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Old 28-05-2002, 18:46
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Whats everyones top 5 songs from the 80's????

Mine are:

1. U2 - Pride
2. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
3. Erasure - Sometimes
4. A-Ha - Take On Me
5. Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
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Old 28-05-2002, 21:20
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1. The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
2. Hold Me Now -Thompson Twins
3. Fade To Grey- Visage
4. Girl Can't Help It -Journey
5. This House - Big Sound Authority
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Old 28-05-2002, 23:36
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1. Mike & The Mechanics - Nobody's Perfect (although never released as a single)
2. Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
3. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
4. Madonna - La Isla Bonita
5. Spandau Ballet - Gold
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Old 28-05-2002, 23:38
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EDIT - Sorry, made a mistake here.
Mods please delete post.
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Old 28-05-2002, 23:57
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Sof Cell- Tainted Love
The Smiths - Heavan Knows I'm Miserable Now
LA's - There she goes

Thats all i can think off the top of my head.
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Old 29-05-2002, 09:53
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hehe. See how many damn good songs we have here compared to the 90s thread?

my fav 80s are

1. With Or Without You - U2
2. Blue Monday - New Order
3. Do They Know Its Christmas Time - Band Aid
4. Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen
5. Every Breath You Take - The Police

Dan

ps whilst Im at it.. im gonna create a 70s thread.
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Old 29-05-2002, 10:52
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Who can forget:

-Final Countdown By Europe
-Karma Chameleon by Culture Club (cringe at parties)
-Take On Me By A-Ha
-The Sun Always Shines On TV By A-Ha
-You Spin Me Round By Dead or Alive.

Ahh, those classic parties
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Old 29-05-2002, 14:38
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I love the 80's it''s kinda hard to pick just 5 but here goes......

1) Madness - Baggy Trousers
2) Wham - Club Tropicana
3) Spandau Ballet - Gold
4) Specials - Ghost Town
5) Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Also I've got to mention Blondie, Madonna, Kylie Geroge Michael , all the artists that made 80's the best decade for music.
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Old 29-05-2002, 15:39
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1. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
2. Alone - Heart
3. One Vision - Queen
4. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
5. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
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Old 29-05-2002, 20:16
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Originally posted by *D.B.
1. Mike & The Mechanics - Nobody's Perfect (although never released as a single)
It was actually - I remember buying it after liking The Living Years -sadly tho' it was crap!!
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Old 29-05-2002, 23:30
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Sorry, yeah just checked, you're right, it was released as a single - in the US, but was it in the UK though?
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Old 30-05-2002, 18:55
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Most of my listeining is to music from the 80s - wot a decade -so these songs would appear in my all-time top five!

1. "You Spin Me Round" Dead Or Alive
2. "Ride On Time" Black Box
3. "Making Your Mind Up" Bucks Fizz
4. "I Should Be So Lucky" Kylie

Finding a 5th would be veyr difficult so I'll leave it at 4 - there's be a lot of joint 5ths although Karma Khamelion would be in with a vERY good shout! There was so much fab stuff around - especially the trash. Trash = the 1980s!

Oh, and "There She Goes" by the LAs is from 1990.
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Old 30-05-2002, 18:56
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Have had a post-thought and would put "Super trouper" by Abba as my 5th fave 80s song (relased in 1980).
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Old 30-05-2002, 18:57
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In fact. I'd put Super Trouper in at 4 - therefore making it

1. You Spin Me Round
2. Ride On Time
3. Making Your Mind Up
4. Super Trouper
5. I Should Be So Lucky

Working out a Top5 or Top 10 of fave songs is sooo difficult!
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Old 30-05-2002, 18:58
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-Final Countdown By Europe
-Karma Chameleon by Culture Club (cringe at parties)
-Take On Me By A-Ha
-The Sun Always Shines On TV By A-Ha
-You Spin Me Round By Dead or Alive.
I was going to list all those except Karma Chameleon by Culture Club , how spooky! Next you will be saying you considered putting some PSB's on the list !
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Old 04-06-2002, 18:34
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Difficult cos I can't remember them but here goes -

1 The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-Ha

2 See You - Depeche Mode

3 The Last Kiss - David Cassidy

4 Cities In Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees

5 Star Maker - The Kids From Fame


Classics the lot of them
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Old 04-06-2002, 19:57
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Originally posted by Glasgow Guy
Difficult cos I can't remember them but here goes -

1 The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-Ha

2 See You - Depeche Mode

3 The Last Kiss - David Cassidy

4 Cities In Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees

5 Star Maker - The Kids From Fame


Classics the lot of them
Well nearly all of them!!!- spooky that I was only listening to that David Cassidy track on a dead old tape on Sunday .Great tune.
Any Depeche Mode from the 80's or early 90's goes down as a classic IMO especially People Are People, A Question of Lust, Master and Servant and Stripped -Cor, pervy lot weren't they!!
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Old 07-06-2002, 04:38
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Hi everyone, My favourite 5 80's songs are
1 Wham - Wake me up before you go go
2 Spandau ballet - True
3 Aha - Take on me( plus i liked A1'S version of that too)
4 Tiffany - I think were alone now
5 Phil Collins - Against all odds

These were 5 classic songs of the eight's
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Old 07-06-2002, 08:34
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A real difficult one this, far too many to whittle down to 5 favorites

1 - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
2 - Blue Monday - New Order
3 - The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (Album track)
4 - Some Candy Talking - Jesus and Mary Chain
5 - Wake me Up before you Go Go - Wham

Bubling under

6 - These Days - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
7 - Happy Hour - The Housemartins
8 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
9 - Brilliant Mind - Furniture
10 - Heartbreaker - Pariah
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Old 10-06-2002, 22:46
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Is Vic There? - Department S
Someone Somewhere in Summertime - Simple Minds
There Must be an Angel... - Eurythmics
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Bigmouth Strikes Again - Smiths
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Old 12-06-2002, 08:24
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Originally posted by u123072
Is Vic There? - Department S
Someone Somewhere in Summertime - Simple Minds
There Must be an Angel... - Eurythmics
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Bigmouth Strikes Again - Smiths
Now that is a gret selection. 'Is Vic There' a great song I haven't heardin ages, now I'll have to raid my old vinyl collection tonight
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Old 12-06-2002, 12:18
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For the purpose of entertainment

Ones that I remember from college days

Spizzenergy - Wheres Captain Kirk
Lene Lovich - New Toy
The Banshees - Israel
Kate Bush - Dreamtime
Killing Joke - almost anything by them throughout their md life career
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Old 13-06-2002, 21:57
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Some great songs in the 80's, here is some of my favs.

1. Gary Numan - Cars
2. New Order - Blue Monday
3. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
4. Men At Work - Down Under
5. ABC - The Look of Love
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