Comments on: Lost in the ’80s: Heaven 17 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:05:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: robert http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-41014 robert Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:51:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-41014 i don't think their first album "Penthouse and Pavement" is so bad. listen to "geisha boys and temple girls" for example.. i don't think their first album “Penthouse and Pavement” is so bad. listen to “geisha boys and temple girls” for example..

]]> By: robert http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20127 robert Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:51:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20127 i don't think their first album "Penthouse and Pavement" is so bad. listen to "geisha boys and temple girls" for example.. i don't think their first album “Penthouse and Pavement” is so bad. listen to “geisha boys and temple girls” for example..

]]> By: Retro_Remixes http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20126 Retro_Remixes Thu, 08 May 2008 09:17:56 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20126 Hmm . . . I gotta go with 1985 for the best year of music ever. At the very least it was a year in the '80's. Hmm . . . I gotta go with 1985 for the best year of music ever. At the very least it was a year in the '80's.

]]> By: :::theroux http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20125 :::theroux Thu, 08 May 2008 00:50:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20125 John, you're on fire. McLaren, Motels, Heaven 17...luv yer tastes.<br><br>Couldn't get enough of the "Let Me Go" video. Delightfully low-budge, the aimless meandering through bleak English streets, and that final scene: "I'll turn the last card down", with the dangling telephone. Love that shit.<br><br>I bought some greatest hits compilation awhile back, with a horrid version of "Let Me Go". I mean, it was unlistenable. "Luxury Gap" is definitely the way to go, but the only song I feel comes close to "Let Me.." is "Temptation", despite the shrill female vocal. John, you're on fire. McLaren, Motels, Heaven 17…luv yer tastes.

Couldn't get enough of the “Let Me Go” video. Delightfully low-budge, the aimless meandering through bleak English streets, and that final scene: “I'll turn the last card down”, with the dangling telephone. Love that shit.

I bought some greatest hits compilation awhile back, with a horrid version of “Let Me Go”. I mean, it was unlistenable. “Luxury Gap” is definitely the way to go, but the only song I feel comes close to “Let Me..” is “Temptation”, despite the shrill female vocal.

]]> By: Scraps http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20121 Scraps Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:12 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20121 Yep. Yep.

]]> By: jsd http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20124 jsd Wed, 07 May 2008 15:33:19 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20124 I don't think a week goes by that I don't listen to Penthouse and Pavement or The Luxury Gap. Classic pop music that totally stands the test of time. I don't think a week goes by that I don't listen to Penthouse and Pavement or The Luxury Gap. Classic pop music that totally stands the test of time.

]]> By: kokorotrailer http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20123 kokorotrailer Wed, 07 May 2008 08:48:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20123 Wow!, the vid remind me of Last Tango in Paris.<br><br>Your features do remind me of Ron Parodi's "Early 80s Songs of the Week" basic "Blog" (with 30 secs .au files attached) back in the 90s. He also cited '83 as the best year for music ever, too. Wow!, the vid remind me of Last Tango in Paris.

Your features do remind me of Ron Parodi's “Early 80s Songs of the Week” basic “Blog” (with 30 secs .au files attached) back in the 90s. He also cited '83 as the best year for music ever, too.

]]> By: Eric S. http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20122 Eric S. Wed, 07 May 2008 01:26:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20122 - I will second the nomination for 1983 as "Best Year for Music Ever"<br>- I'll also nominate "17" from Foreigner's Head Games album<br>- Back in the day, I was more of a Human League fan, but I don't find myself going back and listening to this type of music much anymore. Maybe it's just personal preference, because I do still play ABC and Go West once in a while - I will second the nomination for 1983 as “Best Year for Music Ever”
- I'll also nominate “17″ from Foreigner's Head Games album
- Back in the day, I was more of a Human League fan, but I don't find myself going back and listening to this type of music much anymore. Maybe it's just personal preference, because I do still play ABC and Go West once in a while

]]> By: JohnHughes http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20120 JohnHughes Wed, 07 May 2008 00:34:09 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20120 Is the version of "Song With No Name" on the <i>Penthouse</i> re-master different than the one on the U.S. <i>Luxury</i>? Is the version of “Song With No Name” on the Penthouse re-master different than the one on the U.S. Luxury?

]]> By: Scraps http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/comment-page-1/#comment-20119 Scraps Tue, 06 May 2008 20:57:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-heaven-17/#comment-20119 I still love <i>The Luxury Gap</i>. But the version I fell in love with was the US release, which didn't have "Let Me Go" -- that was on the first US release, along with "Penthouse and Pavement" (which had a corporate espionage video that got a fair amount of MTV play). The US <i>Luxury Gap</i> has "We Live So Fast" and "Crushed By the Wheels of Industry" and "Temptation" and a busier version of "Let's All Make a Bomb" and a version of the wonderful "Song With No Name" that I've never been able to find except the US vinyl (and naturally it's my favorite song of theirs). Plus the brilliant production number "Key to the World", with Earth Wind & Fire horns.<br><br>I remember what really set Heaven 17 apart back then -- apart from being generally smarter and more musically complex (and less offkey) than the Human League -- were their great rhythms. The changing drum and handclap patterns in the US "We Live So Fast" are a great example. I still love The Luxury Gap. But the version I fell in love with was the US release, which didn't have “Let Me Go” — that was on the first US release, along with “Penthouse and Pavement” (which had a corporate espionage video that got a fair amount of MTV play). The US Luxury Gap has “We Live So Fast” and “Crushed By the Wheels of Industry” and “Temptation” and a busier version of “Let's All Make a Bomb” and a version of the wonderful “Song With No Name” that I've never been able to find except the US vinyl (and naturally it's my favorite song of theirs). Plus the brilliant production number “Key to the World”, with Earth Wind & Fire horns.

I remember what really set Heaven 17 apart back then — apart from being generally smarter and more musically complex (and less offkey) than the Human League — were their great rhythms. The changing drum and handclap patterns in the US “We Live So Fast” are a great example.

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