Down to Memory Land - Best of the 80's

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  1. shooting stroke

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    The 80's has always bring a lot of happy memories and the best part of it will definetly be it's music. From love songs, rock ballads etc, music from the 80's are THE BEST. Here are some of my favourite hit songs that always remind me all the happy days during those time...........Let us go back and rewind the 80's folks:)

    1. Drive - The Cars (1984)

    [video=youtube;zbTjzZzfR7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w[/video]


    2. Broken Wings - Mr Mister (1985)

    [video=youtube;aWyeVfuolT4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyeVfuolT4[/video]


    3. Missing You - John Waite (1984)

    [video=youtube;MgGUqi8oMdI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgGUqi8oMdI[/video]


    4. Hands to Heaven - Breathe (1988)

    [video=youtube;T_9buHbu1Tw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_9buHbu1Tw&feature=related[/video]


    5. Shattered Dream - Johhny Hates Jazz (1987)

    [video=youtube;VkJrz_zsFyU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJrz_zsFyU[/video]


    6. Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone - Glenn Medeiros (1987)

    [video=youtube;vW9yMdYEFqo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW9yMdYEFqo[/video]


    7. Live to Tell - Madonna (1986)

    [video=youtube;N-PB3-g_Jdk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-PB3-g_Jdk&feature=related[/video]


    8. Sara - Jefferson Starship (1985)

    [video=youtube;ZqRTtkEHrA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqRTtkEHrA4[/video]


    9. Is This Love - Whitesnake (1987)

    [video=youtube;6G3Exb1WN4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3Exb1WN4U[/video]


    10. Heaven - Warrant (1989)

    [video=youtube;dGRysccPOys]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGRysccPOys[/video]
     
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    why must 80's? i am not that old :D:p
    nevertheless, those songs are nice.
     
  3. Bbn

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    80s pop to me was the pits.

    I can only vaguely remember a lot of mumbo jumbo and a lot of techno and synthesisers buzzing in the background.

    Names I can remember like Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, Flock of Seagulls, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark, XTC, etc.

    Th only stuff I pay attention to is the work of Dire Straits and Police.
     
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    Every Breathe you Take - The Police (1983)

    [video=youtube;OMOGaugKpzs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs[/video]
     
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    Tears for Fears. Every Body wants to rule the world and Shout. ;)
     
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    I grew up in the 80s with two brothers who were teens then, so I got to listen to what I'd consider the best era in modern music, when the songs actually meant something. Some of my favourite songs are actually from the 80s, some of which are:

    a-ha - Take On Me
    B-52s - Love Shack
    Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
    Duran Duran - too many to list here
    Five Star - Rain or Shine
    Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
    Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
    Tears For Fear - Everybody Wants To Rule the World, Shout
    U2 - most stuff from The Joshua Tree

    ...

    I give up... there are far, far too many of them.

    And of course ... MICHAEL JACKSON.
    Talking about music in the 80s without mentioning him is like forgetting that a certain Zhao Jianhua once played for China during that era.
     
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    Most cars with teens and modified stereo systems in town would have this blasting with windows down ...

    [video=youtube;eNvUS-6PTbs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNvUS-6PTbs&ob[/video]
     
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    karma chameleon
    cindy lauper
    all night long
    sheena easton
    kenny rogers
    wham
    break free
    u can dance
    peabo bryson
    atlantic star
    we built this city
    reo speedwagon
    sailing
    somebodys watching me
    rod steward
    phil collins
    bryan adams
    lets dance
    footloose
    tina turner
    and bla bla bla...
     
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    i am quite surprise that you old guys miss Air Supply. :eek:
     
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    Haha is that still 80's(?). Should be shouldn't it, Top Gun soundtrack :cool:

    [video=youtube;NEOem7U2LPE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE[/video]
     
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    oh.
    danger zone of course
    flash dance
    maniac
    secret lovers
    randy van warmer
    dione warwick
    sudirman... lol.
     
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    I saw that and raise you

    [video=youtube;D6ohgWQxYoI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ohgWQxYoI[/video]

    Let the video battles begin!
     
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    i want to know what love is.....
     
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    How about a little Canadian content? :)

    Men Without Hats: Safety Dance - 1982

    [video=youtube;AjPau5QYtYs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs[/video]

    Gino Vanelli: Black Cars - 1985

    [video=youtube;1m39piBT2vE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m39piBT2vE[/video]
     
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    wilfred brought the A-bomb already :eek:. How to top it .... :rolleyes:

    :D
    [video=youtube;ScYZp492TxY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScYZp492TxY[/video]

    [video=youtube;NZ2976_rR_s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ2976_rR_s[/video]​
     
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    Haha I think that's the first time I see the Safety Dance video, was some news about them not long ago ... think last month even but don't remember what about.
    There was a best of 80's top (a lot) chart on a local radio station last year as well which put a lot of names to tracks I vaguely remember :D. I had a walkman when I was 4 already but artist names are just a blur except for michael jackson, billy ocean, run dmc. Glenn Medeiros sounds familiar but not that song. Madonna, Whitney Houston perhaps ...

    [video=youtube;gvarxGzIU3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvarxGzIU3M&feature=related[/video]

    Kink FM Wave 40 it was I guess:

    De top 10 van de Wave 40:

    1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    2. Anne Clark - Our Darkness
    3. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
    4. Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
    5. The Cure - A Forest
    6. New Order - Blue Monday
    7. Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
    8. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
    9. Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
    10.Devo - Whip It
     
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyIi8-BJAQo

    Echo beach was actually already popular by 1978.
     
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    nice one on billy ocean.... carribean queen.
     

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