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Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

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  • #1292
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    My 10 nominations were...

    Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears; https://youtu.be/CsHiG-43Fzg
    The Sun Always Shines on TV - a-ha; https://youtu.be/a3ir9HC9vYg
    Dumb Things - Paul Kelly; https://youtu.be/ZR-eTR3Dcps
    Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks; https://youtu.be/Dn8-4tjPxD8
    And We Danced - The Hooters; https://youtu.be/zB1Q-PfUvN0
    867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone; https://youtu.be/mDC_2zTrpbg
    I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls; https://youtu.be/iIpfWORQWhU
    Papa Don't Preach - Madonna; https://youtu.be/G333Is7VPOg
    Temptation - Heaven 17; https://youtu.be/xWwtMrDX2o8
    Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson*; https://youtu.be/jv1YwsbIxDw

    *Nominating Shake Your Love was definitely more for the craic than anything else, as it's one of my guilty pleasure songs rather than something I thought could actually do well


  • #1293
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,268 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Thanks Zeph. I love Echo alright. It's hard to know what songs to pick from a given artist. I nominated Dire Straits but after talk last night I'm thinking that Brother In Arms would have been a better choice.

    Yeah, it's a tricky one. I deliberately limited myself to one track per act, otherwise I probably would have had half a dozen or more Talking Heads songs.


  • #1294
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    these were my nominations....

    Prince- When dove cry ( a toss up between this & raspeberry beret)
    Madness- One Step Beyond, my very young days
    Joy Division- Love will tear us apart
    The Stone Roses- Fools gold
    The Cure - Just like heaven
    Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me
    Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way
    M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume
    Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
    The Jam - Going underground


  • #1295
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    My 10 nominations were...

    867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone;

    This song got a lot of stick. I never heard it before and like it; discovery of the thread for me, cheers.


    And thanks Kolido, even though I wasn't enamoured with the last eight, Joy Division's song is undoubtedly a classic.


  • #1296
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Sheridan81 wrote: »
    This song got a lot of stick. I never heard it before and like it; discovery of the thread for me, cheers.

    Always brings a smile to my face whenever I hear it and great fun to sing along to. Glad to hear someone else liked it anyway! :D


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  • #1297
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,817 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    These were my Nominations :

    Rick Astley - Never Give You Up ,
    Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight ,
    John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack and Diane ,
    Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield ,
    Rick Springfield - Jessies Girl ,
    David Bowie - Under Pressure ,
    Euruthmics -' Sweet Dreams ,
    Bon Jovi - Livin On A Prayer ,
    Irene Cara - Flashdance .


  • #1298
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,294 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Thanks for running, Kolido.

    And thanks to everyone for noms...got some good listening at work


  • #1299
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,268 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    bubblypop wrote: »
    these were my nominations....

    Prince- When dove cry ( a toss up between this & raspeberry beret)
    Madness- One Step Beyond, my very young days
    Joy Division- Love will tear us apart
    The Stone Roses- Fools gold
    The Cure - Just like heaven
    Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me
    Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way
    M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the volume
    Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
    The Jam - Going underground

    With the exception of Pump Up the Volume that's a playlist I'd be very happy to listen to repeatedly.


  • #1300
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack and Diane ,

    Great song. Deserved better. Would have voted for it against almost any other song than the one it was up against.

    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    Rick Springfield - Jessies Girl ,

    An example of my hair-tearing. This one beat out the far, far, far (IMO) superior You Can Call Me Al which I nominated.


  • #1301
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,333 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    These were my nominations:

    Billy Idol - White Wedding
    Queen - I Want It All
    ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
    Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
    Madonna - La Isla Bonita
    Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
    Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
    ABBA - One of Us
    Bee Gees - You Win Again
    Toto - Africa
    A-ha - Take On Me


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  • #1302
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,637 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Zaph wrote: »
    Woohoo, I won!! What's my prize? :D

    I'll split that prize with you, I was one of the other two ;)
    Edit: just spotted bubblypop was the other

    It was my self indulgent nomination, I assumed my other four would do better as I went obvious...

    Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
    Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
    David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
    U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart


  • #1303
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,268 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    I'll split that prize with you, I was one of the other two ;)

    It was my self indulgent nomination, I assumed my other four would do better as I went obvious...

    Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
    Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
    David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
    U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

    The Jesus and Mary Chain was my self-indulgent nomination, and it did a lot better than I expected. If I had to pick one of mine to win it definitely would have been Blue Monday, but it went out very early. Shows what I know.


  • #1304
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Joy Division were also in the one hit wonder competition, they were knocked out in the QF by Eagle Eye Cherry :eek:


  • #1305
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Here we go......:)


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=112203770#post112203770


  • #1306
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,637 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Kolido wrote: »
    Joy Division were also in the one hit wonder competition, they were knocked out in the QF by Eagle Eye Cherry :eek:

    And Save Tonight was released in 97. Is there any point running the whole 90s comp now? :p


  • #1307
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,812 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Was going to nominate Fast Car by Tracy Chapman as a top ten 90's song only to see that it was released in 1988 and wasn't nominated at all in this!


  • #1308
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    ShaneU wrote: »
    Was going to nominate Fast Car by Tracy Chapman as a top ten 90's song only to see that it was released in 1988 and wasn't nominated at all in this!

    Was on my shortlist but didn't make the final cut. It would have been knocked out in the qualifiers by A-Ha anyway so don't worry about what might have been.


  • #1309
    [Deleted User]
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    ShaneU wrote: »
    Was going to nominate Fast Car by Tracy Chapman as a top ten 90's song only to see that it was released in 1988 and wasn't nominated at all in this!

    If it was re-released as a single in the 90's (which I *think* it was) then it should still qualify - double check with Kolido but I think he said re-releases were fine.

    EDIT: Hmm, maybe it wasn't re-released actually. Strange 'cause I remember hearing that song a lot in the nineties. =/ Did she have an album in the nineties maybe, and that got it a lot of airplay?


  • #1310
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    I definitely thought Fast Car was a '90s tune too. Wasn't until I looked it up for the '90s comp that I relalised the error of my ways, because it definitely would've made my '80s list, but no I just had to go and nominate Debbie Gibson's Shake Your Love... :rolleyes: ffs


  • #1311
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I was sorry not to see it in the contest too. It didn't quite make my top 10 but I still would have liked to have seen it there.


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  • #1312
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Would have qualified as a ohw also surprisingly.


  • #1313
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    The other one I was sorry not to see was Down Under by Men at Work.


  • #1314
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Kolido wrote: »
    Would have qualified as a ohw also surprisingly.

    Really? That's very surprising. I thought Talking About a Revolution and Baby Can I Hold You would've also charted very well. Fast Car is her best, but she had some good ones.


  • #1315
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If it was re-released as a single in the 90's (which I *think* it was) then it should still qualify - double check with Kolido but I think he said re-releases were fine.

    EDIT: Hmm, maybe it wasn't re-released actually. Strange 'cause I remember hearing that song a lot in the nineties. =/ Did she have an album in the nineties maybe, and that got it a lot of airplay?

    Didn't some boyband cover (murder) it in the 90s?


  • #1316
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Nobody nominated The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby.


  • #1317
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,268 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Sheridan81 wrote: »
    Nobody nominated The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby.

    You say that like it's a bad thing. :D


  • #1318
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    I just remembered a song I should have nommed.



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