Favorite 80s song?
 

Nobody really goes to the music section so. Alright yes think back to the time of the Jheri curl and Makeup for men. What is your favorite 80s song? Mine would have to be Blister in the Sun by The Violent Femmes. Or Beat My Guest by Adam and the Ants

Jesse's Girl by Rick Springfield
Susudio by Phil Collins

basically anything else by Phil Collins with or without Genesis. Im his biggest fan :D

Great song up until i heard the William Hung version of it :eek:

Also another good one is































I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT :cool:

Aaahh! I forgot about that one. great song!

Never liked him. Although i was partial to I Cant Dance :)

Hell Yes! :cool:

My songs won't fall into the typical '80s' category, but I was into Bad Religion and NOFX towards the late 80s and I've never looked back.

Best 80s Song = 'Pity' by Bad Religion



Okay, now that I've made my real taste known, I'll answer with more typical 80s tunes....

Michael Jackson - Thriller
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Guns N Roses - Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine and anything else off of Appetite
Metallica - One, Master of Puppets, Unforgiven (Might have been early 90s)


One song I always thought sucked, but had an entertaining video was Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling

Yeah, I always wanted to see him fall and break his neck...

One of the greatest songs ever made IMO.

The killing moon
under the milky way
boys dont cry
if you leave
Ran so far away
every song in Donnie darko

Poison: Give me somthing to believe in

The 80's had some of the worst music of any decade, IMO. And while I'll agree with MD2 that Hotel California was indeed a great tune, it doesn't qualify, seeing that it came out in 1976.

OMG I think I'm gonna vomit....

mmmmmmmmmm.........hard to remember.....but I absolutely loved to dance to Rebel Yell! :cool:

its either that song that i dont know the name of from "the Lost boys" or Led Zepplin "The Immigrant Song"




Or iron butterfly hehehehehe thats heavy JK:D :D :D

I should also mention that I think Pink Folyd kicks some serious ass.

the 80's had some good music...ahh the memories.

the smiths-panic/girlfriend in a coma
the pixies-velouria/where is my mind
chris isaak-wicked game
david bowie...pick one
run dmc and the beastie boys(can't forget them)
nick cave
joe strummer
skinny puppy

....:cool:

1) J. Geils band - Centerfold
2) Whitesnake- Here I go Again
3) Guns and Roses - Sweet child o Mine
4) Inxs - Devil in side
5) Motley Crue - Home sweet home
6) B52 - Love Shack
7) Warrant - Cherry pie
8) Aerosmith- Ragdoll
9) Ted Nugget- Wango Tango
10) Bad company- Bad Co.
11) Dire Straits - Money for nothing
12) Huey Lewis - The heart of Rock and roll
13) Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
14) AC.DC - Back in Black
15) Twisted Sister- I want to rock
16) Nazerith- Hair of the dog


I know there is alot more I like back that's all I can think of right now!!!!

I couldn't POSSIBLY narrow it down to "songs"...Too much good music in the '80s...

Quiet Riot
Def Leppard
Cyndi Lauper
Prince
White Snake
Twisted Sister
Night Ranger
Motley Crew
Iron Maiden
Bon Jovi
The Police
Men Without Hats
Men At Work
Journey
Styx
Air Supply
Golden Earring
Culture Club (Yeah, I liked it)
Hell...Even Michael was good then...

I couldn't handle Van Halen, though...:eek:

I love 80's music!!

GnR
Metallica
Van Halen
Beastie Boys(listening to them right now!)
Warrent
Areosmith
Pink Floyd
AC DC
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Tears for Fears
Duran Duran

I can go on and on....

One of my top fav songs though is Tainted Love. I love Marilyn Manson's version too!!

Metallica: anything before the Black album

Slayer: Reign In Blood

Regular 80's music sucked the carp out of meh arse.

What????? Come on! The 80's SUCKED when it came to music! I think you guys are all just basing your opinions on personal associations you have with those songs. If you looked at them objectively, you would realize that it was all pretty crappy music.

HOWEVA:

I liked Blister in the Sun, too. That's one of those "gets stuck in my head" songs.

And: Punk Rock Girl by the Dead Milkmen.

I liked a lot of They Might Be Giants tunes, too. Particularly Istanbul, Particle Man, and Anna Ng.

Thriller is good, too. Although I hate M.J.

OMG...I LOVE Istanbul and Particle Man...lol...and Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" may just be my all-time favorite song...I had it, too...Until this damned computer crashed:mad: ...Now, I only have Manson's version...*sigh*...Not that it's bad or anything...But, still.......I want my Soft Cell back...Dammit

Relax-Frankie Goes to Hollywood

One night in Bangkok-Falco

Rock me Amadeus-???

anything by the Police

any and all metal in any form

DRI, Suicidal Tendancies, and the list could go on for days




I confess I love Cyndi Lauper, mostly cos I thought she was HOOOOTTTTTT

How foolish of me-Rock the Casba- the Clash

I went to a website of 80s songs to see if my first comment that "80s music sucked" was valid. It pretty much is. Sure there was some good stuff, of course Bowie, and some ZZ Top, Pat Benatar,U2,Van Halen, even a few B 52s and a couple Men AT Work, but for the most part.....much suckage. I was never into "The Hair Bands" i.e. Warrant,Poison,Cinderalla,Scorpions,Motley Crue,Skid Row and many more. And there was a lot of "Disco" type music left over from the late 70s. [hated disco with a passion ].

talking heads

I was into Depeche Mode, the Cure, Beastie Boys (though at the time my mam wouldn't let me buy their album...I had to listen...contraband) Ziggy Marley, and Bananarama.

However my favorite song was the Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade of Winter."


Forgot one... Siouxie and the Banshees.

anyone knny one know about the lost boys song im talkin bout its played alot throught the movie

The only reason I like that song is cause of Vincent Price.


My favorites would be:

Blue Öyster Cult-Dont Fear the Reaper (I think thats 80's)
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams

80's
 

ABBA:The Winner Takes It All
Billy Joel:Why Should I Worry?
Culture Club:War Song
Depeche Mode:Behind The Wheel
Enya:Orinocco Flow
Erasure:A Little Respect
Heart:Alone
Herbie Hancock:Rockit
Jean Michel Jarre:Zoolookolige
Laid Back:Sunshine Reggae
Laurie Anderson:Hello Superman
Lionel Ritchie:Say You, Say Me
Michael Jackson:Thriller
Murray Head:One Night In Bangkok
Pretty Maids:Future World
Queen:Radio Gaga
Sandra:Maria Magdalena
Skagarack:I´m Alone
Talk Talk:It´s My Life
Talking Heads:Road To Nowhere
Twisted Sister:We´re Not Gonna Take It

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo.

Oingo Boingo. We were talking about Danny Elfman in another thread a while back and it got me thinking about his band. So I put on one of their old Cds I have...Boingo Alive...to be exact and here is my thoughts on what transpired. Which kinda fits into this thread. I loved this cd maybe twelve or thirteen years ago but after listening to it now [and this goes for a lot of 80s music ] it kinda sucks. Think about a lot of the music you listened to during that time period and you'll see.....it just doesn't hold up. Now listen to a lot of earlyer stuff, Stones, Doors, Allman Bros, Floyd,Skynyrd,Deep Purple,Beatles, all great music that doesn't seemed dated even today. OK maybe a little dated , but its still very listenable. Now try that with some A-HA, or Ratt or maybe a little Wang Chung...............everybody get down tonight, everybody wang chung tonight.....hmmm..that was kinda catchy.;)

ouch...so much to read, figure id say eye of the tiger... its going on my stereo right now.

BTW zwoti, the Talking Heads are great, but I still think of them as more of a 70s band.Their first album came out in 76 or 77. "Stop Making Sense" is one of my favorite concert DVDS.

you mean the doors cover(people are strange)or the opening title song.....thou shall not die....er something?

Well, the Unforgive is from the early 90's already... But it's still a great song.

The Final Countdown?

Ozzy: Diary Of a Madman, Blizzard Of Ozz, Bark At The Moon albums..

Motley Crue : Shout At The Devil album

Quiet Riot : Metal Health album

ACDC : Back In Black album

Metallica : Everything from Justice down, after that they turned pussy...

Megadeth: Peace Sells and So Far So Good So What albums

Iron Maiden : Every album from the 80's

I couldn't list just songs because I love everything about the above mentioned albums....

I know I'm forgetting some stuff also, but I'll add them as I remember them....

Of course, how dumb I was being... We're Not Gonna Take It!

Wow Stingy great list. Blister in the Sun is definetly my favorite 80s song and i just learned how to play the guitar part to it so i feel special :cool: And i love the Dead Milkmen. The Thing that Eats Hippies, and Bitchin Camero(sp) are my fav. songs. Also


When im walkin i strut my stuff and im so strung out. Im high as a kite, i just might, stop to check you out