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Old 04-12-2004, 00:34
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Hiya guys! I need your help, Im looking to create a fantastic cd with some great 80's songs on it. I would appreciate if people could just post song names and the artisit and I'll have a look for it. I'm a big 80s fan and am going for a long drive next Sat so want to have a funky CD to play in the car . So far I have got these songs..

Madonna - Material Girl
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
TPAU - China in your hand
Kylie - Got to be certain
Five Star - System Addict.

Get suggesting and thanks in advance
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Old 04-12-2004, 00:42
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You could buy the ultimate 80s compliation that's out at the moment-2 cds of 80s hits plus a dvd of 80s hits videos.
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Old 04-12-2004, 00:52
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Cutting Crew - I just died in your arms tonight

(3 cheers for one hit wonders!)
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Old 04-12-2004, 00:55
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would that happen to be called "even bigger, even better power ballads"??
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Old 04-12-2004, 09:56
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Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Judas Priest - Living after midnight
Rainbow - Since you've been gone
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
AC/DC - Back in Black
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:20
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Lots of people criticise 80's music but there were some fantastic songs. I think you're after pop tunes so have a look at the track listings of these compilations and pick out your favourites:

1. Simply The Best Eighties

2. Capital Gold Eighties Legends

If you want more indie/alternative songs, have a look at these compilations:

3. Dark Side of the 80's

4. Alternative 80's

I might start making my own 80's compilation
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:28
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"Careless Whisper" by George Michael
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:51
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Here's one I made earlier.

My fave 80s songs
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:53
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Originally Posted by Annie M
Cutting Crew - I just died in your arms tonight

(3 cheers for one hit wonders!)

Perhaps you have forgotten their other hit?

'Ive been in Love before'.
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:54
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You cant go wrong with the 80s rock combo

Bon Jovi- Livin On A Prayer
Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O Mine
Bryan Adams- Summer Of 69

Also stuff like, Belinda Carlisle- Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Whitney- I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Madness- Baggy Trousers

All go down well.
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Old 04-12-2004, 11:58
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Originally Posted by delgado
Lots of people criticise 80's music but there were some fantastic songs.
As a teenager growing up in the 80s I really hated the popular music of that decade (not the rock and metal of course) but compared to the 90s/00s pop/chart music, when I hear a classic 80s song I listen and think damn, this is so much better than most of the crap that gets put out today.
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Old 04-12-2004, 12:04
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Originally Posted by Swipe
As a teenager growing up in the 80s I really hated the popular music of that decade (not the rock and metal of course) but compared to the 90s/00s pop/chart music, when I hear a classic 80s song I listen and think damn, this is so much better than most of the crap that gets put out today.
Yeah, I agree . I'm into indie/alternative/rock rather than pop but some of those 80's pop tunes are brilliant, especially compared to the pop songs nowadays .
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Old 04-12-2004, 12:45
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Originally Posted by mrfreeze
Perhaps you have forgotten their other hit?

'Ive been in Love before'.
You beat me to it! I have that first album (The Broadcast) and they did release another couple of singles ('Any Colour' and 'One For The Mockingbird') from it if I remember correctly, the latter reached No. 52! The other didn't chart

That first album is excellent. Highly recommended if you can get hold of a copy.
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Old 04-12-2004, 12:47
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Originally Posted by Swipe
As a teenager growing up in the 80s I really hated the popular music of that decade (not the rock and metal of course) but compared to the 90s/00s pop/chart music, when I hear a classic 80s song I listen and think damn, this is so much better than most of the crap that gets put out today.
You're right. And yet this is exactly the same thing my parents said of 60s music in the 80s! Scary thought !
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Old 04-12-2004, 12:50
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Originally Posted by mrfreeze
Here's one I made earlier.

My fave 80s songs
A sound and varied selection if I may say so.

'Clouds Across The Moon' by The Rah Band - damn, damn and double damn. Now you've mentioned it in your playlist, I'm going to have dig the single out now, blow the dust off the grooves and give it a spin!
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Old 04-12-2004, 16:33
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A couple of 'alternative' (I hate that phrase, but couldn't think of any others...) ideas:

McCarthy - Charles Windsor
Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
Pixies - Here comes your Man (I think Dolittle was 80's, sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Clash - Rock the Casbah
Anything by Prince - he was that good in the 80's
That song by Big Audio Dynamite i can't remember the name of
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights*
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming*

See, and who said the eighties were all bad? Just because the hair styles and polyester trousers were bad, some of the music was good!

*ok, not that alternative, but fantastic songs, showing that quality pop can exist, and it doesn't have to be factory manufactured trash!
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Old 04-12-2004, 16:38
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there was a good thread on 80's songs on this forum.I put loads on it that you may like
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Old 04-12-2004, 22:25
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haircut 100 -fantastic day
split enz- i got you
jane wiedlin-rush hour
men at work- down under
the clash- rock the casbah
danny wilson- marys prayer
tpau- heart and soul
midnight oil -beds are burning
martha and the muffins- echo beach
nik kershaw-wouldnt it be good
simple minds- alive and kicking
theres a few

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Old 04-12-2004, 22:37
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Originally Posted by stin74
haircut 100 -fantastic day
split enz- i got you
jane wiedlin-rush hour
men at work- down under
the clash- rock the casbah
danny wilson- marys prayer
tpau- heart and soul
midnight oil -beds are burning
martha and the muffins- echo beach
nik kershaw-wouldnt it be good

theres a few
Nice list Stin, some classics there.
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Old 04-12-2004, 22:43
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How about:

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Kylie & Jason - Especially For You
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
Double - Captain Of Her Heart
Five Star - Find The Time
Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool
Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew
Human League - Love Action
New Order - True Faith
Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom
Mel & Kim - Respectable
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard (theme from Top of the Pops)
Salt n Pepa - Push It
Tears For Fears - Mad World
The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage
Carly Simon - Why
The Adventures - Broken Land
Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap
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Old 04-12-2004, 22:51
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Originally Posted by Megson1965
You beat me to it! I have that first album (The Broadcast) and they did release another couple of singles ('Any Colour' and 'One For The Mockingbird') from it if I remember correctly, the latter reached No. 52! The other didn't chart

That first album is excellent. Highly recommended if you can get hold of a copy.
I stand corrected, mrfreeze and Megson1965!

Hee, I must go and dig out some 80's stuff to listen to now!
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Old 04-12-2004, 23:01
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ABC - The look of love
Gary Numan - Cars
The Stranglers - Golden brown
The Jam - In the city
Blondie - Heart of glass
Dire Straights - Money For Nothing
Tears for fear - Mad world
Cindy Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me
Jon Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue
UB40 - Please don't make me cry
Duran Duran - The reflex
Ultravox - Vienna
The Police - Message in a bottle
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Old 05-12-2004, 00:18
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a-ha - You Are The One - love that song even though it is a cheese-fest
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Old 05-12-2004, 02:15
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u could always look at the track list for Vice City, he he, anyway...

Talk Talk - Lifes What You Make It
Ultravox - Vienna
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Queen - Its A Kind Of Magic
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round (Ha Ha)
Men At Work - Down Under
Spandu Ballet - Gold
A Flock Of seaguls - I Ran (So Far Away)
ABC - Poison Arrow
Gary Numan - Cars
Aha - Take On Me
The Stranglers - Golden brown
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Power Of Love
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Old 05-12-2004, 20:07
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White Lines - Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel

Reminds me of an 18-30 holiday in Benidorm, 1984.
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