Favorite Songs of the 80's!

[millennial crusader]

Synth Pop had its moments..

 

[scarletFade]

The Jets
I Got a Crush on You

 

[rgod]

This was a lot of fun to remember. While today I might not necessarily agree with all of the lyrical content of all of the songs - I loved these when I was growing up in the 80s!

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
Borderline - Madonna
Candy Girl - New Edition
Carless Whisper - Wham
Chick on the side (love bandit) - Salt N Pepa
Close to Me - Cure
Cool It Now - New Edition
Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
Eternal Flame - Bangles
How 'Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
I Like It - Debarge
Invisible - Alison Moyet
It Takes Two - Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
Jack and Diane - John Cougar
Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Just a Friend - Biz Markie
Live to Tell - Madonna
Look Away (Baby ... look away!) - Chicago
Lover Girl - Teena Marie
Meeting in the Ladies Room - Klymaxx
Nasty Boys - Janet Jackson
Need You Tonight - INXS
Nightmares - Dana Dane
Nikita - Elton John
Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara
Parents Just Don't Understand - Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
Situation - Yaz
Smile - Renee and Angela
The entire Sign O' The Times Album - Prince
The Power of Love - Stephanie Mills
Tramp - Salt N Pepa
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Watchin' the Sky - Bangles
Why Can't I Be You - Cure
Woman - John Lennon
Woman in Love - Barbara Streisand
You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
You Left (And My World Came To An End) - Shirley Murdock

 

[Spock49]

YouTube - Michael W Smith - I Will be here for You (original music vid) HQ

 

[SyntheticPaper]

Hmm, about a million different new wave / synth pop / industrial songs.

Lets go with “Twenty Four Hours” by Joy Division. Why not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnM9X0IgUmg

 

[Just4Jesus]

Parents Just Don't Understand

 

[SyntheticPaper]

Ministry -“All Day”.

YouTube - Ministry - All Day

 

[Corri]

I loved Beastie Boys,Fight for Your Right

 

[rosiebum]

Here I Go Again by Whitesnake was always my favorite!

 

[Diane_Windsor]

[pong]

Ricky ~ Weird Al Yankovic​

[/pong]

Ricky​

 

[docpotter]

" one night in Bangkok " : )

 

[The Outlier]

Stryper- To Hell with the Devil
Journey- Don't Stop Beleiving
Anything from the Transformers movie
Petra- On Fire

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Boys of Summer--Don Henley

Tom Sawyer and anything by Rush

The entire Toto IV album

Message in a Bottle--the Police, while we're at it, anything from the Police!

Fire and Ice, Invincible, Promises in the Dark --Pat Benatar

Open Arms and others by Journey

Keep on Rockin in the Free World--Neil Young

Run to the Hills, Somewhere in Time album--Iron Maiden

Hysteria album--Def Leppard

Anything performed by Queen

I'll be Over You--Toto

Shot in the Dark, Over the Mountain, Goodbye to Romance--Ozzy plus the album Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman

Rock me Amadeus--Falco

Out of Touch--Hall and Oates

Sports album--Huey Lewis

She's So Unusual album--Cindi Lauper

Throwing it All Away--Genesis

 

[5RAVENS52]

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
No One is to Blame - Howard Jones

 

[Red79]

Top my head,

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
New Order - Blue Monday
Toto - Africa

 

[Corri]

Debbie Gibson " Only In My Dreams"!

 

[TipsyTopsy]

Karma Chameleon Culture Club

 

[Zandy]

Who's That Girl- Madonna

 

[TipsyTopsy]

Let's Dance by David Bowie

 

[TipsyTopsy]

Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar