80s Classics-Pick 5

[Fictionist]

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!

 

[killer b]

newcleus - jam on it
psychic tv - ov power
cybotron - cosmic cars
sir mix-a-lot - square dance rap
slayer - raining blood

 

[Lazy Llama]

"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...

 

[STFC]

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

 

[Bonfirelight]

the power of love - Huey Lewis and the news
the power of love - Frankie Goes to hollywood
the power of love - Jennifer Rush

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Transvision Vamp - Landslide of Love
Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule
Beats International - Dub Be Good to Me
Soul 2 Soul - Back 2 Life
INXS - Mystify

 

[hammerntongues]

Beasties - Fight for your right
Cult - She sells sanctuary
Shamen - Ebeneezer Good
Depeche - New Life
Lil Louey - French Kiss

 

[Lazy Llama]

Shamen - Ebeneezer Good

Not 80's - released September 1992

 

[hammerntongues]

Not 80's - released September 1992

Oops , erase and replace with


Clash - Should I stay ..........


Ps I know it didnt become a " classic " until much later

 

[rekil]

I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates

Was Oates a very very small man or was Hall just tall?

 

[Grandma Death]

Do you mean songs made in the 80s, or songs you like that were very '80s' - if you see what I mean?

Songs made in the 80s.


Some great choices here and I'm d/l some of them as we speak

 

[imposs1904]

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.

 

[imposs1904]

A Forest - The Cure
Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
Wood Beez - Scritti Politti
Duel - Propaganda
Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners

Again, fine selection.

'Duel' is a lost classic, imho.

 

[imposs1904]

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'

 

[MightyAphrodite]

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 )

 

[19sixtysix]

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

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Difficult to choose 5. 25 needed

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

 

[danny la rouge]

Nena- 99 Luftballons

Aha! A purist!

No colour preference in the original.

 

[19sixtysix]

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

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.

 

[Dhimmi]

"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...

 

[N_igma]

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

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

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...

 

[May Kasahara]

It's tough innit?

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.

 

[Orang Utan]

This thread has inspired me to download a 4 gig torrent of 1000 Eighties Pop Classics :cool

 

[Annierak]

Smiths - How soon is now?
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Funboy 3 - Our lips are sealed
Dexys - There, there my dear
Adam & ants - Antmusic

 

[Flashman]

Another five:

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

 

[Fictionist]

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

 

[Wintermute]

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

 

[Structaural]

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)

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Aha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

i love that song ....and i love this thread.