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(VANITY) How about a music play-off for best '80s songs?
me | 1/22/15 | me

Posted on 01/22/2015 6:34:07 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel

What does everyone think of a music play-off bracket-type poll for best songs of the '80s?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1980s; 80s; 80smusic; americana; billboard; culture; eighties; mtv; music; nineteeneighties; nostalgia; popculture; popmusic; rock; rockroll
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To: bigbob

Yes, I’m very eclectic.

Sometimes I’m surprised I know as many hits in the ‘80s from maybe ‘85 - ‘88, because I was heavily into original rock. We had a station (quite popular with us youngsters) and I was buying old tapes and records from used stores, never mind singing them in art class and at work, friends knew me for that. But I guess I did still listen enough to know, because I find I still love alot of that ‘80s stuff then!

I generally don’t like rap/HH or anything like “heavy metal”. I don’t like noise. There are always exceptions, but generally it’s not a good idea for a gift. ;-)


61 posted on 01/22/2015 7:51:52 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: cripplecreek
And who doesn't love Harmonica.

J Geils Band - Whammer Jammer
62 posted on 01/22/2015 7:51:55 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek
I was all over the place ion the 80s.

Pat Travers - Snortin Whiskey
63 posted on 01/22/2015 7:53:59 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: dangus
Thanks dangus. ;o)

The Clash - Rock the Casbah

Filmed in Austin - '82

64 posted on 01/22/2015 7:54:44 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Hatteras

No thanks. Someone else can do that!

I hate videos. They RUIN my vision of songs (OMG - She’s a Beauty and....Safety Dance? OMG!) and music is for listening, not watching. That is why MTV went down - eventually people realized subconsciously (realizing it or not) that having to look at music is a waste of time. Much nicer to have music in the background of other things we are doing, like washing cars, housework, etc!


65 posted on 01/22/2015 7:54:58 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: cripplecreek

In the 80s the hard rock stations we listened to in southeast Michigan were WRIF 101 in Detroit and WWWW 104 out of Toledo.


66 posted on 01/22/2015 7:56:09 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: gnickgnack2

Great stuff! Thanks.


67 posted on 01/22/2015 7:57:47 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: dangus

Exactly. I’m sick of fringe fanboys, who overpopulate the internet, trying to tell us some whacked-out boring song that maxed at maybe #35 (often it’s much worse than that) is actually representative of the decade!

My husband found out in the ‘80s that it is called “album-oriented rock”! LOL He told the DJ at college, “So you play the music no one wants to hear at any time!”


68 posted on 01/22/2015 7:57:55 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: cripplecreek
Came out in 79 but was popular into the early 80s. (more harmonica)

Blackfoot - Train, Train
69 posted on 01/22/2015 7:58:16 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: mountn man

So did Pyromania.....


70 posted on 01/22/2015 7:59:01 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: dangus

Ooh, my mistake. When he asked for the BEST songs, I thought he meant musically, not because of corporately pushed popularity.


71 posted on 01/22/2015 7:59:23 AM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
I can nominate a few...

Separate Ways/Worlds Apart-Journey

Brand New Lover- Dead or Alive

You Spin Me Round-Dead or Alive

Big in Japan-Alphaville

Only You-Flying Pickets

Don't Go-Yazoo(2011 Live version)

Trust me...I have more.

72 posted on 01/22/2015 7:59:43 AM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Steve Perry? don’t know him any relation to the GREAT Joe Perry of Aerosmith? (Now there was a band with a nice portfolio of songs....walk this way why doncha)

If he is the castrata that sings for Journey I just don’t get it. Falsettos like that went out with Frankie Valli (who had a much better voice than Journey)


73 posted on 01/22/2015 8:00:15 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: dangus

Agreed. I’m not worried about fringe types using their own tastes. I’m worried about what actually was hugely popular (in this case, since 64 songs out of 10 years is actually pretty narrow). Even if all the internet fringe elitist “artistes” think it’s all tripe.


74 posted on 01/22/2015 8:01:26 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: cripplecreek

If you haven’t yet, be sure to see the movie “Stop Making Sense”. It’s one of the few I’ve ever had to go see again at the theatre and check out on home viewing! Did see them live too, Tina was always the coolest chick in R&R.


75 posted on 01/22/2015 8:05:16 AM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: gnickgnack2

There was a whole culture of us who shied away from the chart toppers in those days.

I like a lot of them today as a nostalgia thing but avoided them in the 80s. I grew up in a heavy metal farm community out in the sticks.


76 posted on 01/22/2015 8:05:38 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: gnickgnack2

No, this woman is going by popularity. Which makes it representative. It also gives a solid baseline; anything else is just opinion, and we know what that’s like.

If people on this poll choose “Jump” or “Maneater”, so be it for me!


77 posted on 01/22/2015 8:06:50 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: cripplecreek

The music I played in the 80’s that I was told was too loud and wild are now played at football games and in car commercials i.e. Crazy Train and Fly By Night.


78 posted on 01/22/2015 8:09:24 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

OK, so does anyone want to sign up for a ping list right away?

I’d like to have some people to start with, to ensure it has a start. Maybe I’ll give the first round a longer time to pull in voters.


79 posted on 01/22/2015 8:10:40 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: massgopguy

In the Still of the Night by Whitesnake.
Entre Nous by Rush.


80 posted on 01/22/2015 8:11:24 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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