Best 1980's songs - list your top 10 - Page 2

MsMofoGone · 06-24-2005, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by Moonlit_Angel

"West End Girls"- Pet Shop Boys

I can't believe I forgot that song !! ... as I own it on a 45 single !

That also makes me think of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax"
as that 45 is right next to The Pet Shop Boys single ...

intedomine · 06-25-2005, 07:47 PM

made of stone - stone roses
gloria - u2
take on me - aha
planet earth - duran duran
head over heels - tears for fears
welcome to the boomtown - david and david
dance hall days - wang chung
jessie's girl - rick springfield
cuyahoga - rem
mystify - inxs

dandy · 06-26-2005, 08:48 AM

bad - u2
love will tear us apart - joy division
pictures of you - the cure
troy - sinead o'connor
south central rain - rem
baby ran - 54.40
can't stand losing you - the police
hounds of love - kate bush
shout - tears for fears
blasphemous rumours - depeche mode

and many honourable mentions:
head like a hole - nine inch nails
i ran - a flock of seagulls
tainted love - soft cell
sweet dreams - the eurythmics
how soon is now - the smiths (along with many other songs already mentioned)
blue monday - new order
what you need - inxs
beds are burning - midnight oil

U2ElevatesMe415 · 06-26-2005, 03:25 PM

1. Is there something I should know - Duran Duran
2. Where the streets have no name - U2
3. Sunday bloody Sunday - U2
4. I still havent found what im looking for - U2
5. Bad- U2
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. Union of the snake - Duran Duran
8. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
9. I ran - A flock of seagulls
10. Animal - Def leppard

.. gah that was hard

Basstrap · 06-26-2005, 04:05 PM

there were more bands than u2 and duran duran...just so ya know

Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz
The Smiths - Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want
U2 - Sort of Homecoming
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Joy Division - Isolation
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Paul Simon - Graceland
REM - Talk About the Passion

I really need to unearth a lot more 80;s stuff.
I'm sure there songs by The Fall, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, etc...that should be on this list

loverippedaway · 06-26-2005, 07:15 PM

1)u2-with or without you
2) the police- wrapped around your finger
3) the cure-pictures of you
4)inxs-never tear us apart
5)joy division-love will tear us apart
6) u2-bad
7) the cure- the kiss
8)the smiths girlfriend in a coma (my personal fav smiths song)
9)the police-every breath you take
10) tears for fears-shout.

intedomine · 06-30-2005, 11:42 PM

Can't believe I forgot Toto's AFRICA

06-25-2005, 07:47 PM	#22
intedomine Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 8,088 Local Time: 01:44 AM	made of stone - stone roses gloria - u2 take on me - aha planet earth - duran duran head over heels - tears for fears welcome to the boomtown - david and david dance hall days - wang chung jessie's girl - rick springfield cuyahoga - rem mystify - inxs __________________

06-30-2005, 11:42 PM	#27
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06-26-2005, 08:48 AM	#23
dandy Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: styrofoam peanut commune Posts: 4,310 Local Time: 12:44 PM	bad - u2 love will tear us apart - joy division pictures of you - the cure troy - sinead o'connor south central rain - rem baby ran - 54.40 can't stand losing you - the police hounds of love - kate bush shout - tears for fears blasphemous rumours - depeche mode and many honourable mentions: head like a hole - nine inch nails i ran - a flock of seagulls tainted love - soft cell sweet dreams - the eurythmics how soon is now - the smiths (along with many other songs already mentioned) blue monday - new order what you need - inxs beds are burning - midnight oil

06-26-2005, 03:25 PM	#24
U2ElevatesMe415 Refugee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stuck in a moment Posts: 1,538 Local Time: 08:44 AM	1. Is there something I should know - Duran Duran 2. Where the streets have no name - U2 3. Sunday bloody Sunday - U2 4. I still havent found what im looking for - U2 5. Bad- U2 6. Rio - Duran Duran 7. Union of the snake - Duran Duran 8. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 9. I ran - A flock of seagulls 10. Animal - Def leppard .. gah that was hard

06-26-2005, 04:05 PM	#25
Basstrap ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 10,726 Local Time: 01:14 PM	there were more bands than u2 and duran duran...just so ya know Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz The Smiths - Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want U2 - Sort of Homecoming Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot Joy Division - Isolation Peter Gabriel - Red Rain Paul Simon - Graceland REM - Talk About the Passion I really need to unearth a lot more 80;s stuff. I'm sure there songs by The Fall, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, etc...that should be on this list

06-26-2005, 07:15 PM	#26
loverippedaway The Fly Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 216 Local Time: 10:44 AM	1)u2-with or without you 2) the police- wrapped around your finger 3) the cure-pictures of you 4)inxs-never tear us apart 5)joy division-love will tear us apart 6) u2-bad 7) the cure- the kiss 8)the smiths girlfriend in a coma (my personal fav smiths song) 9)the police-every breath you take 10) tears for fears-shout.