TrekBBS "I Love the Eighties!" music video special
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Something else that fits in the "None More 80s" category...
"Word Up!" - Cameo
(worth it for the comedy codpiece alone... but check out the video's other big star too!
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"Word Up!" - Cameo
(worth it for the comedy codpiece alone... but check out the video's other big star too!
)
"Word Up!" - Cameo
(worth it for the comedy codpiece alone... but check out the video's other big star too!
He went blind from staring at the codpiece...
A few classic 80s videos:
Rio - Duran Duran
Don't You Want Me Baby - Human League
Gold - Spandau Ballet
And finally, one song that I was going to link to the music video of... but actually, I associate it FAR more this movie intro than the actual music video:
Call Me - Blondie
Richard Gere was SO damn cool. The scene in the movie where he's going through his wardrobe to decide what to wear that day is inspirational!
For some reason the Comic Strip Presents... special "Four Men In A Car" springs to mind whenever I hear that one.
One that suddenly sprang to mind a few minutes ago:
"Neunundneunzig Luftballons" - Nena
(und jetzt noch einmal auf Englisch!)
So much stuff here I've never heard or seen before. Thanks guys
No, we gotta thank you for starting this thread. I haven't had this much fun on the BBS for.... oh, a long time.So much stuff here I've never heard or seen before. Thanks guys
Let's just say every hour here has been Happy Hour here. (The Housemartins) (and incidentally this is what Paul Heaton did later... "Song For Whoever" - The Beautiful South
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That wasn't the one I was thinking of. I looked up last night, it was Tarzan Boy by Baltimora, and has no mention of lionsTypical caravan park music.
Tarzan Boy
Nice to see all the love for Don't You Want Me Baby!
I turned 20 in December '89, so the decade is pretty "my generation" for me. Like any other period, it had some good stuff and a lot of crap. A lot of what has been mentioned here I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to then, and it hasn't improved with age! But it's funny to see what people think of the music. Hard to believe that the '80s are as far back now as the '60s were when I was a teenager.
Have I missed it or has no one actually mentioned Culture Club or A Flock of Seagulls yet?
Here are a few that came to mind:
The best song from the album that launched a thousand serious, dapper, mostly British, synthy crooner bands.
To me,
this one epitomizes the first "New Wave" to hit the US in the early '80s, if you were lucky enough to have MTV or a radio station in your town that would actually play the stuff.
One of my favorites from around age 15, I wore a concert t-shirt of this band till it was falling apart.
Some guitar rock that even "new wavers" would dance to.
I don't think I was ever as excited to see a band on TV as I was when I saw this on Letterman in 1984. And they did two songs, unheard of. One of the coolest bands ever.
--Justin
Have I missed it or has no one actually mentioned Culture Club or A Flock of Seagulls yet?
Here are a few that came to mind:
The best song from the album that launched a thousand serious, dapper, mostly British, synthy crooner bands.
To me,
this one epitomizes the first "New Wave" to hit the US in the early '80s, if you were lucky enough to have MTV or a radio station in your town that would actually play the stuff.
One of my favorites from around age 15, I wore a concert t-shirt of this band till it was falling apart.
Some guitar rock that even "new wavers" would dance to.
I don't think I was ever as excited to see a band on TV as I was when I saw this on Letterman in 1984. And they did two songs, unheard of. One of the coolest bands ever.
--Justin
I just have to say, I was born in 83, and I remember alot of these... Great thread.
And then Angus and Malcolm saved the Eighties from mediocrity:
You Shook Me Aaaaaaaaall Niiiiiiiiiiight Looooooooong
You Shook Me Aaaaaaaaall Niiiiiiiiiiight Looooooooong
big fan of these guys. I remember going to a Halloween party dressed as a Stray Cat, complete with tattoos
Stray Cats- Rock This Town
Stray Cats- Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats- Sexy and 17
Sexy and 17 reminded me of:
Van Halen- Hot For Teacher
AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
More fun at school (from the early 90s, so sue me)
Spinal Tap- Bitch School
Tom Petty- Don't Come Around Here No More
Jackson Browne-Laywers In Love
Jackson Browne- She Got To be Somebody's Baby. makes of think of my girlfriend from '82 and of course "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"
Bruce Springsteen- Born In the USA
Bruce Springsteen- Glory Days
Rolling Stones- Waiting On Friend. Good song for when your hanging out with your buddies and are between girlfriends.
David Bowie- Ashes To Ashes Quite a few 80s video trends in this one
( and it was only 1980!)
More geezers from the 60s making it in 80s
the Who- You better You bet
Stray Cats- Rock This Town
Stray Cats- Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats- Sexy and 17
Sexy and 17 reminded me of:
Van Halen- Hot For Teacher
AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
More fun at school (from the early 90s, so sue me)
Spinal Tap- Bitch School
Tom Petty- Don't Come Around Here No More
Jackson Browne-Laywers In Love
Jackson Browne- She Got To be Somebody's Baby. makes of think of my girlfriend from '82 and of course "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"
Bruce Springsteen- Born In the USA
Bruce Springsteen- Glory Days
Rolling Stones- Waiting On Friend. Good song for when your hanging out with your buddies and are between girlfriends.
David Bowie- Ashes To Ashes Quite a few 80s video trends in this one
( and it was only 1980!)
More geezers from the 60s making it in 80s
the Who- You better You bet
Some of were fortunate enough to live through the whole decade.
Anyway, for me, nothing says 80s more than Big Country!
"In A Big Country"
"Fields of Fire"
"One Great Thing"
Oh man, back when the Police were up and coming. Remember when Genesis went on tour in 86/87? Heavy Metal had its birth in the 80's. Big hair and gobs of hairspray on the chicks
I wouldn't mind living through 1982 - 1987 again.