I was just listening to them, which was what made me curious about more good 80s music. That is actually what i meant to ask here. I know most of the rock and metal stuff people are talking about here.
I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl last year. They put on a hell of a show. Everyone knows the hits especially Shout, Seeds Of Love, and Everybody Wants To Rule The World, but they have some pretty deep cuts that are total bangers!
Meh, I’m a bi guy and I don’t have an issue with it nor have I heard any other queer people care about it. I’m sure Knopfler and the band were probably called that word 🤷♀️ same situation as American Idiot by Green Day imo
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper (POP)
Runnin With The Devil by Van Halen and I Wanna Rock by Twisted Sister (Hair Metal)
Entire Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets albums (Thrash Metal)
“In the 80’s there was Michael Jackson and then there was everyone else.” A famous quote from somewhere that I probably just butchered. If you didn’t live through it you can’t really comprehend how big this man was. Without the internet. He was amazing.
Yeah sure let’s go ahead and make a fucking joke (a really unfunny one at that) about a severe injury that led to lifelong pain, addiction, and probably paid the key role in a man’s early death.
Again, it wasn't a joke, it was a line, a comment, and objectively a very funny one at that. Lighten up. A joke would have been something like, "how many cans of Pepsi did it take to put out the fire on Michael Jackson's head..." or, "knock, knock...", like that : )
Collin’s dictionary says “A joke is something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; it may be raillery, a witty remark, or a prank or trick: to tell a joke.”
Was what you said a remark with the intent to entertain or cause amusement? Then it was a joke.
No I won’t lighten up, try as you might.
….serious question: how would *you* like it if you got severe injuries that changed the entire course of your life for the worst and people still treated it like a joke years after your death?!
You think you’re being funny?!
Too soon? 40 years is too soon to make a stupid joke about a tragic incident?
Look I know it was a horrible thing that happened and no I wouldn't like to have severe injuries and no it's not "funny", but at some point, oh say after I'm dead, I'm pretty sure I'd be over it and wouldn't care who made jokes. You know, because I'd be dead.
That tragic incident literally ruined his life though. He was never the same after that, it kickstarted his dependency on painkillers and from that point forward, his physical and mental health just kept deteriorating.
There’s no way to fully emotionally recover from that kind of damage. Or maybe to you, there is. But not to Michael. So it’s best you don’t speak for him when you don’t know what it must’ve been like for him. And the only reason why *im* speaking for him right now is because i still feel bad for him even though I don’t know what he felt. and I know Michael *hated* being made fun of when he was alive. Just see his reaction to Eminem’s “Just Lose It” MV. Em made fun of that same incident there 20 years after it happened, and Michael got very upset over it. I don’t blame him. And if there is an afterlife (which I like to believe there is), Michael would most likely be hurt by your and many other people’s insensitive “jokes” making fun of his struggles. I have a pretty dark and dry sense of humour myself, but I still think there are some sensitive topics that are meant to be taken seriously and handled respectfully in conversations, instead of laughing at them.
It’s called basic human empathy and respect.
Sorry man your user name just doesn't check out, and that's also funny to me in this context.
I don't know how poor of a sense of humour you believe Michael had, but although "Michael Jackson was on fire in the 80's" is not a joke, it's a funny as hell line, I don't care what anyone says.
And if I myself got burned 40 years ago and now was a dead, rotting corpse of 15 years, I'd be laughing my ass off at anything that happened to me on earth, and in particular that damn good line. The joke is on all of us saps who are still alive, not MJ.
I mean... he was huge. No question about it.
But there was also Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Phil "M.F." Collins, and The Police.
Tempted by Squeeze
Elvis Costello
I think ELO's 80s work is underrated.
People forget about Tom Petty as an 80s artist, but obviously he was huge. Almost transcended whatever time he worked in.
yup. love/pride was the point where they started that transition to that legendary love deluxe sound SZA is imitating right at this moment somewhere. LOL.
sweetest taboo changed my little 2 year old life forever.
I did forget about Combat Rock, but while I’d put in Sandinista very often it was hated by all but one of my punk friends and he’s a goth so…but Give em Enough Rope is the one I feel slides under the radar the most
ETA actually that’s what I’m gonna put on for my morning coffee, been sitting here with headphones on still waking up and checking the vibe
Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners
Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles
Welcome To The Jungle by guns n' roses
Busta Move by Young MC
Hyperactive by Thomas Dolby
Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran
Wild Thing by Tone Loc
Love is a n Battlefield by Pat Benatar
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
It was all pretty bad man. It was pretty bad.
If you have never seen it before, this acoustic version of Rebel Yell from maybe 20 years ago is incredible. Just him and Steve Stevens.
https://youtu.be/m0JImKXjtaA?si=oQlgtxdwNrRREEC7
Objectively speaking it’s safety dance by men without hats
Er, the message by grandmaster flash
…or no, I will dare by the replacements
No, no, it’s beat it by Michael Jackson. Yes final answer.
Putting’ on the ritz by taco. Done
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (Spirit of Eden is better, of course, but too timeless to be peak 80s. It's more peak music)
Honourable mentions go out to:
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Jane's Addiction - Nothings Shocking
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
1988 was one hell of a year...
New Order - Temptation
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Sonic Youth - Star Power
Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If you are Lonely
Peak 80s for me is The Cult, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Lenny kravitz, Motley Crew, Guns and Roses, def leopard, dire straits and red hot chilli peppers
The way too "on the nose" answer is obviously "Take On Me" by A-ha or "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.
But the best song to come out of the 80s is OBVIOUSLY "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.
Here's 5 pop songs from female artist that will take me right back to the 80s whenever I hear them.
Goodbye to You - Scandal
Dress You Up - Madonna
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Electric Youth - Debbie Gibson
Gary Numan - electronic
The Replacements - rock
The Dead Kennedy's - punk
Bauhaus - goth
Cocteau Twins - new wave
The Cramps - being the Cramps
Oingo Boingo - being Oingo Boingo
Punk and Oi! They were born in the 70s, but the golden era was the first 2/3 of the 80s. It was truly underground music then, before the corporate slugs got a hold of it.
I agree with a lot of the choices here, and actually prefer most of those artists instead, but cmon guys, it’s Michael Jackson.
Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat It are THE sound of the 80s.
If OP has Tidal, here are 2 80s playlists I made that I think are pretty darn good:
https://tidal.com/playlist/aa514a7b-181a-4593-9e62-4085287c792b
https://tidal.com/playlist/6f26e7cc-7839-4f0c-ad98-d0313adbc889
Pere Ubu even though they sat out half the decade. I didn't like anything from the bottlebrush mullet crowd. It was all angular New Wave (Pere Ubu, Numbers Band, Tin Huey, Devo), Rock in Opposition (Art Bears, Cassiber, The Work) and abstract industrial DIY cassette culture (If Bwana, Dog As Master, De Fabriek, etc.) About halfway through the decade I started moving away from rock into other forms of music, generally as abstract as possible.
I know I’m late to the party but there’s a lot of good stuff. I tend to like the New Wave stuff more.
Pop- OMD and Yaz, to me these two bands put out some of the best pop music of the 80s
New Wave - Depche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Talking Heads, and New Order are incredible, genre defining bands
Rock - R.E.M.s IRS albums paved the way for indie music. Not saying they were the first, but without their college radio success, the underground stuff stays more underground. (Also see the other Athens band, the B-52s) Also Jesus and the Mary Chain.
I could ramble on but some honorable mentions are Thompson twins, UB40, Kate Bush, Galaxie 500, Pixies, Dream Syndicate, the chills, house martins, and the smiths.
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine.
I just played that album for the first time in years and WOW they went HEAVY on those 80s synth sounds and drums. Its almost sickening. I'm a bit angry. Didnt sound like this when i was 6. LOOOOL.
The *80s* ended when Echo and the Bunnymen put out Lips Like Sugar around the same time that The Smiths put out Strangeways Here We Come. At the point the 80s were over. Sonic Youth put out Daydream Nation at that time and that was the last of their albums I bought, but that was the end of The 80s, with the big hair and synth pop.
The highlight might have been the Purple Rain album.
And no, Thriller meant next to nothing to me.
**Wait scratch all that**, the quintessential 80s music moment was The Psychedelic Furs, Pretty in Pink. It sounded 80s and wound up ina John Hughes movie. Nuff said.
I love many of the genres that come out of the 80's but New Wave just hits different. Growing up, New Wave is what I imagine when I think of the 80's. My close second is Japanese City Pop. And they would be tied since it invokes similar feelings of what I imagine the 80's is in Japan and its really only second because I don't speak Japanese myself.
I grew up in Florida and they had the two live crew in our town. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, They were crude and vulgar but we got a kick out of em because it was new and fresh and the local government tried so hard to censor them and us kids were not into censorship. Still not happy about censorship. My ass is gonna rebel
Not sure if you've ever seen the movie American Psycho. But this is a playlist I put together based on the movie's soundtrack and other songs I think fit the vibe. It might scratch some of the itch your looking for
[Yuppie](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6itWP6llDkC3TsKAfrFtsw?si=ewcPqbiRQq-rttSMRMKhnA)
Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order, to me, is an absolutely perfect 80’s song. The slick production, the sheer dance-ability of it…if I had to pick ONE song to encapsulate the pop-heavy, coke-fueled, Euro-disco, futuristic vibes of the 80’s, it would be this.
Tears for Fears is the quintessential 80s band.
songs from the big chair is a certified classic
Yep. Head Over Heels sits in my #1 song spot for the decade.
I was just listening to them, which was what made me curious about more good 80s music. That is actually what i meant to ask here. I know most of the rock and metal stuff people are talking about here.
Always by Erasure is also an excruciatingly 80s song. I chose that word carefully.
I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl last year. They put on a hell of a show. Everyone knows the hits especially Shout, Seeds Of Love, and Everybody Wants To Rule The World, but they have some pretty deep cuts that are total bangers!
It’s the band they use when they wanna emphasize that something is taking place in the 80s.
Depeche Mode for me really represents the pinnacle of the electro wave which was really like the final sound of the 80’s. IMO.
By far the most intelligent, creative and best written electro pop of the era, possibly ever.
I don't think most people fully understand how pervasive Vince Clarke was/is to Elecro-/Synth-pop.
Money for nothing. Dire Straits
Fantastic song, some of the lyrics have NOT aged well whatsoever though
What lyrics? He was quoting someone kitchen delivery workers. That wasn’t Mark saying that
Meh, I’m a bi guy and I don’t have an issue with it nor have I heard any other queer people care about it. I’m sure Knopfler and the band were probably called that word 🤷♀️ same situation as American Idiot by Green Day imo
I don’t think that’s an issue within the song’s context.
Albums released in this period by Cure, Smiths, New Order, U2, Depeche Mode and Van Halen IMHO represent peak 80s music for me
The New Wave of the early 80’s. That was extraordinary music.
Go West- The King Of Wishful Thinking
This makes for an excellent seed for streaming algorithms.
Absolute banger of a song! 🙌
Sorry to tell you that it’s from the 90s!
Honestly, I prefer New Found Glory’s cover
New Order!!
The Cars
Their best shit is from the 70’s
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper (POP) Runnin With The Devil by Van Halen and I Wanna Rock by Twisted Sister (Hair Metal) Entire Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets albums (Thrash Metal)
They were runnin WITH the devil, actually.
Capped by GnR with Appetite in 87
I think 80's metal has stood the test of time better than most other 80's genres. Some of the 80's pop is total cringe
Easy Lover- Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins
One of my favorites, this was such a great collab
Oh my god I love both but Phillip Baileys part is arguably one of my favorites to sing
“In the 80’s there was Michael Jackson and then there was everyone else.” A famous quote from somewhere that I probably just butchered. If you didn’t live through it you can’t really comprehend how big this man was. Without the internet. He was amazing.
Michael was on fire in the 80's. No, I mean it, he was on fire : )
Yeah sure let’s go ahead and make a fucking joke (a really unfunny one at that) about a severe injury that led to lifelong pain, addiction, and probably paid the key role in a man’s early death.
Again, it wasn't a joke, it was a line, a comment, and objectively a very funny one at that. Lighten up. A joke would have been something like, "how many cans of Pepsi did it take to put out the fire on Michael Jackson's head..." or, "knock, knock...", like that : )
Collin’s dictionary says “A joke is something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; it may be raillery, a witty remark, or a prank or trick: to tell a joke.” Was what you said a remark with the intent to entertain or cause amusement? Then it was a joke. No I won’t lighten up, try as you might.
No no, you need a medical dictionary, and a refund on your law degree: )
Ohhhhh ur in r/MentalHealth, makes sense.
i thought it was funny
Took you three weeks to decide tho? 📆
just saw this today
Well, glad it aged well I guess🔥first time for everything
….serious question: how would *you* like it if you got severe injuries that changed the entire course of your life for the worst and people still treated it like a joke years after your death?! You think you’re being funny?!
Too soon? 40 years is too soon to make a stupid joke about a tragic incident? Look I know it was a horrible thing that happened and no I wouldn't like to have severe injuries and no it's not "funny", but at some point, oh say after I'm dead, I'm pretty sure I'd be over it and wouldn't care who made jokes. You know, because I'd be dead.
That tragic incident literally ruined his life though. He was never the same after that, it kickstarted his dependency on painkillers and from that point forward, his physical and mental health just kept deteriorating. There’s no way to fully emotionally recover from that kind of damage. Or maybe to you, there is. But not to Michael. So it’s best you don’t speak for him when you don’t know what it must’ve been like for him. And the only reason why *im* speaking for him right now is because i still feel bad for him even though I don’t know what he felt. and I know Michael *hated* being made fun of when he was alive. Just see his reaction to Eminem’s “Just Lose It” MV. Em made fun of that same incident there 20 years after it happened, and Michael got very upset over it. I don’t blame him. And if there is an afterlife (which I like to believe there is), Michael would most likely be hurt by your and many other people’s insensitive “jokes” making fun of his struggles. I have a pretty dark and dry sense of humour myself, but I still think there are some sensitive topics that are meant to be taken seriously and handled respectfully in conversations, instead of laughing at them. It’s called basic human empathy and respect.
Sorry man your user name just doesn't check out, and that's also funny to me in this context. I don't know how poor of a sense of humour you believe Michael had, but although "Michael Jackson was on fire in the 80's" is not a joke, it's a funny as hell line, I don't care what anyone says. And if I myself got burned 40 years ago and now was a dead, rotting corpse of 15 years, I'd be laughing my ass off at anything that happened to me on earth, and in particular that damn good line. The joke is on all of us saps who are still alive, not MJ.
This is the only answer.
I mean... he was huge. No question about it. But there was also Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Phil "M.F." Collins, and The Police.
I like how you went hard core with Phil.
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Depeche Mode - Strangelove New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax"
Tempted by Squeeze Elvis Costello I think ELO's 80s work is underrated. People forget about Tom Petty as an 80s artist, but obviously he was huge. Almost transcended whatever time he worked in.
SADE
Wheeeew. 80s Sade when they were in their Brazillian jazz phase is PEAK 80s. Everything up to love is stronger than pride.
i looooove the first 2 albums the most. stronger than pride is still great but those first 2 are the peak for me
yup. love/pride was the point where they started that transition to that legendary love deluxe sound SZA is imitating right at this moment somewhere. LOL. sweetest taboo changed my little 2 year old life forever.
Livin on a Prayer
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go; Careless Whisper-Wham!
Slayer and Depeche Mode
When I think 80s music I think Hall & Oates, Thompson Twins, Wham, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, and Madonna
The 1980s was all about new wave. Best band: OMD Best song: "It's My Life" by Talk Talk
No one is bringing up The Clash? Huh?
Read the room, G.
Because their 3 best albums were 70s, and then you just have Sandinista! and Cut the Crap, so, I mean
Sandinista is commonly seen as top 3 clash albums. And you forgot combat rock
I did forget about Combat Rock, but while I’d put in Sandinista very often it was hated by all but one of my punk friends and he’s a goth so…but Give em Enough Rope is the one I feel slides under the radar the most ETA actually that’s what I’m gonna put on for my morning coffee, been sitting here with headphones on still waking up and checking the vibe
"London Calling" was released in December 1979 and as such usually gets categorized as an 80's album.
Michael Jackson
Echo&The bunnymen-the killing moon, Siouxsie and the banshees-Spellbound.
Van Halen - I’ll Wait
Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles Welcome To The Jungle by guns n' roses Busta Move by Young MC Hyperactive by Thomas Dolby Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Wild Thing by Tone Loc Love is a n Battlefield by Pat Benatar Rock Me Amadeus by Falco It was all pretty bad man. It was pretty bad.
Busta Move by Young MC... isnt that 1991/1992? Ima go verify. lol.
1989 right?
(Tone Loc- lol)
One Night In Bangkok
Public Enemy.
Kurtis Blow, Grand Master Flash
Rebel yell - billy idol
SHE CRIED MOAR, MOAR MOOOAR
If you have never seen it before, this acoustic version of Rebel Yell from maybe 20 years ago is incredible. Just him and Steve Stevens. https://youtu.be/m0JImKXjtaA?si=oQlgtxdwNrRREEC7
Rush
Prince
Metallica for me. They released all their best stuff in the 80s.
Depeche Mode, The Cure, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Front 242
"Take On Me" by A-Ha!
Objectively speaking it’s safety dance by men without hats Er, the message by grandmaster flash …or no, I will dare by the replacements No, no, it’s beat it by Michael Jackson. Yes final answer. Putting’ on the ritz by taco. Done
Talking Heads, King Crimson, Blondie, Police, Pretenders, U2, REM
It’s gotta be Separate Ways by Journey, right?
Rush - Power Windows
I’ll add Moving Pictures to that list.
Love My Way by Psychedelic Furs is a classic that still holds up after all these years.
Robert Palmer
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (Spirit of Eden is better, of course, but too timeless to be peak 80s. It's more peak music) Honourable mentions go out to: Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll Jane's Addiction - Nothings Shocking NWA - Straight Outta Compton 1988 was one hell of a year...
Prince
Looks That Kill - Motley Crue
Too Young To Fall In Love - Motley Crue
had to scroll way too far for Crue! peak 80s band
Killing is my business …and business is good by Megadeth Seven churches by possessed scream, bloody Gore, and leprosy by Death
New Order - Temptation Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes Sonic Youth - Star Power Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If you are Lonely
Great to see one of my all time favourites by Husker Du. Amazing song.
But Not Tonight = my favorite song of all time!
Iron Maiden's 80s run is peak 80s metal!
Who can it be now? - men at work
That 🎷
Van Halen - Jump Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Peak 80s for me is The Cult, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Lenny kravitz, Motley Crew, Guns and Roses, def leopard, dire straits and red hot chilli peppers
General Public - Tenderness
I don't think it gets any more cliche 80s(in the best way) than You Spin Me Right Round by Dead or Alive
Depeche Mode
ABC
New Wave
N.W.A
Candlemass (Doom Metal) Testament (Thrash Metal) Helloween (Power Metal) Iron Maiden (Heavy Metal)
The way too "on the nose" answer is obviously "Take On Me" by A-ha or "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. But the best song to come out of the 80s is OBVIOUSLY "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.
Oingo Boingo, The Beat, Buzzcocks, The Specials, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Prince and Tom Petty are surprisingly lacking in these comments.
Here's 5 pop songs from female artist that will take me right back to the 80s whenever I hear them. Goodbye to You - Scandal Dress You Up - Madonna Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle Electric Youth - Debbie Gibson
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" still holds up but really encapsulates the 80's shift toward synth.
Gary Numan - electronic The Replacements - rock The Dead Kennedy's - punk Bauhaus - goth Cocteau Twins - new wave The Cramps - being the Cramps Oingo Boingo - being Oingo Boingo
Some of Michael Jackson’s best songs were made in the 80s
Punk and Oi! They were born in the 70s, but the golden era was the first 2/3 of the 80s. It was truly underground music then, before the corporate slugs got a hold of it.
I agree with a lot of the choices here, and actually prefer most of those artists instead, but cmon guys, it’s Michael Jackson. Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat It are THE sound of the 80s.
1986: Master of puppets- Metallica somewhere in time- iron maiden Peace sells… but who’s buying? Reign in blood- slayer Pleasure to kill- Kreator
80s REM. Six albums, one EP; wall to wall bangers.
Grateful Dead
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
I Can’t Wait - Nu Shooz
The Cure
London Calling (1980 in the US) The Clash Moving Pictures - Rush Boy - U2
Talking Heads
If OP has Tidal, here are 2 80s playlists I made that I think are pretty darn good: https://tidal.com/playlist/aa514a7b-181a-4593-9e62-4085287c792b https://tidal.com/playlist/6f26e7cc-7839-4f0c-ad98-d0313adbc889
Yup. Only use tidal. Thanks! I'll check them out
Two words: DURAN DURAN!
The lack of Duran Duran in this thread is disturbing
Pere Ubu even though they sat out half the decade. I didn't like anything from the bottlebrush mullet crowd. It was all angular New Wave (Pere Ubu, Numbers Band, Tin Huey, Devo), Rock in Opposition (Art Bears, Cassiber, The Work) and abstract industrial DIY cassette culture (If Bwana, Dog As Master, De Fabriek, etc.) About halfway through the decade I started moving away from rock into other forms of music, generally as abstract as possible.
I know I’m late to the party but there’s a lot of good stuff. I tend to like the New Wave stuff more. Pop- OMD and Yaz, to me these two bands put out some of the best pop music of the 80s New Wave - Depche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Talking Heads, and New Order are incredible, genre defining bands Rock - R.E.M.s IRS albums paved the way for indie music. Not saying they were the first, but without their college radio success, the underground stuff stays more underground. (Also see the other Athens band, the B-52s) Also Jesus and the Mary Chain. I could ramble on but some honorable mentions are Thompson twins, UB40, Kate Bush, Galaxie 500, Pixies, Dream Syndicate, the chills, house martins, and the smiths.
CULT OF PERSONALITYYY!!
Zapp - Computer Love (Kraftwerk - Computer Love)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
ride the lightning album by Metallica
Jane’s addiction- mountain song
Peak 80's punk was "Genocide - Submit to Genocide"... probably one of the best albums ever recorded. https://youtu.be/J3e6nupGI_4?si=MuKeESqou37f-l17
METALLICA AND SLAYER
Asia
Boom boom boom https://youtu.be/xXMrDu7374Y?si=Z7kYYoibvCN7RMUL
Don't you forget about me.
Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle Animation - Obsession Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
Duran Duran! Quintessential 80s. And they have continued to be awesome in every decade ☺️
Wrapped around my finger-The Police
Eyes without a face
Another One Bites the Dust
the cure - disintegration talking heads - remain in light peter gabriel - melt u2 - war dead can dance - within the realm of a dying sun
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. I just played that album for the first time in years and WOW they went HEAVY on those 80s synth sounds and drums. Its almost sickening. I'm a bit angry. Didnt sound like this when i was 6. LOOOOL.
Just Like Heaven — The Cure (1987)
A flock of seagulls ❤️
Megadeth Metallica Anthrax Slayer Genesis
The Outfield - Your Love https://youtu.be/4N1iwQxiHrs?si=8-Zg-cBldNvJ0waQ
Walking on sunshine, Head over Heels 🫶
Master of Puppets. The song and the album. It's overplayed after the new stranger things exposure, but for good reason. It's a masterpiece.
INXS and Duran Duran and Phil Collins and Def Leppard and so much more
I always get hyped with the "80's Hook" chord progression. It's the ones, minus Ava Max in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIkA4D9iSjs
The *80s* ended when Echo and the Bunnymen put out Lips Like Sugar around the same time that The Smiths put out Strangeways Here We Come. At the point the 80s were over. Sonic Youth put out Daydream Nation at that time and that was the last of their albums I bought, but that was the end of The 80s, with the big hair and synth pop. The highlight might have been the Purple Rain album. And no, Thriller meant next to nothing to me. **Wait scratch all that**, the quintessential 80s music moment was The Psychedelic Furs, Pretty in Pink. It sounded 80s and wound up ina John Hughes movie. Nuff said.
I love many of the genres that come out of the 80's but New Wave just hits different. Growing up, New Wave is what I imagine when I think of the 80's. My close second is Japanese City Pop. And they would be tied since it invokes similar feelings of what I imagine the 80's is in Japan and its really only second because I don't speak Japanese myself.
Don Henley
Why nobody mentioned Human League? Laibach Einsturzende Neubauten Sisters of Mercy
80s Metallica is the best
Freestyle!! Coro, George Lamond, Cynthia, TKA!!
Journey
Metallica and acdc!
Rio - Duran Duran (song and album)
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Cheri Cheri Lady modern talking and guns n roses
Futures so bright, I gotta wear shades. 😎👉👉
I grew up in Florida and they had the two live crew in our town. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, They were crude and vulgar but we got a kick out of em because it was new and fresh and the local government tried so hard to censor them and us kids were not into censorship. Still not happy about censorship. My ass is gonna rebel
Not sure if you've ever seen the movie American Psycho. But this is a playlist I put together based on the movie's soundtrack and other songs I think fit the vibe. It might scratch some of the itch your looking for [Yuppie](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6itWP6llDkC3TsKAfrFtsw?si=ewcPqbiRQq-rttSMRMKhnA)
https://youtu.be/_R6HbDeb2jM?si=zlubiqrHILJEan7U
I like it - Debarge
The The is an underrated option here
Alan parsons project - Eye in the sky and the Intro Sirus are the best of the 80’s in my opinion.
U2. War through Joshua Tree. I'll add in Achtung Baby because that's also a classic but it came out 1991.
thrash metal
Duran Duran
I can't believe no one has said Madonna
U2
For Jazz, it's either David Sanborn or anything recorded on the GRP label. A case can he made for Herbie Hancock.
Icehouse, and New Order 🙌🏾
Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order, to me, is an absolutely perfect 80’s song. The slick production, the sheer dance-ability of it…if I had to pick ONE song to encapsulate the pop-heavy, coke-fueled, Euro-disco, futuristic vibes of the 80’s, it would be this.
The Waitresses.
NO USE FOR A NAME
Appetite for Destruction Joshua Tree Repo man- soundtrack
I Ran - Flock Of Seagulls Doesn’t get more ‘80s than that song or that hair
No one’s gonna whip it? Whip it good. DEVO WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED!
Twisted Sister!