your 80's top 10

[ridski]

Re: your 80's top 10

What did Jan Hammer do on TOTP?

[Derekflint]

Re: your 80's top 10

This is interesting. I'm compelled to mix what I've learned since with what I thought back then.

Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
It's Raining - Shakin' Stevens
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
Night Patrol - Robert Cray Band
Union of the Snake - Duran Duran
Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer (although his performance on Top of the Pops was inexcusable)
Machines (Back to Humans) - Queen
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Little Red Corvette - Prince

I've cheated - I went more with a top ten feel - otherwise I would leave out artists that should be there to fit in more songs by the rest.

[Richard1978]

Re: your 80's top 10

Re: I need a hero song

Not Bonnie Tyler's Holding On For A Hero, which was once used by Channel 4 as a theme for the American Football show.

[britishbaby]

Re: your 80's top 10

In no particular order, and maybe not the best songs, but they get me going:

1. Forever Young - Alphaville
2. Take on Me - A-Ha
3. If you leave - OMD
4. Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
5. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar
6. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (and the Power of Love)
7. Touch me - Samantha fox
8. Our House - Madness
9. How soon is now - The Smiths
10. oh yeah - Yello

I could go forever, honorable mentions go to pet shop boys, madonna, new order, Rick Astley, depeche mode, cyndi lauper, that "I need a hero song" from the movie footloose, corey hart, platinum blonde, and perhaps the greatest song of all time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE

[branny]

Re: your 80's top 10

Right this has been bugging me since the question was posted. I awoke this morning and it was the 1st thing I thought about. I've tried to be as true to the 80's as possible. By that I mean that I have discounted tunes and artists that I have discovered since the 80's like Sisters of Mercy and Fade to grey extended version which is one of my favourites. I've also excluded recent remixes (Steve Angello's mix of Sweet dreams is fantastic). So what have I based my selection on? Basically, which vinyl was hammered at the time I bought it i.e. never off my turntable. I can't list them in any particular order because they all got played to death and most of them are 12" versions because that's mainly what I bought.

1. The Sun always shines on TV (extended version) - A-ha
2. Everything counts (in larger amounts) - Depeche Mode
3. The Reflex (Dance Mix) - Duran Duran
4. Wings of a dove (Blue Train Mix) - Madness
5. True Faith '87 (Shep Pettibone remix) - New Order
6. Always on my mind (extended dance mix) - Pet Shop Boys
7. Let's go crazy (extended version) - Prince
8. This charming man (New York mix) - The Smiths
9. Open your heart - Human league
10. Blind - Talking Heads

[branny]

Re: your 80's top 10

Could do a top 400 cos i've got an 80's playlist on my hi fi that's got 400 tracks on it (would be more but thats the max it'll do) and even there was a lot of deliberation over some. A top 10 will take some time.

[kazboot]

Re: your 80's top 10

I've had a bit of a think and this is what I came up with.

Baggy Trousers - Madness
Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith
1 In 10 - UB40
I Want To Break Free - Queen
The Lunatics - Fun Boy Three
Antmusic - Adam And The Ants
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Body Talk - Imagination
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

I'll probably think of some more I should have put in, but there you go.

[Marine Boy]

Re: your 80's top 10

I am going to give this some serious thought. Certainly, the already mentioned 'Take on Me' and 'Wonderful Life' are likely to be included, along with tracks from Depeche Mode, Erasure and Alison Moyet.

[Konstantinos]

Re: your 80's top 10

Sorry,i can't name only 10.Here're 20 up to the letter "N".
A-HA - TAKE ON ME
BERLIN - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
Black - Wonderful Life
Bryan Adams - Heaven
CHRIS ISAAK - BLUE HOTEL
**** ROBIN - THE PROMISE YOU MADE
CUTTING CREW - I'VE JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
CYNDI LAUPER - I DROVE ALL NIGHT
DEPECHE MODE - EVERYTHING COUNTS
ERIC CARMEN - HUNGRY EYES
FLEETWOOD MAC - LITTLE LIES
FOREIGNER - THAT WAS YESTERDAY
INXS - ORIGINAL SIN
Laura Branigan - Self Control
LEONARD CHOEN - DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
LIZZIE TEAR - LIFE WON'T BE THE SAME
MADONNA - LA ISLA BONITA
MELISSA MANCHESTER - THIEF OF HEARTS
MIKE OLDFIELD - CRIME OF PASSION
NEVILLE BROTHERS - FOREVER FOR TONIGHT

[ArchStantonsGhost]

Re: your 80's top 10

1- More than this - Roxy Music
2- Life's what you make it - Talk Talk
3- Sealed with a kiss - Jason Donovan
4- Wonderfull life - Black
5- Slave to Love - Roxy Music
6- Stay on these Roads - Aha
7- It's my life - Talk Talk
8- It's your love strong enough - Roxy Music
9- Don't stop the dance - Roxy Music
10- Avalon - Roxy Music

Great question.....



Excellent selection - I take it you like Roxy Music


ok...... this changes on a daily basis but today my personal top 10
80s songs would look like this.

1... Atomic Blondie
2... Joan Of Arc... OMD
3... Going Underground The Jam
4..... Oh Yeah ( on the radio ) Roxy Music
5.... The Winner Takes It All Aha
6.... Mad World... Tears For Fears
7.... Vienna Ultravox
8.... Love Of The Common People Paul Young
9.... You Came Kim Wilde
10... The Power Love Jennifer Rush

10 and a half ..... Take On Me Aha


Just had to squeeze Aha's first massive number one hit in there - somehow. So sue me.

[ridski]

Re: your 80's top 10

Subject To Change at any given moment, but right now...

1. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
2. Heaven 17 - Temptation
3. PHD - I Won't Let You Down
4. Adam And The Ants - Friend Or Foe?
5. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
6. Public Image Limited - The Order Of Death
7. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
8. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
9. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
10. Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck

[HG]

Re: your 80's top 10

Good thread, going to take some thinking about..watch this space!

[Soul]

1- More than this - Roxy Music
2- Life's what you make it - Talk Talk
3- Sealed with a kiss - Jason Donovan
4- Wonderfull life - Black
5- Slave to Love - Roxy Music
6- Stay on these Roads - Aha
7- It's my life - Talk Talk
8- It's your love strong enough - Roxy Music
9- Don't stop the dance - Roxy Music
10- Avalon - Roxy Music