Your Favorite 80's songs.

[NYCe]

This thursday we're celebrating the one year anniversary of Trannylicious with an 80's themed party. Eighties music all night long.

So what are some of your favorite songs from that era?

Here's a few to start us off:

A flock of Seagulls - I ran (So far away)
The Human League - Fascination
Gary Numan - Cars
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (The video for this song was extremely creepy)
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh



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[NickTheQuick]

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU - U2
SWEET CHILD O' MINE - GNR
RED, RED, WINE - UB40
THE LADY IN RED - Chris de Burgh
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - Berlin
SWEET DREAMS - Eurythmics
TAKE ON ME - A-Ha

And here is a recent song I haven't been able to get out of my head. It's called "Thé à la menthe" by Nikkfurie - French hip-hop artists with Middle Eastern roots. The song was played in the movie Ocean's 12 during Nightfox's laser scene. The scene itself can't compare to the similar one from Entrapment with Catherine Zeta Jones, but the song is cool. You can download it for free from site below.

kourtrajme.com./thealamenthe.zip

[chefmike]

Suddenly Last Summer

Only The Lonely

both songs by the Motels, one of my favorite 80's bands, vocals by Martha Davis

[The American Nightmare]

Head over Heels
Tears for Fears

Run to You
Bryan Adams

And for the party, I highly recommend:
All Night Long
Mary Jane Girls

Think about it. The song has a woman saying "I'm gonna give it to you," and for a shemale party... You just have to play it.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

My 5 are:

1. "More to Lose" By Siona Dancing

2. "Our House" By Madness

3. "No More Words" By Berlin

4. "Venus" By Bananarama

and ofcourse 80's wont be complete without..

5. "Material Girl" By Madonna

EDIT: For a quick list of 80's music:

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/song.shtml

~Kisses.http://www.anikaos.com/0032-kao_licca_kao-ani/kao_licca_kao-ani_25.gif

HTG

[Jasadin]

duran duran,thompson twins,billy idol,boy george,wham,depeche mode,yes,wang chung,devo,

wish i be there:(

[Ecstatic]

The 80s were definitely NOT my music scene, at least as far as pop music goes. Ari, you've mentioned the creme de la creme as I recall from the era for pop music. However, many artists did produce some great work then, and I'd have to add Kate Bush (who would fit the theme) and a number who wouldn't, being of the folk/singer-songwriter variety: Greg Brown, Nanci Griffith, Chris Smither, Suzanne Vega (well, maybe she would), and Jane Siberry.

Hara, surely you know that Bananarama simply covered Shocking Blue's monster hit "Venus" which was a number one record in 1969?

[Jhellis978]

1.) One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
2.) You Spin Me Round Dead or Alive
3.) There Is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths
4.) Doctor, Doctor Thompson Twins
5.) Blue Monday New Order
6.) Money For Nothing Dire Straits
7.) Don't Know What You Got Until It's Gone Cinderella
8.) Once Bitten, Twice Shy Great White
9.) Patience Guns N Roses
10.) Cult of Personality Living Colour

[DJ_Asia]

"Anything,Anything" Dramarama

"Behind the Wall of Sleep" Smithireens

"Sweet Sixteen" Billy Idol

[tsluva]

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Best songs of the 80's:


(Prince)
- pop life
- if i was your girlfriend
- erotic city
- kiss
- i would die 4-U,
- purple rain,
- little red corvette-
- when doves cry,
- why you wanna treat me so bad


- Good times, i want your love ( Chic )

- Funkin' for Jamaica (Tom Browne )

- take me home , susido ( phil collins )

- Baby be mine, human nature,
PYT: pretty young thang, lady of my life , thriller
(michael jackson)

- Time (Clock Of The Heart) , chameleon,
tumble for U, do U really wanna hurt me ( culture club)

- Sweet Dreams ( Eurythmics )

- Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Shout ( Tears For Fears )

- Alright
More bounce to the ounce (zapp)


- I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
i wanna play that game ( Daryl Hall And John Oates )

- Georgy-Porgy, Africa , Rosanna ( Toto )

- Disco Nights, I do Love U ( GQ )

- Rapture ( Blondie )

- don't stop the music (yarbough & peoples)

- get down on it, celebration , Joanna, ( kool and the gang)

- Walking On Sunshine ( Katrina And The Waves )

- Lets Groove ( Earth, Wind & Fire)

- Just Got Paid ( Johnny Kemp )

- Give it to me baby (rick james)

- cruisin ( smokey robinson)

- Love TKO ( teddy pendegrass)

- I keep Forgettin' ,
On My Own ( Michael McDonald )

- Wise men have the power,
Minute by Minute ( Doobie Brothers )

- Genie of Love ( Tom Tom Club )

[NeoTek]

In no particular order:

Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease
Skinny Puppy - Deep Down Trauma Hounds
Front 242 - Headhunter
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
Youth Of Today - Understand
Warzone - Hopeless Nation
Agnostic Front - United & Strong
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (With The World)
Front Line Assembly - Digital Tension Dementia
Meat Beat Manifesto - God O.D.
Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
The 4 Skins - Chaos
The Business - Suburban Rebels
Bold - Nailed To The X
Sheer Terror - Here To Stay
Tears For Fears - Mad World
INXS - Don't Change
Lords Of Acid - I Sit On Acid
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
BDP - My Philosophy
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Geto Boys - Mind Playin' Tricks On Me

Gah! I know I'm forgettin' some good shit...but oh, well...this is good enough for now. ;-)

[DJ_Asia]

In no particular order:

Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease
Skinny Puppy - Deep Down Trauma Hounds
Front 242 - Headhunter
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
Youth Of Today - Understand
Warzone - Hopeless Nation
Agnostic Front - United & Strong
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (With The World)
Front Line Assembly - Digital Tension Dementia
Meat Beat Manifesto - God O.D.
Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
The 4 Skins - Chaos
The Business - Suburban Rebels
Bold - Nailed To The X
Sheer Terror - Here To Stay
Tears For Fears - Mad World
INXS - Don't Change
Lords Of Acid - I Sit On Acid
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
BDP - My Philosophy
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Geto Boys - Mind Playin' Tricks On Me

Gah! I know I'm forgettin' some good shit...but oh, well...this is good enough for now. ;-)

Nice eclectic mix...some industrial,trance,left coast gansta,some neo....good pics,although I think a few of those were in the 90's...

[brickcitybrother]

Here's a dump of the first grouping of songs on my drive (1980s only criteria)

Let's go crazy -- Prince

Like A Virgin -- Madonna

Living In America -- James Brown

1999 -- Prince

Beat it -- Michael Jackson

Love Shack -- B 52s

Billie Jean -- Michael Jackson

My Sharona -- Knack

Come On Eileen -- Dexy's Midnight Runners

Personal Jesus -- Depeche Mode

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough -- Michael Jackson

Everybody have fun tonight -- Wang Chung

Super Freak -- Rick James

Sweet Dreams -- Eurythmics

Girls Just Want To Have Fun -- Cyndi Lauper

Take a Chance -- Abba

Thriller -- Michael Jackson

Holiday -- Madonna 252 15

Turn The Beat Around -- Gloria Estefan

Vogue -- Madonna

Kokomo -- Beach Boys

La Bamba -- Los Lobos

Let The Music Play -- Shannon

Whip it -- Devo

White Wedding -- Billy Idol

[NeoTek]

[quote=NeoTek]In no particular order:
Nice eclectic mix...some industrial,trance,left coast gansta,some neo....good pics,although I think a few of those were in the 90's...

Thanks!

Oh, and I'm pretty positive that all the tracks hit between '80 - '89.

Dunno what neo is but if you mean New Wave, yeah, I dig it. The bands listed above fall under: Industrial, New Wave/EBM, Acid, Hardcore, Rap, Oi! and whatever else one may want to catergorize 'em.

The only reason I listed Lords Of Acid is cuz that damn song (I Sit On Acid) got my ass suspended when I was dj'ing at my college radio station. "Darling come here...fuck me up my...." :twisted:

Ahh...the good old days.

[partlycloudy]

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[Realgirls4me]

I found it!

I found it!

I found it!

After some 25 years, I have found one of my favorite 80s songs!


In today's high tech CD/download world, as long as one has a title or group name to go on, just about any song can be had one way or another, except -- EXCEPT -- those one-hit wonder bands who didn't have the popularity or sales to justify seeing the daylight of the CD era. One just crosses his fingers and hopes their song will find its way to a compilation CD someday. Until then, if ever, it's just wait and see.

Here's the song introducing the band's website (Ooooooh, that sexy French feminine voice) :

http://www.mauriceandthecliches.com/

It was a big hit in dance clubs at the time.


Yeehaw! :D

[SkyTwo]

Sheesh, I'm glad Arianna got around to mentioning Soft Cell-- I always took for granted that Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go was pretty much everyone's favorite 80s song. But don't forget (and I apologize for not having read the whole thread):

Duran Duran- View To a Kill
Paul Young- Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
the creaky standard Safety Dance

And all the usual suspects like Adam Ant, New Order, Pat Benatar or The Romantics....

[SkyTwo]

Yikes. Finally the answer to the age old riddle of what you get when you combine a cabaret singer, two handfuls of pomade, and a Dutch camera crew.

Oh, and I hope I can use this occasion to get your promise that you won't play the annoying-since-its-inception "It's Raining Men." Although anything by the Mary Jane Girls would be kinda cool. (But now that I think about it, 'Candyman' was annoying for the same reason. Dammit, hot chicks should be singing about other hot chicks-- not guys!)

[TJT]

Burn Down the Malls-Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
India-The Psychedelic Furs
California Uber Alles-The Dead Kennedys
Stuart-The Dead Milkmen
Pictures of Matchstick Men (cover)-Camper Van Beethoven
Grinding Halt-The Cure
Vampire-Black Uhuru
Seville Land -Burning Spear
Shadow Drive-The Jet Black Berries
Green Haze-Elvis Hitler

[Xiorc]

Nena- 99 Luftballoons
Men Without Hats- Saftey Dance
Men At Work- Land Down Under
Duran Duran- Rio
Firehouse- Love of a Lifetime
Scorpions- Wind of Change
Night Ranger- Sister Christian
The whole Grand Theft Auto Vice City music track and all of Run DMC's 80's rap.

[spedius]

Hi all,

So far most posters have provided lists of singles, how about posting some of your own favourite albums from the 80s? :smile:

Here are a few of mine. :wink:

Everything by Abba, Art of Noise, A-Ha, the Bangles & Bucks Fizz.

01. :arrow: "Wonderful Life" by Black
02. :arrow: "The Age of Consent" & "Hundreds & Thousands" by Bronski Beat
03. :arrow: "The Age of Plastic" by The Buggles
I could go on, but I rather suspect that wouldn't be too popular, so won't. :shrug

Oh, and BTW, one of my favourite Abba singles is "The Day Before You Came" with Agnetha on lead vocals. There is a haunting quality about the background voice between lyrics which really grabbed me when I first heard it. Check it out for yourselves. :smile:

Spedius

[fueljunky0]

Take On Me
Living on a Prayer
Every Little Thing
Land Down Under

[SchmidtisVadder]

enjoy the silence Depeche Mode

Nur geträumt NENA

Ohne Dich Münchner Freiheit

If i was Midge Ure

The sun always shines on TV a-ha

Big in Japan Alphaville

Erasure Oh Lamour

Don´t go Yazoo

I like Chopin Gazebo

Holiday Rap Dj Miker Sven

Such a shame Talk Talk

When the rain begins to fall Pia Zadora J Jackson

I love Rock n Roll Joan Jett

[Kriss]

In no particular order:

would be interesting to see how that selection would drop at a TS club. no floor fillers? how about some einturzende neubauten? How about Psychic TV?


Seville Land -Burning Spear

Yeah I had that too, but the doctor gave me an ointment and it cleared right up in about 3 days.

[peterdavies37]

My favourite stuff has to be FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - best ones are Born to run (cover), Two Tribes, Relax, Welcom to the pleasure dome.

I also like 'Madness' too

[iloveshemales77]

the music in the Film "Peters Friends" and not forgetting Cameo "Word Up"...

[birkie35]

The Smiths

There is a light that never goes out

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

[bassman2546]

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

[jessica_danyelle]

heres a couple

1- never gonna give you up .. rick astley

2- love shack .. b52

3- la isla bonita .. madonna

4- you got the look .. roxette

5- billy jeans .. micheal jackson

[J Money]

Autograph Turn Up The Radio!!

[Fockzilla]

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

[francisfkudrow]

Tears for Fears "Shout"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax"
The Eurythmics "Here Comes The Rain Again"
Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio"
A-ha "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
Cyndi Lauper "She Bop"
Robert Hazzard "Escalator of Life"
Missing Persons "Walking in L.A."
Berlin "Metro"
Billy Idol "Flesh for Fantasy"
Murray Head "One Night in Bangkok"
Run-DMC "King of Rock"
The Beastie Boys "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
Mantronix "Simple Simon"

[birkie35]

Looking back at the 1980's it is quite easy to take a superficial look at that era and think that music was crap. Maybe this is because we remember the big hair and shoulder pads. However, this era produced some incredibly diverse music. On one level there was hedonism....Duran Duran, Culture Club and the whole New Romance scene but on another level there were 3 distinct phases which produced cracking music.

Phase 1 Early 80s
The Jam and the Mod Revival

Phase 2 Middle 80s
New Order, The Smiths and Indie Scene

Phase 3 Late 80s
The Stone Roses, The Happy Mondays and Rave

My favourite songs of that era

Town Called Malice - The Jam
Temptation - New Order
Blue Monday - New Oder
This Charming Man - The Smiths
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
WLF - The Happy Mondays
Eye Know - De La Soul

All of this music is just as good as any music from any era.

Every CD collection that is worth anything must contain:

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Happy Mondays - Bummed
De La Soul - 3ft High and Rising

PS.......I still love Wham though. Wake me up before you go go. Those lyrics work on so many levels. LOL

[TJT]

Ironic isn't it that the Jam are an iconic punk band too?

The Holy Trinity of that UK punk scene,The Pistols,The Clash,and The Jam.

The Jam was and are one of my favorite bands,but they're late '70's to me, because that's when I listening to them?

BTW, I had "All Mod Cons" on the turntable this afternoon. Excellent cover of the Kinks "David Watts" on that album.

[Oli]

Birkie, are you stuck in the Hacienda period of 'Madchester'? Roses, Smiths, Mondays, N.O.? I couldn't agree more...great cutting edge music.

And I loved the reference to India earlier, it has one of my favorite lines in it..."I'm an American. Ha ha ha.'

Mine are:
Face Up-New Order-the best fuck off song ever
Somebody got Murdered & Straight to Hell-The Clash
Try Jah Love & Now That We Found Love-Third World
Heroine-Sinead O'Connor
Ball and Chain-Social D
Kids in America-Kim Wilde
Jane's Addiction's version of Ripple
Somethings Never Change-In Tua Nua
(What's so funny about)Peace, Love and Understanding?-Elvis Costello
Smoking Gun-Robert Cray
Skateaway-Dire Straits
Slave to Love-Bryan Ferry
Money Changes Everything-Cyndi Lauper
Who Wants to Live Forever-Queen
Coming up Close-'til Tuesday
Talkin' bout a Revolution-Tracy Chapman
Too Pieces-Yaz
And Anything U2 put out.

[Realgirls4me]

Looking back at the 1980's it is quite easy to take a superficial look at that era and think that music was crap. Maybe this is because we remember the big hair and shoulder pads. However, this era produced some incredibly diverse music. On one level there was hedonism....Duran Duran, Culture Club and the whole New Romance scene but on another level there were 3 distinct phases which produced cracking music.

Phase 1 Early 80s
The Jam and the Mod Revival

Phase 2 Middle 80s
New Order, The Smiths and Indie Scene

Phase 3 Late 80s
The Stone Roses, The Happy Mondays and Rave

My favourite songs of that era

Town Called Malice - The Jam
Temptation - New Order
Blue Monday - New Oder
This Charming Man - The Smiths
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
WLF - The Happy Mondays
Eye Know - De La Soul

All of this music is just as good as any music from any era.

Every CD collection that is worth anything must contain:

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Happy Mondays - Bummed
De La Soul - 3ft High and Rising

PS.......I still love Wham though. Wake me up before you go go. Those lyrics work on so many levels. LOL

Great taste there, Birkie35.


I never cared for the late 80s material. There are still many out there that seem to dismiss the techno pop/newwave sound the early and mid eighties ushered in, but I thought the era produced a lot of great bands and beaucoup beautiful melodic music that stiil kicks ass today; its adventurism and experimentation extended far beyond some of its sexually risque lyrics and androgenous lead singers.
Gawd, how I wished the Jam could have performed at their induction to the R&R Hall of Fame.

A few of my favs that come to mind:

Translator ("Un-alone")
Figures on the Beach ("No Stars")
Wire Train ("I'll Do You")
The Jam ("That's Entertainment")
Romeo Void ("Just Too Easy")

And, of course, the band/song that made me ressurect this thread:

http://www.mauriceandthecliches.com/

:)

[TJT]

Oooh,Third World,the soundtrack to my stoned youth.lol.

I still play that one on the radio when I can sneak it in.

"We Love You" is great song on that first Pysch Furs album too.

I always found it supremely ironic that John Hughes used a song about a gang rape,"Pretty in Pink" as both the title and theme song for that first Molly Ringwald epic? Why didn't he just use Rhoda and the Specials "The Boiler"?

[TJT]

It looks like we were posting at the same time Realgirls? Paul Weller did a show covering all the Jam stuff in NYC a couple of weekends ago. I didn't hear about it until it was too late.

For the life of me I can't figure out why The Jam never made it big in the States? Too English I guess?

[stupid]

Europe- Final countdown (so bad its awesome)
Journey....pretty much all of it
Aha-Take on Me
Dexie's Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen

[Realgirls4me]

TJT,

I never understood why most of those bands never made it big over here ... Some here in the states believe that Spandau Ballet was a one hit wonder ("True").
"Too English", you say? Would the Beatles had been too British also?

... I would have given anything to see Paul Weller's performance.

[qeuqheeg222]

bad brains-i against i

[TJT]

That was the opinion of some stateside music critics at the time. XTC got the same knock.

Madness was contemporary to The Jam and about as English as you can get and they pulled it off,so who knows? Of course Madness had funny videos that played well when MTV was young and needed product.

Spandau Ballet was a name act in the UK for nearly five years before "True" charted.

A guy above mentioned Dexy's Midnight Runners?
Their debut album,"Searching For The Young Soul Rebels" is forgotten now. It was heavy horn based soul that knocked that "Come on Eileen" pop sound in the creek.

[SarahG]

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[mbf]

this is my list for one year, namely 1980. the other nine will follow soon. I was only three years old that year, but as an avid record collector, guitarist in a band (dissolved now), dj and occasional (pop)music journalist I cant keep my list short.

note: this is just stuff that got into the charts, to keep it accessible. so, here we go:

Madness: "My Girl" - great uk-ska

Sugarhill Gang: "Rapper's Delight" - pioneering hip hop classic

Clash: "London Calling" - uk-punk legneds!

Police: "Walking On The Moon" - sting didnt suck back then....

Sheila & B Devotion: "Spacer" - great disco

Specials: "Too Much Too Young" - just more great uk-ska!

Blondie: "Atomic" - atomic, indeed.....

Police: "So Lonely" - theme song of some HA-members...

Donna Summer: "On The Radio" - not her best, but enjoyable

Vapors: "Turning Japanese" - funny pop-ditty

Siouxsie & The Banshees: "Happy House" - I always loved STB

Blondie: "Call Me" - classic

Undertones: "My Perfect Cousin" - funny uk-pop

Gary Numan: "We Are Glass" - synth-pop-pioneer

Lipps Inc: "Funky Town" - disco classic

Korgis: "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" - very cheesy, but I love it

Siouxsie & The Banshees: "Christine" - see above

Stiff Little Fingers: "Nobody's Hero" - harsh uk-punk

Yellow Magic Orchestra: "Computer Game" (Theme From 'The Invaders') - oldschool bleeps!!!!!

Joy Division: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - among new waves finest

Diana Ross: "Upside Down" - diva disco

Gap Band: "Oops Upside Your Head" - great dance tune, still today!!!

Tom Browne: "Funkin' For Jamaica (NY)" - sexy slow disco

Ultravox: "Sleepwalk" - great uk-synth pop

Grace Jones: "Private Life" - u gotta love miss jones!!!

David Bowie: "Ashes To Ashes" - that guy knew his score!!!

Clash: "Bankrobber" - another one by the pioneers

Gary Numan: "I Die: You Die" - sterile synth pop, very new wave

Ian Dury & The Blockheads: "I Want To Be Straight"

Stevie Wonder: "Masterblaster (Jammin')" - he is a genius. period

Queen: "Another One Bites The Dust" - queen discofied!!!

Diana Ross: "My Old Piano" - and the diva continues...

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: "Enola Gay" - once more, uk synth pop stalwarts on the rise

David Bowie: "Fashion" - another new wave smash by the thin white duke

Motorhead: "Ace Of Spades" - metal (?) classic

Kool & The Gang: "Celebration" - a bit cheesy, but enjoyable

Diana Ross: "I'm Coming Out" - she had a good run that year!!!

Queen: "Flash" - theme song of the cheesy sci fi flick of the same year

[youcancallmeclaire]

the Cure: Pornography, Faith, and Seventeen Seconds.

King Crimson: Indiscipline, and Three of a Perfect Pair.

the Offspring's self titled album from '89.

and Golden Earring's Twilight Zone.

Oh. and Ozzy's Mr Crowley.

:)

plus some other stuff.

[Mister Uptempo]

Here's a list of some of my faves from the '80's. I know that some of my selections are probably regarded as crap(and they more than likely are), but I'm not ashamed to say that I like some crappy music.

Does that mean I'm gay? sorry, wrong thread

It's amazing how recalling just a few songs can create an avalanche of others to come to the fore.

Heavy Fuel, Twistin' By The Pool, Industrial Disease - Dire Straits

I Still Believe - The Call

If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn

We Close Our Eyes, King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West

London Calling - The Clash

If She Knew What She Wants, In Your Room - The Bangles

Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC

Alison, Watching The Detectives, Pump It Up, Radio, Radio, Accidents Will Happen- Elvis Costello

Someday, Some Way - Marshall Crenshaw

In A Big Country - Big Country

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

Der Kommissar - After The Fire

Love Stinks, Centerfold, Flamethrower, I Do - J. Geils Band

Welcome To The Boomtown - David & David

People Are People, Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode

I. G. Y. - Donald Fagen

Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy

Close To The Edit - Art Of Noise

Wild, Wild, West - Escape Club

Who's That Girl, Would I Lie To You, Missionary Man - Eurythmics

One Thing Leads To Another, Saved By Zero - The Fixx

Obsession - Animotion

Lessons In Love, Something About You, Running In The Family - Level 42

Pop Musik - M

She Blinded Me With Science, Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby

It's My Life - Talk Talk

She's A Beauty - The Tubes

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

Walk The Dinosaur - Was Not Was

Land Of Confusion, No Reply At All, Mama - Genesis

I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boy's Don't Cry

Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday

Doin' The Butt - E.U.

The Bird - The Time

[Legend]

a-ha/Take On Me

Pat Benatar/Love is a Battlefield

Rick Astley/Never Gonna Give You Up

Van Halen/Jump

Jeff & the Fresh Prince/Parents Just Don't Understand

Duran/Hungry Like the Wolf

Fine Young Cannibals/She Drives Me Crazy

Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Relax

Rupert Holmes/Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

Billy Idol/White Wedding

Michael Jackson/Billie Jean

Journey/Don't Stop Believin

Kajagoogoo/Too Shy

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam/All Cried Out

Ray Parker, Jr./Ghostbusters

Soft Cell/Tainted Love

Survivor/Eye of the Tiger

Taco/Puttin' on the Ritz

Twisted Sister/We're Not Gonna Take It

[bklynboy]

I suggest everybody go to www.wolfgangsvault.com - 70's and 80's concerts mostly - from folk to blues to rock. They are all live concerts. He's got Peter Gabriel doing a Kinks song, Bowie from the 80's, Petty, Hendricks, etc. Awesome site.

[Legend]

Damn how could i have forgot rock me amadeus by falco.

[bklynboy]

How about I Can't Explain by Yvonne Elliman (yes that one - she was a backup singer for Clapton and worked with Peter Townshend). Also land of the living by Kristine W

[El Nino]

1) Toto's "Africa"
2) Who's Gonna Drive You Home- The Cars
3) Foreigner's, "I wanna Know Where Love Is"

[mbf]

1981 edition:

Yarborough & Peoples: "Don't Stop The Music" - great slow funker

David Bowie: "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" - a song some HA members can relate to

Visage. "Fade To Grey" - absolute wave classic

Phil Collins: "In The Air Tonight" - only p.collins song thats slightly bearable

Blondie: "Rapture" - great proto-rap/wave hybrid!!!

Ultravox: "Vienna" - a bit kitsch, yet I like it!!!

Roxy Music: "Jealous Guy" - Brian Ferry just got style...

Talking Heads: "Once In A Lifetime" - masters, legends, geniuses.....

Kim Wilde: "Kids in America" - gotta love Kim Wilde!!! - before she did a "monica_foxx" tho....

Adam & The Ants: "Stand And Deliver" - funny pop song

Siouxsie & The Banshees: "Spellbound" - loved Siousxie!!!

Imagination: "Body Talk" - slow and sexy

Specials: "Ghost Town" - absolute classic

Tom Tom Club: "Wordy Rappinghood" - odd and fun

Depeche Mode: "New Life" - first hit of those marvellous guys

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: "Me No Pop I" - loved Kid Creole !!!

Kraftwerk: "The Model" - Dusseldorfs best, hands down

Duran Duran: "Girls On Film" - great song, even greater vid!!! (lots of not-much-wearing hot chix in it...)

Human League: "Love Action (I Believe In Love)" - not well known, yet a good piece of music

Aneka: "Japanese Boy" - cheesiest one of my selection, but I like it

Siouxsie & The Banshees: "Arabian Nights" - see above

Soft Cell: "Tainted Love" - HAD to be included

Depeche Mode: "Just Can't Get Enough" - an early masterpiece

Altered Images: "Happy Birthday" - great bd-song of that uk-wave band

Laurie Anderson: "O Superman" - didnt like that one when I was younger, but its def a grower!!

Police: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - if ya lucky enough to meet the right girl, you know what this song is all about

Olivia Newton-John: "Physical" - lets just get physical...

Queen & David Bowie: "Under Pressure" - pretty good cooperation of two british pop-legends

ABC: "Tears Are Not Enough" - ABC had so much style !!!

Fun Boy Three: "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)" - funny piece

Kim Wilde: "Cambodia" - Kim knew how to churn out hits back in the day

Human League: "Don't You Want Me" - wave/dance - classic

Kool & The Gang: "Get Down On It" - decent funker


1981 was a damn good year
:P :lol:

[alpha2117]

Love will Tear us apart - Joy Division
Blue Monday - New Order (largest selling 12 inch in history). I'd also say Bizarre love triangle and true faith from them as well.
Love my way - psychadelic furs
touch me - samatha fox
calling your name - marilyn
funky town - the pseudo echo version not the original
hungry like the wolf - duran duran
the only way is up - yazz
sometimes - erasure
exotic & erotic - forget the atist
just cant get nough - depeche mode
step back in time - kylie minogue
dress you up, holiday, get into the groove -
madonna
theme from s'express - s'express
anything from black box (geez they had a tranny in their clips)

[Chaotic]

Here's a few that come to mind:

Bela Lugosi's Dead -- Bahaus
Too Drunk Too Fuck -- Dead Kennedys
Captain Nemo -- Micheal Schenker Group
ANYTHING by the Scorpions
Where's Captain Kirk? -- Spizzles

I could go on...but sleep deprivation is catching up to me!

[ernestoche82]

Forever young- Alphaville

classic

[mbf]

1982 :P

Human League: "Being Boiled" - absolute wave classic

Stranglers: "Golden Brown" - great pop tune by those british stalwarts

XTC: "Senses Working Overtime" - good song by these english pop-warriors

Soft Cell: "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" - extremely cheesy, yet I love it

Bow Wow Wow: "Go Wild In The Country" - Malcolm McLaren was an ass, but bow wow wow were cool

ABC: "Poison Arrow" - ABC got style, yet again

Kraftwerk: "Showroom Dummies" - düsseldorfs finest strike again

Imagination. "Just An Illusion" - funky dance classic

Japan: "Ghosts" - haunting tune by those relatively unknown british wavers

Roxy Music: "More Than This" - well, Brain Ferry got style too

Pigbag: "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" - great dance-smasher

David Bowie: "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" - Nastassjy Kinski was hot in the movie, the song is ok

Queen: "Body Language" - queen never sounded more for the dancefloor

Patrice Rushen. "Forget Me Nots" - will smith sampled that one

ABC: "The Look Of Love" - ABCs finest hour

Madness. "House Of Fun" - fun-ska

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: "I'm A Wonderful Thing (Baby)" - thats true

New Order: "Temptation" - underrated piece

Bow Wow Wow: "I Want Candy" - their chatchiest

Captain Sensible: "Happy Talk" - odd n great

Trio: "Da Da Da" - dadaist in extremis

Yazoo: "Don't Go" - def their best one

Stranglers. "Strange Little Girl" - stranglers knew the score

Captain Sensible: "Wot" - wave/rap-hybrid

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: "The Message" - begin of awareness hip hop

Thomas Dolby: "Windpower" - underrated new wave artist

Musical Youth: "Pass The Dutchie" - intro sampled a thousand times

Sylvester With Patrick Cowley: "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - proto-house

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" - kid creole were just great

Tears For Fears: "Mad World" - indeed

Marvin Gaye: "(Sexual) Healing" - probably THE intercourse classic

Diana Ross: "Muscles" - yeah, she wants some, maybe thats the reason Jacko couldnt score

Donna Summer: "I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)" - good remix of a absolute dance-classic

[mbf]

more 1980ies madness, this time its 1983:

Eddy Grant: "Electric Avenue" - funny song, yet kinda "hardish" electronical sounds

Kajagoogoo: "Too Shy" - very 1980ies stylewise

Indeep. "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" - absolutley unbeatable dance classic, the bassline has been sampled a million times

Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" - when Jacko wasnt all fucked up yet

Prince. "1999" - early year 2000-angst by the prince of minneapolis

Depeche Mode: "Get The Balance Right" - they did with this song :)

Icehouse: "Hey Little Girl" - actually a crappy band, yet I like the song!!!

Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - I loved The Eurythmics

Duran Duran. "Is There Something I Should Know?" - is there?

David Bowie: "Let's Dance" - great song, interesting video

New Order: "Blue Monday" - great, genius, nuff said...

Michael Jackson. "Beat It" - yet more Jacko greatness

Eurythmics. "Love Is A Stranger" - see above

Bauhaus: "She's In Parties" - relatively unknown band, nevertheless great

Heaven 17. "Temptation" - another new wave dance classic

Police: "Every Breath You Take" - a stalkers hymn....

David Bowie. "China Girl" - thin white duke strikes again

Michael Jackson. "Wanna Be Startin' Something" - even more Jacko quality

Malcolm McLaren: "Double Dutch" - MM is an ass, but this piece is great!

Eurythmics: "Who's That Girl?" - a HA general forum theme song.....

Bananarama. "Cruel Summer" - we all had those.....

Herbie Hancock: "Rockit" - absolute floor slammer, still sounding cool!

Spandau Ballet: "Gold" - elegant band, great pop-song

Kraftwerk: "Tour De France" - so supreme.....

Paul Young: "Come Back And Stay" - Paul young sucks, but not this song..

Ryan Paris. "Dolce Vita" - lol, a one hit wonder!

Public Image Ltd: "This Is Not A Love Song" - ex-sex pistol on the rise

Siouxsie & The Banshees. "Dear Prudence" - another good Siouxsie song

Rocksteady Crew (Hey You): "The Rocksteady Crew" - when breakdance hit the mainstream...

Men Without Hats: "The Safety Dance" - aussie fun band!

Cure: "The Love Cats" - excellent song

Paul Young: "Love Of The Common People" - paul young still sux....

Michael Jackson: "Thriller" - Jackos finest video (his looks in there a grim look into the future unfortunately....)

[Santino Capri]

1.) Set It Off by Strafe
2.) Set Adrift On Memory Bliss by PM Dawn
3.) Moments In Love by The Art Of Noise
4.) Pump Up The Volume by Mars
5.) Planet Rock by Soul Sonic Force
6.) The Mexican by Jellybean
7.) Questionaire by Chaz Chankel
8.) Sunshine by Warren Mills
9.) Situation by Yaz
10.) Don't Go by Yaz
11.) Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol
12.) Can You Feel The Beat by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
13.) You Used To Hold Me by Ralphi Rosario featuring Xavier Gold
14.) A Love Of My Own by Fingers Inc. (House Music)
15.) No Way Back by Adonis (House Music)
16.) House Music Is My Life by Tyree Cooper (House Music)
17.) The Bouncer by Kicks Like A Mule (Tribal House)

[Lick UR Lovely]

[b]BERLIN hands down..INXS and the late Robert Palmer/b]

[Realgirls4me]

I see where this song was a favorite of many here ... What a hauntingly poignant beautiful song. I don't know whether to cry or what. I haven't heard it in so long a time and it just stirs memories for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuu2DdQ8WtE

... I used the O.C. video as a backdrop given its images.

So many songs we forgot to play...




Well, do we want to ???