It's a hobby of mine to put together VCDs with music videos, and I wanna make a 2-VCD set I call "Spirit of the 80s" and some of them are no-brainers, but I really would like some suggestions as to which videos to find.

So you basically want us to name some good videos from the 80s that capture the decade? Here's my suggestions...

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
New Order - True Faith
Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Blondie - Atomic
Visage - Fade To Grey
Wham - Wale Me Up Before You Go Go
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Bananarama - Venus
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place On Earth

Hope that'll do you... :)

You can't go wrong with the ones that featured animation ...

Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
Take on Me - A-ha
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
How to Be A Millionaire - ABC
Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones
Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair

Footloose - Kenny Loggins (or Let's Hear It For the Boy)
What A Feeling - Irene Cara
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
There's No Stoppin Us - Ollie & Jerry

-Hot For Teacher--Van Halen (big hair, flashy clothes, hot babes, not to mention a great rock song on top of it, quintessential 80s IMO)

-99 Luftballoons-Nena, Whip It-Devo, Who Can It Be Now-Men At Work (these totally captures the "kitschy" style of early music videos, something the 80s are known for, so bad they are good)

-Home Sweet Home-Motley Crue, Wanted Dead or Alive-Bon Jovi-(these two capture the spirit of hair metal bands and concerts of the 80's)

-Hungry Like The Wolf/Rio-Duran Duran, Two Tribes-Frankie Goes To Hollywood (the were some of the first cinematic style videos with a storyline to go along with them to come out, also very visually stunning)

So you basically want us to name some good videos from the 80s that capture the decade? Here's my suggestions...

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
New Order - True Faith
Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Blondie - Atomic
Visage - Fade To Grey
Wham - Wale Me Up Before You Go Go
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Bananarama - Venus
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place On Earth


I think this is a great selection- I would add these though:

Madonna - Like a Prayer (Album version video)
Pat Benetar - Love is a Battlefield
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 

Hmmmmm
so many posibilities
I will aim for what epitomises 80's culture.

Van Halen - Jump
Motely Crue - Kickstart My Heart
A-Ha - Take On Me
Bon Jovi - Livin On A prayer
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (or one of ther many other possibilities.)
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast (or the live version of "stranger in a strange land")
Duran Duran - Girls On Film (or Rio, or HLTW, or Planet Earth, or My Own Way)
New Order - Perfect Kiss or Blue monday
Australian Crawl - Downhearted
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (or Fallen Angel or Unskinny Bop)

"Errol" -Australian Crawl
Anything by the B52s
"The Look Of Love -ABC
"The Message" -Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
"Hanging On The Telephone" -Blondie
"Right On Track" -The Breakfast Club
"Hot For Teacher" -Van Halen
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" -Wang Chung

Walk like an Egyptian ~ The Bangles
Don't come around here no more ~ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
We are the World ~ USA for Africa
Girls just wanna have fun ~ Cyndy Lauper
Addicted to Love ~ Robert Palmer

Beat It - Michael Jackson
Take On Me - A-ha
Get Into The Groove - Madonna
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Venus - Bananarama
Kiss - Prince
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls

Just make a 150 VCD set and put them all on there darn it!  ;D

Don't forget "Betty Davis' eyes", "heat of the moment" and I agree with the earlier suggestion of "Video killed the radio star".

Ones others have mentioned here that are "must haves":

Take On Me, Don't Come Around Here No More, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Start Me Up, Hungry Like The Wolf

Ones no one else has mentioned, but that deserve consideration:

Legs - ZZ Top
Obsession - Animotion
Head Over Heels - Go-Gos
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring  (Black & White, had a spy being debriefed by the enemy)
Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Don't listen to them ^^^^, 'Video Killed the Radio Star' was released in 1979!!! :) :P