Name Your Favorite 80s Songs!

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (duh)
XTC - Dear God
Golden Earing - Twilight Zone
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (did that not get mentioned yet? Ok, it was '79, but still)
B-52s - Rock Lobster (also '79), Private Idaho
After the Fire - Der Kommissar

You could probably throw some INXS in for good measure.

If looking for some of the less obvious ones:
Mary's Danish - Crash, Foxy Lady
The Primitives - Crash
TPOH (The Pursuit of Happiness) - Two Girls, I'm an Adult Now
 
New Order- Blue Monday
Dead or Alive- You Spin Me Right Round baby
Tears For Fears- Shout
Duran Duran- Wild boys
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Mister Mister- Broken Wings
Falco- Rock Me Amadeus
Taco- Puttin' on the Ritz
Rockwell- Somebody's Watching Me
Soft Cell- Tainted Love

So Many Others....
 
[quote name='"coldwine"']Cocteau Twins: Carolyn's Fingers

man, I loved the Cocteau Twins back in the day, maybe after work I'll have to listen to 'em.


More: almost anything from YAZ/YAZOO, + Erasure
 
Time also to include Turning Japanese as well as Billy Idol. Depending on the aim of the Cd, you could also include Elvis Costello's Peace and Understanding.
 
The Cure - Just Like Heaven, Pictures of You
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
OMD - If You Leave

Can't believe nobody has mentioned the Beastie Boys. Some of their early stuff was great. Paul Revere, Girls, Slow and Low...that entire Licensed to Ill album was sweet.

And for easy listening, Hall & Oates is the ultimate 80's artist.
 
[quote name='Othergods']Michael Jackson- Thriller [/quote]
[quote name='HeadRusch']Herbie Hancock - Rockit..[/quote]

I'd have to agree with those.

Also, Tainted Love, Hangin' Tough, Video Killed the Radio Star, and whatever Billy Idol was in the 80's.
 
Where is all the "hair metal cock rock"
Motley Crue, Ratt, Posion, Twisted Sister, GnR, Metallica (When they were cool), Cinderella, Anthrax and others.
 
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De La Soul - Me, Myself, and I

Prince - When Doves Cry
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That
Soul II Soul - Keep on Movin'
Soul II Soul - Back to Life
 
[quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Othergods']Michael Jackson- Thriller [/quote]
[quote name='HeadRusch']Herbie Hancock - Rockit..[/quote]

I'd have to agree with those.

Also, Tainted Love, Hangin' Tough, Video Killed the Radio Star, and whatever Billy Idol was in the 80's.[/quote]

if you mean Hangin Tough by NKOTB that was the 90's.
 
[quote name='tyecko'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Othergods']Michael Jackson- Thriller [/quote]
[quote name='HeadRusch']Herbie Hancock - Rockit..[/quote]

I'd have to agree with those.

Also, Tainted Love, Hangin' Tough, Video Killed the Radio Star, and whatever Billy Idol was in the 80's.[/quote]

if you mean Hangin Tough by NKOTB that was the 90's.[/quote]

Damn it. I could've sworn it was '88 or '89, oh well :p
 
[quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='tyecko'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Othergods']Michael Jackson- Thriller [/quote]
[quote name='HeadRusch']Herbie Hancock - Rockit..[/quote]

I'd have to agree with those.

Also, Tainted Love, Hangin' Tough, Video Killed the Radio Star, and whatever Billy Idol was in the 80's.[/quote]

if you mean Hangin Tough by NKOTB that was the 90's.[/quote]

Damn it. I could've sworn it was '88 or '89, oh well :p[/quote]

you were right

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/new_kids_on_the_block/bio.jhtml
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='tyecko'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Othergods']Michael Jackson- Thriller [/quote]
[quote name='HeadRusch']Herbie Hancock - Rockit..[/quote]

I'd have to agree with those.

Also, Tainted Love, Hangin' Tough, Video Killed the Radio Star, and whatever Billy Idol was in the 80's.[/quote]

if you mean Hangin Tough by NKOTB that was the 90's.[/quote]

Damn it. I could've sworn it was '88 or '89, oh well :p[/quote]

you were right



http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/new_kids_on_the_block/bio.jhtml[/quote]

Oh wups sorry DZ I could've sworn it was the 90's, my mistake. I can't belive no ones said this yet:

867-5309/Jenny- Tommy Tutone
 
[quote name='vrs1650']Where is all the "hair metal cock rock"
Motley Crue, Ratt, Posion, Twisted Sister, GnR, Metallica (When they were cool), Cinderella, Anthrax and others.[/quote]

I hated Hair Metal but I did like Ratt. They were a bit heavier than the other pussy bands like Poison, Warrant, Slaughter..etc.

During the 80's though, I mostly listened to Thrash like Metalica, Megadeth, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, Death Angel, Exodus, Nuclear Assault, etc..
 
You will never have a complete overview of the GREAT '80's music without Def Leppard!!!

Add "Photograph" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" to your silly cd NOW!!!
 
Uh, why was Anthrax included in a hair-metal list?
Thats a No-No :)

Hair Metal:
White Lion, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Motley Crew, Great White (Hmm..lotta white in this list).....etc. Some rocked harder than others, but they're all in the same big happy family...

But Anthrax was pure Thrash.....no spandex, no scarves, no zebra-print hats :p

You know we never did find out what the aim of this CD was....Easy Listening, Hair Metal, Vintage Thrash, synth-pop, Euro-Syhtn-Pop.....!??!?!!?!?
 
upon closer inspection, i've decided that the 80's weren't that bad after all. Mostly because two of my favorite punks albums of all time came out then. Bad Religion's Suffer and No Control, both classics of real punk.
 
I love album tracks more then the singles usually but for this i'll stick to singles....I don't want to get too obscure, either!!

--------"New Wave"--------
Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
New Order - Everything's Gone Green, Temptation
Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
The Cure - A Forest, Charlotte Sometimes, In Between Days
U2 - New Years Day
Reel Life - Send Me An Angel
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Generation X - Dancing With Myself
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Madness - One Step Beyond
Gary Numan - Cars
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me (With Science)
could go on forever and ever....

----Hair Metal/New Wave-----
THe Cult - Rain
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song

---Hair Metal---
Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak
Motley Cure - Shout At The Devil
RATT - Round and Round
Bang Tango - Someone Like You
Billy Squire - The Stroke
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Van Halen - Panama
Skid Row - 18 and Life
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Ozzy Osboure and Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever


----Rap / Hip Hop-----
Rob Base - It Takes Two
Grandmaster Melle Mel - Beat Street
Fat Boys - Human Beatbox
LL Cool J - Radio. BAD
NWA/ Eazy E - 8 Ball
Tone Loc - Wild Thing, Funky Cold Medina
RUN DMC - King Of Rock
L'Trimm - Cars That Go Boom
Salt N' Pepa - Push
Sir Mix a Lot - Posse On Broadway, Square Dance Rap
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
Wham - Wham Rap ---------just kidding----------

-----Schlock------

USA for Africa - We Are The World
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson- Say, Say, Say
Billy Vera - At This Moment
Lionel Richie (where to start?) - Hello, All Night Long, Say You, Say Me
Hall And Oates - Maneater, Private Eyes
Styx - Mr. Roboto
(unknown band form Karate Kid sndtrk) - You're The Best Around
Journey (pick any song, they're all terrible)

AND NO 80's collection is complete without ---

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Buckner and Garcia - Pac Man Fever
Billy Idol
or any of the 10,000 Prince (who wrote some of them) infuenced dance songs that dominated the radio from 85-88

don't forget, Punk, Early Shoegaze, Wax Trax/ Industrial, Techno/Club, Goth, Etc, Etc, Etc --There is tons of better music then listed above, just not suitable for party mix tapes for groups of people.


--forgot Taco- Puttin' On The Ritz
 
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