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Lets hav an 80s song orgy.

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bishoptl

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just the mp3s I have here at work...

The Northern Pikes - The Things I Do For Money
Faith No More - Epic
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
U2 - With Or Without You
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose
Gowan - Strange Animal
Tears for Fears - Shout
John Farham - You're The Voice
Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer
Hall and Oates - Private Eyes
Foreigner - Yesterday
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Timex Social Club - Rumours
General Public - Tenderness
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Glass Tiger - Someday
Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City
Hall and Oates - Out Of Touch
 

bishoptl

Banstick Emeritus
Level 42 - Something About You
Level 42 - Lessons In Love
Mr Mister - Kyrie
Mr Mister - Something Real
 

DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Listening to my MP3 player at lunch time I heard these two that I'm gonna pull but are borderline for what you are looking for but are actually really good songs.

1979 - Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down To Georgia
1976 - Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

....DON'T STARE AT ME WITH THAT FUNNY LOOK ON YOUR FACE!!! I LIKE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC DAMMIT!
 

FnordChan

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Ignatz Mouse said:
New Frontier -- Donald Fagen
Pump Up the Volume -- M/A/R/R/S

Back to back awesome. "New Frontier" is quinessentially 80s, which is impressive for a song about the 1950s. And "Pump Up The Volume" has a glorious, if somewhat forgotten music video. Also, major points for lesser-known Eurythmics and Paranomia.

That said, a few personal favorites:

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"Automatic" by the Pointer Sisters

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"O Superman" by Laurie Anderson

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"The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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"Do Ya Wanna Funk" by Sylvester (produced by Patrick Cowley)

FnordChan
 

Loki

Count of Concision
<sigh> Even though I pointed out that we just had this topic a week or so ago, I might as well post the list I posted in the other topic, since people are keeping this one alive. :p


Lionel Richie: "You Are The Sun, You Are The Rain", and "Say You, Say Me"

LL Cool J: "I Need Love", "Goin' Back to Cali"

Madonna: "Get Into The Groove", "Crazy For You", "Cherish", "La Isla Bonita", "Vogue", "Who's That Girl", "Open Your Heart"

Mariah Carey: "Love Takes Time", "Can't Let Go"

Whitney Houston: "The Greatest Love", "All At Once", "How Will I Know", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"

Michael Jackson: "Smooth Criminal"

Mike and the Mechanics: "In The Living Years", "All I Need is a Miracle"

Instrumental theme from St. Elmo's Fire

Nelson Brothers: "Love and Affection"

New Edition: "If It Isn't Love"

Bobby Brown: "My Prerogative", "Tenderoni"

Bruce Hornsby and the Range: "That's Just the Way It Is", "Mandolin Rain"

Prince: "Little Red Corvette", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss"

Richard Marx: "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Hold On To the Nights", "Hazard"

Phil Collins: "Baby, Don't You Lose My Number", "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven", "Against All Odds", "One More Night", "Easy Lover", "Take Me Home", "Groovy Kind of Love", "Just Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts", "Do You Remember"

Pet Shop Boys: "West End Girls"

Peter Gabriel: "In Your Eyes"

Steve Winwood: "Valerie", "The Finer Things"

Berlin: "Take My Breath Away"

Sade: "The Sweetest Taboo"

Sergio Mendes: "Never Gonna Let You Go"

El DeBarge: "Rhythm of the Night", "Who's Johnny"

The Pointer Sisters: "Jump", "Automatic"

Fame Soundtrack: "Flashdance (What a Feeling)", "She's a Maniac"

Strafe: "Set It Off"

Starship: "Sarah", "We Built This City"

Billy Vera and the Beaters: "At This Moment"

Janet Jackson: "When I Think of You", "Love Will Never Do", "Escapade", "Rhythm Nation"

Benny Mardones: "Into the Night"

Snap: "I've Got The Power"

Sting/The Police: "If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)", "Message in a Bottle", "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Every Breath You Take", "Wrapped Around Your Finger"

Tears For Fears: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Head Over Heels"

Roxette: "It Must Have Been Love"

Baltimora: "Tarzan Boy"

Heart: "Alone", "These Dreams"

The Cure: "Love Song"

Timex Social Club: "Rumors"

Toto: "Africa", "I'll Be Over You"

Tiffany: "All This Time"

Wang Chung: "Let's Go", "Dance Hall Days"

Elton John: "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "Sad Songs", "Sacrifice", "The Last Song", "The One",

The System: "Don't Disturb This Groove"

Surface: "The First Time"

Babyface: "Two Occasions", "And Our Feelings"

When In Rome: "The Promise"

White Lion: When The Children Cry[/b]

Styx: "Show Me The Way:

Poison: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn[/b]

Mister Mister: "Broken Wings", "Kyrie"

Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam: "I Wonder if I Take You Home", "Head to Toe"

The Cars: "Drive"

Duran Duran: "Notorious", "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Ordinary World", "The Reflex"

Naked Eyes: "Always Something There To Remind Me"

Erasure: "A Little Respect", "Chains of Love"

Steve Perry: "Oh Sherrie"

Jackson Browne: "Somebody's Baby", "You're a Friend of Mine"

New Order: "Bizarre Love Triangle"

Howard Jones: "Things Can Only Get Better", "No One Is To Blame"

Sophie B. Hawkins: "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover"

Extreme: "More Than Words", "Hole Hearted"

Warrant: "Heaven"

Bon Jovi: "Bed of Roses", "This Ain't a Love Song", "Never Say Goodbye", "I'll Be There For You"

Genesis: "Hold On My Heart", "That's All", "Land of Confusion", "Invisible Touch", "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", "In Too Deep", "Throwin' It All Away"

Eric Carmen: "Make Me Lose Control", "Hungry Eyes"

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack: "I've Had The Time of My Life"

Michael McDonald: "Sweet Freedom"

Kenny Loggins: "Footloose", "This Is It", "Meet Me Halfway"

Human League: "Human"

Cutting Crew: "I've Been in Love Before"

Chicago: "Will You Still Love Me?", "I'm Sorry", "Look Away", "Hard Habit to Break", "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"

Simply Red: "Holding Back the Years"

UB40: "Red, Red Wine", "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You", "Here I Am, Baby"

Air Supply: "Makin' Love Out of Nothing At All"

REO Speedwagon: "I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You", "I Can't Fight This Feeling"

Bryan Adams: "Summer of '69", "Heaven", "Do I Have To Say the Words"

.38 Special: "A Second Chance"
 

HokieJoe

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Error Macro said:
Oingo Boingo - Controller
Oingo Boingo - On The Outside
Oingo Boingo - Heard Somebody Cry
Oingo Boingo - Running On A Treadmill

Trying to go with some lesser known, but nevertheless awesome tunes of theirs.

Yep. Danny Elfman is a talented mo'fo'.
 

HokieJoe

Member
Here's a few:

Blister in the Sun- Violent Femmes
AC/DC- Back in Black
Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation
Big Time- Peter Gabriel
Sunday Bloody Sundy- U2
 
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