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What song and/or video best typified the 1980's?

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:54 am
by Th
Well?














My entry to follow later today.....................................

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:54 am
by Doug near DC
Money For Nothing = Dire Straits

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:38 pm
by Eversor
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:40 pm
by mothster
inxs----listen like thieves

talk talk---its my life

oingo boingo---dead man's party

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:24 pm
by King Crimson
escape club: wild, wild west.

or Killing Joke: Eighties.

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:52 pm
by L45B
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:17 pm
by BSmack
That Wang Chung video
Anything by Huey Lewis
Don't Worry Be Happy

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:28 pm
by scritti
Madonna-Material Girl

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:30 pm
by David_Copperfield
Doug near DC wrote:Money For Nothing = Dire Straits
great answer!

I'd like to add A-Ha "Take On Me"

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:16 pm
by Th
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:55 pm
by The Assassin
Video Killed the Radio Star-The Buggles

Describes music in the new millenium perfectly

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:41 am
by patsy stone
Anything song/video from the Thriller album! Don't y'all think?

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:59 am
by Funkywhiteboy
The Assassin wrote:Video Killed the Radio Star-The Buggles

Describes music in the new millenium perfectly
And, it's the one that kicked off that whole MTV thing.

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:04 am
by bbqjones
billy squire- take it, take me , tak some thing to the something.

best videso evah

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:04 am
by The Assassin
Funkywhiteboy wrote:
The Assassin wrote:Video Killed the Radio Star-The Buggles

Describes music in the new millenium perfectly
And, it's the one that kicked off that whole MTV thing.

Which basically said,who cares about writing a quality song,as long as your video is super cool! :roll:

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:22 am
by At Large
We built this City - Starship

Totally embodies the attitude of the 80s where a once good band becomes a watered down mess.

Look at the hit list:

Heart
REO Speedwagon
Chicago
Styx (which led to ...)
Dennis DeYoung's solo album
Foreigner (which led to...)
Whatever that Foreigner vocalists name was
Journey (which led to ...)
Steve Perry's solo album
Genesis (which led to...)
Phil Collin's reign of terror
The Clash (which led to the band breaking up)
the list could go on...

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:33 am
by Funkywhiteboy
At Large wrote:Foreigner (which led to...)
Whatever that Foreigner vocalists name was
Lou Gramm. A native of Crapchester, NY.
The Clash (which led to the band breaking up)
Big Audio Dynamite put out some cool stuff, IMO.
WAR "The Globe" (even if it is a ripoff of "Should I Stay Or Should I Go").

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:05 am
by Joe in PB
Heart
REO Speedwagon
Chicago
Styx (which led to ...)
Dennis DeYoung's solo album
Foreigner (which led to...)
Whatever that Foreigner vocalists name was
Journey (which led to ...)
Steve Perry's solo album
Genesis (which led to...)
Phil Collin's reign of terror
The Clash (which led to the band breaking up)
the list could go on...


Looking at this list, am I the only one who thinks the stock market wasn't the only thing that took a header in the 80's?

Thank god the 90's finally started...... :lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:27 am
by Funkywhiteboy
Joe in PB wrote:Thank god the 90's finally started...... :lol:
There was a fair amount of "hi-NRG" dance music that dominated the pop charts
in the early '90s.
Then the Spice Girls came along and bolloxed the whole thing up. :P

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:49 pm
by MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan
King Crimson wrote:escape club: wild, wild west.
"Headin for the 90s
Livin' in the wild wild west!"

That was gonna be my vote for sure! :lol:

I love songs that reference the year. Don't people realize that they're going to sound dated within 12 months? Rappers are especially guilty of this.

"Yeah! Nineteen ninety mothafuckin' one! NWA's back in this bitch!"

:lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:46 pm
by Bizzarofelice
Th wrote:Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
second best use of Tears for Fears in a movie
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#1 goes to:
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:43 am
by Funkywhiteboy
I'm puzzled as to why SC Johnson hasn't appropriated "Shout" for its product!

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"Shout, shout, get it all out,
These are the things that I'm talking about,
Come on, it's cleaning your clothes, come on!"
:lol:

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:34 am
by King Crimson
MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:
King Crimson wrote:escape club: wild, wild west.
"Headin for the 90s
Livin' in the wild wild west!"

That was gonna be my vote for sure! :lol:
hey, fuck you. i LOVE Escape Club. They are one of the most underappreciated bands in an era caught up with "larger themes" and "grand world politics"...the Club brings it back home without resortiing to annoying clichees and just tells it like it is. and when that white guy with dreads busts it out with his quasi-dance hall stylie ...i fucking swear i've seen the face of Jah.

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:49 am
by Th
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:28 pm
by PSUFAN
and when that white guy with dreads busts it out with his quasi-dance hall stylie ...i fucking swear i've seen the face of Jah.
heh heh

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:39 pm
by missjo
Safety dance - Men without hats
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar
Wake me up before you go go - Wham
True - Spandau ballet

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:38 am
by tomas8
we got the beat/gogos