What's your favorite song (or two) from the 80's?

[GadgetGuru72]

So, what's your favorite song (or two) from the 80's?

I'd have to go with:

This Charming Man - The Smiths

or

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

[Sentient One]

How about "Don't You Want Me?" by The Human League?

Or, "If You Leave (Don't Leave Now)", by Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark.

Frankly, there are far too many great 80's New Wave songs to mention, so just try to collect them all! Let alone all the great Rock that came out and Metal and Jazz and......

[GadgetGuru72]

Originally posted by Sentient One
How about "Don't You Want Me?" by The Human League?

Or, "If You Leave (Don't Leave Now)", by Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark.

Frankly, there are far too many great 80's New Wave songs to mention, so just try to collect them all! Let alone all the great Rock that came out and Metal and Jazz and......

I wasn't asking to educate myself and add to my collection. I have tons of 80's music. I was just asking to see what people thought were the "best" songs of the 80's. Just curious.

[wolfpacker]

GadgetGuru - those are 2 good ones. Add:

In Between Days - The Cure
The Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
The Police - Walking on the Moon

[Doug Gilmour]

I like:

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

-Dan

[Chewie]

If I had to name one and only one, it would have to be the greatest selling 12” single of all time, Blue Monday by New Order :cool:

[jimmeh]

metallica- master of puppets

[baggss]

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Heat of the Moment - Asia

[dgstinner]

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

[synecdoche]

Very tough. I'm going to say

The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen
and
How Soon is Now by The Smiths

[mndtrp]

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol

[tat2dphreak]

I'm gonna be - The proclaimers
or
blister in the sun - Violent femmes

[Cdammen]

Heads over Heels by Tears for Fears mainly because it appeared in Donnie Darko :)

One summer favorite is In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. Good times, good times...

[Suebee42]

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Tainted Love - Soft Cel
Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Take On Me - A Ha
True - Spandau Ballet

[VousDew]

Yeesh. I can't pick just one.

1. Blue Monday - New Order
2. Obsession - Animotion
3. Never Say Never - Romeo Void

[bgenereau83]

1. Secret Journey - The Police
2. House - The Psychedelic Furs
3. This Time Of Night - New Order
4. Reptile - The Church
5. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

[skateboarderx24]

white wedding -billy idol
when doves cry- prince
now if ur talkn 1880's and before whew i can get off on a tangent

[ZooStation]

Best 80's songs.. far, far too hard to choose.

But some already mentioned..

In Between Days - The Cure
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Stuff by New Order/Joy Division and Depeche Mode...

The list could go on forever...

[JonnyOneNote]

1. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
2. It's My Life - Talk Talk (12" extended version)
3. Stay - The Blue Nile (12" remix
4. The Lexicon of Love - ABC (entire album)

[Razor70]

Mine would have to be:

1. Human League - Human
2. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

Among many many others of course...you know the 80's get teased alot for the way the decade was..but I still think it had some of the strongest songs out. Or maybe I am just still stuck in the 80's, don't know.

[TrueFunkSoldier]

The best electropop song of all time: "Enjoy the Silence," by the best electropop band of all time, Depeche Mode. But, there are others and I cannot possibly pick just a few:

1. "Vienna" by Ultravox
2. "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before" by The Smiths
3. "Gloria," "Pride In the Name of Love" by U2
4. "Mountains," "Kiss," "Sign o' the Times" by Prince
5. "Blue Jean," by David Bowie
6. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination," "Human" by The Human League
7. "Sign of Fire," "Secret Separation," "Saved By Zero," The Fixx
8. "In A Big Country," Big Country
9. "Need You Tonight (Motivate)," by INXS
10. "Who Can It Be Now," "It's A Mistake," Men at Work
11. "World In Motion," "Blue Monday" by New Order
12. "Pictures of You," The Cure
13. "A Little Respect," "Blue Savannah" by Erasure
14. "Synchronicity II" The Police
15. "More Than This," "Avalon" by Roxy Music
16. "Mother's Talk," "Head Over Heals" Tears For Fears

...and on and on! It was just a great time to be a young teenager...and to be alive!

[minifantoo]

Mine would have to be ....

Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Broken Wings - Mister Mister
Kyrie - Mister Mister
True Faith - New Order
Don't Make me Wait - Bomb the Bass
Words - FR David
Rain - Orange Juice Jones

I can see a playlist in the making....

[Scoot65]

Look of Love - ABC
Confusion - New Order
Chance - Big Country
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol

[graphicgeek2]

Battery - Master of Puppets - Metallica
I Don't Believe in Love - Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche

[catpodder]

Some of these songs listed make me think of the early days of MTV - like "Betty Davis Eyes."

Anyway, my favorites include:

7-11 by The Ramones
Modern Love by David Bowie
Is She Really Going Out With Him by Joe Jackson

Those 3 really bring back the memories. Anyone else enjoy "Remember the 80's" on VY1?

[sechannell]

Originally posted by GadgetGuru72
So, what's your favorite song (or two) from the 80's?

I'd have to go with:

This Charming Man - The Smiths

or

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

"Bizarre Love Triangle" is definitely up there, so is New Order's "True Faith."

I love David Bowie's "China Girl," Alphaville's "Forever Young" and "Big in Japan," and a-ha's "Take on Me."

[sechannell]

Originally posted by bgenereau83
1. Secret Journey - The Police
2. House - The Psychedelic Furs
3. This Time Of Night - New Order
4. Reptile - The Church
5. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

Yeah, "Reptile" kills, so does "Under the Milkyway."

[mde83]

Relax (Don't do it) - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Open Arems - Journey

[E. Highness]

Prince- When Doves Cry

[JohnnieRay]

Girls Just Want to Have Fun, by Cyndi Lauper
He Could Be the One, by Josie Cotton

[bdb]

Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
When Your Heart Is Weak - #### Robin
Jamming - Bob Marley
Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers
At This Moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
Drive - Cars
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Father Figure - George Michael
No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
Something About You - Level 42
Every Time You Go - Paul Young
True - Spandau Ballet
Tempted - Squeeze
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

[GadgetGuru72]

Originally posted by bdb
Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
When Your Heart Is Weak - #### Robin
Jamming - Bob Marley
Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers
At This Moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
Drive - Cars
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Father Figure - George Michael
No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
Something About You - Level 42
Every Time You Go - Paul Young
True - Spandau Ballet
Tempted - Squeeze
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

This wasn't the "what's your favorite song (or SIXTEEN) from the '80's" thread, was it? ;)

There's some great stuff there.

[mrgrill]

Centrefold - J Geils Band
Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Reflex - Duran Duran

Poptastic mate

[stuckinthe80s13]

IMO, the best songs two songs of the 80's were:
(Don't you)Forget about me-Simple minds
Rio-Duran Duran

[original]

too many but a few that stand out are:

-Say Say Say – Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney....love this song. wanted to buy the tape when i was growing up but parents couldnt afford it.
-I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – Arthea Franklin and George Michael
-Electric Blue - Icehouse
-Automatic – Pointer Sisters
-Give It Up – KC & the Sunshine Band
-Dancing in heaven (orbital be-bebop) - q-feel

i love, love the 80's. :D