Risky Business, 80s band setup blog

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

As someone who plays in an unashamedly 80s influenced originals bands, I'd be interested to know what's in the typical 80s covers band's set list.

This is our most recent set.

 

Set 1

 

A Little Respect

Real Gone Kid

Together in Electric Dreams

Everybody Wants to Rule The World

I Think We’re Alone Now

Karma Chameleon

The Look of Love Pt1

Love Plus One

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Sledgehammer

Somewhere in My Heart

Material Girl

Don’t You Want Me

 

Set 2

 

The Power of Love (Huey Lewis)

The Heat is On

Never Gonna Give You Up

Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

Footloose

Kids in America

Rio

Freedom

Mickey

Take on Me

Video Killed the Radio Star

True

Walking on Sunshine

Wake me Up Before You Go-Go

 

Encore

 

The Final Countdown

[BigRedX]

Thanks for posting those two set lists. As I suspected they are quite heavily skewed towards the first half of the decade.

 

@hiram.k.hackenbacker I hope you do "I Think We're Alone Now" in the High NRG style of Tiffany's version otherwise it's technically a 60s cover and "Video Killed The Radio Star" was originally released in 1979 [/pedant] ;-)

[Hellzero]

Great set lists @police squad and @hiram.k.hackenbacker.

 

At least you avoided the most horrific band of the 80's, even if they started in the late 70's : The Cure (that said their two first albums were quite good, their 80's shīt is simply awful, but it's what entitled them to ... money).

[Hellzero]

That said, maybe one song I don't know in the list is from that band...

[police squad]

29 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Thanks for posting those two set lists. As I suspected they are quite heavily skewed towards the first half of the decade.

 

@hiram.k.hackenbacker I hope you do "I Think We're Alone Now" in the High NRG style of Tiffany's version otherwise it's technically a 60s cover and "Video Killed The Radio Star" was originally released in 1979 [/pedant] ;-)

to be honest I'd never thought about

Rick Astely best selling song of 1987.

We are looking to add some new stuff to the duo set but not sure what yet

Paul Young (early 80s again)

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

22 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Thanks for posting those two set lists. As I suspected they are quite heavily skewed towards the first half of the decade.

 

@hiram.k.hackenbacker I hope you do "I Think We're Alone Now" in the High NRG style of Tiffany's version otherwise it's technically a 60s cover and "Video Killed The Radio Star" was originally released in 1979 [/pedant] ;-)

Absolutely Tiffany style.

I won’t bother typing the accolades of which you are almost certainly aware of for VKTRS.

Suffice to say that the track screams 80’s from every pore and always goes down a storm.

I should add that Total 80’s are 100% live - no backing, which is more than I can say for some 80’s tributes I’ve seen.

[police squad]

28 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Absolutely Tiffany style.

I won’t bother typing the accolades of which you are almost certainly aware of for VKTRS.

Suffice to say that the track screams 80’s from every pore and always goes down a storm.

I should add that Total 80’s are 100% live - no backing, which is more than I can say for some 80’s tributes I’ve seen.

our drums are on the backing tracks, since the drummer left but before then it was mostly live,a few cheats to augment the sound BVs etc

[Lozz196]

I’d be more than happy to see @police squad & @hiram.k.hackenbacker doing their respective sets, great tunes.