Favorite 80's songs

[JT]

Haha fletch. Actually, years back when I visted a buddy in Albacrappie NM we went to a club there and a lady danced to "The Vampire Song" Oh boy! I would say overall they are my favorite band so I know all the songs. That cracked Kiwi Anders likes them too!

 

[Juice]

Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Mirror in the Bathroom - English Beat

 

[redsfann]

Juice--

NOW you are talking 80s tunes. Musical Youth? English Beat? OUTSTANDING!

How 'bout Squeeze, Echo and the Bunnymen or Culture Club as other 80s U.K. bands?

So many 80s bands from the states, too.

Replacements
Husker Du
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Soul Asylum
R.E.M.
Bad Brains
and many, many more......

 

[Never Caught Up]

Boy, You guys sure know how to make a guy feel old. Of all the groups and songs you mentioned above I had heard of "none' of them. Not one. Believe it or not I am kind of an old hippie, but I guess the emphasis now has to be on the old.

Oh, wait a minute. I have heard of one of them . . . Jessie's Girl. Cool song.

Well, I think I will crawl back in my grave and not come out until after midnight.

 

[Snake Plissken]

JT I have to agree with your choice of The Clash "London Calling" Great Song!!!!!!!!!

How About Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

I'm Too Sexy! RightSaidFred

Trampled

 

[JT]

Snake, I like that song a bit. Another song I really like in that manner is "Real Men Don't Eat Coyotes" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Another song I thought of which is more serious and more in tune with what is going on today is "Dogs Of War" by Pink Floyd ('87)


JT...
"Have a beer with Fear"!

 

[hello there]

::: singing::::
Ya can dance if ya want tah, you can leave yo friends behind, cause if ya don't dance and if they don't dance, then yo.....no friends of mine!!!!

Call me up, before ya go go, don't leave me hangin on the line to yo yo!!! Just wake me up, before ya go go....take me dancin tooonii i iiight!!!!!!

 

[Keyser Soze]

JT......The Call had a great tune called "When the Walls Come Down" also if you know KROQ, do you remember "I Wanna Have Sex With YOu" by Tonio K.? Great tune, they used to play it on KROQ when I lived there in '87. And you can't forget SAGA and 'On The Loose'

 

[TORONTO-VIGILANTE]

anything by Duran, Duran...
The Clash
bananarama
violent femmes

 

[spartan]

Any metalheads here? love that crunching thunderous sound of metallica ,nothing like it. The emergence of Ozzy with randy rhodes on guitar, what a sound. Those were the best days, music that moved you.

 

[JSMOOTH]

One night in Bangkok

 

[KALBO]

"Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child of Mine"- GNR
Already mentioned by njsf25g....but it's a great song!
Cult of Personality - Living Color

 

[hello there]

"We are the Bears"

from the superbowl video w/ fridge & mcmahon.

 

[JT]

Keyser, yes I remember that Call song. Great tune. Only station I ever hear Call tunes are on Jim Ladd's KLOS show which is the best Radio Show around. Of course he won't play any of those wacky new wave songs some of us like. But love his format. The other song doesn't ring a bell but perhaps if I heard it. Thing I remember most about KROQ and/or New Wave in general was there were songs I absolutely detested and stuff I really liked.

 

[JT]

(Yawn) Like some of Ozzy's stuff. Much more than some of those late 80's crap metal bands but did like some of Whitesnake, Crue and Scorpions. Hell, I remember liking a couple of songs from that one CD from the Firm and Asia. Not really metal though. There is music in all forms that I like from country to soul. Anyone else remember that great rap song "White Lines"?

"Get higher baby, get higher baby and don't ever come down...FREEBASE!" Lmao! Should go back to sleep now.

 

[KALBO]

JT, I forgot about the Firm - "Radioactive" cripes I have that on vinyl! Anybody like any of Huey Lewis' stuff- Power of Love,etc.
U2-had alot of good stuff.

 

[Anders]

How dare u bastards have this thread while I'm on holiday!!

Before I put my thinking cap on for my faves, here for better or worse, are "The Songs of the 80s"

Blue Monday - New Order
Vienna - Ultravox
To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Don't U Want Me? - Human League
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Do u Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Come on Eileen - Dexy's..
Mickey - Toni Basil
Born in the USA - Broooooce
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
The Final Countdown - Europe
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis
Heartbeat City - The Cars
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Take on Me - Aha
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Money 4 Nothing - Dire Straits
Let's Dance - Bowie
Do they Know It's Xmas - Band Aid
Maneater - Hall and Oates
Wouldn't it be good - Nik Kershaw
Beds are burning - Midnite Oil
Don't stand do close to me - The Police
Harden my heart - Quarterflash
Shout - Tears 4 fears
Total Eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler
Everybody have fun tonite - Wang Chung
Legs - ZZ Top
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Relax - FGTH
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Morning Train - Sheena Easton
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Send me an angel - Real Life
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Puttin on the Ritz - Taco
Rosanna - Toto
Owner of a lonely heart - yes
Cant Fight this feeling - REO Speedwagon
Drive - The Cars
Go Go's - We Got the Beat
In a Big Country - Big Country
Died in your arms - cutting crew
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Cars - Gary Numan
99 Luftballons - Nena
I love rnr - Joan Jett
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Centrefold - J Geils Band
Look of lOve - ABC
Posion Arrow - ABC
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Rock this town - Stray Cats
Freedom - Wham
Jump - Van Halen
Hold me Now - Thompson Twins
eye of the tiger - survivor
We're not gonna take it - twisted sister
Billie Jean - Jacko
Enola Gay - OMD
Always Something... - Naked Eyes
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Annie I'm Not yer daddy - King Creole and the coconuts
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
1999 - Prince
Like a virgin - Madonna
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Wishing Well - TT Darby
Blinded me with science - Thomas Dolby
Orinocco Flow - enya

think that's about it...

ooh, and one for prospector

Sunglasses at night - Coery Hart

 

[1837]

Wow Anders! Really like your choices!

Vienna-ULtravox... we're probably the only morons who knows them here!

I just loved that band ! Got all their albums and met Midge Ure while he was in Montreal in '87. Very nice nice man. Visions in Blue isn't bad too...

 

[yyz]

Anders, you must have every K-Tel record ever produced!