Songs that defined the 80s for you...

[Primal]

Curious what songs defined the 80s for you...and just a few please. I dont know about most of you but when lists get too big I stop reading.

Here are my picks:

-Hall & Oats - Maneater
-Michael Jackson - Billy Jean (I might get flak for this, but MJ was the man back then)
-Lionel Ritchie - All Night Long
-Shannon - Let the Music Play
-The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
-Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's go back to my room) - for comedy relief
-Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

[Bullseye]

Apart from Heavy Metal bands music from the 80's was pretty poor with the exception of the odd good song. Frankie goes to Hollywood had a couple of big hits too.

[Jesse321]

Duran Duran - Girls on Film, Reflex, Union of the Snake, Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio

Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams are Made of This, Who's That Girl?, Here Comes the Rain Again

Madonna - Into the Groove, Who's That Girl?

Donna Summer - This Time

Rick Ashley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Bananarama - Cruel Summer, Venus

Culture Club - Miss Me Blind, Karma Chameleon, War Song, Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me, I'll Tumble For Ya

Expose' - Come Go With Me, Point of No Return

I could go on for pages, the music of the 80's was the best!

[Ghost]

Pretty much on any 80's comp disc you'll find A Flock of Seagulls' I ran, Corey Hart's Sunglasses at Night, Tears for Fears' Pale Shelter, and others like INXS, Psychodelic Furs, etc!

[Sam Wilson]

Eric B. and Rakim: Paid in Full.

Public Enemy: it Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back.

[Léon]

Peter Gabriel's Sledgehamer

[PeterPainter]

Queen -A Kind of Magica ,Madona - like a Vergin , Billy Idol- rebel yell ,
UB/40 all songs

U2 - all songs
and
The Jam -the 80s saw the end of a great bad .

[Confessor]

Curious what songs defined the 80s for you...and just a few please. I dont know about most of you but when lists get too big I stop reading.

Here are my picks:
.
-Michael Jackson - Billy Jean (I might get flak for this....
-Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Geeze Louise, man!! You worry me! :laugh:

I couldn't stand to hear the second bar of music when anything that either of these freak shows came on the radio....it was instant station change for me!

Culture Club?!? Blech!!!!!! :puke2:

[Weapon X]

Oh man..........!

Earth, Wind & Fire
Barkay's
Con Funk Shun
Ohio Players
To name a few............

[ashley76]

Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
Poison - Every rose has its thorns
Motle Crue - Home Sweet Home
Aha - Take on me
Tears for Fears - shout
Digable Planets - cool like that ( although that may have been the 90's)

[Colossus]

Beastie Boys - Paul Revere

Sir Mix Alot - Posse on broadway - might be like 1990ish

LL Cool J - I'm Bad, Going back to Cali

Run DMC - King of Rock

Kool MOE Dee- Wild wild west, I go to work

Special Ed - I got it made

Gucci Crew - Shirly

NWA - Dope man

Too Short - Freaky Tales

2 Live Crew - Somebody say hey ..........

[ashley76]

Man, colossus, I forgot about all those songs. I used to love Posse on Broadway and Wild wild west.

[Zurbaran1]

I missed out on the '80s. Somebody fill me in.

[Léon]

I missed out on the '80s. Somebody fill me in.
that's when you were in your midlife crisis :eplus2: :eplus2:

[Sam Wilson]

Beastie Boys - Paul Revere

Sir Mix Alot - Posse on broadway - might be like 1990ish

LL Cool J - I'm Bad, Going back to Cali

Run DMC - King of Rock

Kool MOE Dee- Wild wild west, I go to work

Special Ed - I got it made

Gucci Crew - Shirly

NWA - Dope man

Too Short - Freaky Tales

2 Live Crew - Somebody say hey ..........

FINALLY, someone else who grew up on old school hip hop.

[Mad4Busts]

For me in the 80's it was true mix...before Anthrax and Public Enemy mixed!

early 80's were definitely filled with breakdancing music, Early NY rap scene stuff..ie
Whodini
The Egyptian Lover
Curtis Blow
Midnight Star
Run DMC
Early LL Cool J (I am talking Radio album here!)
then I this led to typical 80's bands in the mid eighties(this is the stuff I kept hidden from my metal head friends for fear of being... <gulp>... made fun of)..ie
Psychedelic Furs
The Outfield
INXS
Tears for Fears
and then of course being a child of impression in like 86 I moved onto metal...
first favorite bands being
Iron Maiden
Motley Crue
Ozzy
Now there were small areas of a Skateboarding phase in between Breakin and Gothin...where i would only listen to poorly produced skate bands like DRI, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, and so on...I mean I was a teen musician...I wanted to listen to it all!!

[Colossus]

Yeah theres about a million other songs that I liked sam but those were some of my favorites.

[Léon]

and then of course being a child of impression in like 86 I moved onto metal...
what metal do you listen to now?

[Primal]

Geeze Louise, man!! You worry me!
You worry me by saying "Geez Louise". :laugh: Haha...i guess you had to be growing up in that decade to appreciate it. Hey what did u listen to back then?


Aha - Take on me
Digable Planets - cool like that ( although that may have been the 90's)
Good call on Aha...love that song - great video.
Digable Planets was more like 91 or 92.

I wanted to add 2 Live Crew - Me so horny :laugh: but that's more like 1990 or something.

[madjazz]

Off the top of my head, here's a few that come to mind:

Human League - Fascination
Madness - Our House
Rush - Limelight
April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen
Rush - Between the Wheels
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Van Halen - Unchained
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Salt N Pepper - Push It
Gap Band - You Dropped the Bomb On Me
Grand Master Flash - White Lines
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
Billy Thope - Children of the Sun
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Bizzy Bone - The Roof is on Fire (club version)

There's a lot more, but this is a representative taste.

[bat_collector]

Madonna - Material Girl
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugur on Me and Love Bites
Bon Jovi: LIving on Prayer
Prince: 1999 and When Doves Cry
Level 42 - Something About YOu
INXS - pretty much anything, but love Msytify Me
Crowded House - Something So Strong
Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the World

[madjazz]

I moved onto metal...
first favorite bands being
Iron Maiden
Motley Crue
Ozzy

If you had to pick one song to represent the 80's on these, I'd go:

Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Motley Crue - Looks that Kill
Ozzy - Crazy Train

And if you got these, you can't forget Judas Priest - either "Living After Midnight" or "You've Got Another Thing Comin' "!

[Primal]

In terms of rock music:

AC/DC - Money Talks
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
The Romantics - What I like about you
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
Van Halen - 1984

[Teague]

If you're talking about 80s pop, you can't forget Huey Lewis and the News, The Cars, Howard Jones, etc.

[abarron]

Seeing as i was only born in 82 i don't realy remember and music i heard then but i do like most of the stugg on the Grand Theft Auto:VIce City soundtrack

[ashley76]

Crowded House - Something So Strong

You know the drummer for Crowded House killed himself a couple of weeks ago because the band was planning a reunion tour without him.

[Mad4Busts]

In terms of rock music:

AC/DC - Money TalksPat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
The Romantics - What I like about you
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
Van Halen - 1984


That Song is off of The Razor's Edge released in 1990, so this is not an eighties song....now 80's AC/DC is something off of Back in Black, Flick of the Switch, or Fly on the Wall...and even Who made Who....

MadJazz- for me it would be
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Motly Crue - Shout at the Devil
Ozzy - Mr.crowley
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law

[madjazz]

Mad4 - All good.

I completely agree that Back in Black has to be the entry for ACDC as well. This is one of the classic albums of all time - one of those rare albums a band is lucky if they hit once in their career. I'm talking albums like
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Yes - Fragile
Steely Dan - Aja
Boston - Boston
Crosby Stills and Nash - DeJa Vu

Almost sounds like a new thread. I'll have to have a think on some other entries.

[Tattoo-X]

When I think of 80's music some of these performers come to mind:
Go-Go's, Culture Club, and Cindy Lauper.

I have always listened to a wide variety of music, and liked Hall & Oats, Pat Benatar, and Billy Joel back then.

But here are a few albums I listened to alot then:

Huey Lewis and the News - Sports, and Picture This
Van Halen - 1984
Loverboy - Loverboy, Get Lucky, and Keep It Up
Cars - Shake it Up and Heartbeat City
Foreigner - Foreigner 4, and Agent Provocateur
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll, and Bad Reputation
Bryan Adams - Reckless, and Cuts Like A Knife
John Cougar - American Fool
AC/DC - Back in Black
JOURNEY - Escape, Frontiers, and Raised On Radio

[Cage]

The eighties are tough to limit, because I discovered alot of music then. But:

RUN DMC: Everythiing they did defined (early) 80's rap to me at the time. Tey also influenced my "style" and identity at the time.

Public Enemy: "Fight the Power", "Yo, Bum Rush the Show," "Rebel Without a Pause", "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos." Public Enemy was more than the music, and helped me frame a consciousness.

Full Force

Prince the purple rain and sign of the times albums.

Journey: Separate ways worlds apart.

The Doors. Didn't "discover" their music until 1980.

The Police: Synchronicity.

[wktf]

U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Lookin' For

No other song defines the 80s as perfectly as this one.

[Mad4Busts]

U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Lookin' For

No other song defines the 80s as perfectly as this one.


I say we end this thread with this...because I will agree that this song IS the 80's....And I know U2 does not speak to everyone...but this song is damn close!

[spider-man]

there are way too many for me to count

[Primal]

there are way too many for me to count
So just give a select few of the ones that give you certain memories of the 80s.

[Relic Reaper]

A friend of mine brought a similar topic while a group of us were having dinner a while back.

One of the guys in the group suggested "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa. As he recalled, that song was "pivotal" to his formative years. :laugh:

[Zurbaran1]

U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Lookin' For

No other song defines the 80s as perfectly as this one.

I say we end this thread with this...because I will agree that this song IS the 80's....And I know U2 does not speak to everyone...but this song is damn close!

Why Mad, I do believe that song defines the present perfectly for you:
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Lookin' For.....PADME :eplus2: :eplus2:

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Zurbaran1]

Mad Still Hasn't Found What He's Looking For

I have climbed highest LCS Shelves
I have run through the Malls
Only to search for you
Only to search for you


I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these LCS walls
These LCS walls
Only to search for you


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME


I have kissed Comic Shop Owners
Felt the possibility in their Diamond orders
It burned like allocation
This burning allocation


I have spoke with the tongue of Sniper
I have held the hand of CK13
It was warm in the night
I was cold as cold cast resin


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for....PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for....PADME


I believe in the forum community
That a statue hoarder will sell me one
Will sell me one
Well yes I'm still looking


You broke my heart and you
Loosed my wallet
Carried the burden
Of my desire
Of my desire
You know I believed in you, forum


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME

[madjazz]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Primal]

:laugh: I wonder when Mad4Busts will go postal...http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/ed/bluboomteamenforcer.gif

[Babytoxie]

The defining album of the '80s, for me, was The Police's Synchronicity, so anything off of that will do.

[wktf]

I say we end this thread with this...because I will agree that this song IS the 80's....And I know U2 does not speak to everyone...but this song is damn close!
You got that right!

:buttrock:

[Zurbaran1]

....And I know U2 does not speak to everyone...

But Bono is speaking to you Mad, just to you!!! :laugh:

[Mad4Busts]

But Bono is speaking to you Mad, just to you!!! :laugh:


Alright, I will hand it to you, that song was genius.... :laugh:
I sang it along with the song and it works perfectly, try it you'll see...

on the other hand...

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/fighting/2/fighting11.gif

/\
Zurb

[Zurbaran1]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Collection King 13]

Mad Still Hasn't Found What He's Looking For

I have climbed highest LCS Shelves
I have run through the Malls
Only to search for you
Only to search for you


I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these LCS walls
These LCS walls
Only to search for you


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME


I have kissed Comic Shop Owners
Felt the possibility in their Diamond orders
It burned like allocation
This burning allocation


I have spoke with the tongue of Sniper
I have held the hand of CK13
It was warm in the night
I was cold as cold cast resin


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for....PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for....PADME


I believe in the forum community
That a statue hoarder will sell me one
Will sell me one
Well yes I'm still looking


You broke my heart and you
Loosed my wallet
Carried the burden
Of my desire
Of my desire
You know I believed in you, forum


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...PADME
Another Zurby Masterpiece! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[bat_collector]

The defining album of the '80s, for me, was The Police's Synchronicity, so anything off of that will do.
Even though you have wrong views on comics in regards to Wolverine, you do have good taste in music. :)

[Babytoxie]

Even though you have wrong views on comics in regards to Wolverine, you do have good taste in music. :)

Aaaaah, geddadahere! :D

[Teague]

How are we definining the 80s? Because wasn't U2's Rattle and Hum like 1989 or so? That's barely the 80s, and not really what I think about when I think about the 80s. When this question was asked, I'm thinking early 80s: valley girls, material girls, wish-they-all-could-be-California girls (yes, that's the David Lee Roth version, who may well be the demigod of the 80s...someone mentioned the album 1984 earlier, and they were on the right track...). I'm thinking new British invasion stuff, new wave, ska-punk. And yes, you have to admit it, Michael Jackson.

I got an 80s CD for my birthday one year, and the B-52s "Love Shack" was on it. Good song, but that's a 90s song, no doubt. The album was late 1989, but that don't make it an 80s song.

To me, the quintessential albums of the 80s are, at least in part:

-New Traditionalists, Devo
-Rio, Duran Duran
-Heartbeat City, The Cars
-Cargo/Business as Usual, Men at Work
-Asia, Asia
-Pyromania, Def Leppard
-Metal Health, Quiet Riot
-Thriller, Michael Jackson
-1984, Van Halen
-Dream Into Action, Howard Jones
-Avalon, Roxy Music
-She's So Unusual, Cyndi Lauper
-Purple Rain, Prince
-So, Peter Gabriel
-Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads
-Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain
-Sychronicity, The Police
-Songs from the Big Chair, Tears for Fears
-Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
-Sports, Huey Lewis and the News
-Graceland, Paul Simon
-Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie
-License to Ill, Beastie Boys (and to me, this marks the end of the 80s as a musical type--this helps usher in rap and hip-hop to white suburban audiences)

Some of these I never listen to anymore (Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, etc.), but you can't refute their effect on music in the early 80s. After 1987, I'd argue, music starts to move into a new area, and the 80s as we knew them are over.

Sorry for the big list. :)

[madjazz]

Teague - some good choices and good points.

I can't believe I left the Talking Heads off my list. That was one of the best bands of the 80's and better than most bands in the 90's. If you had to pick one song, Burning Dowm the House would be it, although there are a lot of good ones.

Noone has mentioned Triumph either, and Never Surrender was an awesome 80's song.

Most of Joe Jackson's best stuff was in the 80's. He is truly the King of the Pop song.

[Primal]

Some of these I never listen to anymore (Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, etc.), but you can't refute their effect on music in the early 80s. After 1987, I'd argue, music starts to move into a new area, and the 80s as we knew them are over.

Sorry for the big list. :)
U are forgiven my son. Now Cindy Lauper's She-bop...if that song doesnt scream early 1980s, i dont know what does. It's a great tune. And we all know what that song was about :eplus2: ...at least I know now that i'm all grown up.

[Jesse321]

Cindy Lauper's She-bopThat song is still great even today! :eplus2:

[Primal]

MODS ...can you move this to the MUSIC section?

[TN Reptile]

Weird Science by Oingo Boingo or anything from their Dead Man's Party LP.

[Just_joseph]

To answer this question ........ I would have to say that there are a few that still give me a recall about a certain girl I dated or the situation I was in.

For one..., who ever made a good moment with the girl your seeing listening to Lionel Richie. Second, who could forget . . . George Micheal. Even though he turned out to be *** ....... he had some good songs. I always liked Depeche Mode. But if I can listen to a song, over-and-over ........... it would have to be the Police ..... wrapped around my finger.

[Collection King 13]

What about Freestyle music... Like TKA. Stevie B, Johnny O, Judy Torres, Cynthia, etc... None of you mentioned that...

[nolilia]

Spandau Ballet - Gold, True
Al Corley- Square Rooms, Over Me
Tears For Fears- The Way You Are, Shout, Suffer the Children
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts, Just cant get enough
Mister mister - Broken Wings, Kyrie
Industry - State of the Nation, Romantic Dreams
Aztec Camera- Walk out through winter, still on fire, oblivious
Aha - Take on me, living a boy's adventure tale

And many many more..........

[Synergy]

Madonna - Material Girl
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugur on Me and Love Bites
Bon Jovi: LIving on Prayer
Prince: 1999 and When Doves Cry
Level 42 - Something About YOu
INXS - pretty much anything, but love Msytify Me
Crowded House - Something So Strong
Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the World


I like choices Bat these are some of the songs i would think off for the 80's

[Tony Coca]

What about Freestyle music... Like TKA. Stevie B, Johnny O, Judy Torres, Cynthia, etc... None of you mentioned that...
:buttrock: :buttrock: Only the Hispanics remember this.All the anglos are just hearing this music now on KTU. :laugh:

[Primal]

:buttrock: :buttrock: Only the Hispanics remember this.All the anglos are just hearing this music now on KTU. :laugh:
You were too busy listening to Poison to know about these u mary.

[Tony Coca]

You were too busy listening to Poison to know about these u mary.
Im the freestly king son.You were to busy crossing the boarder to know anything about freestyle. :laugh:

[Primal]

Im the freestly king son.You were to busy crossing the boarder to know anything about freestyle. :laugh:
Dominican. :laugh:

[Tony Coca]

Dominican. :laugh:
Cholo

[Primal]

Cholo
Pato. :laugh:

[Tony Coca]

Pato. :laugh:
welle pinga

[Primal]

welle pinga
Tragete la leche.

[Tony Coca]

Tragete la leche.
Cara Culo

and the thread begins to take a turn for the worst. :laugh:

[J Storm]

I think we have to break out linoleum and have a dance off here

[Tony Coca]

I think we have to break out linoleum and have a dance off here
Nah even old school.Pamper box.

[Primal]

Cara Culo

and the thread begins to take a turn for the worst. :laugh:
Chupacabra

[Tony Coca]

Chupacabra

Booo come on something with more Pizzaz.

Wetback. :laugh:

[Primal]

Tony Chocha. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thank you...thank you very much...i'm going now.

[Tony Coca]

Tony Chocha. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thank you...thank you very much...i'm going now.
Yeah to go wash yours

[JM28Cardiff]

My favourite songs in the 80's were

Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Should have known Better by Jim Diamond
Kayliegh by Marillion
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco

[J Storm]

1. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
2. Nena - 99 Luftballoons / 99 Red Balloons
3. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
5. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
6. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
7. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
8. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
9. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
10. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels & Everybody Want To Rule The World
11. Michael Sembello - Maniac
12. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
13. Bananarama - Cruel Summer
14. Kool & The Gang - Joanna
15. The Bangles - Eternal Flame

**Honorable Mention**
Marvin G@ye - Sexual Healing

[Primal]

Why is this thread still in General Discussion? :peoples:
We have a music section now.

[Nightcrawler777]

Yes: Owner of a Lonley Heart
A-Ha: Take Of Me
Martika: Toy Soldiers

[jimi311]

Anything from an 80s/hughes movie!

[boondocksaint]

1. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
2. Nena - 99 Luftballoons / 99 Red Balloons
3. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
5. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
6. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
7. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
8. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
9. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
10. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels & Everybody Want To Rule The World
11. Michael Sembello - Maniac
12. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
13. Bananarama - Cruel Summer
14. Kool & The Gang - Joanna
15. The Bangles - Eternal Flame

**Honorable Mention**
Marvin G@ye - Sexual Healing

J great list....i agree on all 15

[wktf]

I can't believe I'm seeing this thread again! I still maintain U2's "I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for" is the ultimate 80s song.

[kirthew]

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration, People are People, Stripped, Little 15... You cannot go wrong with any of the four...

Hell Just pick up the Depeche Mode 101 album... it was released in 1990... but it has all of their 80s stuff on there...