Hey, I listen to a lot of corny 80's stuff and I assumed I'm not the only one on the site that does with PTA putting so much of it on his soundtracks. So, I wondered what some of your guys favorite songs from the decade were. I plan on downloading all of them...I want to get into some more of the stuff, I think it's awesome. So don't list bands please, just songs...only the best ones too if you can...just so I don't have to filter through the decent ones.
Yazoo - Situation (the best!! :-D )
Madness - Our House
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
Adam Ant - Stand And Deliver
Herbie Hancock - One Night in Bangkok
New Order - Blue Monday
The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
David Bowie - Let's Dance
....I could go on all night! :wink:
80s = :yabbse-thumbdown:
except for the Safety Dance
Love Will Tear Us Apart, Walk Like an Egyptian, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), When In Rome, sex (i'm a...), Tarzan Boy, Lies, Cars, The Politics Of Dancing, I Wanna Be A Cowboy, And She Was, Girls just wanna have fun, HEAD OVER HEALS, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This, Obsession, Mothers talk, Don't Go, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Rosanna, Notorious, She Bop, Safety Dance, (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Bizarre Love Triangle, Tainted Love, What's On Your Mind, Goody Two Shoes, Our House In The Middle of the Street, Pop Goes The World, Lean on Me(remix), rock me amadeus
80s rock
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman80s = :yabbse-thumbdown:
except for the Safety Dance
:yabbse-thumbup:
Safety Dance??
We can dance.....We dance...nananana....???
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman80s = :yabbse-thumbdown:
except for the Safety Dance
yup.....the only thing that saved the 80's was Guns 'N fuckin' Roses.
Quote from: neatahwantayup.....the only thing that saved the 80's was Guns 'N fuckin' Roses.
Don't be so negative! Show some love. I love you man! :oops:
the thing that saved the eighties was Bruce Springsteen (i'm not talking about Dancing in the Dark)....also, the eighties goth-rock, Smiths, Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen...bands that are huge influences in today's music.
Quote from: moonshineralso, the eighties goth-rock, Smiths, Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen...bands that are huge influences in today's music.
worst....music....ever.
Quote from: moonshinerbands that are huge influences in today's music.
pixies more than any.
Queen: the anti-80s 80s band.
AC/DC kept doing their thing in the 80s
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanQueen: the anti-80s 80s band.
why that? ...queen only had moments in the 70s by the way, the 80s stuff sounds like bon jovi.
Quote from: Phil Marlowewhy that? ...queen only had moments in the 70s by the way, the 80s stuff sounds like bon jovi.
I think albums like "A Kind of Magic" and "The Works" are pure satire...
And I think "The Miracle" and "Innuendo" are pretty good...
i must say that i think the majority of the queen albums suck. the only albums i really enjoy is a night at the opera and sheer heart attack and maybe the game, the rest ive allways seen as a load of semi-shitty albums with a couple of great tracks on them.
so normally, if i want to listen to queen, i put on the greatest hits pt one.
You are asking the connoisseur of 80's music.
Not even scratching the surface, but:
Oh Yeah - Yello (couldn't think of Ferris Bueller without it)
What I Like About You - The Romantics
Love And Pride - King
Pop Muzik - M
Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) - Q-Feel
C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox
Harley David (Son Of A Bitch) - Bollock Brothers
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Something About You - Level 42
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing/Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Holywood
Two Of Hearts - Stacey Q
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco
Somebody's watching Me - Rockwell
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
Kinko The Clown - Ogden Edsl
The Fanatic - Felony
Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts
Make A Curcuit With Me - The Polecats
Everywhere That I'm Not - Translator
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Don't You Want Me/Human - Human League
Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell
Up All Night/I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Big In Japan/Forever Young - Alphaville
Kiss Me With Your Mouth - Tin Tin Duffy
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang Of Four
West End Girls/Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys
Whisper To A Scream - Icicle Works
Da Da Da - Trio
In A Big Country - Big Country
We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
Word Up - Cameo
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Twilight Zone -Golden Earring
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Valley Girl - Moon Unit Zappa
I KNow What Boys Like - The Waitresses
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
Desire - Gene Loves Jezebel
Unbelieveable - EMF
Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Anything, Anything - Dramarama
Ghost Town - The Specials
It's My Life/Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Wow, thank you to everyone...especially cecil and macguffin, thanks so much. Be my guest to post more...especially Macguffin, you are a god man...we share a taste in music. Post some more awesome songs if there are more (you said you only scratched the surface).
Quote from: ebeaman69Post some more awesome songs if there are more (you said you only scratched the surface).
yeah, can we do a sigue sigue sputnik top hundred? ten aint enough.
Quote from: MacGuffinCome On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Couldn't think of Tommy Boy without it.
Quote from: MacGuffinI Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
This song's making a comeback, very infectious...
And ebeaman69 have to give you credit, a sports avatar, a grossly overlooked conversation piece on xixax.
thats cause sports are boring
Quote from: cecil b. dementedthats cause sports are boring
no.....cricket aint :-D
Quote from: moonshiner
And ebeaman69 have to give you credit, a sports avatar, a grossly overlooked conversation piece on xixax.
Thanks man...I was sort of running out of ideas for movie/music ones...thought it would be cool to show some love for Syracuse...final 4 champs baby. 8)
Don't give me too much credit too fast though. College basketball is like the only sport I watch frequently and always enjoy. The only football game I watch is the super bowl. I'll play any sport for fun but I don't watch them too often. I do think basketball is great in everyway though...for fun, for exercise, watching on tv, going to games, everything...it's definitely one of my loves...it's more than a sport.
Anybody remember the song "basketball jones" by cheech and chong? I fucking love that song.
Here's a mix cd of 80's songs I made.
1. lionel richie - all night long
2. prince - kiss
3. Blacksheep - this or that
4. Buggles - video killed the radio star
5. INXS - I need you tonight
6. Talking Heads - Same As It Ever Was
7. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (To Have A Good Time)
8. Prince - Raspberry Beret
9. Cars - Just What I needed
10. Devo - Whip It
11. Joan Jett - Crimson and Clover
12. Ramones - I wanna be sedated
13. David Bowie - let's dance
14. Madonna - Material Girl
15. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
16. Supertramp - Give a little bit
17. Squeeze - Pulling Mussels
I haven't even touched upon
Siousxie and the Banshees
The Cure
Devo
Bauhaus
Echo & The Bunnyman
The Art Of Noise
Billy Idol
Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
Talking Heads
Wham
Eurythimics
Duran Duran
Bow Wow Wow
XTC
B-52's
The Go-Go's
J. Geils Band
The Cult
Joe Jackson
Pat Benetar
Cyndi Lauper
Blondie
The Pretenders
Bananarama
Simple Minds
Stray Cats
Hall & Oates
Men At Work
You're all forgetting about a little album called The Joshua Tree by U2. That record along with Appetite For Destruction totally bailed out the 80s.
I think "Panic" by The Smiths sums up my view of most '80s music...
...by the way, The Smiths were not "goth" in any sense of the term. A true cinephile would know that. Their single and album sleeves depicted screen stars in films by Andy Warhol, Cocteau... their sensibility was all Billy Liar. Very kitchen-sink, and I think the great streak of humor is very overlooked. I think they're one of the best pop groups overall, and I hate the way they're pigeonholed. "They have English accents and sing about sad things sometimes, so they must be 'goth'." Typical ignorant American attitude. They were pop-music kitchen-sink English-new-wave sardonic neorealists, as anyone who listens will hear.
I like the Go-Go's a lot, too.
Roxy Music and Blondie did their really worthwhile stuff in the '70s, I think... the '80s were a bit embarrassing for them. And I restrict most of my Siouxsie intake to the '77-'84 period; it got a little rank, too, by the late '80s and early '90s.
David Bowie was the worst in the '80s, though... how could he have? I don't think the Orwellian-doom version of Bowie in Velvet Goldmine was that far off...
I think it's pretty silly to pretend that because a song was from the '80s, it's indicative of something. I mean, I don't really mean to be a snob, but I have my limits, and including the wonderful Jam on the same list as Kim fucking Wilde for the sake of chronological felicity totally violates them.
Holy triple posts, Batman! :shock:
I was off on a tangent. Don't even try goin' after my Smiths!
Quote from: godardianDon't even try goin' after my Smiths!
http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=960
Quote from: European SonAppetite For Destruction totally bailed out the 80s.
:idea:
Thanks... I scurried over there and posted directly.
This post will probably not add a whole lot, but I love really bad music, and right now Sheena Easton with Morning Train from 1981 is so high up my list of most beloved bad songs that I will be singing it for at least the next six months.
Singer Marc Almond critically injured in bike crash
LONDON, (AFP) - Pop singer Marc Almond, best known for the song "Tainted Love", a global hit for his band Soft Cell in 1981, has been critically injured in a motorbike crash.
Almond, 48, was riding as pillion passenger on the bike when it was involved in an accident with a car on Sunday afternoon in London's financial district.
Almond suffered severe head injuries and motorbike driver was also badly hurt, police said.
"Both the motorcycle rider and the pillion passenger are in hospital. The rider has severe injuries and the pillion passenger is critical," a spokesman for City of London police said.
"City of London Police are investigating the collision. We can confirm that one of the parties was Soft Cell's Marc Almond," he added.
"Tainted Love", a cover version of a 1964 song by soul singer Gloria Jones, was the biggest hit for synthesiser duo Soft Cell, becoming the top selling single of 1981 in Britain, also remaining an astonishing 43 weeks in the US pop charts.
In recent years, Almond has mainly recorded as a solo artist, attracting a smaller but loyal following
how i never saw this 80's stuff?! i loved 80's
it's so sad what Marc Almond is going through, Tainted Love is an excellent song...
Quote from: MacGuffinC'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
god! i'm looking for that song looooong ago and i can't find the fucking album, :( guess i have to buy it by Amazon
expensive.com :cry:
some of my songs
Kissing a fool- George Michael (my old favorite)
Father figure- George Michael
The Sweetest Taboo- Sade
Paradise-Sade
Easy- Lionel Richie
Sowing The Seeds of Love- Tears for fears
Woman in Chains- Tears for fears
Avalon- Roxy Music
To Turn you on- Roxy Music
More than this- Roxy Music
Slave to love- Bryan Ferry
Windswept- Bryan Ferry
Where the Streets Have no Name- U2
With or Without You- U2
Desire- U2
Angel of Harlem- U2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For- U2
Jericho- Simply Red
The Right Thing- Simply Red
If You Don't Know Me by Now- Simply Red
Don't Blame It on That Girl- Matt Bianco
Half a Minute- Matt Bianco
Good Times- Matt Bianco
Black Celebration- Depeche Mode
Strangelove- Depeche Mode
Don't Get Me Wrong- Pretenders
Take me Home- Phil Collins
Hold on My Heart- Genesis
and those are just some of my favs
Dead Man's Party ~ Oingo Boingo
Kids In America ~ Kim Wilde
two forgotten gems