Favorite songs from the 80's

[hud01]

Looking at all these songs, the 80's had its share of incredible music, spanning many different genres.

I almost forgot about EW&F

YouTube - Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove

 

[Catchoftheday]

Same here. Where do I start?

As it's an 80's thread maybe 1980 would be a good place to start :biggrin1:

Don't Go

Tho
Like I said before there is more than 10 years of stuff in the 80's :biggrin1:

 

[nudeyorker]

Good picks everyone, but I can't believe this was left off the list!
YouTube - Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Or this one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEULVyg1O_8

 

[sdbg]

Good picks everyone, but I can't believe this was left off the list!
YouTube - Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

Actually, it made my list above. Remember the video on M-TV?!

 

[Catchoftheday]

YouTube - Adam & The Ants - Stand and Deliver

 

[nudeyorker]

Actually, it made my list above. Remember the video on M-TV?!

Do I remember that?...Liz Tilberis styled that video and there was a window of about two years that every party that you went to every woman in the room looked like that....I loved it!

 

[Zeuhl34]

I'm quite Partial to

Yes - "Machine Messiah" (1980)
Jethro Tull - "Black Sunday" (1980)
Rush - "Tom Sawyer" (1981)
Duran Duran - "Rio" (1982)
...and quite a few more

 

[StrictlyAvg]

Visage - Fade to Grey

Tear for Fears - Pale Shelter

Duran Duran - Planet Earth

PIL - This is not a Love Song

New Order - Blue Monday

Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots

Soft Cell - Tainted Love - amongst others like Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Bedsitters....

Umpteen songs by Madness - Just one of em

The Specials - Ghost Town - but don't forget "Too Much Too Young" either

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love etc...

Paul Hardcastle - 19 - probably responsible for my fascination with SE Asia to this day...

Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

REM - Radio Free Europe, The One I Love

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours , Just can't Get Enough

 

[dreamer20]

Here are some of them::smile:


Gimme,Gimme

YouTube - ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)


New England

A New England - Billy Bragg Video by DaveZ - MySpace Video

Let The Music Play

Dailymotion - Shannon - Let The Music Play - a Music video

Something Inside So Strong

YouTube - Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong


Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

YouTube - Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go



N.B. I decided against posting 80's cover versions of songs from the 60's and 70's, but maybe I'll do that in another post.onder:

 

[nudeyorker]

Forgot about this one!
YouTube - Luka - Suzanne Vega

 

[naughty]

Where are y'all finding this tired azzzzzz music?

 

[StrictlyAvg]

Probably from our collectively tired azzzz 80s memoriezzzzzz....


:tongue: Who started it again?

 

[Catchoftheday]

OUR DAUGHTER'S WEDDING - Lawnchairs

 

[cups]

One of the best; The Jam - "A town called Malice"
town called malice - Google Videos#

and, "I'll stop the world and melt with you" by Modern English.

 

[naughty]

Probably from our collectively tired azzzz 80s memoriezzzzzz....


:tongue: Who started it again?

Actually, I am lovin' it. Each list has something that sparks a memory. I am just tickled that folks are actually contributing in big way.

 

[Catchoftheday]

YouTube - Laurie Anderson

 

[naughty]

YouTube - Laurie Anderson

That is a blast from the past...

 

[Rubenesque]

T'Pau - China in your hand
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Smiths - The more you ignore me
Spandau Ballet - True
Fat Larry's Band - Zoom
CC & The Sunshine Band - Give it up
Bad Manners - Lip up fatty (that may be 70s, can't remember)
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Wham! - Young guns
Owen Paul - Favourite waste of time (reminds me of a holiday in Chapel St Leonards)
George Michael - Careless Whisper

 

[StrictlyAvg]

Actually, I am lovin' it. Each list has something that sparks a memory. I am just tickled that folks are actually contributing in big way.

Crackin trip down memory lane putting that list together and reading a few others' contributions! :biggrin1:

 

[elegant20]

Some of the solo stuff from MJ's Off The Wall and Thriller albums
Timex Social Club- Rumours
Cyndi Lauper- Change of Heart, I Drove All Night(great Roy Orbison cover), etc.
Duran Duran- The Reflex, Hungry Like The Wolf, Wild Boys, etc.... Hell, I saw them live twice