I Melt with You

Genius.com ^ | 1982 | Modern English

[DallasBiff]

[Verse 1] Moving forwards, using all my breath Making love to you was never second best I saw the world crashing all around your face Never really knowing it was always Mesh and lace

[Fledermaus]

The underage thing , I think, was her traveling at 16 without parental consent or something about contracts.

Can’t remember. She was looker in that video.

[TheWriterTX]

Time Zone by Johnny Lydon and Afrika Bambaataa

Remix of Ball of Confusion by Love and Rockets

Everyday is Like Sunday by The Smiths

Yup, lots of partying with nuclear war as the backdrop.

[sauropod]

I *hate* this song.

[Fuzz]

Sorry to pick nits, but Every day is like Sunday was Morrisey solo. 😁

[plain talk]

“I melt with you”

I think of Jefferson Starship’s 1970 Starship song with piano by Grace Slick and lead guitar work by the late Jerry Garcia.

https://youtu.be/cQGOlPGb9Lk?t=98

[dfwgator]

How Soon Is Now is one of the best songs of the 80s.

[CaptainPhilFan]

All good entries.
Here’s my particular one hit

Murry Head, One Night In Bangcok

https://youtu.be/mnqj31VPNoE?si=JU__Yfh7XC6OOyRz

[crusty old prospector]

I have been listening to a lot of their stuff on YouTube. It is pretty good. Better than Madonna. Except most of the lyrics are in German.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Don't forget this one hit wonder:

Never Say Never - Romeo Void

When I first heard this song I thought the lead singer had to be one sexy lady.

Not.

[Fuzz]

I agree. Loved The Smiths, REM, PIL, U2 (up until Joshua Tree) Violent Femmes to name a few.

My favorite album from that era was The Cult ~ Love.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

One of my "favorite" Wall of Voodoo songs:

Grandma's House

[crusty old prospector]

Reflex - The Politics of Dancing.

’Til Tuesday - Voices Carry.

[dfwgator]

I remember the first time I heard The Pretenders’ “Brass In Pocket”, I was really anxious to see what Chrissie Hynde looked like. She was ok, but I had hoped for better. Still a great song.

[Dr. Sivana]

I am not a midget hater. I do like dancing girls pretendig to be medieval.

[Dr. Sivana]

She was ok, but I had hoped for better.

Rush Limbaugh liked her. He described her as the kind of girl who you knew had a disease but you didn't care.

The one that surprised me was Nena (99 Luftbalons). I was sure she would be one of those striking blonde German girls.

[SamAdams76]

Lot of great pop songs in the 1980s.

With regard to cold war/nuclear anxiety, don't forget this one, which was moving up the charts when the Space Shuttle exploded after takeoff in early 1986.

In fact, that was the first song I heard after that event in January of that year. I was in training for work at the time in Waltham, MA when we heard. We went to lunch at a sub shop in the area and that song was playing on the radio.

Sting - Russians

[dfwgator]

I played that album a lot when it came out.

[dfwgator]

I remember the first time I heard this one, I had no idea who Peter Gabriel was, or that he was once the lead singer for Genesis.

Games Without Frontiers (with Kate Bush)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY

[Fuzz]

Saw him live twice. Great shows.

[AnglePark]

I was always a massive Cars fan, at least until Big Country hit the scene. There was no looking back after that. BC is still my favorite band, to this day.

Recently I’ve rediscovered the genius of The Jam. I liked them back in the day, but didn’t realize just how good they were until this past decade or so.

The 80s were simply amazing, overall.