Quintessential songs & videos of the 1980s

[financeguy]

As chosen by me.


Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzPTjIWRh6I


Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Surely one of the most evocative and underrated videos of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmYvuvaJDg


Boys of Summer - Don Henley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNQkotmGvk


Nothing has been proved - Dusty Springfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZip7Y_IDqQ


Good Life - Inner City
By the late 80's a bit of dance influence coming in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI

 

[Canadiens1131]

Digital Emotion - 'Go Go Yellow Screen'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6f2165bgipw

Journey - 'Separate Ways'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQbZRMLKozk

 

[financeguy]

Like that Digital Emotion one, pure 80s there.

 

[corianderstem]

Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Surely one of the most evocative and underrated videos of all time

I love this song and always forget about it when I'm thinking of 80s stuff.

 

[Cin]

Stutter Rap


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo





no explanation necessary

 

[GibsonGirl]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Guvo7gUdUnE

Don't turn around! Whoa ah ohhh!

 

[namkcuR]

A-Ha - Take On Me

The song is an absolute classic, even if it is very 80s pop-ish.

The video is also one of THE great videos from an era when music videos were an artform and were still being innovated. The live action-into-sketches-and-back-again thing works as well today as it did back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzUD7FKcBk

 

[GibsonGirl]

A-Ha - Take On Me

The song is an absolute classic, even if it is very 80s pop-ish.

The video is also one of THE great videos from an era when music videos were an artform and were still being innovated. The live action-into-sketches-and-back-again thing works as well today as it did back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzUD7FKcBk

If it weren't for Thriller, I'd say that Take On Me was the best video of the 80s.

 

[LMP]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XVEY_JpxkXE

Rock me, apple danish. Apple danish, apple danish. Oh-oh-oh, apple danish.

Perfect companion: http://youtube.com/watch?v=s4LyaNgzy6U

 

[corianderstem]

Man, I loved a-ha. Still do.

 

[u2popmofo]

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler.

Every 80s video cliche crammed into one clip. Oh and THE most overblown song as well

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8VZgJkpeg