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[Doc]

I always liked Icehouse but thought their best was We Can Get Together.

 

youtube.com/watch?v=BzRCYjlIVYw

 

Another forgotten song I think exemplifies the 80s is Wouldn't It Be Good.

 

Over video limit

 

I wouldn't call it 80s music exactly, a lost Dire Straits gem is Tunnel of Love.

 

Never heard the other Icehouse song. And Nik Kershaw was a must-have so I got it early. Knopfler is a guitar god. But that song always reminded me of "Skateaway," which was my favorite non-Brothers In Arms tune. I love Bruce's "Tunnel Of Love," which was a scathing assessment of his brief marriage to Julianne Phillips.

Edited February 21, 2011 by Doc

[ajzepp]

Okay...keeping to the strict definition of '80s (which leaves out Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover" and anything off Jeff Healy's Hell To Pay album, which is a cryin' shame):

 

Heart - "These Dreams", "How Can I Refuse", and "Alone"

Tesla - "Love Song"

Suzanne Vega - "Luka"

Stevie Nicks - "Edge of Seventeen"

Don Henly - "Sunset Grill"

Weird Al Yanckovic - "I Love Rocky Road"

Steve Winwood - "Higher Love"

Robert Plant - "In The Mood" and "Tall Cool One"

Joe Satriani - "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing"

Steve Miller Band - "Abracadabra"

Sammy Hagar - "Fall In Love Again" and "I Can't Drive 55"

Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust"

Van Halen - "And The Cradle Will Rock"

Georgia Satellites - "Battleship Chains"

Lionel Ritchie - "Say You, Say Me" (and hell, Deathtongue - "Let's Run Over Lionel Ritchie With A Tank")

Katrina and the Waves - "Walking on Sunshine"

Eurythmics - "Would I Lie To You"

Fleetwood Mac - "Hold Me" and "Gypsy"

Jump 'N The Saddle Band - "Curly Shuffle"

Rick Springfield - "I've Done Everything for You"

The Outfield - "Your Love"

Murray Head - "One Night In Bangkok"

Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus"

Nene - "99 Luftballons"

Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone" and "Footloose"

The '85 Bears - "Superbowl Shuffle"

 

Okay, now THIS is a good frickin list, save for your last entry lol...I may need to privately hijack this thread and use this list for my own purposes lol.

 

[GoodBye]

Wham-Wake me up before you go-go.

[jayg]

Split Enz

Dokken

 

Too tired to think of any more, I'm sure you have a lot of these.

[Dan]

A couple obscure or lesser thought about ones, perhaps...

 

Modern English - I Melt with You.

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John Cougar Mellencamp - Ain't even done with the Night

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John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side

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Go Go's - We got the Beat

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Prince - Little Red Corvette

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[Doc]

Split Enz

Dokken

 

Too tired to think of any more, I'm sure you have a lot of these.

I have stuff from all the bands you listed, but not all the same songs. And good call on Dokken. If you like them (George Lynch is another guitar god), this is a good (okay, it's cheesy) song with a great solo, both instrumentally and visually:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2lTPuvB-Sc

Edited February 21, 2011 by Doc

[BuffaloBud]

Did a search on Sirius 80s on 8 playlist and this was the first entry -

 

A Little Respect - Erasure (14/1988)

Abacab - Genesis (26/1981)

Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (1/1982)

Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer (1/1986)

Adult Education - Hall & Oates (8/1984)

Affair Of The Heart - Rick Springfield (9/1983)

Africa - Toto (1/1982)

All I Need Is A Miracle - Mike/Mechanics (5/1986)

All The Things She Said - Simple Minds (28/1986)

All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper (5/1984)

All You Zombies - Hooters (58/1985)

Alone - Heart (1/1987)

Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes (8/1983)

Amanda - Boston (1/1986)

And We Danced - Hooters (21/1985)

Angel - Aerosmith (3/1988)

Animal - Def Leppard (19/1987)

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (1/1980)

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (1/1980)

Any Way You Want It - Journey (23/1980)

Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp (15/1984)

Automatic - Pointer Sisters (5/1984)

Baby Talk - Alisha (68/1985)

Baby Talks Dirty - Knack (38/1980)

Back In Black - AC/DC (37/1980)

Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders (5/1982)

Bad - Michael Jackson (1/1987)

Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi (1/1988)

Bang The Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren (63/1983)

Bang Your Head - Quiet Riot (31/1984)

Be Near Me - ABC (9/1985)

Beat It - Michael Jackson (1/1983)

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil (17/1988)

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (1/1981)

Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner (5/1984)

Big Log - Robert Plant (20/1983)

Big Time - Peter Gabriel (8/1986)

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (1/1983)

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order (--/1986, 98/1995)

Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (103/1982)

Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes (--/1982)

Blue Jean - David Bowie (8/1984)

Blue Monday - New Order (68/1988)

Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis (43/1987)

Bop Til You Drop - Rick Springfield (20/1984)

Borderline - Madonna (10/1984)

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (9/1984)

Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive (15/1986)

Brass In Pocket - Pretenders (14/1980)

Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder (5/1983)

Breakout - Swing Out Sister (6/1987)

Broken Wings - Mr Mister (1/1985)

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads (9/1983)

Burning Heart - Survivor (2/1985)

Bust A Move - Young MC (7/1989)

C-I-T-Y - John Cafferty/Beaver Brown Band (18/1985)

California Girls - David Lee Roth/Carl Wilson (3/1985)

Call Me - Blondie (1/1980)

Call To The Heart - Giuffria (15/1984)

Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon (1/1985)

Careless Whisper - Wham/George Michael (1/1984)

Cars - Gary Numan (9/1980)

Catch Me I'm Falling - Pretty Poison (8/1987)

Caught Up In You - 38 Special (10/1982)

Centerfield - John Fogerty (44/1985)

Centerfold - J Geils Band (1/1981)

C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil (2/1986)

Change - John Waite (54/1985)

China Girl - David Bowie (10/1983)

Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club (10/1983)

Come Back & Stay - Paul Young (22/1984)

Come Dancing - Kinks (6/1983)

Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1/1983)

Control - Janet Jackson (5/1986)

Crazy - Icehouse (14/1987)

Crazy For You - Madonna (1/1985)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (1/1979)

Cruel Summer - Bananarama (9/1984)

Crumblin' Down - John Cougar Mellencamp (9/1983)

Cult Of Personality - Living Colour (13/1989)

Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot (5/1983)

Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams (15/1983)

Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung (16/1984)

Dancing In The Sheets - Shalamar (17/1984)

Dancing In The Street - Mick Jagger/David Bowie (7/1985)

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol/Generation X (102/1983)

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (2/1986)

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - Police (10/1980)

Delirious - Prince (8/1983)

Der Kommissar - After The Fire (5/1983)

Desire - U2 (3/1988)

Destination Unknown - Missing Persons (42/1982)

Devil Inside - INXS (2/1988)

Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew (1/1987)

Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys (14/1986)

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley (3/1982)

Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis/News (7/1982)

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club (2/1982)

Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins (11/1984)

Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick (4/1988)

Don't Change - INXS (80/1983)

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House (2/1987)

Don't Forget Me - Glass Tiger/Bryan Adams (2/1986)

Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins (4/1985)

Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx (3/1987)

Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris DeBurgh (34/1983)

Don't Shed A Tear - Paul Carrack (9/1987)

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (9/1981)

Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield (2/1982)

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (1/1985)

Don't You Want Me - Human League (1/1982)

Down Boys - Warrant (27/1989)

Down Under - Men At Work (1/1982)

Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt (5/1980)

Dude Looks Like A Lady - Aerosmith (14/1987)

Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder (1/1982)

Edge Of A Broken Heart - Vixen (26/1988)

Election Day - Arcadia (6/1985)

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (2/1983)

Eternal Flame - Bangles (1/1989)

Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply (5/1982)

Every Breath You Take - Police (1/1983)

Every Little Kiss - Bruce Hornsby/Range (72/1986, 14/1987)

Every Little Step - Bobby Brown (3/1989)

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police (3/1981)

Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison (1/1988)

Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young (1/1985)

Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung (2/1986)

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears (1/1985)

Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier (32/1982)

Everything She Wants - Wham (1/1985)

Express Yourself - Madonna (2/1989)

Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1/1982)

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (4/1984)

Faith - George Michael (1/1987)

Faithfully - Journey (12/1983)

Fascination - Human League (8/1983)

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman (6/1988)

Feel It Again - Honeymoon Suite (34/1986)

Fire Lake - Bob Seger (6/1980)

Flashdance What A Feeling - Irene Cara (1/1983)

Flesh For Fantasy - Billy Idol (29/1984)

Footloose - Kenny Loggins (1/1984)

Forever Young - Alphaville (65/1985)

Freeze Frame - J Geils Band (4/1982)

Funky Cold Medina - Tone Lōc (3/1989)

Funkytown - Lipps Inc (1/1980)

Funkytown - Pseudo Echo (6/1987)

Get It On - Power Station (9/1985)

Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr (1/1984)

Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top (37/1983)

Girl Can't Help It - Journey (17/1986)

Girls Girls Girls - Mötley Crüe (12/1987)

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (2/1983)

Girls On Film - Duran Duran (--/1981)

Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw (33/1984)

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen (5/1985)

Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham (23/1984)

Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals (1/1989)

Goodbye To You - Scandal (65/1982)

Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (12/1982)

Hands To Heaven - Breathe (2/1988)

Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block (1/1989)

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash (3/1981)

Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles (2/1987)

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears (3/1985)

Heart & Soul - Huey Lewis/News (8/1983)

Heart & Soul - T'Pau (4/1987)

Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs (26/1987)

Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar (23/1979)

Heat Of The Moment - Asia (4/1982)

Heaven - Bryan Adams (1/1985)

Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (1/1987)

Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics (4/1984)

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake (1/1987)

High On You - Survivor (8/1985)

Higher Love - Steve Winwood/Chaka Khan (1/1986)

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (3/1984)

Hold On Loosely - 38 Special (27/1981)

Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham (82/1983)

Hot Girls In Love - Loverboy (11/1983)

Human - Human League (1/1986)

Human Touch - Rick Springfield (18/1983)

Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (3/1982)

Hurts So Good - John Cougar (2/1982)

Hysteria - Def Leppard (10/1988)

IGY - Donald Fagen (26/1982)

I Beg Your Pardon - Kon Kan (15/1988)

I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman (6/1984)

I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar (26/1984)

I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates (1/1981)

I Can't Wait - Stevie Nicks (16/1986)

I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz (3/1986)

I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper (6/1989)

I Feel For You - Chaka Khan/Grandmaster Melle Mel (3/1984)

I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle (2/1988)

I Got You - Split Enz (53/1980)

I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett/Blackhearts (8/1988)

I Heard A Rumor - Bananarama (4/1987)

I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (1/1984)

I Knew You Were Waiting - Aretha Franklin/George Michael (1/1987)

I Know There's Something Going On - Frida (13/1982)

I Know What Boys Like - Waitresses (62/1982)

I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett/Blackhearts (1/1982)

I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (9/1982)

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (1/1987)

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany (1/1987)

I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry (12/1986)

I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister (68/1984)

I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis/News (6/1984)

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (62/1982)

I Want Her - Keith Sweat (5/1988)

I Want Your Sex - George Michael (2/1987)

I Wish I Had A Girl – Henry Lee Summer (20/1988)

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty/George Harrison (12/1989)

I Would Die 4 U - Prince (8/1984)

I'll Be Alright Without You - Journey (14/1986)

I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi (1/1989)

I'll Wait - Van Halen (13/1984)

I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins (7/1980)

I'm Free - Kenny Loggins (22/1984)

I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down – Paul Young (13/1985)

I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters (30/1982, 9/1984)

I'm Still Standing - Elton John (12/1983)

I'm Your Man - Wham (3/1985)

I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield (8/1981)

If This Is It - Huey Lewis/News (6/1984)

If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (4/1986)

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting (3/1985)

In A Big Country - Big Country (17/1983)

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins (19/1981, 102/1984)

In Too Deep - Genesis (3/1987)

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (26/1986, 41/1989)

Infatuation - Rod Stewart (6/1984)

Into The Groove - Madonna (--/1985)

Invincible - Pat Benatar (10/1985)

Invisible Touch - Genesis (1/1986)

Is It Love - Mr Mister (8/1986)

Is This Love - Whitesnake (2/1987)

It's A Miracle - Culture Club (13/1984)

It's A Mistake - Men At Work (6/1983)

It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys (9/1987)

It's My Life - Talk Talk (31/1984)

It's Only Love - Bryan Adams/Tina Turner (15/1985)

It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel (1/1980)

It's The End Of The World As We Know It - REM (69/1988)

Jack & Diane - John Cougar (1/1982)

Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis/News (1/1987)

Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith (4/1989)

Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band (2/1983)

Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (1/1981)

Jump - Van Halen (1/1984)

Jungle Love - Time (20/1984)

Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth (12/1985)

Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers (36/1983)

Just Like Heaven - Cure (40/1987)

Karma Chameleon - Culture Club (1/1983)

Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (1/1980)

Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon (7/1982)

Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites (2/1986)

Kids In America - Kim Wilde (25/1982)

King For A Day - Thompson Twins (8/1986)

King Of Pain - Police (3/1983)

Kiss - Prince (1/1986)

Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford (12/1988)

Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates (1/1981)

Kyrie - Mr Mister (1/1985)

La Isla Bonita - Madonna (4/1987)

Land Of Confusion - Genesis (4/1986)

Late In The Evening - Paul Simon (6/1980)

Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne (13/1983)

Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins (6/1985)

Legs - ZZ Top (8/1984)

Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz (89/1990)

Let The Music Play - Shannon (8/1983)

Let's Dance - David Bowie (1/1983)

Let's Go - Wang Chung (9/1987)

Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox (7/1985)

Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy (7/1985)

Lights Out - Peter Wolf (12/1984)

Like A Prayer - Madonna (1/1989)

Little Red Corvette - Prince (6/1983)

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi (1/1986)

Living In A Box - Living In A Box (18/1987)

Lonely Ol' Night - John Cougar Mellencamp (6/1985)

Look Away - Chicago (1/1988)

Love Bites - Def Leppard (1/1988)

Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith (5/1989)

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar (5/1983)

Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris (37/1981)

Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs (44/1983)

Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred (37/1982)

Love Shack - B-52's (3/1989)

Love Somebody - Rick Springfield (5/1984)

Love Song - Cure (2/1989)

Love Stinks - J Geils Band (38/1980)

Love Walks In - Van Halen (22/1986)

Lovin' Every Minute Of It - Loverboy (9/1985)

Lucky Star - Madonna (4/1984)

Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle (3/1986)

Magic - Cars (12/1984)

Magic - Olivia Newton-John (1/1980)

Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (3/1988)

Maneater - Hall & Oates (1/1982)

Maniac - Michael Sembello (1/1983)

Manic Monday - Bangles (2/1986)

Material Girl - Madonna (2/1985)

Message In A Bottle - Police (74/1979)

Method Of Modern Love - Hall & Oates (5/1984)

Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer (1/1985)

Mickey - Toni Basil (1/1982)

Middle Of The Road - Pretenders (19/1983)

Missing You - John Waite (1/1984)

Missionary Man - Eurythmics (14/1986)

Misunderstanding - Genesis (14/1980)

Modern Love - David Bowie (14/1983)

Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper (27/1984)

Money For Nothing - Dire Straits/Sting (1/1985)

Mr Roboto - Styx (3/1983)

My Girl - Chilliwack (22/1981)

My Prerogative - Bobby Brown (1/1988)

Naughty Girls Need Love Too - Samantha Fox (3/1988)

Naughty Naughty - John Parr (23/1984)

Need You Tonight - INXS (1/1987)

Never - Heart (4/1985)

Never Ending Story - Limahl (17/1985)

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (1/1987)

Never Say Goodbye - Bon Jovi (28/1987)

Never Surrender - Corey Hart (3/1985)

New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite (57/1984)

New Sensation - INXS (3/1988)

No More Words - Berlin (23/1984)

No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones/Phil Collins (4/1986)

No Reply At All - Genesis (29/1981)

Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison (6/1988)

Obsession - Animotion (6/1985)

Oh L'Amour - Erasure (--/1986)

Oh Sheila - Ready For The World (1/1985)

Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry (3/1984)

On Our Own - Bobby Brown (2/1989)

On The Dark Side - John Cafferty/Beaver Brown Band (7/1984)

On The Loose - Saga (26/1982)

One - Bee Gees (7/1989)

One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head (3/1985)

One Thing Leads To Another - Fixx (4/1983)

Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson (4/1987)

Only The Lonely - Motels (9/1982)

Only Time Will Tell - Asia (17/1982)

Our House - Madness (7/1983)

Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's (20/1981)

Out Of The Blue - Debbie Gibson (3/1988)

Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates (1/1984)

Overkill - Men At Work (3/1983)

Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (1/1983)

PYT - Michael Jackson (10/1983)

Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia (9/1982)

Panama - Van Halen (13/1984)

Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder/Luther Vandross (1/1985)

People Are People - Depeche Mode (13/1985)

Perfect Way - Scritti Politti (11/1985)

Physical - Olivia Newton-John (1/1981)

Photograph - Def Leppard (12/1983)

Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp (8/1983)

Play The Game Tonight - Kansas (17/1982)

Point Of No Return - Exposé (5/1987)

Poison Arrow - ABC (25/1983)

Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats (20/1987)

Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (2/1988)

Pressure - Billy Joel (20/1982)

Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs (41/1986)

Pride - U2 (33/1984)

Private Eyes - Hall & Oates (1/1981)

Promises Promises - Naked Eyes (11/1983)

Purple Rain - Prince (2/1984)

Push It - Salt-N-Pepa (19/1987)

Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco (4/1983)

Radioactive - Firm (28/1985)

Rag Doll - Aerosmith (17/1988)

Rapture - Blondie (1/1981)

Raspberry Beret - Prince (2/1985)

Rebel Yell - Billy Idol (46/1984)

Red Red Wine - UB40 (1/1988)

Refugee - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (15/1980)

Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (67/1984, 10/1985)

Rio - Duran Duran (14/1983)

Roam - B-52's (3/1989)

Rock Lobster - B-52's (56/1980)

Rock Me Amadeus - Falco (1/1986)

Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier (15/1984)

Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard (16/1983)

Rock On - Michael Damian (1/1989)

Rock Steady - Whispers (7/1987)

Rock The Casbah - Clash (8/1982)

Rock This Town - Stray Cats (9/1982)

Rockin' the Paradise - Styx (B/1983)

Roll With It - Steve Winwood (1/1988)

Room To Move - Animotion (9/1989)

Rosanna - Toto (2/1982)

Round & Round - Ratt (12/1984)

Run Runaway - Slade (20/1984)

Run To You - Bryan Adams (6/1984)

Runaway - Bon Jovi (39/1984)

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (30/1985)

Running With The Night - Lionel Richie (7/1983)

Sailing - Christopher Cross (1/1980)

Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds (14/1986)

Sara - Starship (1/1985)

Satisfied - Richard Marx (1/1989)

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran (15/1985)

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (1/1985)

Say It Isn't So - Hall & Oates (2/1983)

Second Chance - 38 Special (6/1989)

Send Me An Angel - Real Life (29/1983)

Sentimental Street - Night Ranger (8/1985)

Seventeen - Winger (26/1989)

Sexy + 17 - Stray Cats (5/1983)

Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar (13/1982)

Shake It Up - Cars (4/1981)

Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson (4/1987)

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top (56/1983)

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby (5/1983)

She Bop - Cyndi Lauper (3/1984)

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals (1/1989)

She's A Beauty - Tubes (10/1983)

Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel (29/1982)

Should've Known Better - Richard Marx (3/1987)

Shout - Tears For Fears (1/1985)

Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer (2/1988)

Sister Christian - Night Ranger (5/1984)

Situation - Yaz (73/1982)

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel (1/1986)

Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds (39/1983)

Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp (6/1985)

Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (7/1988)

So Alive - Love & Rockets (3/1989)

So In Love - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (26/1985)

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (84/1983)

Some Like It Hot - Power Station (6/1985)

Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne (7/1982)

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell/Michael Jackson (2/1984)

Someday - Glass Tiger (7/1986)

Someday Someway - Marshall Crenshaw (36/1982)

Something About You - Level 42 (7/1986)

Something So Strong - Crowded House (7/1987)

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears (2/1989)

Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (30/1983)

Spirits In The Material World - Police (11/1982)

St Elmo's Fire - John Parr (1/1985)

Stages - ZZ Top (21/1986)

Stand Back - Stevie Nicks (5/1983)

Start Me Up - Rolling Stones (2/1981)

State Of Shock - Jacksons/Mick Jagger (3/1984)

Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson (6/1982)

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty (3/1981)

Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams (10/1983)

Straight Up - Paula Abdul (1/1988)

Strangelove - Depeche Mode (76/1987)

Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats (3/1982)

Strip - Adam Ant (42/1984)

Stuck With You - Huey Lewis/News (1/1986)

Suddenly Last Summer - Motels (9/1983)

Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey (3/1981)

Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams (5/1985)

Summertime Girls - Y & T (55/1985)

Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart (7/1984)

Super Freak - Rick James/Temptations (16/1981)

Sussudio - Phil Collins (1/1985)

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1/1988)

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (1/1983)

Sweet Freedom - Michael McDonald (7/1986)

Sweetheart - Franke/Knockouts (10/1981)

Tainted Love - Soft Cell (8/1982)

Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon (5/1981)

Take Me Home - Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Sting (7/1986)

Take My Breath Away - Berlin (1/1986)

Take On Me - a-ha (1/1985)

Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money/Ronnie Spector (4/1986)

Talk Dirty To Me - Poison (9/1987)

Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics (3/1983)

Tarzan Boy - Baltimora (13/1985)

Tears - John Waite (37/1984)

Tell Her About It - Billy Joel (1/1983)

Tempted - Squeeze (49/1981)

Tenderness - General Public (27/1984)

That's All - Genesis (6/1983)

The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley (5/1984)

The Breakup Song - Greg Kihn Band (15/1981)

The Edge Of Heaven - Wham (10/1986)

The Final Countdown - Europe (8/1987)

The Flame - Cheap Trick (1/1988)

The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs (59/1984)

The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney (2/1982)

The Glamorous Life - Sheila E (12/1984)

The Kid Is Hot Tonite - Loverboy (55/1981)

The Living Years - Mike + The Mechanics (1/1989)

The Look Of Love - ABC (18/1982)

The One I Love - REM (9/1987)

The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex (24/1983)

The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis/News (1/1985)

The Promise - When In Rome (11/1988)

The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones (9/1986)

The Reflex - Duran Duran (1/1984)

The Second Time Around - Shalamar (8/1979)

The Stroke - Billy Squier (17/1981)

The Tide Is High - Blondie (1/1980)

The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes (1/1987)

The Warrior - Scandal /Patty Smyth (7/1984)

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby/Range (1/1986)

Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post/Larry Carlton (10/1981)

There'll Be Sad Songs - Billy Ocean (1/1986)

These Dreams - Heart (1/1986)

They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman (8/1984)

Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones (5/1985)

Think I'm In Love - Eddie Money (16/1982)

This Little Girl - Gary US Bonds (11/1981)

This Time - Bryan Adams (24/1983)

Thriller - Michael Jackson (1/1984)

Throwing It All Away - Genesis (4/1986)

Time - Culture Club (2/1983)

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (1/1984)

Tired Of Toein’ The Line – Rocky Burnette (8/1980)

Together Forever - Rick Astley (1/1988)

Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis (3/1987)

Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon (5/1985)

Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx (9/1981)

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo (5/1983)

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (1/1983)

Tough All Over - John Cafferty/Beaver Brown Band (22/1985)

Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (18/1981)

True - Spandau Ballet (4/1984)

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper (1/1986)

Tuff Enuff - Fabulous Thunderbirds (10/1986)

Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen (9/1987)

Turn Up The Radio - Autograph (29/1984)

Turning Japanese - Vapors (36/1980)

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring (10/1982)

Two Less Lonely People In The World - Air Supply (38/1982)

Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie (29/1981)

Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran (3/1983)

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (3/1983)

Vacation - Go-Go's (8/1982)

Veronica - Elvis Costello (19/1989)

Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles (40/1979)

Voices Carry - Til Tuesday (8/1986)

Voices Of Babylon - Outfield (25/1989)

Wait - White Lion (8/1988)

Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner (2/1981)

Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl (5/1988)

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham (1/1984)

Walk The Dinosaur - Was Not Was (7/1989)

Walk This Way - Run-DMC (4/1986)

Walking Down Your Street - Bangles (11/1987)

Walking In LA - Missing Persons (70/1983)

Wango Tango - Ted Nugent (86/1980)

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson (5/1983)

Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi (7/1987)

We Built This City - Starship (1/1985)

We Close Our Eyes - Go West (41/1985)

We Got The Beat - Go-Go's (2/1982)

We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister (21/1984)

Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses (7/1988)

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys (1/1986)

What About Love - Heart (10/1985)

What About Me - Moving Pictures (29/1982)

What Have I Done To Deserve This - Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield (2/1987)

What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson (4/1986)

What I Am - Edie Brickell/New Bohemians (7/1988)

What I Like About You - Romantics (3/1983)

What Is Love - Howard Jones (33/1984)

What You Need - INXS (5/1986)

What's Goin' On - Cyndi Lauper (12/1987)

What's On Your Mind - Information Society (3/1988)

When Doves Cry - Prince (1/1984)

When I See You Smile - Bad English (1/1989)

When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson (1/1986)

When It's Love - Van Halen (5/1988)

When It's Over - Loverboy (26/1982)

When Smokey Sings - ABC (5/1987)

When You Close Your Eyes - Night Ranger (14/1984)

Whip It - Devo (14/1980)

Whirly Girl - Oxo (28/1983)

Whisper To A Scream - Icicle Works (37/1984)

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel (101/1983)

White Wedding - Billy Idol (36/1983)

Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work (1/1982)

Who's That Girl - Madonna (1/1987)

Who's Zoomin' Who - Aretha Franklin (7/1985)

Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen (3/1986)

Wild Boys - Duran Duran (2/1984)

Wild Thing - Tone Lōc (2/1988)

Wishing - A Flock Of Seagulls (28/1983)

Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby (1/1988)

With Every Beat Of My Heart - Taylor Dayne (5/1989)

With Or Without You - U2 (1/1987)

Word Up - Cameo (6/1986)

Words - Missing Persons (42/1982)

Wot's It To Ya - Robbie Nevil (10/1987)

Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics (5/1985)

Working For The Weekend - Loverboy (29/1981)

Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police (8/1984)

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon (44/1986, 23/1987)

You Can't Get What You Want - Joe Jackson (15/1984)

You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (10/1982)

You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band (31/1982)

You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (1/1986)

You Got It - Roy Orbison (9/1989)

You Got Lucky - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (20/1982)

You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde (1/1987)

You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates (5/1981)

You May Be Right - Billy Joel (7/1980)

You Might Think - Cars (7/1984)

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC (35/1980)

You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive (11/1985)

Your Love - Outfield (6/1986)

18 & Life - Skid Row (4/1989)

99 Luftballons - Nena (2/1983)

1999 - Prince (44/1982, 12/1983)

867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone (4/1982)

 

Also - try this link Linky

[BigDaddy12]

Lots of good stuff here, but I'm kinda surprised nobody mentioned my favorite 80s performer Billy Ocean...

[bbb]

In '87, Huey released Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity (and the importance of trends), it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

 

Hey, Paul!

 

I hope this is sarcasm, because if it is, it's very good.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Shoplifters of the World Unite - The Smiths

[jayg]

I have stuff from all the bands you listed, but not all the same songs. And good call on Dokken. If you like them (George Lynch is another guitar god), this is a good (okay, it's cheesy) song with a great solo, both instrumentally and visually:

youtube.com/watch?v=G2lTPuvB-Sc

 

 

I used to play in a band that covered in my dreams and into the fire. George's stuff was always fun to play even if I wasn't a big Dokken fan. They were somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me, haha.

[Doc]

Great stuff, guys. If you have more, keep it coming.

[LeviF]

I hope this is sarcasm, because if it is, it's very good.

'Fraid I can't claim originality on that one.

[Chef Jim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRJ6jQfap0

 

A good WNY/CNY connection with this band.

Edited February 21, 2011 by Chef Jim

[bbb]

'Fraid I can't claim originality on that one.

 

Just googled it. Wow - that is so good. I have to get that movie just for that scene.

[LeviF]

Just googled it. Wow - that is so good. I have to get that movie just for that scene.

Read the book and watch the movie. Both are great.

[BLZFAN4LIFE]

The Smithereens

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFqfqIPKA

 

My favorite Smithereens song is Blues Before and After, but that's from '90 or '91.

 

 

Blondie - Call Me

 

 

For those of you into 80's music, there's a good show (Resurrection Sunday) streaming from Charlotte's 106.5 The End Sunday morning 8 - 12. A few hours of '80's music a week is just enough for me.

[Taro T]

A few that I don't think have been mentioned yet.

 

The Church - Under the Milky Way Tonight

Pink Floyd - Not Now John

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Rush - Red Barchetta

R.E.M. - South Central Rain

R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (& I Feel Fine)

The Kinks - Destroyer

The Kings - This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide

Duke Jupiter - I'll Drink To You

Gowan - A Criminal Mind

 

EDIT: X'd out the 'standards' and added some replacements.

 

Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher

Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home

Donald Fagan - New Frontier

Edited February 22, 2011 by Taro T

[bbb]

The Smithereens

 

youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFqfqIPKA

 

My favorite Smithereens song is Blues Before and After, but that's from '90 or '91.

 

 

Blondie - Call Me

 

 

For those of you into 80's music, there's a good show (Resurrection Sunday) streaming from Charlotte's 106.5 The End Sunday morning 8 - 12. A few hours of '80's music a week is just enough for me.

 

Love Patio Lanterns. Hadn't thought of it in many years until last year, and now it's heavy rotation on my playlist.

 

I actually like Modern Love much more than China Girl from that album. One of my favorite Bowie songs.

[SDS]

The Honeydrippers - Young Boy Blues

Triumph - Stranger in a Strange Land/Midsummer's Daydream/Time Goes By/All the Way

Zebra - Tell me what you want/Who's behind the door

Fastway - Say what you will

Ozzy/Lita Ford - If I close my eyes forever

Whitesnake - Spit it out

Dio - Last in line

Iron Maiden - Two minutes to midnight

The Firm - You've lost that lovin' feeling