I AM OBSESSED. Everything. From the darker stuff like Tears For Fears and Siouxsie & The Banshees, to poppy bands like Wham! and Culture Club. Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation" is one of the best albums of the decade. Oh! and The Smiths - gotta love 'em!

everybody wants to rule the world... i hated 80's music then, now i like it... you left out ah-ha and duran duran tho...

I love it! My mom never had the tube on when I was a kid. So we listened to the radio all the time.

Love 'Voices Carry'.

A good 80s band that never got enough credit was Bad 4 Good. I laughed my arse off when I found out the lead singer was Danny Cooksey--he played the voice of all my favorite cartoon villians XD

80's....best music decade evah for one hit wonders. And, it was a time when MTV actually played music videos. Go figure.

Love the 80's music. I was in high school for part of the 80's SO it always brings back great memories.

I'm actually making an 80's song list. Any good suggestions of titles I may want to include? Thanks in advance! :)

Love the 80's-

Here's some, Red, these are some of my favorite bands, and song from the 80's-

Nena- 99 Luftballons
Transvision Vamp - Revolution Baby
Holly And The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance, Pop Goes The World
Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine
Tones On Tail - Go!
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright
Torch Song - White Night
The Damned - Anything
Sisters of Mercy - Black Planet
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
The Wonderstuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently!
Camper Van Beethoven - Borderline
The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man
Concrete Blonde - Little Sister

Me too. I'm making a list for my mp3 player. Thanks for the songs, handsome. Will definitely add those.

80s music....

For you, Red_Lace....I would suggest The Bangles....Manic Monday, Walk Like An Egyptian, Hazy Shade Of Winter, The Eternal Flame....There are a few more. Even though they have a pop sound, their music goes through a range of different tempos and styles.

Also, Africa by Toto is a must have for any fan of 80s music. Just a nice song for relaxing.

A lot of good music from the 80s, but it is easy to forget just how much BAD music there was too. Loverboy and Survivor were very popular bands, but the vast majority of their music was just plain bad.

I used to have a huge music collection, so I could mention plenty of bands.

The Smiths were possibly one of the first true Emo bands to emerge with Morrissey's melodramatic and operatic vocals. Back then, Emo wasn't even a musical style. Rap was just emerging with artists like Run/DMC, The Fatboys, and LL Cool J. Heavy metal influenced much of the music of the 90s, with grunge being the first mainstream stylistic spin. Techno and Trance were evolving on the club scene.

Basically, the 80s were a period of major musical evolution. Guns N Roses seemed like the last hurrah for 80s music, but they helped to bridge the gap between the 80s and 90s by setting an example with their own musical evolution. But now Franz Ferdinand has been popular churning out songs reminiscent of Depeche Mode during the late 80s. The good music always survives, while bands like Oingo Boingo and Bananarama fade into obscurity.

Oingo Boingo is a great band. Their music definitely left an imprint on 80's pop culture, and their music is still popping up in movies. They have not faded into obscurity.

I liked Bananarama when I was a kid.

I like music that sounds like John Parr's Man in Motion, which is one of my all-time favorites.

Thanks for your suggestions though, Lynx. Will try to listen to some of them and see if I'll like them enough to add. :)

Don't forget The Cult and The Clash.

B-52s: Rock Lobster
Flock of Seagulls: And I Ran
David Bowie: Modern Love
The Cult: Here Comes The Rain
The Clash: Rockin' The Casbah
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
REM: It's The End Of The World
The Kinks: Come Dancing
Aldo Nova: Ah Leah
(don't know the band): Children of the Sun
Blondie: Call Me
Blue Oyster Cult: Astronomy (off of Imaginos....not the original)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Knock Me Down
The Honeydrippers: Sea of Love


I could think of a lot more....but some I haven't heard in a while.

I knew I would forget some!

Love Peter Gabriel and David Bowie. Some I already have, but there's a lot I don't, so please do add when you remember more. Thank you. :)

Where I got some of my music tastes were from 80's horror movie soundtracks-

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2:

"Good to Be Bad" (The Lords of the New Church)
"Goo Goo Muck" (The Cramps)
"Haunted Head" (Concrete Blonde)
"Life Is Hard" (Timbuk3 / Pat MacDonald)
"White Night" (Torch Song)
"Strange Things Happen" (Stewart Copeland)
"Over Your Shoulder" (Concrete Blonde)
"Shame on You" (Timbuk 3 / Pat MacDonald)
"Mind Warp" (Patrick Cowley)
"No One Lives Forever" (Oingo Boingo)


Return Of The Living Dead-

"Surfin' Dead" by The Cramps
"Partytime (Zombie Version)" by 45 Grave
"Nothin' for You" by T.S.O.L.
"Eyes Without a Face" by The Flesh Eaters
"Burn the Flames" by Roky Erickson
"Dead Beat Dance" by The Damned
"Take a Walk" by Tall Boys
"Love Under Will" by Jet Black Berries
"Tonight (We'll Make Love Until We Die)" by SSQ
"Trash's Theme" by SSQ


Fear No Evil-

"Anarchy in the UK" by The Sex Pistols
"Blitzkrieg Bop" Performed by Ramones
"I Don't Like Mondays" Performed by The Boomtown Rats
"Psycho Killer" Performed by the Talking Heads
"Hey Joe" Performed by Patti Smith
"Love Goes to a Building on Fire" Performed by the Talking Heads
"Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" Performed by The Rezillos (as Rezillos)
"Delicious Gone Wrong" Performed by BIM
"Lava" Performed by The B-52's
"Blank Generation" Performed by Richard Hell

It's okay, Torgo....I like a lot of the music in your list.

Funny how Wave of Mutilation got more respect 10 years after the fact then when it was first used in Christian Slater's "Pump Up The Volume". I also like "Monkey Gone To Heaven", though "Here Comes Your Man" was their pop hit.

And I know there are a lot of lesser bands that are slipping my mind at the moment. Major bands are easy.

The Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut....Sexy And 17
.38 Special - Caught Up In You....Hang On Loosely....South Central Rain
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself
The Go-Gos - We Got The Beat
Herbie Hancock - Rocket
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Newcleus - Jam On It
Queensryche - The Eyes Of A Stranger
General Public - Tenderness
Asia - Heat Of The Moment
Squeeze - Tempted....Black Coffee In Bed
Scandal - The Warrior
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors....Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Cameo - Word Up
New Edition - Cool It Now
Kool & The Gang - Celebration

....I think this could go on for a while....especially when I start remembering some obscure stuff.

Ahhh, but no 80's list is complete without the following.....


Dexy's Midnight Runners- "Come on Eileen"
Midnight Star- "Freakazoid"
Gregory Abbot- "Shake You Down"
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam- "Head to Toe"
Terence Trent D'Arby- "Wishing Well"
Mary Jane Girls- "In My House"
Mr. Mister- "Broken Wings"
Men Without Hats- "Safety Dance"
Billy Ocean- "Loverboy"
Smithereens- "Girl Like You"
Falco- "Rock Me Amadeus"
Roger- "I Wanna Be Your Man"
Asia- "Heat of the Moment"
Pat Benatar- "Shadows of the Night" and "We Belong"
Loverboy- "Turn Me Loose"
Prince- "Never take the place of your man"

Hey, just add as you remember. I appreciate it and I can always just add it on my player. :)

Torgo, I am not at all surprised where you got your list from. Haha. But I actually recognize a few and will be including it. Thanks for reminding me.

Thanks, Goof. Just keep 'em coming. I'm searching the videos like crazy.