# Long Shot - Identify this band from the 80s who was not Alphaville? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719 "2012-08-16T22:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/41 "2012-08-17T15:11:48Z")
It’s Falco, right? It has to be Falco. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/42 "2012-08-17T16:47:50Z")
Yaz? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/43 "2012-08-17T17:01:26Z")
Dead Can Dance? Modern English? Pseudo Echo? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/44 "2012-08-17T17:05:17Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Any way… my sister went away to college in 1986, and discovered a band that I can’t remember the name of. It would have been a band currently putting out music in 1986, but I don’t know if 1986 was near the beginning, middle or end of their career. > > I used the get them mixed up with Alphaville, which annoyed my sister. I am almost 100% sure their name also began with A. They were probably kind of synth-poppy and soft. Maybe some variety of Scandinavian? > > If I think of more details I will share them. > > Anyone have any ideas? Sigh. Trotsky Icepick, who released their first album in 1986, and had a song called ‘Alphaville’ on a later album in 1991. That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/45 "2012-08-17T17:12:53Z")
Mister Mister? Simple Minds (maybe Alive and Kicking)? ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/46 "2012-08-17T17:51:15Z")
> [@Mr.Me](#): > > Yaz? For that matter, The Assembly? or Alison Moyet? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/47 "2012-08-17T18:02:31Z")
Aphex Twin? …probably not… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/48 "2012-08-17T18:16:26Z")
Eurogliders - (Heaven) Must Be There was a minor hit released in 1984, but the band didn’t gain much traction. Although they are from Australia, I thought I’d throw them out here as a possible match. For those so inclined, this was a terrific band with an amazing vocalist. Although the band broke up in 1989, Grace Knight has had considerable success as a jazz singer, mostly covering standards and older pop songs. Another fantastic band from the era that also predates the year given in the OP, but that might be a match, is Real Life. Another Australian band, their debut album is a solid collection of tunes that is led by a song so awesome it charted twice, 6 years apart: Real Life got lots of airplay in 1983, and Catch Me I’m Falling charted in 1984. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/49 "2012-08-17T18:17:06Z")
Anything Box? A Certain Ratio? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/50 "2012-08-17T18:30:47Z")
> [@conway](#): > > It’s Falco, right? It has to be Falco. Dammit!! I was going to say that. (BTW, He’s Austrian.) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/51 "2012-08-17T18:56:49Z")
The Alarm? Ashbury Heights? Wang Chung? ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/52 "2012-08-17T19:24:03Z")
Every time I think of Alphaville ([Forever Young](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg)), I want to start singing When in Rome ([The Promise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU)). And then for some reason I think of Modern English ([I Melt With You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls)). I dunno, that’s all I got. They’re all happy BFF nostalgia type songs. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/53 "2012-08-17T19:53:06Z")
[Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDnzvGWYCA) [and](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALRLZQf42s) [Rockets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMnaa__JZbU)? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/54 "2012-08-17T21:22:29Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Dammit!! I was going to say that. > > (BTW, He’s Austrian.) [And has been a permanent resident of Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria since 1998.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(musician)#Death) ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/55 "2012-08-17T21:47:04Z")
For some reason I always got The Outfield’s [Your Love](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Love_%28The_Outfield_song%29) confused with Alphaville’s [Forever Young](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Young_%28Alphaville_song%29). ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/56 "2012-08-17T22:29:27Z")
Ace of Base? ---
**Author:** ![Ella\_Megalast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@Ella\_Megalast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ella_Megalast)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/57 "2012-08-17T22:31:49Z")
Ultravox? ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Choncho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@Peanut\_Choncho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Choncho)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/58 "2012-08-18T03:12:24Z")
“It’s My Life,” by Talk Talk? I confused them with A-Ha back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/59 "2012-08-18T04:29:15Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Another fantastic band from the era that also predates the year given in the OP, but that might be a match, is Real Life. Another Australian band, their debut album is a solid collection of tunes that is led by a song so awesome it charted twice, 6 years apart: Real Life got lots of airplay in 1983, and Catch Me I’m Falling charted in 1984. Whoops! That first song title is wrong; it’s actually called Send Me An Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-identify-this-band-from-the-80s-who-was-not-alphaville/631719/60 "2012-08-18T04:29:40Z")
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