80's Top Ten

[Villavic]

And what about your 1980's top ten??? A cool decade that gave us cool music.

My list would be (of course nonmac songs):

Hold me Now - Thompson Twins
Enola Gay - OMD
Every breath you take - Police
She bops - Cyndi Lauper
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Let's go crazy - Prince
Time - Culture Club
Back to the chain gang - Pretenders
Walk like an egyptian - Bangles
We got the beat - Go Gos

Too pop? well,, those were the 80s

[wondergirl9847]

In no particular order...except for probably #1.

1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
3. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
4. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
5. Take On Me - A-Ha
6. The Reflex - Duran Duran
7. The Right Stuff - New Kids on the Block
8. Hangin Tough - New Kids on the Block
9. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
10. Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde

[jwys_soapbox]

This is extremely difficult. I have a 100 cd-changer that is full of 80 minute cdr's of 80's music. I am an 80's fanatic...

1. Tower of Strength -- The Mission UK
2. Lay You Hands on Me (Alex Sadkin (Pre-Nile Rodgers) 12" Mix) -- Thompson Twins
3. The Promise -- Arcadia
4. Forever Young -- Alphaville
5. It's My Life -- Talk Talk
6. IGY -- Donald Fagen
7. Mercy Street -- Peter Gabriel
8. E=MC2 -- Big Audio Dynamite
9. Never Let Me Down (Split Mix) -- Depeche Mode
10. With or Without You -- U2

Oy, I need a nap after that. I'm exhausted!

John

[jwys_soapbox]

And as for the best '80's albums...

1. The Joshua Tree -- U2
2. Into the Gap -- Thompson Twins
3. Black Celebration -- Depeche Mode
4. So -- Peter Gabriel
5. Double Fantasy and/or The John Lennon Collection -- John Lennon
6. Legend -- Bob Marley and the Wailers
7. Document -- R.E.M.
8. Strangeways, Here We Come -- The Smiths
9. Please -- Pet Shop Boys
10. Low Life -- New Order

John

[DownOnRodeo]

Little Lies (FM)
Africa (Toto)
Steam (Peter Gabriel)
You Win Again (BeeGees)
Billie Jean (MJ)
Love Shack (B52s)
Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)
Great Southern Land (Icehouse)
You're the Voice (John Farnham)
+
That theme song from Flashdance - sooo 80s!
+
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun <-- fun song

[ontheEdgeof17]

Some of these could be early '90s, but close enough...


-Take On Me: A-HA
-Electric Youth: Debbie Gibson
-The Metro: Berlin
-Straight Up: Paula Abdul
-I Think We're Alone Now: Tiffany
-Like A Prayer: Madonna
-Eternal Flame: Bangles
-Right Stuff: NKOTB
-Hold Me Now: Thompson Twins
-Heaven's A Place on Earth: Belinda Carlisle


-Curt

[wondergirl9847]

Those are terrific choices...Debbie Gibson...bravo! Tiffany tho...I can do without.

The rest, awesome songs!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Those are terrific choices...Debbie Gibson...bravo! Tiffany tho...I can do without.


Thanks! I'm not a big fan of Tiffany either, but I love love love that remake.


-Curt

[xdreamsunwindx]

No particular order...

Change of Heart - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (WAY too many U2 songs to list.)
Rapture - Blondie
Take on Me - Aha
Come on, Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Metro - Berlin
Borderline - Madonna
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N Roses (EDIT: I completely forgot about this song. How could I have forgotten it?!)

-Kate

[jwys_soapbox]

No particular order...

Change of Heart - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (WAY too many U2 songs to list.)
Rapture - Blondie
Take on Me - Aha
Come on, Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Metro - Berlin
Borderline - Madonna
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N Roses (EDIT: I completely forgot about this song. How could I have forgotten it?!)

-Kate

Great picks! "Sweet Child o' Mine" is an awesome song with one of the most under-appreciated guitar riffs of the '80's.

John

[jwys_soapbox]

How about the more obscure one-hit wonders...

Welcome to the Boomtown (David & David)
I Love the Things You Do to Me (Balaam & the Angel)
Mary's Prayer (Danny Wilson)
AEIOU Sometimes Y (EBN-OZN)
The Fanatic (Felony)
I LOVE a Man in Uniform (Gang of Four) :p
Whisper to a Scream (Icicle Works)
88 Lines about 44 Women (The Nails)
She Talk in Stereo (Gary Myrick and the Figure) <--Tom Petty sound-alike)
Eyes of a Stranger (Payola$)

and so many more unsung heroes!

John

[xdreamsunwindx]

Great picks! "Sweet Child o' Mine" is an awesome song with one of the most under-appreciated guitar riffs of the '80's.

John

Thanks. :) I adore SCOM. It has to be the greatest riff of all time, in my opinion.

Some other great songs I forgot (Gettin' kinda obscure)...

Bad, Gloria, The Unforgettable Fire, Two Hearts Beat as One and A Sort of Homecoming - U2
Mystery Achievement, Room Full of Mirrors, Time the Avenger and Up the Neck - The Pretenders
Angels on the Balcony, Call Me, Orchid Club and Faces - Blondie
Don't Come Around Here No More, Rebels, You Can Still Change Your Mind and Free Fallin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Handle With Care - The Travelling Willburys
I'll stop here. :laugh:

-Kate

[ontheEdgeof17]

How about the more obscure one-hit wonders...

Welcome to the Boomtown (David & David)
I Love the Things You Do to Me (Balaam & the Angel)
Mary's Prayer (Danny Wilson)
AEIOU Sometimes Y (EBN-OZN)
The Fanatic (Felony)
I LOVE a Man in Uniform (Gang of Four) :p
Whisper to a Scream (Icicle Works)
88 Lines about 44 Women (The Nails)
She Talk in Stereo (Gary Myrick and the Figure) <--Tom Petty sound-alike)
Eyes of a Stranger (Payola$)

and so many more unsung heroes!

John


Obscure is right!!!! I've never heard any of these. :sorry:


-Curtis

[jwys_soapbox]

Obscure is right!!!! I've never heard any of these. :sorry:


-Curtis

No prob. Send me a private email and I'll make you a cd. [email protected]

John :shrug:

[gldstwmn]

1. How Soon Is Now-The Smiths
2. Big Mouth Strikes Again-The Smiths
3. Let's Dance-David Bowie
4. New Year's Day-U2
5. Into the Groove-Madonna
6. Change-Tears For Fears
7. Money For Nothing-Dire Straits
8. I Might Have Been Queen-Tina Turner
9. Hungry Like The Wolf-Duran Duran
10.Wrapped Around Your Finger-The Police


More later....

[MikeVielhaber]

Little Lies (FM)
Africa (Toto)
Steam (Peter Gabriel)
You Win Again (BeeGees)
Billie Jean (MJ)
Love Shack (B52s)
Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)
Great Southern Land (Icehouse)
You're the Voice (John Farnham)
+
That theme song from Flashdance - sooo 80s!
+
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun <-- fun song

actually....steam was released in 1992. good song though. sounds very similar to sledgehammer which i think is better.

[ryan8472]

1. U2 - New Years Day
2. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
3. Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
4. Berlin - The Metro
5. Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker/ Love Is A Battlefield
6. Van Halen - Jump
7. Take On Me - A-Ha
8. Madonna - Material Girl (guilty pleasure :laugh: )
9. REM - It's The End of the World As We Know It
10. The B-52's - Love Shack

[dissention]

In no particular order:

1. David Bowie- China Girl
2. Blondie- Rapture
3. Belinda Carlisle- Heaven On Earth
4. Tom Petty- Insider
5. Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the Heart
6. Pat Benatar- Love Is A Battlefield
7. The Go-Go's- Our Lips Are Sealed
8. Tina Turner- We Don't Need Another Hero/ Steel Claw
9. The Pretenders- Room Full of Mirrors
10. Queen and David Bowie- Under Pressure

[dissention]

Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders

That's from '79. ;)

[jwys_soapbox]

Does anyone remember The Pretender's tracks from The Living Daylights OST? Where Has Everbody Gone and If There Was a Man -- great tracks. Are the Pretenders still recording nowadays?


John

[dissention]

Does anyone remember The Pretender's tracks from The Living Daylights OST? Where Has Everbody Gone and If There Was a Man -- great tracks. Are the Pretenders still recording nowadays?


John

Yeah, they're still recording. ;) Chrissie and her husband got a divorce, so their last album from '03 was pretty bitter!

[estranged4life]

Songs:
1."Who Wants To Live Forever"-Queen
2."Total Eclipse Of The Heart"-Bonnie Tyler
3."Estranged"-Guns N Roses
4."Leper Messiah"-Metallica
5."5150"-Van Halen
6."Something To Believe In"-Poison
7."Pour Some Sugar On Me"-Def Leppard
8."Insider"-(Live) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers w/Stevie Nicks
9."Still Of The Night"-Whitesnake
10."The Audience Is Listening"-Steve Vai

Albums:
1.Pink Floyd-"Live-The Delicate Sound Of Thunder"
2.Def Leppard-"Hysteria"
3.U2-"Joshua Tree"
4.Metallica-"Master Of Puppets"
5.Guns N Roses-"Appetite For Destruction"
6.Queensryche-"Operation:Mindcrime"
7.The Cult-"Sonic Temple"
8.Tesla-"Mechanical Resonance"
9.Blue Murder-"Blue Murder"
10.Scorpions-"World Wide Live"

[cliffdweller]

"With or Without You" --U.2.
"I Can't Stand Losing You"--The Police
"The Metro"--Berlin
"Hungry Like the Wolf"--Duran Duran
"Billie Jean"-- Michael Jackson
"We Will Be Invincible"--Pat Benatar
"Welcome to the Jungle"--GNR
"What About Love"--Heart
"Joey"--Concrete Blonde
"China Girl"--David Bowie

[dissention]

"David Bowie"--China Girl

I never heard that one. Any good? ;)

[cliffdweller]

I never heard that one. Any good? ;)

:p :laugh:

I fixed it, so there!!

:wavey:

I'm going to form a band called China Girl and do a song called, "David Bowie." :laugh: :laugh: I'm rolling...

[gldstwmn]

11. Rock The Casbah-The Clash
12. Don' You Forget About Me-Simple Minds
13. Eyes Without A Face-Billy Idol
14. Crumblin Down-John Mellencamp
15. I Know What Boys Like-The Waitresses


We haven't even got to the hair bands yet... :laugh:

[dissention]

:p :laugh:

I fixed it, so there!!

:wavey:

I'm going to form a band called China Girl and do a song called, "David Bowie." :laugh: :laugh: I'm rolling...

:laugh:

It doesn't have the same punch, darling. :laugh:

[xdreamsunwindx]

That's from '79. ;)

Oh... lol. I'm always seeing it on 80's compilations, etc, so I figured it was 80's (I actually have the album it's on, so I should've looked there. Duh, Kate.) The song still owns, though. :)

-Kate

[MikeVielhaber]

"With or Without You" --U.2.
"I Can't Stand Losing You"--The Police
"The Metro"--Berlin
"Hungry Like the Wolf"--Duran Duran
"Billie Jean"-- Michael Jackson
"We Will Be Invincible"--Pat Benatar
"Welcome to the Jungle"--GNR
"What About Love"--Heart
"Joey"--Concrete Blonde
"China Girl"--David Bowie

I Can't Stand Losing You.....70's

[cliffdweller]

I Can't Stand Losing You.....70's

Curses! You get me every time! Okay let me replace that one with "Don't Stand so Close to Me."

[cliffdweller]

13. Eyes Without A Face-Billy Idol

forgot about Billy Idol...good one. Although I'd choose White Wedding :nod:

[MikeVielhaber]

Curses! You get me every time! Okay let me replace that one with "Don't Stand so Close to Me."
that works ;)

[golddustwoman77]

This was about impossible for me! I grew up and went to junior high/part of high school in the 80s. Therefore, there were too many songs I thought were important, for one reason or another. I have left out so many. Here are some of the ones I thought of aside from Stevie and Lindsey projects/Fleetwood Mac stuff produced in the 80s. Here goes in no particular order:

1. Tracy Chapman---"Fast Car"

2. Modern English--------"I Melt With You"

3. Tom Petty----"The Waiting"

4. Violent Femmes----"Add It Up "or "Kiss Off"

5. Heart-----"What About Love"

6. The Cars-------"Let's Go"

7. Duran Duran---------"Hungry Like the Wolf"

8. Prince----well......anything, but can only pick one so "When Doves Cry"

9. Eurythmics-----"Missionary Man"

10. John Lennon--------"Watching the Wheels"

Hair Band Song------Poison------"Talk Dirty to Me"

[amber]

I feel compelled to add a few that i remember having first consciousness of being hits - How big of hits? I dunno, but i remember hearing them:
Karma Chameleon
Bette Davis Eyes
Playing With the Queen of Hearts? (Juice Newton)
Nine to Five
Time After Time
Maniac (probably already said)
Sta Ba
Jump (Van Halen)
True Colors

[Vianna]

Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky, Prime Time, Anything on the album Vulture Culture
The Police: Synchronicity album, Ghost in the Machine album
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, Rudy, It's Raining Again
Dire Straits: Walk of Life, Sultans of Swing
Springsteen: Born in the USA album-not a dud on it!
OMD: the song in the movie Pretty in Pink-I forget the name of it
Yaz-Winter Kills
Yes-Changes, Owner of a Broken Heart
Fixx-Say What You Mean
Van Halen-Jump
Ric Ocasek: Emotion in Motion
Don Henley-Boys of Summer
Journey: Forever Yours Faithfully
XTC-Oh God

What a great decade it was for music!

[jwys_soapbox]

Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky, Prime Time, Anything on the album Vulture Culture
The Police: Synchronicity album, Ghost in the Machine album
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, Rudy, It's Raining Again
Dire Straits: Walk of Life, Sultans of Swing
Springsteen: Born in the USA album-not a dud on it!
OMD: the song in the movie Pretty in Pink-I forget the name of it
Yaz-Winter Kills
Yes-Changes, Owner of a Broken Heart
Fixx-Say What You Mean
Van Halen-Jump
Ric Ocasek: Emotion in Motion
Don Henley-Boys of Summer

What a great decade it was for music!

IF YOU LEAVE -- And their "Crush" album is great (or "neato" to coin an 80's term).

John

[The Tower]

"Savage" - Eurythmics
"What About Love?" - Heart
"I Do" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
"Alone" - Heart
"Can't Pull the Wool Down (Over the Little Lamb's Eyes)" - Maria McKee
"Why Can't This Night (Go On Forever)?" - Journey
"Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays
"Love's Recovery" - Indigo Girls
"Ironbound/Fancy Poultry" - Suzanne Vega
"Kissing A Fool" - George Michael
"Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson
"Living It Up" - Rickie Lee Jones
"You Chase the Light" - The Innocence Mission

Most of the good 80's stuff was overlooked- especially when you consider all the crap that was out there....

[Wild_Heart03]

You're preaching to an 80s fanatic here, so here goes my list lol.

1. Out Of The Blue- Debbie Gibson
2. Manic Monday- The Bangles
3. New Moon On Monday- Duran Duran
4. If Anyone Falls- Stevie Nicks
5. Suddenly Last Summer- The Motels
6. We Built This City - Starship
7. Human- The Human League
8. Goodbye To You - Scandal ft. Patti Smyth
9. It's My Life- Talk Talk
10. You Keep Me Hanging On- Kim Wilde

[littlelies7]

My list in no order:

"I.G.Y" by Donald Fagen
"Pressure" by Billy Joel
"Africa" by Toto
"Love Lies" by Michael McDonald (not a hit, though...)
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
"Raspberry Beret" by Prince
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 ("Bullet the Blue Sky" is good too!)
"Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush
"Walk of Life" by Dire Straits
"That's All" by Genesis

[cliffdweller]

8. Goodbye To You - Scandal ft. Patti Smyth

Wow. I forgot about this song. Patti Smythe has an absolutely amazing voice. I hear she's married to John McEnroe these days...

[DownOnRodeo]

Good work Nick. I don't know how I forgot <i>We Built This City</i>. That song is SOO 80s!! (Although Mike will probably inform us that is was released in the 60s! lol)

[cliffdweller]

Good work Nick. I don't know how I forgot <i>We Built This City</i>. That song is SOO 80s!! (Although Mike will probably inform us that is was released in the 60s! lol)

:laugh: :laugh:

[Claudia]

Gee... So many...

- 'Luka' - Suzanne Vega
- 'Kids In America' - Kim Wilde
- 'Call Me' - Blondie
- 'Road To Nowhere' - Talking Heads
- 'Bette Davies Eyes' - Kim Carnes
- 'Alone' - Heart
- 'Money For Nothing' - Dire Straits
- 'Sweet Dreams' - Eurythmics
- 'I Won't Back Down' - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- 'Fast Car' - Tracy Chapman

[TheBlueLamp]

1. Private Dancer- Tina Turner
2. Sweet And Low- Deborah Harry
3. Promises In The Dark- Pat Benatar
4. Robert De Niro's Waiting- Bananarama
5. Why- Carly Simon
6. Cambodia- Kim Wilde
7. Gloria- Laura Branigan
8. Burning Up- Madonna
9. Love Is A Stranger- Eurythmics
10.War Child- Blondie

Nick

[Wild_Heart03]

Good work Nick. I don't know how I forgot <i>We Built This City</i>. That song is SOO 80s!! (Although Mike will probably inform us that is was released in the 60s! lol)

Those darned cover songs... ;)

LOL... just kidding. :D

[amber]

You know what's funny? If I asked my chocolate friend for her top 80's hits, there would be some waaaaaaaay different songs on there, songs i haven't heard of, and I know, cause we've talked about it! Although i also know that she loves "Take on Me" and "Sister Christian"....food for thought....
AMber

[amber]

OH, and i just remembered Terence Trent D'Arby's album was very big around the time of Fast Car. He was actually pretty good, I liked that album..Oh, and that beautiful, beautiful song by Sinead that I still love to sing, Off Lion & Cobra? "I can see to many mouths o-pen to many eyes closed ears closed not enough minds open too many legs open tell me, tell me dooooooo....Why isn't it why why, I don't see eyes, why why..."
AMber

[Bryan]

Cyndi Lauper-Money Changes Everything
U2-Unforgettable Fire
Aerosmith-Love In An Elevator
A-Ha-The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
'Til Tuesday-Voices Carry
Jane Siberry-Mimi On The Beach
Depeche Mode-Question Of Time
Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine
Pat Benatar-Le Bel Age
Big Country-In A Big Country

[Travis]

Thanks! I'm not a big fan of Tiffany either, but I love love love that remake.


-Curt


Tiffany actually turned out to be better than Gibson in my opinion. All one has to do is listen to her last 3 CDs. Tiff's got talent.

[Travis]

Not my personal top ten but these are the stand outs that I remember from the 80’s

Kim Carnes / Better Davis Eyes
Olivia Newton-John / Physical
The Go-Go’s / We Got The Beat
Stevie Nicks / Stand Back
Sheila E / The Glamorous Life
Madonna / Like A Virgin
Wham! / Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Taylor Dayne / Tell It To My Heart
Kim Wilde / You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Paula Abdul / Straight Up

[Chrislit18]

Not including ANY FM/solo songs [cause that would be WAY too hard]

1. Money for Nothing- Dire Straits
2. Tainted Love- Soft Cell
3. Take on Me- Aha
4. Whip It-Devo
5. My Best Friend's Girl-The Cars [if that's 70s, please replace with Just What I Needed]
6. Don't Stop Believin- Journey
7. Cars- Gary Numan
8. Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen
9. Obsession- Animotion
10. I Melt with You- Modern English

[GarboSpeaks!]

1) Wild Horses-Can NEVER remember this singer/band, whatever, damnit! lol
2) Smalltown Boy-Bronski Beat
3) Bella Legosi's Dead-Bauhaus
4)Tempted-Squeeze
5)Politics Of Dancing-Re-Flex
6) Why Me-Planet P
7)Rock Me Amadeaus-Falco (also f'ing LOVE Der Kamis??? spelling issues, just woke up, forgive me)
8)Send Me An Angel-Real Life
9)Jeopardy-Greg Khin
10) One Night In Bangkok-Murry Head

I LOVE the 80's, and picking favs, well I feel like I just kicked a puppy be leaving many another great 80's tunes off of list. I enjoy the REALLY one-off artists, where like even the whole album was "eh" but they had like one kick ass song.
I actually found that Planet P cd recently. Was surprised it was on cd. They are actually a band, song, that can still stand up today. Not so pidgeon-holed in sound. Around that same time was another song, Major Tom, by Peter Schilling, same theme. GD GREAT SONG!
Also, hmmm, DAMN, how can I not add Pop Music by M (or is it M People), omg, may I please have 11????? lol

[GarboSpeaks!]

As for albums...entire albums of great 80's stuff, I dunno, there are a few that are in my general top 10 ever. 1 being Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense.

As Amber pointed out, Sinead O'Connor's Lion & The Cobra, is still a phenomenal record, to this day. Remember when she first came out?! Damn. lol Shame she's off the general masses radar as influential and amazing. I adore her (well, her music) even now.

Also Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love, but I thought that was late 70's. Can't recall, and can't find cd. It's been missing for about a month =0(

[Ghost_Tracker]

10.) Journey - "Any Way You Want It."
9). Cindy Lauper - "True Colors"
8.) Cindy - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
7.) C.L. - "Time After Time'
6.) Quarterflash - "Harden My Heart"
5.) Quareterflash - "Find Another Fool"
4.) Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"
3.) Boston - "More Than a Feeling"
2.) Boston - "Peace of Mind"
1.) Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"


(I admit 3 of these are actually from the '70s, but i.m.o. they were still very popular in the '80s and sort of have
an "80s feel" about them. For the purists, I'll substitute "Big City Nights" by The Scorpions, "Maneater" by Hall & Oates,
and "Subdivisions" by Rush.)

[Chrislit18]

1) Wild Horses-Can NEVER remember this singer/band, whatever, damnit! lol
2) Smalltown Boy-Bronski Beat
3) Bella Legosi's Dead-Bauhaus
4)Tempted-Squeeze
5)Politics Of Dancing-Re-Flex
6) Why Me-Planet P
7)Rock Me Amadeaus-Falco (also f'ing LOVE Der Kamis??? spelling issues, just woke up, forgive me)
8)Send Me An Angel-Real Life
9)Jeopardy-Greg Khin
10) One Night In Bangkok-Murry Head

I LOVE the 80's, and picking favs, well I feel like I just kicked a puppy be leaving many another great 80's tunes off of list. I enjoy the REALLY one-off artists, where like even the whole album was "eh" but they had like one kick ass song.
I actually found that Planet P cd recently. Was surprised it was on cd. They are actually a band, song, that can still stand up today. Not so pidgeon-holed in sound. Around that same time was another song, Major Tom, by Peter Schilling, same theme. GD GREAT SONG!
Also, hmmm, DAMN, how can I not add Pop Music by M (or is it M People), omg, may I please have 11????? lol
Hon, "Wild Horses" is by The Rolling Stones :)

[trackaghost]

Hon, "Wild Horses" is by The Rolling Stones :)

The only thing is that song is from 1971.

[LukeA]

The only thing is that song is from 1971.

Possibly thinking of 1992 Sundays' cover?

[trackaghost]

Possibly thinking of 1992 Sundays' cover?

There's a good chance it's that version. Garbospeaks, male or female vocal?

[trackaghost]

Also Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love, but I thought that was late 70's. Can't recall, and can't find cd. It's been missing for about a month =0(

Hounds Of Love is 1985. Definitely an 80s album.

[jannieC]

Of course I am totally blanking out now that I am trying to compile a list. These are in no order, except for #1. There are SO many songs that strongly remind me of that time period, but I don't necessarily like them. I do like the ones listed:

1. Just Like Heaven- The Cure

2. Shadows of the Night- Pat Benatar

3. In the Still of the Night- Whitesnake

4. Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran

5. Under Pressure- Queen/David Bowie

6. Buffalo Stance- Neneh Cherry

7. Into the Groove- Madonna

8. All of Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction.

9. Our Lips are Sealed- The Go-Go's

10. All of Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's.

[Miss Vicky]

1. "I Won't Back Down" - Tom Petty
2. "Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak
3. "Careless Whisper" - George Michael
4. "With Or Without You" - U2
5. "In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
6. "It Must Have Been Love" - Roxette
7. "Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS
8. "Handle With Care" - Traveling Wilburys
9. "Take My Breath Away" - Berlin
10. "When Doves Cry" - Prince

[macpai]

Tough to leave off the Mac-abees, but I will in the interest of having some other names.

"Come on Eileen" -- Dexy's Midnight Runners
"867-5309 Jenny" -- Tommy Tutone
"I've Got a Rock N Roll Heart" -- Eric Clapton
"Affair of the Heart" -- Rick Springfield
"Black Coffee in Bed" -- Squeeze
"Only the Lonely" -- The Motels
"Easy Lover" -- Phil Collins/Philip Bailey
"Heat of the Moment" -- Asia
"You Don't Want Me Anymore" -- Steel Breeze
"Man in Motion (St. Elmo's Fire" -- John Parr

[GarboSpeaks!]

Wow, to think that a virtual stranger out there thinks there is someone really that dumb. lol
The mere fact I thought song was also called Wild Horses, like the Rolling Stones song, was totally a duh moment. That I REALLY do know there is a song by the RS called that, and would try and add it to a list of fav 80's song, quite another thing.
The song is "Goodbye Horses" by Q. Lazzarus
Anyone who doesn't think they know that song, would realize they do if they've seen Silence Of The Lambs. =0)
Thanks all for the help though. <3

[mylittledemon]

My top ten 80s tunes would be: (in no order)

Boys of Summer by Don Henley
Missing You by John Waite
Drive by The Cars
New Years Day by U2
Your Love by The Outfield
Stand Back by Stevie Nicks
Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac
Voices Carry by Til Tueday
Every Breath You take by The Police
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper

[markolas]

You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Chains of Love - Erasure
Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
I Can't Stand the Rain - Tina Turner
Our House - Madness
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - Culture Club
I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

[David]

You guys are picking some good ones here.
You're also picking some bad ones.

Still, the picks are taking me down Memory Lane!

[GarboSpeaks!]

You guys are picking some good ones here.
You're also picking some bad ones.

Are you going to point fingers? :p
lol
All the 80's are good & bad.

[Chrislit18]

Of course I am totally blanking out now that I am trying to compile a list. These are in no order, except for #1. There are SO many songs that strongly remind me of that time period, but I don't necessarily like them. I do like the ones listed:

1. Just Like Heaven- The Cure

2. Shadows of the Night- Pat Benatar

3. In the Still of the Night- Whitesnake

4. Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran

5. Under Pressure- Queen/David Bowie

6. Buffalo Stance- Neneh Cherry

7. Into the Groove- Madonna

8. All of Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction.

9. Our Lips are Sealed- The Go-Go's

10. All of Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's.

i was waiting for that one to get chosen :blob2:
I love listening to it on youtube.

[TrueFaith77]

TOP TEN SONGS (or singles)?????????????????? impossible...

[gretchen]

In no particular order...

The Cure ● A Forest
Tears For Fears ● Change
Thompson Twins ● Sister Of Mercy
Icicle Works ● Whisper To A Scream
The Style Council ● My Everchanging Moods
Ministry ● Work For Love
The Cult ● She Sells Sanctuary
Siouxsie...● Cities In Dust
The The ● Infected
The Police ● Wrapped Around Your Finger

[GarboSpeaks!]

Gretchen...
NICE list
A Forest, my most favvvvvvv Cure song
Ministry, The Cult, and ofcourse my other Gemini, Siouxsie <3 <3 <3
Great picks.

[gretchen]

I have more to add to this...(again no particular order)

BAUHAUS ::: Dark Entries
BAUHAUS ::: God In An Alcove
THE CHAMELEONS U.K. ::: Perfume Garden
THE CHAMELEONS U.K. ::: Intrigue In Tangiers
U2 ::: Out Of Control
VIRGIN PRUNES ::: Pagan Love Song
THE CULT ::: Love
THE CULT ::: Brother Wolf Sister Moon
SISTERS OF MERCY ::: Marian
SISTERS OF MERCY ::: No Time To Cry

[Sanne2]

Wow, this is hard!
Not in order:
- Welcome To The Jungle - GNR
- Why Can't I Be You - The Cure
- Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
- The Look Of Love - ABC
- Out of Touch - Hal & Oates
- The Edge of Heaven - Wham
- Fade To Black - Metallica
- Seperate Ways - Journey
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell
- Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears

I could go on and on, I love the 80's!

[TrueFaith77]

I can't do songs/singles -- IMPOSSIBLE (though "True Faith" by New Order is obviously the greatest single of the decade). I decided to do albums!

The 10-12 Best Albums Of The 1980s (one album per artist)

1. Remain In Light (1980), Talking Heads
2. Cupid & Psyche '85 (1985), Scritti Politti
3. Perhaps* (1985), Associates
4. Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), The Smiths
5. Viva Hate (1988), Morrissey
6. Hounds of Love (1985), Kate Bush
7. Playing With A Different Sex* (1981), The Au Pairs
8. London Calling (1980), The Clash
9. Take It Off (1981), Chic
10. Brotherhood (1986), New Order
11. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988), Public Enemy
12. Get Happy!! (1980), Elvis Costello

*Import (thus, for US Releases only, they should be deleted, and 11 and 12 would fill out the Top 10)

[Erin]

1. Crazy for You- Madonna
2. Just Like Heaven- The Cure
3. Girls Just Want to Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
4. Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
5. Only You- Yaz
6. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic- The Police
7. Here I Go Again- Whitesnake
8. How Soon is Now- The Smiths
9. Heart and Soul- T'Pau
10. Under the Milkyway- The Church

Like many of you, I have a weakness for this decade. I own way too many '80's compilation CD's. Above is only the tip of the iceberg!

[TrueFaith77]

(Am I missing something or is "Gypsy", "Edge of Seventeen", "Trouble" and "Holiday Road" missing from a lot of these lists? :eek: )

[GarboSpeaks!]

^^I could add plenty of FM/SN hits from this genre, but for me the 80's is the 80's. A lot of the music we are all putting here. Lots of "alternative", synthed music, etc. There was plenty of soul/R&B, and R&R, but for me the 80's are really that 80's sound that our lists mostly comprise.
The fact that the Mac, and it's members were all contributors thru-out the 80's was icing on the cake, but for me, FM is the 70's, and all this stuff is the 80's. But yea, omitting them from my fav list is difficult :( I especially love Trouble.

[Villavic]

Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky, Prime Time, Anything on the album Vulture Culture
The Police: Synchronicity album, Ghost in the Machine album
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, Rudy, It's Raining Again
Dire Straits: Walk of Life, Sultans of Swing
Springsteen: Born in the USA album-not a dud on it!
OMD: the song in the movie Pretty in Pink-I forget the name of it
Yaz-Winter Kills
Yes-Changes, Owner of a Broken Heart
Fixx-Say What You Mean
Van Halen-Jump
Ric Ocasek: Emotion in Motion
Don Henley-Boys of Summer
Journey: Forever Yours Faithfully
XTC-Oh God

What a great decade it was for music!

Indeed it was.

Today marks seven years since Ric left us. Though I have to say that my favorite Cars song is Drive, sung by Benjamin Orr, who also left us, in 2000.

[Macfan4life]

Are we doing 80s songs or albums?
My ultimate 80s songs (excluding Mac or solo songs)

In A Big Country - Big Country
She's a Beauty - The Tubes
Under A Raging Moon - Roger Daultry
Sunset Grill - Don Henley
Run Runaway - Slade
Flying High Again - Ozzy
Nervous Shakedown - AC DC
My Town - Michael Stanley Band
You Came - Kim Wilde
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Change of Heart - Tom Petty
Valley Girl - Moon Zappa
Soul Survivor - Asia
Heart - If Looks Could Kill
Magic Power - Triumph
China Girl - David Bowie
Night Owls - Little River Band
When Its Over - Loverboy


Any of these songs take me right back to the 1980s

[HomerMcvie]

I wish it was still 2009, like this thread.


Seriously, I do.

[Villavic]

I wish it was still 2009, like this thread.


Seriously, I do.

Why not 2014? Regardless of what might have been going on behind the scene, you know, between those two, we got Christine back.

And although he looked very thin, I was happy to see John recovered enough to go on the road.

[FuzzyPlum]

Goodness me, how do you pick out 10 songs from the 80’s?
Hmmmmm….
How Soon is Now? The Smiths
Come On Eileen- Dexys Midnight Runners
Romeo and Juliette- Dire Straites
Wouldn’t It Be Good? Nik Kershaw
Africa- Toto
Cruel Summer- Bananarama
I Won’t Let You Down- Ph.D
Ashes To Ashes- David Bowie
Don’t You (Forget About Me)- Simple Minds
The Bitterest Pill- The Jam