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any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there?

great time for music imo. new sounds, edgy but musical and sometime.....downright deep/moving. never got into the really hardcore punk seen. liked the softer side destruction alot better =)

just finished a psychedelic furs binge tonight. had joy division/early new order on all weekend. planning on reminiscing with lou reed/velvet underground and early rem later this week.

haven't really listened to this stuff much in recent memory. not sure why?. i own almost everything these bands ever put out but still rarely give them a turn anymore?.

early furs with all that sax and mr butler's near painful voice =). i'm gonna grab some tickets for their upcoming show at house of blues (chicago). i'm sure it won't be as crazy as the shows back then but the music will still be great. didn't even know they were touring.

really enjoyed joy division and after the death of Ian....early new order stuff. incredible music considering their roots. new order eventually lost their edge but back then....they were it!

any other fans out there?
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Lots of UK Bands are copping these 80s sounds at the moment, including Little Boots, Ladyhawke, La Roux and Patrick Wolf.

La Roux reminds me of Blancmange.

Heads will Roll (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is awesome especially the Tommie Sunshine mix). I also love the snare sound on Maps (fun song to sing on Rockband). Great stuff.
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It really was a great musical era. Not so much new wave but I love "Simple Minds". Jim Kerr was amazing to see. I'll put in a plug for Roxie Music and Graham Parker.
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Oh and let's not forget Pet Shop Boys, OMD, and Erasure. Great stuff!
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i remember a song from this era with the line "I might like you better if we slept together" but for the life of me i can not remember the name of the song or artist
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Oh and let's not forget Pet Shop Boys, OMD, and Erasure. Great stuff!

Ultravox, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, Yaz, Visage and lets not forget the pretty boys - Duran Duran - their "Strange Behaviour" double CD has some great extended mixes in gloriously dynamic sound (Trevor Horn and Alex Sadkin masterpieces). Why oh why can't they make nice audiophile sound quality productions like this anymore - all we get is hypercompressed angry sounding stuff these days - likes of Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, Coldplay, Keane, Snow Patrol, Kooks etc. are all badly compressed.
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