You favourite old school tracks

matthewhardwick · 07-11-2005, 04:09 PM

Anyone here suggest any late 80s early 90s piano melodies/old school tracks... i know this is absolutly nothing to do with computers, but ur all sound people (well most anyway) and it is the general forum... lol.

im a DJ, and trying to put together some good tracks for an old school mix i wanna make,

cheers in advance.

floppywhopper · 07-12-2005, 07:11 PM

so what style of music are you after
80s - 90s doesn't tell us much
you want songs or just instrumentals
who is your audience

floppy

jaz · 07-13-2005, 07:10 AM

piano melodies? you lost me there.

are you talking rock, pop, new wave, rap, etc as far as old school?

Crito · 07-13-2005, 01:00 PM

Only pop/rock pianists to hit it big during that period (that I can recall) are Bruce Hornsby with "The Way It Is" and Billy Joel with "We Didn't Start The Fire".

floppywhopper · 07-13-2005, 06:49 PM

There was also a guy called Joshua Kaddison ( spelling ? ) he sounded a bit like Elton John in his early days, wasn't too bad either - didn't last long though ...

Billy Joel's early stuff was OK but he became a little too self-important by the time he did "we didnt start the fire"

"Us and them" by Pink Floyd is a nice piano ( with Sax ) based number

floppy

rockytriton · 07-15-2005, 10:37 AM

I'm in a 70's 80's cover band, I play keyboards and guitar in it. My favorite track to play is "I can't fight this feeling" by REO Speedwagon.

Shade · 07-15-2005, 11:32 AM

Huey Lewis and the News

'I need a new drug'
'The Heart of Rock 'n Roll'
etc...

--Shade

jaz · 07-15-2005, 11:50 AM

Favorite Old School tracks:

Eric B and Rakim - My Melody
Treacherous Three - New Rap Language
Steady B - Bring that beat back
Stetasonic - Just say Stet
Schooly D - Gucci Time
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
Just Ice - Going Way Back
Boogie Down Productions - The South Bronx
Run DMC - My Adidas

okay they're all old school rap tracks but thats what I think of when you said old school

cuiq · 07-15-2005, 11:58 AM

Hey jaz,

How about
Love Rap - Spoonie G
Planet Rock
Public Enemy #1
It's time
8 million stories in the naked city
Terminator X

I could go on but I'll stop.

Just my two pence

ok, couple more

I know you got soul
Eric b is President

jaz · 07-15-2005, 12:03 PM

I was just listening to the first Public Enemy release with Public Enemy #1.

Planet Rock...we used to get down to that song in 82 at the park functions. Memories.

Whats the song "Its Time?" I havent heard that one. The rest bring memories.

cuiq · 07-15-2005, 12:18 PM

Actually that was more of a scratch-n-mix song.
Sorry memories were flooding in fast.

cuiq · 07-15-2005, 12:21 PM

matthewallen,

how about, November Rain - G&R (or is that to much)

matthewhardwick · 08-09-2005, 03:49 PM

haha, lol thanks for your input... erm.

when i said piano melodies, i meant trance, ravey type stuff - i know the stuff that basically has lots of piano in it but it wasnt exclusive to that.... haha, but im radio presenter too, so knowing popular tracks is always good. Thanks again for input.
lol