I'd say "Take on Me" - a-ha.  Then "Brass Monkey" - Beastie Boys and Freedom of Choice - Devo.

Brass Monkey?  Ick.  (Sorry, I can't STAND The Beastie Boys)

Anyways, that's a tough question.  Actually, it's an impossible question!  I could give you ten, but I couldn't narrow to just one.

Woman - John Lennon
Oh L'Amour - Erasure
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Africa - Toto
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Dreaming - OMD
Fade To Black - Metallica
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

Brass Monkey?  Ick.  (Sorry, I can't STAND The Beastie Boys)


Most women find "Brass Monkey" to be that way  ;D

But yeah, most of the songs you listed are good.  "Whip It" is a great song too but I overrated it at first.

This is a very tough call, but:
Single: Queen -"It's A Hard Life"
Album Track: Boy George -"Little Ghost"

Enya's Orinoco Flow, along the other records released at the time.

Well, if I listed them all, this site would probably crash! ;D So here's a random 15 "longtime" favorites from the 80's (all different artists):

All Night Long - Lionel Richie
If This is it - Huey Lewis
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
Wrapped Around your Finger - Police
Africa - Toto
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
We Built this City - Starship (*avoids heavy objects thrown my way!*) :D
Urgent - Foreigner
Some Guys have All the Luck - Rod Stewart
Refugee - Tom Petty
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Take on Me - A-ha
I can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
Photograph - Def Leppard
Private Eyes - Hall & Oates

Like I said, this is just from the top of my head. I could probably do 500 before I have to stop and think!!

Well, if I listed them all, this site would probably crash! ;D So here's a random 15 "longtime" favorites from the 80's (all different artists):

All Night Long - Lionel Richie
If This is it - Huey Lewis
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
Wrapped Around your Finger - Police
Africa - Toto
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
We Built this City - Starship (*avoids heavy objects thrown my way!*) :D
Urgent - Foreigner
Some Guys have All the Luck - Rod Stewart
Refugee - Tom Petty
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Take on Me - A-ha
I can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
Photograph - Def Leppard
Private Eyes - Hall & Oates

Like I said, this is just from the top of my head. I could probably do 500 before I have to stop and think!!


Good list, not too much hair metal (I hate that stuff although I respect people's taste). 

So I take it you're into the rock and roll type 80s most? I like some of that stuff too :)

Good list, not too much hair metal (I hate that stuff although I respect people's taste).

So I take it you're into the rock and roll type 80s most? I like some of that stuff too :)


Yeah, I grew up on pop/rock from then mostly, but I like a bit of everything. I can completely see why people laugh at hair metal, although I like a few songs in the genre.

The better bands of that style are the more versatile "original" ones, like Bon Jovi (my first exposure to hard rock/metal of any kind) and Def Leppard. There's a difference between them and, say Winger/Cinderella. ;D

If I had to give 15 favorites from the '80s I'd go with these. For an all time favorite, as of April 24, 2005, and since Spring is in the air I'll go with Anita Baker and "Same Ole Love".

Steppin' Out -- Joe Jackson
Rock With You -- Michael Jackson
Very Special -- Debra & Ronnie Laws
Cherish -- Madonna
Same Ole Love -- Anita Baker
If You Were Here Tonight -- Alexander O'Neal
Limelight -- Rush
A Night to Remember -- Shalamar
Lost Without You -- BeBe & CeCe Winans
Overjoyed -- Stevie Wonder
Ah! Leah! -- Donnie Iris
This Beat Goes On+Switchin' to Glide -- The Kings
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now -- McFadden and Whitheead
Our House -- Madness
Train in Vain -- The Clash

(actually numbers 16-20 aren't too bad either  ;) )

Yeah, I grew up on pop/rock from then mostly, but I like a bit of everything. I can completely see why people laugh at hair metal, although I like a few songs in the genre.

The better bands of that style are the more versatile "original" ones, like Bon Jovi (my first exposure to hard rock/metal of any kind) and Def Leppard. There's a difference between them and, say Winger/Cinderella. ;D


Bon Jovi and Def Leppard are both good :) Although I see them more in the Styx/Loverboy camp than the Motley Crue groupies.

Bon Jovi and Def Leppard are both good :) Although I see them more in the Styx/Loverboy camp than the Motley Crue groupies.


True, they're more "80's pop/hard rock" with a 'hair metal' look. Winger, etc. pretty much just copied that look.

But yeah, bands like Journey, Heart, Loverboy and Pat Benatar I'd consider 'Arena rock' - kind of halfway inbetween "pop-rock" and "hard rock". Bon Jovi would be at the heavier end of that.

black angel by the cult is my 80s fave.

I really like alot of songs from the 80's.

Hrm...

a-ha -- I've Been Losing You
When in Rome -- Child's Play
Oingo Boingo -- Slave
John Parr -- St. Elmo's Fire
Arcadia -- The Flame
OMD -- We Love You
Naked Eye -- Always Something There to Remind Me
Peter Schilling -- The Different Story
Erasure -- Drama
Kon Kan -- Move to Move
Depeche Mode -- Somebody (live version)
Elephante -- Young and Innocent
Huey Lewis and the News -- Power of Love
Band Aid -- Do They Know It's Christmas
and some others I can't think of atm...

That's what I'd listen to anyway.

Kryllith

All Motley crue cds and def lappard and poison, skid row, etc all of the 80's music rock :D

If I had to pick ONE and only ONE as a favorite '80s, specifically '80s song, for all the '80s represent, for the '80s being the '80s, for me being who I was in the '80s, I just can't get past the notion that it must be:

A Flock of Seagulls: Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

Lama - 1993.

I'd say "Take on Me" - a-ha.  Then "Brass Monkey" - Beastie Boys and Freedom of Choice - Devo.


My favourite videos are very cheesy(but not that cheesy) and not to mention the songs. So here go's:

Expose - Let Me Be The One (1987)
Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous (1989)
Sheena Easton - Let's Talk About The Lover In Me (1988)
Sonia - Can't Forget You (1989)
Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (1989)
Duran Duran - Girls On Film (1981)
Kim Wilde - Say You Really Want Me (1987)
Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us (1988)
Human League - Love Is All That Matters (1988)
Bomb The Bass Featuring Lorraine - Don't Make Me Wait (1988)
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (1987)
Jodie Watley - Real Love (1987)
Madonna - Gambler (1984)
Weird Al Yankovic - Fat (1988)
Freeez - I.O.U. (1983)
Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (1987)
Jack 'N' Chill - The Jack That House Built (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (1986)
Paula Abdul - Knocked Out (1989)
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
Alphaville - Big In Japan (1984)
The Real Life - Send Me An Angel (1984)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)

Lama - 1993.


Please read the title to this post again. It does clearly state 1980 to 1989. NOT songs from the 1990's. After all this is the 80's board if you haven't forgotten.

hmmm well in my ipod i have this playlist of just only 80's which consits of about 250+ songs...those are my favortie songs =)

1. I Ran (so far away) - A Flock of Seagulls
2. Cars - Gary Numan
3. Rio - Duran Duran
4. Girls On Film - Duran Duran
5. Send Me an Angel - Real Life
6. Whip It! - DEVO
7. Mr. B's Ballroom - DEVO
8. Telecommunication - A Flock of Seagulls
9. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band
10. Rock Lobster - The B-52's
11. Magic - Cars
12. Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa Cult Jam
13. Cry Wolf - A-HA
14. Take On Me - A-HA
15. Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
16. King For a Day - Thompson Twins
17. Emotion in Motion - Ric Ocasek
18. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
19. Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys
20. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
21. In God's Country - U2

1. I Ran (so far away) - A Flock of Seagulls
2. Cars - Gary Numan
3. Rio - Duran Duran
4. Girls On Film - Duran Duran
5. Send Me an Angel - Real Life
6. Whip It! - DEVO
7. Mr. B's Ballroom - DEVO
8. Telecommunication - A Flock of Seagulls
9. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band
10. Rock Lobster - The B-52's
11. Magic - Cars
12. Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa Cult Jam
13. Cry Wolf - A-HA
14. Take On Me - A-HA
15. Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
16. King For a Day - Thompson Twins
17. Emotion in Motion - Ric Ocasek
18. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
19. Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys
20. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
21. In God's Country - U2


OMG!!! Somebody else that like's A-ha's "Cry Wolf". I thought I was the only one that remembered it. What a fantastic song.

"Cry Wolf" is a good song. It was very melancholic though, which is probably why it didn't get much airplay. :)

"Cry Wolf" is a good song. It was very melancholic though, which is probably why it didn't get much airplay. :)
I am now trying to remember how "Cry Wolf" goes.

A-HA's Cry Wolf Lyrics: (From Scoundrel Days - 1986)

Night I left the city
I dreamt of a wolf.
He came from where the winds are cold
and truth is seen through keenholes.
Strange longings that will never sleep

now he's come where no heart beats.

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.

You can start but you cannot stop
you give in but you can't give up

you can tell all your desperate jokes to a world that puts your
love on hold.

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.

The sunken - in eyes and the pain in his cries

a shape in the dark .

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now
cry wolf
time to worry now.

Lyrics from website:  http://www.hugelyrics.com/lyrics/93493/A_Ha/Cry_Wolf

Thats like... 10 years worth of music and you want me to choose just one song?  :o

Ummm... the 80s song I'm really digging at the moment would be: Def Leppard - Rocket
Of course that might change in a week or so.

I am now trying to remember how "Cry Wolf" goes.



A-HA's Cry Wolf Lyrics: (From Scoundrel Days - 1986)

Night I left the city
I dreamt of a wolf.
He came from where the winds are cold
and truth is seen through keenholes.
Strange longings that will never sleep

now he's come where no heart beats.

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.

You can start but you cannot stop
you give in but you can't give up

you can tell all your desperate jokes to a world that puts your
love on hold.

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.

The sunken - in eyes and the pain in his cries

a shape in the dark .

Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry
cry wolf
time to worry now.
Cry wolf
time to worry now
cry wolf
time to worry now.

Lyrics from website: http://www.hugelyrics.com/lyrics/93493/A_Ha/Cry_Wolf
Thanks for the words, but it was the tune I was trying to remember.

I found that Barnes and Noble.com has the CD where you can also hear 30sec samples. This is the CD I own. I remember my sister getting this album on a TAPE for Christmas in 1986. Cry Wolf was never played on the radio back in '86 and early '87.

here is the link over to samples @ Barnes and Noble.com

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=4j136vLBi2&EAN=75992550123&ITM=4

My favourite videos are very cheesy(but not that cheesy) and not to mention the songs. So here go's:

Expose - Let Me Be The One (1987)
Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous (1989)
Sheena Easton - Let's Talk About The Lover In Me (1988)
Sonia - Can't Forget You (1989)
Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (1989)
Duran Duran - Girls On Film (1981)
Kim Wilde - Say You Really Want Me (1987)
Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us (1988)
Human League - Love Is All That Matters (1988)
Bomb The Bass Featuring Lorraine - Don't Make Me Wait (1988)
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (1987)
Jodie Watley - Real Love (1987)
Madonna - Gambler (1984)
Weird Al Yankovic - Fat (1988)
Freeez - I.O.U. (1983)
Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (1987)
Jack 'N' Chill - The Jack That House Built (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (1986)
Paula Abdul - Knocked Out (1989)
Modern Talking - Brother Louie (1986)
Alphaville - Big In Japan (1984)
The Real Life - Send Me An Angel (1984)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)




cool List just one thing about Madonna's Gambler Came out in 1985 not 1984 just thougtht idd let u know ;)

cool List just one thing about Madonna's Gambler Came out in 1985 not 1984 just thougtht idd let u know ;)


Sh!t, so it did. I'll get it right next time don't you worry!

Thanks for the words, but it was the tune I was trying to remember.


Have you not got either "Headlines & Deadlines" or "Scoundral Days" albums?

When I find a website with an audio clip of the song, I will send you the link. Either on this thread or as a personal message, so just bear with me okay?

Have you not got either "Headlines & Deadlines" or "Scoundral Days" albums?

When I find a website with an audio clip of the song, I will send you the link. Either on this thread or as a personal message, so just bear with me okay?
Thanks

Thanks


I've sent you a personal message. Have you received it?

I've sent you a personal message. Have you received it?
Yes

Yes


Have you had a listen to a sample of A-ha's "Cry Wolf" and do you remember it how it goes now?

Have you had a listen to a sample of A-ha's "Cry Wolf" and do you remember it how it goes now?
No not yet.

No not yet.


I've sent you the link.

I've sent you the link.
I was saying I still not have heard it yet.

I was saying I still not have heard it yet.


Well just click on the link and it will point you in the right direction.

Well just click pn to the link and it will point you in the riht direction.
I am slightly busy with other tasks on the computer at the moment, especially with my studying, if you understand please.

I am slightly busy with other tasks on the c
computer at the moment, especially with my studying, if you understand please.


Sorry. I didn't realize.