Name some of your favorite 1980's songs

[Hawaii Hiker]

Some of mine in no particular order

1. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
2. Boys of Summer - Don Henley
3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
4. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
5. With or Without You - U2
6. Seasons Change - Expose
7. To Live and Die in LA - Wang Chung
8. Africa - Toto
9. Emotion in Motion - Ric Ocasek
10. The Warrior - Scandal

One 80's song I'm really tired of is Footloose....Sirius XM 80's on 8 plays it to death, and regular pop stations play it to death...It was ok after the first 5,000 times...But its getting old at 5,000,000,000 times. lol..

[TwilightZone]

1. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

As one might guess.


My username is in reference to the song, but I love the TV show, as well.

[Iggo]

4. Saw them live when they opened for AC/DC once upon a time.

Didn't know any of their songs before the encore, but what an encore: Twilight Zone followed by Radar Love.

Special night.

[TwilightZone]

12. Never got a chance to see them.

Would have to travel to Europe now to see them, but don't think that's going to happen. They're still touring and selling out venues (they were, anyway, until CV) - as I recall, they've toured every year but one since the late 1960s. Pretty good for a bunch of old guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=B1HSvXanqIM

[jberryhill]

2. Soundtrack of my life at that time

[LakeArenal]

3. Wow. Love so many.

I’ll emphasize my girls:

Stevie Nicks Edge of Seventeen
Cyndi Lauper-any-True Colors, Time After Time
Matika- Toy Soldiers
Berlin- Take My Breath Away
Katrina & the Waves- Walking on Sunshine

Others
Men At Work. Downunder
Thompson Twins Hold Me Now
Clash-many. Should I Stay , Rock the Casbah
REM-Losing My Religion
Wham-Wake Me Up
Kool & Gang- Celebration
Midnight Oil-Beds Are Burning
Modern English- Melt With You

I can go on and on. Although I’m a child of the 60’s I love 80’s.

[Hawaii Hiker]

7. Yeah Toy Soldiers is a great one

I grew up in the 80's, so that music era always has special place in my heart...

I remember the days when MTV actually played videos, now, it's ALL shows and no music...

[Baked Potato]

5. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

[MaryMagdaline]

6. What's Love Got to Do With IT

[LakeArenal]

8. Oh yea.

[IGoToDU]

9. Just a few

Riding on the Metro-Berlin
Closer to Fine-Indigo Girls
Everything Counts-Depeche Mode
She sells sanctuary-The Cult
Running up that hill-Kate Bush
Chains of Love, Respect, Oh L’Amour-Erasure
Perfect Way-Scritti Politti
The Walk-The Cure
I Would Die for U-Prince
Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle- New Order
How Soon is Now? , This Charming Man, just about everything-The smiths
Don’t Go-Yaz
Tell me why-Bronski Beat
The unguarded moment-The Church
So in Love-OMD
Eighties-Killing Joke

[smirkymonkey]

10. "Crazy little thing called love" - Queen

"Sweet Dreams are Made of This" - Eurythmics
"Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Tears for Fears
"Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco
"Higher Love" - Steve Winwood
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi

[DFW]

11. Some that don't seem to have been mentioned yet

The Way It Is—Bruce Hornsby
The Valley Road – Bruce Hornsby
You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
The Heat Is On—Glen Frey
Kokomo – Beach Boys
Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt
Airproofing Two – Leo Kottke
Down The Road Tonight – Bruce Hornsby
Every Breath You Take -- Police
The End Of The Innocence -- Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby

Two others of my favorites have been mentioned: Africa by Toto and Boys of Summer by Don Henley

[lastlib]

13. "Winds Of Change" - The Scorpions

"Losin' My Religion" - R.E.M.
"Enter Sandman" - Metallica
"Cold November Rain" - G&R
"Desaparacedos" - Little Steven
"This Burnin' Heart" - Vandenburg

I'm kinda hard-pressed to identify songs from the 80s, because I didn't pay much attention to music then, and kinda had to catch up later. Rush put out a lot of good music then, as did Metallica, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, and U2, but I was a little turned off by most of the New Wave stuff, and rap was crap, IMHO (YMMV); same with hip-hop. By the mid-90s, I had pretty much given up on the music of the time (with a few rare exceptions), and these days, I pretty much stick to listening to the classic rock of the 60s & 70s. Damn good times, and you kids stay off my lawn!
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[Coventina]

14. Y'all are doing it wrong!

Sort of kidding, there are good songs on most of the above list, but an appalling lack of Go-Go's and MADONNA!

1. Our Lips are Sealed - Go-Go's
2. Get Into the Groove - Madonna
3. This Charming Man - The Smiths
4. A Night Like This - The Cure
5. People are People - Depeche Mode
6. When U Were Mine - Cyndi Lauper (cover of a Prince song)
7. Manic Monday - Bangles (cover of a Prince song)
8. Girls on Film - Duran Duran
9. Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
10. Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

[IGoToDU]

20. A few more in your group there

This Town—GoGos
Crazy for You—Madonna
SheBop—Cyndi Lauper (and, of course!!) Time after Time
Save a Prayer til the Morning After—Duran Duran
Radio Clash
We can’t forget the Psychedelic Furs. (Everything!)
Pet shop boys.
Siouxie and the Banshees
Echo and the Bunnymen

[Coventina]

15. WORST songs of the 80s

1. We Built this City on Rock and Roll - Starship or whatever the hell they were calling themselves that week. Worst piece of dreck, maybe EVER
2. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money (makes me want to close my legs forever)
3. Anything by Phil Collins, but especially Sussudio or whatever that abomination was. I think Phil Collins is a gifted musician and producer, but I can't stand his solo work.

[Hawaii Hiker]

17. Worst Songs

1. Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off (probably the worst song in the history of civilization)

2. B-52's - Love Shack

3. Prince - Batdance

4. Milli Vanilli - Blame it on the Rain

5. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry be Happy

[IGoToDU]

18. Abacab

Was an awesome album. “Me and Sarah Jane.” The title song. Also LOVED “Follow You, Follow Me” and “Hold You Like China.”

[Doc_Technical]

16. Dream Academy - "Life In A Northern Town"

Yes- "Changes"
Moody Blues- "The Voice"

[IGoToDU]

19. Great songs!!

[Skittles]

21. Ship of Fools (World Party)