Originally Posted by 757690
The AFOS guy always creeped me out as a kid. Definitely a signature eighties song, though.
The
The AFOS guy always creeped me out as a kid. Definitely a signature eighties song, though.
The
“It’s the mathematical potential for a single game to last forever, in a suspended world where no clock rules the day, that aligns baseball as much with the dead as the living.”
---- Bill Vaughn
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved." ---Tim Minchin("Storm")
Well said. Talking Heads and the Smiths changed R n’R. Talking heads were way better live and more interesting lyrics, while the Smiths were more witty and charming. For me, Talking Heads were the band of the 80s, and it was a good competition with Sonic Youth, Van Halen, Scorpions, New Order, REM and U2.
BTW, life during wartime is from fear of music from 1979. Talking Heads started the 80s off with Remain in Light and the “once in a lifetime” track.
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M2 (09-02-2022)
Nice choice with the Ultravox song. Their 1984 Greatest Hits album "Ultravox: The Collection" is one of my favorites. Absolutely fantastic album.
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
marcshoe (09-02-2022)
Crush? Nah I was into grown women by then
My favorite song on that album
Gotta have some Tears for Fears in an 80s thread. Shout isn't my favorite song of theirs, but it may be the most 80s.
Hold Me Now is the most 80s song/video that I haven't already seen posted. They dress like the 80s. They sound like the 80s. And they are a British band that started in the 70s but adjusted their sound for the 80s. Check, check, check.
Pete Rose, however... lol
At the time Debbie's debut album was released, my gf at the time was about a year older than Gibson.
The 52 y.o. singer-songwriter now goes by the name Deborah .
“It’s the mathematical potential for a single game to last forever, in a suspended world where no clock rules the day, that aligns baseball as much with the dead as the living.”
---- Bill Vaughn
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved." ---Tim Minchin("Storm")
cumberlandreds (09-02-2022),westofyou (09-02-2022)
Not sure that I'll do this correctly, but surprised this hasn't come up. I don't know that its THE answer, but certain an answer. If I had to pick "The" answer, I think I'd go with Thriller.
Could also throw out this, I don't think its been mentioned yet:
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Posting in the clutch since twenty ought two.
M2 (09-02-2022)
The one from Tears from Fears I like is Everybody wants to rule the World.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCd...cHJILl&index=4
Some other 80's
Reds Fan Since 1971
Maybe the best performance of the 80's was by Queen at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium. Freddie Mercury had that audience in the palm of his hand.
Reds Fan Since 1971
One of my favorite soccerfan chants came from Chelsea and their inefficient forward Jesper Gronkjaer, to the tune of living on a prayer:
“Oh no, halfway there. Oh no, Jesper Gronkjaer. Give him the ball, he’ll f—- up, I swear. Oh no, Jesper Gronkjaer”
M2 (09-02-2022),Roy Tucker (09-02-2022)
I'm glad U2 got put on the table (Jovi too). You can't talk about the decade and ignore them.
My submission for US would be "Bad".
I think it's their most iconic song and its live versions (particularly the Live Aid one posted here) took on lives of their own. Also, it's not really about anything. Bono's claimed it's about a dozen different things. I think heroin addiction is the most common, but his story changes frequently. What we can say is "Bad" is utterly epic, capable of making six-digit crowds sing along like it's the MOST important song ever made even though no one's actually sure what it means. We're wide awake. We're not sleeping. Well, okay then. Does it get more '80s than that?
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Look at that, a whole gaggle of people well behaved and enjoying a show, lets call it the anti woodstock 99
Posting in the clutch since twenty ought two.
No one could command a crowd like Mercury. I mean NO one!!!
“It’s the mathematical potential for a single game to last forever, in a suspended world where no clock rules the day, that aligns baseball as much with the dead as the living.”
---- Bill Vaughn
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved." ---Tim Minchin("Storm")
You can toss a couple of Dire Strait songs onto the pile.
M2 (09-02-2022),RiverRat13 (09-04-2022)
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