music from jan. 1st 1980 to dec. 31, 1989.

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aka... what's your favorite 80s tunes. if need be tell how you came about them.

reason being. i missed major tom, by peter schilling. i always loved the david bowie character "major tom" but never realized more artists worked with major tom. one being peter schilling who sang "major tom (coming home), then recently shiny toy cars made a remix of it for a mercedez commercial. now the song is huge and some of the older versions are getting bigger. well i particularly LOVE the 1983 version by peter schilling it's AWESOME!

other than that though, i'm quite a fan of 80s new wave such as tears for fears, joy division, new order, human league, autobahn, peter schilling, aphaville, etc. who else should i be listening to?
 
good recommendation i've listened to them, but have never gotten into them enough to be a huge fan. i'll have to check them out more. i also dig depeche mode. :D
 
INXS, Tom Petty, The Cure, Metallica, Motley Crue, Def Leopard, Men at Work, The Outfields, Fleetwood Mac... I could go on and on. Great decade of music!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Aha! (Take on me!)
 
I'm going to echo some people with my list.

The Smiths, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, New Order, Sonic Youth, Depeche Mode, The Jesus and Mary Chain... yeah, that's a start. :)
 
Mmmm love major tom too Ryan. Here's a list of some of my favorite 80s songs....I'm sure you'll probably know some of them, or find something you'll like (hopefully love!)


The Smiths ~ Hand in Glove
Sinead O Connor ~ Mandinka
Echo & the Bunnymen ~ The Game , Over You
Lotus Eaters ~ German Girl, First Picture of You
The Church ~ No Explanation, Under the Milky Way
Tears for Fears ~ Pale Shelter, Change, Mad World
The Cure ~ Bird Mad Girl, Fire in Cairo, A Forest
Xmas Deutschland ~ Matador
The Blue Nile ~ Stay
James ~ Say Something
Romeo Void~ A Girl in Trouble is a Temporary Thing
Seona Dancing ~ More To Lose
The Eurogliders ~ Heaven
Modern English ~ The Border
Oingo Boingo ~ We close our Eyes
The Wild Swans ~ Whirlpool Heart
Depeche Mode ~ Shake the Disease, Blasphemous Rumors
Johnny Hates Jazz ~ Different Seasons, Turn Back the Clock
Morrisey ~ Suedehead
The Care ~ My Boyish Days
The Sound ~ Love Song called Total Recall
A Flock of Seagulls ~ Transfer Affection
Bolshoi ~ Away , Sunday Morning
Roxy Music ~ Dont Stop the Dance, More than This
The Colorfield ~ Confession
Flesh for Lulu ~ Postcards from Paradise , I go Crazy
OMD ~ So In Love , Forever Live and Die, If you Leave , Souvenir
Prefab Sprout ~ Appetite, When Love Breaks Down
The The ~ Uncertain Smile, This is the Day
Siouxsie and the Banshees ~ The Killing Jar
Talk Talk ~ It's my Life
The Cult ~ She Sells Sanctuary
 
I was into Quiet Riot, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Men At Work, Duran Duran, Huey Lewis, YAZ, The Cure, and of course The Grateful Dead......just to name a few :)
 
Huey Lewis and the News?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
 
AmorRoark said:
I'm going to echo some people with my list.

The Smiths, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Cure, New Order, Sonic Youth, Depeche Mode, The Jesus and Mary Chain... yeah, that's a start. :)
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All of these are cool. :)

mariacallas said:
The Smiths ~ Hand in Glove
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Love this track!

Tracks:
* Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
* The Cure - Just Like Heaven, Hey You, Six Different Ways, Push, Plainsong, The Lovecats.
* The Smiths - Death of a Disco Dancer
* Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
* New Order - Fine Time, All the Way, Blue Monday,
* Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
* Lou Reed - Doin the Things That We Want To

Albums:
* Kraftwerk - Computer World
* Human League - Dare
* Tears for Fears - The Hurting
* Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
 
Phil Collins?

I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where, uh, Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist.
 
AmorRoark said:
Huey Lewis and the News?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
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lol. took me a second to figure out what movie that was from
 
AmorRoark said:
Huey Lewis and the News?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
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I think Costello has the same sense, he's just more English about it. Even though he's not English.

Fun fact: Huey played with some members of the pub-rock band Clover who incidentally played on Costello's first record, My Aim Is True, before he even had a regular band to work with. Other than that, not really sure where the Costello comparisons come from as I am not as familiar with Lewis' stuff as I am with Costello's.
 
The Pixies, The Smiths, The Cure, Phil Collins, New Order, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Fleetwood Mac. All freaking awesome. I may have been too young to truly appreciate them during their actual era's, but I sure appreciate the fuck out of them now. ;)
 
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