Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

1…3637394142…44

Comments

  • #1142
    Big Vern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Big Vern


    Joy Division - one of my all time favourite songs.

    Kim Carnes-im a big Bruce fan but always liked this track, such a cool song.


  • #1143
    Necro
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 58,322 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    honeybear wrote: »
    Bonnie & Bruce

    Don't forget to give reasons for your vote to count :D

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling, State Benefits



  • #1144
    Raelynn Better Chair
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Raelynn Better Chair


    Bonnie Tyler - Love Will Tear Us Apart is a beaut but I have to stick with Bonnie, just stirs that bit more inside me.

    Kim Carnes - I literally flipped a coin for this one. Tails won. I love them both.


  • #1145
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,802 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    honeybear wrote: »
    Bonnie & Bruce

    Please add a reason for your vote to count.


  • #1146
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,815 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Haunting post-punk love song. Plus I can't stand the other song!

    Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In the Dark - Enjoyable, but not brilliant. The other song is barely okay.


  • Advertisement
  • #1147
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    Bonnie great 80s sound
    Kim - I like Bruce too but this is more quintessential 80s.


  • #1148
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,802 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart 5 10 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 10 5 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes


  • #1149
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,802 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    QF/Match 3


    Blondie - Call Me

    vs       

    Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams








    QF/Match 4


    Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

    vs       

    Belinda Carisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth







  • #1150
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,815 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Kolido wrote: »
    Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart 5 10 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 10 5 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

    I issued the tenth vote in each case! Brilliant!


  • #1151
    Necro
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 58,322 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Sweet Dreams, love it. Sad it put out Bon Jovi but such is life

    Belinda Carlisle. Just not gone on that Pet Shop Boys song

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling, State Benefits



  • Advertisement
  • #1152
    Raelynn Better Chair
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Raelynn Better Chair


    Apologies if chat isn't allowed (I'll delete if so) but I hadn't realised how much I loved Bette Davis Eyes, until this competition.


  • #1153
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Sweet Dreams - love both songs, but has to be the Eurythmics for me, it's quintessential '80s.

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth - another really tough choice here, would be happy to see either advance, but for nostalgia reasons I'd have to go with Belinda Carlisle.


  • #1154
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,815 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    The first one is a difficult one for me as I think both songs are alright, but I have grown tired of them. On balance, I give it to the Eurthymics' Sweet Dreams for the wonderful synths. work.

    The second is a bit easier. I give my vote to The Pet Shop Boys' West End Girls for the brilliant opening and the nice tune. Belinda's Heaven etc. is just alright.


  • #1155
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,174 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blondie,
    Just fantastic voice, Great tune

    Pet shop boys,
    An early tune, I heard it myself & fell in love with pet shop boys


  • #1156
    Raelynn Better Chair
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Raelynn Better Chair


    Blondie - Call Me is one of my favourites to win the whole thing. I ****ing love this song.

    Belinda Carlisle - West End Girls is good on the right occasion, but Heaven is a Place on Earth is overall the better song.


  • #1157
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,473 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Sweet Dreams - like both songs, but this is a great song.

    Heaven is a place on earth - I like this song, and I don't like West End Girls.


  • #1158
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I feel I should vote more strategically to gave my favourites a better chance, for eg, in the first one I don't care too much about either. However, I don't think it's in the spirit of the competition so going with the one I prefer more.

    QF/Match 3 Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams
    Prefer it over the competion


    QF/Match 4 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
    It's just a cracker of a song. I love it.


  • #1159
    AndrewJRenko
    Site Banned Posts: 33,931 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart 5 10 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - pure 80s cheese, full of Steinman's bombastic theatricality
    Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 10 5 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Love Bruce, but it's one of my least favourite songs


  • #1160
    AndrewJRenko
    Site Banned Posts: 33,931 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Blondie - Call Me - always had a big crush on Debbie

    Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth - never took to the PSBs


  • #1161
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,824 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    #3 - Call Me
    Now my last nomination left in the competition - perfect blend of pop, punk and disco all in one three-and-a-half minute burst of energy. Plus who doesn't love Debbie Harry?

    #4 - West End Girls
    These were the two weakest in the quarter-finals for me. The only reason I'm picking West End Girls is because it inspired Flight of the Conchords' rather wonderful "Inner City Pressure". :D


  • Advertisement
  • #1162
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Match 3 - Blondie - Call Me. Blondie were one of the quintessential 80s bands for me and they had so many great songs, including this one.

    Match 4 - No opinion.


  • #1163
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    Eurythmics - I just prefer this song. I prefer Atomic to Call me too, pity it's gone.

    Pet Shop Boys - more edgy. The lyrics represent the class struggle that was going on in Thatcher's Britain at the time. Just watched the video, it's excellent.


  • #1164
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    pet shop boys - west end girls. Great song that bleeds 80s.


  • #1165
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Deleted User wrote: »
    "Inner City Pressure". :D

    Just found it :D :P


  • #1166
    Triceratops Ballet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,894 ✭✭✭Triceratops Ballet


    Kolido wrote:
    Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams
    I think I gave this reason for this song before, but I think it's just a quintessential 80's Chooooone, it has a great intro it's one of those instantly recognisable classics.


    Pet Shop Boys!
    I was all set to vote Belinda for my second pick but I'm gonna switcheroo to pet shop boys, I think it's more of that 80's sound I like. Though if I had my way it would be call me and sweet dreams going through and I'd bin the other 2


  • #1167
    honeybear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    Sweet Dreams ... my favourite of the two
    Heaven is a Place on Earth ... another 80’s belter.


  • #1168
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,923 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    QF/Match 3
    Blondie - Call Me
    Just simply prefer it over Sweet Dreams

    QF/Match 4
    Belinda Carisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
    I really love this feel good song and I seriously hate West End Girls.


  • #1169
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,317 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Sweet Dreams , one of my noms too !

    Pet Shop Boys , from the intro beat you instantly know what song it is , class .

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #1170
    Big Vern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Big Vern


    QF/Match 3
    Blondie - Call Me. Good song and my preference of these 2.

    QF/Match 4
    Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls. Great song, brilliant intro, always liked it.


  • Advertisement
  • #1171
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,526 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    A few people have said "quintessentially 80s" here and for me that covers two great bands...

    Eurythmics
    Pet Shop Boys


Advertisement
Advertisement