A Few More 80's Classics!

by tagiscom

Posted: 12 years ago 45 replies

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This guy looks a bit like doctor who in drag, but the song is still good!

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene - YouTube

And this one wasn't bad either.... :rolleyes:

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PS sorry about the chinese thing only one l could find.

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Patrician 12 years ago

1980's was a great decade for music.
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KimW 12 years ago

Can't have the 80s without this

Tainted Love by Soft Cell - YouTube

or this

Modern English - I Melt With You - YouTube

or even U2 when they were still good

U2 - Out of Control - YouTube
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- Riptor 12 years ago
  
  love them or hate them...
  
  The Smiths - This Charming Man - YouTube
  
  Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - YouTube
  
  Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Don't Do It) -...
  
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KimW 12 years ago

I'vs thought of making a stalker song thread and this would definitely be in it.
After all, came out in the 80s and is still with me.

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- Riptor 12 years ago
  
  A big fan of The Cure here... best album is Disintegration.. superb!
  
  Here's a great 80's band..
  
  Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The...
  
  Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels (HQ Video) -...
  
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  ThomM 12 years ago
  
  1987 was the year Little Feat reformed adding Craig Fuller.
  From their debut album Let it Roll.
  
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KimW 12 years ago

And I can't think of the 80s without thinking of Pat and a song or two from these two bands.

Rock & Roll High School - The Ramones -...

XTC-Making Plans For Nigel #258. - YouTube
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KimW 12 years ago

I used to work at a head shop called Head Over Heels.

(how recent have you heard the term head shop? )

Tears For Fears was a great band.

And who did not do this to this song?

Generation X "Dancing With Myself" (original 12"...
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- Riptor 12 years ago
  
  I managed to see this band at a couple of gigs... they were very good, don't know what happened to them.
  
  The Beautiful South - Rotterdam - YouTube
  
  Don't Marry Her - The Beautiful South - YouTube
  
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  Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water (Live) -...
  
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travlinguy

12 years ago

It's My Life

Don't Dream It's Over

Mary's Prayer

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tagiscom

12 years ago

Can't have the 80s without this, KimW - original author

Your not hijacking my thread, are you???? LOL :rolleyes:

Hmmm, here is another 80's classic, that l recently got into again. The video is pretty good to watch as well, (l didn't put up the live one, l thought that this was better all over).

â™«â™¥â™«â™«â™¥â™« SAILING â™«â™¥â™«â™«â™¥â™« -...

Thanks to everyone for the feedback, when l find another lost classic in Youtubes dungeons, you will find it here!

Shane

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KimW

12 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

Your not hijacking my thread, are you???? LOL :rolleyes:

Hmmm, here is another 80's classic, that l recently got into again. The video is pretty good to watch as well, (l didn't put up the live one, l thought that this was better all over).

â™«â™¥â™«â™«â™¥â™« SAILING â™«â™¥â™«â™«â™¥â™« - YouTube

Thanks to everyone for the feedback, when l find another lost classic in Youtubes dungeons, you will find it here!

Shane

Sorry,music threads are like a drug to me.

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tagiscom 12 years ago

Sorry,music threads are like a drug to me.

Hmmmm, this might help? :rolleyes:

Huey Lewis And The News - I Want A New Drug -...

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

These are from the 80s:

1981

Rush - Tom Sawyer (Official Music Video - 1981)...

1983

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (official video) -...

1984

Shriekback - Nemesis - YouTube

1985

Marillion - Kayleigh - YouTube

1985 (again)

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary - YouTube

1986

Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears - YouTube

1989

Faith No More - Falling To Pieces (Video Edit) -...
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The Clash - Bankrobber [Single] - YouTube

Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy -...

Motorhead on the Young Ones - YouTube
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travlinguy 12 years ago

Can't leave this out of an 80s compilation...

Simply Irresistible
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  This is a weird one, but it's from the 80's and has a catchy tune, so, here it is...
  
  Enola Gay - YouTube
  
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- KimW 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tagiscom
  
  Hmmmm, this might help? :rolleyes:
  
  Huey Lewis And The News - I Want A New Drug - YouTube
  
  Shane
  
  I wanted to post Roxy Music,Love is The Drug, but it was from the 70s.
  
  Originally Posted by travlinguy
  
  Can't leave this out of an 80s compilation...
  
  Simply Irresistible
  
  I was a huge Robert Palmer fan.
  Too long of a story to type, but myself and two of my friends got to see Robert Palmer and then party with him after the show.
  I still have his autograph.
  
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KimW 12 years ago

Starship - We Built This City - YouTube
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travlinguy 12 years ago

Mick Jagger said this was his favorite of all covers of Stones tunes. I love this.

Satisfaction
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MikeAmbrosio 12 years ago

Wow, I forgot about a few of those...great tunes and memories.

I got into this one:

a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) - YouTube

And who can forget...

The Police - Every Breath You Take - YouTube

She was cool too...

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - YouTube

Finally - this one got over played, but I liked it:

USA for Africa - We are the World - YouTube
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KimW

12 years ago

Ha Ha Mike, Every Breathe You Take was another in my proposed Stalker Songs Thread.

Another 80s song on that imaginary thread

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me - YouTube

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MikeAmbrosio

12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Ha Ha Mike, Every Breathe You Take was another in my proposed Stalker Songs Thread.

Another 60s song on that imaginary thread
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me - YouTube

You know who sang backup/chorus on that song, right?

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KimW 12 years ago

Yes Sir, I do.
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Quote:
  
  I wanted to post Roxy Music,Love is The Drug, but it was from the 70s.
  
  Yeah, l was thinking about that one as well, but thought that this was a safer option?
  
  Author Mike... - Wow, I forgot about a few of those...great tunes and memories.
  
  I got into this one:
  
  I thank you from the bottom of my heart that you didn't put in "Girls Just Want to have Fun", l watched that clip during the 80's and possibly 90's, more than l did, Gilligan's Island! Arrrrgggg!
  
  Although the Africa one, was played to death as well, but l didn't mind that one, since it had the 2 girls from Bananarama in it, enough said! :rolleyes:
  
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SteveJohnson 12 years ago

Ok, so you just can't have 80s without Boy George and Culture Club:

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon - YouTube

or Belinda Carlisle:

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You - YouTube

the 80s incarnation of Fleetwood Mac:

Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (HD 16:9) - YouTube

Believe it or not, Paula Abdul was a singer (and a cheerleader for the LA Lakers) before American Idol -

Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted - YouTube
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Patrician 12 years ago

1980s was a great decade! and in addition to some of all of the above, i loved industrial rock. i wish i could remember some names -

i don't know if i am picking songs from 1980s - just that the eighties was when i loved these groups - (can't look up all the stats/dead tired) & (blistered)

CABARET VOLTAIRE - SENSORIA - YouTube

Joy Division - Digital - YouTube

New Order - Blue Monday - YouTube
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Patrician 12 years ago

The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion (1987) -...

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound...
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  And who can forget this classic!
  
  Big Pig - "Breakaway" 1988 - YouTube
  
  Bill and Teds, Excellent Adventure, gave it a boost!
  
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MikeAmbrosio 12 years ago

I like listening to this one when I am out for an early morning run and I have about half mile to go and feel like stopping - like this morning

Rocky Music Video-Eye Of The Tiger - YouTube

Speaking of Bananarama...

Bananarama Cruel Summer Video - YouTube

I put these guys right there with Boy George:

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - YouTube

And I was not really a fan of this era for Elton, but this was catchy:

"I'm Still Standing" by "Elton John" -...
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Hmmmm, Yeah, not bad, but their hair styles all looked the same? The "Venus", video, and the one below, l thought, brought out their looks better!
  
  Bananarama - I Can't Help It - YouTube
  
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travlinguy 12 years ago

I remember the first time I heard this song. I was on a Navy destroyer coming into port after our shakedown cruise. This was blaring on the mess deck as I walked in. I remember thinking, what an epic tune...

Watch closely and you can see Patrick Swayze strutting around in the background. One of his first gigs.

Rosanna

Here's a really sweet one from Elton John, released in 1980...

Little Jeanie
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- Riptor 12 years ago
  
  Ok it was '77 but they played it through the 80's... who cares.
  I like to live on the edge
  
  Whole Lotta Rosie (Live) - AC/DC [1977] - YouTube
  
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  Riptor 12 years ago
  
  A nice little selection from the 80s
  
  Inxs - Mystify - YouTube
  
  Bryan Adams - Run To You - YouTube
  
  ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' - YouTube
  
  Don Henley - The Boys of Summer - YouTube
  
  Sweet Child O' Mine Music Video - YouTube
  
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KimW 12 years ago

Couldn't leave the Ladies of the 80s out.

Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford - YouTube

Scandal;Patty Smyth - Goodbye To You - YouTube

Patty Smyth and Scandal - The Warrior - YouTube

QUARTERFLASH - Harden My Heart 1982 - YouTube

the pretenders-Don't Get Me Wrong - YouTube

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - YouTube
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer on Vimeo
  
  And here it is again, if the first didn't show up?
  
  Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer on Vimeo
  
  I found the video that goes with this classic, (Don Henley - boys of summer) which l still hear on the radio, on another video site!
  
  As usual Youtube restricted this so much l had to go somewhere else, to find the video; Thanks to Google, Youtube is a shadow of what it used to be! Grumble
  
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travlinguy 12 years ago

From the best selling album of all time...

Billy Jean Michael Jackson

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

And let us not forget Miss Congeniality...

Material Girl ~ Madonna
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  And let us not forget Miss Congeniality...
  
  Hmmmm, looks more like a Perfume ad?
  
  Maybe "forbidden passion", might be a good name, if l remember correctly she smuggled a few African baby's across?
  
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  tagiscom 11 years ago
  
  Sigh! :p
  
  Howard Jones "What is Love" - YouTube
  
  Pseudo Echo - Listening (1983) - YouTube
  
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KimW 11 years ago

Enola Gay was a catchy tune.

The Vapors - Turning Japanese - YouTube

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance(long version)...
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lindee247 11 years ago

love, love, love 80's music, gonna come back to this page when I'm havin a few drinks with friends and play them all...
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- tagiscom 11 years ago
  
  80s One Hit Wonders ( Part 1 ) - An 80's Music...
  
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  Iamtheejsoh 11 years ago
  
  I am more into the heavy metal niche...anyway...
  
  Metallica - Master of Puppets
  
  This was from their 1989 concert in Seattle...
  
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