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Whats Your Favourite 80s Tune

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  • #52
    [Deleted User]
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    brian ireland wrote: »
    I was thinking about making a CD for my Car, I want one that will last a few months without me skipping tracks. Looking for some ideas for timeless 80s Tunes.
    Kane gang Closest Thing To Heaven is the first track

    simple minds - alive and kicking.
    great tune.

    tenpole tudor - swords of a thousand men

    the teardrop explodes-reward

    the ruts - staring at the rude boys

    vienna as someone earlier suggested is an excellent choice


  • #53
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Its ironic but the songs we loved in the 80s will be lyrically adaptable for now!! UB40 1 in ten. this song was written about the dole in the uk in the 80s. 1 in ten was on the dole. And UB40 took the name ( UB40 was the name on the forum you fill out to claim benefit ) Today they predicted that soon 10% will sign on in Ireland. how many more 80s tunes that where written back then could have been written today....




    Bye the Bye I am listening to the script at the moment.. Kick Ass Irish Band!!!!!!!!!!! B


  • #54
    Tomohawk
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    Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
    Captain of her Heart - Double
    Story of the Blues - The Mighty Wah (still relevent today lyrically)
    Getting away with it - Electronic

    here's some Irish pop songs for you:
    Rythm Method - The Fountainhead (Dun Laoghaire)
    My Friend John - Those Nervous Animals (Sligo)
    Canvas Of Life - Minor Detail (1983 from Bray)
    Dancing Without You - Barry Warner (1987 from Limerick)


  • #55
    Kevster
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    There are many that come to mind, but the best one that's on the tip of my tongue right now is:

    Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On earth


  • #56
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    brian ireland wrote: »
    And UB40 took the name ( UB40 was the name on the forum you fill out to claim benefit )

    Ours is called a UP20.


  • #57
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Nolanger wrote: »
    Ours is called a UP20.

    Not too sure if sounds as catchy!!!!!

    I am the UP20
    A number on a list
    I am the UP20
    Even though I don`t exist
    Nobody knows me
    Even though i`m always there
    A statistic, a reminder
    Of a world that doesn`t care

    My arms enfold the dole queue
    Malnutrition dulls my hair
    My eyes are black and lifeless
    With an underprivileged stare
    I`m the beggar on the corner
    Will no-one spare a dime?
    I`m the child that never learns to read
    `cause no-one spared the time

    (chorus)

    I am the UP20 .... etc

    I`m the murderer and the victim
    The licence with the gun
    I`m a sad and bruised old lady
    In an ally in a slum
    I`m a middle aged businessman
    With chronic heart disease
    I`m another teenaged suicide
    In a street that has no trees

    (chorus)

    I am the UP20 .... etc

    I`m a starving third world mother
    A refugee without a home
    I`m a house wife hooked on valium
    I`m a pensioner alone
    I`m a cancer ridden spectre
    Covering the earth
    I`m another hungry baby
    I`m an accident of birth.


  • #58
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Tomohawk wrote: »
    Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
    Captain of her Heart - Double
    Story of the Blues - The Mighty Wah (still relevent today lyrically)
    Getting away with it - Electronic

    here's some Irish pop songs for you:
    Rythm Method - The Fountainhead (Dun Laoghaire)
    My Friend John - Those Nervous Animals (Sligo)
    Canvas Of Life - Minor Detail (1983 from Bray)
    Dancing Without You - Barry Warner (1987 from Limerick)
    Do you remember a Dublin Band, can't remember their name.. The song went " 5 honors and a 175, an education and a license to drive"


  • #59
    Ruu_Old
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    Laura Branigan-Self Control

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbj-SXbg37w


    The Beat-Mirror in the Bathroom :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGRbOcIGXy8


    Call Me-Go West
    Owner of a Lonely Heart-Yes
    Life's what you make it-Talk Talk

    I could go on and on!


  • #60
    Diabhal Beag
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    Funkytown FTW


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  • #61
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Ruu wrote: »
    Laura Branigan-Self Control

    A cover version of a Euro-disco tune.
    Original's better:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-VNpTgANA


  • #62
    Lirange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭Lirange


    Speaking of superior original versions.

    Thelma Houston > The Communards.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjBl5sRhuk


  • #63
    Lirange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭Lirange


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt9bCMUTA3U


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJP2PH8WKaI


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQcQnDFhjxo


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_wzi-kTVOI


  • #64
    Scubadevils
    Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynzdmnq0yQ


    Frankie Knuckles - Your Love

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht2qWJhtqiI


    Men At Work - Down Under

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew


    Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHA9W-zExQ


    A handful anyway


  • #65
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Never got into the charts here but the best of the synthpop tunes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3uTOkbBeI&feature=related


  • #66
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Nolanger wrote: »
    Never got into the charts here but the best of the synthpop tunes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3uTOkbBeI&feature=related
    Never heard that one before!! It catchy!!! I mean 80s Catchy


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  • #67
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    This is great thanks for all you replies. Might compile this CD and sell it!!!


  • #68
    CDfm
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    Ashes to Ashes by Bowie - industrial before industrial and a kick ass video.


  • #69
    Bod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭Bod1


    ABC "look of love"
    Freur "Doot Doot"
    Swansway "Soultrain"
    The The "This is the day
    The Beat "Save it for Later"
    Bomb the Bass "Beat this"
    The Beatmasters "Hey DJ, I can't dance"
    S-Express "Hey Music Lover
    Roxy Music "Avalon"
    Cock Robin "Just Around the Corner"
    Then Jerico "The Motive"
    Big Country "In a Big Country"


  • #70
    brian ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Bod1 wrote: »
    ABC "look of love"
    Freur "Doot Doot"


    Big Country "In a Big Country"
    Top of the BUS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opaeNiiizxo


  • #71
    RichTea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    Take on Me by A-Ha (surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet as far as I can see)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m571d_DbWZo


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  • #72
    Insect Overlord
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    RichTea wrote: »
    Take on Me by A-Ha (surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet as far as I can see)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m571d_DbWZo
    tinkletoes wrote: »
    Take on me A-ha

    or

    Rebel Yell -Billy Idol

    Posted 12/12/08

    Sorry to burst your bubble! :)


  • #73
    RichTea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    An Fhile wrote: »
    Posted 12/12/08

    Sorry to burst your bubble! :)

    Well I've never..

    Chalk up some classic Tears for Fears onto the list.


    Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Don't You Forget About Me.


  • #74
    irish_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭irish_bob


    don henly , boys of summer
    new order , blue monday
    simple minds , dont you forget about me
    m.a.r.s , pump up the volume
    the smiths , how soon is now
    black box , ride on time
    michael jackson , billie jean
    madona , into the groove
    u2 , still havent found what im lookin for
    frankie goes to hollywood , relax


  • #75
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Just a few off the top of my head:

    Blondie - Call Me
    Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
    Suzanne Vega - Luka
    Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
    Band Aid (the ORIGINAL) - Do They Know It's Christmas?
    Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
    U2 - With Or Without You


  • #76
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    arthurs theme: christopher cross
    relax: frankie goes to hollywood
    never tear us apart: inxs
    jack and diane: john cougar
    woman: john lennon
    where the streets have no name: u2


  • #77
    Hermy
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    Don't know if any of these have been mentioned yet:

    Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
    Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy
    Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
    Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
    Joe Jackson - Steppin Out
    Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
    Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain
    The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #78
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,629 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    I'm sure this was playing in Pine lodge over the new year.
    The Pirahna's. Thom Harke.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8U-I0RH8Cc


  • #79
    adamb92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭adamb92


    Axel Foley by Harold Faltermeyer!:D
    (Beverly Hills Cop music :D)


  • #80
    davylee
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭davylee


    toto - hold the line and rosanna
    dire straits - brothers in arms


  • #81
    JaneyMc
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    Devo - Whip It


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  • #82
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #83
    S.I.R
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭S.I.R


    The messege by grand master flash and the furious five:
    " its like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under "

    in the air to night by phil collins

    Get yer air drums out !!

    anything really by either guns n roses or the late thin lizzy/grand slam

    hmmm


    Rick astley gets in their ofcourse.

    men at work's land down under...

    toto's hold the line & africa...

    The Breaks by kurtis blow

    erm...

    roxanne and messege in a bottle by the police also


  • #84
    JP Liz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭JP Liz


    Nena - 99 Red Balloons

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4


  • #85
    humberklog
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    Orange JUice - Rip It Up.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBikNb5oEcU


  • #86
    sexmag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭sexmag


    brian ireland wrote: »
    I was thinking about making a CD for my Car, I want one that will last a few months without me skipping tracks. Looking for some ideas for timeless 80s Tunes.
    Kane gang Closest Thing To Heaven is the first track

    Men without hats-the safety dance or adam ant-stand and deliver


  • #87
    Kold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNTu8jdukA


    Not my favourite but I just feel that 80s hip hop is horrendously under represented in this thread.


  • #88
    kristy01
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    Tlaking Heads - Once In A Lifetime is mine favorite 80's tune


  • #89
    Nolanger
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dun-YF48gvo


  • #90
    Varkov
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2o_Go4QWI


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