80's tunes: list your faves

Thomas Dolby- Blinded By Science
The Clash- Rock The Casbah
Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio

Yes, I'm extremely bored and jobless at the moment. Please indulge me anyway :icon16:

All I can think of right now is Trooper - The boys in the bright white sports car. Even though that isn't really one of my favoites, I just think it's hallarious.

Dio- Holy Diver
Judas Priest- Turbo Lover

yep. Ill probably think of more later.. :)

Here's a list of the really ugly stuff..

http://www.mad-music.com/index.shtml

and here's another 732 titles to browse.

http://musiclab.co.jp/billboard/at/topsongs80.html

I'LL call

U2 - One Tree Hill

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man

Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac

Kev, you are the greatest!!!:sunglasse

I see your GnR and I raise you...

Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noise

AC/DC - Highway To Hell

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
Van Halen - Jump

Cameo - Word Up

The Police - Every Breath You Take

The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

Kiss - Rock n' Roll All Night

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

I'm sure I'll think up mroe from my old playlist sometime.

Thats an all star list Cyprus.

even though i was born in 85, i can still recall the music, that i've heard throughout my life and I have to say:

Gary Numan - Cars (and glad that Nissan used that song for their Shift Campaign)

Tears For Fears - Shout
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Men at Work - Down Under
The Dazz Band - Let It Whip
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Michael Jackson - I Wanna Rock With You (hey he was still cool in the 80's)
Toto - Africa (one of the very few songs that i can tolerate at work)
Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams (And Into My Car)
Teena Marie - Behind the Groove
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie

it's been a while.....and now i feel like looking into my 80's music collection...man even though i lived through the tail end of it...i still love the 80's

Everything I like is already listed and will be.

All I can add is:

HOLY CRAP THIS THREAD ROCKS!!!!111oneoneonejuan

Dire Straits: Money for nothing
Dire Straits: sultans of swing
Aha: Take on me
A Flock of Seagulls: I ran
The Police: Roxanne
Rightous Brothers: You've lost that loving feeling
Talking Heads: Same as it ever was
Duran Duran: Hungry like the wolf

Naki has it pretty down pat.

Run to paradise has to be up there.

AC/DC - Highway To Hell





that's 70's dude, bon scott was killed in 79, the back in black album with Brian Johnson (their new singer) was relieased in 80.

Just letting you know, but any 80's AC/DC is HELLS BELLS

and THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - Europe!

toni basil- mickey
devo- whip it
michael jackson- thriller, beat it ,bad, billie jean
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Eye Of the Tiger - Survivor
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Quiet Riot
(I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pet Benatar

well thats a few of my favorite cheesy 80 songs that i think havent been brought up

:thumbsup:

Awesome thread.

I can only think of a few at the moment, I'll post a bunch more when I get home and have my mp3 collection to scan over.

Stacey Q - Two of Hearts :lol2: I love that track
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Men At Work - Land Down Under
Human League - Sound of the Crowd
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Toto - Africa
Toto - Hold the Line (though I suppose that's technically 70's)

I'll have a bunch more when I get home :)

survivor- eye of the tiger
Bad company-bad company
- The boys are back in town
Peter Frampton- Do you feel like i do
Styx- mr. roboto
- Sail away
- renegade
Lynrd Skynrd- Simple man
- tuesdays gone
( there is a bunch more just can't think right now)
Nazarith- Black betty
Tom Petty and the heartbreakers- running down a dream
All Late 80's metallica
Def Leppard- pour some sugar
- too late for love

that not even scratching the surface...

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survivor- eye of the tiger
Bad company-bad company
- The boys are back in town
Peter Frampton- Do you feel like i do
Styx- mr. roboto
- Sail away
- renegade
Lynrd Skynrd- Simple man
- tuesdays gone
( there is a bunch more just can't think right now)
Nazarith- Black betty
Tom Petty and the heartbreakers- running down a dream
All Late 80's metallica
Def Leppard- pour some sugar
- too late for love

that not even scratching the surface...

Note my user name...
Wasn't the song "Black Betty" sung by Ram Jam in the '70s? I think I have it on one of my cd's just have to find it.
How about: I Want A New Drug- Huey Lewis& The News
I love Rock and Roll- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Suissudio- Phil Collins
You Spin Me Round- Dead or Alive
Push It - Salt n Pepa
In the Still of the Night- Whitesnake
Love Shack- B52's
Fight For Your Right to Party - Beastie Boys
I Can't Drive 55- Sammy Hagar
Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners
Bust a Move- Young MC
Turning Japanese- The Vapors
Supersonic- J J Fad
I Know what Boys Like- The Waitresses
I Feel For You- Chaka Khan
That's just my short list. I have very eclectic tastes when it comes to '80s music, evident to the songs I listed above.I listened to New Wave in the very early '80s while in high school, then more of a mainstream in the mid 80's and then I either listened to hard rock/heavy metal (you know 'the hair bands') all the way to old school hip/hop dance music. I bought a lot of '80s collection cd's off of eBay in the past few years, and got some really great tunes at a good price.

Wasn't the song "Black Betty" sung by Ram Jam in the '70s? I think I have it on one of my cd's just have to find it.
How about: I Want A New Drug- Huey Lewis& The News
I love Rock and Roll- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Suissudio- Phil Collins
You Spin Me Round- Dead or Alive
Push It - Salt n Pepa
In the Still of the Night- Whitesnake
Love Shack- B52's
Fight For Your Right to Party - Beastie Boys
I Can't Drive 55- Sammy Hagar
Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners
Bust a Move- Young MC
Turning Japanese- The Vapors
Supersonic- J J Fad
I Know what Boys Like- The Waitresses
I Feel For You- Chaka Khan
That's just my short list. I have very eclectic tastes when it comes to '80s music, evident to the songs I listed above.I listened to New Wave in the very early '80s while in high school, then more of a mainstream in the mid 80's and then I either listened to hard rock/heavy metal (you know 'the hair bands') all the way to old school hip/hop dance music. I bought a lot of '80s collection cd's off of eBay in the past few years, and got some really great tunes at a good price.


There has been soo many different artists make their own version of it. Ram jam may have been the original artist, Nazarith is the version i like. But they all do sound the same in a way.

Any Michael Jackson or Prince....... along with some Rakim, Public Enemy, Run-DMC and LL Cool J :D

you guys are all hardcore huh? Nobody likes Prince?

you guys are all hardcore huh? Nobody likes Prince?

Hell yeah, especially "Let's Go Crazy" :D

Some more:

Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Duran Duran - Union of the Snake
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young (or is that 70's?)
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Genesis - That's All
Genesis - Land of Confusion
A-Ha - Take on Me
Bangles - Eternal Flame
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

Ok that's enough for now, lol

I'll post more later.

There has been soo many different artists make their own version of it. Ram jam may have been the original artist, Nazarith is the version i like. But they all do sound the same in a way.
Thanks for the info. I was only familiar w/ Ram Jam's version. Wasn't that song in a movie last year? I was thinking Starsky & Hutch. I don't get to see too many new releases as I wait until it comes out on DVD. I have so many LP's, cassettes, and CD's I can't keep track of everything. I'm looking to get some software to help me organize everything as my collection goes from the 1950's to the present and is probably over 1000 pieces or more, total. BTW I like Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" , I noticed some of the rock stations in my area are starting to play it more often.

I'm looking to get some software to help me organize everything as my collection goes from the 1950's to the present and is probably over 1000 pieces or more, total.

I use the Music Collector software from http://www.collectorz.com/, it works quite well.

BTW, I don't work for them and am not trying to advertise for them, just making a recommendation!

I use the Music Collector software from http://www.collectorz.com/, it works quite well.

BTW, I don't work for them and am not trying to advertise for them, just making a recommendation!
Thanks for that link to that site. I bookmarked it to look at it later. I also am looking at software from PCMag that does the same thing. I want to do a little more research into both before I make a decision. I've looked at eBay once in awhile but don't see anything worthwhile in software for cataloging.

"Rebel without a Pause" Public Enemy
"Rock Box" Run DMC
"Paid in Full" Eric B & Rakim
"Delta Force" Ultramagnetic MC's
"High Plains Drifter" Beastie Boys
"Fuck tha Police" NWA
Oh yeah, and anything by Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.

any judas priest, metallica, gnr

scorpions "rock you like a hurricane"

boston "more than a feeling"

I can see we'd all have fun at a party!! I'll bring the beer!:sunglasse

Don't do beer as much anymore...got any hard liquor?

that's 70's dude, bon scott was killed in 79, the back in black album with Brian Johnson (their new singer) was relieased in 80.

Just letting you know, but any 80's AC/DC is HELLS BELLS

and THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - Europe!


rofl, I KNEW somebody was gonna catch me on that one, I just KNEW it!!! OK, fine then, Back in Black! oooh, ooh, ooh, and one of my all time favorites, Shook Me All Night Long!. Barely eighties, but nonetheless!

You know what i just thought about....

Prince always partied like it was 1999, so what did he actually do in 1999 to party on New Years?

best songs: When Doves Cry and The Beautiful Ones.

and Purple Rain is one of the best albums of all time... its a rare example of a perfect album

rofl, I KNEW somebody was gonna catch me on that one, I just KNEW it!!! OK, fine then, Back in Black! oooh, ooh, ooh, and one of my all time favorites, Shook Me All Night Long!. Barely eighties, but nonetheless!


ha, that's cool, Highway to hell is prob one of their most rockin' songs, period though, I would include it as well

The entire Back in Black album kicks major Aussie rock ass and had the entire world worshiping them, top rock album!

I love the 80's metal, in particular Preist, 'Tallica, Slayer, Bon Jovi, you name it!
Glam rock wasn't that great, but it has some catchy tunes.

Shock The Monkey- Peter Gabriel
Big Time- Peter Gabriel

Shock The Monkey- Peter Gabriel


GAH! :bloated:

Worst song ever

lol

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Can I just ask why no one on either of these cheesy 80's songs threads has even mentioned Soft Cell - Tainted Love???


Doesn't everybody in the whole world know that song?

Because that's not cheesy, it's shitty!

hahaha muahaha LoL, haha, hehe, hahaha *cough* haha, ho ho ho, oh man, that's such a shit song.

Hmm, valid point. I withdraw my previous statement.

Reading this thread is just dragging up painful memories of a childhood full of bad music.

Hmm, valid point. I withdraw my previous statement.




:p I was just messin', The Living End did a pretty cool cover of it :iceslolan

Marylin Manson made a veryy shitty cover :uhoh:

Where is Deep Purple to save us???

you all forgot the legendary

Pseudo Echo - Funky Town

Pretty much anything from Motorhead

Where the Streets Have No Name-U2 (even better live)

"kayleigh" by marillion

...but maybe its only my favorite 80's song because i was named after it. anyway, who cares? it's a good song! :bigthumb:

Metallica- seek and destroy, hit the lights and 4 horse men to name a few....
Judas Priest- Painkiller,hell partol, breaking the law,leather rebel,
Kiss- detroit rock city, black diamond
Motley crue- wild side, girls girls girls, dr feel good
iron maiden- blood borthers, the trooper, run to the hills, aces high
cutting crew- i just died in your arms tonight
europe- the final countdown
Ghetto boys- damn it feels good to be a gangsta (might be mid 90's, idk)
Megadeath
Michael Jackson
Rick james
Peter frampton
Stryper
yngwie malmsteen

any motley crue, Kiss, metallica, maiden, judas priest, peter frampton, eric clapton, MJ, scorpions,slayer, Yngwie M.

J. Geils Band - Centerfold
A-Ha - Take on me
Divinyls - Pleasure and pain
The Swingers - Counting the beat


:)

you gotta fight...for your right...


You guys gotta be able to finish that one, otherwise a lot of my favs have been mentioned, this thread is too awesome, or should I say radical??