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re: 80’s song that never got high on the charts but became Iconic
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:00 am to marcnbc
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:00 am to marcnbc
quote:
I have most of
those songs in my 80’s playlist.
Me too but I will be adding a couple that I had forgot about.
I saw Fine Young Canibals at their American debut in San Francisco. They had a local band from San Franisco, Monkey Blood, open for them. Monkey Blood was better.
Posted on 7/31/26 at 3:32 pm to marcnbc
quote:looks like my playlists
80’s playlist
except for Blitzkrieg Bop. Hate that song
Posted on 7/31/26 at 3:50 pm to SquatchDawg
I'm an '80s metalhead but I always dug a bunch of the New Wave, synth stuff that was around then. Not everything in the video was my thing but a decent playlist overall.
Posted on 7/31/26 at 4:14 pm to Saint Alfonzo
"The song "Mexican Radio" by the American new wave band Wall of Voodoo reached its highest peak on the US Billboard Hot 100 at No. 58 in April 1983."
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 7/31/26 at 4:24 pm to SquatchDawg
The first time most of us ever heard The Police’s “Roxanne” was when Eddie Murphy sang it in “48 Hours”.
Posted on 7/31/26 at 4:51 pm to BestBanker
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BestBanker
Good one! Haven't heard that in a LONG time!
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:45 pm to SquatchDawg
prime music era was 65-75
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:47 pm to zippyputt
quote:
Great playlist
Yep. In the old days, it would have just been a mixtape
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:52 pm to BestBanker
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One of my favorites of theirs
I always liked this one. Their first song to make the Top 40 in the US reaching 30 in the early summer of 1983.
Posted on 7/31/26 at 6:26 pm to SquatchDawg
All stuff from my freshman time at LSU. What a great time to be alive
Posted on 7/31/26 at 6:54 pm to SquatchDawg
Jukebox Hero from Foreigner’s monster “4” album only reached #26 on the charts. To be honest, I don’t remember ever hearing it on local radio in Baton Rouge when it was new. However, today, it is as big as any song by that group with the notable exception of “I want to know what love is.”
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:30 pm to SquatchDawg
This “older folk” remembers the treasure trove that Wes’s the60’s and 70’s. Now THAT was music.
But to be honest I did did enjoy many of those 80’s gems…
But to be honest I did did enjoy many of those 80’s gems…
Posted on 8/1/26 at 12:29 am to SquatchDawg
I always wondered about the transition from classic rock after classic rock in the 70s.
This video really spoke about New Wave. I ever heard about but recognize a lot of the songs.
Great Post. Though.
This video really spoke about New Wave. I ever heard about but recognize a lot of the songs.
Great Post. Though.
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