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Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
edited February 2007 in Other Music
Need go running tunes. Any suggestions from songs that were released during the 80s? That decade was just sooooooo gooooood. Think MTV before Real World.

Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield
Don Henley's Boys of Summer

among others. What else would you recommend? Brings back good spirited-energy moments?
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  • bee_boybee_boy Posts: 384
    anything by the Cure
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Icicle Works - Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)

    I could see running to this song.
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,154
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Pat Benatar

    Gotta go with Heartbreaker for Benatar.

    Also:

    Throw in some Huey Lewis from Sports...some Billy Squier and INXS off of Kick.

    And, for kicks...add in some J Geils Band.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Running on a Treadmill - Oingo Boingo

    Actually anything by Oingo Boingo
  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Rick astley - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkZz2iZrk0

    The definition of 80's music lol
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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Pixies
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    cutback wrote:
    Running on a Treadmill - Oingo Boingo

    Actually anything by Oingo Boingo

    Damn straight. Also Sweat , Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself), Not My Slave.

    English Beat: Mirror in the Bathroom, Save it for Later (!), Twist & Crawl
    Squeeze: Cool for Cats, Pulling Mussels From Shell
    Specials: Message to You Rudy
    Psychedelic Furs: Ghost in You, Love My Way
    Yaz: Don't Go
    Madness: Keep Moving, House Of Fun, Night Boat To Cairo

    (speaking as a child of the 80's....)
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    summer of 69- bryan adams
    that song from the breakfast club
  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    "Hip to Be Square" - Huey Lewis and the News
    Cock Fight.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Need go running tunes. Any suggestions from songs that were released during the 80s? That decade was just sooooooo gooooood. Think MTV before Real World.

    Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield
    Don Henley's Boys of Summer

    among others. What else would you recommend? Brings back good spirited-energy moments?

    A running song from the '80? How about I Ran by Flock of Seagulls?

    Here are a few other suggestions. I could probably go on all night.
    The Fixx Stand or Fall or Red Skies
    Howard Jones Things Can Only Get Better
    Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    I'd go with some DC hardcore (Minor Threat, Bad Brains) but I'm a strange one
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Joy Division.......everything by them
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    http://www.chumfm.com/

    Sundays from 9am to noon. All eighties.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    The Violent Femmes
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • Coathanger HalosCoathanger Halos Posts: 137
    The Cure- Siamese Twins, Disintegration

    Depeche Mode- Blaspemous Rumors

    Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil

    Tears For Fears- Shout (I can never get this song out of my head)
    I'll cut you in.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    how about 'born to run'?
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    soulsinging wrote:
    how about 'born to run'?
    My life theme song? Yep, I got that one on my iPOD already :)

    Thanks for the suggestions, all. Brings back memories, and possibly will create memories.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Atomic PunkAtomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    a little ZZ Top would fit in nicely....maybe Gimme All Your Lovin
    maybe a little Billy Idol....possibly White Wedding or Flesh for Fantasy
    Billy Squier is a great call too as mentioned above...My Kinda Lover or Everybody Wants You
    Hall and Oates....I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) or Maneater...

    the list can go on and on....80's music kicks ass...
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Most 80's music sucks,except for R.E.M. . My suggestions from the 80's R.E.M.
    catalog:

    "Pretty Persuation"
    "Life And How To Live It"
    "Begin The Begin"
    "Get Up"
    "Pop Song 89"
    "Strange"
    "Turn You Inside Out"



    Just to name a few.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,950
    soulsinging wrote:
    how about 'born to run'?
    1975 ;)
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  • CaterinaACaterinaA Posts: 572
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Joy Division.......everything by them

    To run? I like Joy Division a lot, but seriously their music is more appropriate for running straight to your suicide ;). Besides, they merely made it through 1980

    Hmmm, 80's music: Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi, Pretty in Pink - Psichodelic Furs, Journey - Don't Stop Believing, B-52's - My Own Private Idaho...

    Ahh the memories, so many lousy songs I danced as a teenager :)
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Tears for Fears, The Cars
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Brainofdz wrote:
    I'd go with some DC hardcore (Minor Threat, Bad Brains) but I'm a strange one
    So would I. Filler is the greatest hardcore track ever.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    work out to Back In Black sometimes.

    actually, it's my favorite 80's album and in my top ten of all time.

    'Knockin' me out with those American thighs
    Taking more than her share
    Had me fighting for air
    She told me to come but I was already there'
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    My secret favorite 80's pop band - the Hooters. Get their greatest hits "Hooterization".
  • momofglynnmomofglynn Posts: 849
    CM1847 wrote:
    Pixies

    Agreed! I am going to throw in there.....The Go-Go's-Journey-Duran Duran for sure-and Hall and Oates.
    Let's Go Red Sox!
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    ahhhhhh the 80s...........:p
    i'd say b-52s!
    also, don't know about 'upbeat'...but i completely loved new order and the psychedelic furs, good tempos i should think for running......really so much of the 80s would be great for that. :)
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  • thelowlightargentinathelowlightargentina Posts: 592
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Need go running tunes. Any suggestions from songs that were released during the 80s? That decade was just sooooooo gooooood. Think MTV before Real World.

    Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield
    Don Henley's Boys of Summer

    among others. What else would you recommend? Brings back good spirited-energy moments?

    In my opinion and musically speaking, this is the worst decade ever...it´s ok if you like bizarre things, but it really sucked.I mean, there were cool bands, but their were the less.
    ...can´t wear my mask, your first my last...
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    You need some Survivor in there. Anything from a Rocky Movie will do.
    Icehouse - "Crazy"
    Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round"
    Loverboy - there are many possibilities. I suggest "Turn Me Loose" or "The Kid Is Hot Tonite."


    And then you have loads of hair metal to choose from.
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    DocChicago wrote:
    You need some Survivor in there. Anything from a Rocky Movie will do.
    Icehouse - "Crazy"
    Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round"
    Loverboy - there are many possibilities. I suggest "Turn Me Loose" or "The Kid Is Hot Tonite."


    And then you have loads of hair metal to choose from.


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