Jenny in Atl Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Early in the Morning was another Gap Band hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Me Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Yeah... and, I'm thinking I should go on a diet. My tummy tickling is probably a result of my tummy jiggling. And, I tried to do The Bird and my hip got stuck. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I used to think this song was so cool and my brothers thought it was stupid! I see their point now.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Many of my favorites have been listed already, (Crazy For You, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Africa) but here are a few of my favorites that haven't been listed yet: Any tune by Chicago The Flame- Cheap Trick Russians- Sting Hands to Heaven- Breathe Electric Blue- Icehouse Faithfully- Journey Kyrie- Mr. Mister Christmas Wrapping- The Waitresses Conga- Miami Sound Machine And there are dozens of others. But these are the ones that spring to mind. I am really enjoying this thread! Keep posting! Keep posting! -Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I used to think this song was so cool and my brothers thought it was stupid! I see their point now.:lol: I loved Skateaway and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I think my fav eighties tune is actually from the 70's(?) Wondering Where the Lions Are Bruce Cockburn Actually from the eighties: Elvis Costello - Tokyo Storm Warning (really that whole album - Blood & Chocolate). The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery And spilled into the mezzanine of the crushed capsule hotel Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell Roomies and I wore out Talking Heads Little Creatures one summer (so happy...) Love Kate Bush - did you catch when CSI used 2 of her tunes early last season? (One was a cover, but still...) The Dreaming was just fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I just wiped out my itunes account: All of My Love - Led Zeppelin Too Shy - Kajagoogoo I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett Young Turks - Rod Stewart Everybody Wants to Rule the World - The Human League You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde I'm outta here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I loved Skateaway and Man, I haven't heard Skateaway in a long time! I don't remember Romeo & Juliet. I like this song though:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Oh man, whenever I hear "Love Comes Walkin' in" or "Dreams", I can't help but be transported back in time. I wasn't even much of a heavy metal listener...much more pop and of course U2, which imho, are in a category all by themselves. My favorite artist of the 80s was by far Springsteen, but I find his music timeless and not necessarily screaming "80s". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 An album... London Calling by The Clash. IIRC, it was released in January of 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Long decade. Hmmm. How about a beginning, middle and end. And not all of them are by Jimmy. Another One Bites the Dust by Queen '80 Gypsies in the Palace by Jimmy Buffett '85 Heaven by Warrant '89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 You Dropped The Bomb on Me - The Gap Bandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmbmPalsRi4 This was a very popular song in a local after hours club I went to in college. Ah, the memories! You Dropped The Bomb on Me was one of those songs I think they played whenever the DJ had to take a bathroom break. It just seemed to go on forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I missed one! Well, more than one, but this must be mentioned. Do you remember the , baabeeee? Funky little shack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaZ Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 That's so cute. Sheila, you gotta see this one: Laurel & Hardy Dancing to The Gap Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3mHPmNKRE&feature=related and, if you can stand it a little longer: You Dropped The Bomb on Me - The Gap Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmbmPalsRi4 Man, I had forgotten how raunchy Super Freak is!!! Couldn't even find a suitable video to share for that one! I loved it. Ha, ha, ha. It reminded me of the Video of the Fossee dancers dancing to "Walk it out." too Funny. My kids are getting seriously annoyed with my music today. (Aw, mom what is this stuff.) Ok, who remembers doing a dance called the "cheeseburger" to You Droppe The Bomb on Me. Ah.....6th grade....first school dance....dancing to the Gap band and trying to avoid that big doofus guy who wanted to dance with me. Good times. I need to download some Gap band. I need "Burn Rubber on Me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Most of my favorites have been listed. This is the only one that wasn't. My kids want me to go to PraireAir's list. They really like Pour Some Sugar on Me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Most of my favorites have been listed. This is the only one that wasn't. Thank you so much! I had completely blocked that one out. Wow. Talk about cheese! But it's all good. LOVED the 80s. And the 70s, for that matter. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I remember watching this movie, still gives me chills.:001_smile: Xanadu Don't forget this one OMG!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeljenn Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 This is really tough. I loved all those alternative bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Yaz, ect... But, I really loved Midnight by Yaz and Forest by the Cure. When I pull out the ole' tapes, my kids definately think I was weird!!:lol: Well, I think I was!!!!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I remember watching this movie, still gives me chills.:001_smile:Xanadu Don't forget this one OMG!!! Oh my word! That was the first album I bought with my own money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Long decade. Hmmm. How about a beginning, middle and end. And not all of them are by Jimmy. Another One Bites the Dust by Queen '80 Gypsies in the Palace by Jimmy Buffett '85 Heaven by Warrant '89 What is a Parrothead doing living in Maine? We're down here wasting away on the Redneck Riviera (LA - Lower Alabama) where everybody is a Parrothead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I remember watching this movie, still gives me chills.:001_smile:Xanadu Don't forget this one OMG!!! OMG! It looks like Olivia Newton John just did something totally inappropriate to the guy doing the splits on the tightrope. (At about 2:10.) I don't know though, I've never seen Xanadu. Perhaps it's appropriate there? I'm sorry. I should go do some laundry now. Maybe I'll wash my dirty mind out while I'm at it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Ok, who remembers doing a dance called the "cheeseburger" to You Droppe The Bomb on Me. I need to download some Gap band. I need "Burn Rubber on Me." The cheeseburger? You got me on that one! :lol: I downloaded this one: (the song, NOT the video!!!!) Let It Whip - Dazz Band Good for laundry time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I just thought of another one... I'll Melt with You by Modern English. Did someone say Tainted Love by I don't remember. Jenny, I'm coming over to play with your music collection soon. Did you ever see the band Donkey in Atlanta in the early 90's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Early Elvis Costello and anything by The English Beat/General Public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I love both of these, too! Hmmmm... our wedding song was "Somebody" by Depeche Mode. Good memories there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I'm more of a 70's music fan, but during the '80s I loved all the songs by 2nd Chapter of Acts. They were the BEST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 OMG! It looks like Olivia Newton John just did something totally inappropriate to the guy doing the splits on the tightrope. (At about 2:10.) I don't know though, I've never seen Xanadu. Perhaps it's appropriate there? I'm sorry. I should go do some laundry now. Maybe I'll wash my dirty mind out while I'm at it. :lol: :lol::lol:You have got a dirty mind!! Bad, bad girl!:lol::lol: Looks like she's copping a feel doesn't it?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 ...how 'bout Little Feat? Remember the "Let It Roll" album? Late 80s? Hate to Lose Your Lovin', Cajun Girl.... SO good! That was another one that we completely wore out in college. Also wonderful were Bruce Hornsby and the Range on "The Way It Is" and "Scenes from the Southside." And finally, let it never be said that the South has not produced its share of great musician-poets: Case in point, the Georgia Satellites! ;) Layla McB (who, in her freshman year, danced through the condemned gymnasium at William & Mary for a Bruce Hornsby video before it--the gym, that is--was converted into the business school. Good times.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Oh! Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain.... I need to put that on my mp3 player. Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 ...how 'bout Little Feat? Remember the "Let It Roll" Oh ya, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, Almond Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc. Dh and I love them! 8th Grade was all about Molly Hatchet, Rush, and REO Speedwagon (so not me). I was a transplanted NYer, who had just falling in love with Gene Vincent (rockabilly) and Punk from the UK. I tried to fit in, hanging out with boys who drove Trans Ams or Camaros. It did not work to well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Early Elvis Costello and anything by The English Beat/General Public :iagree::iagree: Don't forget Selector, Madness, The Specials, The Jam, oh it goes on and on. I really am the female version of High Fidelity guy. My dream was to own a used record store, but this shall never be.... :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 "Two Tickets to Paradise" "Hold on Loosely" "Open Arms" "It's You" and pretty much anything from Flashdance??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I just thought of another one... I'll Melt with You by Modern English. Did someone say Tainted Love by I don't remember. Jenny, I'm coming over to play with your music collection soon. Did you ever see the band Donkey in Atlanta in the early 90's? I missed them somehow. Local bands I saw were, REM, Swimming Pool Q's, Blue TV, B52's, Ru Paul (Wee Wee Pole), Arms Akimbo, The Nightporters (Driven N Crying), 86, & Pylon. I'm sure there were more but I don't remember them well. Getting old :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Jenny, Were you in Athens or Atlanta? I saw many of those same bands. Grew up in Atlanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Love, love, love the B-52's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Jenny, Were you in Athens or Atlanta? I saw many of those same bands. Grew up in Atlanta. Atl (Dunwoody), but we used to drive out to Athens all the time! 40 Watt. Main hangouts were 688, Metroplex, and this house off West Peachtree. Can't remember the name, but we saw Baby and the Pacifers. Wow, so long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 This is too funny - I feel like I've gone back in time reading this thread. Little Feat? The Big Gap Band? The B-52's? This is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I thought this was funny...I seen this and had to post it Not a very good song, but I still thought it was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Broken Wings, by Mister Mister! I loved it the first time I heard it, and think it may still be my fave song ever, unless Rob Thomas has pushed it out with If You're Gone, which I adore as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 for the most part, I intensely disliked 80s music. Could. not. stand. that stupid song about the red balloons that they played over & over & over & over! It was the absolute worst, followed closely by Brass in Pocket, Tainted Love, and anything by Culture Club or the Eurythmics. Hmmm... 80s music that I actually liked... okay... anything by Air Supply and most songs by Phil Collins or Foreigner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I remember watching this movie, still gives me chills.:001_smile:Xanadu Don't forget this one OMG!!! This works for the worst movie thread too. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I think Ms. ONJ could have her own worst movie list. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 ...a GREAT 80s soundtrack came out in the late 90s: Grosse Pointe Blank, starring The King of 80s Angst, John Cusack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel in K-zoo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Anything by Billy Joel - I know he began in the 70s, but his greatest hits came out in the 80s and I fell in love. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean I know he is a freak now, but I can't believe no one else liked him in the 80s. Prince - When Doves Cry Metallica - One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 ...a GREAT 80s soundtrack came out in the late 90s: Grosse Pointe Blank, starring The King of 80s Angst, John Cusack. Another 80s soundtrack from 2004: 13 Going on 30: 1. Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's 2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield 3. Burning Down The House - The Talking Heads 4. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle 5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston 6. What I Like About You - Lillix 7. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice 8. Crazy For You - Madonna 9. Vienna - Billy Joel 10. Why Can't I? - Liz Phair 11. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 12. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar 13. Will I Ever Make It Home - Ingram Hill I forgot about Whitney Houston! Gosh, I thought she was so pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 This works for the worst movie thread too. :tongue_smilie: I think Ms. ONJ could have her own worst movie list. :lol: Aww come on, ya'll are killing me, that is the first movie I ever went to by myself (finally old enough!):lol: Okay, so maybe nobody else wanted to see it with me.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I just heard "Red, Red Wine" (and I don't even drink!) and boy did I love that song. I also like Prince's "Kiss." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 nah, no way could I pick a single song. Topping my list would be: Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi (actually, ANYTHING Bon Jovi in the 80's - he was my FAVORITE!!) but I LOVED hair bands (Whitesnake, Great White, Poison, Motley Crue, Scorpions - the list goes on and on) I also liked all the pop-y dance stuff too. Gosh I miss the 80's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I will have you know my dh still has ALL of his 8-tracks AND all of his LP's. Not only that, but he still has his 8-track player and it still works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 If you MADE me pick, I might have to pick Video Killed the Radio Star, by the Buggles. You can't make me pick, though :P Other contenders: Hysteria - Def Leppard Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (but co-written by a guy in another band I love) was Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls 80s or 90s? Burning in Love or What Does it Take? by Honeymoon Suite Stone in Love - Journey INXS - Mystify then there's Duran Duran, and the Hooters, and ....oh, forget it. See? You can't make me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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