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Subject: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: lebeiw15 on 07/03/04 at 12:52 am
What were some of those songs that "everybody" knew? These days, I think almost everyone has heard "Who Let the Dogs Out" whether in the store, on TV, out of a kid's stereo or at a baseball arena. In the 90s, a lot of people were familiar with "Tubthumping" (I get knocked down, but i get up again..)
What were some of those 80s songs that were incredibly popular? I'm just interested.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 07/03/04 at 1:09 am
Down Under by Men At Work
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears For Fears
True by Spandau Ballet
Flashdance by Irene Cara
Boys of Summer by Don Henley
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: MooRocca on 07/03/04 at 1:31 am
(I may be slightly off on titles and spelling, but)
Just off the top of my head, it was pretty hard to escape hearing these songs in the 80s:
Like a Virgin -- Madonna
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun -- Cyndi Lauper
Every song on the Thriller album -- Michael Jackson
Don't Worry Be Happy -- Bobby McFarren
I Just Called To Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
Every hit Prince had between 1980 and 1985
867-5309 Jenny Tommy Tutone
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Born in the USA -- Bruce Springsteen
Money For Nothing -- Dire Straits
I Wanna Dance With Somebody -- Whitney Houston
Cum On Feel The Noise & Metal Health -- Quiot Riot
Rosanna - Toto
Gloria - Laura Brannigan
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: BlaznFattyz on 07/03/04 at 1:54 am
men at work's "who can it be now?"
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 07/03/04 at 2:20 am
(I may be slightly off on titles and spelling, but)
Just off the top of my head, it was pretty hard to escape hearing these songs in the 80s:
I Just Called To Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
Ugghh! A dentist's office classic. This was not Little Stevie's finest moment!
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: JT74 on 07/03/04 at 9:29 am
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
We Will Rock You - Queen
Every Kenny Rogers Song
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Paradise City - Guns 'n Roses
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer
Shout - Tears for Fears
Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Dagwood on 07/03/04 at 10:01 am
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: BlaznFattyz on 07/03/04 at 10:22 am
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
well ive never heard of it. lol
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: lebeiw15 on 07/03/04 at 10:55 am
well ive never heard of it. lol
:o
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: DJ Midas on 07/03/04 at 11:12 am
"Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker, Jr.
"The Heat Is On" - Glenn Frey
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police
"Don't You Want Me" - The Human League
"Sussudio" - Phil Collins
"Carribean Queen" - Billy Ocean
"Hurts So Good" - John Cougar Mellencamp
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/03/04 at 12:01 pm
Here is my list (even though some have already been mentioned)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun-Cyndi Lauper
I Just Called-Stevie Wonder
Uptown Girl-Billy Joel
Danger Zone-Kenny Loggins
Footloose-Kenny Loggins
Beat It-Michael Jackson
Every Breath You Take-Police
Born in the U.S.A.-Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2
With or Without You-U2
Like a Virgin-Madonna
I Had the Time of my Life-Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
You Take my Breath Away-Berlin
Don't Worry, Be Happy-Bobby McFarran
Jenny/867-5309-Tommy Tutone
1999-Prince
The Greatest Love-Whitney Houston
Ghostbusters-Ray Parker Jr.
Working for the Weekend-Loverboy
Mickey-Toni Basil
I'm sure there are more but that is what I can think of now.
Cat
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Dagwood on 07/03/04 at 2:02 pm
well ive never heard of it. lol
Are you serious? :o
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: camaro on 07/03/04 at 3:53 pm
How about "Flashdance-What A Feeling" by Irene Cara?
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Jennifer028 on 07/04/04 at 1:50 pm
Footloose-Kenny Loggins ;D
Billie Jean-Michael jackson
Pour some sugar on me-Def Lepperd
Girls just wanna have fun-Cyndi Lauper :D
Somebody's baby-Jackson browne
Straight up-Paula Abdul
I wanna dance with somebody-Whitney Houston ::)
Thriller-Michael Jackson
I want your sex-George michael :o
Hey mickey-Toni Basil :P
867-5309 Tommy Tutone
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: nally on 07/04/04 at 5:21 pm
Oh, I know hundreds of songs from then. I was born in the year 1980, so I was in the 'single-digits' throughout the decade. However, during the 80s I didn't know too many songs at the time they came out; lots of them were new to me within the past ten years.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: I_love_Miami_Vice on 07/04/04 at 6:42 pm
How about:
You belong to the City......
Let's hear it for the boys.....
Crockett's Theme/Miami Vice Theme.......Jan Hammer ;D
Heat of the moment.......Asia
Drive/Heartbeat City/....The Cars
Run to you........Bryan Adams
Own the Night......Chaka Khan
Desert Moon.........Dennis DeYoung
Take on me.....A-Ha
Waiting for a girl like you.......Foreigner
Mama......Genesis
Do you believe in love/I want a new drug.....Huey Lewis and the News
Let's wait a while......Janet Jackson
Can you hear me runnin'?......Mike and the Mechanics
Automatic......Pointer Sisters
Dance Hall Days........Wang Chung
Keep on loving you.......R.E.O. Speedwagon
All of Glen Frey's
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Rush on 07/04/04 at 8:52 pm
well ive never heard of it. lol
I wish I never heard it!
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: ProgShred on 07/05/04 at 2:43 am
not mentioned:
Welcome To The Jungle (Guns & Roses)
Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Jump (Van Halen)
Panama (Van Halen)
Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Cruë)
Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpions)
I Want To Rock (Twisted Sister)
Just A Gigalo (David Lee Roth)
Open Arms (Journey)
Rock The Casbah (The Clash)
Mexican Radio (Wall Of Voodoo)
Centerfold (J. Geils Band)
Talking In Your Sleep (Romantics)
I Can't Drive 55 (Sammy Hagar)
Stray Cat Strut (Stray Cats)
Red Skys At Night (The Fixx)
Touch Me (Samantha Fox)
I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)
Walk Like An Egyptian (The Bangles)
Our Lips Are Sealed (The Go Go's)
We Got The Beat (The Go Go's)
I Love Rock-n-Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)
Goodbye To You (Scandle)
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Bobby on 07/05/04 at 6:42 am
'Ghostbusters' - Ray Parker Jnr
'Holiday' - Madonna
'I should be so lucky' - Kylie Minogue
'Bad' - Michael Jackson (everybody was singing this when I was at school)
'Rio' - Duran Duran
'True' - Spandau Ballet
'Hold me now' - Thompson Twins
'Final countdown' - Europe
'Relax' - Frankie goes to Hollywood
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Absolutely Vile on 07/05/04 at 1:52 pm
THE SAFETY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::)
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Bobby on 07/05/04 at 5:39 pm
THE SAFETY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::)
Absolutely Vile
Oh yeah. With the funny dwarf and the smacked out woman - unbelievable. ;D
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/05/04 at 6:54 pm
not mentioned:
I Love Rock-n-Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
When I think of 80's music, this one always comes to mind! Takes me back to high school....great song! 8)
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: karen on 07/06/04 at 6:00 am
Jenny/867-5309-Tommy Tutone
Working for the Weekend-Loverboy
I haven't heard of either of these.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned either Erasure (Sometimes springs to mind) or Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me and Alive and Kicking will always bring back memories of Sammy's night club in town (which is no longer there unfortunately).
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: wagonman76 on 07/06/04 at 11:22 am
The first song I always think of when I think 80s is "Take On Me" by Aha.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Rush on 07/06/04 at 11:45 am
Standard 80's songs
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Faith - George Michael
Tainted Love - Soft Cell (They have much better songs than this!!!! :))
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (They too have much better songs!!!)
Land Of Confusion - Genesis
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
19 - Paul Hardcastle
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Cars - Gary Numan
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Ritchie
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
So In Love - OMD
If You Leave - OMD
Blue Monday - New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
erm....That will do won't it? :D
Subject: movies movies movies
Written By: Tim Kramar on 07/06/04 at 12:45 pm
Top Gun
"Take My Breath Away"--Berlin
"Danger Zone"--Kenny Loggins
Caddyshack
"I'm Alright"--Kenny Loggins
Arthur
"Arthur's Theme (Best that You can Do)"
Dirty Dancing
"I've Had the Time of My Life"--Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
An Officer and a Gentleman
"Up Where We Belong"--Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Stuff from The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, stuff from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Other music, like Billy Joel was big in the '80s. Also the Police (not just Sting) with "Roxanne", "Don't Stand So Close to Me", and "Every Breath you Take"
and I see someone else already mentioned "Thriller"
But the Mike and the Mechanics song was called "Silent Running". Another one they did was "Living Years"
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Tim Kramar on 07/06/04 at 12:50 pm
Standard 80's songs
And who are these by?
"Enjoy the Silence"
"People are People"
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Absolutely Vile on 07/06/04 at 2:09 pm
And who are these by?
"Enjoy the Silence"
"People are People"
Depeche Mode. Most people know that. And "Enjoy The Silence" isn't 80's. It's from 1990.
I don't know how or why you quoted Rush as saying that because he didn't.
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Tim Kramar on 07/06/04 at 9:41 pm
Depeche Mode. Most people know that. And "Enjoy The Silence" isn't 80's. It's from 1990.
I don't know how or why you quoted Rush as saying that because he didn't.
Absolutely Vile
The only part that was Rush's quote was "Standard 80's songs"
I thought it might get his attention...his little tagline under his name reads "Your Own Personal Jesus", another Depeche Mode tune.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Tim Kramar on 07/06/04 at 9:43 pm
"My Sharona"--the Knack....might have been from 1979 or 1980, I disremember.
"You Shook Me All Night Long"--AC/DC
"Sharp Dressed Man" or "Legs"--ZZ Top.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Jennifer028 on 07/06/04 at 10:44 pm
AbracadabraSteve Miller Band...that song was spooky to me.
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: Tim Kramar on 07/08/04 at 3:07 am
"In the Air Tonight" was spooky...
The one I used to like, until I figured out what the song was about was...
"The Stroke"--Billy Squier. (That's okay, you can stroke yourself....)
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: whistledog on 05/18/06 at 10:53 am
Everyone's mentioned alot of good ones, so here's a few from Canada, that every Canadian who was alive in the 80's should know ...
Boy Inside the Man - Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
Crying Over You - Platinum Blonde
Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell
(You're A) Strange Animal - Gowan
Diamond Sun - Glass Tiger
Makin' it Work - Doug and the Slugs
Try - Blue Rodeo
Romantic Traffic - The Spoons
I Want You Back - Sherry Kean
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: puddingpop on 05/19/06 at 8:15 am
I graduated HS in 1985, so I was right in the middle of the 80's and remember it all. As much as it pains me to say it, there was no one bigger or as all encompassing back then as Michael Jackson. He was the King of Pop. Madonna was a close runner-up.
On a side note, while walking down memory lane, I remembered a family trip in the summer of 1986 when "The Woo-Woo Song" by Gregory Abbott (I think) came on the radio every five minutes. Seemed horrible back then but a great memory now. ;D
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: ian chivers on 05/20/06 at 8:46 am
def leppard - hysteria album
bon jovi - slippery when wet album
these two albums from the 80's made my love for hard rock and metal to continue to grow to what it is today ;D ;D ;D ;D
but i'm a big collector of 80's music...
but does anyone remember transvision vamp ????
they were from england and their lead singer was quoted in a magazine in 1989 as still being around in ten years time..it's been 15 years since their last album...... :-X :o
Same can be said for guns n' roses last studio album !!!!! >:( >:(
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: STAR70 on 05/20/06 at 5:35 pm
she's got the look- roxette
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: 80smuzikhead on 05/20/06 at 10:38 pm
Can't believe no one has yet mentioned "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. Everyone knew that one!
Some others not yet mentioned:
"Anotherone Bites The Dust" -Queen
"Material Girl" -Madonna
"Chain Reaction" -Diana Ross
"Locomotion" -Kylie Minogue
Subject: Re: For Anyone Who Lived In The 80s..
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 05/21/06 at 12:50 am
"The Stroke"--Billy Squier. (That's okay, you can stroke yourself....)
Squier clames the song is not about that per se. He says it's about what you have to do to succeed in the music biz.