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Best songs from the 80's.......

posted 17 years ago by espymu
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i have got a few

1) simply red - holding back the years
2) martika - toy soldiers
3) cars - drive
4) pretenders - i'll stand by you
5) heart - alone
6) jose mari chan - beautiful girl
7) baltimora - tarzan boy
8) shakin stevens - because i love you
9) cutting crew - i just died in your arms
10) foreigner - i want to know what love is
11) stephen bishop - it might be you
12) richard marx - hazard

and the list goes on from chicago, air supply to The Police to Tears for Fears.....

any great songs from the 80's that you guys would like to share???

[–] loneandersen 16 years ago

So many good songs from the 80's. I can see from the lists that favourites vary a lot, and it probably depends a lot on your age in the 80's. I'm from 1972 and preferred the happy pop songs and dance music along with a few teenage "nobody understands me" songs.

But, the ones I keep returning to:

Nik Kershaw: Wouldn't It Be Good
Gazebo: I Like Chopin
Belois Some: Imagination
Hall & Oates: Out Of Touch
Heaven 17: Temptation
Pet Shop Boys: Love Comes Quickly and Opportunities
New Order: True Faith

I'll probably think of more once I turn off my PC.

Oh, and someone called A-Ha a one hit wonder - The Living Daylights was a big hit in the 80's, as was Hunting High and Low. They are still a popular live band in Europe and make very good mature pop music. I'd recommend their album Minor Earth Major Sky. Morten Harkett still has an amazing voice.

[–] BethH24 16 years ago

I can think of loads !.I'll list some for now :

1.Take on me-a-ha
2.the sun always shines on tv-a-ha
3.temptation-Heaven17
4.Imagination-Belious Some
5.What have i dont to deserve this ?-Pet shop boys
6.Suburbia-Pet shop boys
7.West end girls-Pet shop boys
8.Simply irrestible-Robert palmer
9.Hyperactive-Robert Palmer
10.Addicted to love-Robert Palmer
11.The king of rock and roll-Prefab sprout
12.Out of touch-Hall and Oates
13.We didnt start the fire-Billy Joel
14.Downeaster Alexa-Billy Joel
15.Pressure-Billy Joel
16.Sweet dreas-Eurythmics
17.Love is a stranger-Eurythmics
18.Here comes the rain-Eurythmics
19.Money's too tight to mention-Simply red
20.Holding back the years-Simply red
21.Never gonna give you up-Rick Astley
22.Dont leave me this way-The communards
23.Keep me hanging on-Kim Wilde
24.Kids in america-Kim wilde
25.Got to be certain-kylie minogue
26.hand on your heart-kylie minogue
27.step back in time-kylie minogue
28.true blue-madonna
29.live to tell-madonna
30.like a prayer-madonna
31.who's that girl ?-madonna
32.and she was-talking heads
33.road to nowhere-talking heads
34.burning down the house-talking heads
35.once in a lifetime-talking heads
36.living a boy's adventure tale-a-ha
37.you spin me round ( like a record ) -dead or alive
38-you make my dreams-hall and oates
39.dont you forget about me-simple minds
40.st elmo's fire-john parr

I'll probably add some more aswell lol,there's loads more good songs besides those !

[–] mbgeorge 16 years ago

Call Me/Tide is High - Blondie
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Love Shack/Song for a Future Generation - B-52s
Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) - Squeeze
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Rock the Casbah - the Clash

[–] wabashsis09 16 years ago

I think it's already been said, but deffinatly Cutting Crew - I just died in your arms tonight. Best song EVER.

"I found God on the corner of 1st and Amistad. Where the West was all but won."

[–] Impenneteri 16 years ago

Here are some song you probably forgotten

Jack Wagner - Too Young
Kenny Loggins - Forever
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock
Heart - Alone
Heart - What About Love
Psychedelic Furs - Ghost in you
Chicago - Hard Habit to break
Dennis de young - Call Me
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight this feeling
Loverboy - Heaven in your eyes
Cheap trick - THe Flame
Faithfully - Journey
Robin Beck - The first time
Fra Lippo Lippi - Light and Shade
Kenny Loggins - Playin with the boys
Scott Grimes - Show me the way to your heart
Loverboy - This could be the night
El de Barge - Who's Holding Donna Now
El de Barge - Starlight Express
Corey Hart - Never Surrender
Robin Gibb - Boys do fall in love
The Cars - Drive
Richard Marx - Hold on to the nights
Debbie Gibson - No More Rhyme
harem Scarem - Honestly
Wait -White Lion
Hungry - White Lion
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
White Snake - here I go again
Warrant - Heaven

I could literally type all my songs in my media player's library.

[–] espymu 15 years ago

bump

[–] MedioSiglo 15 years ago

I love 80's music, but the epitome of 80's for me are True by Spandau Ballet and Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.

Why ain't you at the garden party you heathen?

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[–] mensur_sony 15 years ago

I didn't checked other posts but these ones comes to my mind:
Cutting Crew - I Just Died in Your Arms
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69, Run To You, Heat of the Night, Cuts like a Knife, Heaven, Straight from the Heart, It's Only Love, Somebody, This Time
Opus - Live is Life
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Last Christmas
George Michael - Faith, I Want Your Sex, Careless Whisper
Eagles - Hotel California
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
Lionel Ritchie - Hello
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Queen - I Want It All, Radio Ga Ga, Under Pressure, It's A Hard Life
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of My Heart
Modern Talking - Brother Louie
Elton John - Sacrifice
Madonna - La Isla Bonita, True Blue, Like A Prayer, Live to Tell
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean, Beat It
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Bad English - When I See You Smile
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
Marillon - Keyleigh
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
Bonnie Raitt - No Way to Treat a Lady
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Duran Duran - Wild Boys

[–] sarcastic_chef 15 years ago

Any depeche mode song from the 80's

I'm sorry, your opinion was not included in the recipe!

[–] espymu 14 years ago

bump

[–] rooprect 14 years ago

Great picks, everyone. Too many to list, so I'll whittle it down to my absolute tops.
Songs that kicked ass in the 80s and still kick ass today.

1. The Fixx - Deeper & Deeper
2. Big Country - In a Big Country
3. Billy Squier - The Stroke
4. Genesis - Abacab
5. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
6. The Power Station - Bang a Gong
7. Siouxie & the Banshees - Peekaboo
8. Robert Plant - Big Log (or Sixes & Sevens, if you know that one)
9. Rush - Tom Sawyer
10. Blondie - Rapture
11. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
12. Men at Work - Overkill
13. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

and just because it had the best video EVER...
A-ha - Take on Me

[–] Simon-140 14 years ago

And a ton of stuff by New Order!

[–] HarlowMGM 14 years ago

Most of you posting appear to be British as several of the songs or singers you choose were not popular in America (I'm not sure if Shakin' Stevens even had a record released in the States). I love Erasure and New Order but didn't discover them until the 1990's because they got very little attention here in the 1980's.

Some of my favorites in no particular order -
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (still THE 80's song to me)
Madonna - Material Girl
Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu
Rick Springfield - Human Touch
Erasure - Oh, Lamour
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Big Country - In A Big Country
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate
the blonde from ABBA (can't spell her name - I Can't Shake Loose
Tina Turner - nearly everything she did this decade
Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This
Donna Summer - Cold Love (not a big hit but one of her best)
Dolly Parton - Downtown (ditto)
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Eddy Grant - Romancing the Stone
Toni Basil - Mickey
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Gary US Bonds - This Little Girl
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Dottie West - A Lesson in Leavin'
Johnny Hates Jazz-Shattered Dreams
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Pat Benatar - Strangers of the Night
Asia - The Heat of the Moment
Crosby Stills & Nash - Wasted on the Way
The Beach Boys - Kokomo

[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

it's good to relive the 80s with the tunes.... but all other things from the 80s need to stay in the past! (the hair--mullets for sure, neon anything, spandex shorts, leggings under a denim skirt, big bows in the hair, like Debbie Gibson's!, layered skirts!, big glasses, acid wash jeans)

i've perused a few lists and have not seen anyone mention:

Scorpions - Wind of Change! it will always remind me of the Berlin Wall coming down!
The Beach Boys - Kokomo!
Patience
Pour some sugar on me - Def Leopard?
Hands to Heaven
Footloose

i will echo some I have seen:

Martika - Toy Soldiers
Culture Club - Kharma Chameleon
Wham - Wake me up before you go go
Human
Nena - 99 Luft Balloons

[–] katgurl81 13 years ago

Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me With Science...

[–] dancingtree_10 13 years ago

Anything by Depeche Mode