80's music

[Santa Kang]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2rFb_ghn0[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APgC6XYcmSY[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XQ2KT8oZhw[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4MOkK2MOM[/yt]

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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[C.E. Evans]

Bow Wow Wow's front-woman was volcanically hot. I wonder whatever happened to them.

The usual story: people being fired from the band (including the front-woman), break-ups, reformation, another round of break-ups, and another reformation with only one member of the original band left that nobody actually remembers.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Wasn't the lead singer like 13 or 14 when the band first formed? Ew.

 

[BigJake]

^ Yeah, I didn't realize that when I was making my first comment, there. *emergency de-perv*

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I remember when I was in junior high and I heard "I Want Candy," I was of course too intellectually deficient to realize it was about drugs. (As was Martika's "Toy Soldiers" of course)

 

[Santa Kang]

I remember when I was in junior high and I heard "I Want Candy," I was of course too intellectually deficient to realize it was about drugs. (As was Martika's "Toy Soldiers" of course)

It's a remake of a song from 1965. Pretty sure its about sexual desire.

 

[BigJake]

I remember when I was in junior high and I heard "I Want Candy," I was of course too intellectually deficient to realize it was about drugs. (As was Martika's "Toy Soldiers" of course)

It's a remake of a song from 1965. Pretty sure its about sexual desire.

I think the drugs rumour came about because the song was gender-flipped for Bow Wow Wow and "Candy" is a weird name for a dude.

 

[Santa Kang]

I figure in that version "candy" was a euphemism for sex/sexy.

And

 

[sojourner]

I thought in that version "candy" was a euphemism for something rock hard. Think "lolly pop".

 

[Davros]

Beautiful World by DEVO
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0[/yt]

 

[J.T.B.]

SCTV satirizing music videos even before MTV:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSWLqlrt_2U&feature=player_detailpage[/yt]

 

[EmoBorg]

Limahl - Neverending Story

 

[Crisp Conditions]

I'm bumping this thread with some more of my varied tastes from the 80's (apologies, if they've already been mentioned).

Ozzy was so awesome, he gets two mentions:

"Tonight"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6J6EMTo8Wk[/yt]


"Flying High Again"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urd1blwS6oM[/yt]


You know, ABBA actually ruled. Here's Frida:

"I Know There's Something Going On"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372436tJiaM[/yt]


"A Good Heart" by Feargal Sharkey (nice little anthem, more on the typical side of the decade's fare, with a connection to both Tom Petty, via Maria McKee, and the Culture Club, via Boy George):

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9dUkq6QyEg[/yt]


The Jacksons, "Torture":

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM[/yt]

 

[sojourner]

Yeah, that Frida song was a favorite of mine, but I prefer the original video:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXo_LXknYg[/yt]

 

[Crisp Conditions]

^ Yeah.

Noteworthy with respect to the Frida song, as well as the Peter Gabriel Melt album that I picked a song from, is that Phil Collins really got around. The Frida song in particular would be noticeably less without Collins on drums, IMO.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Speaking of Phil Collins...I don't think anybody posted this classic video:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkVLqSaahk[/yt]

 

[Davros]

How a bit of Heavy Metal?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-ILz0YOVE[/yt]
One of the decade's great soundtracks.

 

[1001001]

Another favorite song from the Glorious 80's...

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnQfKIFERU[/yt]

 

[Crisp Conditions]

Bette Midler - "Beast Of Burden"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4R9FiKE0Tk[/yt]


David Bowie - "Ashes To Ashes"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0[/yt]


The Mary Jane Girls - "In My House"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGeuX-W0XrY[/yt]


Fun Boy Three (with Bananarama) - "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wU3_VGw14A[/yt]


The Rolling Stones - "Emotional Rescue"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iw_BE_X9sA[/yt]