80's Music

80\'s Music

Ok guys,

Since i was born in 1980 i dont really remember all the names of the artists and songs that were big during the era. So, help me out as im trying to put together a nice little 80's compelation to play in the car. Give me some of your favorite artists and songs from the 1980's, (american market only please) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Shane

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Not necessarily in order:

Cheap Trick "Dream Police"
Billy Squier "The Stroke"
The Police "Spirits in the Material World"
The Cars "Dangerouus Type"
Pink Floyd "The Wall Part One"
Aldo Nova "Fantasy"

There are more, but I can't think of them right off the bat. And there's no heavy metal in there either. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif

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Hehe,, ive already got

Scandall - The Warrior
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
Neena - 99 Luft Ballons
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Laura Branigan - Self Control

As well as some Debbie Gibson and Cindi Lauper too already slated to add to it.

Shane

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Every Breath You Take by The Police
Faith by George Michael
Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston
My Prerogative by Bobby Brown
With or Without You by U2
What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner
Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd
Like A Virgin by Madonna
Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Ebony & Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

-from About.Com-


10."If you Leave" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
9."Der Komissar" After the Fire
8."Like a Virgin" Madonna
7."Safety Dance" Men Without Hats
6."Freeze Frame" The J. Geils Band
5."Carma Chameleon" Culture Club
4."99 Luft Ballons" Nena
3."Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran
2."Wake Me Up (Before You Go-Go)" Wham!
1."Don't You Want Me?" The Human League

-i80s.com-

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Keep em coming,, I had almost forgotten the KING of 1980's movie soundtracks KENNY LOGGINS!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Danger Zone, FootLoose, and Playing with the Boys /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Shane

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Hehehe, i literally have hundreds of songs from the 80's from CD's i have bought over the years.

-The Cure
-The Smiths
-A-ha
-Depeche Mode
-New Order
-China Crisis
-Everything But the Girl
-Echo and the Bunnymen
-Flock of Seagulls
-Cutting Crew
-Howard Jones
-Culture Club
-Guns and roses
-Human League
-Modern English
-OMD
-Pet Shop Boys
-Siouxie and the Banshees
-U2

Plus many more. It will take me days to list the songs that they played, lol.

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dunno real titles, nor lyrics

We ain't gonna take it
Girls rock your boys
noise noise noise

Quiet Riot?

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We Ain't Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Come on Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot
Noise Noise Noise - The Damned Lyrics (??)

[ QUOTE ]
NewBie said:
dunno real titles, nor lyrics

We ain't gonna take it
Girls rock your boys
noise noise noise

Quiet Riot?

[/ QUOTE ]

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Gad - I would have picjed some different Police cuts

Look up the following bands
Berlin
OMD
The Go Gos
Depeche Mode
Joe Jackson
Culture Club


Heck - if you can get an old playlist for WDRE radio (which became WLIR, which is now sold to a Spanish station) - they played 80s up till the sale late last year - I miss them

WOW - seems the Jocks have put togethere a web site, and there looks like a rebirth on the high end of the dial

http://www.wlir.fm/92.7%20wlir%20tribute%20site!.htm

Here is their top 200 of the 80s list - pretty much the definitive list for 80s music

http://www.wlir.fm/top_200_of_the_1980s.htm

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That WLIR list helped a TON /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Shane

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Beastie Boys: "You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party"
Def Leppard: "Women", "Rocket", "Love Bites"
Scorpions: "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
Van Halen: "Panama", "I Can't Drive 55"
Talking Heads" "Burning Down The House", "Psycho Killer"
Billy Idol: "Mony, Mony", "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell"
Stevie Nix: "White-Winged Dove"
Guns n Roses: "Welcome To The Jungle"
Duran Duran: "Wild Boys", "Hungry Like A Wolf"

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That top 200 list brought back memories!

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Pretty good list! Wow, i'm pretty sure i have 95% of those songs in MP3/CD's. Compiling them would be a chore though.

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if you download music, which i am sure you do, key in 1980's on the search button, you will see a whole list of songs in that era.

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RE WLIR

Supposidly (and hey, at least in NYC they were) WLIR was one of the top "80s" music stations out there - broke a lot of new stuff, played a lot of imports that no one else touched, and had some very cool DJs

I got to visit their original studio one or two times, as they were in the same building as the electronics school I went to.

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If you want a ton of 80's music, see if you can get an XM satellite radio -- they have an 80's channel. They also display the artist and song title as they play the tune.

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I have been thinking about XM, but thats just more hardware and a monthly subscription i dont need. But, i have to admit that the Red LCD receivers they have look awesome.

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Dire Straits
Huey Lewis and the News

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Phil Collins No Jacket Required "Take Me Home"

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(chiming in) Oh boy! A lot of good music memories from my growing up years too! NEW WAVE STILL RULES!

All of those are great songs but only two REALLY stand out from among them--not the best of course--just that these two brings those memories the closest, a beat in my chest and a big smile on my face:

Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
Ghost in You - OMD?