(VANITY) How about a music play-off for best '80s songs?

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[the OlLine Rebel]

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

[the OlLine Rebel]

BTW, what is this stuff about “corporately pushed”?

You know the saying, “you can bring a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink”?

Same thing. We like what we like. Some people may be influenced much by their friends (most likely, as teens and young adults), but ultimately most people are just going to like it, or not. Doesn’t matter how often it’s played.

[cripplecreek]

Chainsaw music our track coach called it.

Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather

This turd burglar could rock.

[mountn man]

You mean, the drugs? LOL

I was trying to be kind.

[Disambiguator]

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.

While you're at it, pick up "True Stories." Then you can have a Talking Heads double feature. It's not a concert movie, but a fictional story about a town in Texas that creates the tapestry for some Talking Heads music videos and other interesting bits. It's pretty off-the-wall.

[Personal Responsibility]

In the Still of the Night by Whitesnake.

Great call.

[cripplecreek]

Hard to believe this guy started out singing doo wop in the 50s and became what is easily the greatest hard rock singer of all time.

1983 Ronnie James Dio "Rainbow In The Dark"

[Hatteras]

"Much nicer to have music in the background of other things we are doing, like washing cars, housework, etc!"

Unless, of course, you had Jeana Tomasina in your video...

[Disambiguator]

Huey Lewis was big, especially after “Back to the Future.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NMph943tsw

[cripplecreek]

The Scorpions had some hits in the 80s.

Scorpions-The zoo

Scorpions: Still Loving You

And being a German band, the fall of the Berlin wall was a big issue for them.

Scorpions - Wind Of Change

[the OlLine Rebel]

Sorry, that just doesn’t work for me. :D

[mountn man]

Saw Triumph in '81, with a one hit wonder band, Point Blank, at the Aragon Brawl Room.

Saw them again in '83, with Foghat.

Then again a year or 2 later. Can't remember who they were with then.

I remember Point Blank, because they sucked so bad, they were virtually booed from the beginning of their set.

Foghat was legendary by '83. We had worn out so many copies of Foghat Live, by then.

[Baynative]

All she wants to do is dance – Don Henley
Start me up – Stones
Bad to the Bone – George Thorogood
The Land Down Under- Men at Work
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cindy Lauper
Legs – ZZ Top
Missing You – John Waite
Southern Cross – CSN
The Heat is On – Glen Frey
What’s Love Got to do with it – Tina Turner
White Wedding –Billy Idol
Ride Like the Wind- Christopher Cross
Pretending – Eric Clapton
Simply Irresistible – Robert Palmer
Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
Some guys Have all the Luck – Rod Stewart
Take it on the Run – REO Speedwagon
Every Breath You Take – Police
Centerfold – J. Geils Band
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Workin’ for the Weekend –Lover Boy
Money for Nothin’ – Dire Straights
Here I go Again – Whitesnake
Sweet Dreams (are made of this) – Eurythmics

[Verbosus]

Agree with you in regards to ZZ (one of my favorites as well).
Also, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr, of course.

[cripplecreek]

ZZ TOP Arrested for driving while blind.

[V_TWIN]

I’ll take hank Sr. over Jr. any day.

[ifinnegan]

Exact number of good Journey songs: zero.

Number of Journey songs even listenable for more than two seconds: zero.

[mountn man]

Saw The Scorpions twice in the early 80's. Good band to see.

Still Loving You is a great song. Kind of haunting.

I liked their album with the Berlin Phil.

A little trivia tidbit.
Rudolph Schenker's little brother Michael played lead on 3 songs on the Lovedrive album. Another Piece Of Meat, Coast To Coast and Lovedrive.

(Speaking of Michael Schenker. I loved UFO in the late '70's)

[ifinnegan]

Exactly!

The 70’s trend of eunuch singers is something mysterious.

[dangus]

I’m going to ignore the silly, leftist snobbery notion that being discovered by the masses means the song had to be foisted on them and the Stalinist implication that corporate *necessarily* means evil in order to go straight to a logical issue: how do you expect a song to get voters if it HASN’T been widely heard? I mean, we’re talking ‘80s music on what’s largely a political forum; it’s not like you’re going to get agreement on some blues musician you saw playing a club in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

[Baynative]

..and of course The Road Goes on Forever (and the party never ends)