Post your favourite 80's songs

[Forveleth]

As an old Millennial I am contractually required to like anything Phil Collins.

Edit to plug this epic metal cover:

 

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Some Classic Metal

Testament-Practice What You Preach








You think your life's so gray
You don't believe a word you say
Your feet aren't on the ground
You let your life just slip away

Just so uncertain of your body and your soul
The promises you make, your mind goes blank
And then you lose control
Then you lose control

I never was the one, the one to say the things you say
Never seem to wonder what you say
You think you got your life completely in control
You got a lot to learn, the bridge you burned
It's gonna take its toll
Pay the burnt bridge toll

So practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Preach!
Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Preach!
Practice what you preach

You think your life's so gray
You don't believe a word you say
Your feet aren't on the ground
You let your life just slip away

Just so uncertain of your body and your soul
The promises you make, your mind goes blank
And then you lose control
Pay the burnt bridge toll
Then you lose control
Pay the burnt bridge toll

So practice what you preach
So practice what you preach
Preach!
Practice what you preach
Practice what you preach
Preach!

 

[AdamOndiAhman]

 

[xinino]

 

[natthebrat]

I enjoy the goth music of the 80s. In this particular song, I really like the synth at the beginning.

 

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New Order-Blue Monday '88








Original:



How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are

I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more

I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today

And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting

I thought I told you to leave me
While I walk down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold, grows cold...

 

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Belinda Carlisle-Band Of Gold









Now that you're gone, all that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dreams I hold, a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you were still here with me

You took me from the shelter of my mother
I had never known or loved any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms

I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom, hoping soon
That you'll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Now you've been gone, all that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dreams I hold, a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you were still here with me

(Memories of what love could be)
(If you were still here with me)

Don't you know that I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom, hoping soon
That you'll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you've been gone, all that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dreams I hold, a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you were still here with me

I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom, hoping soon
That you'll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before

 

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How I really feel....

The Smiths-Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now .....








I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now

In my life, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?

Two lovers entwined pass me by
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now

In my life, oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?

What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"Oh, you've been in the house too long", she said
And I naturally fled

In my life, why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
"Oh, you've been in the house too long", she said
And I naturally fled

In my life, oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?

 

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Found this recently... Cool mix, even if I didn't know all the songs/artists.

RETRO 80s Classic Mix Party , Donna summer -Madonna-Michael jackson -Queen - Paul McCartney -kim...

 

[Heidi48]

pure cheese, but i love it

 

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Dead Kennedys-Take This Job And Shove It
(It was a bad day today) !!!!









Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for

You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for

You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

I've been working in this factory from now on fifteen years
All this time I've seen my woman drowning in her tears
I've seen a lot of good people die who had a lot of bills to pay
I'd give the shirt right off my back if I had the nerve to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for

You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

Well that foreman, he's a regular dog, the line boss, he's a fool
Got brand new skinhead hair cuts, thinks that he's so cool
One of these days I'll blow my top or somebody's gonna pay
I'd hate to see their faces when I get up the nerve to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for

You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here, ain't working here
Ain't working here no more

 

[tary]

It's a beautiful song, my favourite from them.

 

[DefinitelyReady]

❤ I win
It's Raining Men- The Weather Girls

Superfreak- Rick James
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - the Eurythmics
Push It- Salt-N-Peppa
Wild Thing- Tone Loc
Lyte as a Rock- MC Lyte
F*** tha Police- N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton-N.W..A.
Rhythm Nation-Janet Jackson
Cold Hearted- Paula Abdul
Straight Up- Paula Abdul
Bust a Move- Young MC
It's Tricky- Run-D.M.C
Walk This Way-Run-D.M.C
Fight For Your Right-Beastie Boys
Jump- Van Halen
Every Breath You Take- the Police
Like a Prayer-Madonna
Beat it & Thriller-Michael Jackson
Don't You Forget About Me-Simple Minds
I Wanna Dance with Somebody-Whitney Houston
What's Love (Got to Do with It)-
Tina Turner
Total Eclipse of the Heart-Bonnie Tyler
Call Me-Blondie
Tainted Love-Soft Cell
Back in Black-AC/DC
Livin' on a Prayer-Bon Jovi
Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran
❤Again, I win

 

[winamp]

 

[Rocinante]

 

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Survivor-Can't Let You Go








Two eyes that haunt me
When I turn out the light
Two lips that taunt me
From the darkness each night
I try and hide my heart
To keep my distance in the dark
What makes me fall apart
And call out your name
Just when I'm certain
That you're out of my mind
This feeling grips me
So hard to define
This yearning inside
Just can't deny it
My heart's been branded
I can't let you go
Don't understand it
Just can't tell you no
Don't leave me stranded
'Cause I just can't let you go
It's such a fine line
I walk on the wire
Your heart's a magnet
Pulling me to the fire
Girls like you are hard to shake
It might be my mistake
But I need you tonight
You must have something
To have held me so long
I'm accustomed
To a feeling so strong
Don't tell me it's wrong
Just can't deny it
My heart's been branded
I can't let you go
Don't understand it
Just can't tell you no
Don't leave me stranded
'Cause I just can't let you go

 

[winamp]

 

[Onelegman]

 

[BlackEyedDog]

ah, sooo many great tunes in this thread...

 

[golta]

Etc etc, mecano all

 

[redeeming_butterfly]

Not 80s but early 90s

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

My childhood cartoon + an absolute banger all in one, come on now.

 

[Metalhead]

 

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Guns N Roses-Sweet Child O Mine








She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh
As the bright blue sky (sky)

Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Whoa-o-oh, sweet child o' mine
Whoa-o-o-oh, sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I'd hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain to quietly pass me by

Whoa-o-oh, sweet child o' mine
Whoa-o-o-oh, sweet love of mine

Whoa-o-o-oh, sweet child o' mine
Whoa-o-o-oh, sweet love of mine
Whoa-o-o-oh, sweet child o' mine
Ooh, yeah, o-o-oh, sweet love of mine

Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Oh, where do we go now?
Where do we go?
(Sweet child)
Where do we go now?

Oh, where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, where do we go now?
Oh, where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, where do we go now?
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now
Sweet child

Sweet child o' mine

 

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Yngwie Malmsteen-Heaven Tonight








This feels like Paradise
We'll be in Heaven tonight

Lost in a dream in the arms of the night
Two lonely prisoners of our own device
Don't let me go, hold on together

You wanna know if love can be real
I wanna take everything I can steal
Love on the line, it's now or never
Why can't the night last forever?

This could be Paradise
Holding you here by my side
If we just close our eyes
We'll be in Heaven tonight

Run through the night down streets of desire
Burning my soul, my heart's on fire
Give up the fight, it's sweet surrender

With trembling hands we reach for it all
Two desperate hearts waiting to fall
I need you now, now more than ever
Why can't the night last forever?

This could be Paradise
Holding you here by my side
If we just close our eyes
We'll be in Heaven tonight

This could be Paradise
Holding you here by my side
If we just close our eyes
We'll be in Heaven tonight

This could be Paradise
Holding you here by my side
If we just close our eyes
We'll be in Heaven tonight

This feels like Paradise
I see the world in our eyes
If we just hold on tight
We'll be in Heaven tonight

This feels like Paradise
We'll be in Heaven tonight
This feels like Paradise
We'll be in Heaven tonight

This feels like Paradise
We'll be in Heaven tonight

 

[Katasumi4444444444]

 

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Michael Jackson-DMC MEGAMIX

 

[DefinitelyReady]

One of the best songs, ever... This gem me past the second round of American Idol