Favorite 80's Pop

[fatbassjazzer]

I like Bonnie Tyler, Pat Benetar, and Rick Astley.

Who are your favorites? I need some good recommendations.

[Baird6869]

Icicle Works - Whisper to a Scream
Big Country - In a Big Country
New Order - Bizzare Love Triange
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
The Monks - Turning Japanese
Yaz - Only You
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
The Alarm - 68 Guns
Spandau Ballet - True

Man, I could go on all day....

99 Red Balloons, Take My Breath Away, etc. etc.....

[MysticMichael]

How about...

China Girl - David Bowie
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
Dreaming In Metaphors - Seal
Big Time - Peter Gabriel
Something About You - Level 42
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
Stepping Out - Joe Jackson
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Rio - Duran Duran
The Metro - Berlin
Maneater - Hall & Oates
...anything by Sade

MM

[scottice]

Duran, Duran, Tears for Fears and Prince... oh, the memories!

[the_fonz]

99 luftballoons
and Never Gonna Give You Up

i love getting rickroll'd

[Atoz]

A few off the top of my head:

Radio Free Europe - REM
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Duel - Propaganda
In a Big Country - Big Country
China - Red Rockers
Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio
Rio - Duran Duran
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
World Destruction - John Lydon
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Sex (I'm A...) - Berlin
I Melt With You - Modern English
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Whip It - Devo
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone

[bryan bailey]

does XTC count?

[MonetBass]

You got it. Just a handful from my iPod:

She's A Beauty - The Tubes
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
99 Luftballons - Nena
Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
(I Just) Died In Yor Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
The Look of Love - ABC
The Metro - Berlin
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Cars - Gary Newman
Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
Whip It - Devo
Call Me - Blondie
My Sharona - The Knack
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
Words - Missing Persons
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
Tempted - Squeeze
I Got You - Split Enz
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
Something About You - Level 42
Valotte - Julian Lennon
Veronica - Elvis Costello
Breakout - Swing Out Sister
Freedom Of Choice - Devo
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Heart And Soul - T'Pau
I'll Tumble 4 You - Culture Club
Good Girls Don't - The Knack
In A Big Country - Big Country
When The Heart Rules The Mind - GTR
Coming Up Close - 'Til Tuesday
19 - Paul Hardcastle
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Desperate But Not Serious - Adam Ant
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Superman - R.E.M.
I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Generals And Majors - XTC
Under The Milky Way - The Church

[tycobb73]

No Your Love by the Outfield? There are a lot of bands doing that one. Just heard it last weekend at a club.

[MonetBass]

Originally Posted by tycobb73

No Your Love by the Outfield? There are a lot of bands doing that one. Just heard it last weekend at a club.

Ooh, good call. I used to have that one -- need to get it again.

[Deacon_Blues]

I like a lot of 80's pop, no way I can compile a complete list... I'll try to make some kind of list though:

Michael Jackson- Thriller album
Toto - particularly the songs "Rosanna" and "Africa"
Sting/Police - "Englishman in New York", "If you love somebody..." and "Every breath you take"
Don Henley - "Boys of Summer" - The Ultimate pop song
Irene Cara - Flashdance - Perhaps The Ultimate 80's pop song

Then various songs by Prince, Mr Mister, Chaka Khan, Chicago, Madonna, Laura Branigan, Huey Lewis & The News, Duran Duran etc etc etc etc etc etc...

[Barkless Dog]

Heaven 17
Berlin
Missing Persons
XTC

[arai]

great era.

abc
ah huh-key board bass but a bass lines a bass line....
benitar
bangles
cars
clash
cure
duran
elo
inxs
kim carnes
billy idol
prince
roxy music
talking heads
tears for fears- the singer plays some good bass.
toto
split endz
paul simon
queen
bonnie tyler
wham...(i know but some nice bass)
simple minds
franky goes to hollywood
xtc
the spiecals or aka

[Baryonyx]

Level 42 and Erasure are the highlights for me, I think. So many great tunes though!

[Risen Ashes]

Anything by Micheal Jackson or Prince

[Fassa Albrecht]

Here's my own little list of faves...


Depeche Mode
Electronic
New Order
Level 42
Human League
OMD
Duran Duran
The Jam
The Other Two
Def Leppard (strictly late 70s but...)
Pet Shop Boys
Kraftwerk (again a 70s band, but the best stuff was in the 80s)

[The Deej]

There's going to be a few Canadian things in here, but from the ol' iPod:

All Duran Duran
Power Station
ABC - How to be a Millionaire
Nik Kershaw
OMD - Tesla Girls
Ultravox - We All Fall Down
Blue Peter - Don't Walk on Past, video Verite
Images in Vogue - Lust for Love
The Box - Say To Me
Luba - Let it go
Platinum Blonde - Standing in the Dark
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Billy Idol - White Wedding, Flesh for Fantasy
Doug and the Slugs
Toronto - Daddy Don't Know
Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Prism - Armageddon
Spandau Ballet - Gold
Shuffle Demons - Get Out of my House, Roach

[pbd]

Missing Persons

[moles]

Originally Posted by The Deej

There's going to be a few Canadian things in here, but from the ol' iPod:

All Duran Duran
Power Station
ABC - How to be a Millionaire
Nik Kershaw
OMD - Tesla Girls
Ultravox - We All Fall Down
Blue Peter - Don't Walk on Past, video Verite
Images in Vogue - Lust for Love
The Box - Say To Me
Luba - Let it go
Platinum Blonde - Standing in the Dark
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Billy Idol - White Wedding, Flesh for Fantasy
Doug and the Slugs
Toronto - Daddy Don't Know
Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Prism - Armageddon
Spandau Ballet - Gold
Shuffle Demons - Get Out of my House, Roach

No Spoons?

[TheVoiceless]

Click on my sig, for my 80's pop tribute band. We try to avoid playing the standards like Jenny's number, and Journey. We stick to a little more obscure covers like, Missing Persons, Pretenders, Talking Heads, Berlin, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, and a bunch of one hit wonders.