The World of Goo Boards 
        (http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cgi-bin/ggd/YaBB.cgi)
      

        Off Topic Board >> Off Topic Board >> Best song of the 80's?
        
(Message started by: the green o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:25pm)
Title: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:25pm
I've been watching on & off VH-1's countdown of the best songs of the 80's. Some really good stuff...some...not so much.
So tonight I caught the top songs, and they got to #1 and it's Bon Jovi's "Living On a Prayer".
Now, c'mon. I admit I was a big Jovi fan for a long, loooong time, but nah.
It was a fun song, had the hook & all that.
But does it really compare to something like U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)"?
I think not.

It was still a hoot to see Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" so high up in the count.

Discuss amongst yourselves. Even if you weren't born when some of these songs came out, you still know 'em , don't ya? Like The Cure's "Just Like Heaven", or "Under Pressure" by David Bowie/Queen. Good stuff.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the red o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:35pm
I respectfully disagree with you.  While I love U2, U2 does not make me stop whatever I'm doing, turn the radio way up, and sing along at the top of my lungs.  Living On a Prayer?  Hell yes.  Any decade highlighted by day glo, side crimped ponytails, and leg warmers should be represented by the best sing along song EVER.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:50pm

on 11/02/06 at 22:35:45, the red o wrote:
Any decade highlighted by day glo, side crimped ponytails, and leg warmers should be represented by the best sing along song EVER.


I think you just described the crowd at a Loverboy concert.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Nov 2nd, 2006, 11:07pm
You're both wrong. The best song of the 80's is Beat It.  8)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 11:10pm
TAKE ON ME by A-ha.

Was a hit in 1985. The best year of the 80's.

Cause that's the year I came into the world and made it better.

HAHAHAHA!!! I'm just joshing with you.

But seriously I do love that song, and the music video for it was absolutely amazing to watch.

http://www.blogotheque.net/IMG/jpg/takeonme.jpg
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the red o on Nov 2nd, 2006, 11:53pm

on 11/02/06 at 22:50:56, the green o wrote:
I think you just described the crowd at a Loverboy concert.


Pfff.  I saw that Bon Jovi picture you sent me.  I clearly described a Bon Jovi concert.  The hair!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Pondering My Fate on Nov 3rd, 2006, 12:13am
You're all wrong! The best song of the 80's is "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. :P
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Nov 3rd, 2006, 12:11pm
Don't make me ground you.
We have a concert to attend, poste-haste.


kids.  ::)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Pondering My Fate on Nov 3rd, 2006, 1:12pm
Fine. "The Final Countdown" is better. OKAY?
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Nov 3rd, 2006, 1:43pm
much better. gracias.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by The Purple O on Nov 4th, 2006, 5:23pm
I think "Living on a Prayer" is the best song of the 80s. It is one of my favorite songs.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by sympathy_0 on Nov 5th, 2006, 3:45pm
Living on a Prayr? PFFFFT. Best songs of the 80's is Edge of 17 people. You know that. I was born in 1991 :P
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Shannon on Nov 6th, 2006, 3:29pm
The 80s is my era. I can make a LONG list of great songs .... but I could never choose just one .....

Duran Duran - The Reflex

Tears for Fears - 'Shout' or 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'

Modern English - I Melt with You

Elton John - Candle in the Wind

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Madonna - Like A Virgin

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Prince - Little Red Corvette
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Iris74 on Nov 6th, 2006, 4:16pm
I agreed with it.  It really was THE song of the 80's (or maybe You Give Love a Bad Name).  I think people forget just HOW big Bon Jovi was back then.  U2 gained more popularity later on. (and With or Without You was on the countdown).

One thing I didn't agree with on the top 20 - Duran Duran should be in it..but I would have went with "The Reflex" and they chose "Hungry Like the Wolf".
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Nov 6th, 2006, 6:25pm
Actually, I think a lot of their choices seemed to reflect the popularity of the song's video in many cases. The more airplay the video got back then on MTV, the more popular the song was.

I agree, The Reflex was awesome!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by sympathy_0 on Nov 6th, 2006, 7:50pm
i liked hungry like the wolf better.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Iris74 on Nov 7th, 2006, 4:02pm

on 11/06/06 at 18:25:46, the green o wrote:
Actually, I think a lot of their choices seemed to reflect the popularity of the song's video in many cases. The more airplay the video got back then on MTV, the more popular the song was.


I'll agree with that.  They did mention the video a lot...and if they have/had a show on VH1 or MTV, even better.  They plugged their reality stuff A LOT.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the red o on Nov 8th, 2006, 11:50am

on 11/03/06 at 00:13:40, Pondering My Fate wrote:
You're all wrong! The best song of the 80's is "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. :P


This was on while I was station flipping in my car today and thought of you.  :D I listened to the whole thing and sang the Michael Jackson backing vocals.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Nov 17th, 2006, 2:58pm

on 11/08/06 at 11:50:09, the red o wrote:
This was on while I was station flipping in my car today and thought of you.  :D I listened to the whole thing and sang the Michael Jackson backing vocals.



I was watching a program called "Back In..." on Much More Music, a Canadian Music Channel, and they mentioned he did back up vocals for the chorus. It's really creepy I think. HAHA!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by AFallingStar on Nov 20th, 2006, 12:02am
Lol, just reading the title of the thread, the first song that popped into my mind was "Livin' On a Prayer".  I love that song.  "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman is another one of my favorite 80s songs.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Hysteria on Nov 22nd, 2006, 12:20pm
Livin' on a prayer ;D
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by iris3732 on Dec 2nd, 2006, 2:54pm
I totally agree with Livin' on a Prayer being #1.

But what about #2? Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me. The second-best sing-along song of the 80s.

I'm hot...sticky sweet....
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 2nd, 2006, 2:56pm

on 11/17/06 at 14:58:56, the white o wrote:
I was watching a program called "Back In..." on Much More Music, a Canadian Music Channel, and they mentioned he did back up vocals for the chorus. It's really creepy I think. HAHA!


I don't know why but whenever I see one of those on MMM, I have to watch it. I really hate them but I have to watch it.


I still say Michael Jackon isn't getting enough credit here. Before he was creepy and weird, he was damned cool I'm telling you'se. 8)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:19pm

on 12/02/06 at 14:56:40, Christian wrote:
I don't know why but whenever I see one of those on MMM, I have to watch it. I really hate them but I have to watch it.


I still say Michael Jackon isn't getting enough credit here. Before he was creepy and weird, he was damned cool I'm telling you'se. 8)


He was the King of Pop back in the '80's.

Which 1985 was the best year in the 80's. *coughs*  ::)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:20pm
1985 even had Back to the Future! Quite possibly the best year ever.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:30pm

on 12/03/06 at 13:20:39, Christian wrote:
1985 even had Back to the Future! Quite possibly the best year ever.



I have the trilogy!! I love the movie's concept of 2015. Figuring now, that's only less than 9 years away. Freaky isn't it?
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:33pm
---
Hey...sorry about your barn...

It's mutated into human form, shoot it!

Take this you mutated son-of-a-bitch!
---

Tee hee.  ;D Yeah, I'm still waiting for my damn auto-drying clothing, not to mention the flying cars.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:14am

on 12/03/06 at 13:33:33, Christian wrote:
---
Hey...sorry about your barn...

It's mutated into human form, shoot it!

Take this you mutated son-of-a-bitch!
---

Tee hee.  ;D Yeah, I'm still waiting for my damn auto-drying clothing, not to mention the flying cars.


Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc, are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?

Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely.

Marty McFly: Whoa, this is heavy.

Dr. Emmett Brown: There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 5th, 2006, 2:36am
I am your density.


Tee hee. ^_^ I love those movies. Crispin Glover is so wonderfully bizarre.


Gonna add another song, Come On Eileen. Awwww yeah.  8)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 5th, 2006, 8:54am
Um hello...???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHutLy7hpRs
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by iris3732 on Dec 5th, 2006, 9:24am
Hahaha.

NKOTB are in another class all their own.

I watched the Step by Step video a couple days ago. Those boys can MOVE!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 5th, 2006, 11:16am
Oh no. No no no no. Oh the horror.  :-[
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 5th, 2006, 8:09pm
[quote author=Christian link=board=OTBoard;num=1162527946;start=30#31 date=12/05/06 at 11:16:25]Oh no. No no no no. Oh the horror. �:-[/quote]

I'm a girl. They were a boy band. I was into that boy band craze when I was a youngster.

NOT ANYMORE THOUGH!!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?Well
Post by Christian on Dec 5th, 2006, 8:49pm
Well, to be fair, I still own both the Savage Garden albums.  :-X

Now, for a bit of dichotomy, the worst of the 80's. My father still plays Air Supply. Ugh.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?Well
Post by the white o on Dec 5th, 2006, 9:03pm

on 12/05/06 at 20:49:12, Christian wrote:
Well, to be fair, I still own both the Savage Garden albums. �:-X

Now, for a bit of dichotomy, the worst of the 80's. My father still plays Air Supply. Ugh.


http://www.sptimesphotos.com/blogs/80s/2006/06/80-worst-songs-of-80s-top-10.html

80 worst songs of the '80s. I don't know if anyone's seens this before but I wanted to know what was the worst.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Christian on Dec 5th, 2006, 9:36pm
How dare they mention Huey!

That's the power of love. That the pooooower of love!

Anyway.  ;D
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Dec 6th, 2006, 1:08am
"Fish Heads, fish heads
roly-poly fish heads.
Fish heads, fish heads,
eat them up, YUM!"

Why do I remember this?
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?Well
Post by Iris74 on Dec 6th, 2006, 9:36am

on 12/05/06 at 21:03:20, the white o wrote:
http://www.sptimesphotos.com/blogs/80s/2006/06/80-worst-songs-of-80s-top-10.html

80 worst songs of the '80s. I don't know if anyone's seens this before but I wanted to know what was the worst.


Wam gets my vote.  And George Michael is gay! Who KNEW?!!! :o  Did they see the outfit he wore in that video?


Combining posts.  Ya HAVE to remember Fish Heads.  I think that's still the most bizarre video I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?Well
Post by the white o on Dec 6th, 2006, 1:49pm

on 12/06/06 at 09:36:56, Iris74 wrote:
Wam gets my vote.  And George Michael is gay! Who KNEW?!!! :o  Did they see the outfit he wore in that video?


Combining posts.  Ya HAVE to remember Fish Heads.  I think that's still the most bizarre video I've ever seen.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O33b5jyhMlA

:D!!!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by goober_1013 on Dec 7th, 2006, 10:25am
coming into this thread a bit late. . .but NKOTB was my first ever CD, my dad got it for me for getting good grades on my report card. . .and i'm so ashamed to admit it, i had the whole bed set!  sheets, comforter, pillow cases. . .*hangs head in shame*

i know this is cutting it close, '89, but Skid Row's I Remember You. . .i've always loved a man who could wail like a banshee. . . ;D
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Dec 7th, 2006, 12:51pm

on 12/07/06 at 10:25:46, goober_1013 wrote:
i know this is cutting it close, '89, but Skid Row's I Remember You. . .i've always loved a man who could wail like a banshee. . . ;D


I've seen them perform that song a helluva lotta times in concert. For a "ballad", it kicked serious wailing banshee butt.

(I think I was always waiting for bassist Rachel Bolan to get his darn nose-to-ear chain thing caught on something.)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Dec 8th, 2006, 11:40pm

on 12/02/06 at 14:56:40, Christian wrote:
I still say Michael Jackon isn't getting enough credit here. Before he was creepy and weird, he was damned cool I'm telling you'se. 8)


Uh-huh...

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2710/
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the purple o on Dec 9th, 2006, 2:15pm
That is scary.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by iris3732 on Dec 9th, 2006, 3:00pm
Yeah, but no one can deny the awesomeness of this performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJebcBfibD4

Come on, it was the birth of the moonwalk!

He WAS cool for a time.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 9th, 2006, 10:38pm

on 12/09/06 at 15:00:30, iris3732 wrote:
Yeah, but no one can deny the awesomeness of this performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJebcBfibD4

Come on, it was the birth of the moonwalk!

He WAS cool for a time.


OMIGOD!!

That was cool!!!

I couldn't moonwalk if my life depended on it.

Oh! I've always favoured this video from the '80's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erl9QhLSzFY

song was made in *cough cough* 1985...LOL.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by Shannon on Dec 10th, 2006, 9:41am
Lauren....that a-ha video was back from when MTV used to play all music all the time......oh the days. I can't even begin to tell you how many hours of MTV I used to watch with the original VJs Martha Quinn, J.J. Jackson(who sadly passed away), Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood and Mark Goodman.

Does anyone remember how at the top of every hour MTV would preview upcoming videos and the rocket would launch. Those were definitely the good ole' days of MTV. I HATE MTV now and absolutely refuse to watch it!!!! What happened to the videos?
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the white o on Dec 10th, 2006, 10:14am

on 12/10/06 at 09:41:00, Shannon wrote:
Lauren....that a-ha video was back from when MTV used to play all music all the time......oh the days. I can't even begin to tell you how many hours of MTV I used to watch with the original VJs Martha Quinn, J.J. Jackson(who sadly passed away), Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood and Mark Goodman.

Does anyone remember how at the top of every hour MTV would preview upcoming videos and the rocket would launch. Those were definitely the good ole' days of MTV. I HATE MTV now and absolutely refuse to watch it!!!! What happened to the videos?



I'm glad I could bring back some good memories...It's sad what that has turned into.

Much Music, the Canadian equivalent to MTV does the same thing. There is like what an hour of music videos, then shows afters shows after shows...I loved when they had all day music segments!!
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by iris3732 on Dec 10th, 2006, 10:55am

on 12/10/06 at 09:41:00, Shannon wrote:
What happened to the videos?


Only if you turn on MTV at the butt crack of dawn on weekdays can you see videos. But sometimes, I know this is crazy...I have the urge to watch the Today show and catch up on current events instead of music videos.  ::)
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the green o on Dec 10th, 2006, 7:03pm

on 12/10/06 at 09:41:00, Shannon wrote:
I can't even begin to tell you how many hours of MTV I used to watch with the original VJs Martha Quinn, J.J. Jackson(who sadly passed away), Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood and Mark Goodman.

Does anyone remember how at the top of every hour MTV would preview upcoming videos and the rocket would launch. Those were definitely the good ole' days of MTV. I HATE MTV now and absolutely refuse to watch it!!!! What happened to the videos?


I remember! I used to be so hooked on MTV, I used to leave it on all day. I still have some video compilations I made from back then. Now, like iris said, the only time I watch MTV is really early in the morning, when they show music videos. What a concept...music videos on a music video network.  ::)
It wasn't so bad when they only had their one "game show" in addition to the video programming, but now the balance has been thrown way off kilter with all the lame "reality" programs & stuff. I don't watch any of that.
Title: Re: Best song of the 80's?
Post by the purple o on Dec 10th, 2006, 8:09pm

on 12/09/06 at 15:00:30, iris3732 wrote:
Yeah, but no one can deny the awesomeness of this performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJebcBfibD4

Come on, it was the birth of the moonwalk!

He WAS cool for a time.



That is what he should be remembered for. Now he is a creepy white man.

I was watching the music video for Thriller, which is a super video with great choreography.


The World of Goo Boards » Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1!
YaBB � 2000-2003. All Rights Reserved.