My all time favorite song is Wings by The Fall. Hilarious time travel narrative, driving guitars, points of collapse. And it ushered in the great pop period of the Fall, with Brix Smith.
Oh s**t , I thought I was the only one that loved this song. I saw M.E.Smith at a signing in NY, and asked him if there are references to Gabriel G.Marquez's story "a very old man with enormous wings" in the song (sleep in kitchens,hide away from nosy kids,wings rot under me etc.), he said no, its just a fantasy piece. And then we spent a few minutes talking about Marquez.
Great list- I grew up also in the 80s but I guess I’m two or three years younger than you and therefore is my list quite a little different. Thx for this great video.
thank you for sharing your top 20songs , i really enjoy watching your videos ,please allow me make one minor comment , i think your camera face detection need to bit more precise setting .
We all have reasons for the songs we love and it usually has to do with how they touch us. Mine tend to evolve as a child of the '80's as well. It was actually playing this game with friends growing up that introduced me to new music!
Motorhead cover of Heroes is terrific, check it out! Mi 5 faves songs are Sound Of Silence of S&G (still remember the first time I listened that song), Linger of The Cranberries, My Sweet Lord of George Harrison, Simple Man of Synyrd and Interestate Love Song of STP
Your video brings back memories. Being half German (my Dad was in the USArmy) I would frequently visit Oma, my aunts, uncles, and cousins during the summers when I was in college . During the summer of 1980 I stayed with my cousin Sigmund at his apartment in Berlin. I brought several of my favorite albums with me which included the just released Peter Gabriel 3, Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English, Lou Reed’s Berlin, and Bowie’s Heroes. I remember one night at some punk rock disco on the K’dam, totally inebriated, and about two o’clock in the morning they played Faithfull’s Broken English followed by Bowie’s Helden. It was perfect. When I was returning home to Texas, Sigi gifted me the first two Nina Hagen albums, the Cha-Cha soundtrack (with Hagen’s Knocking On Herman’ s Door) and the first two Kate Bush albums. Sigi always made sure I had good music to listen to. And back in Houston I found the Peter Gabriel 3 Deutsches Album and probably haven’t listened to the English version much since. My top 20 songs would have to include Bowie’s Helden, Gabriel’s Biko (German version), Bush’s The Man With the Child in His Eyes, Hagen’s Naturtraene, and Faithfull’s Broken English.
Michael, what a great video. ‘Break It Up For Me’ on Horses (even got Patti Smith’s autograph!) De Mussolini got some traction in the UK thanks to John Peel. I’ve got the first press of Bela Lugosi which is audiophile heaven.ABC is killer..but it’s ‘All Of My Heart’ I go back to.Suprise Soft Cell pick!..but it’s great. I thought Blue !Monday was going to be your number 1 pick..so I was in the right ballpark!
hard to say which are my favorite songs of all time, but I have a short list for the best songs I consider being the best of the 20th century: over the rainbow by judy garland, sitting on the dock of the bay by otis redding and maybe yesterday by the beatles and like a rolling stone by dylan. my personal favorites (although that changes from time to time^): little wing by hendrix, strawberry fields by the beatles and there's a light that never goes out by the smiths.
Great, interesting list Michael. As you mentioned, these lists depend on the music time line you were in and the community you moved around with. I would have much more grunge in my list :-)
Ityall depends on my mood. At these moments - I go for 1. Ok computer by Radiohead 2. Stargazer by rainbow 3. Piano man by Billy Joel 4. The man who sold the world by David Bowie Cheers
So many great songs, and Hurricane by Dylan is what I call a perfect 10. (Like A Rolling Stone too) Music, lyrics, sonics, production, and that Dylan magical storytelling. All aspects cannot be improved. (to me) Great vid!
Whats up with your camera, its going in and out of focus. Maybe you can lock the focus on it? Im so glad this video actually had some real, good music in it. I was expecting all crappy jazz ;-) , but not a single one, thank god! The Who, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, several good songs! Do you have Discogs? and is it opened for the public? I would have loved to go through and look at your massive collection.
Great list Michael! I always though Nowhere Girl was underrated, so glad to see it so high on your list! I think Love Will Tear Us Apart may also be in my top 3!
Great list Michael, some new ones for me to check out. I’ll share just 3.......Siouxsie and the Banshees Hong Kong Garden, Bowie’s Life on Mars and #1 is a Paul Weller song. Yep Brand New Start. 😉
Wow what a list. A lot I never heard of as I grew up in the late 70s early 80s and remember mainly rock hits that came out as I am huge classic rock fan. Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone is up there in my list. I like these videos so I am now on Spotify listening to some of your favorite tunes. My top 3 are all rock: 3. My Sweet Lord, 2: Layla, 1. Stairway To Heaven.
Some great songs Michael. I grew up in the 80s too. Many bands, especially from the UK were influenced by the Germanic synth music, prevalent in Europe. OMD, Echo and the Bunny men and of course the fantastic Joy Division. Another one I loved was Ultravox Vienna. The whole album I consider one of the best late 70s/80s albums. Totally influenced by Euro synth dance music.
After seeing your incredible record collection I was expecting a much more expansive list. The Who & Dylan can consider themselves extremely fortunate to have made that list. 🤭😄
Hi Micheal apart from a couple of German songs that I didn’t know this was a great list. Fade to grey , the cutter the torch amazing ! .. Argentina fans singing bad moon rising ! You can’t beat 15,000 football fans in total harmony !⚽️😃. I Loved your list … and a Manchester band as your number 1 .. perfection 👍
Great list! Knowing your album tastes, I wonder how many genres you would have included by extending your list to 50 songs. Also you mention something very interesting to consider in how much our individual lists would change depending on when and where we were born (and the period in our lives we are in.) Maybe favorite 20 jazz songs next?
I thought the same thing! But if you have to pick between Love Will Tear Us Apart and Blue Monday, he chose right. Both would probably make my personal top 20, however!
I thought you would like this ! BUT, if we spin the disk at 45rpm we now have a 35% increase in groove velocity at any point on the disk. This is a huge advantage! Yes, the groove still slows down as it moves inward, but the effects are greatly reduced. The only problem is that the amount of recorded time is now also reduced by 35%. What do you do about that? (Hint: split up the LP into 4 sides on 2 records.) Now you’re cookin’ doc! Yep, twice the mastering cost, plating cost, pressing cost, label and jacket costs. It’s enough to make the bean-counters break down and cry. But the sound! Oooooh, yeah! This isn’t sales hype, it’s physics. Listen for yourself. You tell me if it’s worth it. A lot of music lovers think so…and they are right!
well, a well mastered compact disc can have a greater dymanic range than a 45 rpm vinyl record, what you say to that? but the LOUDNESS WAR mastering has given cd's a bad name, which they do not deserve !! damn those big record companies for being stuck soundwise in 1990 !!
I recently discovered that Midge Ure wrote the lyrics to Fade to Grey by Visage. Listening to Nowhere Girl by B Movie, I can hear similarities to I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls.
Desire is my favorite Dylan record, a very different release. The songs are great, the instrumentation is amazing. The Whole of the Moon is a brilliant song, one of the only songs I can keep listening to and don't get bored by it. Great to see DAF there!
My Goodness I think I have 7 of yours in my top 10 must have been the time we grew up in it just goes to show no matter where we grow up and live Music brings us together. ( I was bought up in rural New Zealand)
I guess we grew up at a similar time in the same region of Germany. Thanks for reminding me of Nowhere Girl. Visiting all the clubs (or rather Discos) playing Indie music up to Gothic/EBM - don‘t know if you were into that kind of music as well. One song I really like from that time is No Tears from Tuxedomoon (although it can strain your ears ;-)
This was so enjoyable Michael....I am 70 years old now and have about 75% of your favourite songs.....my fave maxi single is GHOST TOWN by The Specials....your number one does not surprise me as my friend James is approx your age and it is his fave also....Great Video,Danke!
@@mercuryscat2703 Wow!...you are lucky...I sold my copy along with others back in the nineties......I could kick myself......once one has heard the extended mix on that huge glorious Maxi45 there can be no substitutes.
Great video Michael. Highway 65 is one of my all-time favorite albums and I have several pressings, including the MoFi double 45 rpm. I think the DCC CD mastered by Steve Hoffman is the best I have listened to the album. Gorgeous, highly recommended!
Yes , torch by Soft Cell was amazing! My favourite 80’s track from my teens was Japan - Swing, from the album gentlemen take Polaroids, thanks for your great insight again. Regards Richard
Love the cutter and the whole of the moon, the Dylan, Bowie, who and ccr selections are slam dunks. I’m a touch older than you Michael, but I would have a couple of 90’s selections in my list and Probably replace some of the German tracks with some Aussie tracks, as we obviously are products of our local environment. Throw your arms around me by hunter’s and collectors (check it out if you have never heard it) and buy me a pony by spider bait (90 seconds that you cannot sit still). Throw in this perfect day by the saints and the day I tried to live by sound garden and the rest we are pretty close. Thanks for sharing.
On that note I’d love to see more audiophile high quality maxi singles, but with the current workload of the pressing plants something we probably won’t see in the near future
Great list. Surprised you haven’t included japan quite life 12”. And ultravox produced by conny plank ultravox and the song quiet life 12””.messages being my favourite omd track. Previous lp
Thanks for sharing your favorite songs of all time... It's like I was asleep during the 80's. I missed out on so many of those songs and artists. But the nice thing is they are all out there waiting for me to find them. I've always loved Bowie and Dylan's Highway 61 is in my top five favorite albums. Cheers!
Ok i'll bite here are off the top of my head - but tweaked - 10 pre-90s - 10 post-90s - i would seriously struggle otherwise but these are always circling 1. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise 2. Washed out - Feel it all around 3. Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive 4. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit 5. Folly - Repeat, I repeat repeat 6. Dashboard Confessional - For you to notice 7. Junior Boys - Teach me how to fight 8. Aphex Twin - Flim 9. Architects - Gone with the Wind 10. Teen Daze - Saviour 11. The Police - Walking on the moon 12. Rod Stewart - Sailing 13. Pink Floyd - Us & Them 14. Christopher cross - Arthur's theme 15. Molly Drake - I Remember 16. Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror 17. Bad Brains - Banned in DC 18. U2 - Bad 19. The Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian 20. Queen - These are the days of our lives
what a fantastic collection, some of my favourite artist's are in there, just a suggestion have you heard (this mortal coil's version of Tim buckley's Song to the siren) Liz Frazier and Robin Guthrie from The Cocteau Twins.
Very brave to give out your top 20 songs as people always will have an opinion that differs to yours, as an 1980's person myself I thought it was an excellent list, it did surprise me a bit, but in a good way. I listened to most of those acts back in the day, I especially loved the Cocteau Twins, also The Smiths, March Violets, The Cult, Husker Du, Screaming Blue Messiahs and Prince among a lot of good stuff from that era. Some newer music I've enjoyed and recommend with an 80s vibe are AUTOMATIC, Lol Dompe, the drummer, is the daughter of Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins who feature in your top 20 also LEBANON HANOVER, a duo from Berlin & Sunderland! Give them a listen.
Ohh man. I also remember very well that day. I was so depressed after losing (well actually we didn't lose) .. I saw the penalty kicks 15 minutes prior to a final exam at university.. Glad that went well though
Hi Michael, intriguing list. Glad to see Patti Smith on your list. Were you into punk rock back in the 80s? How about now? It might seem strange to some, but as I am getting older, I have just recently started enjoying punk rock.
@@Michael45RPM You HAVE to turn off the autofocus! That poor camera was going crazy trying to figure out whether to focus on all those geometric patterns in the background.....or you!
@@Michael45RPM Maybe try switching to manual focus and then set the focus to the seat of your chair. Or see if there is a face or eye detect autofocus feature you can turn on. There should be lots of info on youtube about whichever camera you are using.
I hope everything's good in your side of Germany after the insane rain. I can subscribe your list, but maybe with more post-punk like Bauhaus, Smiths, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, lots of shoegazers and so on. And I totally agree with your number one despite being impossible for me to choose just one song to number one.Don't get me wrong I still love the bands, they're part of my life, but some months ago I cleaned "In the Flat Field" that I consider a genius disc, and in the end I could only listen to one side… So making it short: The list ok, but I just don't listen to that kind of music anymore. Don't that happen to you? I'm alone in this? I'm loving the discovery of new music and old music but new for me (like the Tone Poets series and much more). And lastly but not least, that 80's records sound like crap and that another thing that put me off… the better the gear, the worst they sound. (Kraftwerk that's an exception off course.)
Entschuldigung für die Frage…ich benutze jetzt auch die sleeves aus canada die sie entfohlen habe.. Super Sleeves….die verschließbare Doppel Pocket sleeves. Benutzen sie daneben auch noch inner sleeves? Und ja welche dan und auch aus canada. Danke schon Mahl für die Antwort.. schöne Grüße Robert..
I loved this video - so much fun. Was laughing outloud at the overlap with my own experience - so very many of these could/should be on my own list. And you continue to spend my money! Realized I don't presently own the 1st Visage album on Vinyl (all the others, yes - too many 12-inch singles too.) Just ordered a copy on Discogs, thank you. I hae to say none of my musical mentors back in the day were Dylan fans, so aside from his popular / well know songs or covers I've no real appreciation for his catalog. That said, I love the Bryan Ferry cover of 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'. Will make an effort to stream your recommendations. Same for Joni Mitchell, had a friend who was a huge fan, but we never listened to her back in the day as it was all Mute and 4AD and Factory records back then. Need to perform my due diligence there too. Recommend this recent article in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/20/arts/music/joni-mitchell-blue.html Lastly, sat down to write my list of top 20 favorites and made it to sixty before stopping HAHA Realized I don't have favorites - the list is always going to change/evolve - so what I've done is trim it down to 20 favorites that influenced me, i.e., set me up for further listening/exploration from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood to all-growed-up: David Bowie - Changes Harry Nilsson - Without You Roxy Music - Love is the Drug The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine Queen - Somebody to Love Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark - Souvenir The Cure - A Forest Simple Minds - I Travel Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? John Foxx - Underpass Visage - Fade to Gray Yello - I Love You Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren Depeche Mode - Everything Counts Kraftwerk - Tour de France Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Bamboo Houses Miles Davis - So What Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Great list! Living in Canada, I’m not familiar with all of your favourites, but I know many. What a great and fun opportunity for me to listen to the songs on your list I have never heard! Thanks for expanding my musical knowledge.
Heh, strange! No Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Collins, Sting, Rod Stewart, Abba, Bee Gees, Van Halen? No classical? No Malmsteen? :D these are coming to my mind instantly when somebody would ask me.
I feel like I got to know you a little more with this video and the age you grew up in. I am a little younger than you but remember fondly of those times and that music. I don't know what made early 80s music so unique and interesting but I love your list and choices. Thanks for taking the time to do these.
First of All - glad to see that your doing ok. I love your list. Honest and True. Here is my list not in any particular order. One by U2 Wake Up - Arcade Fire Dust in the Wind - Kansas Hotel California - Eagles Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters Stairwell to Heaven - Led Zeppelin Whole in the Moon - The Waterboys Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder The Weight - The Band While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison Imagine - John Lennon Norwegian Wood - Beatles Clamp Down - The Clash Lets Go - The Cars How Soon Is Now - The Smiths Stromy Monday - Albert Collins Version The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughn Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens Like A Song - U2
More than anything, glad to see you here. The pictures of the flooding are so devastating. Hoping you and yours stay safe. Now, for the list…..thanks for sharing. What a challenge that would be for me, but, I might give it a go. Stay safe!
nice picks michael, great to see your music origins. daf and liaisons are extremely underrated and influenced a ton of late 80s scenes (acid house, ebm, new beat, etc.).
I’m not sure I could pick my favorite songs, no matter how hard I tried. I would debate myself on just my single favorite song forever. Too many good songs tied to too many memories. Edit: I figured out my favorite song. Rainbow Connection by the Muppets. My 2 1/2 year old daughter sings along to it with me almost every day. It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. My favorite for sure.
Too difficult but I'll give it a shot anyway. In no particular order and subject to change: Bridge Over Troubled Water (S&G), What's Going On (Marvin Gaye), Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Stones), Everybody's Talking (Harry Nillson), The Time They Are A Changin' (Dylan), Collage (James Gang), Dear Mr. Fantasy ((Traffic), Riders On The Storm (Doors), Circles (TenYears After), Pretty As You Feel (Jefferson Airplane), Brokedown Palace (Grateful Dead), My Generation (The Who), Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp), If Dogs Run Free (Bob Dylan), Bat Chain Puller (Captain Beefheart), Suzie-Q (Creedence), Killing In The Name (Rage Against the Machine), You Can Get It If You Really Want (Jimmy Cliff), Comes a Time (Neil Young), A Day In the Life (Beatles), Fearless (Pink Floyd), I Got A Name (Jim Croce), Misirlou ((Dick Dale and the Del-Tones), Back To The Family (Jethro Tull)
Great song list! The reason I got back into vinyl was to get my old collection of favorite tapes and albums back... and there are a lot of bands in my collection on your list . Nowhere girl is definitely one of my faves...and was a nice surprise to see on your list too.
I know you didn't ask for my advice and I'm not trying to be one those people trying to school you on how to do things. But I just wanted to help. I notice that you have quite a bit of focus issues. You might want to get closer to your camera or bring your camera closer to you. Also make sure that you're in the center of the frame. But mostly if you are bigger in the frame then your camera won't have to choose what is more important.
All are fantastic songs and some of my favorites too. My wife introduced me to the Cocteau Twins and Bauhaus back in college. I have that B Movie 12'', great song. One of my wife's and I favorites from the dance club days was When In Rome, The Promise. It should have been our wedding song. Listening to it now with your voice-over from this video. What a fantastic song!!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Thanks for letting us in.
Nowhere Girl is Diamond - thank you
Hut ab ! Joy Division :-)) but do not forget also the song ATMOSPHERE ! R.I.P Ian Curtis
My all time favorite song is Wings by The Fall. Hilarious time travel narrative, driving guitars, points of collapse. And it ushered in the great pop period of the Fall, with Brix Smith.
Oh s**t , I thought I was the only one that loved this song.
I saw M.E.Smith at a signing in NY, and asked him if there are references to Gabriel G.Marquez's story
"a very old man with enormous wings" in the song (sleep in kitchens,hide away from nosy kids,wings rot under me etc.), he said no, its just a fantasy piece. And then we spent a few minutes talking about Marquez.
The Fall is Fantastic !!!!!!!!
Great list- I grew up also in the 80s but I guess I’m two or three years younger than you and therefore is my list quite a little different. Thx for this great video.
thank you for sharing your top 20songs , i really enjoy watching your videos ,please allow me make one minor comment , i think your camera face detection need to bit more precise setting .
We all have reasons for the songs we love and it usually has to do with how they touch us. Mine tend to evolve as a child of the '80's as well. It was actually playing this game with friends growing up that introduced me to new music!
Motorhead cover of Heroes is terrific, check it out! Mi 5 faves songs are Sound Of Silence of S&G (still remember the first time I listened that song), Linger of The Cranberries, My Sweet Lord of George Harrison, Simple Man of Synyrd and Interestate Love Song of STP
What a great list of songs! Excellent choices. So well produced and totally great songwriting and playing too!
What a great list! Very happy to see some Cocteau Twins and DAF on there!
Your video brings back memories. Being half German (my Dad was in the USArmy) I would frequently visit Oma, my aunts, uncles, and cousins during the summers when I was in college . During the summer of 1980 I stayed with my cousin Sigmund at his apartment in Berlin. I brought several of my favorite albums with me which included the just released Peter Gabriel 3, Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English, Lou Reed’s Berlin, and Bowie’s Heroes. I remember one night at some punk rock disco on the K’dam, totally inebriated, and about two o’clock in the morning they played Faithfull’s Broken English followed by Bowie’s Helden. It was perfect.
When I was returning home to Texas, Sigi gifted me the first two Nina Hagen albums, the Cha-Cha soundtrack (with Hagen’s Knocking On Herman’ s Door) and the first two Kate Bush albums. Sigi always made sure I had good music to listen to.
And back in Houston I found the Peter Gabriel 3 Deutsches Album and probably haven’t listened to the English version much since.
My top 20 songs would have to include Bowie’s Helden, Gabriel’s Biko (German version), Bush’s The Man With the Child in His Eyes, Hagen’s Naturtraene, and Faithfull’s Broken English.
Michael, what a great video. ‘Break It Up For Me’ on Horses (even got Patti Smith’s autograph!) De Mussolini got some traction in the UK thanks to John Peel. I’ve got the first press of Bela Lugosi which is audiophile heaven.ABC is killer..but it’s ‘All Of My Heart’ I go back to.Suprise Soft Cell pick!..but it’s great. I thought Blue !Monday was going to be your number 1 pick..so I was in the right ballpark!
Great video! Thoroughly enjoyed the countdown.
my respect Michael!!! awaited so
hard to say which are my favorite songs of all time, but I have a short list for the best songs I consider being the best of the 20th century: over the rainbow by judy garland, sitting on the dock of the bay by otis redding and maybe yesterday by the beatles and like a rolling stone by dylan.
my personal favorites (although that changes from time to time^): little wing by hendrix, strawberry fields by the beatles and there's a light that never goes out by the smiths.
Wow. Very good. Love all those songs myself, just a few I don’t know. Am big fan of Bauhaus and Joy Division.
Thanks.
the group Worm Is Green . did one of the best "love will tear us apart" cover if you want to look on youtube :) Good list :)
Totally agree with Soft Cell. What a track. Still great live too.
Fascinating list! Nobody should disagree-it is your personal list. I will check out those few songs I don’t know yet. Thanks!
Fade to grey! Never gets old!
Great, interesting list Michael. As you mentioned, these lists depend on the music time line you were in and the community you moved around with. I would have much more grunge in my list :-)
These videos are absolutely awesome, I love them! Thanks also for the beautiful way that you say Kraftwerk....
Ityall depends on my mood.
At these moments -
I go for
1. Ok computer by Radiohead
2. Stargazer by rainbow
3. Piano man by Billy Joel
4. The man who sold the world by David Bowie
Cheers
So many great songs, and Hurricane by Dylan is what I call a perfect 10. (Like A Rolling Stone too) Music, lyrics, sonics, production, and that Dylan magical storytelling. All aspects cannot be improved. (to me) Great vid!
Great selection! Cocteau Twins, Echo and The Bunnymen and DAF have a special place in my collection too. Greetings from Chile!
Whats up with your camera, its going in and out of focus. Maybe you can lock the focus on it? Im so glad this video actually had some real, good music in it. I was expecting all crappy jazz ;-) , but not a single one, thank god! The Who, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, several good songs! Do you have Discogs? and is it opened for the public? I would have loved to go through and look at your massive collection.
Great list Michael! I always though Nowhere Girl was underrated, so glad to see it so high on your list! I think Love Will Tear Us Apart may also be in my top 3!
Some great albums, thanks for sharing. I'm pretty sure Bob Ludwig did the mastering on that Patti Smith.
Great list Michael, some new ones for me to check out. I’ll share just 3.......Siouxsie and the Banshees Hong Kong Garden, Bowie’s Life on Mars and #1 is a Paul Weller song. Yep Brand New Start. 😉
Wow what a list. A lot I never heard of as I grew up in the late 70s early 80s and remember mainly rock hits that came out as I am huge classic rock fan. Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone is up there in my list. I like these videos so I am now on Spotify listening to some of your favorite tunes. My top 3 are all rock: 3. My Sweet Lord, 2: Layla, 1. Stairway To Heaven.
Great list. Bela Lugosi's Dead is absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Nice to see you have some real vinyl with soul and not just all that audiophile stuff 😉
Really enjoyed this one a great way to explore new music, especially the german artists that I don't think I would have stumbeled upon else where.
Some great songs Michael. I grew up in the 80s too. Many bands, especially from the UK were influenced by the Germanic synth music, prevalent in Europe. OMD, Echo and the Bunny men and of course the fantastic Joy Division. Another one I loved was Ultravox Vienna. The whole album I consider one of the best late 70s/80s albums. Totally influenced by Euro synth dance music.
After seeing your incredible record collection I was expecting a much more expansive list.
The Who & Dylan can consider themselves extremely fortunate to have made that list. 🤭😄
Michael, are you a fan of New Order's Substance? I used to listen to that one all the time.
Of course I am Ray
Hi Micheal apart from a couple of German songs that I didn’t know this was a great list. Fade to grey , the cutter the torch amazing ! .. Argentina fans singing bad moon rising ! You can’t beat 15,000 football fans in total harmony !⚽️😃. I Loved your list … and a Manchester band as your number 1 .. perfection 👍
Well done on being able to choose just 20 favourites. Some surprising but good choices. Totally agree about the Soft Cell 12". Nice one!
Please do a jazz version 🤙🏻
Is that the speakers corner pressing of Horses? That might be my favorite rock reissue that label has ever done.
Yes it is and yes it is fantastic
@@Michael45RPM Land is also my favorite song by her. And the SC reissue is great, but I think Transformer is even better!
Great list! Knowing your album tastes, I wonder how many genres you would have included by extending your list to 50 songs. Also you mention something very interesting to consider in how much our individual lists would change depending on when and where we were born (and the period in our lives we are in.) Maybe favorite 20 jazz songs next?
You surprised me, thought ”blue monday” were gonna make your list ;)
My fave right now is Papa was a rollin` stone by the Temptation
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I thought the same thing! But if you have to pick between Love Will Tear Us Apart and Blue Monday, he chose right. Both would probably make my personal top 20, however!
THanks Michel! I love Your videos. ❤️
Severe flooding in Germany. We hope you and your family are fine and in a safe place. Take care and be safe.
Thx a lot Augustin
Thanks for sharing! My highlight of the week is your vids!
I thought you would like this ! BUT, if we spin the disk at 45rpm we now have a 35% increase in groove velocity at any point on the disk. This is a huge advantage! Yes, the groove still slows down as it moves inward, but the effects are greatly reduced. The only problem is that the amount of recorded time is now also reduced by 35%. What do you do about that? (Hint: split up the LP into 4 sides on 2 records.) Now you’re cookin’ doc! Yep, twice the mastering cost, plating cost, pressing cost, label and jacket costs. It’s enough to make the bean-counters break down and cry. But the sound! Oooooh, yeah! This isn’t sales hype, it’s physics. Listen for yourself. You tell me if it’s worth it. A lot of music lovers think so…and they are right!
well, a well mastered compact disc can have a greater dymanic range than a 45 rpm vinyl record, what you say to that? but the LOUDNESS WAR mastering has given cd's a bad name, which they do not deserve !! damn those big record companies for being stuck soundwise in 1990 !!
I recently discovered that Midge Ure wrote the lyrics to Fade to Grey by Visage. Listening to Nowhere Girl by B Movie, I can hear similarities to I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls.
Desire is my favorite Dylan record, a very different release. The songs are great, the instrumentation is amazing. The Whole of the Moon is a brilliant song, one of the only songs I can keep listening to and don't get bored by it. Great to see DAF there!
Cocteau Twins, Dylan, Joy Division, Bowie…….really enjoyed this
Fiona Apple recently did a magnificent cover of “Whole of the Moon”. It’s really worth checking out. So powerful!
My Goodness I think I have 7 of yours in my top 10 must have been the time we grew up in it just goes to show no matter where we grow up and live Music brings us together. ( I was bought up in rural New Zealand)
I guess we grew up at a similar time in the same region of Germany. Thanks for reminding me of Nowhere Girl. Visiting all the clubs (or rather Discos) playing Indie music up to Gothic/EBM - don‘t know if you were into that kind of music as well. One song I really like from that time is No Tears from Tuxedomoon (although it can strain your ears ;-)
Great channel you have. My 73 Yr old neighbour recently showed me Tim buckleys album called greetings from L.A. incredible music from the early 70s
I honestly thought when lous transformer album was shown you’d pick perfect day
This was so enjoyable Michael....I am 70 years old now and have about 75% of your favourite songs.....my fave maxi single is GHOST TOWN by The Specials....your number one does not surprise me as my friend James is approx your age and it is his fave also....Great Video,Danke!
I have a maxi single of Ghost town , man that’s sounds fantastic!
@@mercuryscat2703 Wow!...you are lucky...I sold my copy along with others back in the nineties......I could kick myself......once one has heard the extended mix on that huge glorious Maxi45 there can be no substitutes.
Great video Michael. Highway 65 is one of my all-time favorite albums and I have several pressings, including the MoFi double 45 rpm. I think the DCC CD mastered by Steve Hoffman is the best I have listened to the album. Gorgeous, highly recommended!
Wunderbar! Zo, Hope you have seen and enjoyed Anton Corbijn movie "Control" thanks for your inspiration video!
Hi. What version of heroes do you have? Hard to find a good pressing.
The German one
Yes , torch by Soft Cell was amazing! My favourite 80’s track from my teens was Japan - Swing, from the album gentlemen take Polaroids, thanks for your great insight again.
Regards
Richard
Love the cutter and the whole of the moon, the Dylan, Bowie, who and ccr selections are slam dunks. I’m a touch older than you Michael, but I would have a couple of 90’s selections in my list and Probably replace some of the German tracks with some Aussie tracks, as we obviously are products of our local environment. Throw your arms around me by hunter’s and collectors (check it out if you have never heard it) and buy me a pony by spider bait (90 seconds that you cannot sit still). Throw in this perfect day by the saints and the day I tried to live by sound garden and the rest we are pretty close. Thanks for sharing.
On that note I’d love to see more audiophile high quality maxi singles, but with the current workload of the pressing plants something we probably won’t see in the near future
Great list. Surprised you haven’t included japan quite life 12”. And ultravox produced by conny plank ultravox and the song quiet life 12””.messages being my favourite omd track. Previous lp
Thanks for sharing your favorite songs of all time... It's like I was asleep during the 80's. I missed out on so many of those songs and artists. But the nice thing is they are all out there waiting for me to find them. I've always loved Bowie and Dylan's Highway 61 is in my top five favorite albums. Cheers!
Soooo happy to see your #3 pick!! Thank you!!
Not overly familiar with New Wave. This was an introduction to some great songs that I had not heard but can now appreciate.
Ok i'll bite here are off the top of my head - but tweaked - 10 pre-90s - 10 post-90s - i would seriously struggle otherwise but these are always circling
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
2. Washed out - Feel it all around
3. Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive
4. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
5. Folly - Repeat, I repeat repeat
6. Dashboard Confessional - For you to notice
7. Junior Boys - Teach me how to fight
8. Aphex Twin - Flim
9. Architects - Gone with the Wind
10. Teen Daze - Saviour
11. The Police - Walking on the moon
12. Rod Stewart - Sailing
13. Pink Floyd - Us & Them
14. Christopher cross - Arthur's theme
15. Molly Drake - I Remember
16. Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
17. Bad Brains - Banned in DC
18. U2 - Bad
19. The Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
20. Queen - These are the days of our lives
Wow Cool Warnerchild thx a lot for sharing
thank you so much for yours videos, allways watch it with a big interest! thnx a lot!
Great list! Regards H61 do you have a preference of Mono vs Stereo?
Some great tracks and a lot I grew up with as well. Thanks for sharing.
Nowhere Girl. In my opinion THE hymn of the 80‘s.
what a fantastic collection, some of my favourite artist's are in there, just a suggestion have you heard (this mortal coil's version of Tim buckley's Song to the siren) Liz Frazier and Robin Guthrie from The Cocteau Twins.
Would be in my top 20 for sure
R i.p. ian curtis of joy division peace& love😢
Very brave to give out your top 20 songs as people always will have an opinion that differs to yours, as an 1980's person myself I thought it was an excellent list, it did surprise me a bit, but in a good way. I listened to most of those acts back in the day, I especially loved the Cocteau Twins, also The Smiths, March Violets, The Cult, Husker Du, Screaming Blue Messiahs and Prince among a lot of good stuff from that era.
Some newer music I've enjoyed and recommend with an 80s vibe are AUTOMATIC, Lol Dompe, the drummer, is the daughter of Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins who feature in your top 20 also LEBANON HANOVER, a duo from Berlin & Sunderland! Give them a listen.
Ohh man. I also remember very well that day. I was so depressed after losing (well actually we didn't lose) .. I saw the penalty kicks 15 minutes prior to a final exam at university.. Glad that went well though
We played the biggest games against each other for decades now!
Hi Michael, intriguing list. Glad to see Patti Smith on your list. Were you into punk rock back in the 80s? How about now? It might seem strange to some, but as I am getting older, I have just recently started enjoying punk rock.
My favorite Lou Reed song on "Transformer" is "Andy's Chest". I know, a little off the beaten path.
Torch 👍👍👍
I miss the old camera. This new camera is tiresome.
Give it some Time Chris ... please :-)
@@Michael45RPM Das Bild ist super. Nur der Autofokus muss ausgeschaltet sein.
wenn’s so einfach wäre :-9
@@Michael45RPM You HAVE to turn off the autofocus! That poor camera was going crazy trying to figure out whether to focus on all those geometric patterns in the background.....or you!
@@Michael45RPM Maybe try switching to manual focus and then set the focus to the seat of your chair. Or see if there is a face or eye detect autofocus feature you can turn on. There should be lots of info on youtube about whichever camera you are using.
I hope everything's good in your side of Germany after the insane rain.
I can subscribe your list, but maybe with more post-punk like Bauhaus, Smiths, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, lots of shoegazers and so on. And I totally agree with your number one despite being impossible for me to choose just one song to number one.Don't get me wrong I still love the bands, they're part of my life, but some months ago I cleaned "In the Flat Field" that I consider a genius disc, and in the end I could only listen to one side… So making it short: The list ok, but I just don't listen to that kind of music anymore. Don't that happen to you? I'm alone in this? I'm loving the discovery of new music and old music but new for me (like the Tone Poets series and much more). And lastly but not least, that 80's records sound like crap and that another thing that put me off… the better the gear, the worst they sound.
(Kraftwerk that's an exception off course.)
Theres so many, hard for me to narrow 'em down!
I can’t imagine trying to narrow it down to 20. Well done!
Entschuldigung für die Frage…ich benutze jetzt auch die sleeves aus canada die sie entfohlen habe.. Super Sleeves….die verschließbare Doppel Pocket sleeves. Benutzen sie daneben auch noch inner sleeves? Und ja welche dan und auch aus canada. Danke schon Mahl für die Antwort.. schöne Grüße Robert..
Die 80er waren eine unfassbare Zeit für Musik.
I loved this video - so much fun. Was laughing outloud at the overlap with my own experience - so very many of these could/should be on my own list. And you continue to spend my money! Realized I don't presently own the 1st Visage album on Vinyl (all the others, yes - too many 12-inch singles too.) Just ordered a copy on Discogs, thank you.
I hae to say none of my musical mentors back in the day were Dylan fans, so aside from his popular / well know songs or covers I've no real appreciation for his catalog. That said, I love the Bryan Ferry cover of 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'. Will make an effort to stream your recommendations. Same for Joni Mitchell, had a friend who was a huge fan, but we never listened to her back in the day as it was all Mute and 4AD and Factory records back then. Need to perform my due diligence there too. Recommend this recent article in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/20/arts/music/joni-mitchell-blue.html
Lastly, sat down to write my list of top 20 favorites and made it to sixty before stopping HAHA Realized I don't have favorites - the list is always going to change/evolve - so what I've done is trim it down to 20 favorites that influenced me, i.e., set me up for further listening/exploration from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood to all-growed-up:
David Bowie - Changes
Harry Nilsson - Without You
Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
Queen - Somebody to Love
Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights
Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark - Souvenir
The Cure - A Forest
Simple Minds - I Travel
Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
John Foxx - Underpass
Visage - Fade to Gray
Yello - I Love You
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Kraftwerk - Tour de France
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Bamboo Houses
Miles Davis - So What
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Cool video Michael, Very nice.
No Caretaker?? ;) Nice idea for a video. Thanks, ML.
More the complete Albums when it comes to him
Great list! Living in Canada, I’m not familiar with all of your favourites, but I know many. What a great and fun opportunity for me to listen to the songs on your list I have never heard! Thanks for expanding my musical knowledge.
Heh, strange! No Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Collins, Sting, Rod Stewart, Abba, Bee Gees, Van Halen? No classical? No Malmsteen? :D these are coming to my mind instantly when somebody would ask me.
I feel like I got to know you a little more with this video and the age you grew up in. I am a little younger than you but remember fondly of those times and that music. I don't know what made early 80s music so unique and interesting but I love your list and choices. Thanks for taking the time to do these.
First of All - glad to see that your doing ok. I love your list. Honest and True. Here is my list not in any particular order.
One by U2
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Hotel California - Eagles
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
Stairwell to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Whole in the Moon - The Waterboys
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
The Weight - The Band
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison
Imagine - John Lennon
Norwegian Wood - Beatles
Clamp Down - The Clash
Lets Go - The Cars
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Stromy Monday - Albert Collins Version
The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Like A Song - U2
THX A LOT :-)
More than anything, glad to see you here. The pictures of the flooding are so devastating. Hoping you and yours stay safe.
Now, for the list…..thanks for sharing. What a challenge that would be for me, but, I might give it a go.
Stay safe!
All good here thx for caring
nice picks michael, great to see your music origins. daf and liaisons are extremely underrated and influenced a ton of late 80s scenes (acid house, ebm, new beat, etc.).
You had me at OMD Joan of Arc! 🥰
I’m not sure I could pick my favorite songs, no matter how hard I tried. I would debate myself on just my single favorite song forever. Too many good songs tied to too many memories.
Edit: I figured out my favorite song. Rainbow Connection by the Muppets. My 2 1/2 year old daughter sings along to it with me almost every day. It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. My favorite for sure.
Too difficult but I'll give it a shot anyway. In no particular order and subject to change:
Bridge Over Troubled Water (S&G), What's Going On (Marvin Gaye), Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Stones), Everybody's Talking (Harry Nillson), The Time They Are A Changin' (Dylan), Collage (James Gang), Dear Mr. Fantasy ((Traffic), Riders On The Storm (Doors), Circles (TenYears After), Pretty As You Feel (Jefferson Airplane), Brokedown Palace (Grateful Dead), My Generation (The Who), Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp), If Dogs Run Free (Bob Dylan), Bat Chain Puller (Captain Beefheart), Suzie-Q (Creedence), Killing In The Name (Rage Against the Machine), You Can Get It If You Really Want (Jimmy Cliff), Comes a Time (Neil Young), A Day In the Life (Beatles), Fearless (Pink Floyd), I Got A Name (Jim Croce), Misirlou ((Dick Dale and the Del-Tones), Back To The Family (Jethro Tull)
Great song list! The reason I got back into vinyl was to get my old collection of favorite tapes and albums back... and there are a lot of bands in my collection on your list . Nowhere girl is definitely one of my faves...and was a nice surprise to see on your list too.
Can’t wait for 21 to 40!
Birdland is better than Land.
Awesome idea for a video, but incredibly hard to decide and my list now would be drastically different from my list a few years ago.
of course… you are Young :-)
Heroes would be in my top 20 list as well
Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Any favorite list ending with JD is perfect.
I know you didn't ask for my advice and I'm not trying to be one those people trying to school you on how to do things. But I just wanted to help. I notice that you have quite a bit of focus issues. You might want to get closer to your camera or bring your camera closer to you. Also make sure that you're in the center of the frame. But mostly if you are bigger in the frame then your camera won't have to choose what is more important.
Thx man good to know
All are fantastic songs and some of my favorites too. My wife introduced me to the Cocteau Twins and Bauhaus back in college. I have that B Movie 12'', great song. One of my wife's and I favorites from the dance club days was When In Rome, The Promise. It should have been our wedding song. Listening to it now with your voice-over from this video. What a fantastic song!!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Thanks for letting us in.