80's music

[DiverSpear]

Here's the deal, neighbor is throwing an 80's party for her husband in Oct. and since he and I are the same age, I have to find 80's music for the party. I already have a ton of music but she wants more.

So if you guys and gals can give suggestions, I can print the thread out and start downloading from iTunes.

[iNCREDiPiNOY]

La Bamba is a good song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK2HANwsUWg

[crackinhedz]

Ultimate 80's Songs


couple of my favorites:

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Alphaville - Forever Young
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
Mike + the Mechanics - Living Years
Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Will to Power - Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
REO Speedwagon - Time for Me to Fly
Spandau Ballet - True
Heart - These Dreams
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Ton Loc - Wild Thing
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
A Ha - Take On Me
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Beach Boys - Kokomo
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by DiverSpear

Here's the deal, nieghbor is throwing an 80's party for her husband in Oct. and since he and I are the same age, I have to find 80's music for the party. I already have a ton of music but she wants more.

So if you guys and gals can give suggestions, I can print the thread out and start downloading from iTunes.

What do you have already? I have a pretty big 80s mp3 collection, pretty much all of the hits.

[jw]

Déja Vú here

Best 80s Songs

heres the Casey Casem Top 20

[jw]

This is kind of a cool comparison, 20++ years apart
Then

Now

[TObject]

Judas Priest 1984, the "Defenders of the Faith" album: the song "Love Bites" is my favorite.

[quirkmanly]

I'd tee these up at an Eighties party at my house:

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Big Country - In A Big Country
OMD - If You Leave
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Men at Work - Down Under
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
The Go Gos - Our Lips are Sealed
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
New Order - Blue Monday
INXS - New Sensation
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Motorhead - The Ace of Spades
REM - The End of the World
John Fogerty - Rock 'n' Roll Girls
Tracey Ullman - Breakaway
The Primitives - Crash
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Adam and The Ants - Stand and Deliver
Sheila E - The Belle of St Mark
JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky
Madness - Our House
The Jam - A Town Called Malice
The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool
Stray Cats - Runaway Boys
Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable
The Go Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed
Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday

[fburton]

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) [the breakfast club theme song], Alive & Kicking
The Outfield - Your Love
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Pet Shop Boys - Rent, Opportunities, West End Girls
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate, What You Need, The One Thing, Never Tear Us Apart, Devil Inside, Listen Like Thieves
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts, People are People, Master and Servant, Strangelove, Personal Jesus, A Question of Lust
USA For Africa - We Are The World
A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You), I Ran, Space Age Love Song
The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another, Our We Ourselves, Red Skies, Stand or Fall, Saved by Zero
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Ultravox - Vienna
The Alarm - Sixty-Eight Guns, Rescue Me
Yaz - Situation, Only You, Nobody's Diary
Alphaville - Big in Japan
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Baltimore - Tarzan Boy
Prince - Entire Purple Rain soundtrack
Bananarama - Venus, Cruel Summer
Berlin - No More Words, Take My Breath Away, Metro, Masquerade
Blondie - Rapture, Heart of Glass, Call Me
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Goonie's R Good Enough, Time After Time, She Bop
Tommy Tutone - Jenny Jenny (867-5309)
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Naked Eyes - Promises Promises
When In Rome - I Promise You
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell, White Wedding
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Beverly Hills Cop 2 Theme - Axel F
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love, Love Song, Boys Don't Cry
Haircut One Hundred - Boy Meets Girl (Favourite Shirt), Love Plus One
Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill
M - Pop Muzik
Morris Day & The Time - Jungle Love
New Order - Blue Monday, Love Vigalantes, Bizzare Love Triangle
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
Taylor Dane - Tell It To My Heart, Don't Rush Me, Prove Your Love, Love Will Lead You Back, I'll Be Your Shelter
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
T'Pau - Heart & Soul
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
Squeeze - Annie Get Your Gun, Tempted, Seperate Beds, Pulling Muscles, Black Coffee In Bed
The Smiths - Panic, Girlfriend in a Coma, How Soon Is Now, Bigmouth Strikes Again, There is a Light that Never Goes Out, The Boy With the Thorn in his Side, Ask
Madness - One Step Beyond, Baggy Trousers, House of Fun, It Must Be Love
E.L.O. - Hold on Tight
Quarterflash - Harden my Heart
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend, Turn me Loose
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger, Burning Heart
Toto - Africa, Rosanna
Trio - Da Da Da (I Don't Love You)
J. Geils - Centerfold, Freeze Frame
Steve Perry - Oh Sherry
Eddie Money - Shakin
Def Leppard - Photograph, Rock of Ages, Pour Some Sugar on Me
Journey - Countless songs!
David Bowie - Let's Dance, China Girl
Freur - Doot Doot
Eddie Rabbit - I Love a Rainy Night
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy & 17
Spandau Ballet - True
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy, Why
Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine
King - Love & Pride
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party), Brass Monkey, She's Crafty
Dead Or Alive - Brand New Lover, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), Lover Come Back To Me
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party, Weird Science
Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up, Sledgehammer
Roxy Music - Slave To Love, Avalon, More Than This, Love is the Drug
Run DMC - It's Tricky, My Adidas, Raising Hell, You Be Illin, Walk This Way
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
Guns N Roses - Welcome to The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine
Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat, Pretty in Pink, Heaven
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
XTC - Dear God, Making Plans for Nigel, Senses Working Overtime
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Metallica - One, Blackened
Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn, Nothing But A Good Time, Your Mama Don't Dance, Talk Dirty To Me
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Level 42 - Something About You
Duran Duran - Notorious, Planet Earth, Rio, New Moon on Monday, Girls on Film, Hungry Like The Wolf, Save a Prayer
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule The World, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Head Over Heels
O.M.D. - If You Leave, Enola Gay, Telegraph, Dreaming, So In Love, Locomotion, Tesla Girls

yikes i could go on and on but i'm starting to forget what i've already listed!

[Rob71]

Slade-Run Runaway
Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It
Quiet Riot-Cum on Feel the Noize
The Clash-Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Ratt-Round And Round
Motley Crue-Shout At The Devil
Cinderella - Nobody's Fool
ABC-Poison Arrow
Phil Collins-In The Air Tonight
Flock of Seagulls-I Ran
Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax
Madness-Our House
The Police Syncronicity II
Van Halen-Panama

[fburton]

Originally Posted by fburton

yikes i could go on and on but i'm starting to forget what i've already listed!

oh yeah how could i forget:

eddie murphy - party all the time

also, check out this 80's cover band who have some of the more popular 80s songs listed on there song list:

www.thelegwarmers.com

and if you're ever in their area (dc/va/md) go see them live!! also, when i go i dress the part-- along with 90% of the crowd.

[jsteinhauer]

Very cool music.

Did anyone see The Lather Effect?

[lutefisk69]

Anything the Legwarmers play:
http://www.thelegwarmers.com/

A Flock of Seaguls: I Ran
AC/DC: Back in Black
AC/DC: You Shook Me All Night Long
Adam Ant: Goody Two Shoes
Ah Ha: Take On Me
B-52's: Love Shack
B-52's: Roam
Bananarama: Cruel Summer
Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas
The Bangles: Walk Like an Egyptian
Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right (to Party)
Beaver Brown Band: On The Dark Side
Belinda Carlisle: Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Big Country: In a Big Country
Billy Idol: Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol: Eyes Without a Face
Billy Idol: Rebel Yell
Blondie: Call Me
Blondie: One Way or Another
Blondie: Rapture
Blondie: The Tide is High
Bon Jovi: Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi: Wanted Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi: You Give Love A Bad Name
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of The Heart
Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark
Bruce Springsteen: Glory Days
Bryan Adams: Heaven
Bryan Adams: Summer of 69
The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star
The Cars: Drive
The Cars: Let's Go
The Cars: You Might Think
Cher: If I Could Turn Back Time
The Clash: Rock the Casbah
The Clash: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Culture Club: Karma Chameleon
The Cure: Boys Don't Cry
The Cure: Just Like Heaven
Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper: She Bop
Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time
David Bowie: Modern Love
Def Leppard: Photograph
Def Leppard: Pour Some Sugar On Me
Devo: Whip It
Dire Straits: Money For Nothin'
Duran Duran: Girls on Film
Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf
Eddie Money: Take Me Home Tonight
Elton John: Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Erasure: A Little Respect
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics: Would I Lie to You
Gary Numan: Cars
General Public: Tenderness
George Michael: Faith
The Go-Go's: Head Over Heels
The Go-Go's: Our Lips are Sealed
The Go-Go's: Vacation
The Go-Go's: We Got the Beat
Guns n' Roses: Paradise City
Guns n' Roses: Welcome to The Jungle
The Hooters: And We Danced
Huey Lewis and the News: Do You Believe in Love
Huey Lewis and the News: I Want a New Drug
Human League: Don't You Want Me
INXS: New Sensation
Irene Cara: What a Feeling
J. Geils Band: Centerfold
Janet Jackson: What Have You Done For Me Lately?
Joan Jett: I Hate Myself for Loving You
Joan Jett: I Love Rock and Roll
John Cougar Mellencamp: Hurt So Good
John Cougar Mellencamp: Jack and Diane
Journey: Any Way You Want It
Journey: Don't Stop Believin'
Journey: Separate Ways
Katrina & the Waves: Walkin' on Sunshine
Kim Wilde: We're the Kids in America
The Knack: My Sharona
Laura Brannigan: Gloria
Lita Ford: Kiss Me Deadly
Loverboy: Everybody's Working For the Weekend
Madness: Our House
Madonna: Holiday
Madonna: Like a Virgin
Madonna: Material Girl
Men At Work: Who Can it be Now
Men Without Hats: Safety Dance
Mister Mister: Kyrie
Modern English: I Melt With You
Musical Youth: Pass the Dutchie
Nena: 99 Luftballoons
New Kids on the Block: The Right Stuff
Night Ranger: Sister Christian
The Outfield: Your Love
Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train
Pat Benatar: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benetar: Heartbreaker
Pat Benetar: Love is a Battlefield
Paula Abdul: Straight Up
Peter Gabriel: In Your Eyes
Phill Collins: Easy Lover
Poison: Every Rose Has its Thorn
Poison: Nothin' But a Good Time
Poison: Talk Dirty To Me
The Police: Don't Stand So Close to Me
The Pretenders: Back on the Chain Gang
Prince: 1999
Prince: Let's go Crazy
Prince: Raspberry Beret
The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated
The Ramones: Rock and Roll High School
REM: It's the End of the World
Rick James: Superfreak
Rick Springfield: Jesse's Girl
The Romantics: What I Like About You
Run-DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way
Salt N Pepa: Push It
Scandal: Goodbye to You
Scandal: The Warrior
Simple Minds: Don't You Forget About Me
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
Starship: We Built This City on Rock and Roll
Stray Cats: Rock This Town
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
Talking Heads: Once In a Lifetime
Tears For Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tiffany: I Think We're Alone Now
Till Tuesday: Voices Carry
Tom Petty: Free Falling
Tommy Tutone: Jenny (867-5309)
Toni Basil: Hey Mickey
Twisted Sister: We're Not Gonna Take It
U2: New Years Day
U2: Pride (In The Name Of Love)
UB40: Red Red Wine
Van Halen: Jump
Van Halen: Panama
The Vapors: Turning Japanese
The Waitresses: I Know What Boys Want
Wang Chung: Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wham: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Whitesnake: Here I Go Again

[lutefisk69]

Originally Posted by fburton

oh yeah how could i forget:

eddie murphy - party all the time

also, check out this 80's cover band who have some of the more popular 80s songs listed on there song list:

www.thelegwarmers.com

and if you're ever in their area (dc/va/md) go see them live!! also, when i go i dress the part-- along with 90% of the crowd.

I have seen them 5 times. I rock out with Acid washed jeans, Varnet glasses and t-shirt with a tie. Love them.

[Belloche]

Great lists. Here's a few cool tracks I didn't see.

Dolly Parton - Working 9 to 5
Talking Heads - Naive Melody
Rockpile - When I Write a Book About My Love
Steve Earle - Guitar Town
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster
The Cure - In Between Days
The Rolling Stones - Under Cover Of The Night

[crackinhedz]

Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way



1985 Chicago Bears - Superbowl Shuffle

[DiverSpear]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

This is kind of a cool comparison, 20++ years apart
Then

Now

OMG what a diference in time can make. This was one of my favorite songs. The wife and I still play it late at night.

I knew you guys could come through for me. I've got my work cut out for me. Not to mention I feel old now.

[tommyboy81]

I can only name musci from movies. Karate Kid 1 ana 2, Sercret to my Success(Nightranger), Back to the Future. I don't know all the artists so I just said the movies.

[crackinhedz]

Young MC - Bust a Move

[Beta Man]

wow... this thread re-affirms my hate for all things 80's !!!!!!!

Yuck!!!