Your Favorite 80's Song?

[Soul_Patch]

Watching that show on VH1, top 100 songs of the 80's, it got me to thinking, and i decided to post this...lets hear it folks...what was your fav jam in the 80's?


Top few for me...and yes i get to take the good ones cause i started it!


1. Queen / Bowie -- Under Pressure
2. Talking Heads -- Burning Down the House
3. Anything U2 did

[ATRAIN]

Crowded House - Hey Now

[leemajors]

corey hart - sunglasses at night.

[Flea]

Africa-Toto
Don't You-Simple Minds
We are not alone-Karla Devito

[Dr. Acula]

rebel yell- billy idol
anything- drama rama
take on me- aha
its no good- depeche mode
rythem of the night -el debarge

[Soul_Patch]

Take on me is such a timeless song.


don't they still perform that, and tour overseas alot? AHA is still big in norway! haha...

[The Red Hood]

Oh shit I am going to go to town with this one!

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
(Don't You) Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Melt With You - Modern English (don't know what would ever posses anyone to redo that song)

[Soul_Patch]

GnR -- Sweet Child o Mine

Foreigner -- Girl like you


Police -- umm...anything?

[Flea]

Oh shit I am going to go to town with this one!

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
(Don't You) Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Melt With You - Modern English (don't know what would ever posses anyone to redo that song)


:tu

[Flea]

Take on me is such a timeless song.


don't they still perform that, and tour overseas alot? AHA is still big in norway! haha...


I forgot about Take on Me!! I have too many to list!

[samikeyp]

Crowded House - Hey Now

Actually the name of the song is "Don't Dream Its Over" and is one of my all time favorites.

My top 10:
10. Foolin'
9. Sweet Child o' Mine
8. In a Big Country
7. Don't Dream its Over
6. I Ran
5. Vacation
4. Only the Lonely
3. Red Skies at night
2. Hazy Shade of Winter
1. Purple Rain

[Soul_Patch]

Phil Collins -- Take a look at me now!


man i loved that song...haha...

[samikeyp]

Here is the entire list:

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Posts number 1-4, 6, 8 and 12 :tu

I'll add:

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears (great lyrics, I didn't know half of them before I just looked them up: http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Head-Over-Heels-lyrics-Tears-For-Fears/D94FAD984914227D482568B10010A32D

King of Pain - The Police

Don't You forget About Me - Simple Minds

How Soon is Now - The Smiths

A Forest - The Cure

Yes, I was a dark youth (but not a fricken Emo! :devil :lol )

[Dr. Acula]

out of my dreams and into my car

if this is it- huey lewis

[Flea]

I LOVE itunes! I just downloaded some 80's!

[Dr. Acula]

mind set on you

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Phil Collins -- Take a look at me now!


man i loved that song...haha...Against All Odds

[mrsmaalox]

The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another"
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
Peter Gabriel "Big Time"

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Video killed the radio star - The Buggles
In a big country - Big Country
The Metro - Berlin
Overkill - Men at Work
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Every Little thing she does is magic - The Police(pretty much all of their stuff)
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

those are some

[The Janitor]

out of my dreams and into my car

if this is it- huey lewis

Yeah, of course you'd pick Huey Lewis.

I read your screenplay. It burned really well.

[The Janitor]

Actually the name of the song is "Don't Dream Its Over" and is one of my all time favorites.

My top 10:
10. Foolin'
9. Sweet Child o' Mine
8. In a Big Country
7. Don't Dream its Over
6. I Ran
5. Vacation
4. Only the Lonely
3. Red Skies at night
2. Hazy Shade of Winter
1. Purple Rain

:tu

That was a rockin Bangles cover, better than Walk Like An Egyptian. The Simon and Garfunkle original is great too.

How about Billy Joel and Elton John, and The Eagles? I loved that stuff...

[peewee's lovechild]

Crowded House - Hey Now

It's "Don't Dream It's Over".

[peewee's lovechild]

Rosanna - Toto
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Two Tone

[mrsmaalox]

Don Henley "Boys of Summer"
Police "Spirits in a Material World"
Madonna "Borderline"
Spandau Ballet "True"--my wedding song! :married:

[resistanze]

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
RUN DMC - It's like that
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You, I Want to Know What Love Is
Michael Jackson - Beat It, Wanna Be Starting Somethin'
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message

[midgetonadonkey]

OMD - If You Leave
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

[MrChug]

I'm goin with Prince-Darling Nikki

Based upon the fact that I haven't heard it once and been sick of it. Can't say the same about the rest of the songs from 20+ years ago.

[peewee's lovechild]

When Doves Cry - Prince

[ALVAREZ6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVPPy6NHSQ

[ALVAREZ6]

Run DMC- Rock Box
Def Leppard - Photograph
Ozzy - Bark at the Moon
Judas Priest - you've got another thing comin

[midgetonadonkey]

Buffalo Stance - Nenah Cherry

[batman2883]

Journey - Seperate Ways

[batman2883]

Cynthia Lauper- Goonies R Good Enough

[batman2883]

http://esnips.com/doc/120b253b-23be-40ea-b868-c1d976e969e6/Cindy-Lauper---Good-Enough---Feb-09,-2002-08.44.46

[duncan228]

Soft Cell-"Tainted Love"

[Texas_Ranger]

8 milion stories by Kurtis Blow.

[peewee's lovechild]

Blue Monday - New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Send Me An Angel - Pet Shop Boys

[bdictjames]

Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

[samikeyp]

Send Me An Angel - Pet Shop Boys

That was by a band called "Real Life"

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/reallife.htm

The Scorpions also did a version but it was a different song.

[samikeyp]

Walk on fire--Little America

[cherylsteele]

How can you pick just one song?

In America, Still In Saigon - The Charlie Daniels Band
Pressure - Billy Joel
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
This Little Girl - Gary U.S. Bonds
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Just to name a few.

[peewee's lovechild]

That was by a band called "Real Life"

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/reallife.htm

The Scorpions also did a version but it was a different song.

I have that song on my IPOD and it's by the Pet Shop Boys.

It came out in Teen Wolf 2.

[Trainwreck2100]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lqUPApCUt90

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zn34Mj6nIuU

[resistanze]

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

[leemajors]

time zone - world destruction.

[Spurminator]

Van Halen - Dreams :p:

[dirk4mvp]

Billy Idol - White Wedding, rebel yell , or eyes without a face



Idol owned the 80's.

[kingsfan]

Soft Cell-"Tainted Love"

:clap I have way too many to name but that is my all time fav. song.
Also Duran Duran
aha
teardrop explodes
u2
the cure
tears for fears
psychadelic furs
I could be here all night listing them.

[CuckingFunt]

First thing that pops to mind that I haven't already seen in this thread:

"Never Say Never" -- Romeo Void

[Cant_Be_Faded]

A tie between:

Rio, Lonely in Your Nigthmare, Chauffer, Is There Something I Should Know, and Save it til the Morning After by Duran Duran.


Hey at least they wrote their own songs and played their own instruments!

[txdixiechick]

Michael Jackson - Thriller
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Tom Petty- Free Fallin'

[RashoFan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVPPy6NHSQ
that shit is sooo wrong...FUNNY but wrong....:lol

[RashoFan]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zn34Mj6nIuU
Nice find...I like that song.

I can't think of just one 80's song that is my favorite...
How many people here in this thread have read what everyone has posted as their favorite(s) and starts to hear the song in the head??

[Fillmoe]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m5LX16zia2k&mode=related&search=



DONT EVEN LIE! you know you thought this song was the shit when it came out.......

[Fillmoe]

on a more serious note.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SS9h2s-dZm8



nobody beats the biz!

[ALVAREZ6]

that shit is sooo wrong...FUNNY but wrong....:lolGreat is what it is

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

One of the coolest songs EVER recorded:
Pat Travers Band-
"Snortin' Whiskey".

[kingsfan]

A lot of great songs mentioned, brings back memories.
No love for FGTH?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6260207012112065948

[Flea]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m5LX16zia2k&mode=related&search=



DONT EVEN LIE! you know you thought this song was the shit when it came out.......


HAHA, I did!!

[samikeyp]

I have that song on my IPOD and it's by the Pet Shop Boys.

It came out in Teen Wolf 2.

After a little research, it looks like we may both be right.


http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/topic-send_me_an_angel/

Third post down.

[peewee's lovechild]

After a little research, it looks like we may both be right.


http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/topic-send_me_an_angel/

Third post down.

I learned something new.

[samikeyp]

So did I when I saw that.

[E20]

Eye of the Tiger.

[Mixability]

Tom Petty- Free Fallin'

Wasn't that 90's?

Either way,

can't beat:

Beastie Boys - Girls

[cherylsteele]

Wasn't that 90's?

Either way,

can't beat:

Beastie Boys - Girls
Nope 1989

[leemajors]

planet rock
grand wizard theodore - mean machine

[mavsfan1000]

So many good songs here.

[ColinB]

New Order - Age of Consent
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

[Infinite_limit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

[Big Empty]

Dont forget about me. Simple minds

[Blizzardwizard]

Phil Collins - In the Air tonight

tbh.

[baseline bum]

I Ain't No Joke - Eric B & Rakin
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Gangster Gangster - NWA
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Squeeze the Trigger - Ice T
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Paid in Full (remix) - Eric B & Rakim
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9mm Goes Bang - Boogie Down Productions
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Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy
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Ced Gee Delta Force One - Ultramagnetic MCs
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The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
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Sucker MCs - Run DMC
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My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
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Cusswords - Too Short
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[Infinite_limit]

Poop ^

[baseline bum]

^ LOL Carmelo all of a sudden impressed with Phil Jackson's plan after seeing Rose work out for him.

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JocyQm5CZ3s

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LI-XtOlxA

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnJCEuyUac

[The Gemini Method]

NxjuOJkXAq0

[leemajors]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VgLkk_drx4

[resistanze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenFp_3kq8

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iW3lcpK5M

[DJR210]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINmJ5ieM6Y&feature=kp

Screwed and Chopped

[101A]

BARELY 80's:

Crazy Train

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11f4BgJKxJc

[SA DAVE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlB77vM2FMg&feature=kp


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iB9sm3jqQg