Foo - Awesome 80's Songs

What are some of the good songs from the 80's?

Here's some of my favs:

Madness - Our House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsqogRKBUI8a)

Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVuLJS_Eok)

Rob Base - It Takes Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy1BmQNMSTg)

LL Cool J - Going Back to Cali (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBPj7cxG3U)

Virtually any and all songs from the hair metal bands. They still sound great today.

Afrika Bambatu adn Time Zone - World Destruction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxnkuyBxBrM)

Anything off of "Master of Puppets" "Ride the Lightning" or "And Justice For All" (even though that was released in 1990).

Love and Rockets - Ball of Confusion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKTXi1fNCyA)

The Power Station - Some Like It Hot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIerlxyyYmI)

Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8A0rhVG91U)

Heh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4dQ2kCiSo).

What are some of the good songs from the 80's?

Here's some of my favs:

Madness - Our House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsqogRKBUI8a)

Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVuLJS_Eok)

Rob Base - It Takes Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy1BmQNMSTg)

LL Cool J - Going Back to Cali (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBPj7cxG3U)
Ugh! I hate 3 of those 4 (I like LL Cool J).


For me...a few that are pretty cheesy, but I can't help but love them.

Charlene - I've been to Paradise, but I've never been to me
Sheila E. - Glamorous Life
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Duran Duran - Rio
Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night
Madonna - Get Into The Groove
Culture Club - Time
Toto - Africa
Heart - Alone

I agree fully with Blue Jays. Just listen to Dee Snider's HOH. Can't go wrong.

Tears For Fears 'Memories Fade', Icehouse 'No Promises'

'Purple Rain' - Prince
'1999' - Prince
'Bell of St. Mark' - Shiela E
'Our Lips Are Sealed' - Go-Go's
'Vacation' - Go-Go's
'Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)' - Icycle Works
'I Confess' - The Beat (aka the English Beat)
'Hero Takes A Fall' - Bangles
'I'm Going Down to Liverpool' - Bangles (Vid has Leonard Nemoy as the chauffer)
'Blister in the Sun' - Violent Femmes
'Lips Like Sugar' - Echo and the Bunnymen
'Middle of the Road' - the Pretenders
'Brass in Pocket' - the Pretenders
'Los Angeles' - X
'88 Lines About 44 Women' - the Nails
'Master and Servant' - Depeche Mode
'Somebody' - Depeche Mode
'68 Guns' - the Alarm
'I Will Follow' - U2
'Gloria' - U2
'Sunday Bloody Sunday' - U2
'Bad' - U2
'A Sort of Homecoming' - U2
'The Unforgettable Fire' - U2
'New Year's Day' - U2
'40' - U2
'Two Hearts Beat As One' - U2
'Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy
'Bring the Noise' - Public Enemy
'Terminator X' - Public Enemy
'I Go to Work' Kool Moe Dee
'Rock the Bells' - LL Cool J
'Going Back to Cali' - LL Cool J

Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LllhrwvkXto)

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean/Beat It/Thriller/Smooth Criminal
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine

Holy. Diver.

Anything from Depeche Mode.
Pet Shop Boys - I Want a Dog
Prince - Kiss
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Murrayhead - One Night in Bangcock
Herbie Hancock - Rock It
David Bowie - China Girl
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads
The Knight Rider theme music
Theme song from Smokey and the Bandit
Duke of Hazzard theme song

off the top of my head...

English Beat -- I Confess (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJjfLSMdbvI)

Squeeze, Tempted

B-52s -- 52 Girls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgCrj7J3evc)

alphaville- forever young

The Hoodoo Gurus - Death Defying (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odkzpkzwtfg)

The Rave Ups - Positively Lost Me

Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul

Dreams-Van Halen

and don't forget this gem!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nBRNSGt3U1M

one night in bangkok

uh huh...that's right...uh huh. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSJhL3_D_E) ;)

It's hard for me to listen to this song. Old flame, you see. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uNyPefjS88&mode=related&search=) :(

"Why ja do it? Why ja do it? We know you did it" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjS_9qq3-g)

Goody Two Shoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPfxyZPdrno)- Adam and the Ants

The Clash - Janie Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBveo2TDwio)

(and every other Clash song)

Great band. Great concert. Has a nice ending. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpr-C5FZ0DY&mode=related&search=) :)


The Smiths. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPUednxVAw)

my man mike - everything, esp the thriller album
talking heads - crosseyed & painless
prince - everything
u2 - whole joshua tree album
bon jovi - you give love a bad name, blaze of glory, & livin' on a prayer

The Clash - Janie Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBveo2TDwio)

(and every other Clash song)

Great one! :beer:

http://www.trost-zinnfiguren.de/mediac/400_0/media/Frazetta~Death~Dealer.jpg

I'm travelin' down the road,
And I'm flirtin' with disaster.
I've got the pedal to the floor,
My life is running faster.
I'm out of money, I'm out of hope,
It looks like self destruction.
Well how much more can we take,
With all of this corruption.

Been flirtin' with disaster,
Ya'll know what I mean.
And the way we run our lives,
It makes no sense to me.
I don't know about yourself or,
What you want to be - YEAH.
When we gamble with our time,
We choose our destiny.

Armageddon
Love is a battle field
Anything Tom Petty
Run for the Hills
Crazy Train
We're not gonna take it
Africa
Anything from the Scorpions and the Police

In A Big Country

Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Fluffy but so very '80s.

one night in bangkok
Where's that puking smiley? :p - will have to do. If they surrounded my house and blasted that at me 24/7, I'd confess to crimes I haven't committed to stop the torture. :D

On a lighter note, has anybody heard whether or not U2 still haven't found what they're looking for? ;)

Candle in the Wind. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vFoldSalkc)

Elton John is so hawt. :love:

'Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)' - Icycle Works

'Blister in the Sun' - Violent Femmes

'Los Angeles' - X

'68 Guns' - the Alarm


'Sunday Bloody Sunday' - U2




good stuff there but these are really good and would be on my list along with...


i want candy - bow wow wow

destination unkn - missing persons.. terry bozzio to this day is one of my favorite drummers

computer world - kraftwerk - the whole album

don't change - inxs

stray cats strut - stray cats

ran - flock of seagulls

Gary Numan - Cars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8M-jWBmuyc)

Recently I've rekindled my love for New Order

Ceremony
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Regret

unf!

Though, I should not make a post in this thread without mentioning the greatest single of all time....


WE BUILT THIS CITY! WE BUILT THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL!

Though hypothetically speaking, a city built on rock and roll would be structurally unsound.

...

Candle in the Wind. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vFoldSalkc)

Elton John is so hawt. :love:

You could count this song as an Awesome 70s Song or Awesome 90s Song, but not from the 80s.

Virtually any and all songs from the hair metal bands. They still sound great today.
Best hair metal power ballad ever written.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUbUSac7Occ

Devo -- Whip it.

Laid Back - White Horse

The Clash - Janie Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBveo2TDwio)

(and every other Clash song)

Although they are the only band that matters, Janie Jones came out in 1977. Some of my 80s picks -

Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Under the Mikly Way - The Church
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
Here Comes - INXS
If You Leave - OMD
Age of Consent - New Order
Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time
Burning Inside - Ministry
Bound for Hell - Love and Rockets
Dreaming of Me - Depeche Mode
Malcom McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team Show - Hey DJ
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
U2 - One Tree Hill
The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf

Although they are the only band that matters, Janie Jones came out in 1977.

Oooh, good call. *kowtow*

Escape Club - Wild Wild West.

stranded in the dark - platinum blonde

80's threads must contain Funky town !!!

Depeche Mode -- Enjoy The Silence

Henry Lee Summer- I Wish I had a Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rezwyQvigWs)

Or


Jackson Browne. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ulhAK1uek)

Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Magnetic - Earth Wind & Fire

Overall, I liked the 70's much more than the 80's for music