THE ULTIMATE 80's PLAYLIST…

[Funky Pepp]

Let's create The Ultimate 80's Playlist:
Please, only one song per post… :)

1.) A-ha - Take on me (1985)

[Ally Al]

2) cars - gary numan

[Ally Al]

3) model - kraftwerk

[Ally Al]

4) fight for your right - beastie boys

[Ally Al]

5) walk this way - run dmc

[Funky Pepp]

6.) Ultravox - Vienna

[Jmoney77]

7. The Cure-A Forest

Possibly the best song ever!

[Funky Pepp]

8.) Gänsehaut - Karl der Käfer

[Lipper]

birthday - the sugarcubes

[roosta]

9) Van Halen - Jump

[Ally Al]

10) girls just wanna have fun - cyndi lauper

[Ally Al]

11) relax - frankie goes to hollywood

[Ally Al]

12) never too much - luther vandross

[Kid Presentable]

Shout at the Devil-Motley Crue

[abcdefz]

Tempted - Squeeze

[Guy Incognito]

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

[Guy Incognito]

Blue Monday - New Order

[Guy Incognito]

Pump Up The Volume -M/A/R/R/S

[Guy Incognito]

Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

[Guy Incognito]

A Town Called Malice - The Jam

[Matt]

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello
White Wedding - Billy Idol
China Girl - David Bowie
Blue Monday - New Order
Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
It's All I Can Do - The Cars
True - Spandau Ballet
Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
Private Idaho - The B52's
Money (That's What I Want) - Flying Lizards
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Love Stinks - The J. Geils Band
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
Holiday - Madonna

Oh snap I just copied the soundtrack to The Wedding Singer. Thatwas easy.

[Ally Al]

she bangs the drums - stone roses

[Ally Al]

fade to grey - visage

[Ally Al]

kharma chameleon - culture club

[Ally Al]

1999 - prince

[Ally Al]

when doves cry - prince

[Ally Al]

raspberry beret - prince

[Ally Al]

kiss - prince

[Ally Al]

sign o'the times - prince

[Ally Al]

alphabet street - prince

[Ally Al]

jack your body - steve 'silk' hurley

[burbboi]

Sister Christian - Night Ranger

[Otis Driftwood]

Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Wild Boys - Duran Duran (what a silly name for a band, BTW)

[Guy Incognito]

Rockit - Herbie Hancock

[Guy Incognito]

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

[Funky Pepp]

Rocksteady Crew - Hey you Rock Steady Crew

[Guy Incognito]

Voodoo Ray - Guy Called Gerald

[Guy Incognito]

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash..

[Guy Incognito]

Ghost Town - Specials

[Funky Pepp]

Max Werner - Rain in May

[Guy Incognito]

Can You Dig It? - PWEI

[Lihi]

Anything by Sisters of Mercy... (y)

up to Floodland, that is. Vision Thing is crap.

[Kid Presentable]

Wild Thing-Tone Loc

[Funky Pepp]

Animotion - I engineer

[Kid Presentable]

Billie Jean-Mike Jackson, foo..

[Kid Presentable]

Duran Duran - Girls On Film

Someone needs to ban Ally Al from this thread.

I thought you were me for a minute.

Genius of Love-Tom Tom Club

[Kid Presentable]

Back in Black/You Shook Me All Night Long- Acca Dacca

[Kid Presentable]

I want your Love-Transvision Vamp (and she was the first lady I was in love with. Points to whoever can remind me what her name was.)

[Funky Pepp]

I was just thinking of "embiggening" this thread.
Perhaps you can write down, why you like that
song you post or what connects the song to you:

e.G.: Opus – Life is Life

I remember being in vacations in Corsica. And this
song was a huuuuuge hit there (too). Every time
you turned on the radio, no matter which station,
they were playing it… BRAINWASH :eek:

[Kid Presentable]

I was just thinking of "embiggening" this thread.
Perhaps you can write down, why you like that
song you post or what connects the song to you:

e.G.: Opus – Life is Life

I remember being in vacations in Corsica. And this
song was a huuuuuge hit there (too). Every time
you turned on the radio, no matter which station,
they were playing it… BRAINWASH :eek:

Nah.

Hot in the City- Billy Idol.

[Funky Pepp]

Nah.

Hot in the City- Billy Idol.
oh, allright, sorry... :o

Vladimir Cosma - Reality (La Boum OST)

[Kid Presentable]

oh, allright, sorry... :o

Vladimir Cosma - Reality (La Boum OST)

Oh, it's not to be rude. It's just that most of my experiences with music from an early age have stemmed from either sitting in the dark listening to songs while everybody slept, or watching music videos while everybody slept.

We Care A lot-Faith No More

[Funky Pepp]

^^ Yeah, I know ;)

Video Kids – Woodpeckers from space

(My parents hated me for playing it in the car
during long trips on weekends or vacations…)

[yeahwho]

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Rosanna - Toto
Goodbye to You - Scandal

( these three combined are pretty much all you need to know :p )

[Kid Presentable]

I'm the Man-Anthrax

[Ally Al]

Duran Duran - Girls On Film

Someone needs to ban Ally Al from this thread.

on what grounds ?

hold on i've just thought of another one

too shy - kajagoogoo

:D

[Funky Pepp]

Limahl - Never ending story

[Kid Presentable]

Breakaway-Big Pig

[Ally Al]

the quiet life and ghosts - japan

[Ally Al]

absolute - scritti polliti

[Ally Al]

wood beez (pray like aretha franklin) - scritti polliti

[Ally Al]

freedom - wham

[Ally Al]

wake me up before you go go - wham

[Ally Al]

like a virgin - madonna

[Ally Al]

rebel without a pause - PE

[Ally Al]

public enemy #1 - PE

[Ally Al]

geno - dexys midnight runners

[Funky Pepp]

Peter Schilling - Major Tom (of course the german version ;))

[Rock]

Send Me an Angel - Real Life
Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
Everybodys Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey (I think)

[Ally Al]

broken wings - mister mister

[Ally Al]

eye of the tiger - survivor

[Funky Pepp]

Falco - Jeanny

[Ally Al]

Falco - Jeanny

what about rock me amadeus ?

[Funky Pepp]

what about rock me amadeus ?
I'd say MEH. But there's also:
The Sound of Music – Falco

[Funky Pepp]

Oh, and did we allready talk about the
Simple Minds – Don't you forget about me (y)

[Guy Incognito]

A Little Respect - Erasure

I never liked that song until I heard it in a top Scrubs episode and i couldnt get it out of my brain for weeks

[Guy Incognito]

Just buggin - Whistle

[Guy Incognito]

Paid In Full - Eric B & Rakim

[Guy Incognito]

Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer

[Rockable]

99 Luftballons- Nena

[Rockable]

Come on Eileen- Dexys Midnight Runners

[Guy Incognito]

Come on Eileen- Dexys Midnight Runners

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Geno is much better- come on eileen is just a bit too much wedding disco for me!

Some Candy Talking - Jesus And Mary Chain

[Guy Incognito]

A Day In The Life - Todd Terry

[Guy Incognito]

Five Get Over Excited - Housemartins

[Guy Incognito]

How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

[Ally Al]

never gonna give you up - rick astley (like it or not PWL own late 80's pop)

AND is this list supposed to be songs we like or just songs that define the 80's, thats been my steez

[Funky Pepp]

never gonna give you up - rick astley (like it or not PWL own late 80's pop)

AND is this list supposed to be songs we like or just songs that define the 80's, thats been my steez
Songs you like, I'd say. This is not the Wikipedia of 80's music, right...

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew
(I want to be in the A-Team) :o

[Funky Pepp]

The second time - Kim Wilde

[Ally Al]

[QUOTE=Funky Pepp]Songs you like, I'd say. This is not the Wikipedia of 80's music, right...

well that make this a whole nutha post then

still smokin' - trouble funk

[Ally Al]

play at your own risk - planet patrol

[Ally Al]

how you like me now - kool moe dee

[Ally Al]

cold getting dumb - just ice

[Ally Al]

al-naafiysh(the soul) - hashim

[Ally Al]

release yourself - aleem

[Ally Al]

style wars - hijack

[Ally Al]

me myself and i - de la soul

[Ally Al]

can u feel it - original concept

[Otis Driftwood]

Nik Cershaw - The Riddle (sp?)

[icy manipulator]

mantronix - bassline

[icy manipulator]

soft cell - tainted love

[icy manipulator]

rick springfield - jessie's girl

[icy manipulator]

MEN AT WORK - LAND DOWN UNDER

obviously an australian hasn't posted in this thread yet

[icy manipulator]

Europe - The final countdown

epic of a song.

i could pretty much name most of the songs off Singstar 80's

[Justin]

yo bum rush the show - public enemy

[Rancid_Beasties]

MEN AT WORK - LAND DOWN UNDER

obviously an australian hasn't posted in this thread yet
If you play the vinyl version of this and slow it down at the part where he says "she just smiles gives me a vegemite sandwich" it sounds exactly like shaggy.

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[zorra_chiflada]

If you play the vinyl version of this and slow it down at the part where he says "she just smiles gives me a vegemite sandwich" it sounds exactly like shaggy.


hahaha
i can imagine that

[Randetica]

a-ha
beastie boys
billy idol
bryan ferry
the cure
david bowie
depeche mode
duran duran
eav
falco
frankie goes to..
george michael
wham
run dmc
sade
simple minds
spandau ballet
talk talk
u2
inxs
guns n roses
michael jackson
kate bush

fiction factory - feels like heaven
godley and creme - cry
soft cell - tainted love
herbie hancock - rock it
corey hart - sunglasses at night
white snake - here i go again
dead or alive - you spin me round
tears for fears - head over heels
shannon - let the music play
ultravox - vienna
fehlfarben - ein jahr, es geht voran
rod stewart - forever young
the smiths - how soon is now

[Guy Incognito]

I cant wait - nu shooz
lets go all the way - sly fox

[Ally Al]

I cant wait - nu shooz
lets go all the way - sly fox


i love both those songs. Do you remember sly fox on TOTP dropping some martial arts moves with some floor length silky paisley jackets on ? nice!

[Randetica]

and grace jones of course

[Guy Incognito]

Should I stay Or should I go - The Clash
Doowautchyalike - Digital Underground
Aint nothin goin but the rent - gwen guthrie

[FunkyHiFi]

"She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby. album (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108389&style=music&cart=322701197&BAB=E)

[Guy Incognito]

"She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby. album (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108389&style=music&cart=322701197&BAB=E)

Nice(y)

One In ten - UB40 - the only decent thing they ever did

[Ally Al]

Nice(y)

One In ten - UB40 - the only decent thing they ever did

nah mate, king by the UB's is a fantastic track imho. Earth dies screaming as well, good stuff. Before they turned into that reggae lite covers band they weren't so bad.

[FunkyHiFi]

Just in case there are Depeche Mode fans here that own a 5.1 system, they have begun releasing their older albums remixed into surround form. Their type of music is custom-made for surround listening.

For people in Europe, they come as a two-disc set, one disc is a dvd and the other is a hybrid Super Audio CD (http://www.sonymusic.com/sacd/) or sacd. A hybrid sacd has a digital layer that a regular CD player can play; the other layer contains the high resolution "DSD" digital signal in stereo and 5.1 surround. To hear the sacd layers you have to play them on a player with the sacd logo. Teckie factoid: sacd signals are not allowed to come out of the player through the digital output, only the analog ones.

The dvd contains videos, bonus tracks and other things like interviews (surprisingly the interviews are supposed to be really good) and it also contains all the songs in three different audio formats: regular stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital (sounds good) and 5.1 DTS (sounds basically like a CD except through very expensive audio gear).

For us here in the U.S.: same dvd as above except that we just get a regular CD.

Here are two places to read about them: one (http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6241) and two (http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=72568&page=1&pp=20).

FYI: Playing The Angel was also released this way but the 5.1 mix hasn't received very many positive reviews.

FYI2: some of the absolute worst 5.1 mixes IMO are on the "Silverline" label (but the music itself can be really good) and many of Sony & BMG's DualDiscs: IMO just fake-y reverb in the rear channels and that's it.:rolleyes: