Best Song of the 80's?

[BStecke]

So I've got some down time at work and I'm pretty bored, checking out some YouTube and what not. What's everybody's favorite song from the 80's?

I think it's hard to beat John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"

This song kicks some serious ass!

[JasonR]

Best Song of the 80's

There were good songs in the 80s?

I'll take some of The Cure, Men at Work, Flock of Seagulls, Ah-Ha, etc. any day of the week. My personal favorite though is Mother by Pink Floyd.

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by JasonR

Best Song of the 80's

My personal favorite though is Mother by Pink Floyd.

Huh? That's not an 80's song.

My favorite would probably be Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, but you could give me any track of Appetite for Destruction and it'd be good. Also, Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love album had a lot of songs I would put up there.

Alas, based on the actual song, and impact and all that...Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones has got to be the best song of the 80's. I mean you still hear that in football stadiums everywhere.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

Huh? That's not an 80's song.

My favorite would probably be Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, but you could give me any track of Appetite for Destruction and it'd be good. Also, Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love album had a lot of songs I would put up there.

Alas, based on the actual song, and impact and all that...Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones has got to be the best song of the 80's. I mean you still hear that in football stadiums everywhere.

November 30th 1979 was the album release date in the U.S, so it was making the airwaves mostly in the 80s?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(Pink_Floyd_song)

[BStecke]

Just to go back to my original post, I do karaoke quite a bit and I have been told that I'm a very good singer . . . Man in Motion is one of my favorite songs but it's a ***** to sing . . . John Parr can't even hit the notes anymore. But I found a free program to transpose mp3's, so it's in my range now. VERY exciting!

[Blinkman987]

New Order - True Faith

While I find other songs more complex or superior in other ways, this song is something that I'll stil be listening to when I'm 70 on a beach. Overall, it's my favorite 80s song.

[MATTYBLU2]

anything def leppard


give me the 80's hairband music anyday

paradise city
lets get rocked

[ThatArtGuy]

Panama by Van Halen.

'Nuff said.

[MATTYBLU2]

Originally Posted by ThatArtGuy

Panama by Van Halen.

'Nuff said.

RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mgonzo2u]

Orion by Metallica

http://mfile3.akamai.com/14122/rm/mu...234&obj=v10324

Ride the Lightening by Metallica

http://mfile3.akamai.com/14122/rm/mu...234&obj=v10212


It wouldn't hurt if you had some organic mushrooms to enhance your listening experience either.

[Leopold BUTTERS]

Hallowed Be Thy Name or Revalations by Iron Maiden

[Erman_94]

almost any song off of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

if i had to choose..."Billie Jean" i suppose

[Rabidhunter]

Oh so many great bands. Ozzy had some great stuff back then. AC/DC was really taking off in the 80's too. I know that they were from the 70's but they were a carryover. Aerosmith had some great stuff back then, too.

[Ferris]

"Whip It" by Devo

[Blubaru]

There was only one good song and it was titled "In the Air Tonight"

[DetroitSportsFan]

Damn, I loved the 80s.

The music, the movies, the video games....

[MATTYBLU2]

ya i love it too, those were my prime years and i was rockin out to all the hairband music like:

whitesnake, def leppard, white lion, faster pussycat, firehouse, steel heart, van halen, dokken, poison, styx, plus many more!!

also like alot of the dance, rap and some other kinds of music from this era

[DutchBoy]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Damn, I loved the 80s.

The music, the movies, the video games....

+1

It would be so hard to pick one -- I dug everything from The Bangles (gar i love Susanna Hoffs) to Guns N' Roses.

[yspkrk]

I would say:

Video Killed the Radio Star
or
Funky Town

[blu-backer]

"Tom Sawyer" - Rush