NationStates Jolt Archive

yes? which? why? 80s are back, and they have shoulder pads biatch

I don't know if there's such a thing.

Six words: I wear my sunglasses at night.

oh thats a good one lol

Are we talking music with that "80's sound" or just anything released from 1980-1989?

All of them which do not sound as if they were from the 80's

likon you can bite my capitalist ass! 80s all the way

and both i guess kanteletar

'Never Say Never' - Romeo Void

"The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, because of the whacky lyrics and the video had a midget!

Or anything off Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi. The first album I ever had sex too. Ah, the 80's. Good memories, what few I have.

omg the safety dance music video was one of the most disturbing things ive ever seen. that and "thriller" i suppose. :D

I'll nominate "Africa".

Frankly, Mr. Shankly - The Smiths

Monkey Gone Too Heaven - The Pixies

Add It Up - The Violent Femmes

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

Skyway - Replacements

Skid Row - 18 and Life

I forgot Lovesong by the Cure, it caught the tail end of the 80's

You people are all nuts

The best 80's song ever is obviously "Sister Christian"

You people are all nuts

The best 80's song ever is obviously "Sister Christian"

My roommate loves that fuckin song.

Drives me fuckin CRAZY!! :mad:

My roommate loves that fuckin song.

Drives me fuckin CRAZY!! :mad:

Sings "And we're motoring..."

Sings "And we're motoring..."

I may have to kill you. :eek:

Lucretia My Reflection by The Sisters of Mercy (released 11/87)

I'll limit my choices to those songs which are obviously '80s:

1) Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
2) Dramarama - "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)"
3) Skid Row - "I Remember You"
4) Bon Jovi - "Runaway"
5) Journey - "Open Arms"

MC Hammer 'Can't Touch This' :)

Ghost Town - The Specials
Reward - Teardrop Explodes
The Lunatics are Taking Over the Asylum - Funboy Three
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

The lack of "Mr. Roboto," by Styx saddens me. :(

On a more serious note, "All I Need is a Miracle," by Mike and the Mechanics

Come on Eileen - Dexy's

Classic :) .

Well, there's...

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Master of Puppets - Metallica

The best 80s song and still the greatest love song of all time...

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
So (Virgin, 1986)

You could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back
All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
the amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
oh let me be your sledgehammer
this will be my testimony

Show me 'round your fruitcage
'cause I will be your honey bee
open up your fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
you'd better call the sledgehammer
put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
this can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
let there be no doubt about it
Sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit
shed my skin
this is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
oh won't you show for me
and I will show for you
show for me, I will show for you
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only you
you've been coming through
going to build that power
build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
going to feel that power, build in you
come on, come on, help me do
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
it's what we're doing, doing
all day and night

Nobody has mentioned "Runaway Train" by "Soul Asylum". An absolute classic.

Any Song FromThe Wall ~Pink Floyd

I've probably missed a few but these sprang to mind.

California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
Holiday in Cambodia - " "
Loud Love - Soundgarden
No Spiritual Surrender - Inside Out
Love Shack - The B-52's (LOL, yes, i'm serious. Rock Lobster as well but I think that was late 70's)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
It's The End of the World as We Know It - R.E.M
Dear God - X.T.C.

Judas Priest - Electric Eye

Any Song FromThe Wall ~Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb :)

R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know it
U2 - Where the Streets Have no Name
Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
Thomas Dolby - One of Our Submarines
The Police - Invisible Sun

The Vapors - Turning Japanese

Any song remixed by Happy 2B Hardcore

I'm a Ramones fan, but when I think of '80's music, these songs pop into my head first:

Huey Lewis and the News: Heart of Rock and Roll

Michael Jackson: Billie Jean

Blondie: The Tide is High

Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams

Simple Minds: Don't You Forget About Me

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax

Yello: Oh Yeah

Tears for Fears: Shout

Wang Chung: Everybody have fun tonight

Tina Turner: What's Love got to do with it

The theme from Miami Vice

Oddly enough, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, and Madonna, three monster acts that ought to pop into my head just don't... :confused:

All I listen to are 80s songs, so here are a few I enjoy

Take on Me - Ah Ha
Manic Monday - Bangels
Rock the Casbah - Clash
Dont You Want Me - Human Leauge
Electric Blue - Icehouse
Need You Tonight - Inxs
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Bizzare Love Triangle - New World Order
99 Luftbaloons - Nina
Your Love - Outfield
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Find Another Fool - Quarterflash
It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
Send me and Angel - Real Life
Back In the High Life - Steve Winwood
Heart and Soul - T'Pau
The Promise - When in Rome

and my favorite
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics

I don't know if there's such a thing.

Agrees

The lack of "Mr. Roboto," by Styx saddens me. :(

On a more serious note, "All I Need is a Miracle," by Mike and the Mechanics

Ah, Styx! They were my fave band in the early 80's

Favourite 80's song? too many to mention

Well, there's...

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Pah. Your choices were good, but mine will be better!

Aces High - Iron Maiden
Battery - Metallica
Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
Raining Blood - Slayer
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Prisoner - Iron Maiden

None of this 'electro-pop' pants. Metal all the way!

My first thought:
'Kerosene' by Big Black
Next thought:
'London Calling' by The Clash (I think that just scrapes in as an 80s song doesn't it?)

or anything the Butthole Surfers did

Just thought of another couple:
"White Lines' and 'Don't Push Me' by Grandmaster Flash
and
'Heart of Glass' by Blondie

U2 - Where the Streets Have no Name

The lack of "Mr. Roboto," by Styx saddens me. :(

On a more serious note, "All I Need is a Miracle," by Mike and the Mechanics
That Song wa most popular in 1990 so it woudn't be*Starts to fall asleephhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I know it's cutting it close (89), but my vote goes to Lovesong, The Cure.

I forgot Lovesong by the Cure, it caught the tail end of the 80's

I know it's cutting it close (89), but my vote goes to Lovesong, The Cure.

You are the second smartest poster on NS General. Since the smartest poster is the smartest person in existence you should consider yourself honored.

No Back in black.

Ah...MTV. The channel that revolutionized the music industry just before it killed it.

Anyways you are all retarded for not even mentioning Queen. Name any song they ever did in the 80's. A classic every one.

My first thought:
'Kerosene' by Big Black
Next thought:
'London Calling' by The Clash (I think that just scrapes in as an 80s song doesn't it?)

or anything the Butthole Surfers did
owww kerosene by big black rules, i saw them in concert with sonic youth in 87(maybe 88), steve albini is an annoying prententious shite but big black was pretty damn good.

Any Song FromThe Wall ~Pink Floyd
NO NO NO *hits with rolled up news paper*
The Wall was released in 1979 and therefore cannot qualify as 80's music. The fact that the movie came out in the 80's ('82 I believe) is irrelevant.

billy squire...stroke me

flock of seagulls - i ran

every time that song comes on in vice city, i go on an unholy killing rampage and immediately stop when the song stops and pretend nothing happened. :mp5:

flock of seagulls - i ran

every time that song comes on in vice city, i go on an unholy killing rampage and immediately stop when the song stops and pretend nothing happened. :mp5:

The lead singer of Flock of Seagulls also wins "Best 80's Haircut"

NO NO NO *hits with rolled up news paper*
The Wall was released in 1979 and therefore cannot qualify as 80's music. The fact that the movie came out in the 80's ('82 I believe) is irrelevant.


Yes, but tiem keeps going after one decade turns into another, doesn't it?
The Wall was released quite late in 1979 and "Another Brick In The Wall" didn't hit the top of the charts until 1980, so as far as the mainstream cared, The Wall wasn't really "out there" until the 80's, was it?

God help me, I can't believe I know this crap and was born in 1986... too much TV

The lead singer of Flock of Seagulls also wins "Best 80's Haircut"

I never saw the lead singer, but was the haircut called the "Flock of Seagulls" as seen in the Wedding Singer movie? That was one screwy hair cut, makes me love the '80s more that people got away with shit like that...

Yes, but tiem keeps going after one decade turns into another, doesn't it?
The Wall was released quite late in 1979 and "Another Brick In The Wall" didn't hit the top of the charts until 1980, so as far as the mainstream cared, The Wall wasn't really "out there" until the 80's, was it?

God help me, I can't believe I know this crap and was born in 1986... too much TV

Fill me with your culture, wise one.

Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

I never saw the lead singer, but was the haircut called the "Flock of Seagulls" as seen in the Wedding Singer movie? That was one screwy hair cut, makes me love the '80s more that people got away with shit like that...

Flock of Seagulls:

http://musicmedia.ign.com/music/image/flockofseagulls_artist160_100703.jpg

Nobody has mentioned "Runaway Train" by "Soul Asylum". An absolute classic.
No one would, because it was released in '93.

Pah. Your choices were good, but mine will be better!

Aces High - Iron Maiden
Battery - Metallica
Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
Raining Blood - Slayer
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Prisoner - Iron Maiden

None of this 'electro-pop' pants. Metal all the way!

Excellent choices Sir! Indeed, my band is currently attempting Tornado of Souls.

Might I also suggest 'One' by Metallica.

Hey, hang on, Tornado of Souls is off Rust in Peace, released in 1990! Cheat.

Excellent choices Sir! Indeed, my band is currently attempting Tornado of Souls.

Might I also suggest 'One' by Metallica.

Hey, hang on, Tornado of Souls is off Rust in Peace, released in 1990! Cheat.
Quiet you. I shall put whatever I like in this list!

I own all metallica albums. Except St. Anger. That I bought, listened to, then stamped on until it was like sand.

Yes, but tiem keeps going after one decade turns into another, doesn't it?
The Wall was released quite late in 1979 and "Another Brick In The Wall" didn't hit the top of the charts until 1980, so as far as the mainstream cared, The Wall wasn't really "out there" until the 80's, was it?

God help me, I can't believe I know this crap and was born in 1986... too much TV

Maybe it wasn't released as a single in the US until winter 79/80, but it was enough of a hit here in 79 that some TV marketing hacks tried ripping it off for the back-to-school season in 79.

God help you, born in 86? Holy McFreakin' crap, man - what's gone wrong with the world...I left home in 86...

Ah, the 80s. A great time to be a kid, even though Thatcher/Reagan/Brezhnev/Andropov nearly wiped us all out on several non-consecutive occasions.

Some good music too. Let's see. A few favourites here ....

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
Depeche Mode - I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead (and everything else they did!)
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon (The Cutter was also a top choon)
Joy Division - Isolation
New Order - True Faith
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
The Cure - In Between Days
Big Audio Dynamite - e=mc2
OMD - Electricity
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
UB40 - Food For Thought
Kraftwerk - The Model
Gary Numan - We Are Glass (Cars is his best, but technically that was the 70s)
Soft Cell - Torch
Duran Duran - View To A Kill
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
Devo - That's Good
Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
Dexys Midnight Runners - Celtic Soul Brothers (and Geno, and There There My Dear)
Human League - The Lebanon

I could go on and on ....! :rolleyes:

Quiet you. I shall put whatever I like in this list!

I own all metallica albums. Except St. Anger. That I bought, listened to, then stamped on until it was like sand.

Hahaha.