Best of the 80s

[Xàbia Shrimper]

The following list has been doing the rounds about town recently. Selecting your favourite ten 80s pop songs from over 70 listed below is tough; how about you? Let's put together the ultimate SZ 80s chart!

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Don't Go - Yazoo
Shout - Tears for Fears
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Blue Monday - New Order
Girl's On Film - Duran Duran
Temptation - Heaven 17
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Victim of Love - Erasure
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Big in Japan - Alphaville
Love Shadow - Fashion
Poison Arrow - ABC
The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-Ha
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Down Under - Men at Work
If I Was - Mudge Ure
The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex
Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys
I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Nik Kershaw
Party Fears Two - The Associates
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
(Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange
We Close Our Eyes - Go West
Club Country - The Associates
Love On Your Side - Thompson Twins
Fade to Grey - Visage
Atomic - Blondie
Why? - Bronski Beat
New Song - Howard Jones
Sometimes - Erasure
Night Train - Visage
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Wishing (I Had A Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Heaven - Pyschedelic Furs
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
Enola Gay - OMD
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears
True Faith - New Order
We Are Glass - Gary Numan
Treason - The Teardrop Explodes
Love and Pride - King
Quiet Life - Japan
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
Pearl in the Shell - Howard Jones
Lifeline - Spandau Ballet
The Look of Love - ABC
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Hey Little Girl - Icehouse
Is It A Dream - Classix Nouveau
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Back of Love - Echo and the Bunnymen
Today - Talk Talk
Blind Vision - Blancmange
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
All Stood Still - Ultravox
Take On Me - A-ha
Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Don't You Want Me -The Human League
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs

 

[J]

do you want me- human league
love will tear us apart- joy division
place down under- men at work
Shout - Tears for Fears
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
(Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
Blue Monday - New Order
Girl's On Film - Duran Duran
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Enola Gay - OMD



with love will tear us apart- being my number 1

 

[* ORM *]

Jeeeeeeeezus - that's a toughie and they've missed out plenty of goodies but here's eight from me

Take on me - Aha
Two Tribes - Frankie GTH
Blue Monday - New Order
Down Under - Men at Work
Don't Go - Yazoo
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Don't You Want Me -The Human League
Girl's On Film - Duran Duran

 

[* ORM *]

Bloody Hell CSJ - that's horribly spooky

 

[Leeboy]

no Smiths?

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Blue Monday - New Order
Big in Japan - Alphaville
Party Fears Two - The Associates
(Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Wishing (I Had A Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls
Love and Pride - King
Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
Don't You Want Me -The Human League
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs

It's a toughie ...

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ Aug. 19 2006,09:58)]no Smiths?

I think the common denominator is that these singles were either huge hits or those best remembered by the vast majority of people. The Smiths didn't really have a huge hit ("Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" got to No. 10 which - I think - was their highest ever chart position) and I doubt many people could instantly bring one of the songs to mind as quickly as all of those above; I certainly couldn't. To be fair, they also left out The Jam, Madness and a few other top bands but that's the list given and we'll work with it ...

 

[hexagon_sun]

There's only 4 songs I really like on that list;

Party Fears Two - The Associates
Club Country - The Associates
Fade to Grey - Visage
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

My favourite 80s hit single is missing - The Smiths "This Charming Man"

 

[Uncle Leo]

Fair point by Mike re The Smiths. For me, the best band of the 80s (in fact one of my top three acts of all time) but they were much more of an 'album' rather than 'singles' band.

The ommission of Madness from the list is unbelievable though

Still, here's my picks from what is a pretty poor list IMHO

Blue Monday - New Order
Atomic - Blondie
True Faith - New Order
The Look of Love - ABC
She Drives Me Crazy - FYC
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Take One Me - A-Ha
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Enola Gay - OMD

 

[gilbo]

Shout - Tears for Fears
Blue Monday - New Order
Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
down under - Men at work
relax - Frankie goes to hollywood
Take on me - A-Ha
don't go - yazoo
true faith - new order
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals

but my reall top 10 of the 80s would be:

head like a hole - Nine Inch Nails
terrible lie - Nine Inch Nails
down in it - Nine Inch Nails
sanctified - Nine Inch Nails
something i can never have - Nine Inch Nails
kinda i want to - Nine Inch Nails
that's what i get - Nine Inch Nails
the only time - Nine Inch Nails
ringfinger - Nine Inch Nails

or the Nine Inch Nails album Pretty Hate Machine!

 

[J]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Aug. 19 2006,08:57)]Bloody Hell CSJ - that's horribly spooky

hmmm i know..

 

[Turkishshrimper]

AFD by Guns N roses

The greatesr rock album of time!!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

... but not in the list above ...

 

[Uncle Leo]

Quote[/b] (Xàbia Shrimper @ Aug. 19 2006,14:35)]... but not in the list above ...

...or a single 'pop song'.

Ho hum.

 

[Ron Manager]

Lot of rubbish on that list, would struggle to pick 3 or 4 from there.

As I said on the other thread, the 80's were sh!t!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

I never said the list was perfect or definitive of the 80s!! I said that this list has been doing the rounds and we all chose our favourite ten from that list. Personally there would have been others on there but it couldn't happen, otherwise you would be defining the favourites for weeks! Come on, Andy! Play the game!

 

[Greenelk]

A lot of memories of school discos on there... tough for me, I've gone for -

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Don't Go - Yazoo
Shout - Tears for Fears
Temptation - Heaven 17
Sometimes - Erasure
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Blue Monday - New Order

 

[Napster]

easy

Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Poison Arrow - ABC
Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys
Fade to Grey - Visage
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears
True Faith - New Order
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz