Give us a favorite 1980s song!

brianlux

goldrush said:

Some favourites of mine...

R.E.M. - Driver 8

https://youtu.be/wuFId1RYSZE?si=jQgs-ymXtHIk-V-i

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

https://youtu.be/tPytYrYqDbA?si=Wgw8KpE0qRu5C3gu

Lyres - Don't Give It Up Now

https://youtu.be/docmgx3y3zg?si=JJexmJIIgZbAThqX

Teenage Riot!  Great pick!  What an amazing song!

I love Driver 8 as well and have been playing and singing that one for a long time.

brianlux

CarryTheZero said:

Life’s Rich Pageant is the absolute best! 

One of my favorites as well! 

GlowGirl

https://youtu.be/LuN6gs0AJls

Modern English - I Melt With You - always reminds me of the 80s

https://youtu.be/Lo2qQmj0_h4

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long - I had this one on 8-track!

brianlux

GlowGirl said:

https://youtu.be/LuN6gs0AJls

Modern English - I Melt With You - always reminds me of the 80s

https://youtu.be/Lo2qQmj0_h4

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long - I had this one on 8-track!

I was never a huge fan of either band but but had a couple of hits that I've always like a lot.  Couldn't have picked a better song by either of them- great picks!

brianlux

I've never been a huge fan of synth music, but every now and then something comes along that just works for me.  Japan was such a band and this is one of my favorites by them from 1982 from the album Tin Drum (dig that cool bass sounds from Mick Karn!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEf38uz6FuQ

CarryTheZero

Here’s another good one.

Drivin’ N Cryin’
Honeysuckle Blue

My son is in rock band camp this week and Kevin Kinney is coming tomorrow to help with original song writing! Son is very excited.

https://youtu.be/h_3CvrKWQe0?feature=shared

brianlux

CarryTheZero said:

Here’s another good one.

Drivin’ N Cryin’
Honeysuckle Blue

My son is in rock band camp this week and Kevin Kinney is coming tomorrow to help with original song writing! Son is very excited.

https://youtu.be/h_3CvrKWQe0?feature=shared

Cool!

GlowGirl

https://youtu.be/-5ijtz6Du_s

Just barely made the 80s cut.

soph189

Poncier said:

https://youtu.be/XJyKTNdPL5s?si=7i9HLFFb_01s2X-j

Nice. One of my favorites from INXS 

Original_Shifty

https://youtu.be/gLYNL5juSh0?si=FYsuu18h2TUZsUEr

Original_Shifty

https://youtu.be/CsxpBksDvwk?si=4I5tUAQywXgoSGKi

ed243421

1982


https://youtu.be/rx6Zgz0TZuA?si=rdB35K7md83xS_6B

brianlux

Nice to see some more good one, all, thanks!

F Me In The Brain

So many from this time period to choose from....today is Maiden, HBTN

https://youtu.be/0HXhLSQv4KY?si=ZeYNSDKFsplvR5z5

ed243421

1984


https://youtu.be/MkMTPnLdzzQ?si=vwbpps52RA56OVIW

tempo_n_groove

Best live version I've found.  Quintessential Motley Crue, Live Wire.  1987.  The peak of their debauchery.

https://youtu.be/JVo45osbbW8?si=h186T6e6nSv-YG46

tempo_n_groove

ed243421 said:

1984


https://youtu.be/MkMTPnLdzzQ?si=vwbpps52RA56OVIW

I will always love how animated the band is w David Byrne taking the cake.

brianlux

ed243421 said:

1984


https://youtu.be/MkMTPnLdzzQ?si=vwbpps52RA56OVIW

I get tired just thinking about how much energy David Byrne has, lol, or at least he did when I saw Talking Heads in 1982,  And what a band!  Byrne was on fire.  When someone was taking a solo and he wasn't singing of playing, he would literally run circles around the stage.  That was one great show!

23scidoo

https://youtu.be/r5HaWgKEV58?si=P-VUjZAnfxnNTzep

brianlux

23scidoo said:

https://youtu.be/r5HaWgKEV58?si=P-VUjZAnfxnNTzep

Interesting and different, thanks, Scido! 

I also found her biography on Allmusic interensting:

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/anne-clark-mn0000488063#biography

A unique figure in British music, Anne Clark is a singer and lyricist who works in both electronic and acoustic music, performing literate but emotionally charged songs of contemporary life. Clarke was born in the South London community of Croydon on May 14, 1960. A bright and restless youth, she left school at the age of 16, and after taking on a variety of odd jobs she began working at Bonaparte Records, an independent record shop that also released discs through an offshoot label.