View Full Version : Your Favorite 80's Song?
Soul_Patch
07-19-2007, 08:10 AM
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
07-19-2007, 08:17 AM
Crowded House - Hey Now
leemajors
07-19-2007, 08:22 AM
corey hart - sunglasses at night.
Africa-Toto
Don't You-Simple Minds
We are not alone-Karla Devito
Dr. Acula
07-19-2007, 08:29 AM
rebel yell- billy idol
anything- drama rama
take on me- aha
its no good- depeche mode
rythem of the night -el debarge
Soul_Patch
07-19-2007, 08:32 AM
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
07-19-2007, 08:32 AM
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
07-19-2007, 08:35 AM
GnR -- Sweet Child o Mine
Foreigner -- Girl like you
Police -- umm...anything?
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
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
07-19-2007, 08:42 AM
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
07-19-2007, 08:46 AM
Phil Collins -- Take a look at me now!
man i loved that song...haha...
samikeyp
07-19-2007, 08:51 AM
Here is the entire list:
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm
RuffnReadyOzStyle
07-19-2007, 08:53 AM
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
07-19-2007, 08:54 AM
out of my dreams and into my car
if this is it- huey lewis
I LOVE itunes! I just downloaded some 80's!
Dr. Acula
07-19-2007, 08:54 AM
mind set on you
Viva Las Espuelas
07-19-2007, 09:10 AM
Phil Collins -- Take a look at me now!
man i loved that song...haha...Against All Odds
mrsmaalox
07-19-2007, 09:14 AM
The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another"
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
Viva Las Espuelas
07-19-2007, 09:14 AM
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
07-19-2007, 09:22 AM
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
07-19-2007, 09:25 AM
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
07-19-2007, 09:34 AM
Crowded House - Hey Now
It's "Don't Dream It's Over".
peewee's lovechild
07-19-2007, 09:36 AM
Rosanna - Toto
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Two Tone
mrsmaalox
07-19-2007, 09:40 AM
Don Henley "Boys of Summer"
Police "Spirits in a Material World"
Madonna "Borderline"
Spandau Ballet "True"--my wedding song! :married:
resistanze
07-19-2007, 10:12 AM
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
07-19-2007, 10:24 AM
OMD - If You Leave
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
MrChug
07-19-2007, 10:38 AM
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
07-19-2007, 10:50 AM
When Doves Cry - Prince
ALVAREZ6
07-19-2007, 01:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVPPy6NHSQ
ALVAREZ6
07-19-2007, 01:06 PM
Run DMC- Rock Box
Def Leppard - Photograph
Ozzy - Bark at the Moon
Judas Priest - you've got another thing comin
midgetonadonkey
07-19-2007, 02:06 PM
Buffalo Stance - Nenah Cherry
batman2883
07-19-2007, 02:07 PM
Journey - Seperate Ways
batman2883
07-19-2007, 02:09 PM
Cynthia Lauper- Goonies R Good Enough
batman2883
07-19-2007, 02:11 PM
http://esnips.com/doc/120b253b-23be-40ea-b868-c1d976e969e6/Cindy-Lauper---Good-Enough---Feb-09,-2002-08.44.46
duncan228
07-19-2007, 02:15 PM
Soft Cell-"Tainted Love"
Texas_Ranger
07-19-2007, 02:20 PM
8 milion stories by Kurtis Blow.
peewee's lovechild
07-19-2007, 02:28 PM
Blue Monday - New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Send Me An Angel - Pet Shop Boys
bdictjames
07-19-2007, 02:39 PM
Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
samikeyp
07-19-2007, 02:57 PM
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
07-19-2007, 03:21 PM
Walk on fire--Little America
cherylsteele
07-19-2007, 03:28 PM
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
07-19-2007, 03:37 PM
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
07-19-2007, 03:38 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lqUPApCUt90
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zn34Mj6nIuU
resistanze
07-19-2007, 03:42 PM
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
leemajors
07-19-2007, 03:52 PM
time zone - world destruction.
Spurminator
07-19-2007, 04:06 PM
Van Halen - Dreams :p:
dirk4mvp
07-19-2007, 04:08 PM
Billy Idol - White Wedding, rebel yell , or eyes without a face
Idol owned the 80's.
kingsfan
07-19-2007, 05:42 PM
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
07-19-2007, 06:02 PM
First thing that pops to mind that I haven't already seen in this thread:
"Never Say Never" -- Romeo Void
Cant_Be_Faded
07-19-2007, 06:28 PM
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
07-19-2007, 06:45 PM
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Tom Petty- Free Fallin'
RashoFan
07-19-2007, 06:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVPPy6NHSQ
that shit is sooo wrong...FUNNY but wrong....:lol
RashoFan
07-19-2007, 07:02 PM
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
07-20-2007, 12:26 AM
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
07-20-2007, 12:31 AM
on a more serious note.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SS9h2s-dZm8
nobody beats the biz!
ALVAREZ6
07-20-2007, 12:39 AM
that shit is sooo wrong...FUNNY but wrong....:lolGreat is what it is
Condemned 2 HelLA
07-20-2007, 02:13 AM
One of the coolest songs EVER recorded:
Pat Travers Band-
"Snortin' Whiskey".
kingsfan
07-20-2007, 02:18 AM
A lot of great songs mentioned, brings back memories.
No love for FGTH?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6260207012112065948
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
07-20-2007, 09:18 AM
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
07-20-2007, 11:54 AM
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
07-20-2007, 12:00 PM
So did I when I saw that.
Mixability
07-20-2007, 01:53 PM
Tom Petty- Free Fallin'
Wasn't that 90's?
Either way,
can't beat:
Beastie Boys - Girls
cherylsteele
07-20-2007, 04:23 PM
Wasn't that 90's?
Either way,
can't beat:
Beastie Boys - Girls
Nope 1989
leemajors
07-20-2007, 08:53 PM
planet rock
grand wizard theodore - mean machine
mavsfan1000
07-05-2014, 12:54 AM
So many good songs here.
ColinB
07-05-2014, 01:21 AM
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
07-05-2014, 02:01 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
Big Empty
07-05-2014, 03:15 AM
Dont forget about me. Simple minds
Blizzardwizard
07-05-2014, 11:33 AM
Phil Collins - In the Air tonight
tbh.
baseline bum
07-05-2014, 03:12 PM
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
07-05-2014, 03:48 PM
Poop ^
baseline bum
07-05-2014, 04:01 PM
^ LOL Carmelo all of a sudden impressed with Phil Jackson's plan after seeing Rose work out for him.
Infinite_limit
07-06-2014, 04:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JocyQm5CZ3s
Infinite_limit
07-06-2014, 05:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LI-XtOlxA
Infinite_limit
07-06-2014, 06:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnJCEuyUac
The Gemini Method
07-07-2014, 11:31 AM
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leemajors
07-07-2014, 11:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VgLkk_drx4
resistanze
07-07-2014, 10:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenFp_3kq8
Infinite_limit
07-08-2014, 12:33 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78
Infinite_limit
07-08-2014, 12:46 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iW3lcpK5M
DJR210
07-08-2014, 02:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINmJ5ieM6Y&feature=kp
Screwed and Chopped
Infinite_limit
07-10-2014, 04:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11f4BgJKxJc
SA DAVE
07-10-2014, 05:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlB77vM2FMg&feature=kp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iB9sm3jqQg
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