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What's your favourite 80's song?

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    Miss XYZMiss XYZ Posts: 14,023
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    Bedsit Bob wrote: »
    Moonlight Shadow, by Mike Oldfield, featuring Maggie Reilly.

    I never tire of hearing Maggie sing.


    Yes, that's a great song. :)
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    CasualCasual Posts: 2,696
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    Too many, really. But one of my all time favourites is Sigh's Smell of Farewell by the Cocteau Twins.
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Bedsit Bob wrote: »
    Moonlight Shadow, by Mike Oldfield, featuring Maggie Reilly.

    I never tire of hearing Maggie sing.

    Oh, that's a great song.

    I also forgot Killing Joke (Love Like Blood), The Cult and The Jam for some reason. There are too many, really. :o
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    Takae wrote: »
    Killing Joke (Love Like Blood)

    Great track from 1985 there!
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    Jimmy ConnorsJimmy Connors Posts: 117,895
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    Love's Comin' At Ya ~ Melba Moore
    Saturday Love ~ Alexander O'Neal/ Cherrelle
    Just Be Good To Me ~ SOS Band
    Searching ~ Luther Vandross/ Change
    The Last Film ~ Kissing The Pink
    Drop The Pilot ~ Joan Armatrading
    Gloria ~ Laura Branigan
    Hey Little Girl ~ Icehouse
    Friday Night, Saturday Morning ~ The Specials
    Town Called Malice ~ The Jam

    ... I could name dozens more. :o
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    trinity2002trinity2002 Posts: 16,059
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    I've got an obscure one too. Keep on loving you by The Pinkies. It was the first single that I got for my new record player and my babysitter gave it to me. It was one of my most played songs up until accidentally losing all my vinyl collection in a move about 13 years ago.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 727
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    Bedsit Bob wrote: »
    Moonlight Shadow, by Mike Oldfield, featuring Maggie Reilly.

    I never tire of hearing Maggie sing.

    Yes! Have you got/heard the Cado Belle album? That's the group she was in during the 70s, it wasn't available for a long time, but now it's on itunes! :-)
    From the 80s, she had a song out called 'Meanwhile Back At My Heart' which was lovely, and she's done recent music too, but people only seem to know her Mike Oldfield songs.

    So many 80s songs to choose, don't laugh but I adore I'll Fly For You by Spandau Ballet :)
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    Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,174
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    The Birdie Song - The Tweets

    I remember dancing to it at the school barbecue. It is stuck in my head forever. Good times.
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    I've got an obscure one too. Keep on loving you by The Pinkies.

    Same title; different group: Keep On Lovin' You-REO Speedwagon.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    Which is the shortest one? :D

    Actually I liked a lot of 80s chart music up until the mid eighties and the advent of SAW. Will go for XTC's "Senses Working Overtime".
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    Which is the shortest one? :D

    Actually I liked a lot of 80s chart music up until the mid eighties and the advent of SAW. Will go for XTC's "Senses Working Overtime".

    Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC, was one of my 80s classics!
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    November_RainNovember_Rain Posts: 9,145
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    There's so, so many to choose from that I couldn't possibly pick just one, but here's a short list.

    Ultravox - Vienna
    OMD - Enola Gay
    The Corgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn
    David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
    Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric?
    Duran Duran - Rio
    Human League - Electric Dreams
    Climie Fisher - Love Changes
    Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
    Go West - We Close Our Eyes
    A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing I Had A Photograph Of You
    Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
    Pet Shop Boys - You Were Always On My Mind

    There's many more including some that have been mentioned already, but they are the first to spring to mind.

    I should not have been a 90s kid. :o
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC, was one of my 80s classics!
    I know but everyone goes for that record with the exception of Terrence Chant (who prefers Black Sea's Living Through Another Cuba).

    It's nice of Santigold to make a dubsteppish remake of Making Plans for the Direct Line adverts.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 36,012
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    Visage - Fade To Grey
    The 80's anthem for me! :)
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    Harper_MilneHarper_Milne Posts: 2,854
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    All of The Smiths songs

    Happy when it rains - Jesus and the mary chain

    You spin me right round - Dead or Alive

    And loads of other random ones as well but those are just the main ones.
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    Bedsit BobBedsit Bob Posts: 24,344
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    and she's done recent music too, but people only seem to know her Mike Oldfield songs.

    She also did Trick Of The Light and To France, with Mike Oldfield. :cool:

    It annoys me, when other people do the Moonlight Shadow vocals.

    It's just not the same. :(
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    jarryhackjarryhack Posts: 5,076
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    Mine are Fade To Grey by Visage and Planet Earth, Duran Duran. This thread has reminded me I'm off to an 80's weekend 9 Weeks on Friday!!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,924
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    Takae wrote: »
    Oh, that's right. Sorry, Steven Tyler. :o

    Was going to say Steve Tyler/ Aerosmith but was beaten to it. You should have a wee listen to the Scorpions version of Drive by the Cars. Much as I loved the Cars I do prefer the Scorps. :)
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    ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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    rikstan87rikstan87 Posts: 2,359
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    Cause this is thriller, thriller night. Hehe :D:D:D
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    Fear of FoursFear of Fours Posts: 1,004
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    Isn't It Midnight - Fleetwood Mac
    There's the Girl - Heart
    Calm Inside the Storm - Cyndi Lauper
    Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
    Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
    The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
    Rapture - Blondie
    Private Dancer - Tina Turner
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    Get Den WattsGet Den Watts Posts: 6,039
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    99 Red Balloons - Nena
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    OhWhenTheSaintsOhWhenTheSaints Posts: 12,531
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    Never gonna give you up - Brian Griffin. :)
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    exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    Africa by Toto.

    Annie (I'm not your Daddy) by Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
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    trevgotrevgo Posts: 28,241
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    "Faithless" - Scritti Politti
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