Top Ten: Favorite Non-Rock/ Non-Metal songs of the 80's? [Archive]

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WARF

04-25-2007, 04:47 PM

Take some time and think about it...
Some cool 80's music that you loved but were afraid to admit it...

sadaist

04-25-2007, 04:59 PM

Maybe some obvious ones here, maybe not. Not in any particular order. Maybe not even the top 10, but what I could think of (had to browse my music folder to think of some of them)

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)

Big Country - Big Country

English Beat - Save It For Later

The Outfield - Your Love

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing

INXS - Don't Change

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Ziggy Marley - Tomorrow People

Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina

WARF

04-25-2007, 05:12 PM

New Order- Blue Monday
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Information Society - What's On Your Mind
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go? (Extended Version)
Tears For Fears- Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Manhattans - Shining Star
Level 42- Something About You
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Depeche Mode - StrangeLove
The Cure- Just Like Heaven

Probably could name a million more...

WARF

04-25-2007, 05:13 PM

LOL
Funky Cold Medina... I used to jam that shit back in middle school lol

Ellyllions

04-25-2007, 05:18 PM

Heh Heh heh...."afraid to admit"?

Boy could I hit this thread. Might take me a couple of days to pick just 10.

Sadaist has a good start on me though with Big Country. Loved that Tune!

After the Fire- Der Kommissar
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Simple Minds -Don't you (forget about me)
Art of Noise - Close to the Edit
Big Audio Dynamite - Rush
The Fixx - One thing Leads to Another
Squeeze - Hourglass
Cyndi Lauper - Girls just wanna have fun
Men at Work - Overkill
Hall & Oats - One on One

WARF

04-25-2007, 05:21 PM

Woah... forgot about that Big Audio Dynamite song... classic...

I'm addicted to 80's music...
I love rock and metal first... but I could very easily go from Judas Priest... to Wang Chung in my cd changer.... the 80's were fun...
Music is so fucking boring these days!

Ellyllions

04-25-2007, 05:24 PM

I'm speechless.

I'm the EXACT same way! Hubby says that getting into my Envoy is like going back in time with a maniac because you never know what genre is playing but there's some 80's music not far behind.

Quarterflash - Harden my Heart
Most anything by Kool & the Gang or The Gap Band

Guitar Shark

04-25-2007, 05:24 PM

Huey Lewis - If This is It
Joey Scarbury - Theme from "Greatest American Hero"
Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
Asia - Heat of the Moment
B52's - Love Shack
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Tears for Fears - Shout
Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feelin')

LMAO...

Ellyllions

04-25-2007, 05:29 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJxbe3tKf4

Sorry "embedding disabled by request"

Ellyllions

04-25-2007, 05:32 PM

Tell me that you love me....

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**boobies in this video**

Golden AWe

04-25-2007, 05:34 PM

Rick James, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode...

WARF

04-25-2007, 05:44 PM

Originally posted by Ellyllions
I'm speechless.

I'm the EXACT same way! Hubby says that getting into my Envoy is like going back in time with a maniac because you never know what genre is playing but there's some 80's music not far behind.

Quarterflash - Harden my Heart
Most anything by Kool & the Gang or The Gap Band

Kool is one of my favorite bands...

Fresh
Joanna
Get Down On It...
I love all their shit!

FORD

04-25-2007, 06:37 PM

FORD

04-25-2007, 06:50 PM

Unchainme

04-25-2007, 07:21 PM

Terry

04-25-2007, 08:21 PM

Power Station - Some Like It Hot
M - Pop Music
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Roxy Music - Avalon
K.C. and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
ABC - Poison Arrow
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
The 1986 Chicago Bears - Superbowl Shuffle

bueno bob

04-25-2007, 08:58 PM

I can't really go non-rock, but I can go non-metal...

In no order?

01. Turn it on Again - Genesis
02. Heat of the Moment - Asia
03. Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates
04. Words - The Missing Persons
05. Breaking Us in Two - Joe Jackson
06. The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
07. Jack and Diane - John Cougar
08. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
09. Joanna - Kool & The Gang
10. Take Me Hone Tonight - Eddie Money

fe_lung

04-25-2007, 10:05 PM

Prince - Kiss
U2 - With or Without You
Springsteen - Atlantic City
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
Sinead - Nothing Compares 2 U
The Cure - Faith
The Police- Every Breath You Take
Lou Reed - Romeo & Juliette

Shit... this is hard

cMb

04-25-2007, 10:19 PM

Beastie Boys 'Shake Your Rump' or anything from 'Pauls Boutique'

The Cars 'Since You're Gone' 'You Might Think'

John Mellencamp 'Authority Song' 'Hurts so Good'

NWA 'Straight Outta Compton'

Phil Collins 'In The Air Tonight'

Other than metal, not alot of highlights in the 80's.

SparkieD

04-26-2007, 12:34 AM

XTC-"King for a Day"
Tears for Fears-"Sowing the Seeds Of Love" and "Advice for the Young at Heart"
Anita Baker-"Rapture" and "Same Old Love"
OXO-"Whirly Girl"
Hall and Oates-"Your Imagination"
Earth, Wind, and Fire-"Fall in Love with Me"
Regina-"Baby Love"
Survivor-"Is This Love?"...song made me realize I had just found my first and only love. Melts my heart to this very day.

Now I'm gonna go immerse myself in some death metal.

Grant

04-26-2007, 02:14 AM

Mental As Anything - Livin' It Up
Phil Collins - One More Night
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Samantha Fox - Touch Me
B52s - Roam
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Power Station - Some Like It Hot
Toni Basil - Mickey

Grant

04-26-2007, 02:15 AM

double post.

bueno bob

04-26-2007, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by SparkieD
...
Survivor-"Is This Love?"...song made me realize I had just found my first and only love. Melts my heart to this very day.

Now I'm gonna go immerse myself in some death metal.

:rockit2:

Wawazat

04-26-2007, 03:47 AM

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Pet Shop Boys - I Want A Dog

Hanoi Rocks - I Can't Get It

Eurythmisc - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

Duran Duran - All She Wants Is

The Cure - Catch

Arcadia - Election Day

Neil Young - Crime In The City

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Cars - Drive

Coyote

04-26-2007, 05:27 AM

The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcadia - The Flame
Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Ultravox - Vienna
Duran Duran - Rio
A-ha - Hunting High And Low
Men At Work - Down Under
Nick Kershaw - The Riddle

binnie

04-26-2007, 07:19 AM

I couldn't pick 10 songs because there are so many, so I'll pick ten artists whose work I dig:

Prince
The Cure
Depeche Mode
The Police (bits of, there was a lot of shit too...)
Herbie Hancock
Public Enemy
David Bowie
The Eurythmics
Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music
Sinead Oconor

Loons The Great

04-26-2007, 12:50 PM

"Bang A Gong(Get It On)" and "She's A Murderess"--The Power Station

"Jealous"--Gene Loves Jezebel

"Cappicino"--MC Lyte

"Living In America"--James Brown

"Yo! Bumrush The Show"--Public Enemy

Shaun Ponsonby

04-27-2007, 03:28 PM

Michael Jackson-The Way You Make Me feel

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James Brown- Living In America

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Human League-Mirror Man

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The Jacksons-Can You Feel It?

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Queen/David Bowie-Under Pressure
this isn't the original version, but I like this video...

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Little Steven-Until The Good Is Gone

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Southside Johnny-Hard Too Find (not the best performance, but the only I could find)

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Huey Lewis and the News-The Power of Love

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Dead Or Alive-Lover Come Back

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The 80s was such a gay decade

Viking

04-27-2007, 06:09 PM

And no, I'm not afraid to admit it - I could add dozens more to this list:

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)

The Call - The Walls Came Down

Peter Gabriel - Big Time

Genesis - Home By The Sea

INXS - Listen Like Thieves

Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out

Robert Plant - Little By Little (Remix)

:killer: :killer: :killer: :killer: :killer:

Mr Badguy

04-27-2007, 07:04 PM

A lot of Gary Numan.

A lot of early 80`s Electropop and New Romantic berore it got too commercial.

I remeber at the time it sounded so futuristic and now it sounds futuristicly dated, if you know what I mean.

Drum machines and Synthesizers are so uncool these days.

Shaun Ponsonby

04-28-2007, 09:38 AM

I've never really been one for drum machines. I don't mind electric drums in the right place, but drum machines...?

BTW...I forgot this one.

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Marv was so kewl...

Seshmeister

04-28-2007, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by FORD
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Erasure - yeah, they were so gay that they made George Michael sound butch, but they wrote some damn good songs.

There's always one person that goes too far in a thread like this...

Shaun Ponsonby

04-28-2007, 11:20 AM

HA!

My mum loves Erasure.

I don't.

Although, if I'm honest, "Stop" is stupidly catchy.

Shaun Ponsonby

04-29-2007, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by chan_bkny
OMD "If You Leave"
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My dad was one of the sound men bands on the Liverpool circuit during the early-mid 80s, quite a few people used him at one time or another. His "full time" band were called "Madamn", I think they made 1 EP and split up soon after.

He was also used by Dead or Alive and OMD several times.

He said OMD are the biggest bunch of assholes he's ever met/worked for.

Shaun Ponsonby

04-29-2007, 11:32 AM

They're actually ona bit of a comeback, at least in Europe.

They're headlining a couple of fair-sized festivals. Including a night at the Liverpool Summer Pops, which sucks this year, BTW.

Last year we had the likes of The Who, Whitesnake, James Brown, The Darkness, Oscar Peterson, and a few others, who escape me right now. And in the past we've had Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Yes, Meat Loaf, Status Quo etc...

This year we have Amy Winehouse, Girls Aloud, James Morrison, McFly, OMD, and more piles of shite that have yet to be announced.

ThatArtGuy

05-17-2007, 10:53 PM

Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove" album is all you need.

Hyman Roth

05-18-2007, 12:10 AM

Anything off of Joe Jackson's "Body and Soul", particularly Cha Cha Loco, but I'm not embarrassed to admit it.