Top Ten 80s favourites

[Rosa Mystica]

What are your top ten favourite songs from the 1980s (for those of you who like music from that decade)? Here are mine, in no particular order:

1) "Everything Counts"- Depeche Mode

2) "Relax"- Frankie Goes to Hollywood

3) "Blue Monday"- New Order

4) "One Thing Leads to Another"- The Fixx

5) "Der Kommissar"- Falco

6) "The Message"- Grandmaster Flash

7) "Master and Servant"- Depeche Mode

8) "People are People"- Depeche Mode

9) "Pop Muzik"- M

10) "Heart"- Pet Shop Boys

 

[Axver]

Am I sure this is the kind of thread I should be answering? No, I'm not. But eh.

All U2, only doing studio versions, in order:

1. 11 O'clock Tick Tock
2. Gloria
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. New Year's Day
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Heartland
7. The Three Sunrises
8. One Tree Hill
9. Where The Streets Have No Name
10. Tomorrow

That was hard. Even if I was doing other bands I think I'd keep that list.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

Hey, that's totally cool, Axver. To each his/her own.

 

[nadroj1985]

Alright, here's mine, limit one per artist (or the Pixies and Sonic Youth would own almost all of the list), and in no particular order b/c it would take forever to put them in order....

1. The Pixies- "Where Is My Mind" (this would probably be my real #1)
2. Sonic Youth- "Teen Age Riot"
3. U2- "With or Without You"
4. Michael Jackson- "Billie Jean"
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain- "Just Like Honey"
6. The Violent Femmes- "Kiss Off"
7. R.E.M.- "Catapult"
8. The Police- "Every Breath You Take"
9. Joy Division- "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
10. AC/DC- "Rock N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"

 

[Morrissey]

Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
New Order - Temptation
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
A-Ha - Take on Me
American Music Club - Blue & Grey Shirt
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Joy Division - Transmission

 

[Subtotal]

5) "Der Kommissar"- Falco

FYI: That song is actually by After the Fire. That is, unless Falco did a cover version of it that I've never heard of.

Anyway, there's absolutely NO WAY I could choose my top 10 80's songs. The 80's were my favorite decade, musically speaking, so it would be virtually impossible for me to do.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

FYI: That song is actually by After the Fire. That is, unless Falco did a cover version of it that I've never heard of.

Anyway, there's absolutely NO WAY I could choose my top 10 80's songs. The 80's were my favorite decade, musically speaking, so it would be virtually impossible for me to do.

Nope, the song is Falco's. It was ATF that did a cover version of the song (in '83). Falco's version came out in '82.

 

[ps139]

I will not put any Phish in because they don't have that "80s" sound.

So:

Anthony's Song - Billy Joel
Uptown girl - Billy Joel
Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood
Call Me - Blondie
What a Thrill - Cyndi Lauper
I touch myself - Divinyls
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
In the air tonight - Phil Collins (let me know if this wasn't 80s LOL)


I know the rest in my head but I don't know their names. I'll have to come back and post them.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

I will not put any Phish in because they don't have that "80s" sound.

So:

Anthony's Song - Billy Joel
Uptown girl - Billy Joel
Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood
Call Me - Blondie
What a Thrill - Cyndi Lauper
I touch myself - Blondie (?)
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
In the air tonight - Phil Collins (let me know if this wasn't 80s LOL)


I know the rest in my head but I don't know their names. I'll have to come back and post them.

ps139: "I Touch Myself" is by the Divinyls. The Phil Collins song you mentioned is from 1981.

 

[TherapyDogLove]

I love 80s modern rock! I'm not good at thinking of everything at the top of my head, but some of the musicians I love include, A Flock of Seagulls, Rick Ockasic, Wang Chung, Blancmange, U2, Simple Minds, Icehouse, Ultravox, Thompson Twins, Echo and the Bunnymen, and the Fixx.

 

[TherapyDogLove]

Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
New Order - Temptation
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
A-Ha - Take on Me
American Music Club - Blue & Grey Shirt
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Joy Division - Transmission

Yeah, I love Joy Division and New Order!

 

[Rosa Mystica]

Me too!

 

[Morrissey]

Yeah, I love Joy Division and New Order!

Good to hear! They're both great bands. I like Joy Division better, but New Order is great as well. Awesome dance music.

 

[TherapyDogLove]

Me too!

Hi Rosa Mystica! I'm glad!

 

[TherapyDogLove]

Good to hear! They're both great bands. I like Joy Division better, but New Order is great as well. Awesome dance music.

Hey Morrisey! Yeah Joy Division is Better! Their cool British Voices. I especially love the song Love will Tear us Apart.

 

[Morrissey]

Hey Morrisey! Yeah Joy Division is Better! Their cool British Voices. I especially love the song Love will Tear us Apart.

Great song. That and Atmosphere are my two favorites of theirs. Powerful music, I think.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

Great song. That and Atmosphere are my two favorites of theirs. Powerful music, I think.

Indeed, yes. Depeche Mode is even more powerful.

 

[Oblivious]

Here's some of my favorites (not in any order).

1. NEW ORDER - Bizarre Love Triangle

2. BRONSKI BEAT - Smalltown Boy

3. PET SHOP BOYS - West End Girls

4. ERASURE - Blue Savannah Song

5. DURAN DURAN - The Reflex

6. DEPECHE MODE - Strange Love

7. DEPECHE MODE - Behind the Wheel

8. FALCO - Rock Me Amadeus

9. REAL LIFE - Send Me An Angel

10.BLONDIE - Atomic

 

[Sleepy Jean]

I can't limit myself to a top ten so I'll just give ya a list.

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
Open Arms - Journey
Seperate Way - Journey
Wheel In The Sky - Journey
Its A Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
Stand Back - Stevie Nicks
I Can't Wait - Stevie Nicks
Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
Rooms On Fire - Stevie Nicks
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham
PYT - Michael Jackson
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Thriller - Michael Jackson

I'll finsih it later. I'm getting yelled at at the moment.

 

[txchristian04]

1.Skinny Puppy - Worlock
2.NIN - Head Like a Hole
3.KMFDM - Power
4.Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
5.NIN - Terrible Lie
6.Einsturzende Neubauten - Sandman
7. Beastie Boys - Fight for your Right
I'm too young to have 10 favourite songs from the 80's