1980s in Songs Bracket

We now have a top 10 songs from the 70s. Time for the 1980s. Some stuff I love here but probably my least favorite decade from the 60s to today.

What are your top 10 songs from the 1980s?

 

1. Prince - Purple Rain
2. Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
3. N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police
4. The Cure - Pictures of You
5. INXS - Don’t Change
6. The Replacements - Unsatisfied
7. Robbie Robb - In Time
8. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
9. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule the World
10. Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over

Also my least favorite music decade since the 60s

 

Very likely my favorite decade in music history

 

1. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
4. Bruce Springsteen - Stolen Car
5. Journey - Faithfully
6. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting
7. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Every Little Kiss
8. The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
9. The Cure - Pictures of You
10. Billy Joel - And So It Goes

 

We’ll only have two in common but FUCK yeah this list.

 

This decade, mostly sad that my one-song-per-artist rule precluded me from also including "Little Red Corvette."

 

Now I'm curious what the second one will be!

 

10. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
9. Jane's Addicition - Mountain Song
8. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
7. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
6. Rush - Limelight
5. U2 - With Or Without You
4. The Replacements - Unsatisfied
3. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
2. Nirvana - About a Girl
1. David Bowie - Modern Love

 

1. The Cure - A Forest

2. Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel

3. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

4. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

5. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

6. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

7. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels

8. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

9. Fugazi - Waiting Room

10. The Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump

 

The 80's rock. So many corny fucking songs that just wouldn't work in any other decade that I unashamedly love.

1. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
2. New Order - Blue Monday
3. Womack & Womack - Teardrops
4. Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
5. Prince - Little Red Corvette
6. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
7. Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest
8. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
9. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
10. John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (World in Motion)

 

Gonna get a list in tonight. Pretty confident I know what my #1 is gonna be

 

I guess tonight is now! Really hard decade to sort through. I keep looking at the list annoyed that certain songs are left out but not knowing what to swap out. Africa was especially tough to leave out but I couldn’t overlook Rosanna’s and Jeff Porcaro’s impact on drumming

1. Journey - Faithfully
2. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
3. Toto - Rosanna
4. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
5. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
6. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
7. Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
8. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
9. Prince - Purple Rain
10. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

 

I apologize in advance that I'm about to post a very long list, but I just love this era too damn much.

 

1. Paul Simon - Graceland
2. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody
3. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
4. Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
5. Rush - Tom Sawyer
6. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
7. Nirvana - About A Girl
8. Pixies - Where is My Mind
9. Alabama - Dixieland Delight
10. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight


HM:
U2 - With or Without You
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love
Starship - We Built This City
Hall and Oates - Maneater

 

Same as before, 1 per artist and a top 20. Went back and forth a bit on my number 1 here (whereas for the 60s and 70s I didn't have to think twice).

1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. The Cure - A Few Hours After This...
3. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
4. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
5. The Pogues - Bottle of Smoke
6. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
7. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
8. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
9. The Sugarcubes - Birthday
10. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
    
    
11. Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69
12. NWA - Fuck Tha Police
13. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
14. The Replacements - Bastards of Young
15. Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette
16. Paul Simon - Graceland
17. The Stone Roses - Waterfall
18. Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
19. Husker Du - It's Not Funny Anymore
20. The Waterboys - We Will Not Be Lovers

 

6 Bruce Springsteen songs and no repeat picks, he's splitting his vote here! Atlantic City was number 21 on my list, and would have made it 7 unique picks with no repeats.

 

Kate Bush has only made one list so far?!

 

1. Journey - "Faithfully"
2. Whitney Houston - "I Want to Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
3. Don Henley - "Land of the Living"
4. Prince - "I Would Die 4 U"
5. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"
6. Prince and the Revolution - "Purple Rain"
7. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - "(I've Had) the Time of My Life"
8. Toto - " Rosanna"
9. Billy Joel - "I Go to Extremes"
10. Bob Cleary - "I'll Be Blind"


11. Kool & the Gang - "Celebration"
12. Joe Cocker - "I Stand in Wonder"
13. .38 Special - "Caught Up in You"
14. Lionel Richie - "Tonight Will Be Alright"
15. Pat Benatar - "Promises in the Dark"
16. Dan Fogelberg - "Stolen Moments"
17. Billy Joel - "Allentown"
18. Prince - "When You Were Mine"
19. Lionel Richie - "All Night Long (All Night)"
20. Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"
21. Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
22. Billy Joel - "And So It Goes"
23. Darryl Hall - "Dreamtime"
24. Phil Collins - "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
25. Journey - "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
26. Pat Benatar - "Shadows of the Night"
27. Rush - "Time Stand Still"
28. Eric Clapton - "It's in the Way That You Use It"
29. Prince - "Adore"
30. Cyndi Lauper - "Money Changes Everything"
31. Toto - "Africa"
32. Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
33. Bruce Hornsby and The Range - "Every Little Kiss"
34. Gordon Lightfoot - "Shadows"
35. The Replacements - "Unsatisfied"
36. Boston - "Hollyann"
37. Warren Zevon - "Play it All Night Long"
38. Dan Fogelberg - "The Reach"
39. Peter, Paul and Mary - "El Salvador"
40. Tina Turner - "One of the Living"
41. Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'"
42. Journey - "Be Good to Yourself"
43. Ray Parker, Jr. - "Ghostbusters"
44. John Waite - "Missing You"
45. Rush - "Limelight"
46. Billy Joel - "All for Layna"
47. Michael Jackson - "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
48. Bob Cleary - "Walked into My Life"
49. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
50. Bruce Springsteen - "Take 'Em As They Come"

Again, sorry.

 

Can confirm Bob Cleary really earns that #10 slot

 

I know it's a burned vote, but it's my genuine ranking, and I'm not trying for strategy.

 

I got you fam

 

“Faithfully,” man. I’ll never get tired of him just wail those high notes at the end. Gotta be on the shortlist of greatest vocal performances ever.

 

I can still (barely) hit them in falsetto. It will be a sad day soon when that’s no longer the case

Also between that and “Separate Ways”, just the greatest drum fills of all time

 

God damn this is so hard

 

1. The Smiths - Asleep
2. Metallica - Fade to Black
3. The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
4. The Cure - Disintegration
5. Slayer - Angel of Death
6. Metallica - One
7. The Smiths - Hand in Glove
8. The Smiths - I Know It's Over
9. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
10. Metallica - Master of Puppets