Favorite songs from the 80s go here

[Sauron]

And tell us why.

Come on, you know you have one. :chin:
Or maybe two. :yup:

I'll start with some of mine.

"The Look of Love" - ABC
"True" - Spandau Ballet
"She Blinded Me with Science" - Thomas Dolby
"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"Shout" - Tears for Fears
"So Far Away" - Dire Straits
"Love My Way" - Psychedelic Furs


Why?
Hands-down the happiest time of my life - going to college at the University of Washington; my first introduction to punk rock, new wave, rockabilly - and real life.

[Sauron]

Crap! How could I forget:

"I Ran" - A Flock of Seagulls
"The Sun Always Shines on TV" - A-ha
"When Smokey Sings" - ABC
"Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant
"Let's Dance" - David Bowie
"Need you Tonight" - INXS

Another obligatory picture of my alma mater:

[LiveToRide]

You listed a few of my favorites there, Sauron. How 'bout "Don't You Forget About Me" from The Breakfast Club...the greatest 80's MOVIE ever?

[Bullet]

80's had the best music.

How about the rock anthem "Turn up the radio" by Autograph.

"You can still rock in America"---Night Ranger

"You give love a bad name"---Bon Jovi

"Jump"---Van Halen

"Sister Christain"--Night Ranger

And the one about MTV from Dire straights

[Sauron]

You listed a few of my favorites there, Sauron. How 'bout "Don't You Forget About Me" from The Breakfast Club...the greatest 80's MOVIE ever?

Gawd that brings back memories.

80s movies?

"The Lost Boys" - also had a kickass soundtrack.

[Sauron]

And the one about MTV from Dire straights

Money for Nothing.

Crap! Forgot Boy George!
"Time" -
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
"Karma Chameleon"

"Shock the Monkey" - Peter Gabriel

"Mary's Prayer" - Danny Wilson

"Learning to Fly" - Pink Floyd

[livius drusus]

"If You Leave" -- OMD

"Rent" -- Pet Shop Boys

"You Might Think" -- Cars

"Fast Car" -- Tracy Chapman

"When Doves Cry" -- Prince

"Blasphemous Rumors" -- Depeche Mode

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart" -- Yes

"Spiderman" -- The Cure

[TomJoe]

Land Down Under and Who Can It Be Now - Men at Work
Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
(I Wear My) Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II
Whip It - Devo
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Tainted Love - Soft Cell

... the list goes on and on ...

[wei yau]

"Our House" - Madness
"Sweet Dreams" - Eurythmics

(PS: Can OCD be contagious? I might have caught some of it from liv. This thread title has the decade only (80s), but the sister thread title is formatted differently as "1990s". This bothers me. I should seek help.)

[SharonDee]

"Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats

[Shake]

Synchronicity II - The Police

[Godless Wonder]

Van Halen: Panama and Unchained, Hot for Teacher, Ain't talkin 'bout love/you really got me.
Beastie Boys: You gotta fight for your right to....
Motley Crue: Wild Side, Girls Girls Girls, She's got the looks that kill,
Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name
Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel the Noize
Ozzy: Crazy Train, Over the Mountain, Suicide Solution, Bark at the Moon
Dio: Gypsy, Rainbow in the Dark
All that old metallica, but esp: Call of Ktulu, Master of Puppets, and I remember thinking Seek and Destroy was the shit, but I made myself kind of sick of it.
AC/DC: Back in Black (the whole album, front to back, preferably while drinking beer and playing darts.)
The Cars: Let the good times roll (technically 1978, but who's counting, I wasn't familiar with it until 1985 or so.)
Rush: Tom Sawyer

There was a bunch of of Led Zep and CCR I was listening to in the '80s, but I guess they aren't really '80s.

[Dingfod]

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
Drive - The Cars
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Walk Like and Egyptian - The Bangles
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Too-Rye-Aye - Dexys Midnight Runners

[LiveToRide]

We have all forgotten one of the best 80's bands: DEF LEPPARD!!!!! Damn, I loved them....Pick a song, any song....

[beyelzu]

every song on nirvana bleach


came out in 89

[HarryLime]

Same criteria apply as my post in the 90's song thread.

Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
It's a Sin - Pet Shop Boys
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

God help me.

Will

[Dingfod]

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
Drive - The Cars
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Walk Like and Egyptian - The Bangles
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Too-Rye-Aye - Dexys Midnight Runners

I forgot to say why: Because I'm weird.

[godfry n. glad]

Anything by Dire Straits.

Although their first album (with "Sultans of Swing") and Communique were both products of the 70s, Making Movies and Brothers in Arms were early 80s products and I've been boogin' to them ever since.

Mark Knopfler also scored the all-time great film Princess Bride.

[Dingfod]

Dire Straights is all good stuff.

I liked Men at Work too, but only their Business As Usual album, their second one, Cargo, sucked rotten kangaroo dicks by comparison.

I was just trying to pick out stuff others hadn't mentioned, but if I can include the others:
I still like to hear Tainted Love by Soft Cell when it comes on the radio as well as
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night by Corey Hart. Speaking of sunglasses, The Future's So Bright I Got To Wear Shades by Timbuk3 was my theme song when I first came into the home office fresh from the field. I also liked Our House by Madness and most everything by the Eurythmics

[Ymir's blood]

Some of these are depressing, most I just like because they're beautiful and weird.

Soft Cell ~ Tainted Love
Tears for Fears ~ Shout
Men at Work ~ Land Down Under, Who Can It Be Now
Eurythmics ~ Sweet Dreams, Here Comes The Rain Again
CheapTrick ~ Surrender
Bugglers ~ Video Killed the Radio Star
Mike N Mechanics ~ Silent Running
Tom Petty (&The Heartbreakers) ~ Don't Come Around Here No More, Free Falling, I Won't Back Down, Zombie Zoo

I loved Zombie Zoo the first time I heard the album, Full Moon Fever for it's spooky horror movie sound. Odd that some fifteen years later I actually hear songs from the subculture TP's talking about...

Bauhaus ~ Double Dare, The Passion Of Lovers, She's in Parties
The Damned ~ Grimly Fiendish
Siouxie & The Banshees ~ Dear Prudence, Cities In Dust
The Cure ~ Lovesong

[TomJoe]

Listening to A Message In a Box - The Police, and I can't believe I didn't nominate:

Message In A Bottle by The Police

Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
With no one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle

A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle

Walked out this morning
Don't believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
A hundred billion castaways
Looking for a home

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle

Sending out an SOS

[livius drusus]

I've been listening to the 80s station on my cable all morning and it's reminded me that I love:

Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith

I must now echo Will's God help me.

[livius drusus]

Oh yeah, Phil Collins and Phil Bailey singing Easy Lover and Cutting Crew's I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight. This station has been keeping me well entertained today.