Twenty songs from the 70s and 80s

[TheTecknician]

Which would you keep and which would you replace to compile your own playlist?

70s:

Heart of Glass - Blondie
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
No More Heroes - Stranglers
The Man With the Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
We Are The Champions - Queen
Waterloo - ABBA
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
Shang A Lang - Bay City Rollers

80s:

Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
Vienna - Ultravox
What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
Ride On Time - Black Box
Save Your Love - Renee and Renato
What! - Soft Cell
Hymn To Her - Pretenders
All Of My Heart - ABC
Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
China In Your Hand - T'Pau

70s

Imagine John Lennon
Dreams Fleetwood Mac
Go your own Way Fleetwood Mac
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel
Don’t Cry for me Argentina Julie Covington
Hotel California The Eagles
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed
Paranoid Black Sabbath

80s

Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen
Golden Brown The Stranglers
Where the Streets Have No Name U2
Livin on a Prayer Bon Jovi
Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
Boys Don’t Cry The Cure
Purple Rain Prince
Vienna Ultravox

So far, Vienna survives! I think I'll remove the Bay City Rollers and replace with Brown Girl In The Ring by Boney M.

Yes Vienna is a great song.

Any takers?

I love these sorts of threads.

Oooooh!

Right. 70s-

Oh To Be in Love- Kate Bush
Killer Queen- Queen
Atomic- Blondie
Take it Easy- Eagles
Dancing Queen
Lay All Your Love On Me- Abba
Yes Sir I Can Boogie- Baccarat
Wild World- Cat Stephens
Dreaming- Blondie
Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits

80s-

Gloria- Laura Brannigan
Back on the Chain Gang - Pretenders
Fantasy Island- Tight Fit
Cacharpaya- Incantation (technically not a song)
You're Not Alone Any More - Traveling Wilburys
Tweeter and the Monkey Man- Traveling Wilburys
I Drove All Night- Cindy Lauper
Another Nail in My Heart - Squeeze
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Graceland- as above

I love your Paul Simon choices.

What a fantastic question….
im an 80’s girl through and through… I’ll die on the hill that 80’s music is the most superior era of music… I do love a 70’s banger though

70’s
more than. Feeling - boston
bridge over troubled waters - Simon and Garfunkel
I believe in Father Christmas - Greg lake
ain’t no sunshine - bill withers
bohemian rhapsody - queen
go your own way - fleetwood mac
ain’t no mountain high enough - Diana ross
the ballroom blitz - sweet
we are the champions - queen
another brick in the wall - pink Floyd

80’s
Africa - toto
careless whisper - George Michael
we don’t have to take our clothes off - Jermaine Stewart
fairytale of New York - the pogues ft Kirsty Maccall
last Christmas - wham
west end girls - pet shop boys
like a prayer - Madonna
relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood
come on Eileen - dexy’s midnight runners
love and pride - king

yes I’ve included Christmas songs 🙃