80's Playlist....Any suggestions?Music

[qjasonp]

OK I'm going to try and put together a sweet 80 mix.I'm only going to use the suggestions from my fellow GTP members.So make your suggestions good ones.

P.S. It's completely legal.

 

[Mike Rotch]

White Wedding - Billy Idol (80's i think )



*stares at computer screen*





Damn, I cant think of anything at the moment

 

[Hyperglide]

Rock Box - Run DMC
The Message - Grandmaster Flash& Furious Five
Patience - Gun's 'N Roses
Thunderstruck, Back in Black, TNT - AC/DC
Where the Streets have no name - U2

That's all I can think of but that's a good starting point for me.

 

[emad]

Stevie Ray Vaughan (any)
Run DMC (any and all)
Van Halen (any and all)
I've also got craploads of 1980's electro - great stuff

 

[xAkirax2004]

Pretty much anything and everything from the GTA: VC soundtracks.

 

[Duke]

New Order - Blue Monday
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Tears For Fears - Photograph
Depeche Mode - Let Me Down Again
English Beat - Twist And Crawl
The Clash - London Calling or Magnificent Seven
Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi's Dead
Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious
Love And Rockets - Ball Of Confusion
They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start or Ana Ng
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Nine Million Rainy Days
Yaz - Move Out
Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop
REM - Radio Free Europe
OMD - Enola Gay
Haircut 100 - Boy Meets Girl

That will do for a start.

 

[milefile]

Modern English - Melt with You
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Ileen
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Psychadelic Furs - Anything from their first three disks
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
Simple Minds - Pretty much anything.

 

[Duke]

Damn, I forgot to mention the Furs. I thought of them but got distracted before I put in a song.

Try Love My Way or perhaps the original Pretty In Pink.

 

[Jugend]

Good tips from NeonDuke.

Pet Shop Boys - West end girls / Suburbia
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Madness - our house
Bomb the bass - Beat Dis
Breakfast Club - Don't you forget about me

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by GTJugend

Breakfast Club - Don't you forget about me

You know Breakfast Club is not a band right?

 

[qjasonp]

Well thanks to everyone thus far .I'm going to be busy.

Keep them coming.

:Edit: I'll post my play list so for after i download all these.

 

[milefile]

David Bowie - Red Shoes, Ashes to Ashes
Bowie and Mercury - Pressure
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

 

[Ev0]

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Van Halen - Any of their music (not their first album, as it was released in the late 70's)
AC/DC - Anything from the Brian Johnson era

And if they released music in the 80's, The Ramones and the Talking Heads wouldn't be bad choices either

 

[Jugend]

Originally posted by milefile
You know Breakfast Club is not a band right?

Not 100% until you said so. Vague memories of the movie.

[edit] Who did the song to the soudtrack then? Simple minds or?

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by GTJugend
Not 100% until you said so. Vague memories of the movie.

Simple Minds. I don't think that particular song is on any of their albums, though. You might have to get the soundtrack.

 

[qjasonp]

Well I just finished Neon's list,and I most say thats exactly what I was looking for.Some real 80's retro.

I most have more.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Devo - Girl U Want
Faith No More - Epic
Faith No More - Falling to Pieces
Dinosaur Jr. - In a Jar (or anything from You're Living All Over Me)
Joy Division - Atrocity Exhibition
Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
New Order - The Perfect Kiss
Pixies - I Bleed
Pixies - Gouge Away
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking
U2 - Pride
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
U2 - New Years Day

I can't believe how many songs I was going to list and then realized they were released in 1990. 1990 was a damn good year, I guess.

 

[miata13B]

Ac/DC - For Those about to Rock
Ac/DC - You shook me
Motley Crew - Girls Girls Girls
ditto - Wildside

 

[Jugend]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Dinosaur Jr. - In a Jar

Thumb up. No joke, I have probably listened to this song 500 times. (Fossils abum)

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Devo - Girl U Want
Joy Division - Atrocity Exhibition
Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
New Order - The Perfect Kiss
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
U2 - Pride
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
U2 - New Years Day

Some of the ones I deleted, while excellent songs, tend a bit more towards the very-late '80s and pre-'90s. Lets see what else we can come up with:

Devo - Working In A Coal Mine or Whip It
Blondie - One Way Or Another or Rapture
Snow - White Horse
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry or Three Imaginary Boys (early '80s) and Pictures Of You or Why Can't She Be You
The Jam - Town Called Malice or Start!
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up or Red Shoes or I'm Not Angry
X - Blue Spark or The Have Nots
Yaz - Situation (this is the actual name of the song I mentioned above)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science and Walking & Falling and O Superman
King Crimson - Elelphant Talk or Three Of A Perfect Pair
The Housemartins - Happy Hour or Flag Day (who would ever have thought Fatboy Slim started here?!)
Human League - Fascination
Brian Eno - Regiment or Help Me Somebody

I'm trying to avoid the more obvious popular stuff, while still hitting the standouts.

 

[hutch]

Motley Crue - Kickstart My heart, Girls Girls Girls,

Whitesnake - Here I go again..

Guns and Roses - Anything off of Appetite for Destruction!!

 

[Kelly]

Soft Cell - Tainted love
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
David Bowie - Lets dance
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Hall & Oates - Maneater
Lisa Stansfield - All around the world
UB40 - Red red wine
Chaka Khan - Aint nobody

 

[Ev0]

How could I have forgotten Dire Straits!!!

Rush - Lots of good stuff from the 80's (especially their Moving Pictures album)

 

[xAkirax2004]

Men at work - I come from a land down under

Men without hats - Safety dance.

Hall and oates - Private eyes.

 

[gtavcfan]

I'm not sure what kind of music you want, but i'll suggest some good rock and metal from the 80's"

-Slayer- Metal
Die by the Sword (1983)
Captor of Sin (1984)
Hell Awaits (1985, same year I was born in)
Hardening of the Arteries (1985)
Angel of Death (1986)
Raining Blood (1986)
South of Heaven (1988)
Silent Scream (1988)
Ghosts of War (1988)

-Judas Priest- Rock
Breaking the Law (1980)
Living After Midnight (1980)
Heading out the Highway (1981)
Hot Rockin' (1981)
(Take These) Chains (1982)
Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
You've Got Another Thing Comin' (1982)

-Iron Maiden- Rock
Run to the Hills (1982)
Flight of Icarus (1983)
2 Minutes to Midnight (1984)
Powerslave (1984)
[I would have recommender "Fear of the Dark" except that it come out in 1992]

Thats all that I can think of right now
EDIT: Oh, I just remember another one

all from the V-rock Soundtrack and also

-Quiet Riot- Rock
Metal Health (1982)
Come on Feel the Noize (1982)

-Tesla- Metal
Ez Come Ez Go
Comin Atcha Live
Gettin' Better
Little Suzi
(don't remember what year it came out, but I thinks its either 1982, or 1983)

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by milefile
Simple Minds. I don't think that particular song is on any of their albums, though. You might have to get the soundtrack.

I have the Simple Minds albums of that era, and it's not on any of them. You probably want to check out the Best Of, which is (I think) called Glittering Prize

I would suggest (going for real nostalgia cheese here):

Ultravox: Dancing with tears in my eyes or Vienna
Visage: Fade to Grey
Depeche Mode: Love in Itself or Just Can't Get Enough
Tiffany: I think we're alone now
Elvis Costello: Oliver's Army
Bon Jovi: Livin on a Prayer
Jon & Vangelis: I'll find my way home
Madonna: Papa Don't Preach

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Ev0


Rush - Lots of good stuff from the 80's (especially their Moving Pictures album)

Power Windows is so 80's. Love it, though.

 

[CDailey]

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

 

[Mike Rotch]

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Mad (Bad) World - Tears for Fears
Take my breath away - Berlin
We didnt start the fire - Billy Joel (i think 80's)

 

[Solid Lifters]

Flock Of Seagulls - "Wishing", "Space Age Love Song", "I Ran"

Beastie Boys - "Girls", "Fight For Your Right", "Brass Monkey"

ZZ Top - "She Got Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man"

Killing Joke - "Living In The 80's"

The Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored"

The Damned - "Alone Again Or"

Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"

The Fix - "Red Skies At Night"

Prince - "When Doves Cry" "Little Red Corvette" "Let's Get Nuts"

Deep Purple - "Perfect Strangers"

Quiet Riot "Come On Feel The Noise"

Missing Persons - "Words", "Nobody Walks In L.A."

Human League - "Fascination"

Van Halen - "Jump", "Panama"

Romeo Void - "Never Say Never"

Robert Palmer - "Didn't Mean To Turn You On", "Bang A Gong", "Addicted To Love"

Big Country - "In A Big Country"

Autograph - "Turn Up The Radio"

The Firm - "Satisfaction Guaranteed", plus one more I can't think of the name

Kid Creole and the Coconuts - "Endicott"

Christopher Cross - "The Moon and New York City", "Run Like The Wind"

The Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket", "The Chain Gang"

Burning Sensations - "In the Belly of the Whale"

Gary More - "Out In the Fields"

Suicidal Tendincies - "Institutionalized"

The Vapors - "Turning Japaneser"

Cyndi Lauper - "She Bop", "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "True Colors"

Boy's Don't Cry - "I wanna be a Cowboy"

The Sugarcubes - "Motor Crash", "Birthday"

Love and Rockets - "Ball of Confusion"

Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Men at Work - "Who Can It Be Now", "Land Down Under", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill"

Peter Gabriel - "Sledge Hammer"

Genesis - "Invisable Touch", plus more

Billy Squire - "Everybody Wants You", "Stroke Me"

Sammy Hagar - "Can't Drive 55"

Charlie Sexton - "Beat's So Lonely"

Kajagoogoo - "To Shy"

Duran Duran - "Planet Earth", "Hungry Like The Wolf"

The Police - "Walking On The Moon", "Don't Stand So Close To Me" plus more

Power Station - "Bang A Gong"

The Go-Go's - "Vacation", "We Got The Beat"

Animotion - "Obsession"

Lene Lovich - "New Toy"

Scandal - "Good-bye To You", "The Warrior"

Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It",

Talk Talk - "It's My Life", "All You Do Is Talk, Talk"

Wall Of Voodo - "Born On Mexican Radio", "Ring Of Fire"

Berlin - "The Metro", "No More Words"

Randy Newman - "I love L.A."

Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me"

Michael Jackson - "Thriller", "Beat It"

Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"

Naked Eyes - "Always Something There To Remind Me"

Slade - "Run Runaway"

A-Ha - "Take On Me"

Quarterflash - "Harden My Heart"

Heart - "Alone" plus more

Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science", "Europa"

'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"

M.A.R.S. - "Pump Up The Volume"

Orange Juice Jones - "I Saw You, And Him"

Rolling Stones - "Start Me Up", "Mixed Emotions"

Tears For Fears - "Everbody Wants To Rule The World", "Change"

INXS - "Suicide Blond", "One Thing"

That should hold ya for now!