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Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
edited October 2012 in Other Music
Just watched the trailer for the new movie "Take Me Home Tonight", and kinda of thought this movie may be alright, and reminded me of other 80's films and the music from this era. Which is kinda of a harder era for me to pick out some of my own favorite tunes, most of the music I like are from old 80's films. Thought it might be fun to make your own 80's playlist.
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  • molten_toothpastemolten_toothpaste Posts: 422
    Just off the top of my head:

    1. "Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
    2. "Whip It" - DEVO
    3. " I Come from a Land Down Under" - Men at Work
    4. ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive
    5. "Take on Me" - A-ha
    6. "Modern Love" - David Bowie
    7. "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash
    8. "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby
    9. "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band
    10. "Our House" - Madness
    11. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
    12. "Rapture" - Blondie
    13. " Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
    Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
    Your The Best Around - Joe Esposito
    In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
    Everybody Wants Some - Van Halen
    Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
    Fight The Power - Public Enemy
    And pretty much anything off "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" Soundtrack
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Above list is good but not complete without a lil Duran Duran. Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, Wild Boys, The Reflex, A View to A Kill...take your pick :)
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  • molten_toothpastemolten_toothpaste Posts: 422
    I completely forgot about Duran Duran!! Rio is my favorite!
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    molten_toothpaste wrote:
    Just off the top of my head:

    1. "Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
    2. "Whip It" - DEVO
    3. " I Come from a Land Down Under" - Men at Work
    4. ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive
    5. "Take on Me" - A-ha
    6. "Modern Love" - David Bowie
    7. "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash
    8. "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby
    9. "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band
    10. "Our House" - Madness
    11. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
    12. "Rapture" - Blondie
    13. " Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles

    All of these :D
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    Your The Best Around - Joe Esposito

    You get mad points for this one! What up Karate Kid!!!!!!!!!
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  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    my 80's playlist on my iphone...

    I Ran (So Far Away)- A Flock of Seagulls
    Take On Me -A-Ha
    Forever Young -Alphaville
    I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight -Cutting Crew
    Video Killed The Radio Star- The Buggles
    You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)- Dead Or Alive
    Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
    Girls On Film- Duran Duran
    Melt With You- Modern English
    Kids In America- Kim Wilde
    Cars- Gary Newman
    Lovesong- The Cure
    Careless Whisper- George Michael
    Dumb Waiters- The Psychedelic Furs
    Sweet Dreams- Eurythmics
    Its My Life - Talk Talk
    Hold Me Now- Thompson Twins
    Heaven- The Psychedelic Furs
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Talk Talk - Such A Shame
    Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
    Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
    The Cure - Close to Me
    The Cure - Love Song
    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    George Michael - Careless Whisper
    A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
    A-HA -Take On Me
    Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
    Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
    The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
    The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
    Simple Minds -Don't You Forget About Me
    R.E.M - The One I Love
    Whitesnake - Is This Love
    Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now?
    Michael Jackson - Bad
    Madonna - Like a Virgin
    Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
    Madonna - Like a Prayer
    Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
    Europe - The Final Countdown
    David Bowie - Let's Dance
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    A few others to add.
    Unsatisfied - The Replacements
    Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
    Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    A few others to add.
    Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
    was my first thought,but Love Will Tear Us Apart was written at 1979 :)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Talk Talk - Such A Shame

    Interesting, this song was never big in the States ... Talk Talk (the song) and It's My Life were their two big songs.

    Did a few top ten songs that came to my mind with different themes ... went with the popular songs, the video songs, not the songs I like per se. Fun exercise with my morning coffee.

    Split Enz - I Got You
    Missing Persons - Words
    Berlin - Metro
    Romeo Void - Never Say Never
    Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
    Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
    Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
    Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
    The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    ...and for fans of the Headbanger's Ball ...

    Judas Priest – You Got Another Thing Comin’
    Motorhead – Ace of Spades
    Iron Maiden – The Trooper
    Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
    Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
    Metallica – One
    Anthrax – I’m the Man
    Megadeth – Peace Sells
    Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy
    The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    jimed14 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Talk Talk - Such A Shame

    Interesting, this song was never big in the States ... Talk Talk (the song) and It's My Life were their two big songs.

    Did a few top ten songs that came to my mind with different themes ... went with the popular songs, the video songs, not the songs I like per se. Fun exercise with my morning coffee.

    Split Enz - I Got You
    Missing Persons - Words
    Berlin - Metro
    Romeo Void - Never Say Never
    Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
    Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
    Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
    Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
    The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    ...and for fans of the Headbanger's Ball ...

    Judas Priest – You Got Another Thing Comin’
    Motorhead – Ace of Spades
    Iron Maiden – The Trooper
    Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
    Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
    Metallica – One
    Anthrax – I’m the Man
    Megadeth – Peace Sells
    Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy
    The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
    i try not to put metal stuff in :mrgreen:
    and a big yes to -Soft cell and Violent Femmes
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Smiths ~ London
    R.E.M ~ The One I Love
    Madness ~ The Sun and the Rain
    Oingo Boingo ~ Only a Lad
    Big Country ~ In a Big Country
    Specials ~ A Message to You Rudy
    Phil Collins ~ The Roof is Leaking/Droned
    Police ~ Demolition Man
    Rush ~ Tom Sawyer
    English Beat ~ Save it for Later
    Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five ~ The Message
    Donald Fagen ~ I.G.Y.
    Joe Jackson ~ Steppin' Out
    Who ~ Eminence Front
    Genesis ~ That's All
    U2 ~ Sunday Bloody Sunday (Under a Blood Red Sky)
    Cars ~ Drive
    Bruce Hornsby & The Range ~ The Way it Is
    Kate Bush ~ Running up that Hill
    Peter Gabriel ~ Shock the Monkey
    Black Flag ~ T.V. Party
    Concrete Blonde ~ Still in Hollywood
    Dead Kennedys ~ California Uber Alles
    Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon ~ World Destruction

    And who can forget this video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0Pi4wC8Hk
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    Thriller
    Like a Virgin
    Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
    Karma Chameleon
    Born in the USA
    Too Late For Goodbyes
    Never Surrender
    Stand
    We're Not Gonna Take It
    What Does It Take
    Power of Love
    Every Breath You Take
    Walking on Sunshine
    Walk Like an Egyptian
    Obsession
    I Got My Mind Set on You
    Everbody Wants to Rule the World
    Bad Medicine
    Pour Some Sugar on Me
    Jump
    What's Love Got to Do With It?
    New Sensation
    Beds are Burning
    She's Got the Look
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • Atomic PunkAtomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
    You Spin Me Right Round - Dead or Alive
    Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
    Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
    Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
    Surrender - Cheap Trick
    Lets Go Crazy - Prince
    Heat of the Moment - Asia
    Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier
    The Reflex - Duran Duran
    Der Kommisar - After the Fire
    Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol
    My Sharona - the Knack
    Saved by Zero - The Fixx
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Some great songs in this thread! It's making me miss the Music Charts
    Cancel my subscription to the Ressurection
    Send my credentials to the house of detention

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  • molten_toothpastemolten_toothpaste Posts: 422
    These are all great songs!!! :mrgreen:
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    jimed14 wrote:
    Judas Priest – You Got Another Thing Comin’
    Motorhead – Ace of Spades
    Iron Maiden – The Trooper
    Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
    Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
    Metallica – One
    Anthrax – I’m the Man
    Megadeth – Peace Sells
    Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy
    The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary

    Is that you Riki Rachtman?! :lol:
    :P
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    an 80's music compliation is incomplete without some Talking Heads on there...

    Houses in Motion?
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Nena - 99 red ballons
    Alphaville - Big in Japan
    opus - life is live
    Yazoo - Don't Go
    Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
    Tears For Fears - Shout
    Depeche Mode - People Are People
    Alison Cooper - Poison
    Belinda Carlisle - heaven on earth
    Berlin - take my breatg away
    Christopher cross - sailing
    Def leppard - love bites
    Depence mode - never let me down
    Dalco Amadeus
    Heart - Alone
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • molten_toothpastemolten_toothpaste Posts: 422
    Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
    Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
    Cars - Gary Numan
    Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
    Turning Japanese - The Vapors
    I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
    Mickey - Toni Basil
    Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
    Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
    Major Tom - Peter Schilling
    Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
    Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
    Der Komissar - After the Fire
    Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
    Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Jermain jackson pia zadora - when the rrain begins to fall
    Frankie Goes to Hollywood - power of love
    John Farhnam - you are the voice
    John white - missing you
    kim carnes - bette davis yes
    pet shop boys - always on my mind
    pet shop boys - its a sin
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    there's so many great one hit wonders in the 80's.
    which box sets has a good mix of them?
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  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    there's so many great one hit wonders in the 80's.
    which box sets has a good mix of them?

    its hard to find a good compilation cd. you usually need to buy a few of them. i find the compilation are usually missing a few good songs.
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    dCowboyPJ wrote:

    its hard to find a good compilation cd. you usually need to buy a few of them. i find the compilation are usually missing a few good songs.


    yeah. it's annoying.
    lol! ok then... name two good 80's box sets.
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    men without hats tour 2012
    life is good
  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,937
    80s music. ;)
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,296
    Broken Wings, Kyrie - Mr. Mister
    I Just Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew
    Africa - Toto
    Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
    Let the Music Play - Shannon
    Land Down Under - Men at Work
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    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
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  • molten_toothpastemolten_toothpaste Posts: 422
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Broken Wings, Kyrie - Mr. Mister
    I Just Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew
    Africa - Toto
    Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
    Let the Music Play - Shannon
    Land Down Under - Men at Work

    Ugh, I totally forgot about Falco! :fp: I love that song!
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    apart from the pixies, the smiths and REM I haven't delved into the 80's as yet.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

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