I'm trying to annoy the hell out of a friend of mine, and so I'm looking for good 80's songs that you remember, but can understand how someone else might have forgotten. I'll start with what I've got so far. Talk Talk: It's my life ELO: Xanadu Cinderella: Shake Me Sir Mix-a-lot: Posse's on Broadway Rocky IV: Training Montage Boys Don't Cry:I wanna be a cowboy Styx:Mr. Roboto Huey Lewis and the News:Hip to be Square Jefferson Starship:Layin it on the Line The Culteace Dog Tesla:Love song Cheap Trick:Surrender Ramones:Sheena is a Punk Rocker Ramones:Bonzo Goes to Bitburg Night Ranger:You can Still Rock in America Night Ranger:When You Close Your Eyes Quiot Riot:Slick Black Cadillac The Cult:Firewoman Death Anger:Bored Anyway, y'all have any good ones for me?
First, I'm pissed that No Doubt covered that Talk Talk song. I mean can't they just leave it alone? Second, Blue Oyster Cult - Love is Like Oxygen Lou Monte - Shut Uppa You Face Santana - I'm Winning Third, I hope to have some more tommorrow Fourth, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Driver 8 - REM Sex (I'm a...) - Berlin Hero Takes a Fall - Bangles Boys Don't Cry - The Cure China Girl - David Bowie Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council Poison Arrow - ABC How Soon is Now? - The Smiths The One Thing - INXS Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders Perfect Way - Scritti Politti Rio - Duran Duran Get Up and Go - The Go Gos I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses Let's Pretend We're Married - Prince Fascination - The Human League
Alan Parson's Project - Don't Answer Me Alphaville - Forever Young Alphaville - Big in Japan Hall & Oates - Rich Girl F.R. Davids - Words Joe Jackson - Slow Song Joe Jackson - Happy Ending Limahl - Neverending Story Nik Kershaw - I won't let the Sun Go Down on Me Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it be good Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok Phil Collins - Against All Odds Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls Queen - Radio Ga Ga Rockwell - Somebody's watching me Spandau Ballet - True Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades The Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon The Stranglers - Always the Sun The Stranglers - Golden Brown Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Surrender and a lot more. I love 80s music.
Anytime someone throws up an 80s post I have to post my 80s song. IT's right here. Try and find the Dexy's Midnoght Runner reference. Chance
"Turbo Lover" Judas Priest "Two of Hearts" Stacy Q Last night in my hotel after the Music Pity Bowl I watched Little Nicky. I saw probably the most horrifying image I've ever seen (Clint Howard in drag) and he was pinching his nipples to that old Stacy Q song. I probably don't want to listen to that tune again because of the horrid mental image it presents in my brain. (today I'm in Orlando after during the wee hours to get to Orlando from Nashville. I took a power nap before I left.)
No, no, no. "Burning Heart" is the song they play when Rocky gets off the plane in Siberia. The "Training Montage" plays when they show the contrasting training styles of Rocky and Drago.
Fatty, You should have seen the greatest one hit wonders show that is hosted by William Shatner that was on last night. Many of the songs were '80s ones. Anyway, I'll add to the great lists of Mrs. JB and Jackie: "Lullaby" - The Cure "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire "Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" - Soft Cell "Kids in America" - Kim Wilde "Send Me an Angel" - Real Life "Stand or Fall" - The Fixx "Major Tom" - Peter Schilling "Life in a Northern Town" - Dream Academy "Human" - Human League "Cruel Summer" - Bananarama That is all I can think of for now, but I know there are many others. I love the '80s probably more than any other era. Oh and Jackie - I have the Alphaville CD that has both "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young". Very good CD and I will now listen to it sometime today.
Oh, I just remembered another great one - "99 Luftballoons" by Nena. Rob Sheffield, who writes for Rolling Stone, and is one of the most brilliant people that not many people know about at all says this about the career of Nena: "When your first song is about the end of the world, it is pretty hard to come up with a second hit!"
Nena - German Peter Schilling - German Real Life - Australian Alphaville - German "Der Kommissar" was from Falco (Austrian)
