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[Lil' Dice]

I love 80s music, and I’m always trying to find songs which bring on the nostalgia. The difficult thing however is actually remembering the songs, and sometimes the titles themselves can elude you.
Keep the replies going with anything produced between 1979-1990? All genres welcome, except country, jazz and blues. This will help us all put together a "radical" 80s soundtrack.
I'll start with:
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer

 

[Guzim]

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

 

[AniHawk]

Journey - Don't Stop Believing

 

[Desperado]

Foreigner - Juke Box Hero

 

[Lil' Dice]

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

Speaking of The Smiths, is it uncool to like Morrissey?
I like his song: I'm So Sorry.

 

[Crag Dweller]

Judas Priest - Metal Gods

 

[Lemurnator]

Heart of Glass - Blondie
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Lep
Straight Outta Compton - NWA
Frankly Mr. Shankley - The Smiths
Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run DMC
Fight for your Right - Beastie Boys
THRILLER - Micheal Jackson
Like a Virgin - Madonna
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen.

 

[Companion Cube]

Aha - Take on Me
Dexy's Midnight Runners - C'mon Eileen
Softcell - Tainted Love
Alphaville - Forever Young
Flock of Seagulls - I ran
Depeche Mode - I just can't get enough
Spandau Ballet - True
Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Men At Work - Down Under
And anything by Smokey Robinson is good.

 

[Guzim]

Speaking of The Smiths, is it uncool to like Morrissey?
I like his song: I'm So Sorry.

It's uncool to dislike Morrissey.

And I believe you're thinking of the song Suedehead.

 

[Red Blaster]

Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around - The Police
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

 

[Lemurnator]

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

 

[Red Blaster]

Heart of Glass - Blondie
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Lep
Straight Outta Compton - NWA
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. - Pink Floyd
Frankly Mr. Shankley - The Smiths
Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (They don't have to be good.
Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run DMC
Fight for your Right - Beastie Boys

Another Brick In The Wall and Ice Ice Baby aren't 80s.

 

[etiolate]

Mr Mister - Broken Wings

 

[Companion Cube]

Another Brick In The Wall and Ice Ice Baby aren't 80s.

Quick! Change Ice Ice Baby to Under Pressure!

Oh and how can we forget. It ain't an 80's orgy with out

 

[Lil' Dice]

Aha - Take on Me
Dexy's Midnight Runners - C'mon Eileen
Softcell - Tainted Love
Alphaville - Forever Young
Flock of Seagulls - I ran
Depeche Mode - I just can't get enough
Spandau Ballet - True
Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Men At Work - Down Under
And anything by Smokey Robinson is good.

I must say that your taste is impeccable.

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

 

[Mercury Fred]

Some favorite 80s pop garbage:

"Heart and Soul"- T'Pau
"Centipede"- Rebbie Jackson
"D'ur D'ur D'etre Bebe"- Jordy (this may be 90/91, though)

 

[Lemurnator]

Another Brick In The Wall and Ice Ice Baby aren't 80s.

Didn't the Wall come out in 1980? Or was it 1979.

I think it was the early 80's... but if you can prove me wrong than my all means do so.

I already included Under Pressure.

 

[hXc_thugg]

The Wall came out in '79

 

[Outlaw Pro Mod]

Hall & Oats - Out of Touch and Maneater

Metallica - Seek and Destroy

Joe Jackson - Stepping Out ... Dice beat me to it

Something undeniably 80's is Africa by Toto...

Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me

 

[Error Macro]

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.

 

[Spectral Glider]

One night in Bangkok - Murry Head
Rapture - Blondie
Blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Words - Missing Persons
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Rock me Amadeus - Falco
Der Commissar - After the Fire

 

[Lil' Dice]

Spandau Ballet - Gold
Download it now!!

 

[hXc_thugg]

Black Flag - Rise Above
Minor Threat - Think Again
Bad Brains - Secret 77
Minutemen - The Glory of Man
Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor

Punk rock back when it was good.

 

[Lo-Volt]

Scandal with Patty Smyth, "The Warrior" and Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart." But none on this list hold the same weight with me as Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer." That song =

 

[Lemurnator]

I'll take your word for it, but I just added a few different ones people here seemed to have forgotten.

 

[Polari]

The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
Morrissey - Disappointed
Psychic TV - Godstar
Ministry - Stigmata
New Order - True Faith
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Happy Mondays - Tart Tart

 

[CabbageRed]

I really wasn't listening to much music during the '80's but I suppose there are some:

Oingo Boing: Controller & Nasty Habits
Bowie: Ashes to Ashes
Talking Heads: Crosseyed and Painless & And She Was
Devo: Beautful World

...it seems like most of the songs I think of as belonging to the '80's are actually from '78, '79, '91, and '92.

 

[Lemurnator]

I almost forgot, the entire Appetite for Destruction album by Guns n' Roses.

 

[Loki]

We just had this topic less than 10 days ago. That has to be some sort of record. :lol

 

[CabbageRed]

Something of a cop-out but I suppose I should add the "Little Shop of Horrors" soundtrack.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Dont Dream its Over - Crowded House


Hey now .. Hey now .. Don't dream it's ovvveer...

 

[Companion Cube]

What's that one song from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' where theres a deep voice going "oooooooooh yeeeeeeeeea" That's the best! :lol

 

[hobart]

Someone beat me to "Bankok."

Although... I'm not so sure how many of you would have actually known about this song until they started playing it recently on the radio.

Here's some fan favorites:

It's My Life -- Talk Talk (80s sounding -- 1999)

Dance Hall Days -- Wang Chung
Don't You (Forget About Me) -- Simple Minds
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now -- Starting Line

Waiting for a Star to Fall -- C&C Music Factory (not certain this is 80s...)

And perhaps my favorite: You're the Best -- Joe Esposito

 

[Loki]

Waiting for a Star to Fall -- C&C Music Factory (not certain this is 80s...)

That's by Boy Meets Girl, dude. Not sure why you'd think it was C&C, since they've never done anything remotely similar to that song. Unless you're talking about a different song, that is...


One of my faves, actually.

 

[Lo-Volt]

Duran Duran needs more than one showing. How about "Planet Earth"? And let us not forget the greatness of Prince and the Revolution, for they have given us unworthy sinners Purple Rain.

 

[hobart]

That's by Boy Meets Girl, dude. Not sure why you'd think it was C&C, since they've never done anything remotely similar to that song. Unless you're talking about a different song, that is...


One of my faves, actually.

Here's the funny thing... I have it listed as Boy Meets Girl on the ID3s... I've talked about it to my friends regarding it as Boy Meets Girl... but when I looked it up on the net to see when it was done... C&C popped up all over the place... CLAIMING... it was on an album entitled Boy Meets Girl.

Seeing as how late it was... I just gave into thinking I was wrong all this time... now I'm glad I wasn't.

Thanks!

 

[Loki]

Here's the funny thing... I have it listed as Boy Meets Girl on the ID3s... I've talked about it to my friends regarding it as Boy Meets Girl... but when I looked it up on the net to see when it was done... C&C popped up all over the place... CLAIMING... it was on an album entitled Boy Meets Girl.

Seeing as how late it was... I just gave into thinking I was wrong all this time... now I'm glad I wasn't.

Thanks!

:lol

Hah, funny story. I must admit that C&C Music factory does come up in a lot of song/lyric searches, even when I know for sure that they're not the artist. Perhaps they've paid off google!

 

[Prospero]

Billy Idol--Eyes Without a Face
Level 42--Something About You
Frankie Goes to Hollywood--Relax

 

[Great King Bowser]

Journey - Don't Stop Believing

YES

 

[Doth Togo]

Blue Monday - New Order

 

[human5892]

"Take On Me" makes me want to rip my face off. Ugh.

 

[aparisi2274]

A-Ha - Take on Me
The Go-Go's - Vacation
Journey - Seperate Ways
The Cars - You Might Think

 

[DarienA]

Europe - Final Countdown
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Bon Jovi - Shot Through The Heart
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Starship - We Built This City

Man there's so many more I could pull from my MP3 player.. Phil Collins, Police, etc...

 

[heavy liquid]

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

 

[Father_Brain]

Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Blondie - Atomic
Toto - Africa
Prince - When Doves Cry
Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield

 

[FoneBone]

I LOVE 80s music, so I'll just post some of my favorites -- pretty long list, actually...

A-Ha – Take On Me
A-Ha – The Living Daylights
A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV
AC/DC - Back In Black
AC/DC - Hells Bells
AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Alice Cooper – Poison
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Call Me (definitely my favorite)
Bon Jovi – Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie - Modern Love
David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Def Leppard – Photograph
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Duran Duran - Wild Boys
Europe - Ninja (some of the best worst 80s lyrics)
Europe - Rock the Night
Europe - The Final Countdown
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Eurythmics – Missionary Man
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
Guns N' Roses - My Michelle
Guns N' Roses - Patience
Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
J. Geils Band – Centerfold
J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey - Separate Ways
Loverboy - Working For The Weekend
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order - Blue Monday
New Order - Perfect Kiss
New Order - True Faith
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Prince – 1999
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Prince - When Doves Cry (easily one of the best pop songs ever)
Scandal - The Warrior (more best worst 80s lyrics)
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears – Shout
The Clash - Clampdown
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
The Cure – Just Like Heaven (possibly the best song of the decade, IMO – and one of the best songs ever?)
The Cure – Pictures Of You (another classic)
The Police - Message In A Bottle
The Rolling Stones – Mixed Emotions (well, maybe I’m nuts, but this is one of the few later Stones songs that I like)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Toto - Africa
U2 – I Will Follow
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 – With Or Without You (U2’s best – well, it’s either this or One, anyway)
Van Halen – Panama

And I'm probably forgetting a bunch. As for 80s albums -- Purple Rain, Appetite For Destruction, and New Order - Substance are essentials.

Oh, and I forgot the Talking Heads entirely -- though I'm not sure how much of that was 80s, and how much was 70s...

EDIT: Crap. Thanks, Spectral. Also added in stuff from London Calling (another must-own).

 

[Tamanon]

First off, major props for kicking it off with Save a Prayer, amazing song.

I'll throw in Tears for Fears - Head over Heels, I'm almost positive that was 89.

 

[Afro Thunder]

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins - Playing With The Boys
Heart - If Looks Could Kill
Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle (80's?)
More to come...

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

A recent 2-disc mix I made for a friend, who specified a sampling of 80's. Some well known, others less so, all catchy and great:

It's My Life -- Talk Talk
Is She Really Going Out With Him? -- Joe Jackson
New Frontier -- Donald Fagen
Pump Up the Volume -- M/A/R/R/S
The Big Sky -- Kate Bush
Romeo and Juliet -- Dire Straights
Heart of Glass -- Blondie
The Unguarded Moment -- The Church
Tenderness -- General Public
Roam -- B52s
Love is a Stranger -- Eurythmics
A Message to You Rudy -- Specials
In Betweeen Days -- The Cure
The Other End (of the Telescope) -- Aimee Mann
Ever Fallen in Love? -- Buzzcocks
Don't Dream It's Over -- Crowded House
Settle Down my Boy -- Men at Work
Ana Ng -- They Might be Giants

===

One Step Beyond -- Madness
Catapult -- R.E.M.
High Fidelity -- Elvis Costello
Balloon Man -- Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Respecable Street -- XTC
Sweethearts -- Camper Van Beethoven
I Drove All Night -- Cyndi Lauper
Erica's Word -- Game Theory
Little Girls -- Oingo Boingo
Paranomia (featuring Max Headroom) -- Art of Noise
Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order
Games Without Frontiers -- Peter Gabriel
Rudie Can't Fail -- The Clash
Suburbia -- Pet Shop Boys
Enola Gay -- Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark
Mexican Radio -- Wall of Voodoo
Magic Number -- De La Soul
Mirror in the Bathroom -- English Beat
Come Dancing -- the Kinks
Happy Hour -- the Housemartins
V. Thirteen -- Big Audio Dynamite

In retrospect, I am shocked I moteed the Smiths!

 

[Spectral Glider]

Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Call Me (definitely my favorite)
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blondie - One Way Or Another

Thing is, One Way and Heart of Glass are '78, Atomic makes the cut at '79. It's tough because they all got good rotation up till the mid 80s.

Although... I'm not so sure how many of you would have actually known about this song until they started playing it recently on the radio.

They have? Why? Is it something to do with Chess? I was there for the first go round in '85. I haven't turned on a radio station in about three years, I despise what radio has become.