Totally correct, it does stand out, sucks as much as a brussel sprout fart from a pikey on a Circle Line journey.

Mmm, there are so many good '80's tunes,

but probably: 'Heart and soul' by Huey lewis and the news, 'Wood Beez (pray like Aretha Franklin)' by Scritti politti, and 'Victim of love' by Erasure, along with many others.

Who remembers D Train - You're The One for Me

My fav was Loose Ends, Hanging On a String.

S-Xpress was good too.

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
George Michael - Careless Whisper
SOUL II SOUL - Keep on Movin' (See I do have some taste!!)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (Goddess)

There is probably loads I like but can't remember them all at the moment but I liked

Anything by Echo and the Bunneymen
Holding back the years = Simply Red
Purple Rain = Prince
Brass in pocket = The Pretenders
Time after time = Cyndi Lauper

I've been playing Vice City recently and have to say that I love Hall and Oates Out of Touch, Wang Chung Dance Hall Days, Kiss the Dirt INXS, Pale Shelter Tears for Fears but my favourite has to be More Than This by Roxy Music with Africa Toto running a close second

3 great rockers from that decade.

Welcome To The Jungle/Guns n Roses
Still Of The Night/Whitesnake
Poison/Alice Cooper

Buggles - Video Kiled the Radio Star
ELO - Mr Blue Sky (was this 80's?)
Human League - Electric Dreams
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

Man too many to list! The 80's ruled

I also love Madonna's stuff that she did in the 80's

I'll also add:
Simply Red Holding Back the Years
Soul2Soul Keep On Movin
Wet Wet Wet Sweet Little Mystery & Wishing I Was Lucky
Nu Shooz I Can't Wait
SOS Band Just Be Good To Me
Deacon Blue Real Gone Kid
Bros I Owe You Nothing
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes I've Had the Time of My Life
MC Hammer Can't Touch This (80s?)
Bruce Springsteen Born In the USA
Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is a Place on Earth.


Nope it was the 70s. When I can't remember as I was only born in the Queen's Silver Jubilee year. I think Mr Blue Sky was mid-70s. Good song though

1) The Boys of Summer - Don Henley. Best Summer record ever, poetic rock from a master.

2) Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush. What a concept, what a sound.

3) We Don't Have To - Jermaine Stewart. That rarest of things musical, intelligent disco.

Maybe of the 80s, but Schools Out from the 70 beats it by a mile ( and a decade)

I can relate to the others youve posted though

Owner of a lonely heart - Yes

Anything by Genesis.

nah, i'm pretty sure that was early 90's

nah, i'm pretty sure that Can't Touch This was crap

Didnt McHammer declare bankrupcy and turn to ripping people off by faith as a way out ?

Too many to choose from but here's a few:

Good Life - Inner City
Big Fun - Inner City
Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
(Don't You) Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Kayleigh - Marillion
Incommunicado - Marillion
Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
Calling All the Heroes - It Bites
I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
Pure - Lightning Seeds
It's My Life - Talk Talk
Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
Something About You - Level 42
Lessons in Love - Level 42
Im Nin Alu - Ofra Haza (RIP)
Orinocho Flow - Enya

Yeah, Schools Out was the best 70's Summer song by a long way. Alice Did us all a service by knocking Donny Osmond off number one.... back when a number one record actually meant you'd sold a few.

Indeed it was, and entirely stolen from the far Superior Rick James song - Superfreak. All McHammer did was add new words... and baggy trousers.

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
U2 - All I Want Is You, With or Without You, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Unforgettable Fire
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
R.E.M. - The One I Love, Orange Crush
Sting - Moon over Bourbon Street
The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream, Strange Little Girl, La Folie (was Always the Sun in the 80s?)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Melt!, Spellbound, Arabian Knights, Christine (the Strawberry Girl) (1980 - I'm not sure if it counts?)
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Peter Murphy - All Night Long, Strange Kind of Love, Cuts You Up, Seven Veils, Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem
Husker Du - Diane, Pink Turns to Blue
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm, and... whichever of these (if any) she made in the 80s: I've Seen that Face Before, Pull Up to the Bumper, Love Is the Drug
The Cure - Love Song (was that in the 80s or 90s?)
Spandau Ballet - Gold
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make of It
Soft Cell - Tainted Love, Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Specials - Ghost Town
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Mercy Seat
New Order - I don't know when they did Shellshock, Perfect Kiss and Vanishing Point, but if those weren't in the 80s, Ok then... Blue Monday

I've never actually heard any of these songs (with maybe an exception ot two) during the 80s, because I was too little, I only listened to them in the 90s and 2000s... so sorry if I'm not sure about the years.
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They werent trousers, they were tent material. Tried to make a fashion trend out of them as well - nobski

yuck! gross! [sick smiley needed]

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Men At Work - Down Under
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Depeche Mode - Stripped
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
Nitro Deluxe - Lets Get Brutal
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
Fat Larry's Band - Zoom
Mr Mister - Broken Wings
Duran Duran - Skin Trade
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Level 42 - Something About You
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
Belouis Some - Imagination
Tears For Fears - Mad World
New Order - True Faith
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Spear of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk - Its My Life
Curiosity - Misfit
Curiosity - Down To Earth
Inner City - Big Fun
Inner City - Good Life
The House of Love - Shine On
Heaven 17 - Temptation (possibly my all time fave)
Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
Yazoo - Don't Go
Adam and The Ants - Antmusic
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur
Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
King - Love and Pride
Living in a Box - Living In A Box
Man 2 Man Feat Man Parrish - Male Stripper
Mel and Kim - Showing Out
Salt N Pepa - Push It
Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name

cont....

Timex Social Club - Rumours
Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love
Adeva - Respect
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes 2
S'Express - Theme From S'Express

I won't tell you which ones I have the singles of though, to save my blushes, although the majority of that lot I do own. Ooops.