Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I think music in the 80's was some of the best--what did you like?? Depeche Mode, Hall & Oates, Queen, I LOVED RICK SPRINGFIELD--I saw him in concert like 15 times! (hey, I was in NY, I could see anyone I wanted :D). The Police, Til Tuesday--who else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 80s music is still most of what I listen to. Def Leppard, Duran Duran, The Hooters, INXS, Honeymoon Suite, Winger (though I didn't actually listen to them in the 80s), OMD, The Police, Styx (they count for 80s, too), Rush (same), Madness ... sigh. Good stuff :) I lived for concerts. My first rock concert was Hall and Oates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 I forgot Styx--and what is still my favorite song--Broken Wings, by Mister Mister! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 What about Guns N Roses, Pat Benetar, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Journey, and Cheap Trick? Oh, and KISS of course.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Oh, I love Broken Wings, but it takes me right back to my first dance--it was the last song played and I was really hoping the boy I liked would ask me to dance but he didn't. He just stood there and watched everyone just like I did. :glare: Anyway, I love 80's music--that's mostly what I listen to. I loved Oingo Boingo, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Sting, OMD, Tears for Fears, Aha... My vote for best song of the 80's is U2's With or Without You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Does anyone watch Psych? Did you see when they were in the show like that show? I don't watch TV, don't remember the show, but you know? And they did the song from Aha? It was TOO FUNNY!!!! Gosh, I just talked myself around a circle, didn't I? I sound like such a ditz!!!! It MUST be time for bed! Night all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I didn't really get into music until the 90's but my favorite 80's band would have to be The Cure. I love their moodiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldjoy Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Techno anyone? "you spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby right round, round, round, round, round" anyone know this song??? Still one of my favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Oh, I love that one, definitely a favorite. And also the Information Society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Ah the 80's. Styx was my favorite, I wanted to marry Tommy Shaw INXS Ultravox U2 The Alarm Billy Idol The Elvis Brothers Duran Duran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Oh Yes! The 80's!!!!!!! INXS Prince Bon Jovi Def Leppard Police Phil Collins Journey Huey Lewis What else? I'm sure I'll come up with more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Do you love how the kids' movies of today have 80's music in them? Chicken Little had a lot. Herbie, Sky High, and I can't remember the others but, my dh and I watch and laugh because of all the 80's music. They know what they're doing! The music is so fun that we don't mind when the kids watch them over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 I can't believe how much music from the 80's they play now!! What about the Go-Go's!! And Belinda Carlisle!!! My daughter loves the Go-Gos!! And I love how the music is in movies!! I like a lot of music from now, but I think the 80's were wonderful, too!!! Some of the best music!!!!!! 70's didn't thrill me--I'm so glad I wasn't old enough to date during the "disco era"--ugh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I am a hair band loving headbanger! Oh, how I loved Tesla, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Winger, Poison, Warrant, Skid Row, Cinderella, Dokken, Kingdom Come, Great White, White Lion, Ratt, Slaughter, Steelheart, House of Lords... the list goes on. Nothing appeals to teenage angst like a good hair band. :lol: Tattoo Rodeo was an amazing band - they only had a couple of albums. Very bluesy. Kinda like the Black Crowes but better IMO. LOVED them. Before Slaughter formed, Mark Slaughter sang for the Vinnie Vincent Invasion and they did one of my favorite metal ballads - "Love Kills." Another band I loved was Hardline, which is a band that Neil Schon (of Journey) was in... their Double Eclipse album was phenomenal. I had some friends introduce me to lots of bands that never became huge names, but I loved some of their songs. I can't remember them all anymore. :sad: I also LOVE Journey (with Steve Perry). I like Richard Marx. Living Color is good. King's X is another one. They bring back good times in college with my best friend - must be more 90s. Nothing takes me back like a good power ballad, though. And really, is there any better looking man on earth than Kip Winger? :D Hmmmmm.... I could go on about music all day. Must go wake the baby and go to lunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Howard Jones Rico Suave :D El Debarge Color me Badd (I wanna sex you up) Wham! Ahhh...the classics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Wow, Beth, I don't know half the groups you named! & I thought you meant you were a hairband loving headbanger!! LOL! I forgot 10,000 Maniacs! I used to go from NY to Boston to see them in clubs before they hit it big--Natalie Merchant it TINY!!!! I don't like her on her own too much, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I still love Depeche Mode!!! I was such a good little geek that I never cut class once when I was in high school, and only once when I was in college (okay, that was the 90's, not the 80's, but close enough) and that was to go to a DM concert. I totally lucked out: our seats were dead center in the fourth row from the front. When they were singing "Personal Jesus" we would all reach our hands into the air towards Dave on the line "reach out and touch faith." But on the last "reach out" of the song something possessed me to reach out towards Martin instead, and he saw me and smiled at me! So that's my one brush with fame. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 And I love how the music is in movies!! My brother had been telling me for years that I needed to watch Donnie Darko. I finally did this past weekend. I loved it, and it has a lot of great 80's music in it, Joy Division, The Church, Echo and the Bunnymen. (Disclaimer: this isn't one to watch with your kiddos!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 When I went to see Wedding Singer, the theater wasn't quite a third full, and it was all people my age--not even a quarter of the way through everyone was up, singing and dancing with the music--it was one of the best movie going experiences of my life!! I was with my French xh, and let me tell you, French people cannot dance! (sorry for the generalization, but, at least from my experience, they can't), and he didn't get much out of it, but I had a blast!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I can't believe how much music from the 80's they play now!! What about the Go-Go's!! And Belinda Carlisle!!! My daughter loves the Go-Gos!! And I love how the music is in movies!! I like a lot of music from now, but I think the 80's were wonderful, too!!! Some of the best music!!!!!! 70's didn't thrill me--I'm so glad I wasn't old enough to date during the "disco era"--ugh!!!! Now, see, I'm not so much a fan of the "girly music" :lol: DH liked that stuff. I do love that the movie soundtracks have so much 80's music! It's good marketing, you know, because it lets the parents who have to take the kids to those movies enjoy them a little bit, too. And remember, it was hair SCRUNCHIES back then, not head bands. :D You should have seen my hair - I had the best headbanger hair EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Howard Jones Rico Suave :D El Debarge Color me Badd (I wanna sex you up) Wham! Ahhh...the classics! What about Lisa Lisa and the cult jam, I was listening to all cried out yesterday, aahhh the good ol days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hmmm, I think I need some 80's music--I was just listening to something on Pandora, and realized the lyrics were: "Somebody told me, That you had a boyfriend, That looked like a girlfriend, That I had in February." Please tell me our music was better than that! Not that I don't like lots of music now, but please!!! How about "Jessie's Girl"? Did I mention I was in love with Rick Springfield? Oh, my BIL got my sister and I tickets to see him in concert locally two years ago--it was a blast--all the women were my age, and it was outside, and you could buy beer, and by the end of it, some of them were crying, and yelling, "Rick, take me home, Rick!"! It was TOO, TOO FUNNY!!! Ahem, I was over him by then, I was proud to say :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 English Beat, Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Paul Simon. And Monty Python comedy records! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donovans4 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 right now on VH1 they are doing a countdown of the top 100 songs of the 80s! There are lots of the videos on vh1.com! LauraD in Mn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 FWIW some of these groups you all love and have mentioned from the 1980s started off in the 1970s, such as Steely Dan (I'd forgotten about them, but they were around for sure then, because I remember meeting a guy named Dan Steel in college in 1978 and thinking about the group), Queen, etc. Cindy Lauper--didn't her hits come then? How come none of you mentioned Blondie, Madonna (I have always hated Madonna, but she was so big in the 1980s. I still remember one of her first songs, Like a Virgin--I hated her voice in that song and the tune and the words so much), etc??? Just wondering, since I was past high school by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Two I liked that I didn't see mentioned yet: Phil Collins The Cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 My brother had been telling me for years that I needed to watch Donnie Darko. I finally did this past weekend. I loved it, and it has a lot of great 80's music in it, Joy Division, The Church, Echo and the Bunnymen. (Disclaimer: this isn't one to watch with your kiddos!) Ooooooh, The Church - how could I forget them? They were one of my favs. Steven Kilbey's voice .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Ah the 80's. Styx was my favorite, I wanted to marry Tommy Shaw INXS Ultravox U2 The Alarm Billy Idol The Elvis Brothers Duran Duran I'm having deja vu all over again! Didn't we just discuss this? Because I remember mentioning that I saw Midge Ure solo at The Bayou in Georgetown back in the Dark Ages, and I think that YOU, Paula, mentioned that you loved Ultravox. Woohoo--another Midge fan! Wow, was he ever good looking. Wow. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 How about "Jessie's Girl"? Did I mention I was in love with Rick Springfield? I just recently watched the original Battlestar Galactica again, and I'd TOTALLY FORGOTTEN that Rick Springfield made a brief appearance as Apollo's ill-fated younger brother. He looked sooooo young on that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Techno anyone?"you spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby right round, round, round, round, round" anyone know this song??? Still one of my favorites Dead or Alive. Yes, I have their greatest hits album. And yes, I still listen to it, along with all my other 'new wave' favorites. Depeche Mode, the Cure, the Cult, the Clash, Siouxie and the Banshees, Men without Hats, Thompson Twins, New Order, Yaz, Ministry (their first single, Everyday is Halloween, is quite New Wave rather than industrial).. oh, now I have to go get out some CD's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Ack, we didn't watch tv then, so I missed it! hmm, funny how I felt so deprived then, and now I'm doing the same thing to my dd, huh? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Dead or Alive. Yes, I have their greatest hits album. And yes, I still listen to it, along with all my other 'new wave' favorites. Depeche Mode, the Cure, the Cult, the Clash, Siouxie and the Banshees, Men without Hats, Thompson Twins, New Order, Yaz, Ministry (their first single, Everyday is Halloween, is quite New Wave rather than industrial).. oh, now I have to go get out some CD's! I remember the video from Dead or Alive, and that guy and his fingernails--that is all I think of when I hear that song, which is still played now--those fingernails and him spinning around--it CREEPED ME OUT!!! And I liked the song, but I could. not. forget. the. fingernails!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The regulars on my turntable in the 80's were... The Jam, Bauhaus, Joy Division/New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banchees, The Clash, The Police, The Specials, X Ray Specs, The Minutemen, X, Ultravox, The Cramps, XTC, The Selector, Men at Work, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, The Smiths, Dead Kennedys, The Cars, Talking Heads, Adam Ant, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, U2, The Misfits... and many more I'm forgetting. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The regulars on my turntable in the 80's were... The Jam, Bauhaus, Joy Division/New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banchees, The Clash, The Police, The Specials, X Ray Specs, The Minutemen, X, Ultravox, The Cramps, XTC, The Selector, Men at Work, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, The Smiths, Dead Kennedys, The Cars, Talking Heads, Adam Ant, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, U2, The Misfits, the Cure... and many more I'm forgetting. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The Clash and boys in makeup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The Clash and boys in makeup. Loved this by those boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Loved this by those boys.I love YouTube (today). It wasn't until about 5 years later I finally read the book. Speaking of books, I have my dogeared copy of Charlotte Sometimes waiting for my girls thanks to Bob as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Loved this by those boys. Ooh, yeah--loved that one, too (as well as The Stranger by Camus--perfect book for my perfectly angsty 80s). I still contend that Marshall Crenshaw's debut album was the BEST--loved every track. And then this one was just so unangsty, you HAD to love it! Incredibly, it remains one of my favorite of Sting's songs. It's infectious. In a good way. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I still contend that Marshall Crenshaw's debut album was the BEST--loved every track.Are you from the Detroit area? If so this familiar? And ? :) (Yeah, I know they're not from Detroit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Are you from the Detroit area? If so this familiar? And ? :) (Yeah, I know they're not from Detroit) Bastin... baby... Bastin. They were the crave "wicked" on the Cape. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 And I love how the music is in movies!! I like a lot of music from now, but I think the 80's were wonderful, too!!! Some of the best music!!!!!! 70's didn't thrill me--I'm so glad I wasn't old enough to date during the "disco era"--ugh!!!! Well, I grew up during the 80s, but my "music socialization"--as I like to think of it--began in the 70s. I LOVE 70s music: especially disco and Southern rock, although I love me some Boston and Steely Dan and Doobies and Fleetwood Mac and.... I'm sorry, but it doesn't get any better than the Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky." And how 'bout some love for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack?! Yes, I still love disco. I know: I'm a superfreak. ;) Howard Jones Rico Suave :D Wham! LOVE HoJo, and I will shamefacedly admit to loving Wham!, too. But Rico Suave gave me the creeps. He and Fabio and the "I'm too sexy" guy. :001_huh: Thinkin' you're the sexy thing walkin'? Totally UNsexy. You should have seen my hair - I had the best headbanger hair EVER. Um, I dunno 3lilreds--you couldn't have taken my sister's hair down with a hammer. I think she'd have given you a run for your money. :lol: Isn't it a wonder that any of us have any hair LEFT after the bighaired 80s?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Bastin... baby... Bastin. They were the crave "wicked" on the Cape. :lol: One of my biggest regrets is never seeing them live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Are you from the Detroit area? If so this familiar? And ? :) (Yeah, I know they're not from Detroit) Not from Detroit, but I did listen to the J Geils Band. Thanks for those clips! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reya Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I think music in the 80's was some of the best--what did you like?? Depeche Mode, Hall & Oates, Queen, I LOVED RICK SPRINGFIELD--I saw him in concert like 15 times! (hey, I was in NY, I could see anyone I wanted :D). The Police, Til Tuesday--who else? It's my least favorite era, and I was a kid then!!! Actually, I like it better now that it's on the oldies stations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Don't forget The Go-Gos and the Bangles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Well, I grew up during the 80s, but my "music socialization"--as I like to think of it--began in the 70s. I LOVE 70s music: especially disco and Southern rock, although I love me some Boston and Steely Dan and Doobies and Fleetwood Mac and.... I'm sorry, but it doesn't get any better than the Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky." And how 'bout some love for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack?! Yes, I still love disco. I know: I'm a superfreak. ;) LOVE HoJo, and I will shamefacedly admit to loving Wham!, too. But Rico Suave gave me the creeps. He and Fabio and the "I'm too sexy" guy. :001_huh: Thinkin' you're the sexy thing walkin'? Totally UNsexy. Um, I dunno 3lilreds--you couldn't have taken my sister's hair down with a hammer. I think she'd have given you a run for your money. :lol: Isn't it a wonder that any of us have any hair LEFT after the bighaired 80s?! So, where were you on the 1970s thread? Because no one brought up any disco divas. Not even Donna Summer was mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 The regulars on my turntable in the 80's were... The Jam, Bauhaus, Joy Division/New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banchees, The Clash, The Police, The Specials, X Ray Specs, The Minutemen, X, Ultravox, The Cramps, XTC, The Selector, Men at Work, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, The Smiths, Dead Kennedys, The Cars, Talking Heads, Adam Ant, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, U2, The Misfits, the Cure... and many more I'm forgetting. :D Dead Kennedys, Bauhaus, the Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, and of course David Byrne and David Bowie- oh be still my beating heart. I used to buy my records and clothes at a shop called Drastic Plastic...my mom was very accepting of the dog collar and combat boots that I felt were so anti establishment...I should have known this could lead to further deviancy even such madness as homeschooling rather than practicing law...riding a bus for two days to get to DC for a protest as my senior college trip.Ah, the memories if I can be as cool when dd announces she wants violet hair or some other affectation I must remember all that I did and just hope that she refrains from slam dancing at weddings. That went over swimmingly in our small Iowa community yes indeedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academy of Jedi Arts Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Dead Kennedys, Bauhaus, the Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, and of course David Byrne and David Bowie- oh be still my beating heart. I used to buy my records and clothes at a shop called Drastic Plastic...my mom was very accepting of the dog collar and combat boots that I felt were so anti establishment...I should have known this could lead to further deviancy even such madness as homeschooling rather than practicing law...riding a bus for two days to get to DC for a protest as my senior college trip.Ah, the memories if I can be as cool when dd announces she wants violet hair or some other affectation I must remember all that I did and just hope that she refrains from slam dancing at weddings. That went over swimmingly in our small Iowa community yes indeedy. We would have been hanging out in the 80's :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Dead Kennedys, Bauhaus, the Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, and of course David Byrne and David Bowie- oh be still my beating heart. I used to buy my records and clothes at a shop called Drastic Plastic...my mom was very accepting of the dog collar and combat boots that I felt were so anti establishment...I should have known this could lead to further deviancy even such madness as homeschooling rather than practicing law...riding a bus for two days to get to DC for a protest as my senior college trip.Ah, the memories if I can be as cool when dd announces she wants violet hair or some other affectation I must remember all that I did and just hope that she refrains from slam dancing at weddings. That went over swimmingly in our small Iowa community yes indeedy. ROTFL!!!! Drastic Plastic!!!! Sounds too good--sort of!!! What color was your hair then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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