The 80s Song Appreciation Thread

[DrOldSchool]

Anyone still in here?

 

 

 

[Steele47]

 

Here's a fun one! lol.. This video always gave me a laugh and thought maybe it would breathe a little life back into this thread.

[DrOldSchool]

My mind always wants to cross Animotion with The Human League for some reason...

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Hear About It Later - Van Halen (Fair Warning 1981)

 

 

This is my favorite VH song off my favorite VH album. I'm sometimes hoarse after this song in truck karaoke.

[Bob Cat]

 

You Can't Kill Rock and Roll - Ozzie Osbourne (Diary Of A Madman 1981)

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (A Flock Of Seagulls 1982)

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani (Surfing With The Alien 1987)

 

 

 

Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani (Surfing With The Alien 1987)

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Don't Let Him Go - REO Speedwagon (High Infidelity - 1980)

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Be Good Johnny - Men At Work (Business As Usual 1982)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpu8k8ht_jw

 

 

[DrOldSchool]

> @"Bob Cat" said:

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> Be Good Johnny - Men At Work (Business As Usual 1982)

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpu8k8ht_jw

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Heard this yesterday on Sirius for the first time in a long long time and had it stuck in my head all afternoon. Now it's back again

 

[rainkingjr]

> @Wriggles said:

> I liked those girl group songs, like "Cruel Summer", and "Our Lips are Sealed."

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> Or the B52's "Love Shack."

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> Cool party songs.

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> The other day, heard the Georgia Satellites, " Keep your hands to yourself." Reminds me of a date telling me that long before the song came out.

Our lips are sealed was best known as being done by The Go Go's; however, I much prefer the version done by Fun Boy Three whose lead singer, Terry Hall (also of The Specials) co-wrote the song with Jane Wiedlin of The Go Go's.

[Steele47]

 

 

I used to catch friendly flak for liking the Go Go's. Took me years to recover.

[DrOldSchool]

Belinda Carlisle was an early crush of mine in the late 80s...

 

 

 

 

 

[DrOldSchool]

Posting above got me thinking... aside from Belinda Carlisle my other 2 schoolboy crushes in the late 80s were...

 

Taylor Dayne:

 

 

Debbie Gibson:

 

 

So growing up as a boy outside Frederick Maryland, 2 of my school boy crushes were blondes from New York (Dayne from Manhattan, Gibson from Long Island). Here I am 30 years later, and my wife is a blonde from Queens. Guess I always had a type.

 

[Bob Cat]

> @DrOldSchool said:

> Posting above got me thinking... aside from Belinda Carlisle my other 2 schoolboy crushes in the late 80s were...

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> So growing up as a boy outside Frederick Maryland, 2 of my school boy crushes were blondes from New York (Dayne from Manhattan, Gibson from Long Island). Here I am 30 years later, and my wife is a blonde from Queens. Guess I always had a type.

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...and get what you want. You go, Doc.

[Bob Cat]

 

Who saw the movie, Heavy Metal, back in '81? Yeah, I walked out. Like the song, but the movie was terrible.

 

Heavy Metal - Don Felder (Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture - 1981)

 

 

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Low Budget - The Kinks (One For The Road 1979)

 

 

 

Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks (One For The Road 1979)

 

 

 

[DrOldSchool]

> @"Bob Cat" said:

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> Who saw the movie, Heavy Metal, back in '81? Yeah, I walked out. Like the song, but the movie was terrible.

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> Heavy Metal - Don Felder (Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture - 1981)

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South Park homage > actual movie

 

One more from the soundtrack:

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

 

Hardcastle and McCormick (1983 - 86 on ABC)

 

http://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.wkhnjImQsSLeQITbRwyX2gHaKS&pid=Api&rs=1&p=0

 

 

[Steele47]

 

 

Personally, I felt this video captured the Bonnie/Clyde Depression era more realistically than that Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway fiasco.

[aloha b.]

One of my all time favorite 80's songs, Mike & The Mechanics - In The Living Years with really great lyrics.

[jaysno24]

 

 

[DrOldSchool]

 

 

[Cwing]

> @"Bob Cat" said:

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> Hear About It Later - Van Halen (Fair Warning 1981)

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> This is my favorite VH song off my favorite VH album. I'm sometimes hoarse after this song in truck karaoke.

 

> @"Bob Cat" said:

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> You Can't Kill Rock and Roll - Ozzie Osbourne (Diary Of A Madman 1981)

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Now we are talking!!!

 

[Cwing]

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

Ahhhhh... Woman And Children First... thanks for that, Cwing... been way too long since I crackled the Kraco's with that one.

 


[Cwing]

Nice!!!

[Texas1]

[Peanut191]

> @MtlJeff said:

> You guys like Phil Collins? Been a big Genesis fan, ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand, any of their work, too artsy, too intellectual .. It was on Duke, where, uh, Phil Collins presence became more apparent .. I think "Invisible Touch" is the group's undisputed masterpiece .. It's an epic meditation on intangibility .. at the same time it deepens and enriches the meaning of the proceeding three albums .. listen the to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins, and Rutherford, you can practically hear every nuance of every instrument .. in terms of lyrical craftsmanship and sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism .. take the lyrics to 'Land of Confusion", in this song Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority .. "In Too Deep", is the most moving pop song of the 1980s about monogamy and commitment .. the song is extremely uplifting, the lyrics are as positive and affirmative as, uh, anything I've heard in rock .. Phil Collins solo career, seems to be more commercial, and therefore more satisfying in a narrower way, especially songs like, "In The Air Tonight" and, uh, "Against All Odds" .. but I also think, Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and i stress the word, artist .. this is "Susudeo", a great, great song, a personal favorite

 

Patrick Bateman, is that you?

 

[MtlJeff]

> @Peanut191 said:

> > @MtlJeff said:

> > You guys like Phil Collins? Been a big Genesis fan, ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand, any of their work, too artsy, too intellectual .. It was on Duke, where, uh, Phil Collins presence became more apparent .. I think "Invisible Touch" is the group's undisputed masterpiece .. It's an epic meditation on intangibility .. at the same time it deepens and enriches the meaning of the proceeding three albums .. listen the to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins, and Rutherford, you can practically hear every nuance of every instrument .. in terms of lyrical craftsmanship and sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism .. take the lyrics to 'Land of Confusion", in this song Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority .. "In Too Deep", is the most moving pop song of the 1980s about monogamy and commitment .. the song is extremely uplifting, the lyrics are as positive and affirmative as, uh, anything I've heard in rock .. Phil Collins solo career, seems to be more commercial, and therefore more satisfying in a narrower way, especially songs like, "In The Air Tonight" and, uh, "Against All Odds" .. but I also think, Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and i stress the word, artist .. this is "Susudeo", a great, great song, a personal favorite

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> Patrick Bateman, is that you?

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Lol I've been waiting months now for someone to recognize that!!!