Poll: What was the greatest music discovery moment for you, where you heard a song and went down the rabbit hole of music goodness?
@poetsdreamsatc
2 жыл бұрын
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon “Stoner Music”
@scottstalcup6980
2 жыл бұрын
At 47, there's been a lot of them. In terms of recent memory? Busman's Holiday opening for Neil Innes. Mike Adams at His Honest Weight at my local record shop. (Adam, if you're unfamiliar with Mike's stuff, check him out. The Ghost of Alex Chilton has returned to this plane of existence and taken up residence in Mike's vocals. His old band Husband and Wife are also amazing. Busman's Holiday is also excellent. Not only are Lewis and Addison Rogers great musicians, but hilarious, too!)
@bigneon_glitter
2 жыл бұрын
A random listen to Suede's _Coming Up_ in 1996 was the most profound lightning bolt discovery. And Nirvana's cover of "Man Who Sold The World" was my entry point into the Bowie rabbithole.
@jcf1817
2 жыл бұрын
1983 New Years Day by U2. Stopped listening to the typical rock played by AOR at that time and started buying as many U2 albums, sheet music and posters I could get my hands on. Tried like crazy to listen through the static to 97X college radio in Oxford, Ohio just to hear as much U2 as possible. I was an alternative music listener from that point on and rarely went back to classic rock.
@stephenbrown4211
2 жыл бұрын
I used to get what I called Wow moments. Where I heard a song for the first time and just go Wow! Some of those songs: It’s All Gone Chris Rea Road To Your Soul All About Eve Stay With Me Til Dawn Judie Tzuke Edge of 17 Stevie Nicks Hold My Hand Hootie Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family Life is a Highway Tom Cochrane And it happened to me yesterday for the first time in years when I heard Mike Campbells Electric Gypsy
@ericengelbrecht4064
2 жыл бұрын
I loved this episode. I shudder to think what my youth would have been like without Sire, Mute, Factory and 4AD record labels.
@LeeLee-sk2wf
2 жыл бұрын
I have always loved “alternative” music. My friends always comment I like some strange music. I am proud to like songs by The Cure, Erasure, New Order etc that others don’t.
@iwanttheoneicanthave11578
2 жыл бұрын
Same here 👍
@WS102
2 жыл бұрын
Sire is a fantastic label. One of my other favorite labels throughout the 1980's is 4AD. Their artwork and albums were cutting edge and epic. Bauhaus, The Cocteau Twins, Modern English, The Wolfgang Press, Clan of Xymox, Throwing Muses, This Mortal Coil, The Pixies and so many other great bands. They had Camera Obscura, St. Vincent, and many other great bands later. As always, another epic video Professor, especially as I'm a huge Ocean Blue fan. Awesome acoustic ending!
@WheelTek86
2 жыл бұрын
I used to airbrush while listening to the Cocteau Twins, good vibes.
@alexchristianmusic
2 жыл бұрын
The Ocean Blue. such underrated greatness.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@tysparks598
2 жыл бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock it's a new one on me but I look forward to exploring their back catalog. Nothing greater than having someone turn you on to good music ✌️ Thank you!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of them before today! They are super underrated.
@mrp4242
2 жыл бұрын
Agree. “Sublime”, if you will. One of the most British sounding American bands of all time. Really thought they’d explode back in the easily 90s. Very tight.
@sutliffgnassi9925
2 жыл бұрын
They were awesome. Saw them with The Mighty Lemon Drops (also awesome) long ago...
@vaughngeorgesmixtapes8276
2 жыл бұрын
Sire,Mute Records and 4AD were heaven for us Indie,Alternative,New Wave fans back in the day. Music is just not the same as it was back in the day. What most artist think about these days is being famous instead of putting their efforts into making good music.
@kellik5453
2 жыл бұрын
Your production quality always amazes me. Great episode as usual! Between you and Rick Beato, I get nothing done all day!
@standardofexcellence
2 жыл бұрын
Best 2 music channels on planet earth
@kxrv6629
2 жыл бұрын
And Fil-Wings of Pegasis
@TheGrayMatters
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THE DAVID SCHELZEL INTERVIEW!! Found them on 120 Minutes back in the day and never let go. I know that I bang the drum for The Ocean Blue on here a lot, but I just can’t help myself. Among my absolute favorite bands ever.
@JeremyChecketts
2 жыл бұрын
I am also a music junkie and have over 1700 CDs still in my office. I grew up in Layton Utah and graduated in '94, your story is VERY similar to mine. Moz, DM, Erasure, NIN, Janes addiction, all my favorites. I also knew there was something special about 4AD records, Cleopatra Records, then later, Saddlecreek, Fueled by Ramen... I never realized that Sire was so unique.. I have all of the "just say" comps and never put 2 and 2 together... I thought it was cool that The Smiths and Morrissey (for a time) was distributed by Sire.. but yeah, never put it all together...thanks again!
@TheRetroManRandySavage
2 жыл бұрын
When you mention Idaho in your vids I just get transported back to watching the Simpsons lol. Ralph wiggum saying "I'm Idaho." 😂
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Very cool.
@scottburton9701
2 жыл бұрын
Sire Records certainly had a plethora of great artists such as The Pretenders,Talking Heads,The Ramones,& Madonna.
@MareTranquillitatis
2 жыл бұрын
In the 80s and 90s, I had Casey Kasem as my musical guide. Now I have you, Professor of Rock. Thanks for taking us all on a great journey of GOOD music. I used to listen to The Ocean Blue a lot in the early 90s and they are still on my playlist. So glad you are giving them the recognition they deserve.
@babygerald4645
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing a feature on this innovative label that helped small-town kids like myself dream of a bigger, better world through music that you just didn't hear on the radio unless you maybe lived in a college town. Sire provided the bulk of the soundtrack to my formative years. Their A&R scouts were the best around. Factory, 4AD, ZTT and later Tommy Boy served a similar role, but they were always a step behind Sire in size and number of innovative artists. A feature on each of those 'Just say...' comps would be awesome.
@hugome778
2 жыл бұрын
A band I 'discovered' and loved that was so quirky was Squeeze. Not sure what category they fit in, but no one else I knew was listening to them much. They could belong to me.
@terryfowler4893
2 жыл бұрын
Seen them in Liverpool a couple of months ago, still sound fantastic
@juststardust8103
2 жыл бұрын
"Tempted" is a great song.
@ericbgordon1575
2 жыл бұрын
My strongest memory of this label from when I was growing up is an interview given by their founder, Seymour Stein, in 1995 for the miniseries the History of Rock and Roll. He mentioned the backlash he received when he signed The Ramones and how eager he was to sign Talking Heads the minute he first heard them live at CBGB.
@tonygonzales726
2 жыл бұрын
I discovered the Ocean Blue in 1992, my second year in the air force, and it changed my world. I had always loved new wave, punk, pop, a little metal; but their sound, for me was something new and ethereal. Almost like hearing Cocteau twins for the first time. Also, like most people, I thought for a split second, they were from the UK. But I did my research, combing through spin, rolling stone, NME, select, melody maker, kerrrang magazines!!!! No internet then. Just good ol' fashioned sharing and word of mouth. Like my new wavers, I was a bit shy, off the norm, and in my case, an army brat, moving every few years. But it was a GREAT time to be a teenager and the feelings we felt about the music will never change or die.
@kxrv6629
2 жыл бұрын
The West Coast equivalent is Slash Records- had X, the Blasters, Los Lobos, FEAR, the Germs, Violent Femmes, L7… you should do a feature on this label too!
@lawsonium
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!! You brought up James and even highlighting a song from that early masterpiece Strip Mine. Well done Prof. I salute you. If ever there was a band that kept me sane through teenage years, James was it. Thank you. It would be great @Professor of Rock if you could do a few videos on James albums. Pretty please :-)
@cbmx1x1
2 жыл бұрын
I love the Ocean Blue! I found out about them back in the early 90’s after seeing a video of theirs on a Alternative Rock Video Monthly VHS tape that I subscribed to. Years later I ran into David Schelzel at a Kings of Convenience show here in Minneapolis and managed to drunkenly yell “HEY! OCEAN BLUE, RIGHT? YOU GUYS WERE THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY TEEN YEARS!” in his face before he walked away. Good times! 😬
@johnray1067
2 жыл бұрын
I saw The Ocean Blue in the early 90s at a small liberal arts college (Radford) in Virginia. It was a great show. I bumped into David Schelzel before the show, really nice guy. Cerulean is still in my heavy rotation of albums from that era.
@mandymayne8759
2 жыл бұрын
I called it! As soon as I saw the thumbnail and read the title I knew it would be Sire. I just can’t believe you didn’t mention The Pretenders. That’s how I came across Sire. After buying the first Pretenders album my senior year in high school, I kept coming across other acts that I liked that just happened to be released on the Sire label.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Love the Pretenders. Sometimes when I'm going off the cuff I forget. My bad.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Chrissie Hynde is from Akron, Ohio! I have family who are from that area!
@StepOSX
2 жыл бұрын
Love the shout out to The Ocean Blue. I had jaw surgery the summer of 1989 when I was 21 and listened to their debut album every day for six weeks while I was recovering.
@Krullmatic
2 жыл бұрын
I was definitely one of those misfits, who grew up in a hayseed little town in the midwest in Ohio, so I know a thing or two about that. I was always bullied because I followed the beat my own drum, and didn't follow the latest trends or social norms. Music was always there for me. Unfortunately drugs were there as well, but I'm sober today, and music is still here. Music is such a powerful thing. I'm so grateful for this channel Prof, you do nostalgia right! Rock on and God Bless!❤🙏❤🤘😝🤘 Edit: That Gretch he's playing is gorgeous. I bet it killer plugged in as well, because it sounds awesome acoustically. I bet it has awesome sustain!
@Terri_MacKay
2 жыл бұрын
I turned 18 in 1980. It wasn't a very good decade for me,emotionally and mentally...but it was the music of the 80's that got me through the bad times. My favourite bands are still The Cure and Depeche Mode. I passed my love of that decade's music on to my daughter, who is now in her late 20's, and it means so much to me that I was able to see The Cure and DM with her, as well as many of our other favourite bands that began in the 80's (and late 70's). She actually owns the tee-shirt you're wearing in this video. I love that you mentioned Aztec Camera...one of the truly great forgotten bands from the 80's. I'd love to see you do an episode on them...their music definitely deserves to be discovered by a new generation of music lovers!!
@adolfsson2705
2 жыл бұрын
"Between something and nothing" for me is the best song of ocean blue.. Right now im listening!
@punkfloyd4eyes
2 жыл бұрын
So glad you mentioned Ride! One of my favorites!
@247Therocker
2 жыл бұрын
The one band that propelled me through adolescence had to be The Smiths. Their one song for me … all of them lol
@themats89
2 жыл бұрын
I am SO thankful my buddy turned me on to your channel... addicted is an absolute understatement. I think you are a kindred spirit for me as you seem to love so many of the same artists that I love .. tonight's revelation is The Ocean Blue...a long time favorite of mine. My 2 favorite bands are, believe it or not, Rush and The Replacements....about as far in either end of the rock spectrum as you may get. PLEASE, PLEASE (me..😉), consider doing an episode on The Replacements. A band that perfected shooting themselves in both feet, time and time again. Also a great example of a band that can have you laughing at one song with it's irrelevant lyrics, then have you in tears from the soul barring lyrics in the next song, and having both sounding completely sincere. Paul is such an amazing writer, and paved the way for much of the 90's grunge and alternative bands. With the Mats, it's true love. Thanks, and keep the AMAZING content coming!
@spbarabe
2 жыл бұрын
Yaz, Upstairs at Erics was my life changing moment...first time I heard alternative rock (small town iowa girl, I grew up on 70s rock, influenced by my pot smoking hippy like parents :) ) ...a new friend that just moved to town from Dallas...it was like fireworks in my brain...then on to the big guys, Cure, Depeche Mode etc..
@carybilstein9727
2 жыл бұрын
Dude I love it when you highlight The Ocean Blue!!!
@lisakvieira9201
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Professor when you spoke about music the way you did I can relate also, music has always filled voids and could also relate with bands and artist that I truly adored, music of today doesn't come close to yesterday's music, well have a great weekend sir, it's always good to hear your stories!!😘🎶👏
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
It’s why Professor is so amazing. His praise for these amazing songs always warms my soul.
@edrift3d
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I can’t wait to see all of the episodes on the compilations. Thanks for teeing that up.
@troyhonda71
2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy The Ocean Blue. One of my favorite bands as well. Funny part about them for me is, I didn't come across their music until 15 years ago. Bought all their music, watched every video I could find and saw them 4 times in concert trying to make up for the lost time.
@nonyabiznis4399
2 жыл бұрын
I remember asking other kids in my class, there's the preps, hoods, nerds etc. Where do I fit in? They'd say, you're just you. At the time I found the answer frustrating, now I understand, it was a compliment.
@WheelTek86
2 жыл бұрын
Man when you showed those 3 albums I literally said YES! Out loud and my wife gave me a look. LoL, dude you make me relive the best music of my life. I need to get back into them again. College radio rocked in the late 80-90's I got to know a couple DJ's and it was. Awesome to hang out and let me pick some of the line up and hang out in the studio. Good Times
@TheGarageRecordingSC
2 жыл бұрын
The headmaster ritual is probably my favorite song of the entire 80s new wave. The Smiths are in my top three favorite bands. Essentially it’s Rush, Steely Dan and the Smiths as my three favorite bands.
@AB-sy5hb
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad someone else loves the Ocean Blue as much as I do, they don’t get as much love as they deserve.
@christingey5281
2 жыл бұрын
The Ocean Blue is one of my favorites. I'm glad you got the story of that song.
@benhammond6393
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when we all discovered the Ocean Blue together on that CD. They are such an underrated band and have a huge discography of great music. They were actually the last concert I saw before stupid Covid.
@davidowennelson
2 жыл бұрын
Brother you are my twin. From Sire to the samplers (which Mao was my favorite too) to The Ocean Blue. I discovered TOB when I heard their first single on the radio and it revolutionized my high school life. Also the discovery of The Wild Swans was pivotal. And of course The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen, all Vince Clarke, etc. I felt the same way when I saw the back of a record and saw that iconic sire emblem and knew I was in for something good. Thank you for giving the honor that this genre deserves.
@ivanterrible7362
2 жыл бұрын
Sire was the door to 4AD records. Once I walked through that door, life was never the same.
@jeffkennerson9116
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, growing in the 80s those bands were everything, music now doesn’t have that depth or excitement.
@lindseyl.3135
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I love these bands! I hear a lot of them - especially Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and The Cure - on SiriusXM First Wave, my introduction to a lot of these amazing artists. ❤
@kentbauer6312
2 жыл бұрын
Just wanted you to know been watching your channel for a while and just ordered my first pair of glasses from Zenni. As you say during each video, the process was very easy. Now just waiting the glasses to arrive. THank you and thank to Zenni.
@WriteousBible
2 жыл бұрын
That was how I discovered more music within my newfound favorite genre by searching for that round S logo on the side sleeve of cassettes or the back of CDs.
@david.e.h.
2 жыл бұрын
Until just now, I thought I was the only person who celebrated the "Just Say..." CDs, I remember picking up Just Say Mao, and how it just blew my mind track by track!!! Thank you again for taking me for s ride on your time machine!!! Peace, Brother, Peace!!!
@3padr598
2 жыл бұрын
Omg POR you couldn’t have said this any better, the cure completely helped me through quarantine and I hold them so close to my heart
@mrslomeli9353
2 жыл бұрын
I still have the "Just Say Yo! Vol 2" album, on cassette. And now I know why it's Volume 2, thank you! As for the label Sire, I knew that was a group I'd like, a trusted brand. ....a friend and I fell head over heels for The Ocean Blue in high school. After graduation, we drifted apart. A few years into college, The Ocean Blue played a concert at our local university (which I was attending), and my friend was there! What an awesome reunion, like we were back in high school!
@Maevelikeschampagne
2 жыл бұрын
This entire vid resonates like it’s my personal story - you literally listed off my discography. Love your channel. Your passion for music pervades every episode. I’m binging. 🤣 Nitzer Ebb is an old fave. Hearts and Minds!
@marcofalzone6469
2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your copious research. Professor. I had a great friend in high school whom turned me on to many of these artists in this genre. Sire, EMI Manhattan, ZTT, among others. This unique topic is a real one, professor.
@clout74
2 жыл бұрын
What Sire was in the U.S., Mute and Factory were in Europe. By the way, when I hear Sire I think about Madonna.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Madonna? Ya she was on the label but I think of The Smiths, DM, Erasure etc.
@gaywizard2000
2 жыл бұрын
Madonna is dead to me. I associate Sire with Depeche Mode the most!
@deborahseaman8470
2 жыл бұрын
I just found you and I fell in love!😻MORE MORE MORE!The last time I saw Morrissey was in Key West, the Cure in San Diego and right now I'm stuck living on top of a mountain with no way off. BLESS YOU
@HtMnBrusso
2 жыл бұрын
By far one of my favorite episodes so far. I vaguely remember Sire, but recognize many of the artists and those great samplers from my days of music discovery doing a college radio show for two semesters at WRUW in Cleveland.
@carenhelms8518
2 жыл бұрын
Echo and the Bunnymen and Aztec Camera got me through some very dark times in the 80s. I owe a huge debt to Sire!
@skidwell41
2 жыл бұрын
The sound always take me back to UC Berkeley in the 80’s. Fridays walking back from class with speakers out of every window ready for the weekend. Hearing the Wild Swans and book of love and the Smiths did it for me. What a time in my life…80’s was my decade!!
@marriannerayhill7734
2 жыл бұрын
I was a new waver and still have many tapes and albums I got in the early to mid 80's living in So Cal. I then became an American Bandstand dancer in '85-'89 and got to meet some really cool bands.
@Bodezefah
2 жыл бұрын
thanks for mentioning the Ocean Blue! loved them back in the day
@Flying_turnip187
2 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain growing up in the boonies. I grew up in hilo, hawaii……it was the worst place to listen to “outside”music. The isolation plus the lack of education of life beyond the ocean was tough. Before the “net” you could only find new music through music programs on tv or have a friend that was into the same music as you. But…I will say those songs and bands you found…..were precious beyond gold. I have such vivid, sad, wonderful and amazing memories attached to the cure, the smiths, siouxsie and the banshees and others. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us.
@punkyduck28
2 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to John Peel and discovered a treasure trove of indie music. I think I grew up in the best musical period, I was born in 1964 in the UK.i love all of these records here, I remember the excitement of hearing The Smiths for the first time, Aztec Camera etc.thank you for reminding me of some of my favourite songs! 💜
@laurajones9409
2 жыл бұрын
Sire, 2Tone, and IRS Records were life savers in my high school days, and Cleopatra Records added to the mix in the 90s. My friends and I were outcasts in high school because we listened to "weird" music, always went to see bands and haunted record/thrift stores. The abuse we got, both physically and verbally, was enough to make you go insane. Luckily, music was there to keep the pieces glued together. I have been lucky enough to see some of the best bands in the world and still have all my vinyl. They say that it isn't possible to time travel, but I can put on a song and be transported back to the past in a few seconds. All the feelings, smells, beauty, pain, and pleasure of those moments live forever in music.
@mza2195
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Adam for this one! Sire was a lifesaver for sure. All those bands were lifesavers for sure. Thanks for making this video! ~Mimi 💖
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mimi! Glad you liked it.
@conniedavis3553
Жыл бұрын
WOW. This was one of the shorter but MOST informative POR that I have listened to. Thank You
@richardevans4531
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the Yes series It was cheap for 7 dollars and 15 years old that was a deal. Just say Meo was the first time I heard Figures on a Beach, The Ocean Blue, Morrissey. It is my favorite of them all. I got the YES and YO and learned of the Smiths, James the lists goes on. Depeche Mode and Erasure where known in American. I loved that Sire would put hard to find or remix songs that where a little, but then you got to hears some news bands. It really impacted my listen taste. Love those albums and still listen to them a great deal to this day. Got to see The Ocean Blue in Dec 2019 before covid so glad I did not miss that show. They did a cover of There is a Light That Never Goes Out and Love Will Tear Us Apart. Thanks for the bit with Dave playing a bit there. Agree and relate to what you said on this video Professor. Love to sit down and just talk music with you someday.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
What a great time to be young!
@totallykoolyeah
2 жыл бұрын
I remember those killer rykodisc samplers
@mt0115
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that, the 60s and 70s are more my decades for music. In the 80s I was married, new house to pay for kids coming into our lives. I was working my butt off, lots of overtime, things to do at home, so new music just fell by the way side for the most part. Through your site I get to hear more about what I missed, what I may have liked, great content 🎸🍺😎.
@premde
2 жыл бұрын
The Sire Samplers were a big part of my expanding music collection and tastes. I still love them too.
@thedudeabides3058
2 жыл бұрын
Great episode! It made me think of other great bands from back in the day and their labels like Beggars Banquet and I.R.S records...
@troycampbell3545
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man. I wore my copy of "Cerulean" out. As I did "Just Say Mao". Thank you, thank you very much (to quote Elvis) for embracing this brilliant facet of history, and reintroducing it in such an articulate way.
@mdduckman
2 жыл бұрын
Just finished watching - love Ocean Blue! Would love to see the rest of that interview!
@TheLightningMan
2 жыл бұрын
Sire represented so, so many of the bands that fueled my entire being . This episode is interesting in that it contains two very different parts of my life at the time: folks have called me Lightning Man for decades, based on the Nitzer Ebb song of the same name. And the Ocean Blue song "Between Something and Nothing" kept me sane during the buildup to Desert Storm (I was a soldier at the time).
@NGR1979
2 жыл бұрын
I just adore your videos, and I'm so thankful you touched The Ocean Blue, that's my favorite band, i hope you can cover some other songs from them. Greetings from Guatemala, three cords my friend
@kylebolan602
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny you made this video because I'm always telling my friends about this label. I just liked a lot of these bands (starting with Talking Heads) and later realized they were all on the Sire. ALL of my favorite bands have something on Sire. It would be a real dream to have a release with them some day. :)
@Out_of_My_Head
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the personal touch here. Sire and I.R.S. were so great.
@MichaelSundberg
2 жыл бұрын
I had many but one memorable one was when I discovered the album with Richard Hell and the Voidoids singing Love Comes In Spurts. I both laughed and was in awe at the depth of the concept. For a teenager which I was at the time it was blunt and kinda lofty in a smirky way. It still brings a smile to my face all these years later. By the way I believe it was a Sire release. So your right about that label. It was a best friend to a teenager.
@Vsoundproductions
2 жыл бұрын
Sire Records had so many great artists. Three of my all time favorite bands were on that label...Erasure, The Smiths & Depeche Mode. The 12" singles & the "Just Say Yes" compilations they released were always top notch. Any chance of you doing an interview with Erasure?
@razzmatazz1974
2 жыл бұрын
i had totally forgotten about The Throwing Muses until you mentioned them in this video!
@txhimlauj
2 жыл бұрын
The Just Say… compilations were some of my favorite discoveries in the 90s. I do love the sire label, I just wish it wasn’t so difficult for them to do some reissues. I would love to have a collection of remastered Book Of Love albums on 180g vinyl. And having to import all older the reissued Erasure albums from Mute, while I do love them as a label as well, it could have been much less expensive.
@robsvarz914
2 жыл бұрын
I met Susan Ottaviano and Ted Ottaviano from Book of Love couple years back before a show. We talked about Sire/Mute. I used to DJ and we discussed how many times I would look at my turntables and see the Sire label constantly. Sometimes it was several in a row. Great video as usual. Keep it up.
@thebouncinghearts
2 жыл бұрын
Another great blast of nostalgia Adam, thank you.....The Walkie Talkies (One of Wayne Hussey's early bands) realeased one single on sire in the late 70s called 'Rich And Nasty'
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check it out! thanks
@surlechapeau
2 жыл бұрын
I certainly remember playing Sire Records artists The Talking Heads, The Pretenders and The Ramones on my college radio station. Sire was an important part of punk/new wave/alternative music. Sire was very good at providing us records. There was one label, who we actually boycotted for a while because they were so stingy with the records. After 40 years, I forgot the label name.
@RBS_
2 жыл бұрын
....Man, I was in the 'Industry' for a time, and THE most stingiest label was Sinead's old label (that Chrylsalis distributed)...BLECH! ...HA-HAA!! ...I got some pretty good plentiful stuff from major labels actually...times, they are a changin'..
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
So important. Saved a lot of us.
@surlechapeau
2 жыл бұрын
@@RBS_ changin' indeed!! I do remember Blondie and Huey Lewis & The News were on Chrysalis.
@johnhamilton2588
2 жыл бұрын
@@surlechapeau And my 80's favorite, Pat Benatar.
@surlechapeau
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnhamilton2588 Pat is a great singer!
@leamanc
2 жыл бұрын
Great episode, Professor! Sire and Seymour Stein were incredible. And I love The Ocean Blue.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Seymour is such a visionary.
@elamorte
2 жыл бұрын
Great video...thanks Professor of Rock!
@iwanttheoneicanthave11578
2 жыл бұрын
Once a WAVER always a WAVER. 47yo and still enjoying new wave everyday here in the Philippines 🇵🇭❤️🌊🌊🌊
@JeffreyA2010
2 жыл бұрын
Just Say Yes was given as a freebie if you spent a certain amount of money at the local shop when school started. The one band that I really liked from the compilation was Stars on the Beach. I went back and bought the LP just before the end of the semester. Still have both, and found their follow-up a few years ago at a used music shop. Still have the vinyl...
@blacktaurus77
2 жыл бұрын
These are all the music i grew up with here in MANILA.
@MyName-pl7zn
2 жыл бұрын
These samplers were a breath of fresh air because it introduced a ton of music that was being ignored by rock and pop radio. Sire was the label that gave us a taste of so much great music that wasn't on the radio at the time where I lived
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@TheLadyTian
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I think we would have been friends in high school. (I graduated in 95). Sire was a big deal to me. I was definitely a new wave/goth/britpop kid. Remember buying imports? Yeah, I dropped $ on those. I didn't get any of these Sire compilations but I owned The Ocean Blue, Ride, Aztec Camera, James, actually almost everyone you mentioned. But I lived in California and Rhino Records *record store was my second home. And wow, it's been a long time since I even thought of Nitzer Ebb. I'll have to look them up to remind myself. I love that you gave us an acoustic Ballerina Out of Control. This was fantastic.
@andrewknaff9220
2 жыл бұрын
I love The Ocean Blue! Cerulean is an amazing album. Thanks for showing him playing Ballerina! That was awesome!
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! They're one of my favorite bands ever.
@joeymorvant161
2 жыл бұрын
I love Nirvana, New Order, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Erasure, The Talking Heads, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Ramones, The Replacements, James, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Wild Swans, The Soup Dragons, Morrissey.
@constipatedinsincity4424
2 жыл бұрын
ProRo you PT with the thumbnail image !✊🤣
@mikeschiesel2852
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a label and catalog of artists, I used to love these samplers. I would make my weekly pilgrimage to Record Theater in Buffalo, NY to search for the newest stuff. Thanks for always reviving memories!
@GKahla
Ай бұрын
Just Say Yes helped me keep my sanity... Great stuff!
@TraciWCanada
2 жыл бұрын
IRS was another label that helped me personally... The Alarm, REM, The Go-Gos, Fine Young Cannibals, Wall of Voodoo, General Public, Concrete Blonde, English Beat, The Stranglers, Oingo Boingo... many who got me through some difficult times (The Alarm's Strength album is still a go-to for me).
@miketeeveedub5779
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day the CBC here in Canada used to have programming that showcased the alternative/New Wave music movement of the late 70s/early 80s. I remember seeing videos from Gary Numan "Cars", The Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime", and "God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols. Funny enough, my Mother watched that Sex Pistols video with me and remarked "That must be the Queen's favorite band" in her droll Slavic accent and a wink in her eye after hearing the line "God save the queen, she ain't no human being."
@eightiesmusic1984
2 жыл бұрын
Tony Wilson MD of Factory Records was a genius and really cared for Manchester music and the arts. He presented the legendary So It Goes programme on Granada, championing new bands and also read the news on Granada Reports. He chaired a brilliant late night Friday debate programme called Granada Upfront that could get out of hand too in the late eighties. Great days. There is a clip on You Tube of him being floored when a discussion with some wrestlers took a turn for the worse. OMD were signed to Dindisc a subsidiary of Factory, releasing first single Electricity on the label. His death in 2007 was terribly sad but his legacy lives on. He refused private health care that would have extended his life with a drug not available on the NHS because he believed in free health care for all. Linn Records was another interesting label, which released The Blue Nile's records and was originally a high end hi fi manufacturer. The list of artists who have been on the Sire roster over the years is impressive.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
I love hearing stories about Tony Wilson. One of a kind guy.
@eightiesmusic1984
2 жыл бұрын
@ghost mall Paul Morley has just published a new book about Tony Wilson. There are also a couple of documentaries about his life on You Tube, worth seeing. Paul Morley was the marketing genius behind the Frankie Goes To Hollywood merchandise that went with their mega success when they had three number ones in the UK in 1984 with Relax, Two Tribes ( nine weeks) and The Power of Love. T shirts saying Frankie says relax and no war were very popular. It is tragic and ironic that the Cold War they condemned is back and the world is potentially on the edge of World War Three. All the peaceniks of the 1960s and onwards were so right in their pro peace message although a stand must be taken to oppose the invasion of Ukraine. This is a 1939 moment.
@mitchellbaker9434
2 жыл бұрын
Great show. You didn't mention Seymour Stein, so I will. He was the man behind Sire Records, and the genius who came up with all the ideas. He came up with the name "new wave", after he realized that punk was going to be unmarketable over the long haul. He signed The Talking Heads the first time he (and coincidentally, I) saw them at CBGB, opening for The Ramones. Joey had talked them up to him.
@andonedave
2 жыл бұрын
Now we’re talking. I still have my Ocean Blue CDs. Amazing that the song inspiration originated from a Nitzer Ebb show! Wild Swans- Have all their albums. Loved the singers voice. That Figures On a Beach song is great. My uncle had a small recording studio in Dearborn, Mi called Charisma records. He might have worked with FOAB on something.
@parkcaro
2 жыл бұрын
As soon as you mentioned the label I said "Sire!" out loud. Still have all the tapes :)
@drea4195
2 жыл бұрын
Not only the wars of youth: the wars of life. I "discovered" these bands in my later teens -- had heard many of their singles earlier, but somehow it didn't "click" until I was nearly 18, how incredible this music was, and how they all spoke to me about my life 😉. Wish now that I'd had the Cure, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, etc. much earlier -- realizing now, that it was people in my situation who they were writing for. But we have them now, and for our future..I still listen to my favorite new wave artists almost daily. They are still speaking to me about my life.
@geoffgrove9213
2 жыл бұрын
The song that opened my life beyond was Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin. Before that I listened to top 40 like Bel Biv Devoe and LL Cool J. I had no older brother to teach me about good music. My dad was a Beatle, Neil Young fan but that music didn't speak to me at that point in my life. This girl I had a crush on gave me a cassette from her bolder brother of just Led Zeppelin's self titled first album. GTBT is the first song and that was it. I liked all their stuff but that first song stuck to me. Later I came to appreciate their bluesy tracks like You Shook Me and I Can't Quit You Babe (my favorite now). The album I bought before my life changed by stealing the LZ box set of the studio releases (I was 14 and broke, true punk style) was Mama Said Knock You Out. I had shifted to appreciate the art of music.
@samuraikaoss1455
2 жыл бұрын
Love those CD's. One of the best compilation series of all time.
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