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[Coen]

pet shop boys - surburbia

Was just going to say that. Such an awesome song. Still sends shivers down my spine if it starts playing somewhere unexpected.

 

[jett]

Theres is no other.

 

[Uter]

It is a tie between Stryper's TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL.

And something, ANYTHING, from this album.

 

[ourumov]

Duran Duran - Wild Boys

 

[keeblerdrow]

WHERE CAN I FIND A WOMAN LIKE THAT

 

[SantaC]

Let’s dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we’re only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don’t have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music’s for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we’re getting in tune
The music’s played by the madmen

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don’t they stay young

It’s so hard to get old without a cause
I don’t want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And dimonds are forever

So many adventures couldn’t happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

How Soon is Now?

I loved it even before it became the signature Smiths song.

Homorable mention goes to Synchronicy II, for the line:

"We have to shout above the din our Rice Crispies."


Related: Not the besy 80's song, but the most "80's" 80's song:
99 Luftbaloons

It's got:
Cheezy synth
a cornball gradeschool political message
it's German
it was played everywhere

Thus making it the most 80's-ish song of the 80's.

 

[Revolver]

There's far too many to list, but just off the top of my head here are some of my faves-

"Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
"How Soon is Now" - The Smiths
"Slave to Love" - Bryan Ferry
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
"The Ghost in You" - Psychedelic Furs
"Never Let Me Down Again" - Depeche Mode
"Stand and Deliver" - Adam and the Ants
"Just Like Heaven" - The Cure

 

[Tritroid]

holy crap, nobody's mentioned:

Here I go Again by White Snake?!

It's only the best 80s song EVAR.

 

[bud]

 

[CurlySaysX]

The Bangles - Eternal Flame

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

holy crap, nobody's mentioned:

Here I go Again by White Snake?!

It's only the best 80s song EVAR.

Eeek, hair metal. The thing I miss least about the 80's. Metal before or after the 80's > metal of the 80's.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I don't know. So many, so many choices.

Timex Social Club - Rumors
The Whispers - Rock Steady
Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
The Police - Every Breath You Take
The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep

These are probably my top 5.

Again, so many different great songs to choose from.