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Subject: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
I got this idea from a similar topic posted at the 70's section of the mesageboard. Here are just a few off the top of my head:
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Cest la Vie - Robbie Nevil
Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Shout - Tears for Fears
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Try these.......
"The Living Years" - Foreigner
"Suffer The Children" - Tears For Fears
"Vienna" - Ultravox
"Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran
"No One Is To Blame" - Howard Jones
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
I thought "The Living Years" was done by Mike & the Mechnics, unless you're referring to a different song.
Excellent choices!
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Try these.......
"The Living Years" - Foreigner
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Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Inspiration comes from what is said in the song-the titles do not, necessarily, reflect this.
New Song/ No One is to Blame- Howard Jones
(On the)Wings of a Dove-Madness
The Promise-When in Rome (wasn't that 80something?)
Ebony and Ivory- Stevie Wonder feat. Paul McCartney
Do They Know It's Christmas--*Band-Aid*
Look of Love - ABC
Sea of Love- "the honeydrippers"
Rosanna/ Africa-Toto (Missing the one you love is always inspirational-or at least touchingly poignant for listeners)
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Here's a few more I thought of:
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
Welcome to the Boomtown - David and David
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
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I thought "The Living Years" was done by Mike & the Mechnics, unless you're referring to a different song.
Excellent choices!
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You are so right! My bad. I appreciate you correcting it.
I was confused between "The Living Years" - Mike & the Mechanics and "I wanna' know what love is" - Foreigner
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
here's one...
Greatest love of all-Whitney Houston
OH AND..
Voices that care-Various Artists (remember this one? Kindof like "we are the world"...
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Peter Cetera-You're The Inspiration
Howard
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
The first one I thought of was:
Neil Diamond: Turn on Your Heartlight (inspired by E.T.), if that's your bag.
Not to be confused with Kenny Loggins' "Welcome to Heartlight" (inspired by some hippie progressive school of that name).
For me--
Depeche Mode: Somebody
Split Enz: Message to My Girl
Aztec Camera: Knife
Sisters of Mercy: 1959
Howard Jones: What is Love?
The Call: I Don't Wanna...
ABC: 4ever 2gether (co-written by Anne Dudley)
The The: This is the Day
Yazoo: Mister Blue
The Smiths: Ask
Psychedelic Furs: My Time
Thompson Twins: Lay Your Hands on Me
Fiction Factory: (Feels Like) Heaven
Icicle Works: Out of Season
Feargal Sharkey: A Good Heart (Maria McKee)
Culture Club: Time (Clock of the Heart)
Ultravox: Hymn
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush: Don't Give Up
Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
When In Rome: The Promise
Heaven 17: The Skin I'm In
OMD: Hold You
A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song
---And oh so many more...
Most of The Smiths/Morrissey songs were inspiring to me, but not in a conventional way, rather in my own perverse way!
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Mine Has Got To Be:-
Depeche Mode - Somebody
then followed not far behind by:-
Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains
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Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
People are People - Depeche Mode
The Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
Roll with the Changes - Reo Speedwagon (technically a 70's hit but still inspiring to me)
Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
Broken Wings - Mister Mister
Express Yourself - Madonna
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
So far everyone's sounds great....some I would add is
Friend's Forever by Michael W. Smith
Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House
The Warrior by Scandal
Invincible by Pat Benetar
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Mine would be:
A Question Of Lust - Depeche Mode
Somebody - Depeche Mode
World Full Of Nothing - Depeche Mode
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Countless songs by The Smiths...way too many to mention
Midnight Blue - A Project With Louise Tucker
November Spawned A Monster - Morrissey
Dream Come True - Frozen Ghost (Canadians would know this one. I can't listen to it without crying.)
And how could I forget...
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Martin Gore (OK, maybe not inspirational, but just...beautiful! :D)
Absolutely Vile
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"I Miss You" - Clymaxx
"Hands to Heaven" - Breathe (does this make '80s? I can't remember)
In another way, "You Got it All" - Jets
"Greatest Love of All" definitely agree
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Yep, it came out in 1988.
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"Hands to Heaven" - Breathe (does this make '80s? I can't remember)
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Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
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Mine would be:
A Question Of Lust - Depeche Mode
Somebody - Depeche Mode
World Full Of Nothing - Depeche Mode
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Countless songs by The Smiths...way too many to mention
Midnight Blue - A Project With Louise Tucker
November Spawned A Monster - Morrissey
Dream Come True - Frozen Ghost (Canadians would know this one. I can't listen to it without crying.)
And how could I forget...
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Martin Gore (OK, maybe not inspirational, but just...beautiful! :D)
Absolutely Vile
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Great choices, Ab-Vi!, though I'm not sure what "Blasphemous Rumours" inspires.
;)
I've heard of Frozen Ghost, I believe they toured with Howard Jones, and a couple of them were in a band called "Sheriff," which was terrible (I saw them on an old "Evening at the Improv" from '81). I'm not sure I know the "Dreams Come True" song.
"...Mother Earth," IS isnpirational, and beautiful, as is MLG's version of "Compulsion" from "Counterfeit e.p."
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Chicago-Hard Habit To Break
Howard
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
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Great choices, Ab-Vi!, though I'm not sure what "Blasphemous Rumours" inspires.
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It's a song that questions religion. :)
Quoting:I've heard of Frozen Ghost, I believe they toured with Howard Jones, and a couple of them were in a band called "Sheriff," which was terrible (I saw them on an old "Evening at the Improv" from '81). I'm not sure I know the "Dreams Come True" song.End Quote
Download it and listen to it. It's the ultimate love song/wedding song. It makes me weep everytime I hear it...to the point where I won't listen to it anymore for fear I'm just going to start crying!
Quoting:"...Mother Earth," IS isnpirational, and beautiful, as is MLG's version of "Compulsion" from "Counterfeit e.p."
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I agree totally! I love the entire EP, actually. :)
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
so many to choose from, but then again it was the 80's.... where we didnt have to trawl through the boy bands to find a decent song!
Ive put some of the lesser known stuff that reached us down in Australia.
emotion in motion - Ric Ocasek
neverending story - limahl
dont you forget about me - simple minds
boys of summer - don henley
man with a gun - jerry harrison (casual gods)
always with me, always with you - joe satriani
wicked games - chris isaak
cambodia - kim wilde
man in the mirror - michael jackson
father figure - george michael
wonderful life - black
africa - toto
la isla bonita - madonna
Thats just a start, but I could go on all night.
bateman
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
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Peter Cetera-You're The Inspiration
Howard
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Actually Peter Cetera was still in the pop/soul group "Chicago". So the song is by Chicago.
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Inspirational Songs:
Through The Fire-Chaka Chan
Always-Atlantic Starr
Time After Time and True Colors-Cyndi Lauper
I'll Always Love You-Taylor Dayne
Say You, Say Me and Hello-Lionel Richie
I've Had The Time of My Life-Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes
Just The Two Of Us-Bill Withers/Grover Washington Jr.
Give Me The Night-George Benson
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
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Actually Peter Cetera was still in the pop/soul group "Chicago". So the song is by Chicago.
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Oh,Thank You TV.
Howard
Subject: Re: 80's most touching/inspirational songs
Hmm.. these ones make me tune out the world and reflect upon some particular memories:
.38 Special - "So Caught Up In You"
Robert Plant - "In The Mood"
Don Henley - "Sunset Grill"
Godley & Creme - "Cry"
Images In Vogue - "Lust For Love" (Tnx Vile ;))
Motels - "Only The Lonely"
Outfield - "Voice of Babylon"
Payola$ - "Where Is This Love"
Peter Gabriel - "Solsbury Hill"
Rolling Stones - "Angie"
Stevie Nicks - "If Anyone Falls"
Strange Advance - "World's Away"
The Box - "Crying Out For Love"
U2 - "All I Want Is You"
U2 - "Bad"
...just to name a few. 8)