Subject: Best song of the 1980's?
Posted by: david1975
Date: Aug 22 09
What would be your favorite song from the 1980's be? Anything by the Bangles, Michael Jackson, Wham!, Huey Lewis and the News, or someone else? Personally, some of my favorites are Walk Like an Egyptian, Queen of Hearts, That's What Friends are For, 9 to 5, I Love a Rainy Night, Footloose, Let's Hear It for the Boy, St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion), Total Eclipse of the Heart, and Mickey.
Posted by: david1975
Date: Aug 22 09
What would be your favorite song from the 1980's be? Anything by the Bangles, Michael Jackson, Wham!, Huey Lewis and the News, or someone else? Personally, some of my favorites are Walk Like an Egyptian, Queen of Hearts, That's What Friends are For, 9 to 5, I Love a Rainy Night, Footloose, Let's Hear It for the Boy, St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion), Total Eclipse of the Heart, and Mickey.
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Saberg
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I love the 80's music. Couldn't possibly choose just one song. Reply #41. Jan 12 10, 12:08 PM |
poneke
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The BandAid song: Do They Know it's Christmas? ...was incredible then and still relevant now. Reply #42. Jan 18 10, 6:16 AM |
houston1127
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Don't forget about Kraftwerk, Beastie Boys and The Fat Boys. I have to admit, though, one of my favorite songs from that time is Cyndi Lauper's "Goonies Are Good Enough". Reply #43. Jan 18 10, 8:46 AM |
gpm97457 
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I grew up in the 80's so there is too many to name. Reply #44. Feb 28 10, 3:09 AM |
Ezmar
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From my limited scope I'd have to pick, (in no particular order): Limelight (Rush) Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) Jump (Van Halen) Marathon (Rush) Territories (Rush) Anything else off of Power Windows (Rush, I'm a HUGE fan) I don't care what the internet thinks, I really like Never Going to Give you up (Rick Astley, I know it's misspelled, it wouldn't let me spell "Going to" the proper way) Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) Reply #45. Apr 20 10, 6:37 PM |
redwaldo
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Once in a Lifetime-Talking Heads Reply #46. Apr 20 10, 6:54 PM |
notaratface
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'Cliches of the World', from 1983, is an awesome song from Ray Davies and the Kinks. Reply #47. Apr 20 10, 8:53 PM |
| Ezmar
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Oh god, I totally forgot about Toto, Africa Rosanna Make Believe Reply #48. Apr 22 10, 5:38 PM |
| poneke
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I drove a lot of my mates crazy playing "Free Nelson Mandela", by The Special AKA. At every party I would pull out my 45rpm, change the setting on the turntable, and get on down:-) Arh, but look at him now! Free At Last! God Bless:-) Reply #49. Apr 22 10, 8:31 PM |
blindcat78
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What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner Reply #50. May 01 10, 12:36 PM |
jacquie38
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Reward - The Teardrop Explodes Reply #51. May 01 10, 2:38 PM |
lesley153
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Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Golden Brown - The Stranglers You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon Eternal Flame - The Bangles Not difficult as there was very little in the 80s that I liked. I don't care what the internet or anyone else thinks either, Ezmar - Rick Astley was a very good singer. Reply #52. May 01 10, 3:30 PM |
Schoonie101
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Metallica - pretty much all of Master of Puppets and Ride The Lightning qualify Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast, Flight of Icarus, Hallowed be Thy Name, Children of the Damned, etc. etc. Slayer - South of Heaven, Dead Skin Mask, Seasons in the Abyss, Raining Blood (probably one of the most sampled riffs of all time and one which will make every crowd roar) Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?, My Last Words, Mary Jane, In My Darkest Hour, Hook in Mouth (a personal favorite - may Tipper Gore burn in hell) Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full Eazy-E - Boyz-in-tha-Hood, Eazy Duz It, No More ?s, Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction (pick any song from that album) There was a lot of good music in the 80s, just not what people normally classify as "80s music". I am barely scratching the surface too, didn't even get into the 80s punk... The 60s and 70s had great music, don't get me wrong but the 80s were a different era completely. Things were harder and rawer, not so much kumbaya. Sabbath and Zeppelin started the charge and it got taken from there. Reply #53. May 01 10, 6:23 PM |
BxBarracuda
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I was a teen during this decade and like much of the music back then, most of which I don't understand why anymore. Talking Heads still stand out, as do Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble, Rush, Queensryches the entire "Operation Mindcrime" album (but certainly not Silent Lucidity), R.E.M., Squeeze, Elvis Costello and Faith No More, to name some that have stood the test of time for me. Reply #54. May 01 10, 6:53 PM |
Anton
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Silent Lucidity was on Empire, not Operation: Mindcrime. Reply #55. May 01 10, 6:59 PM |
| BxBarracuda
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Thankfully so it wasn't. I think Empire did have some other good songs, besides Lucidity. Reply #56. May 01 10, 7:13 PM |
zoomot
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Anything off of Appetite for Destruction, Shout At The Devil, and Dr. Feelgood. Reply #57. May 01 10, 9:36 PM |
Shiningstar7
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Rock You Like A Hurricane Reply #58. May 13 10, 10:22 PM |
| Shiningstar7
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After some reflection, I thought of all the great music of the 80s, the above was the first thing that popped in my head. I really liked Asia back then, Sole Survivor. Reply #59. May 15 10, 8:15 PM |
wwe84
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living on a prayer-bon jovi the beds are burning-midnight oil working class man-jimmy barnes your the voice-john farnham eternal flame-the bangles heaven is a place on earth-belinda carlisle Reply #60. May 15 10, 8:27 PM |
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