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To ask your favourite 80s song?

234 replies

Wildlady · 01/04/2018 06:54

Mine is Red Red Wine. UB40

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iampreggerz · 01/04/2018 11:39

elspinsdemariscal

The most nineties eighties song. :)

FloControl · 01/04/2018 11:40

Most of mine are from 1980.

I Hear You Now - Jon and Vangelis
Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney
Supertrouper - ABBA
Different For Girls - Joe Jackson
Turn It On Again - Genesis
Everybody's Got To Learn Some Time - Korgis

Birdsgottafly · 01/04/2018 11:44

Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet
Bowie, Lets Dance and China Girl.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax and the Power of Love.
Men at Work, Down Under,.
INXS, I need you tonight.

NutElla5x · 01/04/2018 11:48

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

TSSDNCOP · 01/04/2018 11:48

Let’s Dance-David Bowie

AnnabelleLecter · 01/04/2018 12:00

Aztec camera - Somewhere in my heart. The Clash- Should I stay or should I go.

leosayershair · 01/04/2018 12:39

TheWoolybacksWife The Story of the Blues - Wah! for me too.

Not just my favourite 80's song but my favourite record ever

ScarletPower · 01/04/2018 13:00

I can't decide between "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears or "Lovecats" by The Cure

TheNaze73 · 01/04/2018 13:03

Birthday - The Sugarcubes

Khaleesi0 · 01/04/2018 13:08

Oh I could be here ALL DAY!!!

I'm a big rock fan and most of the stuff I listen to is from the 80s...

Think AC/DC, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Def Leppard...

Also loved Transvision Vamp!

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 01/04/2018 13:14

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Blue Monday - New Order
You’re the Voice - John Farnham
St Elmo’s Fire - John Parr
Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy

Sorry, I’m getting a bit carried away!

Freyanna · 01/04/2018 13:19

Teardrops by Womack & Womack

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 01/04/2018 13:22

This is Not a Love Song - P.I.L. (Johnny Lydon was brilliant!)

minionsrule · 01/04/2018 13:24

Reward by Teardrop Explodes
Lessons in Love by Level 42
Leaving me Now by Level 42
Love's Great Adventure by Ultravox
Fade to Grey by Visage
And about a million more Grin

YetAnotherSpartacus · 01/04/2018 13:57

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Vienna - Ultravox
Dancing with tears in my eyes - Ultravox
Toto - Africa
Town Called Malice - The Jam
99 Luft Ballons - Nina
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Oh goodness, there were so many others, mainly influenced by my nascent lefty-feminist-peace movement activism, but I can't remember them all!

mimibunz · 01/04/2018 14:03

She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult, Lips like Sugar by Echo & the Bunnymen

WhiteHartLane · 01/04/2018 14:11

Loads, but my top 4:

Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
Black Velvet - Alannah Miles
Power of Love - Jennifer Rush
When Doves Cry - Prince

Thinkingofausername1 · 01/04/2018 14:12

Never trust a stranger by kim Wilde.

FrankiesKnuckle · 01/04/2018 14:15

Joe Smooth Promised land

TheNaze73 · 01/04/2018 14:18

Great song Frankies

ISpeakJive · 01/04/2018 14:21

Waaaay too many to just pick one but

‘We don’t have to take our clothes off’ by Jermaine Stewart is one of my cheesy faves!

Grin
BBTHREE76 · 01/04/2018 14:36

Sorry but I can’t pick just 1 as my 3 joint favourite songs are all from the eighties -

Soul 2 Soul - Back to Life
Electronic - Getting Away with it
Def Leppard - Photograph

NotASingleFuckToGive · 01/04/2018 14:41

This! And is worth watching for the footage alone- people dancing in a club back in the 80s, and makes me feel nostalgic every time.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ZVZVMIG7g

YetAnotherSpartacus · 01/04/2018 14:44

Spandau ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short
Visage - Fade to Grey

Snugglepiggy · 01/04/2018 14:48

A little Respect - by Erasure