Favorite 80s Song?
Favorite 80s Song?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Favorite 80s Song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 12:29pm
Last night VH1 was repeating "Top 100 songs from the 1980s". I don't know who voted, but the Top 5 were not the best of the 80s. I know, I was there.
What should the Top 5 songs from the 80s be?
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#2re: Favorite 80s Song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 1:36pm
Do you have a link to the list?
Not best, but favorites that come to mind. Though I think some of the best music from the eighties came from some of the less popular bands like Nina Hagen, The Waitresses, The Motels, The Dead Kennedys, etc.
Take on Me - Ah HA
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
I confess - General Public
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
With or Without you - U2
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mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#2re: Favorite 80s Song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 1:44pm
I can't pick just four. So here are some:
Take On Me - A-Ha
Duran Duran - Come Undone
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Debbie Gison - Electric Youth
Seventh Avenue - No Mans Land
Tierra - Together
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Two Of Hearts - Stacey Q
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Blue Monday - New Order
The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
Land Of Confusion - Genesis
Call Me - Blondie
Power Of Love - Huey Lewis And The News
Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
Practically the '80s:
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
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Updated On: 1/21/08 at 01:44 PM
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#3favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 1:49pm
some that scream 80's to me:
beach party vietnam - dead milkmen
nzai punks _ _ _ _ off - dead kennedys
blue monday - new order
in my head - black flag
beyond and back - x
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#4favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 1:54pmJourney - Don't Stop Believing or George Michael - Faith!
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luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#5favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 1:58pm
1. With or Without You - U2
2. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
3. When Doves Cry - Prince
4. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
5. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
That's my list anyway.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:02pm
VH1's Top 5 were:
1. Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
2. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
3. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. When Doves Cry - Prince
My memory is that while Billie Jean was big because of the Moonwalk, Thriller was bigger because of how cool the video was.
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Updated On: 1/21/08 at 02:02 PM
ALittleNorthofKansas
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/04
#7favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:21pm
Anything by
New Order
The Cure
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
echo on - How soon is Now - The Smiths
#8favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:28pm
My fave 80s songs are:
1. Never As Good As The First Time - Sade
2. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
3. When Doves Cry - Prince
4. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) - Grace Jones
5. Young Turks - Rod Stewart
Honorable mention:
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson, released in 79.
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luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#9favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:29pmI know, it's hard to imagine I have a top 5 of the 80's with no Cure, New Order, Eurythmics, Pretenders, or Clash on it. I guess it wasn't that bad of a decade for music after all.
#10favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:29pm
Scott took mine. As far as I'm concerned, "Don't Stop Believin'" is the definitive '80s song.
I remember seeing VH1's special back in August, seeing that they put Livin' On A Prayer" at the top andbeing really annoyed. Maybe that's just because I hate Bon Jovi. Then again, i wasn't really alive for the '80s, so...
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#11favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:33pmLest anyone forget, the 80s also brought us the artistry of Paula Abdul and Bobby Brown.
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mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#12favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:39pmI didn't forget. Ok, well I did forget Paula. which is a HUGE oversight. *editing*
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#13favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:42pmHave y'all heard her new song? It's surprisingly not bad, in an electronic-Britney-esque way.
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#14favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:43pmI wasn't feeling the song. It was just the blurb on TMZ, right? Is there a full version?
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#15favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:56pmi'll never ever hear or read the words bobby brown without thinking of zappa's classic bobby brown goes down.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#16favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:57pm
Everybody Wants To Rule the World
The Glamorous Life
True
Breakout
(Keep Feeling) Fascination
Let the Music Play
Relax
Things Can Only Get Better
Rhythm Nation
Holiday
Love Is In Control (Finger on the Trigger)
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broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#17favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 3:22pm
Don't Stop Believin'
Take On Me
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Don't You Forget About Me
Heartbreaker
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LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#19favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 3:35pm
HUMAN - The Human League
my favorite 80's song.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#20favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 3:44pm
Actually, other than 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' I like the VH-1 choices.
'Thriller' is a better Michael Jackson song.
And I'd put in 'On the Metro' from Berlin, just because 'On the Metro' RULES.
#21favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 3:47pmrun to the hills - iron maiden
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 3:50pm
"Actually, other than 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' I like the VH-1 choices."
Unfortunately, the list doesn't include any women. Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Bonnie Tyler, The Bangles. Couldn't they find one woman?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#23favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 6:24pmThey have all of those women on the list, Goth. Some twice.
#24favorite 80s song?
Posted: 1/21/08 at 6:32pm
I have so many, but off the top of my head:
Walking on Sunshine-Katrina and the Waves
Don't You Want Me-Human League
Love is Alright Tonight-Rick Springfield
King of Pain-the Police
Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran
Total Eclipse of the Heart-Bonnie Tyler
Holiday-Madonna
Money For Nothing-Dire Straits
The Breakup Song-Greg Kihn Band
Let's Go Crazy-Prince and the Revolution
Eyes Without a Face-Billy Idol
It's the End of the World-REM
Billie Jean-Michael Jackson
Geez, I could go on and on. I'm an 80s nut.
OH and the best video of the 80s is "When The Rain Begins to Fall" by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora.
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