...that you think people should definitly listen to! These could be album tracks or singles which didn't do all that well. Some of you 80s fantatics will probably know some songs/artists mentioned - but this would be a good thread to find new artists/songs.

I think if your a synth-pop/new-wave fan you should definitly listen to:
- Berlin - The Metro and Pleasure Victim

If you like The Clash and Annie Lennox, get a hold of
- Annie Lennox - Train In Vain

If you like Indie and Lighter Rock music (and your not British - beacuse if your a 80s fan from the Uk, you will know this band definitly!)
- The Jam - Town Called Malice & Going Underground & Start!

And the band that I'm most likely to plug beacuse they're fantastic goes too...This is if you like indie music, and want to dig deep into the roots of the Madchester scene or Brit pop...THE SMITHS!!!! (What a surprise, huh? :))

Anyone else want to plug some songs or artists they like?

For 80's Dance: Anything on Dallas, TX's Oak Lawn Records Label.  Most of their dance singles feature an original mix of the song then a remix service mix.  Bands like CCCP, MicroChip League, Voyou, UmoDetic, etc...

Some one-off tracks:

Portion Control - "The Great Divide"
One to One - "Angel In My Pocket"
Mark Imperial - "J'Adore Danser"
Michael Prince - "Dance Your Love Away"

And of course, check out Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Depeche Mode, New Order, and the Smiths!  :D

These are some I like from all genres:

Sandy Marton -  People From Ibiza

Scarlet & Black - You Don't Know

The Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat

The Jets - Crush On You

The Cover Girls - Inside Outside

Spandau Ballet - Gold

Shannon - Give Me Tonight

Nancy Martinez - Move Out

Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte

Human League - I Love You Too Much

Hanson  Davis - Hungry For Your Love

Debbie Harry - I Feel The Spin

Egyptian lover - The Lover

Vitamin Z - Burning Flame

The Thompson Twins - King For A Day

The Romantics - One in a Million

Supertramp - It's Raining Again

Shakin Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy

Poco - Call It Love

Ozzy Osborne - Perry Mason

New Edition - A Little Bit Of Love

Metallica - Eye Of The Beholder

Queensryche - Walk In The Shadows, The Mission

Ratt - The Morning After

Guns N' Roses - I Used To Love Her


Some are probably better known to some, but they are hardly if ever played on the radio, even in 80's stations.

Thats popular music!
Heres little known songs that are awsome:

All the same - Drop in the Grey
Hold on - Minor Detail
New York - MCL
Out of Oblivion - The Thought
Power to Forgive - Kajagoogoo

Oh Most overlooked:
A River to the sea - Private Lives

Some albums that were awsome and didnt sell well:
Expression - The Expression
Trees - Sleep Convention
Space Monkey - On the Beam
Espionage - ESP

and a few others---
I like rare music. I listen to all of it from the 80s, even if it didnt make the charts :)

Another Drop in the Gray one for you:

Wide-Eyed One- A Drop In The Gray (should've been a major hit, along with Heartache Feeds Heartache)
Moonlight on Water- Kevin Raleigh
First, Last, For Everything- Endgames
Say You Will- Blanket of Secrecy
Kinetic- Hilary

and tons of others that I can't think of at the moment.  :)

Faith No More- We Care A Lot

WildBlue - Fire with Fire
Time Bendits - Endless Road
Tifanny - Could've been / All this time
NKOTB - Baby I believe in You
Falco - Jeanny
Spagna - Call me

8) 8) 8)On the wings of a nightingale by the Everly brothers.It gotr to 50.was written by McCartney,who has been in love with them for a long time. :DCheers!

not too obscure, but often overlooked is early gary numan and his tubeway army stuff.  

these cds forced me to go out and purchase a synth.

Just remembered another one. Blondie-11:59




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Oh oh oh...

The Smiths - Headmaster's Ritual
The Pixies - Alec Eiffel
Madonna - White Heat
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles - Dover Beach
Samantha Fox - Naughty Girls Need Love Too
The Police - Syncronicity II
Men at Work - It's a Mistake
Depeche Mode - The Grabbing Hands
Tears for Fears - Mothers Talk
Human League - Only Human

"Darkness" by The Human League.

This is a song that could easily match their other famous tunes - and it's a non-single track! Check it out. It's very much worth the time and money.

My picks for little known hits:

Anything by Classix Nouveaux, and a Canadian band called Images In Vogue, the latter being one of the best bands to come out of Canada...ever. :)

And I am in agreeance with Japan, and of course, THE SMITHS!!!!!!!!! :)

Absolutely Vile

Little Known hits of the 80's:
1.) I Like and Piece of My Love-Guy(how come these songs are not even mentioned for good 80's Pop/R&B?)
2.) I'll be Good-Rene and Angella
3.) George Benson-Give Me The Night(Nice Jazz/Soul song)
4.) Shellschocked-New Order