1980s in Songs Bracket • Page 2

10. The Smiths - This Charming Man
9. Pixies - Debaser
8. Paul Simon - Graceland
7. Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go
6. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place
5. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
4. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
3. New Order - Age of Consent
2. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
1. Replacements - Can’t Hardly Wait

HM:

Nirvana - About a Girl
The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
The Cure - Pictures of You
Every other Pixies song

 

I hadn’t really dug into New Order until recently. Been spending a ton of time with Power Corruption and Lies. Definitely one of those “why did I wait this long” bands

 

1. The Cure- Just Like Heaven
2. Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody
3. Talking Heads- Once In A Lifetime
4. Prince- Purple Rain
5. Cyndi Lauper -Time After Time
6. U2- With Or Without You
7. Pixies-Debaser
8. REM - The One I Love
9. Public Enemy- Fight The Power
10. Madonna- Borderline

 

A buddy played that song at his wedding last year and I just belted the entire fucking thing. I've got those notes in falsetto, but it would be fun to wail on them like he does. Jealousy!

 

What a great fucking decade

1. The Cure - Pictures of You
2. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
3. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
4. Prince - Purple Rain
5. Pixies - Where is My Mind?
6. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
9. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
10. The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Honorable mentions (too many to list, honestly):

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Pixies - Debaser
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
U2 - With or Without You
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Toto - Africa
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
A-ha - Take On Me
Journey - Faithfully
The Replacements - Bastards of Young
New Order - Age of Consent
Heart - Alone

 

almost certainly going to have our two highest vote getters so far this thread

 

My napkin math has a pretty staggering total for Whitney.

 

yes and prince isn’t far behind

 

1. Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.
2. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
3. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
4. Stevie Wonder - Lately
5. Prince - Purple Rain
6. Teddy Pendergrass - Judge for Yourself
7. Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody
8. Marvin Gaye - Love Me Now or Love Me Later
9. Nirvina - About a Girl
10. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)

 

Reminding myself to take a swing at this at lunch

 

1 The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
2 Prince & The Revolution - "Purple Rain"
3 Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
4 U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
5 Metallica - "Blackened"
6 Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
7 Nine Inch Nails - "Head Like a Hole"
8 Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City"
9 Phil Collins - "In the Air Tonight"
10 Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love"

HMs:

AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Beastie Boys - "Shadrach"
The Blue Nile - "Headlights on the Parade"
Guns N' Roses - "Out Ta Get Me"
Journey - "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Motörhead - "Shoot You in the Back"
R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
The Rolling Stones - "Start Me Up"
Stevie Nicks - "Edge of Seventeen"
Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
Tom Waits - "Gin Soaked Boy"

 

a top 5 song ever and one of the best movie cues. where are the votes.

 

Good homage to this

 

1. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
2. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In the End
5. The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
6. Dexy's Midnight Runner - Come On Eileen
7. Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
8. Modern English - I Melt With You
9. The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
10. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time


Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
The Cure - Close to Me
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
New Order - Temptation
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Madonna - Borderline
Janet Jackson - Escapade
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
Kate Bush - Suspended in Gaffa
Kate Bush - Runnin Up That Hill
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Violent Femmes - Good Feeling
The Chameleons - Second Skin
David Bowie - Modern Love
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Prince - Purple Rain
The Book of Love - Modigliani
Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Cameo - Candy
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
Misfits - Hybrid Moments
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
Madonna - Like a Prayer
The Cure - Pictures of You
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Embrace - Dance of Days
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum

 

1. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
2. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
3. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
5. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
6. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
7. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
8. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
9. Journey - Faithfully
10. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

Dedicating 9 to Mom and 10 to Dad, but leaving Dolly's "9 to 5" off hurts the most. What a stacked decade.

 

This was very hard. I could quite easily replace these with 10 other songs and I'd still feel good about the list.

01. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
02. LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
03. Prince - I Would Die 4 U
04. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody*
05. Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
06. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Brand New Funk**
07. Mariya Takeuchi - Platic Love
08. Billy Ocean Feat. The Fresh Prince - I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed)
09. Public Enemy - Don’t Believe The Hype
10. Nena - Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann***

* I was gonna pick 'Saving All My Love', but my fiancé convinced me I’m just trying to show off and that arguably nothing is better than I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

** Could have been 'Parents Just Don't Understand'.

*** Specifically the 7 minute version with the ill synth intro.

 

Not a single person so far has even mentioned Def Leppard.

Hysteria and Pyromania are a staple in 80's music kids.

 

I would have given anything to be 16 when this tour was going on.

 

Billy Ocean rules.

 

Woof this one was tough.

01. The Cure - Prayers for Rain
02. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
03. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
04. Genesis - Invisible Touch
05. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule the World
06. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
07. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishing in the Dark
08. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
09. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
10. Enya - Orinoco Flow

 

Definitely. I almost picked Candy Girl by New Edition instead of this, but I figured this one was a better recommendation, since there was no way either would make it on the aggregate list.

 

jesus christ how did i forget dexys midnight runner

 

What about that classic hit of the 80's "Party all the time" by Eddie Murphy?!?!?!

 

It would take me a month to put a list together of songs from the 80s and 90s. My anxiety is freaking out just thinking about it. so I'll be just posting random songs that pop into my head while at work.

 

Ngl Eddie had some jams