80s music

Self Control - Laura Branigan

Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs

La Cage Aux Folles

Games without frontiers

West End Girls

Xanadu

Go-Gos Head Over Heels

INXS - Need you tonight

Drive

Against the wind

You've bee Rick Rolled!

Sheena Easton - Strut

David Bowie - Blue Jean

Cambodia by Kim Wilde

Memory - Barbra

This - every single second of it.

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

Shoot Your Shot by Divine

Tracey’s one hit was indeed a wonder.

Missing You

Metro by Berlin

One of my favorites of the '80s.

I miss the Divinyls

Just call me angel of the morning, angel.

PotO

Rebbie Jackson - Centipede

This ought to qualify for 80s, Enough is enough

George Michael - A Different Corner

Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World

10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather

Alison Moyet - All Cried Out

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection

The Rose ~ Bette Midler

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Forbidden colours, David Sylvain and Ryuchi Sakamoto

Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I.

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

Belinda Carlisle - La Luna

I made a wish, and I said it out loud. In a crowd. Everybody heard, it was the Talk of the Town.

Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow

Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

David Bowie - Blue Jean

Robert deNiro's waiting, Banarama

Tainted love, Soft cell

Making love out of nothing at all

Troy - Sinead O'Connor

Anyone feel sorry for Rick Astley? I remember back when he was adored for being "the white boy with soul" but now he's become sort of a joke. :-|

The Pointer Sisters-Automatic. Just rediscovered this song again a few days ago and have been playing it ad nauseum over the weekend.

When I heard this in a record store in 1986, I knew I could be free of the shit show popular music turned into starting around 1981. There was still Springsteen. And Linda. And Talking Heads. And Synchronicity by the Police. But for the most part, I was done with popular music.

My One Temptation by Mica Paris

R62, I posted that video. The video which is only 240p had over 77M hits. It's not his official video upload but I would assume he's still making bank just by the sheer use of this song for Rickrolling. LOL.

R62 Still adore him. What are you on about ?

The Ramones, Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down). Great anti-Reagan protest song wrapped up like a pop tune.

Rocky

Tootsie

Jane Wiedlin's Rush Hour

Flock of Seagulls

Safety Dance

Wham! - Club Tropicana

We're Not Gonna Take It

a-ha - Take On Me

Best time for music the 80s

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

A-ha - I've Been Losing You

You’re history

Cool Places

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero

A-ha, their best song IMO

Wham! - Everything She Wants

True

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Gary Numan did it first! "The Pleasure Principle"!

Suck it, Janbot (and Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam)!

Aretha & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

Uh oh, I think I'm turning Japanese...

Walk like an Egyptian but don't let the SJWs hear you say that...

Mylène Farmer - Pourvu qu'elles soient douces

There were a good amount of great bands and songs during the 1980s.

The Smiths hovever own this thread. The Queen Is Dead is arguably the best album of the 1980s.

On that note...Dumbest song ever...

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Truly silly FUN! Fantastic Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Baby make your move, step across the line, touch me one more time.....

Pointer Sisters - Dare Me

Beating it again

Singles remind me of kisses / Albums remind me of plans

Tempted

Our house, in the middle of our street.

Who the hell would build a house in the middle of the street?

Depeche Mode's Master & Servant

What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?

Golden Earring, Twilight Zone

Oh L’amour

Suspended in Gaffa - The Queen of the Universe

Pet Shop Boys best album, imo

Still a fun song

Donna Summer - State of Independence

P.S.B.

Fun and campy!

Talking about campy

George Michael - Careless Whisper

Alphaville

Great posts! I'm listening to them one by one. Please share - a memory, a line, a funny incident, an embarrassment - why the song is special when you choose one to post.

Love John Waite's Missing You. Reminds me of a boss who made a pass at me 😨

I love you, you pay my rent..

McCartney

Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

I remember faintly hearing this for the first time in the background on my school bus when I was little. I wasn't sure what they were saying, because the bus was so loud, but I remember it was so catchy, beautiful harmonies, cool music. I thought they were saying "how does that feel?" at first, but then later that week saw the video on MTV and figured out what they were saying!

Klymaxx - The Men All Pause

Cat people, David Bowie

r122, that's a shitty song.

R123 so don't listen to it then...

Don't you want me, Human league

R123 I love R122

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John

I love this thread!

Depeche Mode - People Are People

Do You Wanna Get Away - Shannon

Love Is - Alannah Myles

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Robert Palmer

Thompson Twins - If You Were Here. The song playing during the Sixteen Candles kiss scene and credits.

Jump Start (My Heart) - Natalie Cole

Say It Say It - E.G. Daily

For Tonight - Nancy Martinez

Baby Love - Regina

Nail It To The Wall - Stacy Lattisaw

Similar Features - Melissa Etheridge

Don't Walk Away - Toni Childs

As a long time fan from Paul Simon (my son is named after him) i loved the album Graceland at first hearing.

Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - from the album Graceland, released 1986

Be Near Me - ABC

Say I'm Your Number One - Princess

Love Get Ready - Jennifer Rush

Tango - Dalbello

Take The L - The Motels

Election Day - Arcadia

Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice

The Wild Boys - Duran Duran

Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw

The Metro - Berlin

God Is A Bullet - Concrete Blonde

From one of the better albums of the '80s:

Surrender Your Heart - Missing Persons

Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac

Der Kommissar - After The Fire

Vox - Sarah McLachlan

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

You may be right

Driving down through Beverly Hills, you feel the breeze of the past in your lungs.

Jill Jones - Mia Bocca

Black Cars - always loved this one

Excuse me? You want me to whip "what" good?

Madness - Our House

Infatuation - Rod Stewart

I think she may be one of them thar lesbeans...

Yup...

(I Love It When You) Call Me Names - Joan Armatrading

Heart of the Night - Juice Newton

U2 - With Or Without You

La isla bonita - Madonna

Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash

Wham! - Last Christmas

Miss Me Blind - Culture Club

Lips Like Sugar - Echo and The Bunnyman

Maneater - Hall & Oates

Ocean Rain was a great headphone album when I was a teenager. And I love the cheeky video.

Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen

Cupid & Psyche 85. The pinnacle of synthpop.

Centerfold

Nena ‎- 99 Luftballons

Still makes my pulse race, 35 years later

That was the song that told me Donna was over, R181.

So mid-80s. And so colorful.

A Lawn Guyland beauty

Best selling album ever

Where are all the girls who just wanna have fun??? Yoo hoo...

For the avid pussy lover...(sit down, Donnie.)

I'm just playing games, I know that's plastic love

"Call Me By Your Name" vibes

The incessant whiner's go-to diddy...

[quote]diddy

Oh, dear.

Yes, R191, I know it's ditty.

One more from Alison Moyet's "Alf":

Another Japanese bop

Or this one from Strawberry Switchblade. (Or another one of their songs, "Who Knows What Love Is.")

Potus made me rename this song Red Tuesday...

Blister in the sun

Alone by Heart. That wail at 2:07 gets me every time.

Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel

Prince - When Doves Cry

'Big Love' by Fleetwood Mac

Elton John - I'm Still Standing

Take that, Olivia!

Scorpio Rising, by 10,000 Maniacs.

It was popular on college radio, along with a couple of other songs from the Wishing Chair album, but it wouldn't be until 1987 that the band broke through into the mainstream

I'm obsessed with Grace Slick in this.

The summer of 1980. KISS goes POP! The last time all four original members were together until MTV Unplugged.

I love how KISS come off as cuddly, non-threatening performers like Hall & Oates in this video singing adult contemporary lite music. Time changes everything.

r203, r204, r205, r206 = complete shit.

Fantastic song R193. Here's another one from the same album. Wonderful, sexy song but possibly the worst music video made in the 80s, which is quite an accomplishment! Separate Ways looks like Citizen Kane next to this.

Stars on 45 had a hit single that kicked off a bit of a craze for medleys, just before MTV came along to change the subject to new music

Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project

I love the elegant simplicity of this video. Great song too.

Talking Heads, Psycho Killer

Qu'est-que c'est

Better run, run run, run run run away

1977 music, r212 ^

Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm

My favorite from 1987 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

And another Planet P Project - Why Me

And I will say this thread has me on a download spree. Pet Shop Boys with West End Girls, Simple Minds with Don't You Forget About Me, Thompson Twins with Hold Me Now, Modern English - with Melt With You, The Fixx with Saved By Zero and One Thing Leads to Another.

What can I say - in 1984 I was 20 years old. I remember all this music.

Coil - Horse Rotorvator

U2 With or Without You

Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

Soul II Soul - Back To Life

Never Let Me Down Again

Womack & Womack - Teardrops

The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’

Blue Monday

Yazoo - Don't Go

Joe Jackson

This was the Pet Shop Boys' best single, and no one can convince me otherwise.

I-I-I Can't Wait

PSB fav 1

PSB fav 2

r217 Lucifer, sorry I love the Pet Shop Boys but Planet P is something altogether different, and Tony Carey was so hot!

Don't leave me this way - The communards

Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know