roachboy

scaling cheese mountain, then, 80s style.

mylene farmer: sans contrefaçon


some fabulous pop treats:

kate bush: the dreaming


les rita mitsuoko: c'est comme ça


les rita mitsuoko: hip kit (william orbit remix)


lene lovich: new toy


new order: blue monday


kid frost: la raza

cheesy visuals, but the mix is great.

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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

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Cynthetiq

Lionel Richie - Hello
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Lionel Richie - All Night Long

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Byrnison

Ahhhh, the nostalgia!

Did someone mention Aimee Mann? Dont forget her sultry backup with Rush in Time Stand Still (and damn, the trio looks younger then than I am now )

mixedmedia

les rita mitsuoko...now there's a name that takes me back...

Sigue Sigue Sputnik


Kraftwerk

my theme song

and in a totally different direction...I kind of can't believe I'm the first one to post a Smiths song


My favorite novelty '80s song from Wall of Voodoo...this guy, Stan Ridgway, has made some interesting albums in subsequent years, though


The Cure

perfect pop song

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ngdawg

And my themesong (I put this on every cd I make)

Poppinjay

Aimee looks cute with her little '80s outfit. But the floating band members makes me dizzy.

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PonyPotato

I loved Billy Joel even as a kid - "Daddy, can we listen to the fire song now?" I stole my dad's cassette tape of "Storm Front" when I was only 5 years old.



For some reason these are still saying "not found" for me.. I'll try to fix them.

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roachboy

new order: everything's gone green (live, 1981)


bush tetras: cowboys in africa


james chance and the contortions: contort yourself


dna: detached


minutemen: this ain't no picnic

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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

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Cynthetiq

Some classic 80's punk rock


The Vandals - The Legend of Pat Brown


Suicidal Tendencies- I Saw Your Mommy


Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized


TSOL - Colors


Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia


The Exploited - Fuck the USA

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mixedmedia

Another band I still find myself listening to...Squeeze.
Pop, so sweet and good.

early video...this is probably the late '70s actually...poor quality...look how young they look!


my very favorite Squeeze song, but for some reason they cut off the beginning of the song

one of my favorite songs ever to sing along with...

and their most famous song...Tempted...with the lovely, golden tones of Paul Carrack


woops, they won't even let you share the link...that's stupid

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Punk.of.Ages

Wonderful selection Cynthetiq!

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Journey - Anyway You Want It
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Animotion - I Engineer


Animotion - Obsession


Romeo Void - Never Say Never

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strange

Two of the best Alternative 80's bands that are still going strong today. Depeche Mode & The Cure

Enjoy the Silence - 1989

Precious - 2007

Just Like Heaven - 1987

Sleep When I'm Dead - 2008

jewels

It's an amazing blast when your teens actually love stuff from your heyday.

You have to guess ...

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Byrnison

Heaven 17 - Let Me Go


Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (oops, this is probably an early 90s song...but still worth hearing aye?)

Cynthetiq

Haysi Fantayzee - shiny shiny


Swing Out Sister - Breakout

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Byrnison

For anyone that spent way too much time listening to "Operation Mindcrime" (and for Cyn, since he started this thread, for some Singapore memories...)

Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger

Cynosure

To me, these are videos that illustrate the pop music and fashion of the '80s...

Jody Watley, "Some Kind of Lover"



Nu Shooz, "Point of No Return"



The music, the clothes, the hairstyles of the '80s - it's all there!

DSmith67

A Ha "Take On Me"


Wasn't a big A ha fan... but remember loving this video on MTV for the "awesome" effects of blending comic book pages with real life.

BCD

I love this thread. Reminds me of the good old days. I'm late to the party, so I won't add anymore Smiths, Cure, Depeche Mode, Def Leppard, Billy Idol, or any of the great 80's punk added by Cynthetiq (miss the days trying to act like a bad ass / troubled kid in my doc martins listening to punk). However, I'll add to CinnamonGirl's Plimsouls: Million Miles Away post with another good one from the Valley Girl soundtrack:

Psychedlic Furs - Love My Way

Byrnison

Ah the Furs! Reminds me of Modern English...which reminds me of:

Which spawned General Public:

Cynthetiq

we need a little more 80's....

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

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Beauty Has Her Way- Mummy Calls

Lost Boys Soundtrack

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Leto

Okay... I really loved The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy... But then I liked Ian Dury as well. I can't find "Who Love's You Now? " but I did find Peter Lorre, which is a close second:

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guyy

What's the 1980s without Blixa Bargeld?

Byrnison

Faith No More: We Care a Lot (which I wouldn't have remembered if it hadn't been for Discovery's "Dirty Jobs" show )

ngdawg

^I believe this was from a Broadway show called "Chess".^

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Cynthetiq

The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye

I never knew that these guys sang this song... for some reason I thought it was Eurythmics or Erasure...

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1980s? Coke!:


Horace Andy, Dance Hall Style:


The Mad Prof was dubbing 'the Creator' in the eighties:



YMO:



Theme music for rb's Santawerk:

Byrnison

Terrible 80s hair...terrible special effects...horrendous (sp?) lyrics...yet strangely addicting...

Cynthetiq

for some reason this has been in my head all day... King - Love and Pride

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Fremen

A little Toto...
"Africa"
"Rosanna"
Dexy's Midnight Runner's "Come On Eileen"
Here's a longer live version...
Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Styx's "Mr. Roboto"

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jewels

How 'bout a little Roxy Music...


The Replacements


and who can forget Bon Jovi


and Bobby Brown

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Cynthetiq

Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance

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wooÐs

Not going to bother embedding and what not - too lazy lol.

There's some good pop tunes in here but I was more of a hair metal girl...

Guns N' Roses, Vixen, Joe Satriani, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Heart, Motley Crue, Scorpions, Skid Row, Slaughter, Dokken, etc.

Cynthetiq

well don't be lazy and find some and post it... for others to also listen to, that's the point to share the music, not the text.

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wooÐs

Wow. You're friendly.

FuglyStick

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Instead of trading sarcasm, let's trade videos.

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wow, I never heard of this band or song, was going through some mix cd's of the 80s and came across this song. It actually got airplay. Amazing!

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