third single from the Jody Watley album. The song was produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic-fame, and written by Franne Golde, David Paul Bryant and Jody herself. "Don't You Want Me" was a huge hit in the United States, reaching position number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one and three on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively. Watley's previous single, "Still a Thrill," fared well in dance and R&B markets,  but less-so in the mainstream. This is the race thing I bring up a lot on this show. It was a lil too much for the radio.  That was enough  and prompted her label, MCA Records, to go in a more pop-friendly direction. "Don't You Want Me" was one of the biggest crossover singles for the year 1987, reaching the top-ten of the Billboard pop and R&B charts. The single was also popular in nightclubs, reaching the top spot of the Billboard dance chart.Some more chart chatter for you Chart performance"Don't You Want Me" landed in the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of October 24, 1987, advancing from number 56 to 40. The single reached number six on December 19, 1987 and remained there for three consecutive weeks. Theres been some Sample usage "Don't You Want Me" sampled extensively on the 49ers' 1990 hit "Don't You Love Me?". Remixed eurodance versions have appeared on the Dancemania series albums, including Dancemania SPEED 2 issued in 1999. So far Jody had me at hello with this one, Don't you want me from me Aaron Goodwin and theeee old school rewind podcast (CLIP)don't you want me  Jody watley featured on this weeks old school rewind. Im Aaron Goodwin thank you for subscribing if your just arriving share to a friend and let em know old school still lives on, here, on one of the only podcast focused on true old school or true school. 82-89. And how it all got on the radio and ending up starting the culture that has enveloped the world..  The next song we'll hit for you is Jodys "Some Kind Of Lover  Her third top 10 pop single from the album, and third number-one of the US dance chart, though the single found huge success in the US, outside the states, the single only reached number 81 on the UK charts. Some Kind of Lover advanced into the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the week of February 27, 1988, finally stalling at #10 the week of April 16, 1988. "Some Kind of Lover" kept Watley in the Top 20 of the singles chart for six weeks. The music video premiered in January 1988 and was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video, she also performed "Some Kind of Lover" at the award show that year. (CLIP)some kind of lover I am Aaron Goodwin and by the look of the numbers here I am talking week by week to folks worldwide we have numbers in the thousands subscribed to my podcast the old school rewind. Share subscribe tell a friend. Jody watley's next single is "most of all" released on April 18, 1988 as the fifth and final single from the Jody Watley self titled...   "Most of All" was the least successful of the five singles released from the Jody Watley album. It peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but did find success on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, where it reached numbers eight and eleven, respectively. The song was produced by Patrick Leonard and was co-written by Gardner Cole, both of whom had been involved with Madonna's 1986 album, True Blue. The accompanying black and white music video for "Most of All" was directed by famous Hollywood director David Fincher.   David fincher (thinking) where have I heard that name before.. David fincher.  Oh I know do you watch jimmy Fallon, when Nicole Kidman went on and said that she went around Jimmy a couple of times and sort of liked him and Fallon knew nothing of it..  the mutual friend is David finches   that would make sense. I'm pondering out loud sorry. That isn't confirmed either but. I think that was that guys name For me. the songs kept getting better and I thought the melody of most of all and the hook were incredible. This was a real artist.   (CLIP) most of all At the 30th Annual Grammy Awards of 1988, Watley won the award for Best New Artist, and was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. That same year, she also received nominations for four MTV Video Music Awards and three Soul Train Awards.  Heres a note.  After Shalamar she had two singles released under the name of "Jody", without her last name even though adverts in UK pop magazine, Smash Hits, mentioned that she was "Formerly of Shalamar". This "technicality" (no second name), allowed her controversially to be considered a "New Artist" at the Grammy's, beating Breakfast Club, Cutting Crew, Terence Trent D'Arby and Swing Out Sister. Shortly after winning the Grammy, Watley would be featured in Harper's Bazaar magazine photographed by Francesco Scavullo. Things than became "LARGER THAN LIFE" for Jody watley. that is a play on words a bit as it is the name of jody's next album or sophomore effort.  In the spring of 1989, Watley released her second studio album, Larger than Life, co-writing eleven of the album’s twelve songs. The album sold over 4 million copies worldwide, reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200, and produced four singles: "Real Love" (US #2, #1 R&B, #2 Dance, UK #31), a Gold-certificated single and her first Top 40 UK single since "Looking for a New Love" in 1987;  "Friends" featuring Eric B. & Rakim, (US #9, #3 R&B, #7 Dance, UK #21); and "Everything" (US #4, #3 R&B), her first ballad released as a single. The album's fourth and final single, "Precious Love", was a minor hit, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100.[33] "Friends" is notable for being the first multi-format hit single to include the formula of a pop star featuring a guest rapper with the custom full 16-bar verses and bridge concept, and distinguishable from the rap "Intro" by Melle Mel on Chaka Khan's notable cover of Prince's song "I Feel for You". The successful "Friends" formula would become a mainstay formula in commercial pop music and was added as a category at the Grammy's under Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002. During the summer of 1989, the "Real Love" video, directed by famous Hollywood director David Fincher, was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video and Best Female Video at the 1989 ceremony. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received 11 VMA nominations in 1995. The next year, she was nominated for two Soul Train Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist, and a Narm Award for Best Selling R&B Female Album. While riding high on her Larger Than Life World Tour, a remix album, titled You Wanna Dance with Me?, was released in October 1989 and achieved Gold status in America. 1989 also saw Watley featured in Harper’s Bazaar "Ten Most Beautiful Women" issue, photographed by Matthew Rolston. That same year Watley appeared on the cover of the Japanese high fashion magazine SPUR for its debut issue.[37] Watley released the million selling "Dance to Fitness" a first for an African-American woman and artist. Tell a friend to share listen and subscribe..  as I play our final track this week on the old school rewind featuring jody watley.   Eric b and rakim.. Jody is so responsible for the rhythm movement. So many firsts what a talent..   CLIP  

Back by unpopular demand, Careless Whispod returns after a short break to talk about the league of humans known as The Human League and their electro-pop track Don't You Want Me. Your intrepid hosts play it pretty fast and loose in this episode where what they forfeit in the way of structure, they make up for with interesting talking points, personal anecdotes and plenty of laughs. There is talk of board games, what it means to be cool, Warrant's Cherry Pie guy and a heap more. If you don't listen to this one we'll both be sorry! Don't you want a podcast? (If you answered "yes", then please press play.) Don't You Want Me film clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0

Picture it! Miami, 1985. Four retired women sharing the ups and downs of life, love, and a sweet beach house! But are our four favorite friendly femmes free from the most problematic of 80's sitcom tropes? We talk feminism, racism, and LGBT representation. Plus we cover the 80's New Wave classic Don't You Want Me by The Human League in this round of Problematic Jukebox. Theme song: I'm Doing Just Fine by Sierra and the Radicals Patreon: patreon.com/yourfaveisproblematic Twitter: @podcastYFIP E-mail: problematicfavepodcast@gmail.com

"I Don't Know Why" da italiana Moony é um hino que foi lançado há 10 anos e continua tocando até hoje nas pistas, rádios e playlists! Em comemoração ao bday de 1 década, fiz esse mash up com a o remix do Rob Phillips para "Don't You Want Me" do Felix! Aperte o play e toque muito!!! o/

Philip Oakey nacido en 2 de octubre de 1955, es un músico inglés conocido por ser uno de los pioneros de la música electrónica desde 1977, como la voz líder del grupo The Human League.The Human League es considerada una de las bandas pioneras en el uso de sintetizadores y cuenta con varios clásicos como Human, Heart Like a Wheel y algunos fueron coescritos por Oakey como Don't You Want Me y (Keep Feeling) Fascination.

Episode 27: Human League - Dare (1981) Part 2 Brian and Colby are back to continue their discussion of this seminal album by Phil Oakey and the Human League.  Our hosts have already cued up side two so let's jump right into it! Part 3: Track by Track, continued This week, not only does the show bring you some fantastic music, it also brings you a very diverse collection of discussion topics.  Brian and Colby find time to wax philosophical on Judge Dredd, the Kennedy assassination, storytelling in early 80s music videos, and recording songs in the bathroom.  They also talk about what a nasty piece of work Phil's character is in the group's biggest hit.  If you haven't really thought about the lyrics to "Don't You Want Me" before, now is the time to give them a quick read! Get Carter I Am The Law Seconds Love Action (I Believe In Love) Don't You Want Me Part 4: Extra Credit Colby tries to stump his co-host by asking how the words "Love and Dancing" relate to the Human League's "Dare." Will Brian simply stare at his shoes for a few minutes or will he provide an acceptable answer?  Tune in and find out! Part 5: Final Review and Rating Brian wouldn't stop telegraphing his 5/5 review as he droned on and on about how much he loves this record, but now that the moment has arrived - will he hand out his third consecutive "perfect" score?  And Colby has been keeping his cards close to the vest - who knows which way he's going to go??  The stakes have never been higher for Phil and the girls! See the videos we discuss here: Love Action (I Believe In Love) Don't You Want Me   Read more at http://permanentrecordpodcast.com/ Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/permrecordpodcast Follow us at https://twitter.com/permrecordpod

Episode 26: Human League - Dare (1981) Part 1 With Sarah off traveling the world, Brian welcomes back frequent co-host and friend of the show Colby Zell to sit in and discuss the classic offering from the new and different 1981 version of the Human League. Part 1: Background Pre-1981 the Human League was a fairly odd 4-piece releasing music that sometimes came close to sounding like pop, but more often than not would just be classified as some sort of 'sonic experience.'  How did that band become the sextet that would conquer the world with "Don't You Want Me?"  Brian and Colby tell the crazy tale of the band's transformation and reveal if this 'new look' League was able to win over the hearts and minds of the public. Part 2: Personal History Brian and Colby briefly discuss their own personal history with this record.  Colby clues us in that even considering how huge this record was, it was another album by the League that he was listening to back in the early 80's.  And Brian tries to move past the fact that he feels his mom owes him $5 from the day she picked up "Dare" for him at his local record shop.  Part 3: Track by Track In a nice change of pace, both the US and the UK versions of "Dare" shared the same track listing, so for the first time in over a month, we don't have to worry about keeping two different sets of songs straight in our minds.  Our hosts let the listeners know which songs on side 1 are 'red' songs and which are 'blue' songs - and what that means in the first place! Brian declares "fake music" the best music as Colby points out some areas where the original version of the Human League still has some influence on the songwriting of "Dare." Side One: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of Open Your Heart The Sound Of The Crowd Darkness Do Or Die   See the videos discussed here: Open Your Heart (Official Video) The Sound Of The Crowd (TOTP) The Sound Of The Crowd (Jools Holland) Do Or Die (OTT)   Read more at http://permanentrecordpodcast.com/ Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/permrecordpodcast Follow us at https://twitter.com/permrecordpod

Holland and Kelsey discuss the Season 6 finale, Episodes 18&19, "Don't You Want Me." Alex becomes an exotic dancer named Lex-tasy, Paige is judgy as hell and Emma has a nonsensical pregnancy scare.

Add some sparkle to your life! Song listing: Alex Roque & Marcelo Vak feat. Leon Cormack - Finally I Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Christina Aguilera - Your Body Leona Lewis - Trouble Prok & Fitch - Symphony Monster Taxi, BeShine - Cluck Old Hen Kristine W - Everything That I Got Aleps Drums - Shake 4 Mi Piatto, Luigi Rocca - Cosmic Girl Gina Star - I Want It Now Rihanna - Diamonds Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart A Break Tony Moran, Anastacia - If I Was Your Boyfriend Featuring Anastacia The Deepshakerz - Jack Your Booty Tom Flynn - Do You Like Bass? Stereo Missile vs Carlotta Chadwick - Freak Maroon 5 - One More Night Uto Karem - Taking Me Trent Cantrelle - Ride Richard Grey, The Cube Guys - Don't You Want Me Chris Lake & Marco Lys vs Copyright feat. Tasita D'Mour - La Tromba Risin' Zoe Badwi - Shoot Me Down Adele - Skyfall Squicciarini - Street Funk Player Trent Cantrelle - Prowler Sander Gravell & Alex Branch - Saxo Station Solara feat. Andrea Brown - Trippin' Whitney Houston - Emotional Kwanza Jones - Supercharged Danity Kane - Damaged The Saturdays - What About Us Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath Happy Listening,

Change "A Lover's Holiday" (1980) The Brothers Johnson "Stomp" (1980) Prince "Controversy" (1981) D-Train "You're The One For Me" (1981) Madonna "Everybody" (1982) Up Front "Infatuation" (1983) Hashim "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)" (1983) Human League "Don't You Want Me" (1982) Book Of Love "Boy" (1985) Sheila E "The Glamorous Life Pt. II" (1984) Mary Jane Girls "In My House" (1985) Aleem "Release Yourself" (1985) For other 80's mixes see episodes 9, 12, 43 & 49. E68 Early 80s Dance Vinyl Recorded from vinyl 03.10.12 Time: 49:18

1. The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex 2. Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics 3. Fools (Bigger) - Depeche Mode 4. People are Still Having Sex - LaTour 5. Thinking of You (Warzone Mix) - Seven Red Seven 6. Ebeneezer Goode (Beatmasters Mix) - The Shamen 7. Doved Up - Sunscreem 8. Round & Round (The Club Mix) - New Order 9. Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 10. Living on Video - Trans-X 11. Deeper Shade of Blue (Extended) - Red Flag 12. Dust - Boxcar 13. Together in Electric Dreams (Extended) - The Human League 14. Smalltown Boy (Razormaid! Mix) - Bronski Beat 15. Leaving on a Midnight Plane (Razormaid! Mix) - Nick Straker   Notes and other random things: Well, if the new episode hadn't already tipped you off ... I'm back! Please, no applause (surely none of you applauded). It was great to get out of town for a week even though about a third of the trip was spent in the car. Yup. About 2200 miles in total. But if you've been keeping up with these podcasts you've probably come across several posts that discuss road trips. Personally, I enjoy them. There's nothing quite like watching unfamiliar scenery float by in parallax while skirting past 18-wheelers in a downpour. In all seriousness, it's nice to witness different topography, different natural wonders, different roadkill and take in the subtle differences of a McDonald's cheeseburger that was constructed in backwoods America versus that of the big city. In case you were wondering, it tastes like it has better family values ... and a dash more possum.  But the real point of taking a vacation is to come back re-energized which, if you look at the music selection in this episode, you can clearly see that I have (unless you don't know any of these songs in which case you'll have to take my word for it and then listen for yourself!) This set is positively high energy through and through with a delicate balance of 80s and 90s; major and minor keys; some meat and in one or two cases a lot of cheese (I'm looking at you, Nick Straker ... but don't think I haven't glanced more than once in your direction too, Phil Oakey). But I like cheese, which is why songs like Together in Electric Dreams and Leaving on a Midnight Plane surface in this podcast. And just so you know, Nick and Phil, I'm going to discuss you guys first to show there are no hard feelings. Nick Straker was originally the keyboardist for a band called New Musik. Formed in 1977, the band was initially called The End of the World and was conceived mainly as a casual jam session outfit for four London-based school mates: singer Tony Mansfield, bassist Tony Hibbert, drummer Phil Towner (who drummed on the Buggles MTV-launching track Video Killed the Radio Star) and Straker. The band was one of the first to blend electronic instruments with traditional ones, creating an irresistible pop sound with superb melodies and unrelenting hooks. Why they were never able to make bigger waves on the commercial scene still baffles many music critics and historians. Mansfield, however, went on to become a big-time producer working with early 80s bands like a-ha, Vicious Pink, B-52's and After the Fire among others. Straker departed New Musik before the release of their first single choosing to pursue a solo career. He scored several hits, including A Little Bit of Jazz, which reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1981 and A Walk in the Park, which hit #20 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980. The track here is the excellent (and cheesy!) Razormaid! mix of Leaving on a Midnight Plane. It originally appeared on the A Walk in the Park album and peaked at #61 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980.  Together in Electric Dreams is an interesting case study in musical perception. Often associated with The Human League, the track is really a Giorgio Moroder creation with lead singer of THL, Phil Oakey, contributing vocals. It's no surprise that THL often gets most of the credit because they were still near the apex of their popularity in 1984 when the song was initially released. The track was written for the film Electric Dreams, the first full-length feature film by Steve Barron. Barron made his mark directing some pretty high-profile music videos during the early 80s, including THL's international smash hit Don't You Want Me. The funny thing is, he intended Electric Dreams as a way of capturing the massive success of Flashdance from the year before. Yes ... Flashdance! Because that film used music from Moroder, Barron decided to employ Moroder as the music director for his new film. He wanted something heart-stirring to run during the final credits and a classic 80s track was born. The song would surface on a collaborative album by Moroder and Oakey the following year. This extended version is taken from an album of THL rarities and remixes, which certainly won't help the perception that this song is not a THL original. The fact that I credited it as THL (since it was taken from a THL album) won't help either. But I'm going to do something about that Giorgio Moroder for the remainder of the write-up Giorgio Moroder. I just hope it will set the record straight Giorgio Moroder about where some of the credit should go.  I'm still planning to cover one or two more of the bands in this podcast. However, I thought I'd pass this on: it's information about the new Erasure album I hinted at in an eariler episode. The album already dropped in the UK, but for those of us stateside, the release date is Tuesday, October 11. I can't wait!   'TOMORROW'S WORLD' - STANDARD EDITION CD & DOWNLOAD The standard single CD edition is packaged in a single fold digipac with a light pink background and includes a booklet with lyrics to all the songs that also folds out into a poster. TRACKLISTING - Be With You / Fill Us With Fire / What Will I Say When You're Gone? / You've Got To Save Me Right Now / A Whole Lotta Love Run Riot / When I Start To (Break It All Down) / I Lose Myself / Then I Go Twisting / Just When I Thought It Was Ending   'TOMORROW'S WORLD' - DELUXE EDITION CD & DOWNLOAD The deluxe 2-CD edition comes in a double-fold digipac with a light purple/blue background and different artwork to the standard edition, but includes the same poster booklet. The second CD on the deluxe edition contains 8 bonus tracks; extended mixes of 'I Lose Myself' and 'Fill Us With Fire' by longtime Erasure collaborator Gareth Jones; an extra track entitled 'Give Me Life'; demo versions of the songs that eventually became 'I Lose Myself', 'Fill Us With Fire', 'Be With You' and 'You've Got To Save Me Right Now'; and producer Frankmusik's own remix of the current Erasure single 'When I Start To (Break It All Down)' TRACKLISTING CD1 - Be With You / Fill Us With Fire / What Will I Say When You're Gone? / You've Got To Save Me Right Now / A Whole Lotta Love Run Riot / When I Start To (Break It All Down) / I Lose Myself / Then I Go Twisting / Just When I Thought It Was Ending CD2 - I Lose Myself [Extended 'No Self Control' Mix by Gareth Jones] / Give Me Life [bonus track not available elsewhere] / Fill Us With Fire [Extended 'Fired Up' Mix by Gareth Jones] / When I Start To (Break It All Down) [Frankmusik Remix] / Clash (demo version of 'I Lose Myself') / Big Song (demo version of 'Fill Us With Fire') / Major 7th (demo version of 'Be With You') / Save Me (demo version of 'You've Got To Save Me Right Now')   Note as of 10-08-11: Okay, I had planned to write a bit more about some of these bands, but I just flat don't have the time. I guess if it comes down to the writing or the music, I'll err on the side of the music because that's what this podcast is really about. So, I'm going to begin work on a new podcast with the bit of free time I have and end this one here. I'm sure these bands will return in the future and I can write about them at that time. Now, I realize the irony of writing a paragraph to tell you I don't have time to write anymore on this episode, so you don't have to bother pointing that out. Hold tight for another episode coming soon! Cheers!    

80's (seperated into iPod chapters) 0:00 Intro + "Love Me or Hate Me" Scene Mash 1:39 "The Promise" When In Rome 2:33 "Out Of Touch" Hall & Oates 4:01 West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys 5:16 "Promiscuous Promise" Scene Mash 7:52 "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode 8:28 "Jiggle it Baby" Scene Mash 9:42 "Kiss" Prince 10:08 "Automatic" The Pointer Sisters 11:31 "Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder 12:05 "Tell Me No Go" Scene Mash 13:16 "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals 14:06 "Hold Me Now" Thompson Twins 14:58 "Things Can Only Get Better" Howard Jones 15:55 "Self Control" Laura Branigan 17:00 "1st Booty in Control" Scene Mash 19:21 "Crazy Wishing Well" Scene Mash 21:57 "Jack and Diane" John Mellencamp 22:31 "Burning Down The House" Talking Heads 23:44 "Hanging on a String" Loose Ends 25:51 "Don't Be a Freak" Scene Mash 27:30 "Don't Be Cruel" Bobby Brown 28:05 "Genius Like That" Scene Mash 30:34 "Down Under" Men at Work 31:20 "Rapture" Blondie 32:23 "Rapture Encore" Scene Mash 34:38 "Edge of Seventeen" Stevie Nicks Scene mash 36:12 "Don't You Forget About Me" Simple Minds 38:12 "All She Wants to Do is Dance" Don Henley 40:08 "Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders Scene mash 41:13 "We Got The Beat" Go Gos 41:45 "Push it to the Limit" Paul Engemann 43:04 "She's a Maniac" Hall & Oats 44:19 "Steppin Out" Joe Jackson 45:51 "Take On Me" Ah Ha 47:56 "Listen to Shout" Scene Mash 50:31 "I'm Sprung on Human" Scene Mash 52:26 "Human" Human League 54:04 "Dance Hall Days" Wang Chung 55:11 "Blind Seven" Scene Mash 56:26 "Beverly Hills Get Up" Scene Mash 58:47 "Feel That Smack" Scene Mash 1:00:16 "I Feel For You" Chaha Khan 1:01:19 "Valerie" Steve Winwood 1:02:41 "Don't You Want Me" Human League 1:04:09 "People Don't Stop Believing" Scene Mash 1:06:31 "Run To You" Bryan Adams 1:07:32 "Run To Billie Jean" Scene Mash 1:08:12 "Lets Hear It For The Boy" Deniece Williams 1:09:18 "Cars" Gary Numan 1:11:11 Bonus: "Scarface Made You Look" Scene Mash