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What is one of your favourite songs from the 80's?

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 27/05/2022 23:07

Mine is Bronski Beat 'Small Town Boy' just love the dance music and the video is class..Still reminds me of a friend from all those years ago...

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WeAreTheHeroes · 27/05/2022 23:08

Don't you want me by Human League though I love lots of 80s songs.

Notateacheranymore · 27/05/2022 23:09

The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood but ALSO The Power of Love by ??? Jennifer Rush???

Antarcticant · 27/05/2022 23:11

So many I love, love, love - I will pick a random favourite I heard earlier today - Silent Running by Mike & the Mechanics.

Bronski Beat were ace!

GladysEehmmanuel · 27/05/2022 23:12

Say Hello Wave Goodbye, it's never on the radio.

AnElegantChaos · 27/05/2022 23:13

Voyage Voyage.

mrsfollowill · 27/05/2022 23:13

(Don't you) Forget about me - Simple minds and the sound track of the Breakfast Club- The 80's was my era! I loved so many songs including all those mentioned so far Grin

ludocris · 27/05/2022 23:15

Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
Need you Tonight by INXS
Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie
Hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Do you really want to hurt me by Culture Club

Antarcticant · 27/05/2022 23:15

One you never hear on the radio nowadays - Hey Matthew by Karel Fialka

JimmyShoo · 27/05/2022 23:17

I Owe you Nothing by Bros. I was a brosette and the song never fails to make me smile.

The late 80s were more my time than the early 80s.

It was such an innocent and fun part of my life. Happy happy days.

xsquared · 27/05/2022 23:19

I can't pick just one favourite...

Together in Electric Dreams- Georgia Moroder and Phil Oakey
Running up that hill - Kate Bush
Modern Love - David Bowie
Wouldn't it be good - Nik Kershaw
You take me up - Thompson Twins
Lullaby - The Cure
Oh Patti - Scritti Politti

Loads more.....

SwelegantParty · 27/05/2022 23:21

Tainted Love by Soft Cell

MysticCT · 27/05/2022 23:21

It's really hard to choose one but I love Catch my Fall by Billy Idol.
Some 80's songs have aged badly, I really liked Culture Club but they sound so dated now.

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 27/05/2022 23:22

LOVING all those songs and great memories going to disco's wearing ra ra skirt and my boots and thought I looked great ha!! my sis and I laughing as ra ra skirts are back in shops again. Loved Human League. Making me all Nostalgic now.

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GladysEehmmanuel · 27/05/2022 23:22

Pretty in Pink too.
Fuck I could dance back then.

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 27/05/2022 23:22

Golden Brown The Stranglers also.

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DeanStockwelll · 27/05/2022 23:23

Ooh that's a hard choice I love Billy Joel we didn't start the fire or Leningrad

And Decon Blue , Dignity

I hope you all listen to Absolute Radio 80s chanel , it's 80s music all the time with no repeats between 9am 5pm , you just have to put up with the adverts

ClinkeyMonkey · 27/05/2022 23:24

Loads of songs, but 'West End Girls' by the Pet Shop Boys has to be my favourite.

GladysEehmmanuel · 27/05/2022 23:26

We lived in golden times.
punk but no photos

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 27/05/2022 23:29

Joy Division love will tear us apart makes me so sad and nostalgic when I hear it.. I think we could all list 20 songs we all loved.

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 27/05/2022 23:31

Love West End Girls also ClinkeyMonkey

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GladysEehmmanuel · 27/05/2022 23:33

One of my brother's was a big Dire Straights fan and the other loved Madness it was good times.

JaneJeffer · 27/05/2022 23:35

The story of the blues by Wah!

Antarcticant · 27/05/2022 23:36

I think we could all list 20 songs we all loved

We could probably each list 200 and it still wouldn't cover all of them 😍

paisley256 · 27/05/2022 23:37

Kayleigh by Marillion

JaneJeffer · 27/05/2022 23:38

So many great songs from the 80's