All right, if you absolutely *must* know the sort of music that started in the late 80s that I liked and continued to like into the 90s (though I have no intention of showing any of their 90s stuff in this thread), then consider REM.

More specifically, consider REM's "Stand":

https://tinyurl.com/t97bulj

Now, admittedly, my actual favorite REM songs come from the 90s or even the early 2000s, but I'm not going to break my own rules. Maybe somewhere else I'll have the occasion to get into that.

I must, I must know!!

Love R.E.M. too. Great song writing and I really like the guitar sound that they use. This is off of Reckoning which is a great record.

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
https://youtu.be/msWi0c4tHV8

More of The Police. Here's "Synchronicity I":

https://tinyurl.com/wflocxm

Here's Eurythmics with "Here Comes the Rain Again":

https://tinyurl.com/rs6en9j

More Hall and Oates. Here's "I Can't Go For That":

https://tinyurl.com/rmub46q

Here's a group I haven't featured before: Talking Heads.

This is Talking Heads with "Once in a Lifetime":

https://tinyurl.com/szsu5d4

That is one of my favorite bands. Here's an 1980s Talking Heads connection for you. This is the side band of husband-and-wife team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both also known for being members of Talking Heads.

https://youtu.be/aCWCF19nUhA

This video is better than half of the television shows out there right now.

I'd rather watch it!

A little country bit today. Here's Alannah Myles with "Black Velvet":

https://tinyurl.com/rzc3b9e

See, I wouldn't even consider that country music. The song is great though and so is the original video.

She reminds me of some of the artists that came later but have that same feel. Like KT Tunstall or Kacey Musgraves. Country but not country. Some rock and roll thrown in there too.

Back to Billy Joel yet again. Now we really see his then-wife Christie Brinkley featured in "Uptown Girl":

https://tinyurl.com/u7cyf4p

Now, I am way overdue for this next one. How in the world could I have gone so long without featuring Huey Lewis & The News with their famous song "The Power Of Love"? There was nothing more iconic of the 80s than Back to the Future and its terrific soundtrack. Well, here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/sgm8axa

Here's something upbeat: Stacey Q with "Two of Hearts":

https://tinyurl.com/vy3p3jc

And even more of The Police, this time with "Don't Stand So Close To Me":

https://tinyurl.com/unlmed3

Social distancing, y'all.

Time for another group I haven't featured before. Here's Duran Duran with "Hungry Like The Wolf":

https://tinyurl.com/qufo7tr

Well, let's see...Oh, yeah, there's always more Madonna!

So here's Madonna with "Holiday":

https://tinyurl.com/vzzf2td

It's been awhile since I last featured ZZ Top (with "Legs"). Time to go back to them for "Sharp Dressed Man":

https://tinyurl.com/wtuwfnt

And time for yet another group I haven't featured here before, this time: Dire Straits with "Money For Nothing":

https://tinyurl.com/s9tm222

I Want My
I Want My
I Want My MTV
I Want My
I Want My
I Want My MTV....

(80s MTV, that is)

And still another group I haven't yet featured, Bow Wow Wow doing a cover version of "I Want Candy":

https://tinyurl.com/y8xtecs2

Yeah, it's a cover. OK, OK, all right! Even though it's not an 80s song, I'll go ahead and provide a link to the original, from The Strangeloves:

https://tinyurl.com/yckwoj7b

I tried to find one with clearer audio, but they all sounded similar to me. Sorry, gotta go with the 80s cover over the original for this one.

It's been a long while since I last featured a J Geils Band song (Centrefold), so it's now time to show "Freeze Frame":

https://tinyurl.com/yb89crag

Love that video.

Time for another artist I've not featured here before, this time David Bowie with "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", from the soundtrack to the "Cat People" movie:

https://tinyurl.com/y94tdfqt

Normally I don't comment on people behind the scenes on music (usually because I don't pay attention to it), but here I note that Giorgio Moroder is listed as composer and producer for this song. I *did* pay attention to Moroder's score for "Scarface" (which is largely featured on the fake radio station Flashback FM in Grand Theft Auto III) and I have to say I believe Moroder is a very talented guy who hasn't gotten the recognition he deserves.

And then there's Nastassja Kinski

https://tinyurl.com/ydhyk5hk

Rowrrrrr!

Here's another one a bit outside of my usual stomping grounds. This is Juice Newton with "Angel of the Morning":

https://tinyurl.com/yd8cd2lo

A very pretty song!

Let's return for more of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, this time with "Runnin' Down a Dream":

https://tinyurl.com/y9wkcdhm

This song was featured in the soundtrack for the fake radio station K-DST in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Another great song to fly around San Andreas in a jet to.

Some time ago when I posted "Take My Breath Away" from Berlin and mentioned it was on the soundtrack to "Top Gun", I also mentioned Kenny Loggins. Time for Kenny Loggins, but not from "Top Gun". No, I'm thinking more "Caddyshack": Here's "I'm Alright":

https://tinyurl.com/ycrx2qdg

Ah, the eternal battle between Bill Murray's "Carl Spackler" and the Gopher. And the Gopher always wins. Like Wile E Coyote vs the Roadrunner. Absolutely hilarious movie, and so well-cast. The sequel? Not so much.