What songs do you think epitomize the 80s?

[spidey07]

Killing Joke - "Living in the 80s"

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Safety Dance.

Awesome. Awesome to the MAX!

 

[nCred]

Forever young

 

[mugs]

Total Eclipse of the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5IFEfHBQY

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: mpitts
Take on Me - A-Ha

Panama - Van Halen

Just What I Needed - The Cars

That song is from 1978.

 

[Ricochet]

Really, it comes down to these two:

AHA - Take On Me
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

 

[rubix]

cyndi lauper - girls just want to have fun
madonna - borderline

 

[Red Dawn]

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight:laugh:

 

[flunky nassau]

I'll second Aha-Take Me On and Toto-Africa.

Can I add OMD "Enola Gay"

 

[FoBoT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High#Soundtrack

 

[Stiffe]

THe song
you got the touch
you the power
yeahhhh doo dooo
transformers song

 

[phantom309]

Oh Shiela by Ready for the World. Effeminate, empty, souless ripoff of a much more talented artist, recorded purely to make money. Yeah, that was the 80s.

 

[Jules]

Vice City Sound track.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

That being tied to the movie The Breakfast Club

I'd have to agree with the obvious.

 

[Mucho]

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

 

[ramuman]

VH1's rankings for what it's worth.

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Michael Jackson, Madonna & Prince were the shiz in the 80's.

Thriller
Purple Rain
Material Girl

Iconic albums of the 80's.

Chicago 18 would have to be up there too.

 

[AlienCraft]

Anything by Journey w/ Steve Perry....duh

 

[Savij]

Take it Higher

It's like the 80's wrapped into one neat package. Stallone movie, 80's inspirational rock, a dude named lincoln hawk...it's awesome incarnate.

edit: that's the only link i could find.

edit2: later guys i now have an uncontrollable to work out...well only one arm, but i'll be at the gym.

edit3: Two years later, and the link needed to be updated.

 

[Rubycon]

Der Kommissar

Folks in the States probably heard the After The Fire version.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
S.

WTF is that :shocked:
<-------Grew up in the 90s.

 

[BUTCH1]

Naked eyes..
Dire Straits (making movies,great album)
Billy Idol

 

[WildHorse]

"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel, 1982

"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo, 1985

"Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits, 1985

"Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel, 1983

 

[mjrpes3]

Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me

The Cars - Drive

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

And lastly, not my favorite, but you can't deny it's totally 80s....

Boy George - Karma Chameleon

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: nCred
Forever young

or Big in Japan