Post your favourite 80's songs

[Rogue Proxy]

Alternative Radio - "Concertina Ballerina"

 

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Donna Summer-This Time I Know It's For Real








What would I have to do
To get you to notice me too
Do I stand in line
One of a million admiring eyes

Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky

I'm going crazy just to let you know
You'd be amazed how much I love you so, baby
When I get my hands on you I won't let go
This time I know it's for real

Should I write or call your home
Shout it out with a megaphone
Radio, TV news
Got to find a way to get the message to you

To say I love you with a neon sign
Anything to make you mine

I'm going crazy just to let you know
If I wait too long for you I might explode, baby
I've been around the block enough to know
This time I know it's for real

Oh baby
This time, this time, this time, this time
Oh baby
This time, this time

Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky

I'm going crazy just to let you know
You'd be amazed how much I love you so, baby
When I get my hands on you I won't let go
This time I know it's for real

I'm going crazy just to let you know
If I waited too long for you I might explode, baby
I've been around the block enough to know
This time I know it's for real

 

[Eternal Pessimist]

Eurythmics - Love Is a Stranger

 

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Billy Squire-The Stroke








Now everybody have you heard if you're in the game?
Then the stroke is the word

Don't take no rhythm
Don't take no style
Got a thirst for killin'
Grab you're vile

You put your right hand out
Give a firm handshake
Talk to me
About that one big break

Spread your ear-pollution
Both far and wide
Keep your contributions
By your side and

Stroke me, stroke me
Could be a winner boy, you move quite well
Stroke me, stroke me (stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me
You got your number down
Stroke me, stroke me
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now

You put your left foot out
Keep it all in place
Work your way
Right into my case

First you try to bed me
You make my backbone slide
But when you found you bled me
Skip on by, keep on

Stroke me, stroke me
Give me the business all night long
Stroke me, stroke me (stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me
You're so the ghetto boy
Stroke me, stroke me
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now

(Stroke, stroke)
(Stroke, stroke)
(Stroke, stroke)
(Stroke)

Better listen now
Said it ain't no joke
Let your conscience fail ya
Just do the stroke

Don't you take no chances
Keep your eye on top
Do your fancy dances
You can't stop you just

Stroke me, stroke me (stroke, stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me (stroke, stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me (stroke, stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me (stroke) do it

Stroke me, stroke me (stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me
Keep on (stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me
Ain't gonna (stroke)
Stroke me, stroke me
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now

 

[Ferdinand Bardamu]

 

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Janet.... Miss Jackson if you're Nasty








Gimme a beat!

Sittin' in the movie show
Thinkin' nasty thoughts
Better be a gentleman or you'll turn me off
That's right, lemme tell it

Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change, huh
Oh, you nasty boys

I don't like no nasty girl
I don't like nasty food, oh yeah
The only nasty thing I like is a nasty groove
Will this one do?
Uh huh, I know... say...

Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change

Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, gimme a nasty groove
Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, lemme see your nasty body move
Oh, you nasty boys

I could learn to like this, listen up...
I'm not a prude, I just want some respect
So close the door if you want me to respond
'Cause privacy is my middle name
My last name is control
No, my first name ain't baby
It's Janet... Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty

Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change

Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty boys don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys don't mean a thing to me
Nasty... don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys
(I like this part)
Hey! Who's that thinkin' nasty thoughts? Nasty boys!
Who's that in that nasty car? Nasty boys!
Who's that eatin' that nasty fruit? Nasty boys!
Who's jammin' to my nasty groove? Nasty boys!
Ladies? Nasty boys don't mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys

 

[R_N]

 

[Malaria]

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

perfect strangers by deep purple

just heard the song again. i never noticed ritchie didn't do an amazing guitar solo,but then again, he was aging at that point

 

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Loverboy-Lovin Every Minute Of It








I'm not a man or machine
I'm just something in between
(Whoa-oh, whoa-whoa)
I'm all love, a dynamo
So push the button and let me go
(Whoa-oh, whoa-whoa)

Aah, you want me to come alive?
Flick the switch into overdrive
You and me can let it be
Ready (ready), aim (aim), fire

Touch that dial, turn me on
Start me like a motor, make me run
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin')
(Lovin' every minute of it)

Turn that dial all the way
Shoot me like a rocket into space
Lovin' every minute of it
Lovin' every minute of it
Lovin' every minute of it (c'mon!)

I got fun, you want some?
I'm ever ready, Dr. Love
(Whoa-oh, whoa-whoa)
I'm antenna, aerial
I'm tunin' in, I'm outta control
(Whoa-oh, whoa-whoa)

Aah, you got love, you got a deal
You wanna drive then take the wheel
You and me can let it be
Ready (ready), aim (aim), fire

Touch that dial, turn me on
Start me like a motor, make me run
Lovin' every minute of it
Lovin' every minute of it

Turn that dial all the way
Shoot me like a rocket into space
Lovin' every minute of it
Lovin' every minute of it
Lovin' every minute of it (all right!)

Oh, you want me to come alive?
So flick the switch into overdrive
You and me can let it be
Ready (ready), aim (aim), fire

Touch that dial, turn me on
Start me like a motor, make me run
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin')
(Lovin' every minute of it)

Turn that dial all the way
Shoot me like a rocket into space
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin' every minute of it)
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin' every minute of it)
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin' every minute of it)
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin' every minute of it)

C'mon and touch that dial, turn me on
Start me like a motor, make me run
Turn that dial all the way
Shoot me like a rocket into space
Lovin' every minute of it (lovin' every minute of it)
(Whoa-oh, whoa-whoa)

 

[Eternal Pessimist]

a-ha - I've Been Losing You

 

[persimmon]

Human League – Sound of the Crowd

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

this one must be a repeat but i prefer not to look through 20 pages of 80's songs!

 

[Malaria]

I prefer this version over the more popular Gary Jules cover. The Hurting is a great album overall too, very personal and relatable to me.

 

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Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra









I heat up, I can't cool down
You got me spinnin' 'round and 'round
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes
Where it stops, nobody knows

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher

Abra-abracadabra
I wanna reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove

Abra-abracadabra
I wanna reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

I feel the magic in your caress
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin, leather and lace
Black panties with an angel's face

I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Just when I think I'm gonna get away
I hear those words that you always say

Abra-abracadabra
I wanna reach out and grab ya
Abra-abracadabra
Abracadabra

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher...
Yeah, yeah...

I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes ('round and 'round)

I heat up, I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round and 'round
I heat up, I heat up
I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round and 'round
I heat up, I heat up
I can't cool down

 

[3/4Dead]

 

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That is quite a difference. Is today opposite day.
Seriously... I love both songs.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

Kiss-Heavens On Fire








Woo-oo-oo

I look at you and my blood boils hot
I feel my temperature rise
I want it all, give me what you got
It's hunger in your eyes

I'm getting closer, baby hear me breathe

You know the way to give me what I need
Just let me love you and you'll never leave

Feel my heat
Takin' you higher
Burn with me
Heaven's on fire
Paint the sky with desire
Angel fly
Heaven's on fire (woo)

I got a fever ragin' in my heart
You make me shiver and shake
Baby don't stop, take it to the top
Eat it like a piece of cake

You're comin' closer, I can hear you breathe

You drive me crazy when you start to tease
You could bring the devil to his knees

Feel my heat
Takin' you higher
Burn with me
Heaven's on fire
Paint the sky with desire
Angel fly
Heaven's on fire

Oh-oh, heaven's on fire
Oh-oh, heaven's on fire
Oh-oh

I'm getting closer, baby hear me breathe

You know the way to give me what I need
Just let me love you and you'll never leave

Feel my heat
Takin' you higher
Burn with me
Heaven's on fire
Paint the sky with desire
Angel fly
Heaven's on fire
Feel my heat
Takin' you higher
Burn with me
Heaven's on fire

Paint the sky with desire
Angel fly
Heaven's on fire
Feel my heat
Takin' you higher
Burn with me
Heaven's on fire

 

[Myforevercharlie]

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick
And think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcases of memories
Time after
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you've said
Then you say, go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows
You're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
You said go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after
Time

 

[carac]

Time after time

Love this song but I love Eva Cassidy's version more

 

[Malaria]

 

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Def Leppard-Rock Of Ages
I want to be chained to speakers at full volume.








Gunter glieben glauchen globen

All right, I got something to say
Yeah, it's better to burn out
Yeah, then fade away

All right
Oh
Gonna start a fire

C'mon

Rise up, gather round
Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up, let's go for broke
Watch the night go up in smoke

Rock on, rock on
Drive me crazier
No serenade, no fire brigade
Just the pyromania, come on

(What do ya want?) What do ya want?
(I want rock 'n' roll) yes, I do
(Long live rock 'n' roll)

Oh, let's go let's, strike a light
We're gonna blow like dynamite
I don't care if it takes all night
Gonna set this town alight, c'mon

(What do ya want?) What do ya want?
(I want rock 'n' roll) all right
(Long live rock 'n' roll) oh, yeah, yeah

Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', keep a-rollin'
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', rock 'n' rollin'

We got the power, got the glory
Just say you need it
And if you need it say yeah
Oh, yeah, heh heh heh heh
Now listen to me

I'm burnin', burnin', I got the fever
I know for sure, there ain't no cure
So feel it, don't fight it, go with the flow
And gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme one more for the road, yeah

(What do ya want?) What do ya want?
(I want rock 'n' roll) you betcha
(Long live rock 'n' roll) now hit it

Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', keep a-rollin'
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', rock 'n' rollin'

We got the power, got the glory
Just say you need it
And if you need it say yeah
Say yeah

We're gonna burn this damn place down, wo-ho
Down to the ground

 

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Black Box-Ride On Time (1989 or 1990 Depending on the country you are in)









(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Woh-oh
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Woh-oh
(And time won't take my love away)

Woh-oh, woh-oh, o-oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh

You're such a, you're such a, you're such a, you're such a
Hot temptation!
You just walk right in
Walk, walk, walk right in and
Woh-oh, woh-oh, o-oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh
O-oh-oh, oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh, o-o-oh-oh

(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Thank, thank, thank you baby
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Just don't move
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Thank, thank, thank you baby
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Walk right in and

'Cause you ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time
'Cause you ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time

Let me tell you, let me tell you
What you do, what you do, what you do to me
You're such a
Hot temptation!
You just walk right in, walk, walk, walk right in and
Woh-oh, woh-oh, o-oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh
O-oh-oh, oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh, o-o-o-oh

(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Thank, thank, thank you baby
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Just don't move
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Thank, thank, thank you baby
(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up)
Walk right in and
(Away)

'Cause you ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time
'Cause you ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ride on time
'Cause you ride on time, ri-ri-ride on time
'Ca-cause you ride on time, ri-ri-ride on time
(Away)

(And time won't take my love away)

 

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Foreigner-Jukebox Hero








Standing in the rain, with his head hung low
Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold out show
Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream

He heard one guitar, just blew him away
He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a beat up six-string in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure

That one guitar felt good in his hands
Didn't take long to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was a one-way ticket, only one way to go

So he started rocking
He is never going to stop
Got to keep on rocking
Someday he's going to make it to the top

And be a jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes)
He's a jukebox hero
He took one guitar (jukebox hero, stars in his eyes)
Jukebox hero (stars in his eyes)
He'll come alive tonight

In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour
Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door
Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made his whole life change

Now he needs to keep on rocking
He just can't stop
Gotta keep on rocking
That boy has got to stay on top

And be a jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes)
He's a jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes)
Yeah, jukebox hero (stars in his eyes)
With that one guitar (stars in his eyes), he'll come alive
Come alive tonight

Yeah, he's gotta keep on rocking
Just can't stop
Gotta keep on rocking
That boy has got to stay on top
And be a jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes)
He's a jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes)

That one guitar (jukebox hero)
Put stars in his eyes
Yeah, he's just a jukebox hero
Jukebox hero
Jukebox hero, he's got stars in his eyes
Stars in his eyes

 

[FERAL_FRENZY]

I don't know if anyone has posted this one yet. One of my favorites. :)

 

[thenamingofcats]

 

[HereTomorrow]

Forever Young - Alphaville

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

 

[Catch-22]

 

[MarkSmith73]

 

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Technotronic ft Ya Kid K-Move This









Yo, come on move this
Shake that body, shake that body
Shake that body, shake that body

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time, can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste the piece of mine?
Many different flavors and the spice is strong
Get into the hot stuff, let me pour a little some

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you're doing fine
There's nothing to it, you gotta groove it
Come on and move this, shake that body for

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time, can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste the piece of mine?
Many different flavors and the spice is strong
Get into the hot stuff, let me pour a little some

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you're doing fine
There's nothing to it, you gotta groove it
Come on and move this, shake that body for me
Shake that body for me, shake that body

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time, can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste the piece of mine?
Can you feel the mellow crawlin' fast
Drum on, baby, rhythm's blast
Pump it, pump it, pump, pump it up
Nothin' can make this one stop

You've gotta move this, you've gotta move this
Oh yeah, you gotta move this and groove this
And move this on, shake that body for

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you gotta move that
You gotta move, move, move this and groove it
Shake that body for me

Shake that body, shake that body
Shake that body for me
Shake that body, shake that body
Shake that body, shake that body, for me
Shake it, shake it

You've gotta move this, come on and move this
Move this, move this, move this
You've gotta move this, come on and move this
Move it, move it

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you're doing fine
There's nothing to it, you gotta groove it
Come on and move it, shake that body for

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time, can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste the piece of mine?
Can you feel the mellow crawlin' fast
Drum on baby, rhythm's blast
Pump it, pump it, pump, pump it up
Nothin' can make this one stop

Toes be tappin', fingers snappin'
Hands wrapped 'round ma rabbit
Talkin' about cold lappin'
Shut up and do the walk
Use what you got, show me
You're on the floor so let me see
Don't say nothin' unless I saw
And remember I like it raw

You've gotta move this, you've gotta move this
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you've gotta move this
Uh uh uh uh, shake that body for me

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you're doing fine
There's nothing to it, you gotta groove it
Come on and move this, shake that body for

Baby, let me show you how to do this
You've gotta move this, you gotta move that
Really ain't nothin' to it, you gotta move it
Move, move it, shake that body for me

Shake that body for me, shake that body for me
Shake that body, shake that body for me
Shake that body, shake that body for me