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Captain_Courageous
Captain_Courageous

What were the best songs of the 80's? For me, my favourtie was
1. Simply Irristible - Robert Palmer
2. Land Downunder - Men At Work
3. You Are The Wind Beneath My wWngs - Bette Midler
4. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
5 Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
6. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
7. You're The Best - Joe Esposito
8. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
9. Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
10. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
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chrisj
chrisj

Not in any particular order:

  1. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
  2. Every breath you take - Police
  3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
  4. 1999 - Prince
  5. Open Your Heart - Madonna
  6. You might Think - Cars
  7. All night Long - Lionel Richie
  8. Hysteria - Def Leppard
  9. We Belong - Pat Benatar
  10. Pride - U2

Many, many more bands here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s#Music

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irrumatio
irrumatio

I must have quite narrow tastes:

Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer
Slave to Love - Brian Ferry
Africa - Toto
Enola Gay -
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Shout to the Top - The Style Council
Time It's Time - Talk Talk
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
The Great Curve - Talking Heads

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chrisj
chrisj

All of those are good songs, irrumatio.

OMD (Orchestral Maneuvres in the Dark) for Enola Gay

I peferred 'And She Was' & 'Road to Nowhere' by Talking Heads, & 'How soon is now?' by the Smiths.

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labolchevique
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Wow...

1) The Police-"Every Breath You Take"
2) Survivor-"Eye of the Tiger"
3) Foreigner-"I Want to Know What Love Is"
4) Van Halen-"Jump"
5) U2-"With or Without You"
6) Guns N' Roses-"Sweet Child o' Mine"
7) Whitney Houston-"So Emotional"
8) Bonnie Tyler-"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
9) Lionel Richie & Diana Ross-"Endless Love"
10) J. Geils Band-"Centerfold"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbeQpeX8QtY

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Captain_Courageous
Captain_Courageous

That's a great song ATM. There are just so many from the 80's. This is one of the best from Bon Jovi

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chrisj
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This is pretty good, too.

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chrisj
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Glenn Frey - The heat is on
Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
The Cult' - She Sells Sanctuary
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
A-Ha - Take On Me
John Farnham - You're The Voice
Models - Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
Billy joel - Uptown Girl
Boy's Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign your name
Cheap Trick - The Flame

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Captain_Courageous
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ka-ra ru\ahy]auhaHey aaaaaaaaaaaaaai'm listening to aaaaaajohn FArnham and oh mand is his voice good. I just lurve the voice awe're not gonn a sit in silence your the voice we're on someones shoulder your the vboiced your the voice

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