Great 80s

[LiliBe]

YouTube - Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
YouTube - another day in paradise

 

[financeguy]

YouTube - Alphaville - Big In Japan

YouTube - One Night in Bangkok (CHESS) Murray Head

 

[No spoken words]

^

I have no idea why, but I always think of these songs in tandem. Funny you posted them both...unless everyone thinks of them in tandem for a reason heretofore unknown to me.

I really like the latter of the two songs.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Some of my favourites (sans U2):

YouTube - The Clash Rock The Casbah

YouTube - The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"

YouTube - Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division

YouTube - Peter Gabriel - Intruder

YouTube - The Cure - Lovesong: Stereo

YouTube - Morrissey - Suedehead

 

[kingofsorrow]

YouTube - The Cure - Just Like Heaven: Stereo

YouTube - The Human League - Human (2003 Digital Remaster)

YouTube - The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang HD

YouTube - Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

YouTube - Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

 

[kingofsorrow]

YouTube - jefferson starship - sara

YouTube - Lisa Stansfield - All around the world

YouTube - Benny Mardones - Into The Night ( Real Video ) Edited By Sergio Luna

YouTube - Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues: Video

YouTube - John Mellencamp - Check It Out: Live

YouTube - John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb

 

[kingofsorrow]

YouTube - New Edition - Cool It Now

YouTube - New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man

 

[financeguy]

YouTube - PET SHOP BOYS NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED

 

[U2lunatic]

....I've jumped on post-punk/gothic bandwagon recently

YouTube - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights

YouTube - Bauhaus - She's in Parties

YouTube - Joy Division - Shadowplay

 

[powerhour24]

the good thing about the 80s was that quality bands (U2, Talk Talk, Talking Heads) were easily able to have hit singles

Word.

 

[Danny Boy]

YouTube - Dire Straits - Money For Nothing: Video (Short Version)
YouTube - Clannad & Bono - In A Lifetime
YouTube - R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I...

 

[Jive Turkey]

I'm bringing this thread back with some FYC love

YouTube - Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home

YouTube - Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not The Man I Used To Be

I might add that I never realized how much the start of Im Not the Man I Used to Be sounds like Streets of Philadelphia. Exact same organ chords?

 

[mad1]

Holy poop I remember FYC on TOTP singing 'Good Thing' and yer lead singer doing this awesome cartwheel before bashing that piano!

 

[MullenGirl]

Just a few of my favourites

YouTube - JOY DIVISION ATMOSPHERE

YouTube - Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

YouTube - The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

YouTube - AHA HUNTING HIGH LOW

YouTube - OMD - Enola Gay (1980)

YouTube - Eurythmics - The Miracle of Love

YouTube - Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

If it wasn't mentioned already: New Order.

Touched By the Hands of God

Bizzare Love Triangle

Blue Monday

 

[gvox]

Canadian

YouTube - NORTHERN PIKES - Teenland

(props to Jive for the Gowan, but there's more! way more!)

YouTube - Gowan - Strange Animal (you have to appreciate this video)

YouTube - Never Surrender - Corey Hart

YouTube - Rush - Time Stand Still (HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDF8VvU13M

k now I descend into super cheese:

YouTube - GLASS TIGER - Someday

YouTube - Platinum Blonde - Situation Critical (might not be the most popular, but close to their best imo)

YouTube - Trooper The boys in the bright white sports car lyrics

YouTube - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love

 

[gvox]

How do you quote just one video from Peter Gabriel? Well, you don't, really, but

YouTube - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush -Don't Give Up

YouTube - Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

others:

YouTube - Separate Lives "White Nights"

YouTube - Phil Collins - Behind The Lines - Perkins Palace '82 (HQ)

YouTube - The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

YouTube - New Order - Temptation

Holy fuck, who are we kidding? The 80s was the best ever for music and melody. So much music, we'll break Interference if we keep this thread up....I haven't even touched my soul, hip hop, rnb, reggae and house yet!!

 

[LiliBe]

Just a few of my favourites


YouTube - Eurythmics - The Miracle of Love

Eurythmics a great duo

My favorite song of theirs

YouTube - Eurythmics ♫ Love Is A Stranger ♫ ►HD16:9◄

 

[INDY500]

Valley Girl -- The whole movie

 

[mad1]

I remember seeing Aha High and Low vid in Summerfield in Isle of Man, the year it was out, really!

class, thanks to all for posting all these!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Valley Girl -- The whole movie

Ohmygawd, I was just watching this on Youtube night before last!!!! I hadn't seen it for 20 years.

 

[gvox]

YouTube - Public Enemy-Miuzi Weighs A Ton(1987)

YouTube - Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause

YouTube - Strictly Business - EPMD

YouTube - Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' (HQ High Quality Uncensored)

YouTube - Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh - The Show - 1985

YouTube - Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke [HD]

 

[gvox]

88 was the fucking year

YouTube - BVSMP- I need you


YouTube - ll cool j- I need love with lyrics

^ #1 slow/rap jam of all fucking time

YouTube - Surface - Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRJBPWta-CU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ZfWr_KKFQ

this next guy used the same beat for every song it seemed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHnpqBM8svU



man i better stop lol

 

[gvox]

One post just for these guys:

YouTube - troop "spread my wings"

no tricks, just live:

YouTube - TROOP- I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

great cover:

YouTube - Troop - All I Do Is Think Of You

 

[gvox]

This jackass doens't allow embedding...but

YouTube - ready for the world / oh sheila

 

[gvox]

I have no idea if this was from the 80s or not, but the 80s is when I was aware of it, saw him live at my high school (yeah!) and it was sortof the party anthem. Read the lyrics, this guy was crazy live also.

YouTube - David Wilcox-Riverboat Fantasy [Lyrics]

 

[Canadiens1131]

The 80s were the best three years of my life.

 

[mad1]

who remembers The Sisters Of Mercy, and their class song Temple of Love?

AWESOME!!!!!!!

 

[financeguy]

^ The 1992 version of that with Ofra Haza was great too:

YouTube - Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love - TOTP 1992

 

[financeguy]

YouTube - peter cetera - glory of love subtitulos

YouTube - AHA STAY ON THESE ROADS

YouTube - Climie Fisher - Loves changes (everything)

YouTube - Sting - Russians