QuoteJesus Paul you really didn't like the 80's eh?Originally Posted by 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...
Last edited by paul_oshea; 20/03/2008 at 10:54 AM.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Jesus Paul you really didn't like the 80's eh?
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
no, hated it, thought i would post that to prove my point
No I was compiling my list, but generally it wouldn't be a type of music I would listen to on a consistent basis....
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
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?
Good call. No Stone roses which I'm surprised about.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
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.
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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.
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Some of these were partly 80's too -
House of Love, Guns 'N Roses, The Housemartins, Happy Mondays
Quoting years at random since 1975
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.
*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.
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yeah love the housemartins and the specials.
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
Last edited by gustavo; 20/03/2008 at 8:54 PM.
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!
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
and arent the fleetwood mac songs off rumours are from the seventies?
This is an outrage. I don't see any Chesney Hawkes either!!!! The one and only indeed!!!!!!
Quoting years at random since 1975
I would consider them early 90s.....
Good call on depeche mode though enjoy the silence remake was better and thus not 80s
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....
Last edited by paul_oshea; 20/03/2008 at 1:16 PM.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Chesney was '90's surely?
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All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
But most of their (early) singles were in the eighties.
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?
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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
Last edited by BohsPartisan; 20/03/2008 at 1:44 PM.
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