80s tunes: pick one

[Bossy Monkey]

This happened because I was in a local fast food place and they were playing the 80s (or possibly the MTV alumni) satellite radio channel, and actually played "Mayor of Simpleton" (on the poll) and "Beds Are Burning" (not on the poll) as well as a couple of numbers I'm busily trying to re-purge from my memory.

Or you can go here and be reminded of all the songs that made you want to stick a fucking shotgun in your mouth during the 80s:
http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?t=21699
or for that matter here:
http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/cgi-bin/avalanche/agb.cgi?action=view&start=360

[hippiechick]

1. I don't get it ...

Are we picking the worst, or the best ?

Cause ... well ... :shrug:


:hippie:

[flamingyouth]

13. LOL - that was my thought as well

:D

[Bossy Monkey]

20. As the delegate from the bourgeoisie, I offer my deepest apologies

for offending your sensibilities. I will make it a point to vet all music polls through you before posting, rest assured.

[hippiechick]

33. You don't need to get snotty, I just don't understand your poll.

Your text says something about needing to purge the songs from your memory, the choices could be good or bad.

Cripes ! Get over yourself ! :freak:


:hippie:

[Bossy Monkey]

40. Sorry. The phrase in question modifies "they were playing" and

contrasts with "Mayor of Simpleton" which I put on the poll. This is supposed to convey that the songs on the poll are the ones I like. Sorry not to be clearer and for misconstruing your reply. As to the original poll, since I can't edit it any more, I'll have to leave it at "It means what people think it means," like modern art.:D

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Big Country...loved that whole disc!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. But you can't do 80's without

Joe Jackson
Split Enz
Squeeze

[Sydnie]

4. Squeeze Yes!!! AND

Elvis Costello

[jdots]

28. listened to really obscure stuff in the 80s

to me the 80s was the time when they could take a tune or band that you liked then play it to death,Tina Turner,Steve Winwood,Phil Collins......open play lists died then but there was great music jeez the hair and clothes sucked hair gel shoulder pads,retro 60s new wave new age music became the big shitty bizz it is BUT THERE WILL ALLWAYS BE GREAT MUSIC
geez shut me up ! lets get rid of clear channel when we dump bush !!!!!!!

[cdsilv]

5. Dire Straits - Your latest trick...

...killer instrumental solos...

[Bossy Monkey]

8. It's sort of an MTV-themed poll

Much as I like Joe and Squeeze (and Elvis below), I don't remember them having great success as video artists. Then again, I'm not that sure about Big Country either; anyway, I await assorted blasts from people telling me this is all corporate crap and they can't BELIEVE I left off their favorites.:D

[sendero]

6. People are always...

... dissing 80's music. The 80s were great for music, just not for the music you heard on the radio.

And my assertion needs no further justification. Either you know, or you don't :)

[NewHampshireDem]

26. I'm with you ... the 80's was clearly the best decade for music

And either you get it or you don't. As the Romans said: "De gustibus non est disputandum." There's no arguing matters of taste.

[Ilsa]

7. Secret Separation by The Fixx

I can't remember any other songs from the 80's.

Oh yeah. I liked The Outfield too, and Stevie Ray.

[no name no slogan]

15. The Fixx

Saw them live in 98 on their, umn, "comeback" tour. They were quite good, actually. I still listen to a lot of their early stuff, in fact. "Shuttered Room" is one of my top 10 desert island records. Klassic!

[ProfessorGAC]

43. You Will Admire The Fixx

Resistence if futile. Now, don't make me come over there!

BTW: The "comeback" tour in '98 (i saw them too at the Vic) wasn't really a comeback tour.

I met them at that show and talked to them for about 20 minutes. Those guys invested VERY WISELY when they were selling platinum records. They put the band back together just because they all missed playing live and hanging out together. They weren't even touring to promote a record. Just wanted to play midsize and small venues. (The Vic holds about 800, i think.)

After i heard that, i liked them even more, and that wasn't easy since they're one of my favorite bands ever.
The Professor

[Bossy Monkey]

21. Love this song; I had completely forgotten it

I'll have to see if my tape with it still plays lo these 20 years on.

[Ilsa]

30. I got it on a "Best of 80's" CD.

Email me if yours doesn't work. Maybe with your help I can email it to you.

[dorktv]

9. what about Fiction Factory's (Feels Like) Heaven

or Small Town Boy by Bronski Beat?

[Lady Effingbroke]

10. "The Reflex" - Duran Duran

ubiquitous 80s song.

[BlueHandDuo]

11. Billy Thorpe...

...East of Eden's Gate.

I was seriously addicted to that song.

[no name no slogan]

14. "Children of the Sun" by Billy Thorpe

STILL an all-time Billy Thorpe classic! At least for me, that is! :hi:

[getoffmytrain]

12. 'Don't Dream It's Over' - Crowded House

Best song to come out of the 80's.

[Deja Q]

16. Toni Basil - Mickey

Singing of Mickey Dolenz, no doubt. O8)

[no name no slogan]

17. This Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide by the Kings

Classic One-Hit Wonder 80s song.

[ulysses]

18. I'll be damned

There really was some good music then, wasn't there?

re: Beds are Burning - some friends and I went to see Midnight Oil in Albuquerque in...1989...yeah, that was it, spring of sophomore year. No one sweats like Peter Garrett. Loud ass show, but amazing.

[Kat45]

19. Loved "Money for Nothing". Great video for it too..

I particularly liked that song because some of the lyrics were comments I had heard from my father and my uncle when they walked in the room while I was watching MTV. Actually, that whole album was really good.

"When Doves Cry" was another great song. One of the two Prince songs that I like.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

22. Sledgehammer was my favorite song when I was five

and I love the video for the song too.

[LibLover]

23. Born in 1982

My oldest brother listens to the classic rock station. I would do anything to change the channel when a song by the group "Yes" comes on.

I listened to "Weird Al" when "Amish Paradise" was popular and also heard some of his older stuff. I wouldn't want to die listening to him, but perhaps a good whack to the head to make me permanently deaf wouldn't be so bad....:wow:

[BluePatriot]

24. Loveshack!

...baaaaaby....

I was born in '83 and that song has been stuck in my head since then :)

[donheld]

25. This is a list of quite good songs

i would strongly disagree :spank:about there being no good songs in the '80. I Could give you a long list of songs from the '80s that IMHO are wonderful. So thread starter take this
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[Robeson]

27. The Cowboy Junkies...

...All of The Trinity Session! :thumbsup:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. Kids in America!

[Wat_Tyler]

31. Clearly it's one of New Order's peerless run of singles.

Side bets on XTC's Great Fire, Squeeze's Pulling Mussels, Costello's Clubland or The Killing Moon bt Echo and the Bunnymen.

[WoodrowFan]

32. SHOUT-Tears for Fears

[Eugene]

34. Prince - 1999

n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

35. Forget everything i've said - the best 80's record is Ghost Town

by The Specials.

[DemWitch]

36. No good songs in the 80's!?!?!?!?!?

Pamela Stanley, Madonna, Diana Ross, Laura Brannigan, Simple Minds, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Pointer Sisters, Patti laBelle, Jennifer Holiday, Mary Jane Girls, Klyymaxx, Kenny G, David Sanborn, Def Leppard, Hazel Dean, Evelyn Thomas, Miquel Brown, EG Daily, Gloria Gaynor, Phyllis Nelson, Menage, Eartha Kitt, Pink Floyd, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Genesis (Phil Collins/Mike and the Mechanics), Spandau Ballet, Pshychadelic Furs, Starship, Glen Frey, J. Geils Band, Blondie, Pat Benatar...

and on and on...

[FunBobbyMucha]

37. I loved all of these songs. Is the question which ones we're sick of?

Cuz I would say "Sledgehammer" of the choices given. But all these songs are cool, just overly familiar.

If you wanna talk overplayed, horrible, bad memory conjuring, let's talk anything from the TopGun soundtrack. Or "Invisible Touch" by Genesis.

[Bossy Monkey]

41. The question is which do you like

Sorry again not to have been clearer

[Phillycat]

38. Out of these? Prince.

Best song without a bass line ever.

[bigwillq]

39. I voted for Prince, too!

Prince rocks!

Sledgehammer was a close second for me.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Once In A Lifetime - TTH

I love that song. It's so ambient and disjointed but still keeps a solid rhythm. Very cool! And, i think the words are excellent.
The Professor

[flvegan]

44. "King of Rock", Run-DMC

[mooky]

45. The Cure?

How can any 80's poll not have The Cure in it?

[chaska]

46. Take these broken wings and learn to fly again, learn to live so free...

and when we hear the voices sing the book of love will open up and let us in.

[Hoosierdaddee]

47. So many to choose from

Safety Dance - Men in Hats
Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
Tempted - Squeeze
Ain't Talking 'bout Love - Van Halen
1999 - Prince
Time - Morris Day and the Time
Rock the Casbah - the Clash
Super Freak - Rick James
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Walk this Way - Run DMC / Aerosmith