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OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 08:45 PM Sep 2013

What are your top 20 songs of the 1980s?

VH-1 put out a list of the top 100 80s songs a while back...

http://rb101182.hubpages.com/hub/Top-100-Songs-of-the-80s


90. Tone-Loc / "Wild Thing" (1989)

91. Katrina and The Waves / "Walking On Sunshine" (1983)

92. New Kids on the Block / "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (1988)

93. Gary Numan / "Cars" (1980)

94. Rolling Stones / "Start Me Up" (1981)

95. Debbie Gibson / "Only in My Dreams" (1987)

96. Men at Work / "Down Under" (1982)

97. The Romantics / "What I Like About You" (1980)

98. Bobby Brown / "My Perogative" (1988)

99. Wang Chung / "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1986)

100. Loverboy / "Working for the Weekend" (1981)


I put 91-100 here.

If you had to choose the 20 best songs that came out between 1/1/80 and 12/31/89 ...what would they be?
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What are your top 20 songs of the 1980s? (Original Post) OmahaBlueDog Sep 2013 OP
JoeJackson 1980 (live) Steerpike Sep 2013 #1
ZZ Top Legs (Original Video) Steerpike Sep 2013 #2
Violent Femmes Add it up (live) 1988 Steerpike Sep 2013 #3
Patti Smith Becouse the Night (Live) 198? Steerpike Sep 2013 #4
+1 cyberswede Sep 2013 #5
Eddie Money I think I'm in Love 1982 Steerpike Sep 2013 #6
B-52s Private Idaho (live) 1980 Steerpike Sep 2013 #7
Talking Heads Life During Wartime (Live) 1984 Steerpike Sep 2013 #8
Tears for Fears LiberalElite Sep 2013 #9
The Romantics What I like About You (Live) 1980 Steerpike Sep 2013 #10
Alan Parsons Project 1984 Don't Answer Me (Live) Steerpike Sep 2013 #11
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts I hate Myself for Loving You (Live) 1988 Steerpike Sep 2013 #12
I don't think I could narrow it down to 20. LumosMaxima Sep 2013 #13
Lol Steerpike Sep 2013 #14
I always had a big perm. :) nt LumosMaxima Sep 2013 #15
yup Steerpike Sep 2013 #16
This is my top song from the '80s Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #17
Husker Du - "Celebrated Summer" nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #18

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
18. Husker Du - "Celebrated Summer"
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 09:51 PM
Sep 2013


R.E.M. - "7 Chinese Brothers"


The Godfathers - "Birth School Work Death"


Primal Scream - "Velocity Girl"


That's a start, anyway...
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