Best 80's songs

[Jrsy Boy]

Yeah, I mentioned the entire After The Fire album earlier. That whole thing was good!

Oops...couldn't recall everything.

How about China from the Red Rockers?

Or Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider or Holding Back the Years by Simply Red.

 

[DVCJEN]

Anything Depeche Mode, The Cure, or REM takes me right back to the angst-y 80s.

 

[U2_rocks!]

OMG I found an ultimate top 100
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
The Final Countdown - Europe
Every Rose Has It’s Thorn - Poison
When the Children Cry - White Lion
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
Round and Round - Ratt
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White
Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne)
Still of the Night - Whitesnake
Day by Day - The Hooters
18 & Life - Skid Row
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone) - Cinderella
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
Born to Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
Dreams - Van Halen
Cult of Personality - Living Colour
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses
Eye Of the Tiger - Survivor
One - Metallica
Wait - White Lion
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix
Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
And We Danced - Hooters
Carrie - Europe
Send Me an Angel - Real Life
Pride (in the Name of Love) - U2
Coming Home - Cinderella
Heaven - Warrant
Jump - Van Halen
Luka - Suzanne Vega
Fallen Angel - Poison
Gypsy Road - Cinderella
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison
When It's Love - Van Halen
No One Is to Blame - Howard Jones
Into the Night - Benny Mardones
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Way Cool Jr. - Ratt
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
I Won't Forget You - Poison
Down Boys - Warrant
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
I Want A Woman - Ratt
Runaway - Bon Jovi
Seventeen - Winger
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Patience - Guns N' Roses
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Photograph - Def Leppard
Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Shake Me - Cinderella
Your Mama Don't Dance - Poison
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Quiet Riot
When I See You Smile - Bad English
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
The Angel Song - Great White
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Cold Blood - Kix
Cry Tough - Poison
I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
The Last Mile - Cinderella
Your Love - The Outfield
Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
Stand - R.E.M.
Fire Woman - The Cult
Somebody Save Me - Cinderella
I'll Tumble For Ya - Culture Club
Down Under - Men At Work
Open Arms - Journey
What I Am - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Toy Soldiers - Martika
Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
No One Like You - The Scorpions
Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
Vacation - The Go-Go's
I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
Little Fighter - White Lion
Missing You - John Waite
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Careless Whisper - Wham

Fabulous list!

 

[ryanmilla]

How about the first song on MTV.

"Video killed the radio star"


"Abra, abracadabra....I'm wanna reach out and grab ya."
- Steve Miller Band

 

[apirateslifeforme]

How about the first song on MTV.

"Video killed the radio star"


"Abra, abracadabra....I'm wanna reach out and grab ya."
- Steve Miller Band

The Buggles! Okay, but the REAL trivia question is...what was the SECOND video ever played on MTV?

And that Steve Miller song...is that the one with the line "Black panties with an angel's face?" I've always liked that line...

 

[nightowlky]

Has anyone mentioned:


Who's Behind The Door? - Zebra

 

[Jrsy Boy]

Has anyone mentioned:


Who's Behind The Door? - Zebra

...or Tell Me What You Want. That cassette is actually in my car! I think Ronnie James Dio - The Last in Line ("...we are coming...hooooooooooommmmmme...") is in there, too.

 

[disneymama73]

Is no one going to mention Tiffany and Samantha Fox?

 

[nightowlky]

ooooo

Rainbow in the Dark by Dio

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Is no one going to mention Tiffany and Samantha Fox?

Naughty Girls Need Love is my theme song

 

[LuvTigger]

Great thread! It gives me ideas of songs I've wanted to buy on CDs but haven't gotten around to yet.

I love most of the songs already mentioned, but here are a few more (maybe not so main-stream) that I don't think have been listed yet:
(Keep Feeling) Fasincation, Human League
When I Hear Music, Debbie Deb
Dreamin', Will to Power
Tenderness, General Public
Dream Team is in the House, LA Dream Team
Sister Christian, Night Ranger
The Only One, Lionel Richie
Ice Cream Castles, Morris Day and the Time
You're the Inspiration, Chicago
High on You, Survivor

And I'm going to throw in Rock Lobster, B-52s, even though it's already been mentioned several times, because it's a classic! Down, down, down...

(P.S. Does anyone think that the people who wrote a lot of these songs must've been high at the time?)

 

[Jrsy Boy]

Is no one going to mention Tiffany and Samantha Fox?

Samantha Fox is such a wild dame
Huh, but what's in a name?

My younger brother had a thing for Samantha Fox...then when I was in college, I had a class with a Samantha Fox. Sadly, not the same one...

 

[Belle2667]

My DH & I are some of the luckiest parents !! Our boys LOVE LOVE LOVE 80's music. DS15 & DS10 both play guitar, drums & keyboard, and are constantly playing music from the 80's.

Some of the more frequent ones are:
Rick Springfield
AC/DC
Journey
Styx
Boston
Def Leppard
REO Speedwagon
Van Halen
Twisted Sister
Poison
Billy Joel
+ many many more

They don't even know any of the music from their generation. Their teachers keep asking how they know the words and music to these songs. What can I say? They have good taste!

 

[mickeyboat]

My favorites include a lot of what has already been posted, but I also want to add ABBA! They had an album in 1980 which had some great tunes.

Many years ago, a local radio station did a contest on identifying 80's song lyrics. It was before Google made it easy, and we had a blast in our office tryig to figure them out! I should pull that out sometime and give it another go!

Denae

 

[disneymama73]

Samantha Fox is such a wild dame
Huh, but what's in a name?

My younger brother had a thing for Samantha Fox...

So did my ex-h... Touch me....touch me...

 

[Golf4food]

Take On Me!

And almost anything by Peter Gabriel.

 

[Gonz Of Lancashire]

New Order - The Perfect Kiss
Phil Oakley - Together In Electric Dreams
Spandau Ballet - Gold
T'Pau - Heart And Soul
Depeche Mode - I Just Can't Get Enough
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Duran Duran - Rio
Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On
John Parr - St Elmos Fire

 

[Jrsy Boy]

Has Golden Earring been mentioned? Twilight Zone (Help I'm slipping into the twilight zone, this is a madhouse, feels like being cloned...) or Radar Love (I've been driving all night my hands wet on the wheel..)

How about Madness? Our House or, my personal favorite, One Step Beyond (Hey you don't watch that, watch this...)

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Has Golden Earring been mentioned? Twilight Zone (Help I'm slipping into the twilight zone, this is a madhouse, feels like being cloned...) or Radar Love (I've been driving all night my hands wet on the wheel..)

How about Madness? Our House or, my personal favorite, One Step Beyond (Hey you don't watch that, watch this...)

Hmm...love the video for House of Fun. When they're wearing women's clothes and doing the funny dance in the store? Cracks me up.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I can't believe I forgot about this until now...try this quiz...

http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html

I scored well over 100 on it!