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What's your favorite song from the 80's/90's period (back when we were free from the plague of Soulja Boy)?

I have to say that this is my favorite:

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

This song, among others:
Jumper - Third Eye Blind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwfAKFg-0-Y)

Among many others, I believe it's Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ).

A-HA - Cryin' in the Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9bWsh8dsbI)

Cloudbusting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHA9W-zExQ) by the exquisite Katie B is undoubtedly the best song of the 80s, and one of the greatest music videos ever.

So there.

Soulja Boy isn't that bad. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNVYE1CcTLg) :D

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

It makes a hard man humble...

Or this because it's so funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi8iiqD0ADM

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Oh, and this because it's about my university and also funny (at least to locals like myself)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzY1LnE769Y

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I'm not saying any of these songs are good, I just like them

barbarians all of you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqzpDr7pOJk

here is one of them:

live Rio de Janeiro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNmxk9sT9w
movie version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQAiZLzoSJA&feature=related
girl Version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vowaJht3Nx8&feature=related

here is another one:

Movie version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DD6hiT5YGs
Movie 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzn3BQZ1EKs&feature=related

and

the GTA Video Game version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HprVBFYP70M

Can't forget this gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eyROvw6zbY

Jello forever. :D

This (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY) :D

I know what you will say:rolleyes:

This (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY) :D

I know what you will say:rolleyes:

Hmmm, thought you got stabbed in the neck at the office party. Well apparently you have time to mess with the net so I expect those TPS reports by tomorrow.

Edit: Bet you didn't think I would say that.

barbarians all of you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqzpDr7pOJk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx58hXh4pVA

:D

Jello forever. :D

hes 49 and awesome, how is this possible?

hes 49 and awesome, how is this possible?

Cause he is a nutter.

80s: Bronsky Beat - Smalltown Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-q1WRaKNg)

90s... I have to consider that a bit.

This one is a classic. This whole tape was what we were listening to while we were slugging it out in the desert in Iraq '91. Ahh the memories....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiX7GTelTPM

Hmmm, thought you got stabbed in the neck at the office party. Well apparently you have time to mess with the net so I expect those TPS reports by tomorrow.

Edit: Bet you didn't think I would say that.Not quite...

Tie between One, For Whom the Bells Toll, and Fade To Black. Long live old Metallica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRYDetbwegs&feature=PlayList&p=17714087BB5C09C4&index=10

Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI)

One Week - Barenaked ladies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g3uqrHePvk)

Bubba Shot the Jukebox - Mark Chesnutt (sorry, no link. Youtube has nothing for this song, but if you can find it somewhere it's one of the best/funniest country songs I've ever heard)

Smooth - Santana & Rob Thomas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpX97eg-W-k)

And many more, but it's getting late . . .

Just one? Damn...

Well, some more well known songs that would be the running for my favorite 80s/90s songs:

Man in the Box by Alice in Chains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bvbMPk0hyc&feature=related

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ

Hemorrhage by Fuel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM6_Jlk6Reg

Jumper by Third Eye Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwfAKFg-0-Y

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU

Now, for some less well known:
Blashyrkh by Immortal (this video is so korny, but is amazing, just like Immortal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aZcgMmxHxw

Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwu83RR6ZU

Under a Funeral Moon by Darkthrone (poor quality vid :( )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7N_mF8tN5Q

I've probably overlooked some of my favorites of the era, but these are the ones that jump out.

Sultans of Ping- Wheres my jumper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=8gDDNAfmnU8

This:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw

I'm surprised this song wasn't mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

I'm surprised this song wasn't mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

It wasn't mentioned cause we wanted to forget it. ;)

This:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw

Good song however I had to turn that one off because of that damn video.

It wasn't mentioned cause we wanted to forget it. ;)

lol

I personally think that the video was a disaster but the song was OK.

The 90s doesn't seem that long ago...

A lot of my favourite songs are from the 90s, but they're not really classics in the mainstream.

The 90s doesn't seem that long ago...

A lot of my favourite songs are from the 90s, but they're not really classics in the mainstream.

Is it because most of them are foreign? I like some rap songs from the 90's (which was the era that I was born in), but the majority of the songs I like from that era aren't rap. Such as Heut'ist Mein Tag.

That reminds me - this song is a great 80's song:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

The 90s doesn't seem that long ago...

A lot of my favourite songs are from the 90s, but they're not really classics in the mainstream.

Pull up the you tube links and we will be the judge. :D

Such as Heut'ist Mein Tag.

I always liked Ich bin wieder hier (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gGsjq5rAvH4) and Blaue Augen (http://youtube.com/watch?v=HUbh30XohlA) better.

Of course, during the Christmas season, there is always Unter'm Weihnachtsbaum. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=QcleCgGdHpU&feature=related) :)

Too many to list.

I can't pick just one. It's like asking me to choose a favorite oxygen molecule, for such favorite songs are both numerous and life-sustaining.

I'll keep the list short, though.

"Shake You Donkey Up", XTC
"Hyperactive", Thomas Dolby
"11 MPH", Was (Not Was)
"Workin' for a Livin'", Huey Lewis & the News
"Credit", Tower of Power
"Out of the Business", The Tubes
"Goodnight Saigon", Billy Joel
"And She Was", Talking Heads
"Underground", Men at Work
"One Night in Bangkok", Murray Head
"Something About You", Level 42
"Walking in L.A.", Missing Persons
"Heartache Tonight", The Eagles
"Gaucho", Steely Dan

That's all this mood, this week. And yes, that's as short a list as I can make. Thank you for your time.

Any good REM is good!


Link (http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7vs21ZKrKM)

since others are posting vids...

here's my contribution (http://www.stage6.com/user/guiom88/video/1850204/AMV-studio-Ghibli---The-Mummer's-Dance).

Edit: further additions below.

Dead or alive (http://www.stage6.com/ANIME-4/video/1605688/Wanted-Dead-Or-Alive---Trigun---AMV)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc
Neun-und-neunzig Luftballons is a fantastic song.

A great chorus to drunkenly sing along to.

Neun-und-neunzig Luftballons is a fantastic song.

A great chorus to drunkenly sing along to.

aye, i have to say i liked this version first though:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8fGt5M3SI

they used to play it all the time at my favourite club when i was a kid. always filled the floor. heard it before i ever heard of the original.

Any good REM is good!


Link (http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7vs21ZKrKM)

Untrue: only the bad REM is good.

:confused:

they used to play it all the time at my favourite club when i was a kid. always filled the floor. heard it before i ever heard of the original.
The club in question wasn't the Mission/Mini-Mission by any chance? I'm guilty of attending that club too. :)

But yea, the Goldfinger version is ace, and I'm sure there are other decent cover versions.

The club in question wasn't the Mission/Mini-Mission by any chance? I'm guilty of attending that club too. :)

But yea, the Goldfinger version is ace, and I'm sure there are other decent cover versions.

nah, it was the watersplash in jersey. the place is shit now cuz the banned moshing.

nah, it was the watersplash in jersey. the place is shit now cuz the banned moshing.
Ahh, forgot you used to live there.

As for banning moshing, I know a few clubs where that's happened and you're right, it's shit; da kidz just stand around looking glum.

Even if I do prefer to pogo.

since others are posting vids...Thanks to youtube..
Its easier to post a Vid than to post a sound link.

The Internet is in constant evolution.

since others are posting vids...

Edit: further additions below.

Dead or alive (http://www.stage6.com/ANIME-4/video/1605688/Wanted-Dead-Or-Alive---Trigun---AMV)


Dead or Alive title reminds me of the group of the name in the early 80's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg


How bout some Billy Idol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofzLsvTsM0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToeY7MkCm0c

More from the New Wave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeR__R5jBM

Blondie 1981:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPikUPlRD8

Damn she was hot. Funny she actually raps in this song. A white chick rapping in 1981.

The Gap Band - Outstanding

The Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long

Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

Pointer Sisters - Automatic

Ultra Vivid Scene - The Mercy Seat

and of course there is my penchant for early 80s american punk

Minor Threat - In My Eyes

Black Flag - I Dont Care

DRI - Reganomics

Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles

This song is 100 times better because of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdDxz2bkfhE&feature=user

Cherry pie anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCAJQmSHEc, obviously.

Back in Black - AC/DC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CB7uv_VpRs

best

No where near the best, but maybe the most memorable.

Imagine walking into a club that featured walk-in size speakers and "Shout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqgy1mebh8)" playing at a volume that shakes your insides...

Liberty in the PI was pretty cool.

Okay, fav song from 90s? As someone who grew up through them I'd have to go with...Drops of Jupiter by Train. That song has a wicked piano line!

Couple of other fav song:

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Life On Mars? - David Bowie: if you get the chance, see the video clip. His makeup is hilarious!

Of course, anything by the Spice Girls...
I kid, I kid! :D

Too many to list.

Seconded.
Also, too many bad ones as well.

Okay, fav song from 90s? As someone who grew up through them I'd have to go with...Drops of Jupiter by Train. That song has a wicked piano line!

Seconded times a million. I bloody adore that song.

My favourite 80s song is probably... hmm. I'm a big fan of 80s, actually, it's hard to choose just one.

"Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House is a big fave.

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears For Fears is excellent.

"William, It Was Really Nothing" is an old favourite of mine.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley was, ironically, one of my ex's favourite songs, which he chose as "our song", before promptly taking off. I can't listen to it right now, but I used to love it. :p

90s would probably include:

A lot of BSB. Backstreet Boys, my loves. That's where it's *at*.

"High Above Me" by Everclear brings back ton of memories.

"Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews is a 90s song, and it's my favourite song of all time, but it doesn't strike me as "stereotypically 90s". I think of more pop songs.

"Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows is a good one, too.

And OF COURSE, can't forget "Baby Got Back". Clearly. ;)

And OF COURSE, can't forget "Baby Got Back". Clearly. ;)

Certainly then you should listen to Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine's version.
*nods emphatically*
Oh, and btw, i met Douglas Adams. *notes sig*

Oh, and btw, i met Douglas Adams. *notes sig*

Did you ACTUALLY? My god. I am in awe of that man.

Did you ACTUALLY?For honest and for true. He was up here (in AK) back in the early 90's on a speaking tour for AT&T's "Great Communicators" series.
I had been looking forward to it for a while, but he has extremely low esteem of americans (not that we've shown a lot of sense in a while).
My god. I am in awe of that man.It's best to stay with his writing. In person, he's quite testy.
If you haven't already, catch "Salmon of Doubt", and read the part about when Townshend was telling him to unbunch his knickers about his HGTTG fans .... that's the closest apology myself and my friend got for that particular night. :(

For honest and for true. He was up here (in AK) back in the early 90's on a speaking tour for AT&T's "Great Communicators" series.
I had been looking forward to it for a while, but he has extremely low esteem of americans (not that we've shown a lot of sense in a while).
It's best to stay with his writing. In person, he's quite testy.
If you haven't already, catch "Salmon of Doubt", and read the part about when Townshend was telling him to unbunch his knickers about his HGTTG fans .... that's the closest apology myself and my friend got for that particular night. :(

Aww... I hate finding out that people I admire are actually jerks in person. Oh, well. I'll stick to the "brilliant author" bit of admiration, then. (To be honest, I haven't read nearly as much of his work as I should... mostly bits and pieces here or there, parts of books when I get a chance to pick them up. He's one of my favourite authors to quote, but in terms of sitting down and reading a whole work through, I'm sadly, sadly lacking. It's always, "When I get a chance to read books other than course texts...")

Aww... I hate finding out that people I admire are actually jerks in person. Oh, well. I'll stick to the "brilliant author" bit of admiration, then.I suspect i felt just about exactly the same about him right until he started saying i was a racist moron (which even if i may be a moron, i'm utterly NOT a racist), which really REALLY ruined the night for me - he mocked myself and my friend in front of some folk who were taken aback by his attitude towards americans in general and my friend and i inparticular. :(
(To be honest, I haven't read nearly as much of his work as I should... mostly bits and pieces here or there, parts of books when I get a chance to pick them up. He's one of my favourite authors to quote, but in terms of sitting down and reading a whole work through, I'm sadly, sadly lacking. It's always, "When I get a chance to read books other than course texts...")I would go with Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, if you get the chance. I myself am far too caught up with nonfiction these days to get into any other authors. I only would consider meeting Robert Anton Wilson at this point - for which, if i was mocked about it, i should expect as much and might take it in stride. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

Clearly Superior to everything.