Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

Kolido · 03-01-2020 07:47AM

Q/Match 37

Spagma - Call me
vs
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Q/Match 38

The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me
vs
Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World

Q/Match 39

Mental As Anything - Live It Up
vs
Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You

Q/Match 40

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound
vs
Human League - Love Action

Green&Red · 03-01-2020 07:57AM

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting For You

03-01-2020 08:04AM

Ray Parker jnr..... Cos ghostbusters!

Neil Young..... Classic

Mental as anything....... 'you with the sad face, come up to my place & live it up' always gonna make ya smile

Last one is meh, will go with Human League, just cos it's more 80s for me.

Tauriel · 03-01-2020 08:15AM

Q/Match 37
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Fun tune, only good thing about Ghostbusters

Q/Match 38
The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me
Not particularly a fan of theirs but I like this song

Q/Match 39
Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You
Really like this song, I'm glad somebody nominated it

Q/Match 40
Abstaining

Necro · 03-01-2020 08:30AM

Kolido wrote:

Spagma - Call me vs Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Who you gonna call?

GHOSTBUSTERS! That's my vote.

Kolido wrote:

The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me vs Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World

Dont Stand So Close To Me but it's close this one.

Kolido wrote:

Mental As Anything - Live It Up vs Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You

Richard Marx for me. 80s was truly the decade of the stalker type songs. Very good nomination though.

quickbeam · 03-01-2020 08:32AM

Q/Match 37 Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Q/Match 38 Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
Q/Match 39 Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You
Q/Match 40 no opinion

03-01-2020 08:38AM

Q/Match 37

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Better song

Q/Match 38

The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me

I like Neil Young but I thought this song was older.

Q/Match 39

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

I like this one

Q/Match 40

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound
vs
Human League - Love Action

I need to listen to both of these before making my decision.

Kolido · 03-01-2020 08:49AM

I'm going to vote for Neil Young and Richard Marx, two brilliant tunes, great nominations.

03-01-2020 09:01AM

Match40

Human League - love action

Couldn’t recall this song till I listened and it’s a good song.

Triceratops Ballet · 03-01-2020 09:05AM

Kolido wrote:

Q/Match 37

Kolido wrote:

Spagma - Call me

Had never heard this one until now but it gets my vote cos I hate Ghostbusters

Kolido wrote:

Q/Match 38

Kolido wrote:

Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World

I think it's a bit more of a bop that the other. Don't stand is a bit repetitive for my liking

Kolido wrote:

Q/Match 39

Kolido wrote:

Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You

Big 80's ballad, no contest

Kolido wrote:

Q/Match 40

Kolido wrote:

Human League - Love Action

Not overly in love with either but the human league gets my vote

03-01-2020 09:30AM

Don't know a lot of these songs so just gonna vote on the match where I know both:

#38 - Rockin' in the Free World

Kolido · 03-01-2020 09:40AM

2 matches to resolve, will call them later.

Spagma - Call me 0 vs 6 Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me 4 vs 5 Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
Mental As Anything - Live It Up 2 vs 6 Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound 0 vs 3 Human League - Love Action

Kolido · 03-01-2020 09:41AM

Q/Match 41

Van Halen - Jump
vs
Journey - Separate Ways

Q/Match 42

Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
vs
Roxy Music - More Than This

Q/Match 43

M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume
vs
The Cure - Catch

Q/Match 44

Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
vs
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Necro · 03-01-2020 09:46AM

Kolido wrote:

Van Halen - Jump vs Journey - Separate Ways

Journey here for me. Don't mind either progressing though.

Kolido wrote:

M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume vs The Cure - Catch

Gonna give The Cure a vote here.

Kolido wrote:

Talking Heads - Burning Down The House vs Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Talking Heads because raisins.

quickbeam · 03-01-2020 09:49AM

Q/Match 41 Van Halen - Jump
Q/Match 42 Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
Q/Match 43 no opinion
Q/Match 44 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

Green&Red · 03-01-2020 09:52AM

Van Halen - Jump
Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
The Cure - Catch
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

03-01-2020 09:56AM

#41 - Jump
#42 - More Than This
#43 - Catch
#44 - Burning Down The House

03-01-2020 09:59AM

Q/Match 41

Van Halen - Jump

I love the intro to jump

Q/Match 42

Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover

Brilliant tune

Q/Match 43

M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume

Good call whoever nominated this.

Q/Match 44

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Whatever about the man himself, there’s no denying he had great music.

Tauriel · 03-01-2020 09:59AM

Q/Match 41
Van Halen - Jump
Great 80's rock song

Q/Match 42
Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
I like this one

Q/Match 43
The Cure - Catch
I really dislike the other option

Q/Match 44
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
The king of pop, no contest here, great tune still to this day

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 03-01-2020 10:09AM

Don't Stand So Close To Me

Jump

More Than This

Billie Jean

Reasons: All songs I'm a big fan of. Away for a few days, so won't be able to vote in every match as can't listen to all the videos, but will try and vote whenever I can for songs I'm confident in.

Siobh73 · 03-01-2020 10:20AM

38. The Police
40. Human League
41 Van Halen
42. Texas....chunne!!
43. MARRS
44. Michael Jackson. ( Love Talking Heads but they will feature again I'm sure)

Siobh73 · 03-01-2020 10:21AM

Ok I'm going to get no work done today!

Collie D · 03-01-2020 10:23AM

40. I think this one is still ongoing so I'll vote The Human League. Not overly in love with either of them but I disliked this one less and either way - I don't see the winner progressing.

Elvis Lennon · 03-01-2020 10:26AM

Van Halen - Jump
Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
The Cure - Catch
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

loyatemu · 03-01-2020 10:31AM

41. Van Halen
42. Roxy Music
43. MARRS
44. Talking Heads

Collie D · 03-01-2020 10:35AM

43. MARRS - Great shout, would never have thought of it.

I think this and 40 are the only ones not settled? If not, I'll throw a vote at the others in a bit.

Kolido · 03-01-2020 10:40AM

Correct Collie, current scores, hopefully to resolve later

Spagma - Call me 0 vs 6 Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me 6 vs 5 Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
Mental As Anything - Live It Up 2 vs 6 Richard Marx - Righ Here Waiting For You
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound 0 vs 5 Human League - Love Action
Van Halen - Jump 6 vs 1 Journey - Separate Ways
Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover 6 vs 2 Roxy Music - More Than This
M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume 3 vs 5 The Cure - Catch
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House 6 vs 4 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Kolido · 03-01-2020 10:42AM

Q/Match 45

Sister Sledge - Frankie
vs
Walk the Dinosaur - Was Not Was

Q/Match 46

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
vs
Till Tuesday - Voices Carry

Q/Match 47

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
vs
Beautiful South - Song for Whoever

Q/Match 48

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love
vs
Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall

03-01-2020 10:47AM

Q/Match 45

Sister Sledge - Frankie

I only remember the chorus to walk the dinosaur but know all of Frankie so it wins.

Q/Match 46

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels

Great band. Great song

Q/Match 47

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

Love both but love this a little bit more.

Q/Match 48

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love

Amazing tune. Could listen to it all day. Shame Suzanne Vega was up against it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 03-01-2020 10:47AM

Head Over Heels

Life In a Northern Town

Power of Love

Reasons: 3 absolute whopper tunes here, especially Head Over Heels which is my ultimate 80s fave.

Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

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