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80s Classics-Pick 5

Breakout - Swing Out Sister
Boogie Down Bronx - Man Parish
Dreamer - BB & Q Band
Fade to Grey - Visage
I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates

12" mixes/remixes of course!
 
newcleus - jam on it
psychic tv - ov power
cybotron - cosmic cars
sir mix-a-lot - square dance rap
slayer - raining blood
 
"Mind At The End Of The Tether" - Tackhead
"Rip It Up" - Orange Juice
"Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" - Pigbag
"Out Come The Freaks" - Was (Not Was)
"Crackdown" - Cabaret Voltaire

There are too many others, I need to add The Fall, Devo, Young Marble Giants and hordes of others...
 
A different five today:

Adam and The Ants - Prince Charming
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Sister Sledge - Frankie
Doug E Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew - The Show
Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five - White Lines
 
I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates
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Was Oates a very very small man or was Hall just tall?
 
Not a definitive list (it would take time to ponder!) but five that spring to mind:

"Rip it Up" - Orange Juice
"World Shut Your Mouth" - Julian Cope
"Whole of the Moon" - The Waterboys
"We Care Alot" - Faith No More
"Big Decision" - That Petrol Emotion

(yeah, I know they're kind of bunched up 83-87 ish)

Fine selection. :D
 
Lost of people have already nabbed songs that I possibly would have plumped for, but here's an alternative top 5 from the (early) eighties:

The Pretenders - 'Brass In Pocket'
XTC - 'Senses Working Overtime'
Japan - 'Ghosts'
Lotus Eaters - 'First Picture Of You'
Scotland World Cup Squad - 'We Have A Dream'
 
Nena- 99 Luftballons
Pat Benatar- Love is a Battlefield
a-ha- Take On Me
Culture Club- Karma Chameleon
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean

(i think im gonna have to listen to those now :o :D )
 
Difficult to choose 5. 25 needed
Here's 5 that haven't been mentioned.

Farmer's Boys - Muck It Out
Urban Osprey - The Nightingales
Story of the Blues _ The Mighty Wah
The Porrohman - Big Coutry
Christian - China Crisis
 
more like 250....the 80's are my favourite decade of music easy....my no so guilty pleasure are listening to some of those cheesy pop tunes and singing my guts out...i love the 80's :D :D

Its when I grew up.

So there are those tunes from then that I would not have been seen dead near. Duran Duran come to mind but I'd bop along these days. There was a lot of shite though.
 
"Last White Christmas" Basement 5
"Too much too young" The Specials
"Night Boat to Cairo" Madness
"Victoria" The Fall
"Love will tear Us apart" Joy Division

Might wibble on there being a lack of HMHB though, and then complain about how low the capacity of MP3 players is...
 
Don Henley-The boys of Summer

Foreigner-I want to know what love is

The Smiths-This Charming man

Simple Minds-Don't You (Forget about me)

The Cure-Lovecats
 
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Dream Academy Life in a Northern Town
Foreigner I want to know what love is
Wang Chung Dance Hall Days
Prince Little Red Corvette
Supertramp Take the Long way Home
Journey Don't Stop Believing
Toto Africa
Don Henley Boys of Summer
Madonna Like a Prayer
Billy Idol White Wedding

I couldn't stop at five...
 
It's tough innit? :D

Glad to see Boys of Summer getting some love here, it's a fantastic song. Also have just remembered that Turning Japanese by the Vapours NEEDS to be included at some point.
 
Smiths - How soon is now?
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Funboy 3 - Our lips are sealed
Dexys - There, there my dear
Adam & ants - Antmusic
 
Another five:

Rock me Amadeus - Falco
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
On My Radio - The Selector
 
Another 5:

Rain or Shine - Five Star
I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mic) - Spyder D
All & All (UK Remix) - Joyce Sims
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
 
Aha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Talking Heads - And The Days Go By

80's pop FTW :cool:
 
Ghost Town - The Specials
It must be love - Madness
Follow the Leader - Eric B & Rakim
When Doves Cry - Prince
Old England - Waterboys

(chosen for the memories associated)
 
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