Actual post-punk tracks (circa '77-'84) that sound like they could easily be neo-post-punk/dancepunk/electroclash/whatever tracks

I don't think any sounds as good--but I can see fooling some kids that it were by a !!!-related band, that sort of thing.

Speaking of which, I think Pigbag's early singles could pass. . .

I coulda swooorn it was Fannypack when I first heard it.

Does "Suicide A Gogo" by Big in Japan fit the bill? How about "Mealy Mouths" by the Mackenzies, though it's from about 1987 I think.

no gdm?

I was gonna say Pigbag, but Dan beat me to it.

"Tar"! This is guaranteed hipster dance floor napalm.

Tim mentioned "Changeling" -- but a bunch of other SM tracks between 1979 and 1981 could be on here easily, although "Changeling" would have been my first choice, too.

I always wonder whether this record got enough play among hipsters to influence them. If I had to guess who had heard it: Chicks on Speed, Peaches, all that crap.

Neon Judgement - "TV Treated"

I love this song, and this is one of the best examples for this thread so far!

Vanity 6 "Drive Me Wild", "Make Up"

-- Dan Selzer (danselze...), July 15th, 2005.[/i]

Same re: Out-Hud, circa '99 or so. I have to admit, they played a couple of really fun shows in my town one summer, and I really enjoyed them. Unfortunately, their LP was a real dissapointment, years later.

[i]Neon Judgement - "TV Treated"

I love this song, and this is one of the best examples for this thread so far!

-- Colonel Poo (colonelpo...), July 15th, 2005[/i]

Yeah, hearing that song for the first time in a while, after hearing some "electroclash" stuff for the first time ever a couple weeks back is what made me think to post the question.

Sub-topic: I don't think there really are bands that sound like them now, but there easily could be:

Thick Pigeon
Essendon Airport (though you could argue some semi-cerebral/semi-cutesy 90s stuff sounded like them)
B.E.F. (especially the first one)

If there were a band that could pull off This Heat's range, I'd be inspired. If there were a band that could catch up with Can, 35 years on. . .

Very true, even if I'm not terribly fond of them. I could imagine Out Hud covering "Troglodytes".

But none of that mattered of course in the moment, because Disco was so huge at the time.

Along the DAF line, though, I'll propose parts of Front242's 'Goegraphy' (some of which could easily become a Missy or Grimey hip-hop track, methinks ("Black White Blue").

Something about most neo-"dancepunk"/"electro" stuff I've heard seems to have been filtered through the Knight Rider themesong. . .

Others can tell me, cause I don't know---does dropping JB's "There Was a Time" or the Meters' "Cissy Strut" still fuck people up? I hope? Or has the beat moved on?

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(i guess that means the band names and songs might have to be faked, but that's a bit shitty and uneducational, and I think the "lesson will have been taught" once any d/l'er used google on their fave tracks anyway. :) )

Haha I hadn't thought to take it that far. But it might be a great idea! "!!! - Sunny Day (12" version) [2005]," "LCD Soundsystem - TV Treated (Williamsburg Mix) [2005]"

hahah

Last time I played Delta 5's Mind Your Own Business some girl thanked me so much for playing Chicks on Speed. I was greatful enough of her appreciation to not bother correcting her.

Likewise, many years ago a friend was djing my listening party and played the 15th by Wire. Sure enough someone asked if it was a Fischerpooner remix.

I had a kid call in to ask which !!! track I'd played (when I played "Sunny Day"). Which may well have been what jumped me onto the whole 1981 box thing, and now this minor fascination.

I'll need to recruit someone to tell me the good electroclash/dancepunk/p-p-revival/Pitchforkmedia names to use that might be believable. . .

Siouxsie & The Banshess - "Lunar Camel"
Family Fodder - "Savoir Faire"

Sonic Youth - "The Burning Spear" (Blonde Redhead - "The Burning Spear" [2005])

and maybe

Shriekback - "Mothloop"

I admit I struggle a bit with the theme of this thread, though. It seems to me I've heard a FEW old things which sound contemporary, but not many. I still say the second Suicide album sounds rather contemporary at times.

Most recently though I've discovered this band called Funkapolitan from 1982 that sound an awful lot like !!! to me (though I've always felt !!! come across a bit too amateurish for my tastes - at least the vocalist). I found out about Funkapolitan from looking at a book of Peter Saville album cover designs. It's a stunning sleeve I think, even by his standards. Hopefully this image will post correctly:

http://scd.mm-b1.yimg.com/image/803316848

As for new things that sound old, I'll second Out Hud as the first thing that comes to mind - much of the material on their early singles would have fooled me had I not known. Remarkable. And yes, their album(s) suck in comparison.

Anyone here heard the Dead 60's yet? I'm rather intrigued by what they have done with the whole post-punk thing. Despite the fact that the first track on the album sounds WAY too much like Gang of Four, and I didn't like the second track either, there's still some really nice stuff to be found on the album. They seem capable of understanding how much a minimalistic production is needed, and I appreciate that they decided incorporating dub/reggae in their sound would be a good thing. Which it is! Get on board you post-punk poseurs!

Funkapolitan are a nice crossover act in that they can be seen as part of that UK faux-latin post-post-punk new pop thing (Modern Romance, Working Week, etc) but were good or smart enough to be produced by Kid Creole. I have the LP and the 12" that features the "rap" version of "Time Goes By", which was definitely the hit. My copy of the LP, which was a gift from Danny Wang and I'd never heard before(he said "you'll like this) has "Time Goes By" written on it followed by the BPM in that standard DJ way of highlighting the one track the DJ wanted to remember to play. It's definitely pretty hip these days, I know a number of disco DJs in NY at least who are fans and who play it.

And yes, fucking amazing sleeve. Foil-stamped awesomeness.

what about "White Car in Germany" or "Property Girl" most tracks off orginal version of "Affectionate Punch" LP by Associates...
"Ricky's Hand" "Lady Shave" "Fireside Favorites": Fad Gadget
"U-Men": Front 242
The Normal was already stated thankfully...
What about the Robert Rental material?

"Dirty" - Hard-Corps.
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:56 (twelve years ago) Permalink

I actually posted on this thread way back when, and have just now heard this song and it rules