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A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
A-Ha - I've Been Losing You A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (Still banned by BBC )
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i LOVE the 80's in music! the whole dynamic of music and the variation and the evolution of music! it's just amazing!
i cannot choose a single song but love a lot of what has been mentioned! Madonna being my favourite artist makes it all that tougher! but i must say that Into The Groove is definitively 80's with the electro synths and the emotive lyrics and expression! one of the reasons why i love her. (her Like A Virgin, True Blue and Like A Prayer albums are just beyond blockbuster! they're timeless) Janet Jacksons Pleasure Principle and RHythm Nation are two songs that really represent the dynamic of pop in the 80's. MJ of course with his Thriller and Bad albums! the New Romantics era and movement! Peter Gabriel (the So album) and Genesis! Kate Bush's RUnning Up That Hill (Hounds Of Love album) and of course the development of the music video too! Thriller and Like A Prayer and Express Yourself just show why it changed the landscape of music!!! my, that was a bit of an essay ![]()
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Have to agree with you there QwertyGirl, also add Train of Thought for me too. Why did the beeb ban Hunting High & Low? Was it because of the video?
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It's because of the 1991 Iraq War. The video itself isn't controversial at all, just Morten morphing into animals such as an eagle, a shark and lion.
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Never knew that about the Iraq War, HHAL was released in 1986 yet the beeb banned it 5 years on! Thanks QwertyGirl.
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The Promise by When In Rome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight by the Cutting Crew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dOwHzCHfgA The Other Side of Life by the Moody Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USujNc5uPBs Plenty more........................ |
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The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Jam - Town Called Malice New Order - True Faith Sheena Easton - Morning Train Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting Diana Ross - Chain Reaction Soft Cell - Tainted Love The Human League (Well, Oakley and Moroder) - Together In Electric Dreams |
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It's because of the 1991 Iraq War. The video itself isn't controversial at all, just Morten morphing into animals such as an eagle, a shark and lion.
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Far too many to choose...so here's a short list:
The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead Black - Wonderful Life Nick Cave - The Mercy Seat The Cocteau Twins - Musette and Drums The Cure - A Hundred Years Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours Duran Duran - The Chauffeur Echo and the Bunnymen - All My Colours Fields of the Nephilim - Last Exit for the Lost John Foxx - Europe After the Rain Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes Grandmaster Flash - The Message The Human League - Being Boiled Japan - Night Porter The Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down Joy Division - Atmosphere Killing Joke - Love Like Blood My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise Gary Numan - I Die You Die OMD - Joan of Arc The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven The Psychedelic Furs - Fall Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure R.E.M. - Orange Crush The Sisters of Mercy - Body Electric The Smiths - How Soon Is Now Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot Spacemen 3 - Revolution Stone Roses - Made of Stone Talk Talk - Such a Shame The Telescopes - The Perfect Needle This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren Ultravox – Vienna Undertones - My Perfect Cousin The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress |
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Kim Wilde - Kids In America
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Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Respectable - Mel and Kim True Blue - Madonna Quote:
i wish posters wouldnt just post a youtube link without saying what it is.... i havnt the time to listen to what they might be.
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Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
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Bangles- Walk like an Egyptian
I agree that people should name the songs and not just put Youtube links. I haven't checked those out either MushymanRob. The above songs were also among my top 40 of the 80s, and you even identified my no 1 Qwerty282! ![]()
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INXS - Need you tonight
And anything by Jive Bunny ahem!! |
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Has not been mentioned yet , Yazz , NOT with The Only Way Is Up but a far superior track which received no where near as much air play Fine Time, in my opinion a much better song.
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Has not been mentioned yet , Yazz , NOT with The Only Way Is Up but a far superior track which received no where near as much air play Fine Time, in my opinion a much better song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSc4rXqoFoc |
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Just one?!
I can probably come up with a Top 10: 1. Taylor Dayne - Tell it to my Heart 2. Madonna - Papa Don't Preach 3. Kate Bush - Running up that Hill 4. Laura Branigan - Self Control 5. Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart 6. Duran Duran - View to a Kill 7. Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield 8. Pet Shop Boys - Heart 9. Kylie - Got to be Certain 10. Hazell Dean - They Say It's Gonna Rain |
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Love the 80s too, too many to choose from but I've noticed that Communards/Bronski Beat have been left out so far and they certainly shouldn't!
"Smalltown Boy" and their cover of "Don't leave me this way" are absolute classics!! Was also a big fan of Tears for Fears - "Shout", "Everybody wants to rule the World", "Mad World" and many more can be added to the list... |
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Give Me The Night - George Benson
Love Has Come Around Donald Byrd You're The One For Me - D Train And The Beat Goes On - Whispers Funkin For Jamaica - Tom Browne I Need Your Lovin - Teena Marie |
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Soft Cell - Tainted Love
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I agree that people should name the songs and not just put Youtube links. I haven't checked those out either MushymanRob.
The above songs were also among my top 40 of the 80s, and you even identified my no 1 Qwerty282! ![]() ![]() ![]() Talking about Walk Like an Egyptian, it was the song that made me fall in love with 80's music. I unfortunately wasn't here in the 80's and after getting an 80's compilation album, completely fell in love with the 80's but especially Walk Like an Egyptian. My love for the song hasn't diminished even though it's been years since I first heard it; a trademark of a brilliant song. I though I'd add a few more songs, even though I have already posted, I can't resist! Nena-99 Balloons Rainbow-Since You've Been gone Paul Young- Wherever I Lay my Hat that's my home Toto-Africa The Connells-74-75 |
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ooh, good shout.
For me, its Cars - Gary Numan. The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is my favourite record. |
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I though I'd add a few more songs, even though I have already posted, I can't resist! Nena-99 Balloons Rainbow-Since You've Been gone Paul Young- Wherever I Lay my Hat that's my home Toto-Africa The Connells-74-75 |
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You have good taste
![]() Talking about Walk Like an Egyptian, it was the song that made me fall in love with 80's music. I unfortunately wasn't here in the 80's and after getting an 80's compilation album, completely fell in love with the 80's but especially Walk Like an Egyptian. My love for the song hasn't diminished even though it's been years since I first heard it; a trademark of a brilliant song. I though I'd add a few more songs, even though I have already posted, I can't resist! Nena-99 Balloons Rainbow-Since You've Been gone Paul Young- Wherever I Lay my Hat that's my home Toto-Africa The Connells-74-75 Although Paul Young is widely remembered as an 80s singer, I liked Now I Know What Made Otis Blue best. It was my fave song of 1993 in fact. |
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Another vote for The Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8mWG6HlmU Closely followed by this - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f...se-to-me_music |
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ooh, good shout.
For me, its Cars - Gary Numan. |
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"Hangin' On A String! by Loose Ends.
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