DUers who grew up in the 80s....

[HEyHEY]

What tunes remind you of being young back then when they are on the radio? For me it's

Africa
Nothing's gonna stop us now
Living on a prayer
We built this city
Come dancing
That's what friends are for
(Which always brings a tear to my eye because my older sister and I shared a room together, we'd sit up late at night listening to the radio, that song was always on. I remember one night...she'd gotten in big trouble and was lying in bed crying when that song was on while I tried to comfort her....we were about 6 and 8 years old. It's sounds sappy, but I'd love to just live one of those night's again. Some of my best memories.)

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Come Dancing....

A great, great Kinks song -- had a wonderful video too -- that did about 50 years of UK daily life in 3:46 or so. It's what Springsteen would sound like if he came from Muswell Hill, London N8 instead of Freehold, NJ.

The day they knocked down the palais
My sister stood and cried.
The day they knocked down the palais
Part of my childhood died, just died.

Ray Davies is a genius.

[HEyHEY]

2. That is one tune I aways dance to the rare times it's on at a club

Or wedding or something

[NightTrain]

10. I'd rather not be reminded of the '80s. But....

....since you asked, and since I'm a compulsive listmaker, here ya go!

BABY, COME TO ME, Patti Austin & James Ingram
BEAT IT, Michael Jackson
BILLIE JEAN, Michael Jackson
BURNING FOR YOU, Blue Oyster Cult
CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Vangelis
DON'T ANSWER ME, The Alan Parsons Project
DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY, Eddie Rabbitt
ELVIRA, The Oak Ridge Boys (Yeah, I know, but I sure did hear it a lot back then!)
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, Cyndi Lauper
HOLD ON TIGHT, E.L.O.
HOLIDAY, Madonna
I LOVE ROCK & ROLL, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
I RAN, A Flock of Seagulls
IF THE LOVE FITS, WEAR IT, Leslie Pearl
IN A BIG COUNTRY, Big Country
KARMA CHAMELEON, Culture Club
LET'S GROOVE, Earth, Wind & Fire
MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME), Peter Schilling
MAMA USED TO SAY, Junior
99 RED BALLOONS, Nena
THE OTHER WOMAN, Ray Parker, Jr.
QUEEN OF HEARTS, Juice Newton
SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE, Thomas Dolby
THIS LITTLE GIRL, Gary "U.S." Bonds
URGENT, Foreigner
VACATION, The Go-Go's
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, Tina Turner
VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR, The Buggles
YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON NE, The Gap Band

And about 500 more....

[DoNotRefill]

29. Jesus, considering most of the music you listened to...

NO WONDER you don't want to revisit the '80s!!!

:evilgrin:

[Syrinx]

3. I graduated high school in '84

And I think of "Come On Eileen" and "Don't You Want Me."

[DivinBreuvage]

11. Oh yeah, those ones do it for me too!

A few others:

"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Culture Club)
"What I Like About You" (The Romantics)
"Down Under" (Men at Work)
"Heat of the Moment" (Asia)
"Little Red Corvette/When Doves Cry" (Artist Formerly Known As)
"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson
"Centerfold / Freeze Frame" (J. Giles Band)

A while back I saw Martha Quinn doing a late night Time-Life record commercial. It made me a little sad, in a nostalgic, good way. They probably don't let folks her age within ten miles of MTV studios now. And J.J. Jackson? NO WAY!

[Syrinx]

13. Boy George

I had this friend in high school who was this real macho, tough guy. He was over to the house after school one day, and we were watching videos. A Culture Club video came on. And he said "That chick looks pretty good, I'd like to **** her." It was my sad duty to inform Greg that "chick" was a dude. That was pretty funny.

JJ Jackson died a while back, did you hear? And Alan whatshisname makes movies now. He moved backed to Birmingham, a few miles up the road, and was actually nominated for an Oscar for a movie (as producer), can't recall the name of it though.

[DoNotRefill]

27. Heh...

Many moons ago, but well after the '80s, a buddy of mine turned 21. We went to our favorite hard, hard, HARDCORE industrial/punk/skinhead/blood every night in the parking lot bar (where a bunch of us used to either play or bounce). It was Saturday, which was "dance nite" (ie a dj instead of the normal crappy local bands that were "normal" fare sunday-thursday, or the occasional real shows, with people like JFA, Clutch, Meatmen, Marilyn Manson before he became big, Jim Rose's circus, et cetera) for the not-normal crowd. He got completely ripped, aber naturlich, and they put Karma Chamelion on. He was spotted dancing by himself on the dance floor to it. It's 12 years later, and we STILL give him shit about it. :evilgrin:

[Mike Niendorff]

15. oh yeah, you just struck another memory here :

"Talking in Your Sleep", the Romantics

and, from the same year :

"Major Tom", Peter Schilling



MDN

[Syrinx]

17. coincedentally, Joe Jackson is on CBS RIGHT NOW

[DoNotRefill]

25. Speaking of Martha...Lest we forget..."Stuffin Martha's Muffin"

by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. Oran "Juice" Juice - Walkin in the Rain

JBJ - Living on a Prayer
T'Pau - Heart and Soul
Huey Lewis - I want a new drug
Poison - Nuthin' but a Good Time
Phil Collins - Tonite

i could go on for hours with this. I remember locking myself away and just listening to the radio and playing on my AppleIIe

[HEyHEY]

5. Or the Coleco

[metisnation]

6. You will love this

www.club977.com

[HEyHEY]

7. I'll admit it - Spanish eyes by Madonna just came on...

I cranked it up :shrug:

[LeftofU]

8. Oh man were to start...how about anything by the smiths...

nemisis by Shriekback
smothered hope by Skinny puppy
anything by Noel
Rigamortis by Spit second
The Magician by Sesecions( the best song of the 80's)
This list just goes on and on.....

[Philosophy]

9. The ones that get me are from middle school dances

Lady in Red
Shot Through the Heart
When Doves Cry
Footloose
The Reflex
All Night Long
Talking In Your Sleep
Let's Go Crazy

they're almost all from 1984 for some strange reason...hmmm...

[Mike Niendorff]

12. "Magic" -- the Cars

"You Might Think", the Cars
"Come Dancing", the Kinks (seconding another poster's vote)
"Dancing with Myself", Billy Idol
"Working for the Weekend", Loverboy
"Come on, Feel the Noise", Quiet Riot (yeah, yeah ... sue me :) )


MDN

[SmileyBoy]

14. All those songs. Every song...

The easy listening station here in Fargo used to crank out that crap all throughout the 80's...

[LeftofU]

16. you got skinny puppy in Fargo!?!?

[SmileyBoy]

22. Everything...

Lite Rock 105 SUCKED.

It's a top-40 station now, so I really don't care...

[Teddy_Salad]

18. "Pop Music" by 'M"

Pop Music - M
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Lets Dance - David Bowie
Karma Chameleon - Boy George
Love Of The Common People - Paul Young
In A Big Country - Big Country
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Slave To The Rythm - Grace Jones

[frank frankly]

19. africa was my favorite 80's song. i remember hearing it in 2nd grade!!!

Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton John
What a Feeling (Flashdance)
Gloria (Flashdance)

[MrSlayer]

20. Angel of Death, You've got another thing coming, Master of Puppets

Slayer, Priest, Pre-sellout Metallica.

The bad songs that really stir memories are from the 70's when I was a little kid in Wildwood NJ for the summer. Like shit by Leo Sayer, Seals and Crofts, Andrea True, the Pina Colada song, Captain and Tennile just godawful songs but they do bring back good memories of childhood.

[Syrinx]

21. I just thought of "I'll Melt With You" By Modern English!

Yep, that's the one.

EDIT: Actually, I'd been trying to think of it. Randomly, it came on. Out of about 10,000 tracks. Pretty cool.

[rppper]

23. frankie goes to hollywood....guilty pleasure indeed!!!

considering most of the music i listened to at that time was hardcore, punk or metal.

there is no better music for driving very fast on an interstate than side one of "welcome to the pleasure-dome"

[DoNotRefill]

24. I might like you better if we slept together...

Never say never, by Romeo Void.

If I had a rocket launcher, Bruce Cockburn

Keep your hands to yourself, Georgia Satelites

Major Tom

Turning Japanese, the Vapors

Mexican Radio, Wall of Voodoo

Mr. Brownstone, I used to love her, GNR


Mostly, I just have to listen to CDs.

[VolcanoJen]

26. Oh, What Fun!!! I LOVED THE 80's!

These are the songs that still make me smile, and remind me of happy times during that decade. :-) Nothing political here... just my most beloved "good times" songs!

"It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" REM (really, anything by REM)

"Panama" Van Halen

"Shake It Up" The Cars (really, anything by The Cars)

"Desire" U2 (really, anything by U2, and they only got better in the 90's)

"The One Thing" INXS

"Love My Way" and "Pretty in Pink" Psychedelic Furs

"Rio" Duran Duran

"West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys

"Boys of Summer" Don Henley

"The Metro" Berlin

"When Doves Cry" and "Little Red Corvette" Prince

"Add It Up" Violent Femmes

"Take Me I'm Yours" Squeeze

"Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson

"Something So Strong" Crowded House

"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel

"Vienna" Ultravox

[justjones]

28. "Jump" by Van Halen, ZZTop "Legs," & anything by The Go Gos....

Clearly, I watched a lot of MTV back then.

[devilgrrl]

30. No offence kids but that's some pretty rank shit you were listening to...

You should have been listening to The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Kate Bush, King Crimson, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, Simple Minds and the Talking Heads.

What's the matter with you people?