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Subject: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: velvetoneo on 02/24/06 at 10:23 pm

Of these, which is your favorite? I'm going to go for Eternal Flame, a narrow victory over Time After Time.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Sister Morphine on 02/24/06 at 10:24 pm

Wow, tough choices all around, since the answer will change depending on the day. But, I'll go with Live To Tell, by Madonna.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: whistledog on 02/24/06 at 10:31 pm

Hazy Shade of Winter wasn't a ballad

I went with "Eternal Flame" :)

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Electric Youth on 02/24/06 at 10:34 pm

"Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
"Crazy For You" Madonna

...several omissions though

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Dagwood on 02/24/06 at 11:45 pm

Out of that group, Crazy For You. I also love Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: velvetoneo on 02/25/06 at 12:14 am

I've sort of been trying to get into Cyndi Lauper lately. She's like the Madonna that never could. Both have similar backgrounds (working-class white half-Italian), and Lauper is the more talented vocalist, but she's not as sexy and magnetic a personality as Madonna, not as dynamic, and not as able to manipulate the public, which Madonna was a genius in. I know in 1983, between the two, people picked Cyndi Lauper as the long-term success based on talent, but by 1984, Madonna was about 1000x the size of Lauper in fame. Some of Lauper's songs are really good, though...there needs to be room for somebody like that. From what I hear, she basically makes a living off of being a professional gay icon these days.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: ADH13 on 02/25/06 at 1:38 am

That was an easy choice for me...

Eternal Flame by The Bangles.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Criz on 02/25/06 at 10:14 am

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: robby76 on 02/25/06 at 10:30 am

I made a big mistake...I chose 'Eternal Flame' but then as I went to submit, the mouse slipped and clicked 'Papa Don't Preach' ( which isn't even a ballad!) and consequently pressed enter after!! My choice is therefore decalred invalid!!! :P

Ha ha, that's HILARIOUS!!!

Anyway I voted for "Crazy For You". It's more of a ballad than "Time After Time".

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: AnnieBanannie on 02/25/06 at 11:27 am

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Tanya1976 on 02/25/06 at 11:45 am

I wouldn't classify Bonita, Papa, or Hazy as ballads, myself. Eternal Flame is a big fave of mine, but I have to go with Crazy For You because it has all the right ingredients mixed in just the right way.

Exactly! Only four of these are ballads. Crazy for you, Eternal Flame (which I voted for), Time after Time, and Live to Tell.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: velvetoneo on 02/25/06 at 2:15 pm

I just saw the "Eternal Flame" and "Time After Time" videos...the quality on "Eternal Flame" was pretty bad, but it looked pretty well-done, from what I could gather. So was "Time After Time." "Eternal Flame" is actually about a Ner Tamid, the "eternal light" in synagogues.

Subject: Re: Best '80s Girl Ballad

Written By: Criz on 02/25/06 at 4:46 pm

Ha ha, that's HILARIOUS!!!

But yet, SO TRUE!!! hehe ;) Feel very stupid, but hey!

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