Top Songs of the 80's
This is another pretty Pyramid track, I used play it over and over
Song for Bobby
I really should think about getting some sleep...
What about The Mentals: If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
Last one, I promise!
Icehouse! Ivo, of the glorious mullet....this time from Man of Many Colours
joanne said:
I really should think about getting some sleep...
What about The Mentals: If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
https://youtu.be/tSGtg26-TpU
I remember my roommate listening to that back in the day.
Speaking of Australia, this is the first INXS song I ever heard:
Erins, Neil’s recent work is pure magic - happy sighs.
Have you guys heard of the Doug Anthony AllStars? Ridski? Maybe via Edinburgh?
D said I should post these:
ABBA
https://youtu.be/iyIOl-s7JTU and
Queen
Have we done Talking Heads?
...and don’t forget - Devo! Boom Crash Opera! Divinyls!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Who listened to WLIR in the 80's? Listened to it all the time. When we were going out to the clubs and bars a key attribute of a guy was whether he had "WLIR Taste." Here is their list of the top 200 songs of the 80's:
http://wlir.fm/playlists/top-200-of-the-80s
bettyd said:
Who listened to WLIR in the 80's? Listened to it all the time. When we were going out to the clubs and bars a key attribute of a guy was whether he had "WLIR Taste." Here is their list of the top 200 songs of the 80's:
http://wlir.fm/playlists/top-200-of-the-80s
Highly recommend this documentary. It chronicles the rise and fall of WLIR. I will admit that station was the perfect soundtrack to my clubbing days. Growing up in Queens nightlife was equally split between NYC and LI.
bettyd said:
Here is their list of the top 200 songs of the 80's:
http://wlir.fm/playlists/top-200-of-the-80s
And, damn, how did this thread last so long with no U2?
Speaking of radio stations: Traveling back to 1984 with this student-produced TV segment about the University of North Carolina’s WXYC just might be worth however many of the 15 minutes you stick with it.
annielou said:
Clearly I existed in an entirely different 80’s.
Spill! (Preferably with videos.)
MTV dominated my high school years - some of the silliest videos were
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Blotto - I wanna be a lifeguard
plus Cindy Lauper, Madness, Men at Work et al.
Does anyone else remember Canada's other power trio Triumph?
Thank you, BettyD! I have always enjoyed your music related threads.
Although I was "too cool" for pop in the 80s, (I preferred 50s tunes and wore a "flat top," perhaps influenced by, "Stand By Me," "Christine," and "Peggy Sue Got Married." *see image. Basically our parent's nostalgia got me. I mean, come on, "Fonzie?") I basically took two steps toward Rock-a-Billy and three steps back into Potsy.
When I heard this song in "Risky Business," I became a guy who only listened to 50s songs and TALKING HEADS.
ml1 said:
this song is about as '80s as can be
https://youtu.be/fsR8pDMi4s8
RIP, 2008.
He also had the bona fides to contribute to this compilation:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL85DB94C590EA7850&app=desktop
If you lived in the NYC territory in the 80's, do you remember the video channel U68?
saw this band at Seton Hall in the early '80s opening for The Ramones. You might recognize the singer.
Have we mentioned Severed Heads? Max Headroom?
Ridski, who was that fun man from the UK with foam hands - Kenny Everett? Didn’t he feature some popular singers and dancers? Hot Gossip. That’s the group I was thinking of. 
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