The greatest songs of the Eighties

  • jrs1991
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    		 Alice Cooper - Poison
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4j1LtCdww

    Alice Cooper - House Of Fire
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyo6wjlPjzk
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    		 Genesis - Abacab (1981) & Mama (1983)
    Valerie Dore - The Night (1984)
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  • eddstarr88
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    		Oh yeah, excellent songs.:D


    btw,


    Wouldn't it be good if I had great taste in music?
    Picking songs as expertly as you?
    Wouldn't it be nice if we were all as wonderful as you?


    Welcome to another of my Classic 80's favorites,


    Nick Kershaw - "Wouldn't It Be Good" - 1984:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPu22j-_sc8

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  • One Louder
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    		 Some ladies of the 80's:

    Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaMwvCVO01s

    Julie Brown - Girl Fight Tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVie2K-mMtc

    Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuD9umfGo8

    The Plasmatics - The Damned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q401R0JtuFw

    Grace Slick - Fox Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJLg7ZHjomM

    Heart and Grace Slick - What About Love? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2kFEy3-Ynw [Fox Face was from Grace's fourth and final solo album Software, produced by Peter Wolf. During the same period as Software was being recorded Peter was also working with Heart on their comeback album and Peter brought Grace in to sing backup on some of the sessions.]

    Heart - These Dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE

    Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmj_faLoUc&feature=fvst

    Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTbfRsUETU

    Martika - Toy Soldiers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdLovAaYzM [When I was a kid and lived in Nova Scotia I always used to hear this over P.A.'s in shopping malls.]

    Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill in my Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpJqtfCmcM

    Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_pjb5_fgA [This was Aretha's big comeback single off 1985's Who's Zoomin' Who after stuggling through the late 70's and early 80's.]

    The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWP-AsG5DRk

    Nena - 99 Luft Balons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

    Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOIS5taqA8

    Kate Bush - Running up That Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl9OKddQBRg [This live version features David Gilmour who got Kate her record deal with EMI and played and sang on her '82 album The Dreaming.]

    The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep http://www.mojvideo.com/video-pretenders-i-go-to-sleep/fc43477575daa03ef970

    The Go-Go's - Our Lips are Sealed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrYM2Gt9sMw

    Debbie Harry - Rush Rush http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkO8AKzsxcY

    The Motels - Only the Lonely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPTELylZ1s

    Berlin - Take My Breath Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MY-quTiJs

    Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1t5qdBUzs
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    		 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua26qTEK25U

    .38 Special - Caught Up In You
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg21Rkew874

    Y&T - Don't Stop Runnin'
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJmq5gfd6R8

    Winger - Headed For A Heartbreak
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1knO1Ip9oEg

    Winger - Hungry
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_-_MVfFiw
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  • One Louder
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    		 80's Solo Beatles:

    John Lennon - Watching the Wheels (single mix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCf_pghM-U

    John Lennon (featuring Rick Neilson and Bun E Carlos of Cheap Trick) - I'm Losing You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZae6fbxItI

    John Lennon - Nobody Told Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0di2IL440

    Paul McCartney - Waterfalls (single version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmI9U-vBefw&feature=related

    George Harrison - All Those Years Ago (although released and credited as George Harrison single, Ringo is on drums and Paul is on backup vocals so this could be classed as a Beatles song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA

    Paul McCartney - Here Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfvUntAP4U

    Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ATt3FXAUY

    George Harrison- When We Was Fab (Ringo is on drums and makes a cameo in the video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXx-PKTOw0

    Elvis Costello - Veronica (Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello co written song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifeVbK8b-g&feature=related

    Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJ0AkzvdN8 (Julian's Valotte was a very popular release in 1984 and as Julian's voice sounds very much like his father's, Valotte ends up sounding eerily like a followup to John Lennon's 1980 recordings.)
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    		 Everybody wang chung tonight.
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  • Wind Adept
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    		 This awesome song from the First Beverly hills cop movie

    Patti Labelle's New Attitude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfZ5SZZ4xE
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    		 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g

    The Ramones - I Wanna Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BCTgMbLn_Q

    The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sthRYIB91P8

    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Waiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg

    Alice Cooper - Clones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQGI9URBbY

    Iggy Pop - I'm Bored http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXpL8XICJrc

    Soundgarden - Flower http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfxPVfBUUu8

    R.E.M. - South Central Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rLlVWrvO-Q&feature=fvst

    Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dopneKcyNXU&feature=related

    Cheap Trick - The Flame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muhFxXce6nA

    J Giles Band - Centerfold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg

    Roger Waters featuring Eric Clapton - Every Stranger's Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWK-lUyoLkU

    Mike Oldfield featuring Jon Anderson - In High Places (recentley sampled by Kanye West) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mwk4NGEiNI&feature=related
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  • supersonic1979
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    		 take on me- aha
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  • eddstarr88
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    		 too much good stuff here!

    must activate second brain!
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  • yeazell
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    		 Thanks One Louder for posting "stepping out". One of the most underated songs of the 80's. I was in high school and it puts a smile on my face I can't get rid of. The memories are as thick as cobwebs.
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  • eddstarr88
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    		 Here's another 80's Classic that I think gets too little recognition.

    For me this song is like a musical entrance to another dimension, and after all of these years it's my opinion that this is still a song in search of a video capable of full expression for the ideas it represents.

    As a result, I've linked to a fan tribute version video. But this is still an awesome song that may become someting more in the future.


    The Fixx - Saved By Zero - 1983:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNEOvTlGOLA

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  • Retro Phil
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    		 Letsee here:

    Land of Confusion- Genisis (I prefer Disturbed's version, but this one's good too)

    Eye In the Sky- Allen Parsons Project

    Remember The Heroes- Sammy Haggar (I actually made a Music video with it)

    Batdance- Prince (For the longest time I thought "Get the Funk up" was "Get the Fuck out" I mean they both sound similar and all)
    - GIF made by Emkay of GavHub II (Please don't bug them).
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    		 A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHjtij5vZfA
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    		 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0pM5dm--yQ

    Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pALWIj9ketA

    Steve Winwood - Higher Love
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqlauwX_ums
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  • jprc10
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    		 I was born in 1985, so I actually didn't live or experience anything from the 80s..I'm a 90s kid. :)

    But my favorite music of all time now is from the 80s-early 90s...the best hard rock and heavy metal era by far.
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  • eddstarr88
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    jprc10 wrote:
    I was born in 1985, so I actually didn't live or experience anything from the 80s..I'm a 90s kid. :)

    But my favorite music of all time now is from the 80s-early 90s...the best hard rock and heavy metal era by far.



    Yeah jprc10, you're a 90's kid, lol.

    But it pains me to recall that the 80's started with a great tragic event, the December murder of John Lennon in New York City.

    It was a shock to the music world, and I think it had a lasting impact on artists worldwide. The 80's became one of the landmark musical decades - but ohh lordy, what a way to start!


    John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over - 1980:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NupGV4yBKE

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  • One Louder
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    		 Another sad music world loss in the 80's was Thin Lizzy founding member Phil Lynott who died from an overdose in 1986. Thin Lizzy had their biggest success in the 70's but they had a few 80's classics:

    Chinatown (1980) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipG6jTb1Zs

    Thunder and Lightning (1983) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ql1lQ41Vc
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  • Dyzfunk7ional
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    		 Wow this is like the IMDB for 80's music.
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