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Old 01-01-2007, 08:00 PM
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Default What is the Quintessential 80's Song?
Everybody has one song which = 80's. We aren't talking about your favorite 80's songs at all. Just which songs are the best barometers of the 80's music scene

I have 2.

-the first one is Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears---screams 80's everytime I hear it

-second is Take on Me by Aha---you have not only the song but the video which goes along with it


Honorable mention- Jesse's Girl, and Livin on a prayer
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come on Eileen--dexy's midnight runners

used to have jesse's girl as the ringtone on my phone...love that song.
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I know Im not the only guy in here that used to love it when the Whitesnake video from "Here I Go Again" would come on MTV....I swear that chick dancing on the car was staring at me the whole time through that video....
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prolly the enduring 80's song would be one of the MANY annoying tunes by Madonna... material girl or like a virgin...

or cyndi lauper before she stopped letting the record company tell her what to record....
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prolly the enduring 80's song would be one of the MANY annoying tunes by Madonna... material girl or like a virgin...

or cyndi lauper before she stopped letting the record company tell her what to record....
You know Cyndi Lauper was a hotwalker at Belmont before her career tookoff?
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You know Cyndi Lauper was a hotwalker at Belmont before her career tookoff?
yup...you know she can't swim?
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I know Im not the only guy in here that used to love it when the Whitesnake video from "Here I Go Again" would come on MTV....I swear that chick dancing on the car was staring at me the whole time through that video....
Tawny Kitaen, got arrested for beating up MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. You know the sound guy for the White Sox actually got fired because he played that Whitesnake song when Chuck Finley went to take the mound for the Indians in Chicago shortly after the arrest? Talk about the management not having a sense of humor.
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Tawny Kitaen, got arrested for beating up MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. You know the sound guy for the White Sox actually got fired because he played that Whitesnake song when Chuck Finley went to take the mound for the Indians in Chicago shortly after the arrest? Talk about the management not having a sense of humor.
no ****...wow.

I think the 1980's might also be the last time I listened to an entire rap album. That is when it was good and you could understand them....

now where is that Heavy D and The Boys tape when I need it????
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This is an open and shut case:


#1. Modern English: I'll Melt With You

Period.. Utterly timeless. Still as fresh 20+ years later. A song I NEVER get tired of hearing.

The rest of a Top 10..

Depeche Mode: EVERYTHING..
The Cure: Nearly EVERYTHING..
Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now?
Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy
Flock of Seagulls: I Ran
Katrina and the Waves: Walking on Sunshine
Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning
The Divnyls: I Touch Myself
Bananarama: Cruel Summer/Venus
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People...come one...hellooooooooo.....

Peter Gabriel...."Sledgehammer"
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People...come one...hellooooooooo.....

Peter Gabriel...."Sledgehammer"
Good one. In Your Eyes is my fave Gabriel song though.
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Good one. In Your Eyes is my fave Gabriel song though.
One of my favorite songs ever!
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People...come one...hellooooooooo.....

Peter Gabriel...."Sledgehammer"

Oh! OH! "In Your Eyes" That's a GREAT song from the 1980's.
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Oh! OH! "In Your Eyes" That's a GREAT song from the 1980's.
As opposed to Gebbie Dibson's "Lost In Your Eyes" which is a crappy song from the 1980's.
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OMG; how can we forget U2? I think I went through puberty watching the video for "With or Without You." Bono was sooooooo hhhhhhottttttttt in it.
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OMG; how can we forget U2? I think I went through puberty watching the video for "With or Without You." Bono was sooooooo hhhhhhottttttttt in it.
see the first or second page...I am a U2 fanatic...
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beat me to it... john cusack with the boom box...dreamy
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beat me to it... john cusack with the boom box...dreamy
John Cusack is unattractive. I'm sorry beth, no dice.
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John Cusack is unattractive. I'm sorry beth, no dice.
it's not the man it's the action...but the man is hot too!
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