OT: Favorite 80's Song
What is your favorite song from the 80's? To me it has to be I'm Falling by the Comsat Angels. Kind of a one hit wonder but still an amazing song in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bO_XNeyGdE
January 26th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
Too many to choose from, but my top 5 looks something like this:
The Heat is On- Glenn Frey
The Power of Love- Huey Lewis
You're the Best Around- Phil Esposito
Easy Lover- Phil Collins
Take Me Home Tonight- Eddie Money
January 26th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
Eddie Money's I think I'm In Love, also a great tune.
January 26th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
Their early work was a little too 'new-wave' for my taste, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own - both commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
In '87, Huey released this, Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square", a song so catchy most people probably don't listen to the lyrics - but they should! Because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself!
January 26th, 2016 at 6:45 PM ^
Nice American Psycho reference. Surprised Bale didn't win an Oscar for that one.
January 26th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
To each his own and all of that stuff, but that is a *terrible* list of songs Eat Your Wheaties!
On the plus side, there is a certain "Dad Rock" vibe that I think would please Harbaugh.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
Saw them in 1981 or 82 with Johnny Thunders at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC. Great show.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:51 PM ^
Dude - that's crazy. Seriously - mad props.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
and I'd be more than okay with it. Wow! That era of punk music was amazing.
January 26th, 2016 at 6:06 PM ^
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January 27th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
If your a punk music fan make sure you have checked these guys out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(protopunk_band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwehxN2ipCU
Lost Punk Music from three Brothers from Detroit, it was recorded in mid 70's but not released till 2009.
Bands like Bad Brains, Living Color and Fishbone would have been more well known if this band had gotten it's shot.
January 26th, 2016 at 8:09 PM ^
Bad Brains were black?
January 26th, 2016 at 5:53 PM ^
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January 26th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
This is a nice diversion. A little feminine, but I don't give a shit. Total Eclipse for me. Dan Band style.
"Turn around bright eyes, fucking every now and then I fall apart!"
January 26th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
There's always, "How Soon is Now." That's it for me, Tom Sawyer and How Soon is Now, everything else is fighting for third place.
January 26th, 2016 at 6:32 PM ^
January 26th, 2016 at 8:03 PM ^
Speaking of Canadian Power Trio's I have not seen anyone mention Triumph on here yet. They were a fantastic band with lots of great songs - just to name a few:
- Lay it On the Line
- Never Surrender
- Fight the Good Fight
- Magic Power
- Hold On
January 26th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
January 27th, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
I never brought in Al to play at our small college in the 80s. Spent most Sunday Nights listening to the Dr Demento show, with heavy doses of Al. Seen him a couple times live in later years and always a great show.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
Saw this on the web...not 80's necessarily, but more than relevant to the goings on over the last week or so.
http://www.anderselite.com/blog/top-ten-recruitment-songs-results-blog-…
'Top Ten' Recruitment Songs (in no particular order):
Obinna Ezebuiro - Manic Monday by The Bangles
Mike Lane - I Get Knocked Down by Chumbawamba
Roger Brookes - I Still Haven`t Found What I’m Looking For by U2
Cameron Lang – We Don’t Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard
Mark Murphy - Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Gareth Balfour - Wages Day by Deacon Blue
Jo James – Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon
Beata Bronisz - Let's Work Together by Canned Heat
Gareth Williams - Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie
Greg Johns - If You’ve Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time) by Willie Nelson
January 26th, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
"Cameron Lang – We Don’t Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard"
Particularly applicable.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
Or how about Jon Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer".
Only 191,000,000 hits...that's a lot of crootin.
January 27th, 2016 at 12:59 AM ^
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For is phenomenal. All of the Joshua Tree is phenomenal.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
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January 26th, 2016 at 5:43 PM ^
Every time that song came on the radio in my sleigh (yes I have a radio in my sleigh) I would have to get a new radio because the old one would be smashed to oblivion.
January 27th, 2016 at 12:30 AM ^
it as my ringtone for my mom.
January 26th, 2016 at 7:46 PM ^
Well, that dude from Da Yoopers is my favorite actor in "Escanaba in da Moonlight". So pretty much, close.
January 27th, 2016 at 12:32 AM ^
"We Go Green Bay" on cassette somewhere around the house.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:53 PM ^
January 26th, 2016 at 7:52 PM ^
Appeared on Beavis & Butthead:
"This dude seems, like, really stressed out."
January 26th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
"Purple Rain" Prince
"November Rain" GnR
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
"Every Breath you take" The Police
"F the Police" NWA
January 26th, 2016 at 6:04 PM ^
Though it does sound like the unofficial end of 80s music, just as Nirvana changed FM radio overnight.
I still think of "November Rain" as the "Stairway" of 80s hair-rock
(and "Silent Lucidity" is the "Comfortably Numb")
January 26th, 2016 at 6:17 PM ^
And I loved how they would play all these (well except NWA) on 1 radio station back in those days. Now everything is much more compartmentalized.
Great decade - early 80s was a lot of British Invasion 2.0 like Duran Duran George Michael Culture Club, very poppy, lots of 1 hit wonders, some cheesier stuff like Hall & Oates and Huey Lewis - country guys like Mellancamp and Kenny Rogers crossed over. You had your "New Wave" stuff. Then late in the decade was the explosion of metal and hair bands. Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, G&R dominated the charts. And throughtout the decade you had superstars like Prince and MJ with Madonna late in the decade and I believe Whitney Houston started hitting it big 86 or so. Lionel Ritchie in early decade was probably as big as MJ for a year or two as well.
For those who have iPods, iPhones, etc "radio" was the way we listened to music back in the day.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
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January 27th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^
Check out these guys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(protopunk_band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwehxN2ipCU
Lost Music from three Deroit brothers in the 70's only released in 2009.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
Van Halen - "Panama"
January 26th, 2016 at 5:45 PM ^
Stevie Ray Vaughan songs
AC/DC songs
Van Halen songs
Frank Zappa songs
It is hard for me to pick.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:44 PM ^
January 26th, 2016 at 5:44 PM ^
"80s" music goes, it's Come on Eileen. by Dexys Midnight Runners
Now, there are other songs that come out in the 80's that I liked better, but I consider "80's music" to be a subset of all of the songs that come out in the 1980s.
Favorite song that came out in the 80's, period? "We're gonna groove" by Led Zeppelin. Song 1, side 1 of Coda (released in 1982)
January 26th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
January 26th, 2016 at 9:11 PM ^
Come on Eileen reminds me of Spring Term 1983 when I was on campus.
January 26th, 2016 at 5:44 PM ^