Best of the 80s

[paul_oshea]

Lets say you were having a party and you wanted to put on some 80s classics, what would make your list?! heres mine:


A Different Corner - George Michael
A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Africa - Toto
Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
Always on my mind - Pet shop Boys
Always Something There To Remi - Naked Eyes
Atomic - Blondie
Avalon - Bryan Ferry - Roxy Music
Baby I love your way - Will to Power
Beat It - Micheal Jackson
Because your kiss is on my list - Hall & Oats
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Billy Jean - Micheal Jackson
Black - Wonderful Life
Blue Monday - New Order
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Broken Wings - Mr Mister
Call Me - Blondie
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
Cars - Paul Newman
Close To Me - The Cure
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Crazy For You - Madonna
Crockett's Theme (Miami Vice) - Jan Hammer
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Do You Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Don't get me wrong - The Pretenders
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Dont Dream Its Over - Crowded House
Double - The Captain Of Her Heart
Drive - The Cars
Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Phil Bailey
Electric Blue - Icehouse
Englishman in new york - Sting
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Every Step You Take - The Police
Everybody Wants To Rule The Wo - Tears For Fears
Eye Of The Tiger (Rocky Theme) - Survivor
Eyes without face - Billy Idol
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Foot Loose - Kenny Loggins
Forever Now - Cold Chisel
Fraction Too Much Friction - Tim Finn
Funkytown - Lips Inc
Get Out of My Dreams Get into - Billy Ocean
Girls just want to have fun - Cyndi Lauper
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Glory of Love (The Karate Kid) - Peter Cetera
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
Heart - Alone.
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
Highway to the Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Hot in the city - Billy Idol
How Soon Is Now - Smiths
Hungry Eyes - Eric Carman
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
I Don't Want A lover - Texas
I Don't Want To Lose Your Love - Outfield
I Guess That's Why They Call I - Elton John
I Just Died In Your Arms Tonig - Cutting Crew
I Need You Tonight - INXS
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
I Wear My Sun Glasses At Night - Cory Hart
I've Been Waiting - Foreigner
Icehouse - Crazy
Icehouse - Hey little girl
Icehouse - Street Cafe
If you dont know me by now - Simply Red
It Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics
It's Alright - Eurythmics
Its A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
Jump - The Pointer Sisters
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Keep on Loving You - Reo SpeedWagon
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Kockamo - Beach Boys
Kyrie - Mr Mister
Land Downunder - Men at Work
Last Christmas - Wham!
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Life's what you make it - Talk Talk
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Lionel Richie - Hello
Love changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
Love Of The Common People - Paul Young
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
Manic Monday - Bangles
Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
Miracle Of Love - Eurythmics
Missing You - John Waite
More Than This - Bryan Ferry - Roxy Music
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
New Order - True Faith
Nikita - Elton John
Nothing's Gona Stop Us Now - Starship
Obsession - Animotion
One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
Paul Young - Oh Girl
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
Phil Collins - One More Night
Red Red Wine - UB40
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
Richard Marx - Hazard
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Ride like the wind - Christopher Cross
Run To You - Bryan Adams
Running With the Night - Lionel Richie
Sad Songs (say so much) - Elton John
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Sara - Starship
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Send Me an Angel - Pet Shop Boys
Shake you Down - Gregory Abbott
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Shout - Tears for Fears
Simply Irresistable - Robert Palmer
Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Smooth Operator - Sade
Something's gotten Hold of my - Marc Almold
Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Stuck with you - Huey Lewis and The News
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Take My Breath Away (Top Gun) - Berlin
Take on me - A-Ha
Take the Pressure Down - John Farnham
Talking Heads - And She Was
Talking Heads__Road to nowhere
The Final Countdown - Europe
The Heat Is On (Beverly Hills - Glen Frey
The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
The Power of Love (Back to the - Huey Lewis and the News
The Riddle - Nik Kershaw
These Dreams - Heart
Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
Thriller - Micheal Jackson
Thunder Only Happens When It R - Fleetwood Mac
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
True - Spandau Ballet
True Colours - Cyndi Lauper
Turn Back the Clock - Johnny Hates Jazz
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Valerie - Steve Winwood
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
Waiting for A star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
Wake me up before you go go - Wham!
Walking on sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
We Built This City - Starship
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Wham - Careless Whisper
What a Feeling - Flashdance
What Have I Done to Deserve Th - Pet Shop Boys
When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
When Two tribes go to war - Frankie goes to Hollywood
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Wild boys - Duran Duran
With or Without You - U2
Wouldn't It be Good - Nik Kershaw
You cant hurry Love - Phil Collins
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
You're The Voice - John Farnham

When I think of the 80s I think of pop, not necessarily cheesy but that was the overall genre for me. I also think of the likes of the cure, smiths, pet shop boys, kim wilde etc, plus one hit wonders like black.

For the younger members ( like myself ) some of the above would be the ones that go "oh ya i know that one" when ye hear it but not the name itself...

[Kingdom]

Lets say you were having a party and you wanted to put on some 80s classics, what would make your list?! heres mine:

Jesus Paul you really didn't like the 80's eh?:D

[jebus]

Jesus Paul you really didn't like the 80's eh?

:D:D:D

[paul_oshea]

:D:D

no, hated it, thought i would post that to prove my point :D

No I was compiling my list, but generally it wouldn't be a type of music I would listen to on a consistent basis....

[ifk101]

I think you have to have Soft Cell's Tainted Love in that list. A Depeche Mode song or two should also be included, perhaps Enjoy the Silence.

BTW that's an impressive list. Is it for your trip to Brussels?

[Kingdom]

A Depeche Mode song or two should also be included, perhaps Enjoy the Silence.

BTW that's an impressive list. Is it for your trip to Brussels?

Good call. No Stone roses which I'm surprised about.

[noby]

Enjoy the Silence missed the eighties by a month or so.


Paul, your list is nicely arranged alphabetically. Unfortunately it jumps from song/artist format to artist/song, which makes it a pig to read. Plus I can't see any Kajagoogoo. Surely an oversight.

[noby]

Anyway, for me this breaks down into two separate lists. There's the list of bands from the eighties that I like, and there's "80s music" as a kind of genre in itself.

For the former I would include the likes of the Stone Roses, Fall, Smiths, JAMC, Cocteau Twins, The Jam (partly), Public Enemy, Pixies, Minutemen etc.

The latter list would be more pop/cheese/novelty orientated.

[Wolfie]

For the former I would include the likes of the Stone Roses, Fall, Smiths, JAMC, Cocteau Twins, The Jam (partly), Public Enemy, Pixies, Minutemen etc.

The latter list would be more pop/cheese/novelty orientated.

Some of these were partly 80's too -

House of Love, Guns 'N Roses, The Housemartins, Happy Mondays

[Billsthoughts]

Lets say you were having a party and you wanted to put on some 80s classics, what would make your list?! heres mine:

A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
Atomic - Blondie
Blue Monday - New Order
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Call Me - Blondie
Close To Me - The Cure
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Do You Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Don't get me wrong - The Pretenders
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Dont Dream Its Over - Crowded House
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Glory of Love (The Karate Kid) - Peter Cetera
I Guess That's Why They Call I - Elton John
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
landownunder - Men at Work
Last Christmas - Wham!
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Manic Monday - Bangles
New Order - True Faith
Nikita - Elton John
Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Something's gotten Hold of my - Marc Almold
Talking Heads - And She Was
Talking Heads__Road to nowhere
True - Spandau Ballet
Walking on sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys


the only ones off the above list i would listen to.bands of the 80s for me are dexys,the jam, blondie and the pogues. big australian influence on your list pos. Split Enz are quality.

[noby]

dexys

*slaps forehead; hangs head in shame*

How did I not think of them. You also have a lot of the two-tone stuff that was late 70s early 80s.


Wolfie, the Housemartins were completely eighties, and yes should be on the list.

[Billsthoughts]

yeah love the housemartins and the specials.

[gustavo]

Gustavo 80's party mix
Pixies - Debaser
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
New Order - Blue Monday
Depeche Mode - Just Cant get Enough
Smiths - This Charming Man
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
R.E.M -It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
U2 - New Years Day
The La's - There She Goes
The Specials - Ghost Town
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

for a party like

[Lionel Ritchie]

Lets say you were having a party and you wanted to put on some 80s classics, what would make your list?! heres mine:


When I think of the 80s I think of pop, not necessarily cheesy but that was the overall genre for me. I also think of the likes of the cure, smiths, pet shop boys, kim wilde etc, plus one hit wonders like black.

For the younger members ( like myself ) some of the above would be the ones that go "oh ya i know that one" when ye hear it but not the name itself...
That list has more cheese than the silos at a Goodfellahs manufacturing plant.

What's worse, I hereby call Shenanigans!

List looks suspiciously like a downloaded playlist from a Today FM 80's show or possibly some Australian equivalent going by the suspicious amount of Australasian muck some of which wasn't even released here much less a hit.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Shenanigans!

[Billsthoughts]

and arent the fleetwood mac songs off rumours are from the seventies?

[Wolfie]

Enjoy the Silence. Plus I can't see any Kajagoogoo. Surely an oversight.

This is an outrage. I don't see any Chesney Hawkes either!!!! The one and only indeed!!!!!!

[paul_oshea]

Good call. No Stone roses which I'm surprised about.

I would consider them early 90s.....

Good call on depeche mode though enjoy the silence remake was better and thus not 80s :D

No its not my list for brussels, but maybe I should have it if the place is really that bad...

chesney chawke early 90s. I didnt include bands ( bar one u2 song and a few others ) that have been going constantly through, nor those that just appeared in late 80's and were actually big in the 90s.....

Its cheesy yes, but its the "80s genre" of music that people would most associate with like noby said.

If i was to do another list, it would be rock/indie list of the 90s which would have hte likes of g n r, motley crue, depeche mode, u2, metallica, megadeth, acdc, cheap tricks ( suppose more 70s ) pat benatar, possibly madness, housemartins, all that sorta stuff....

[BohsPartisan]

This is an outrage. I don't see any Chesney Hawkes either!!!! The one and only indeed!!!!!!

Chesney was '90's surely?

[noby]

I would consider them early 90s.....


But most of their (early) singles were in the eighties.




Good call on depeche mode though enjoy the silence remake was better and thus not 80s

And the original wasn't eighties either.

Are we going by an arbitrary condition of what you consider to be eighties or, you know, actual dates?

[BohsPartisan]

Shout to the Top - Style Council
Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Happy Hour - The Housemartins
Rat Race - The Specials
Too Nice to Talk to - The Beat
Three Minute Hero - The Selecter
Embarrassment - Madness
Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
Keep on Keepin' on! - The Redskins
Ghetto Life - Rick James
Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatham
Don't Stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson
Precious - The Jam
24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays
Don't Make me Wait - Bomb the Bass
Promised Land - The Style Council
Stakker Humanoid - Humanoid
What Time is Love (1988 Version) - The KLF
Pacific - 808 State
Elephant Stone - The Stone Roses
Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
Express Yourself - NWA
Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy
Walk this way - Aerosmith/Run DMC

[paul_oshea]

ok well what i consider then :D Sorry for not being as old as you ;)

Was enjoy the silence 1993 then or when was it ( not going to google )?!

Primal scream and stone roses i always just "thought of" as early 90s, maybe because of their sound i spose and the scene ( happy mondays etc ). Though when I think about it, new order weren't far removed from that either...

so does that clear it up for you. The above list would be what I consider to be the 80s ( sound etc )

By the way is Peter anything to Ed?

[noby]

Was enjoy the silence 1993 then or when was it ( not going to google )?!



I repeat:
"Enjoy the Silence missed the eighties by a month or so."

You do the maths.

And yes, Stone Roses, Primal Scream etc. get lumped into that early 90s 'Baggy' genre, but a lot of their output was in the eighties.

[endabob1]

Paul, I'd much rather go to Bohspartisans party than yours,
Last Christmas :eek:
Phil Collins :eek::eek:
Culture Club Do you really want to hurt me ................................................

[Wolfie]

Chesney was '90's surely?

From Wikipedia - "Chesney Lee Hawkes (born 22 September 1971), is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his one and only British chart-topping Single "The One and Only", which was released in March 1991".

It was 90's alright. Still a pile of crap, obviously.

[noby]

Still a pile of crap, obviously.

It should qualify for Paul's list so. <smilie>

[Metrostars]

A few more.....
Stand And Deliver - Adam And The Ants
Venus - Bananarama
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Rio - Duran Duran
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Don't Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan
Jack and Diane - John Couger
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Hello - Lionel Ritchie
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
House of Fun - Madness
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Purple Rain - Prince
Kiss - Prince
Radio Ga Ga - Queen
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
Together Forever - Rick Astley
Baby Jane - Rod Stewart
Listen to your Heart - Roxette
This Ole House - Shakin' Stevens
Going Underground - Tha Jam
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Whats Love Got to Do with It? - Tina Turner
Jump - Van Halen
How Will I Know? - Whitney Houston

[paul_oshea]

ya well i wouldn't put in van halen or any of that stuff in that list, id have another one as i said before.

but 99 red baloons that should be there alright. maybe even Da Da Da by that german band could go there! :D

Noby, are you american or something?! And is noby your fullname, but people generally shorten it?! :D

Ya, bohs party would prolly be more listenable than mine too :)

[noby]

Very clever, Paul. No I'm not American, why?

I like cheesy 80s as much as yourself (well, maybe not that much), but I also have no trouble in calling the majority of it crap. Throw-away, cheesy, fun crap. In the right context it's great.

Oh and Trio is the group you're looking for. Another good song.
Also 'In the kitchen at parties'.
Bananarama went too much under the thumb of SAW and became awful, but I like their earlier stuff as well as some of their SAW stuff.

[Wangball]

In my opinion a party isn't a party without Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus...if only for the opportunity to tuck the pork torpedo between your legs and dance around asking people if they'd fcuk you

[superfrank]

My list would comprise mainly of Prince, Zapp, New Order........eh.....some Bowie...there wasn't really that much from the Eighties I like actually.

Although two of my favourite songs ever are Come On Eileen and King Of Rock 'N' Roll. :o

[TonyD]

Cars - Paul Newman


I know Paul was quite fond of motor racing, but as far as I know he never went as far as recording an ode to the sport...;)

(I think Gary is the name you were looking for)

Most of your list would send me running for some cotton wool to stuff my ears with tbh Paul. (exceptions are Talking Heads, though not their best work listed by you, and Crowded House).

No REM or Elvis Costello, Lloyd Cole, Billy Bragg, Aztec Camera, whats with that ? OK not party music maybe, but some of the best music of that decade made by those acts.

[paul_oshea]

Very clever, Paul. No I'm not American, why?

I like cheesy 80s as much as yourself (well, maybe not that much), but I also have no trouble in calling the majority of it crap. Throw-away, cheesy, fun crap. In the right context it's great.

Oh and Trio is the group you're looking for. Another good song.
Also 'In the kitchen at parties'.
Bananarama went too much under the thumb of SAW and became awful, but I like their earlier stuff as well as some of their SAW stuff.

I started the post cos I was just wondering for myself what others would be, it wasn't a, this is my list and thats it, my knowledge of 80s music is limited to be honest cos I didnt grow up around then. So I expected there to be lots of missing songs and also errors....

The reference to the american part was about the way you said "ill let you do the maths" even with the s it still sounds american...;)

Trio, thats the band, awful catchy song, though id say after listening to it about 10 times in a row you would get bored. Its so simple its genius. :)


I know Paul was quite fond of motor racing, but as far as I know he never went as far as recording an ode to the sport...;)

(I think Gary is the name you were looking for)

Most of your list would send me running for some cotton wool to stuff my ears with tbh Paul. (exceptions are Talking Heads, though not their best work listed by you, and Crowded House).

No REM or Elvis Costello, Lloyd Cole, Billy Bragg, Aztec Camera, whats with that ? OK not party music maybe, but some of the best music of that decade made by those acts.

I think people are mistaking what I meant by party music. It is definitely not my favourite music, but its definitely party style if you ask me....

I also mentioned Tony, that I was putting in bands that went through the 80s and 90s - the 90s being their bigger music era- ( bar u2 really ) or that were rock such as REM or Elvis Costello above. But to be honest I don't know any Lloyd Cole or maybe I do but don't realise?!

[noby]

I know, Paul; just light-hearted nit-picking.

[strangeirish]

Add this one to your list Paul....:D



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[Lionel Ritchie]

King - The Taste of Your Tears
Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang Bang Bang
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing on the Cake
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Doctor & The Medics -Burn
Stan Ridgeway -Camouflage
Hollywood Beyond -What's The Colour of Money
The Pogues -Haunted (nb NOT the Sinead O'Connor mid 90's massacre)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy
Strawberry Switchblade -Since Yesterday
The Cult -Love Removal Machine
Laid Back -Sunshine Reggae
Hayzi Fantayzee - John Wayne is Big Leggy
The Rainmakers -Let My People Go Go
Hipsway - Honey Thief
Bourgeois Tag - I Don't Mind At All
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
Voice of the Beehive - I Say Nothing

...more details as they emerge as they say on Sky

[razor]

Lets say you were having a party and you wanted to put on some 80s classics, what would make your list?! heres mine:
Wheres Club Tropicana by Wham?

[Block G Raptor]

S
Express Yourself - NWA


The only clean NWA song ever

[centre mid]

no wedding present????

[paul_oshea]

Great aul tune, though F the police, or straight outta compton, just for raw agression alone. up there with tupacs part time and hit em up.

actually can someone tell me the song, its by a fella called john something i think, where all these bikers are in a cafe/restaurant and they are singing to the song, and he is in front of them plus two women are semi-naked in suspenders i think, and walking along the counter and dancing on it?! whats the song again?!

[paul_oshea]

hurt so good.

[stann]

John Cougar Mellancamp if I recall MT USA correctly. Poor auld Vinnie...


What's worse, I hereby call Shenanigans!

List looks suspiciously like a downloaded playlist from a Today FM 80's show or possibly some Australian equivalent going by the suspicious amount of Australasian muck some of which wasn't even released here much less a hit.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Shenanigans!

I concur with this call by the way.


Forever Now - Cold Chisel

Hmmmmm..... Very dubious. Hum it then!

[paul_oshea]

Cold chisel, i prefer khe sanh but thats 70s I think?! Anyhow its a great tune whereever its from. Have ye ever seen the live video to it with the big gay fella dancing in the tight yellow top he reminds me of vince vaughan in dodgeball.

No shenanigans Lionel.

[paul_oshea]

i probably should have added flock of seaguls I ran to this. NOt that poxy bowling for soup version.

One thing that does annoy me about the majority of music from the 80s is when it breaks from a chorus to an interlude, and the music stops for about 5 seconds and the singer interjects with the main lyric of the song. What is this called and does it annoying anyone else? I think it sorta ruins the song, much in the same way it ruins Love Hurts by Nazareth when they are building up the song and then it just stops dead and goes slow again when it would be better had it continued to a crescendo.

[BohsPartisan]

i probably should have added flock of seaguls

Please don't

[paul_oshea]

are you a bit partisan to that song bohs? :)

[sadloserkid]

Strawberry Switchblade

What an awesome name for a band. :D

And some Danny Wilson for your list Paul.

[SkStu]

for the list that he copied and pasted? worst example of copying and pasting to look knowledgeable since the great scandal of 2005. paul, paul, paul... never afraid to make a tit of yourself...

anyway, a list without Electric Dreams by the Human League isnt worth copying.

ola, ola!

[paul_oshea]

its my playlist of 80s music from my home pc so of course its a copy and paste! :D

[SkStu]

its my playlist of 80s music from my home pc so of course its a copy and paste! :D


wow, they were right... i was drunk last night! :o

[paul_oshea]

wow, they were right... i was drunk last night! :o

Don't worry skstu, we are all used to you floating around the forums like a good voyeur making a tit of yourself ;)