Sounds of The Eighties - 1983

[Booberdawg]

Pick your favorite from 1983

mine is Africa

[devilgrrl]

1. Blue Monday - New Order!!!!

Best song of 1983!!!!!!

[no name no slogan]

18. Right on sistahh!!!!

Although to be fair I think it may have been 1982-- but definately don't quote me on that! :P

[Dirk39]

38. Blue Monday, too...

and I guess it was released in 1983, not '82.
I was very deep into Joy Division, then. And this track somehow was much more but a way out of that deep hole, too. And still so much soul.
Hello from Germany,
Dirk
P.S. But wasn't "Cum On Feel The Noize" more 1973? Slade? Anyone?

[Ellen Forradalom]

54. Blue Monday was HUGE in Europe that summer

my feckless-youth year abroad.

[annagull]

59. ...tell me now how do I feel?....Those who came before me..

That song still holds up, wow.
listen to it here--especially if you've never heard it before:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/about/bluemonday.shtml

[silverchair]

2. you forgot one song...

"every breath you take" by the police. on the list, my favorite song is africa.

[Booberdawg]

8. I only had 10 slots!

[KittyWampus]

47. ROCK THE CASBAH- From the Clash

For heaven's sake

[XNASA]

3. 1983. Hmm. Let me think. How about........

"Work for Love" by Ministry. That was in '83. I think I heard that song everytime I walked into a club that summer.

[Susang]

4. Gee, I wonder why?

:evilgrin:

[XNASA]

6. Because most of the time I walked into a club......

....I was there for soundcheck? Sounds reasonable. :hi:

[SiouxJ]

5. Ministry sucks!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[XNASA]

9. Hey!

That's not true. If you listen to the critics, Ministry only sucked prior to '85.

:hi:

[SiouxJ]

12. Well, they would know

or is that, YOU would know. Hey, wait, now I'm confused. :shrug:

In any case, I just wanted to thow people off by using the word "sucked" in an 80's music thread :-)

[walkon]

7. Three for me!

Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne
Rockin' The Casbah - The Clash

[Booberdawg]

11. OMG Lawyers In Love - I thought that was the STUPIDEST Song

I ever heard!

[Bucky__Badger]

13. Steppin' Out...

Reminds me of the best date of my high school years. Sweet girl she was, to go out with an acne-decimated 17 year old like me for an entire year.

But, gotta go with "Our House"

I really thought ska would last longer. I know, I know... it's back...sorta.

[VelmaD]

19. Rock the Casbah

Definitely. The Clash ROCK!

[supernova]

10. Huge FIXX Fan

Reach the Beach!! :D Spent a lot of my time at a gay dance club in Greensboro. LOL!

[no name no slogan]

21. The Fixx Rules!!!

Me too. I saw them on their "comeback" tour in the mid-1990s. They still had it going on in a HUGE way, too!

My personal pick still has to be "Shuttered Room"-- Red Skies, Stand or Fall, Lost Planes, Cameras in Paris...

[ronzo]

55. Yeah, that was a great record.

Reach the Beach

[Bossy Monkey]

14. Excuse me while I go kill myself...

Jesus, and I thought it was Reagan that had me depressed back then!

[Booberdawg]

15. Oh COME ON! You can't find one song you like in that?

[Bossy Monkey]

22. "Our House" I like, "China Girl" and "Africa" I don't hate,

at least 4 of the others make me wanna Cobainize.

I'd vote "Synchronicity II" were I voting. Here's 40 of the 1983 Hot 100; not reassuring:
http://www.republika.pl/uktop40/index4.html
(Header says Billboard Hot 100; URL says UK Top 40, and there's 40 of them. Go figger)

[Missy Vixen]

28. What, no Spandau Ballet?

No "True"?

I still love that song.

Julie

[supernova]

48. True is a great song

I very much enjoy it. :D

[TheBlob]

16. What , No Police?

No Every Breath?
No King of Pain?

Synchronicity - which came out in 1983 - was one of the biggest albums of that year.

I'm not sure, but it may have actually been second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

And while I'm complaining....What no U2 either?
War came out in 1983 as well.
No New Year's Day?
No Sunday Bloody Sunday?

This poll is "FIXXED" I tell ya!

[silverchair]

17. i know...

i mentioned the police earlier. i am surprised that it wasn't on the poll.

[Booberdawg]

20. I'm getting this off a CD, those were not mentioned!

This one is 1983.

I have 1981 and 1986 too, any requests in those years??

[TheBlob]

23. Jeez, the two biggest bands of the 1980's,

with two of the biggest albums of 1983 not even mentioned!

"Kids today"

[cosmicdot]

24. sweet dreams - eurythmics; relax - frankie goes to hollywood

band of gold - sylvester

[OneBlueSky]

25. what? . . . no Safety Dance? . . . n/t

.

[markses]

27. Every little boy needs a girl

Pop goes the world...:eyes:

;-)

[TrogL]

26. I was drunk all through 1983

I don't recognize any of those songs.

[Susang]

29. 1983 is the year I started drinking

I was a really good girl throughout high school. Then I started college in 1983 and the rest is history! :evilgrin:

[Booberdawg]

32. you shameless hussy!

ah, those were the days ..:D

[Booberdawg]

30. LOL! So was I but I was still listening to the tunes!

[Character Assassin]

31. "China" by Red Rockers off of 'Good as Gold'.

Listening to it right now, as a matter of fact.

[SiouxJ]

33. Thank you!

While cleaning out some of my memorabilia recently I came across a drumstick that I had written "Red Rocker/Go Go's 1984" on and I couldn't for the life of me remember who Red Rocker was. Aha! A true one hit wonder! And I have one of their sticks! Lucky me ;-)

[Character Assassin]

34. Here's the album info...

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CASS80309251719&sql=Apy1m965o3epc

They were from New Orleans, no less!

[ikojo]

39. I always thought the Red Rocker was

Sammy Hagar...remember I can't drive 55?

[Character Assassin]

41. He is, but there was a band called 'Red Rockers'.

Sammy "Three Lock Box" Hagar went on to bigger, worse things.

[AntiCoup2K4]

45. No, Sammy's the CHED Rocker

Ched as in Cheddar, for all that horrible cheese he made with Van Hagar :puke:

[SiouxJ]

58. Yes, he was the "Red Rocker" and

he even had a line of clothes called that at one time. Actually, he's a very nice guy. I met him once and he was friendly enough and didn't seem to have that typical rock star ego.

[Booberdawg]

35. Is it time to put up 1986?

I've got Rock Me Amadeus cranked up full blast right now

[Jonte_1979]

36. Dr. Zeus, Dr. Zeus!

- What's wrong with me?

- I think you're crazy.

- I want a second opinion.

- You're also lazy.

[Booberdawg]

37. huh?

don't think that one's on here:shrug:

[SmileyBoy]

40. I was one year old in 1983.

I voted "Africa". Toto's olny good song, IMO. I liked, it, so what???

[Booberdawg]

42. Looks like "Our House" is the winner!

[Redneck Socialist]

43. Hair metal was just taking off

Ratt, Twisted Sister, Motly Crue where all just poised to make it big. With choices like these how can I pick just one. Plus most of the eighties are little fuzzy still...

[HEyHEY]

44. shit shit shit

damn my impatience....I wanted to vote for "our house" take one from "always something there to remind me"

[AntiCoup2K4]

46. Uh, what about the best album of 1983??

[ACK]

49. God I back that sentiment

One of top ten favorite albums of all time.

[HEyHEY]

50. amen here too

[KittyWampus]

51. Wasn't PRINCE Popular-1999???

I think?

[AntiCoup2K4]

52. This is true.... couldn't go anywhere without hearing that song or...

"Little Red Corvette". Probably because the rest of the album couldn't get played on the radio. And that was before the PMRC!

[catpower2000]

53. Is "She's Sexy" actually "Sexy and 17" by Stray Cats?

If so, that gets my vote. Otherwise, what the hell song is that?

Cat

[Section_43]

56. RADIO FREE EUROPE - R.E.M.

From the best album of '83....Murmur

[SEAburb]

57. "Holy Diver" Dio

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