Favorite 80's song! [Archive]

Enchanted_Stevi

10-27-2005, 05:46 PM

What is ur fav 80's song besides Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac?????

mylittledemon

10-27-2005, 05:52 PM

Boy if that isn't the BROADEST topic...*wink*

I cant pick one......all these songs remind me of my childhood.....

I Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For--U2
Missing You--John waite
I Ran (So Far Away)---flock of seagulls
867-5309/Jenny---tommy tutone
Boys of Summer---don henley
Drive---The Cars
Vacation---Go Gos
Jump---Van Halen
Goodbye to You---Patty Smyth (with Scandal)
White Wedding---Billy Idol
Run to You---Bryan Adams
Waiting for a Girl like You---Foreigner

ok I gotta stop cause I could go on and on

strandinthewind

10-27-2005, 05:53 PM

Sooooo many

In no order and not exclusive:

Listening - A Flock of Seagulls

Kharma Chameleon - Culture Club

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Island of Lost Souls - Blondie

Take on Me - A Ha

Human - Human League

Be Near Me - ABC

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins

Every Breath You Take - Police

Our Lips Are Sealed and Vacation - Go Go's

She Blinded Me with Science (SCI SCI SCIENCE) - Thomas Dolby

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The 80's were saw fun and exciting and people broke new ground from the glorious guitar days of the 70's.

Brwn_eyes0511

10-27-2005, 06:03 PM

MoonChilde

10-27-2005, 06:09 PM

mylittledemon

10-27-2005, 06:09 PM

Probably "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.

nice choice.....

mylittledemon

10-27-2005, 06:10 PM

EXCELLENT Choices..you picked there..OHHH I have not heart Goodbye to you in soooooooooooooo long...sighh Im reliving my wild times....

Yeah I love that song. My dad actually had the LP and I remember liking the song when I was 5/6 yrs old.

MoonChilde

10-27-2005, 06:15 PM

Yeah I love that song. My dad actually had the LP and I remember liking the song when I was 5/6 yrs old.
LOL...geezz thanks now I do feel really old..just kidding..Did you ever hear of QuarterFlash?? or Suzi Quatro?? might want to check them out ...same era..

mylittledemon

10-27-2005, 06:20 PM

LOL...geezz thanks now I do feel really old..just kidding..Did you ever hear of QuarterFlash?? or Suzi Quatro?? might want to check them out ...same era..

haha...yeah, Harden my heart!! I think I have a CD of theirs. I was born in '79...so I think "Goodbye to You" was 80 or 81...but I have memories of playing the LP when I was 5 or 6.

chiliD

10-27-2005, 06:20 PM

80's, eh? Hmmmm....well, here's a personal Top 10 list taken from the slim pickin's of that decade:

Forever Man - Eric Clapton
More Than This - Roxy Music
Can't Be Seen - Rolling Stones
Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man - Concrete Blonde
Tragic Surf - The Motels
This One - Paul McCartney
This Is Love - George Harrison
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Prince

Honorable Mention:

The Sweetest Taboo - Sade
Promises In The Dark - Pat Benatar
If She Knew What She Wants - The Bangles
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen & The E St Band
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

snowman

10-27-2005, 06:21 PM

Back On The Chain Gang- The Pretenders
Boys Of Summer-Don Henley
Your So Far Away (From Me)- Dire Straits
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
I'm Just Waiting On a Friend- The Rolling Uglies
I Want Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Serendipity

10-27-2005, 06:23 PM

I'm sorry I just cant answer that! I'm a misguided, stuck in the wrong decade 80s rock chick who wasnt even born until 1985! I love 80s glam rock....so I cant pick just one song. I will say however...the 80s rock! :D

~Nicki

JazmenFlowers

10-27-2005, 06:24 PM

Probably "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.
that was going to be my choice...other than that, I'll say

Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Don't Dream, It's Over
Only The Lonely

JazmenFlowers

10-27-2005, 06:25 PM

Promises In The Dark - Pat Benatar
my fav song by Pat

MoonChilde

10-27-2005, 06:27 PM

haha...yeah, Harden my heart!! I think I have a CD of theirs. I was born in '79...so I think "Goodbye to You" was 80 or 81...but I have memories of playing the LP when I was 5 or 6.
Hey you are right on.!! My daughter is the same age as you!! she was born in april of 79...was a good year....Suzi Quattro is probably a bit before your time..lol..she was one of the first punk rocker chicks..and did a few songs with Debbie Harry and laid the ground work for Joan Jett some say..

Serrart

10-27-2005, 06:28 PM

Just some:
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Blue Jean - David Bowie
True - Spandau Ballet
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Victims - Culture Club
Veronica - Elvis Costello
Hunting High And Low - Aha
Smooth Operator - Sade
Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
All Cried Out - Alison Moyet
Call Me - Blondie
With or Without You - U2
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
Live To Tell - Madonna
Something About You - Level 42

Romy

GypsySorcerer

10-27-2005, 06:33 PM

Sweet Child O'Mine/Welcome to the Jungle -- GnR
Like a Prayer/Borderline/Into the Groove, etc -- Madonna
When Doves Cry -- Prince
Boys of Summer -- Don Henley
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun -- Cyndi Lauper
I Melt With You -- Modern English
Don't You Forget About Me -- Simple Minds
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) -- Eurythmics
Call Me -- Blondie

Tons more............

dissention

10-27-2005, 06:46 PM

Probably "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.

You stole mine, bitch.

Other ones:

Poison Arrow - ABC
Orchid Club/Call Me/War Child/Rapture - Blondie
Ashes To Ashes/China Girl/Scream Like A Baby - David Bowie
Stay - Oingo Boingo
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Once In A Lifetime/Naive Melody - Talking Heads
Wrecking Ball - Grace Slick
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen

JazmenFlowers

10-27-2005, 07:08 PM

anyone remember Stay by Shakespeare's Sister...I was young when it came out, but it scared the ever-living ****take out of me

strandinthewind

10-27-2005, 07:21 PM

You stole mine, bitch.

Other ones:

Poison Arrow - ABC

Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club

Once In A Lifetime/Naive Melody - Talking Heads

I love those too - SAME AS IT EVER WAS :D

strandinthewind

10-27-2005, 07:22 PM

haha...yeah, Harden my heart!! I think I have a CD of theirs. I was born in '79...so I think "Goodbye to You" was 80 or 81...but I have memories of playing the LP when I was 5 or 6.

OMG - that is in my Ipod :eek:

Weren't the 80's so much fun compared to the 90's fact o bake crap :laugh:

Richard B

10-27-2005, 07:40 PM

This is so hard.

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
China Girl - David Bowie

Merf

10-27-2005, 08:25 PM

Soooo many, but the few that come to mind:

Lay Your Hands on Me - The Thompson Twins
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
Call Me - Blondie
With or Without You - U2

strandinthewind

10-27-2005, 08:28 PM

ALL of these are just takin me back!!!!!!!

As Chili is horrified by our bad taste :laugh:

diamondsnake

10-27-2005, 08:55 PM

Papa Don't Preach by Madonna

JazmenFlowers

10-27-2005, 09:38 PM

haha...yeah, Harden my heart!!
:runs to download:

Red

10-27-2005, 10:53 PM

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats.

I'm serious.:shocked:

Moony

10-27-2005, 11:24 PM

Probably "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.
Good one, Greg. I'll say that and "Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners are my favorite 80's songs.

amber

10-28-2005, 12:36 AM

That is just way to hard!....BUT MINE IS....

"Jose Cuervo" - Shelly West...I think that was her name!

BEST F*CKIN 80's SONG EVER!

DOWNLOAD IT HERE! (http://www.themehlers.com/media/Shelly_West_-_Jose_Cuervo_You_Are_a_Friend_of_Mine_2.mp3)

Oh.My.God. I didn't know that was an eighties song. I thought it was a random country song that I knew for reasons unbeknownst to me. And, I thought I was the only one who knew it.
okay, I'm going to try the lyrics from memory, I think the last time I heard this I was five or six....I also think I used to sing it on the schoolbus in kindergarten...Wait, no that was a song that went "She played, tambourine, with a, silver jingle and she must have known the words to at least a million tunes. But the one most requested, by a man she knew as cowboy was a light night benediction at the Y'all Come Back saloon."

okay, Jose Cuervo.

"Jose Cuervo, you are a friend of mine
I like to drink you with a little salt and lime
did I, kiss all the cowboys did I
shoot out the lights,
did I dance on the bar, did I start any fights. (doondoondoon).

Yeah? That one?
That was a bizarre random flashback moment for me. :shocked:

Wild_Heart03

10-28-2005, 02:15 AM

Oh geez, so hard to pick.... I love WAY too much 80s music, 1/3 of the space on my mp3 player is 80s music alone.

I Ran (So Far Away) - Flock of Seagulls

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

Human - The Human League

Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday

Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

.... as well as ANYTHING by Duran Duran, Yaz, Depeche Mode, Debbie Gibson or Pat Benatar.

ryan8472

10-28-2005, 02:47 AM

Plz. Do you want me to list until next Tuesday? :p

I think the easiest way to do this is in alphabetical order by artist, since I may need iTunes' help to get through this. :laugh: The ones in bold are the super fantastic ones :laugh:

Love Shack, by The B-52's
Sex (I'm A...), by Berlin
The Metro, by Berlin
Pleasure Victim, by Berlin
Angels On The Balcony, by Blondie
Go Through It, by Blondie
Rapture, by Blondie
Call Me, by Blondie
Video Killed The Radio Star, by The Buggles
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, by Cyndi Lauper
She Bop, by Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time, by Cyndi Lauper
You Spin Me Right Round, by DOA
Boys Of Summer, by Don Henley
Rio, by Duran Duran
Paradise City, by Guns N' Roses
Kids In America, by Kim Wilde
Like A Prayer, by Madonna
Material Girl, by Madonna
Beat It, by Michael Jackson
Love Is A Battlefield, by Pat Benatar
Back On The Chain Gang, by The Pretenders
I'll Stand By You, by The Pretenders
Middle Of The Road, by The Pretenders
Little Red Corvette, by Prince
Once In A Lifetime, by Talking Heads
Burning Down The House, by Talking Heads
Gloria, by U2
Pride, by U2
New Year's Day, by U2

And that's a VERY rough list. I mean, I may have to post another list completely. :nod: :laugh:

Wild_Heart03

10-28-2005, 02:49 AM

And that's a VERY rough list. I mean, I may have to post another list completely. :nod: :laugh:

lol, ditto..... if I were to make a complete list it'd probably take a few pages.

face of glass

10-28-2005, 03:21 AM

"The Perfect Kiss"

The song is like a mini-movie of sorts with its various sections. Starting out with a complex rhythmic pattern programmed by Steve Morris, Peter Hook soon lays out a short bass vamp that sounds like the Order's attempt at funk. When that's done two sequencer lines start interacting, the other is silently faded in by Gillian Gilbert. Then she attacks the keyboards and out emerges the main theme, both hopeful and yearning. At the same time Hooky begins to play one of his most famous bass lines, as usual, on the higher frets of his instrument. Soon Sumner steps in with his mid-'80s passionate vocals and with his usual enigmatic lyrics that combine naivete, questionable rhyming and something sinister. As usual there's no real knowledge of what the exact lyrics are, people have just been using their own ears to determine them. Some people have suggested that this is the first song about AIDS:
I stood there beside myself
Thinking hard about the weather
They came by a friend of mine
Suggested we go out together
Then I knew it from the start
This friend of mine would fall apart
Pretending not to see his guilt
I said "Let's go out and have some fun"

Then the chorus:
I know you know
We believe in a land of love
I know you know
We believe in a land of love

At the same time Hooky changes the bassline to fit the chorus. Then out breaks a short section of Sumner guitar interplay and a three-note keyboard figure played by Steve Morris.

Second verse with its obvious sexual hints:
I have always thought about
Staying in and going out
Tonight I should have stayed at home
Playing with my pleasure zone
He has always been so strange
I'd often thought he was deranged
Pretending not to see his gun
I said "Let's go out and have some fun"

Then follows the middle eight with its different melodic content:
When you are alone at night
You search yourself for all the things that you believe are right
If you give it all away
You throw away your only chance to be here today
Then a fight breaks out on your street
You lose another broken heart in a land of meat
My friend he took his final breath
Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death

Repetition of the earlier interplay with Morris and Sumner.

Another new section, this one features harsh keyboard tones on the Emulator as played by Morris, Hook beating the syndrums like a man possessed and Sumner playing a short snippet of a solo. Then it all halts down to the main rhythmic figure.

Another new section, Gilbert lays out an ethereal keyboard figure, Hook plays some atmospheric parts on his bass and Morris plays some samples of frog sounds on the Emulator. It has been suggested that the frog sounds are related to the classic fairytale about the frog prince, hence the title of the song too. Morris brings out a wheezing sample from his keyboard to end this section.

The basic sequencer line takes us to a cowbell solo by Sumner, one of the best uses of cowbell in the history of man.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/faceofglass/leuvenbell.jpg

After which Hook breaks out with his bass again and Gilbert begins playing dramatic keyboard chords. The main theme is brought out from time to time but new ideas are added too. This section is for many the best moment for Peter Hook's bass in the history of New Order; he just keeps on playing for two-and-a-half minutes straight, using the main theme but also new ideas. Then at some point Sumner joins in with his guitar, strumming like mad. The result is one of the biggest wank-offs in the history of music for a group that started out as a punk band. The tune builds to a towering climax, with Hook eventually using the thickest strings on his bass. At the end Morris unleashes two samples from the Emulator, the last one is a crashing, orgasmic sound. An epic has come to its close.

Here's an audio file of the Order playing the song live at Leuven, Belgium in 1985.
http://rapidshare.de/files/6861268/The_Perfect_Kiss.mp3.html

The song was debuted at Royal Festival Hall in May 1984 with the alternate title "I've Got A Cock Like The M1" and it was released on Factory Records in May 1985. The Order stopped playing it after the 1993 tour which is a disgrace; it is like the Buckingham Nicks line-ups of Fleetwood Mac not playing "Rhiannon".

TheBlueLamp

10-28-2005, 04:09 AM

anyone remember Stay by Shakespeare's Sister...I was young when it came out, but it scared the ever-living ****take out of me

I LOVE Shakespear's Sister, but I think Stay was from 90-something? I loved that video when I was a kid :laugh:

My list is:

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Africa - Toto
You're History/Heroine - Shakespear's Sister
Running Up That Hill/Babooshka - Kate Bush
Robert DeNiro's Waiting - Bananarama
Missionary Man - Eurythmics
You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics
Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics
Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) - Eurythmics
Private Dancer - Tina Turner

(on edit: how could I forget Deb and Blondie!)
Feel The Spin - Deborah Harry
I Want That Man - Deborah Harry
War Child - Blondie

but my two favourites right now are

Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara &
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers :o

ryan8472

10-28-2005, 05:35 AM

Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
Actually, I was going to put down Maniac. :laugh: Such a good song...

Jyqm

10-28-2005, 07:22 AM

I am both shocked and appalled that no one has yet mentioned one of the best and most important musical-cultural moments of the 1980s: Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing." Not only is it just a kick-ass rock epic with a killer guitar riff, not only is it far and away the best thing Sting ever had a part of, but the video was absolutely brilliant. There's no possible way anyone can think about the first years of MTV without thinking of this song and this video. It's a monument, and one of those wonderful paradoxes of a "protest" song that actually became a huge hit.

Richard B

10-28-2005, 11:27 AM

Sex (I'm A...), by Berlin
The Metro, by Berlin
Pleasure Victim, by Berlin

How could I have forgotten to add Berlin to my list! I wore that LP out. I will also add 'No More Words' by Berlin as well. It used to be my anthem.

Did you know that on their album, Voyeur, they have a hidden bonus track of 'Pleasure Victim' live? Great track.

AND...they just dropped a new album on Tuesday!!! I just found out right now.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000B5KQYY.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Richard B

10-28-2005, 11:28 AM

'Let's Get Physical' - Olivia Neutron-Bomb
'Karma Chameleon' - Culture Club

chiliD

10-28-2005, 12:22 PM

Once In A Lifetime/Naive Melody - Talking Heads

Didn't that come out in the '70s?

Jyqm

10-28-2005, 12:30 PM

Didn't that come out in the '70s?

I think the Remain in Light album came out in 1980, so it just makes the cut.

ryan8472

10-28-2005, 01:11 PM

I think the Remain in Light album came out in 1980, so it just makes the cut.
Yes. And Naive Melody was on the Speaking In Tounges album, released in 1983. :)

ryan8472

10-28-2005, 01:12 PM

strandinthewind

10-28-2005, 06:28 PM

How could I have forgotten to add Berlin to my list! I wore that LP out. I will also add 'No More Words' by Berlin as well. It used to be my anthem.

Did you know that on their album, Voyeur, they have a hidden bonus track of 'Pleasure Victim' live? Great track. . . .

:eek: ME TOO!!!!!

I remember HATING you for loving me sorry - RIDING ON THE MEEETTTRRRRRROOOOOOUOOOOOOO -

DavidMn

10-29-2005, 01:16 AM

Suddenly Last Summer-Motels:nod:

Wild_Heart03

10-29-2005, 03:26 AM

How could I have forgotten to add Berlin to my list! I wore that LP out. I will also add 'No More Words' by Berlin as well. It used to be my anthem.

OMG :shocked: ditto to that! I can't believe I forgot them, I LOVE their Pleasure Victim album. For the longest time, I walked around listening to "The Metro" on repeat like days at a time, lol.

DownOnRodeo

10-29-2005, 04:45 AM

<b>Electric Blue</b> - Icehouse

lbelle1214

10-29-2005, 08:33 PM

You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
The Dance - Garth Brooks
Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Heart

dissention

10-30-2005, 02:11 PM

Island of Lost Souls - Blondie

Just for you, babe.

Island of Lost Souls, Minneapolis, MN, 8/7/82: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IWHKTFQPIO5Z0F50PITOCAP8Y

Enchanted_Stevi

10-30-2005, 02:17 PM

does anyone have "little red corvette" because I REALLY want to put it on my dell dj

strandinthewind

10-30-2005, 03:15 PM

Just for you, babe.

Island of Lost Souls, Minneapolis, MN, 8/7/82: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IWHKTFQPIO5Z0F50PITOCAP8Y

THANK YOU - I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dissention

10-30-2005, 03:26 PM

THANK YOU - I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Are you thirsty? Me, too!"

You should hear how many guys yell for her to take off her clothes on this boot. And they do a kick-ass version of The Stones' "Start Me Up."

KarmaContestant

10-30-2005, 06:43 PM

strandinthewind

10-30-2005, 06:44 PM

I just bought The Motels essential collection....thus, I think that Suddenly Last Summer has been my favorite 80's song of late.....though Depeche Mode's Behind The Wheel has been getting alot of my ear time as well.

OMG - I love Suddenly Last Summer - I also love Take the L and Only the Lonely - I just love them.

KarmaContestant

10-30-2005, 06:52 PM

OMG - I love Suddenly Last Summer - I also love Take the L and Only the Lonely - I just love them.

Take The L! I had forgotten all about this song until I got the CD. Now I can't get enough of it.

UnwindedDreams

10-30-2005, 06:54 PM

Guilty-barb steis and barry gib

Open Arms-Journey

Girls Just Wanna have Fun-Cyndi lauper

Pride- U2

Thing called Love-Bonnie raitt

Best one: Start Me up-stones

strandinthewind

10-30-2005, 06:54 PM

Take The L! I had forgotten all about this song until I got the CD. Now I can't get enough of it.

It is such sit at home and drink wine at your own little pity party song :laugh:

not that I have done that

gldstwmn

10-30-2005, 06:59 PM

Well, right now I'm Listening to Cars by Gary Newman. :thumbsup:

Brwn_eyes0511

10-30-2005, 07:02 PM

It is such sit at home and drink wine at your own little pity party song :laugh:

not that I have done that

well you can bet your ass i have! :lol:

DavidMn

10-31-2005, 12:33 AM

Another really good one is What Do All The People Know by the Monroe's.I think thats what thier name was

xdreamsunwindx

10-31-2005, 12:06 PM

I'll Stand By You, by The Pretenders

1994'D! <3

Hmm. [iPod's]

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me): Durr.
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
OMD - If You Leave
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
The Pretenders - Message of Love, Room Full of Mirrors, I Hurt You, The English Roses, the entire first album (excluding the singles released in '79), etc.
U2 - Bad, Like a Song..., Gloria, I Will Follow, Twilight, The Electric Co., 11 O' Clock Tick Tock, yeah. Everything from Boy until Rattle & Hum.
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
The Jam - Going Underground
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Cure - A Letter to Elise, Pictures of You, Fascination Street, Just Like Heaven
X - We're Desperate, Breathless, Your Phone's Off the Hook (But You're Not)
The Kinks - Come Dancing, Do It Again
Blondie - Rapture, Angels on the Balcony, Faces, Call Me, etc.
Scandal - Goodbye to You
New Order - Temptation
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
The Pixies - Debaser, Here Comes Your Man, Wave of Mutilation, all of Doolittle.
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number (unless this was 1979)
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York, Sunny Side of the Street
General Public - Tenderness
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians - What I Am
REM - Stand, Pop Song 89, Orange Crush
The Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
The Cars - Drive
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me, Headstrong, Hey Jack Kerouac

Wow, I'm lame.