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re: What song is the "epitome of 1980s pop music", in your opinion?
Posted on 9/10/15 at 2:22 pm to DirklasDaDirk
Posted on 9/10/15 at 2:22 pm to DirklasDaDirk
A few more:
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Africa - Toto
Venus - Bananarama
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Jump - Van Halen
Shout - Tears For Fears
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Africa - Toto
Venus - Bananarama
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Jump - Van Halen
Shout - Tears For Fears
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 3:23 pm to TTownTiger
I wanna NEW TOY
oh-way-oh
oh-way-oh
Posted on 9/10/15 at 5:47 pm to The Hindu Dindu
White Wedding~ Billy Idol
Again, video and all.
Again, video and all.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 5:48 pm to Dandy Lion
Tempted - squeeze has to be listed
Overplayed but still solid:
Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears
What is love- Howard Jones
Overplayed but still solid:
Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears
What is love- Howard Jones
This post was edited on 9/10/15 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 9/10/15 at 6:15 pm to The Hindu Dindu
quote:
NEW TOY
the 70´s (although definitely an important 80´s precursor)
Posted on 9/10/15 at 6:25 pm to SEClint
Add Howard Jones - Thigs Can Only Get Better to my original list of New Order.
Posted on 9/11/15 at 1:09 am to Rhio
quote:
Take On Me a-ha
Video for proof:
LINK
Let the record reflect that I posted my answer without looking at anyone else's. I'm glad to see some folks agree with me, though. I think it's THE choice.
My silver medal answer would have to be:
Blondie -- Heart of Glass
Posted on 9/11/15 at 1:11 am to LSUDUKE
quote:
Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics
My bronze medal choice.
Like a Prayer by Madonna gets the Prefontaine treatment.
Posted on 9/11/15 at 5:43 am to SystemsGo
quote:
Blondie -- Heart of Glass
No. That was 1978 well before the synth 80s
Posted on 9/11/15 at 7:41 am to SystemsGo
quote:
Take On Me a-ha
quote:
Let the record reflect that I posted my answer without looking at anyone else's. I'm glad to see some folks agree with me, though. I think it's THE choice.
This was the first one that popped into my head as well. The video made it a hit. And that's when MTV actually used to show videos all the time.
Posted on 9/11/15 at 7:48 am to SEClint
"The Breakup Song" Greg Kihn Band
Posted on 9/11/15 at 7:48 am to Dandy Lion
quote:
NEW TOY
quote:
the 70´s (although definitely an important 80´s precursor)
No, sir. 1981. Look it up.
Posted on 9/11/15 at 7:51 am to spslayto
quote:
No. That was 1978 well before the synth 80s
It's funny, there were a few songs made in the late 70s that really sound like they belong more to the 80s era and are often included because that's where new wave and punk both started. Like "Let's Go" by the Cars. That's a VERY 80s sounding song that was released a little too early to make the cut.
The styles were so definitive and idiosyncratic then, as opposed to say, the difference between music made in 2008 and 2012? There's no real moves made to define eras anymore. At least not within the domain of popular music. Everything moved and changed so fast back then.
This post was edited on 9/11/15 at 7:52 am
Posted on 9/11/15 at 8:05 am to The Hindu Dindu
quote:
No, sir. 1981. Look it up.
Hindi Dindi, you are correct sir.
I was thinking of Number One.
Anyway, have New Toy, and dig Special Star as well (bought the album based solely upon the song New Toy).
Posted on 9/11/15 at 8:50 am to Dandy Lion
there's a lot of new wave and alternative songs posted in this thread.
when i think of 80's "pop" music, I don't think of Depeche Mode
when i think of 80's "pop" music, I don't think of Depeche Mode
Posted on 9/11/15 at 8:52 am to Twenty 49
quote:
Don't You Want Me: Human League
Chicken dinnah for the winnah!
Posted on 9/11/15 at 9:18 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Ghost In You - Pyschadelic Furs
Posted on 9/11/15 at 9:36 am to 14&Counting
great song, but again, not in the "pop" category...
Posted on 9/11/15 at 12:41 pm to monsterballads
When I think of 80s it's:
Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Take On Me
Billie Jean
Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Take On Me
Billie Jean
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