Remember in January when I compiled two lists of the Top 1000 lists of KISW and KZOK, with the best rock and classic rock songs of all time? I was thinking, early last year on the Facts of Life board, I posted a list of the top songs of the 80's (even though I didn't start it), and I got quite a list going. So here's my idea:
I'd like to compile a list of--

THE TOP 1000 SONGS OF THE 80'S!!!! :idea: :cool: :rock: :guitar:

So what do you think??

Ok, Here's my list!;)

I got My Mind Set On You- George Harrison

Say Say Say- Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

Handle With Care- Travelling Wilbury's

Maneater-Hall & Oates

Careless Whisper- Wham

Don't Worry Be Happy-Bobby McFerrin

Beat It- Michael Jackson

Girls Just Want To Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper

Sara- Jefferson Starship

Good choices!!!!:cool:

I will include all categories: pop, metal/hard rock, new wave/alternative, rock & roll (more traditional), r & b, country, whatever!!!

Either post here or PM me with your choices of the greatest songs of the greatest decade in music!!!!

Oh God.... there's way too many for me to name. I'd be here all night..

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Oh God.... there's way too many for me to name. I'd be here all night..

No one's expecting you to do it all in one night. Make it two.:lol:

The four horsemen
Motorbreath
Jump in the fire
Whiplash
No remorse

Fight fire with fire
Ride the lightning
For whom the bell tolls
Fade to black
Trapped under ice
Creeping death

Battery
Master of puppets
Sanitarium
Lepher messiah

the best metallica songs from the 80s.

Originally posted by ~°Sarah°~
The four horsemen
Motorbreath
Jump in the fire
Whiplash
No remorse

Fight fire with fire
Ride the lightning
For whom the bell tolls
Fade to black
Trapped under ice
Creeping death

Battery
Master of puppets
Sanitarium
Lepher messiah

the best metallica songs from the 80s.

:rock:

Btw, no "...And Justice For All" songs?

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
:rock:

Btw, no "...And Justice For All" songs?
i havent listened to that cd much... but i might sometime to see if theres any good songs

Well... instread of typing out the individual songs, let's just say the whole Appetite For Destruction album by Guns N' Roses...




and ignore that \/

:eek: I'll have to get back to ya on that. So many great songs from the 80's, so little time but i'll list two of them now.

Highway To Hell-AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long-AC/DC

My Angle is the Centerfold!

Originally posted by ~°Sarah°~
i havent listened to that cd much... but i might sometime to see if theres any good songs

Try "Blackened"
"...And Justice For All"
"Eye Of the Beholder"
of course "One"
"The Shortest Straw"
and "Harvester Of Sorrow".

I remember 15 years ago when I bought it as a double-lp.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
[B]Try "Blackened"

My brother once told me the first time he heard "Blackened", it blew him away. Thanks to him, he got me listening to Metallica, among many other bands & solo musicians.

As for my list, I'm almost embarrassed to post some of my favorite songs from the 80's, especially the early 80's. It wasn't all hard rock!! :eek:

Originally posted by phoebe7165
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
[B]Try "Blackened"

My brother once told me the first time he heard "Blackened", it blew him away. Thanks to him, he got me listening to Metallica, among many other bands & solo musicians.

As for my list, I'm almost embarrassed to post some of my favorite songs from the 80's, especially the early 80's. It wasn't all hard rock!! :eek:

Don't be afraid if it's not all hard rock, this is supposed to be a list of ALL 80's music, even--and ESPECIALLY the guilty pleasures!!!
If you don't want to post here, PM me with your favorites!
(IF you dare...:D )

I was thinking something like later on, I'll compile the list from 1000 to 1. See where your favorites are!!!

Oh man...this would take me a while too. So far I pretty much like everyone's picks....I'll think up some new ones that arent listed to put down as mine...I know there's some song I'm missing....

They werent really popular songs...but they rocked!
Love Buzz (1988)- Nirvana
Blew (1989)- Nirvana


I've got a lot more I love though....

Here are some of my favorites..

Save a Prayer-Duran Duran
Shout-Tears for Fears

Originally posted by ~*Hannah_Lee*~
They werent really popular songs...but they rocked!
Love Buzz (1988)- Nirvana
Blew (1989)- Nirvana


I've got a lot more I love though....

Hey, I'm all open to ANY and all songs from the 80's, Nirvana was popular (at least locally here in Seattle) in the late 80's.

Here are some classics...

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"Take On Me" - Ah-Ha
"Whip It" - Devo
"Come On, Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany


And of course, most of Madonna's songs

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Here are some classics...

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"Take On Me" - Ah-Ha
"Whip It" - Devo
"Come On, Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany


And of course, most of Madonna's songs

Don't be shy, LIST THOSE MADONNA SONGS!!!!:cool: I'll be taking your guys's requests and lining them up and counting'em down later on at a date to be determined....

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Don't be shy, LIST THOSE MADONNA SONGS!!!!:cool: I'll be taking your guys's requests and lining them up and counting'em down later on at a date to be determined....

I'm not shy, I'm just lazy :lol: But here are a few of my favorites...

Material Girl
Holiday
Lucky Star
Borderline
Express Yourself
Like a Prayer
Vogue

Hungry like a wolf- Duran Duran
With or Without you- U2
Keep on Loving you- REO Speedwagon
Eternal Flame- Bangles
Walk like an Egyptian- Bangles
Our Lips are sealed- The Go-Gos
Video Killed the Radio star- The Bugles
Addicted to Love- Robert Palmer

Originally posted by Faith

Video Killed the Radio star- The Bugles
Addicted to Love- Robert Palmer

I LOVE those songs...


"Simply Irresistable" - Robert Palmer
"Walking on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister

Here is a list of artists in the pop category to help everyone think of who to include:

Thompson Twins, Tears For Fears, Madonna, A-Ha,
Laura Branigan, Huey Lewis & the News, Amy Grant, Hall & Oates, Paul Young, Tiffany, Stacey Q, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Kajagoogoo, Wham!, T'Pau, Belinda Carlyle, Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Steve Winwood, Don Henley, Jan Hammer, Bryan Adams, Bruce Hornsby and the Range...etc.

Any other ideas under pop?

Originally posted by Faith
[B]With or Without you- U2
Video Killed the Radio star- The Bugles
B]
Yes. I love those.

These are the songs from the 80's that I like for your top 1000 list:

1. "Rapper's Delight" - Sugarhill Gang
2. "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" - Soft Cel
3. "Faith" - George Michael
4. "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
5. "Girl You Know It's True" - Milli Vanilli
6. "Celebration" - Kool and the Gang
7. "Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills
8. "On My Own" - Patti LaBelle featuring Michael McDonald
9. "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash featuring the Furious Five
10. "Careless Whisper" - Wham!
11. "I'll Be Loving You Forever" - New Kids on the Block
12. "Cool It Now" - New Edition
13. "Holiday" - Madonna
14. "There's Nothing Better Than Love" - Luther Vandross featuring Gregory Hines (RIP)
15. "Mona Lisa" - Slick Rick
16. "Super Freak" - Rick James
17. "When She Was My Girl" - The Four Tops
18. "Shining Star" - The Manhattans
19. "Rock Me Amedeus" - Falco
20. "What Have You Done From Me Lately" - Janet Jackson

You Might Think- The Cars
FootLoose- Kenny Loggins
We Built This City- Starship
Out of Touch- Hall & Oates
Down Under- Men at Work
99 Luftballons- Nena
Power of Love- Huey Lewis and the News
I Love Rock & Roll- Joan Jett
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
HeartBreaker- Pat Benetar
Everything she does is Magic- Police
Jessies Girl- Rick Springfield
What a Fool Believes- Michael Mcdonald
Queen of Hearts- Juice Newton
The Tide is High- Blondie
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
With or Without You - U2
At this Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters
Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
Come Back to Me - Janet Jackson

Originally posted by JoPol_wannabe
We Built This City- Starship

I heard the special CBS-FM version of that song featured two of the leading DJ's that are no longer hosting the show on the radio. They are Harry Harrison and Ron Lundy.

Boy, this list is getting better, you've posted some songs I hadn't even thought of!! Get some more!!!

o0o0o0o0 I love lists.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (my all-time favorite song) - Tears for Fears
Shout - Tears for Fears
Centerfold - The J Geils Band
Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Rio - Duran Duran
Tarzan Boy - Baltimore
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Cars - Gary Numan
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Jump - Van Halen
Animal - Van Halen
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Justify My Love - Madonna
I Will Follow - U2
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
The Miami Vice Theme
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Electric Blue - Ice House
God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Rag Doll - Aerosmith
Jamie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Heart and Soul - Huey Lewis and the News
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
America - Neil Diamond
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
Danger Zone - (I forget the artist)

Is this love- Whitesnake
Swap Meet- Nirvana
ABout a girl- Nirvana
Downer- Nirvana
Negative Creep- Nirvana
Sweet Dreams- The eurythmics
Bob Seger- Like a Rock
Bob Seger- The Ring
Byran adams- Summer of 69
Pat Benetar- Love is a Battlefield
Berlin- Take My Breath away
Kim Carnes- Bette davis eyes
The Clash- Should I stay or should I go
Flock of seagulls- I ran
Foreigner- I wanna know what love is
Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer
Phil Collins- Against all Odds
Corey Hart- Sunglasses at Night
INXS- Need you tonight
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
Billy Joel- We didn't start the fire
knack- my Sharona
Cyndi Lauper- Time after Time
Madness- Our House
Ray Parker Jr- Ghostbusters
Tom Petty- Free Fallin
Prince- Little red Corvette

To Brian, the artist who did "Danger Zone" was Kenny Loggins.
Btw, you mentioned "Animal" by Van Halen. Wasn't that Def Leppard? "And I want, and I need, and I love, Animal..."

Geeeeee, what could IIIIIIII add to the list.....

"Shoot To Thrill" --AC/DC
"Heaven and Hell" --Black Sabbath
"Nobody's Fool" --Cinderella
"Rock! Rock! ('Til You Drop)" --Def Leppard
"Lips Like Sugar" --Echo and the Bunnymen
"Say What You Will" --Fastway
"Mr. Brownstone" --Guns N' Roses
"Rock You" --Helix
"Two Minutes To Midnight" --Iron Maiden
"Hellion/Electric Eye" --Judas Priest
"Over My Head" --King's X
"New Toy" --Lene Lovich
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" --Metallica
"Love Vigilantes" --New Order
"Over the Mountain" --Ozzy
"Invisible Sun" --the Police
"Come On Feel the Noize" --Quiet Riot
"Tom Sawyer" --Rush
"Soldiers Under Command" --Stryper
"Modern Day Cowboy" --Tesla
"Bad" (live) --U2
"Drop Dead Legs" --Van Halen
"Seventeen" --Winger
"Senses Working Overtime" --XTC
"It Can Happen" --Yes
"Who's Behind the Door?" --Zebra

Here's another one:

1. "You Give Good Love" - Whitney Houston
2. "They Put Me In the Mix" - MC Hammer
3. "Roxanne, Roxanne" - UTFO
4. "Bust-A-Move" - Young MC
5. "Don't Believe the Hype" - Public Enemy
6. "White Lines (Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash
7. "Word Up" - Cameo
8. "Am I Dreaming" - Atlantic Starr
9. "The Right Stuff" - New Kids On the Block
10. "Dinner For Two" - Michael Cooper
11. "You Are My Lady" - Freddie Jackson
12. "Never Let You Go" - Sweet Sensation
13. "Show Me" - Cover Girls
14. "The Second Time Around" - Shalamar
15. "Endless Love" - Diana Ross featuring Lionel Richie
16. "Didn't We Almost Have It All" - Whitney Houston
17. "I Want Your Sex" - George Michael
18. "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
19. "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" - Peabo Bryson
20. "If Only You Knew" - Patti LaBelle
21. "Dress You Up" - Madonna
22. "The Freaks Come Out At Night" - Whodini
23. "Blame It On the Rain" - Milli Vanilli
24. "The Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston
25. "Baby Come to Me" - Patti Austin featuring James Ingram
26. "Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstandt featuring James Ingram
27. "Could've Been" - Tiffany
28. "Foolish Beat" - Debbie Gibson
29. "One More Try" - George Michael
30. "Breakout" - Swing Out Sister

Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash
Lonely People - Crosby Stills & Nash
Hey You - Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
Against The Wind - Bob Seger
Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
The Pretender - Jackson Browne
Stay - Jackson Browne
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
It's Too Late - Carole King
So Far Away - Carole King
Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers
Me And Bobby Mcgee - Janis Joplin
Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin

I'm sure there's alot more I can list, but I can't think of them right now.

"Walk This Way"- Aerosmith and Run DMC :cool:

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Btw, you mentioned "Animal" by Van Halen. Wasn't that Def Leppard? "And I want, and I need, and I love, Animal..."




I checked Lyrics.com and I found out that there is no song called "Animal" by Van Halen. However, there is a song they did called "Panama." I must have thought it was "Animal" because it sounded like it but it's "Panama." Here's the lyrics.


Jump back, what's that sound ?
Here she comes, full blast and top down.
Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue.
Model citizen zero discipline
Don't you know she's coming home with me?
You'l lose her in the turn.
I'll get her!
Panama, Panama
Panama, Panama
Ain't nothin' like it, her shiny machine.
Got the feel for the wheel, keep the moving parts clean.
Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue,
Got an on-ramp comin' through my bedroom.
Don't you know she's coming home with me?
You'll lose her in the turn.
I'll get her!
Yeah, we're runnin' a little bit hot tonight.
I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off of it.
Ah, you reach down, between my legs,
ease the seat back.
She's blinding, I'm flying,
Right behind the rear-view mirror now.
Got the feeling, power steering,
Pistons popping, ain't no stopping now!
Panama, Panama
Panama, Panama

Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Here's more:

1. "Juicy Fruit" - Mtume
2. "Five Minutes of Funk" - Whodini
3. "Fat Boys" - Fat Boys
4. "Nice & Slow" - Freddie Jackson
5. "You Dropped the Bomb on Me" - Gap Band
6. "Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside
7. "Fresh" - Kool and the Gang
8. "Love TKO" - Teddy Pendergrass
9. "Let Me Be Your Angel" - Stacy Lattisaw
10. "Mr. President" - Dickie Goodman
11. "Being With You" - Smokey Robinson
12. "Daddy's Home" - Cliff Richard
13. "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton John
14. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" - Carl Carlton
15. "Please Don't Go Girl" - New Kids On the Block
16. "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" - Denise Williams
17. "Tender Love" - Force MD's
18. "The Beat Goes On" - The Whispers
19. "Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross
20. "United Together" - Aretha Franklin
21. "Eternal Flame" - The Bangles
22. "Baby I Love Your Way" - Will to Power
23. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
24. "Silly" - Denise Williams
25. "We Are the World" - USA for Africa
26. "Give It to Me Baby" - Rick James
27. "Missing You" - Diana Ross
28. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" - Whitney Houston
29. "Just to See Her" - Smokey Robinson
30. "All This Love" - DeBarge
31. "Spoonie Rap" - Spoonie Gee
32. "Jam On It" - Nucleus
33. "Square Biz" - Teena Marie
34. "Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand
35. "One Heartbeat" - Smokey Robinson
36. "Batdance" - Prince
37. "1999" - Prince
38. "Showdown" - Sugarhill Gang featuring the Furious Five
39. "I Think Were Alone Now" - Tiffany
40. "Out of the Blue" - Debbie Gibson

Originally posted by Brian
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Ahhhh those songs bring back great memories... well obviously not of the 80's since I was hardly alive ;)

Another favorite songs of the 80's which I had interested in that:

1. "Dancing On the Ceiling" - Lionel Richie
2. "Lovergirl' - Teena Marie
3. "Lost In Emotion" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
4. "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson
5. "Lady of My Life" - Michael Jackson
6. "Like a Virgin" - Madonna
7. "Nights Over Egypt" - Mary Jane Girls
8. "Love Will Conquer All" - Lionel Richie
9. "Nite and Day" - Al B. Sure!
10. "The Rain" - Oran "Juice" Jones
11. "La-Di-Da-Di" - Slick Rick featuring Doug E. Fresh
12. "Just Buggin'" - Whistle
13. "Street Rap" - Busy Bee
14. "Jesse" - Grandmaster Mell Mel
15. "Kissing A Fool" - George Michael
16. "Super Bowl Shuffle" - Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew
17. "Automatic" - Pointer Sisters
18. "Cherish" - Kool and the Gang
19. "Dial My Heart" - The Boys
20. "Solid" - Ashford & Simpson
21. "Never Gotta Give You Up" - Rick Astley
22. "Open Your Heart" - Madonna
23. "Spoonie Is Back" - Spoonie Gee
24. "Apache" - Sugarhill Gang
25. "Living In America" - James Brown
26. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
27. "Joy" - Teddy Pendergrass
28. "Sweet Love" - Anita Baker
29. "Smooth Operator" - Sade
30. "Hangin' Tough" - New Kids On the Block
31. "Forever Your Girl" - Paula Abdul
32. "Twilight World" - Swing Out Sister
33. "Just Once" - James Ingram
34. "Arthur's Theme" - Christopher Cross
35. "Guilty" - Barbra Streisand featuring the Bee Gees
36. "Smerphies Rap" - Spyder-D
37. "All of You" - Julio Inglesias featuring Diana Ross
38. "Double Dutch Bus" - Frankie Smith
39. "Stop to Love" - Luther Vandross
40. "Rock With You" - Michael Jackson
41. "Starting Over" - John Lennon
42. "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
43. "Head to Toe" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
44. "Let the Feeling Flow" - Peabo Bryson
45. "Supremes Medley, 1980" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
46. "America" - Neil Diamond
47. "I Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison
48. "The Breaks" - Kurtis Blow
49. "8th Wonder" - Sugarhill Gang
50. "Material Girl" - Madonna

Originally posted by mdntrider7
Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash
Lonely People - Crosby Stills & Nash
Hey You - Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
Against The Wind - Bob Seger
Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
The Pretender - Jackson Browne
Stay - Jackson Browne
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
It's Too Late - Carole King
So Far Away - Carole King
Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers
Me And Bobby Mcgee - Janis Joplin
Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin

I'm sure there's alot more I can list, but I can't think of them right now.

OMG, I have never seen anyone on this board make a reference to the late Keith Green!!!:eek: I did happen to see him in 1980 with my friends, wow, what an inspiring and challenging night!!!!!
Btw, Contemporary Christian songs are welcome, I've got a few of my own!!!;)

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
OMG, I have never seen anyone on this board make a reference to the late Keith Green!!!:eek: I did happen to see him in 1980 with my friends, wow, what an inspiring and challenging night!!!!!
Btw, Contemporary Christian songs are welcome, I've got a few of my own!!!;)

Btw, I noticed a few non-80's songs from midnightrider in his choices of the Top 1000 of the 80's. I'm not sure if Janis Joplin qualifies....:confused:

Time for: ABSOLUTE AC/DC:

"Hell's Bells"
"What Do You Do For Money Honey"
"Have a Drink On Me"
"Back In Black"
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
"For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
"Let's Get It Up"
"I Put the Finger On You"
"Flick of the Switch"
"Who Made Who"
"Heatseeker"

Originally posted by Brian
o0o0o0o0 I love lists.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (my all-time favorite song) - Tears for Fears
Shout - Tears for Fears
Centerfold - The J Geils Band
Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Rio - Duran Duran
Tarzan Boy - Baltimore
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Cars - Gary Numan
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Jump - Van Halen
Animal - Van Halen
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Justify My Love - Madonna
I Will Follow - U2
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
The Miami Vice Theme
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Electric Blue - Ice House
God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Rag Doll - Aerosmith
Jamie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Heart and Soul - Huey Lewis and the News
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
America - Neil Diamond
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
Danger Zone - (I forget the artist)

WOW! I love all those songs!

My favorite artist of the '80s is Hall & Oates.

Every song CCR made during the 80's i don't know when half the songs i have are from because i don't own to many albums.

Originally posted by brownsocks
Every song CCR made during the 80's i don't know when half the songs i have are from because i don't own to many albums.

As far as I recall, Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up in the early 70's. But their lead singer John Fogerty did make a good album in the 80's, "Centerfield", with songs like "Old Man Down the Road", "Rock & Roll Girls,", "Vance Can't Dance", and the title song. He followed up with the album "Eye of the Zombie."

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Btw, I noticed a few non-80's songs from midnightrider in his choices of the Top 1000 of the 80's. I'm not sure if Janis Joplin qualifies....:confused:

Oops, I'm embarrassed. I wish I could find an emoticon for embarrassment. It was just another example of me not reading good enough. I thought you were asking what the top thousand songs of all time were, not just the 80's. Oh well, maybe I'll read better next time.

That's cool Captain that you got the chance to see Keith perform live. In my opinion he is the greatest Christian artist of all time! Unfortunately with me only being born in 1981, I never had that opportunity. It must have been awesome.

Anyway, here's a few 80' Christian classics I'd like to add to your list:

Lord I'm Gonna Love You - Keith Green
Open Your Eyes - Keith Green
You Are The One - Keith Green
A Billion Starving People - Keith Green
Grace By Which I Stand Keith Green
Create In Me A Clean Heart - Keith Green
Draw Me - Keith Green
Jesus Commands Us To Go - Keith Green
Oh Lord, You're Beautiful - Keith Green
When I First Trusted You - Keith Green
Romans VII - Keith Green

Originally posted by mdntrider7
Oops, I'm embarrassed. I wish I could find an emoticon for embarrassment. It was just another example of me not reading good enough. I thought you were asking what the top thousand songs of all time were, not just the 80's. Oh well, maybe I'll read better next time.

That's cool Captain that you got the chance to see Keith perform live. In my opinion he is the greatest Christian artist of all time! Unfortunately with me only being born in 1981, I never had that opportunity. It must have been awesome.

Anyway, here's a few 80' Christian classics I'd like to add to your list:

Lord I'm Gonna Love You - Keith Green
Open Your Eyes - Keith Green
You Are The One - Keith Green
A Billion Starving People - Keith Green
Grace By Which I Stand Keith Green
Create In Me A Clean Heart - Keith Green
Draw Me - Keith Green
Jesus Commands Us To Go - Keith Green
Oh Lord, You're Beautiful - Keith Green
When I First Trusted You - Keith Green
Romans VII - Keith Green

Here's some emoticon/smilies for embarrassment: :o (I think that one is embarrassed, a red face), I use these--:bonk: :doh: ("accident-making" smilies) and :blush:.

A lot of people probably feel Keith Green was the greatest Christian performer, he had so much conviction and passion for God that was unfeigned and unpretentious. He ruffled a lot of feathers and criticized what he saw was a growing "industry" of Christian music long before it made the major "crossover" moves in the mid-80's. I'm definitely going to include these songs in my list! Anyone who saw him and listened to him back then will agree
with these choices. Sadly, Keith Green died in a plane crash in Texas in 1982. It was tragic, but later that summer, fellow Christian musicians Michael and Stormie Omartian and 2nd Chapter of Acts began a concert tour to carry out his final message: Jesus commanded us to go out into the world with the Gospel message of salvation (which might be a little more difficult to do with American-made wars and such...). Keith Green's wife and others believe that if his death had any meaning, it was to make his message (of CHRIST) grow wider among listeners ("If a seed dies in the ground...it grows and bears much fruit...").

Funny how I can talk about all the controversial stuff on the Current Events boards about gays and Jaci Velazquez' movie roll choices, etc., and still admit my preference for Keith Green. That's not so strange to me, it's just my ability to see things from all sides.

Significant Sabbath
"Neon Knights"
"Children Of the Sea"
"Lady Evil"
"Die Young"
"Turn Up the Night"
"Sign Of the Southern Cross"/"E5150/"The Mob Rules"
"Trashed" (with Ray Gillian on vocals)

and Definite Dio:

"Rainbow In the Dark"
"Holy Diver"
"We Rock"
"The Last In Line"
"Mystery"

More Dio songs:

"Don't Talk To Strangers"
"Rock N' Roll Children"
"Hungry For Heaven"
"I Could Have Been a Dreamer"

Sinfully Cinderella:

"Shake Me"
"Nobody's Fool"
"Somebody Save Me"
"Gypsy Road"
"Don't Know What You Got (Until It's Gone)"
"Last Mile"
"Coming Home"
"Shelter Me"
"The More Things Change"
"Heartbreak Station"

Any Way You Want It - Journey
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Separate Ways (World Apart) - Journey
Send Her My Love - Journey
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins (Idk if I mentioned that already. I'm too lazy to look :p)
Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Phil Bailey
Invisible Touch - Phil Collins
Land of Confusion - Phil Collins
Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
The Reflex - Duran Duran
Something About You - Level 42
One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

Essential Echo and the Bunnymen

"Rescue"
"Over the Wall"
"The Promise"
"I Was the Puppet"
"Crystal"
"Silver Days"
"Never Stop"
"The Cutter"
"The Killing Moon"
"Seven Seas"
"Bedbugs and Ballyhoo"
"Bring On the Dancing Horses"

Guaranteed Guns N' Roses

Welcome To The Jungle album:
It's So Easy
Nightrain
Out Ta Get Me
Mr. Brownstone
Paradise City
My Michelle
Think About You
Sweet Child O' Mine
You're Crazy
Anything Goes
Rocket Queen

SUGARHILL GANG:

1. "Rapper's Delight"
2. "Showdown" (with the Furious Five)
3. "Apache"
4. "Kick It Live From Nine to Five"
5. "8th Wonder"

Indisputable Iron Maiden:

"Sanctuary"
"Running Free"
"Wrathchild"
"Number of the Beast"
"Run to the Hills"
"The Prisoner"
"22 Acacia Avenue"
"Hallowed Be Thy Name"
"The Trooper"
"Flight of Icarus"
"Aces Hight"
"Die With Your Boots On"
"Cross-eyed Mary"
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
"Wasted Years"
"Can I Play With Madness?"
"Tailgunner"
"Holy Smoke"

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Guaranteed Guns N' Roses

Welcome To The Jungle album:

Appetite for Destruction album:

;)

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Appetite for Destruction album:

;)

:bonk: :doh: :yeahthat

Purple Rain - Prince
Raspberry Beret - Prince
1999 - Prince
Erotic City - Prince
Let's Go Crazy - Prince

Perfectly Priest:

Living After Midnight
Metal Gods
Breaking the Law
Heading Out to the Highway
Hot Rockin'
The Hellion/Electric Eye
Take These Chains
Screaming For Vengeance
You've Got Another Thing Coming
Freewheel Burning
The Sentinel
Love Bites
Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith
Turbo Lover
Parental Guidance
Ram It Down
Painkiller

Konsistently King's X:

King
Goldilox
Power of Love
Shot of Love
Over My Head
Summerland
Pleaides
Send a Message
Fall On Me
We Are Finding Who We Are
It's Love
Moanjam
We Were Born To Be Loved

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
:bonk: :doh: :yeahthat

:lol: :D

MANDATORY METALLICA:

The Four Horsemen
Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)/Whiplash
Seek and Destroy
Jump In the Fire
Motorbreath
Blitzkrieg
No Remorse
Am I Evil?
Fight Fire With Fire
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Escape
Creeping Death
The Call of Ktulu
Battery
Master of Puppets
The Thing That Should Not Be
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Leper Messiah
Damage, Inc.
Helpless
The Small Hours
The Wait
Crash Course In Brain Surgery
Last Caress/Green Hell
Dyer's Eve
Breadfan
The Prince
Stone Cold Crazy

Here is a start:

Only Time Will Tell - Asia

Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

Rapture - Blondie

Precious Time - Pat Benatar
I'm Gonna Follow You- ""
Trouble - Linsay Buckingham
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne

Back in Black ac/dc
Shoot to Thrill ''
Hell's Bells
Shake a Leg ''
For Those About to Rock ''

Play the Game - Queen "
Another One Bites the Dust "
Under Pressure ""

South Central Rain - REM
Fall on Me ""
Welcome to the Occupation ""

Your Possible Pasts - Pink Floyd

Abacab - Genesis
Me and Sarah Jane ""

Photograph - Def Leppard
Foolin - '''
Too Late ""

One Step Ahead - Split Enz

How Soon is Now - The Smiths
What difference does it make _ the Smiths

Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
Blasphemus Rumors ""

Pulling Mussles from the shell - Squeeze
Another Nail in my heart - Squeeze
Tempted ""
Black coffee in bed ""
If I didnt love you ""

Touch and go - THe Cars
Drive ""

Antmusic - Adam and the Ants

Ties that bind - Bruce
Out in the street ""
Hungry Heart ""
Bobby Jean ""
No Surrender ""
Brilliant Disguise ""
One Step Up ""

Cross Eyed and Painless - Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime ""
Burning Down the House ""
This Must be the place ""

In the dark - Billy Squier
Lonely is the night ""
Everybody Wants You ""

You may be right _ Billy Joel
Don't ask me why - ""
Sometimes a fantasy ""

Blackened - Metallica
Master of Puppets ""
Disposable Heroes
One ""

Peace Sells - Megadeth

Love - The Cult
Wildflower ""

Changes - Yes

Tempus Fugit - Yes

Girl U Want - Devo

Among the Living - Anthrax

When The World Is Running Down You
Make The Best Of What's Still Around - Police
Driven to Tears -""
Secret Journey ""
Every Little Thing ""
KIng of Pain ""

You Better You Bet - The Who
Another Tricky Day ""
Eminence Front ""

Starting Over - John Lennon
Beautiful Boy ""
I'm Losing You ""
Watching The Wheels ""
Woman ""

Head over Heels/Broken - Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World ""

Mega-Dose of Megadeth:

Skull Beneath the Skin
Last Rites/Loved To Death
Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good
Mechanix
Rattlehead
These Boots
Wake Up Dead
Peace Sells
Good Mourning/Black Friday
Bad Omen
The Conjuring
I Ain't Superstitious
My Last Words
Into The Lungs of Hell/Set the World Afire
Anarchy In the USA
In My Darkest Hour
Hook In Mouth
Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Hangar 18
Lucretia
Five Magicks
Rust In Peace...Polaris
No More Mr. Nice Guy

Legitimate Leppard:

Rock Brigade
Hello America
Let It Go
Another Hit and Run
High N' Dry (Saturday Night)
Bringin' On the Heartbreak
Switch 625
Mirror Mirror
Photograph
Rock of Ages
Foolin'
Too Late For Love
Billy's Got a Gun
Woman
Love Bites
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Armageddon It
Animal
Rocket

Dead Man's Party
Weird Science

MICHAEL JACKSON

1. "Thriller"
2. "Rock With You"
3. "Human Nature"
4. "The Girl Is Mine" (featuring Paul McCartney)
5. "Bad"
6. "Man In the Mirror"
7. "Dirty Diana"
8. "Lady of My Life"
9. "Farewell, My Summer Love"
10. "Say, Say, Say" (featuring Paul McCartney)
11. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
12. "PYT"
13. "Beat It"
14. "You Wanna Be Started Somethin'"
15. "Off the Wall"
16. "She's Out of My Life"
17. "Billie Jean"
18. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
19. "Another Part of Me"
20. "Leave Me Alone"
21. "Smooth Criminal"

Originally posted by Brian
Dead Man's Party
Weird Science

Gray Matter
My Private Things
Wild Sex In the Working Class
Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me
Only a Lad
Wake Up (It's 1984)
Who Do You Want to Be?

Did you know that their original name was The Mystical Knights of the Oingo Boingo?

NEW EDITION

1. "Cool It Now"
2. "Mr. Telephone Man"
3. "Earth Angel"
4. "Candy Girl"

KOOL & THE GANG

1. "Celebration"
2. "Too Hot"
3. "Fresh"
4. "Misled"
5. "Cherish"
6. "Stone Love"
7. "Keep on Dancing (Oh-La-La-La-La)"
8. "Get Down on It"

Obligatory Ozzy:

I Don't Know
Crazy Train
Goodbye To Romance
Mr. Crowley
Revelation (Mother Earth)
Steal Away
Dee
Over the Mountain
Flying High Again
You Can't Kill Rock and Roll
Believer
Little Dolls
Tonight
Diary Of a Madman
Bark at the Moon
Rock and Roll Rebel
So Tired
Slow Down
Shot in the Dark
The Ultimate Sin
Suicide Solution (live from the Tribute album)
Miracle Man
Devil's Daughter
Crazy Babies
Breaking All the Rules
Bloodbath in Paradise
Fire In the Sky
Tattooed Dancer
No More Tears
I Don't Want to Change the World
Mr. Tinkertrain
Road To Nowhere
Time After Time
Mama, I'm Coming Home

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Obligatory Ozzy:

Lightning Strikes

Perfectly Poison

Cry Tough
Talk Dirty To Me
I Want Action
Nothin' But a Good Time
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Fallen Angel
Your Mama Don't Dance
Valley Of Lost Souls
Swamp Juice Soul-O
Unskinny Bop
Let It Play
Ride the Wind
Don't Give Up an Inch
Something To Believe In
Ball And Chain
Poor Boy Blues

Quintessential Queensryche:

Queen of the Reich
The Lady Wore Black
Take Hold of the Flame
Gonna Get Close to You
Anarchy X/Revolution Calling
Suite Sister Mary
Speak
The Needle Lies
Breaking the Silence
I Don't Believe In Love/Waiting for 22
Eyes of a Stranger
Last Time In Paris
Best I Can
Jet City Woman
Another Lonely Night
Empire
Silent Lucidity
Anybody Listening?

Radically Rush:

The Spirit of Radio
Freewill
Jacob's Ladder
Entre Nous
Natural Science
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Subdivisions
The Analog Kid
Chemestry
Digital Man
The Weapon
New World Man
Distant Early Warning
Red Sector A
The Enemy Within
The Body Electric
Kid Gloves
Red Lenses
Between the Wheels
The Big Money
Grand Designs
Manhattan Project
Marathon
Territories
Mystic Rhythms
Force Ten
Time Stand Still
Second Nature
Lock and Key
Turn the Page
Mission
Show Don't Tell
Chain Lightning
The Pass
Presto
Superconductor

Significant Scorpions:

Loving You Sunday Morning
Another Piece of Meat
Always Somewhere
Coast to Coast
Lovedrive
Holiday
Make It Real
Falling In Love
The Zoo
Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
Blackout
Can't Live Without You
No One Like You
You Give Me All I Need
Arizona
China White
Bad Boys Running Wild
Rock You Like a Hurricane
I'm Leaving You
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
Rhythm of Love
Tease Me Please Me
Wind of Change
Hit Between the Eyes
Send Me an Angel

Totally Tesla:

EZ Come Easy Go
Cumin' Atcha Live
Gettin' Better
Modern Day Cowboy
Little Suzi
Hang Tough
Lady Luck
Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
Love Song
The Way It Is
Signs
Edison's Medicine
Call It What You Want
Song And Emotion
What You Give

Uniquely U2:

I Will Follow
Twilight
An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
Stories For Boys
Out of Control
A Day Without Me
Electric Co.
Gloria
I Fall Down
I Threw a Brick Threw a Window
Rejoice
Fire
Tomorrow
With a Shout
October
Scarlet
Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)
A Celebration
Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Seconds
New Years Day
Like a Song
Drowning Man
Two Hearts Beat As One
Red Light
Surrender
"40"
A Sort of Homecoming
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Wire
The Unforgettable Fire
Promenade
4th of July
Bad
Elvis Presley and America
MLK
Bad (live from "Wide Awake In America")
Three Sunrises
Love Comes Tumbling
Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With Or Without You
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
Red Hill Mining Town
In God's Country
Trip Through Your Wires
Van Diemen's Land
Desire
Hawkmoon 269
Angel of Harlem
When Love Comes to Town
Silver and Gold

here's some more (how long are you taking requests?)

Abba - The Winner Takes It All
Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me
Abba - When All Is Said And Done
ABC - Poison Arrow
ABC - The Look Of Love
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
ABC - Vanity Kills
ABC - When Smokey Sings
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC - Back In Black
AC/DC - Who Made Who
Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69
Aerosmith - Dude
Aerosmith - Angel
Aerosmith - Rag Doll
Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun
AHA - Take On Me
AHA - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Air Supply - Lost In Love
America - You Can Do Magic
Adam Ant - Strip
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Rick Astley - Together Forever
B-52's - Love Shack
Bananarama - Shy Boy
Bananarama - Robert Deniro's Waiting
Bananarama - Venus
Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Bangles - Manic Monday
Bangles - Eternal Flame
Pat Benatar - We Live For Love
Pat Benatar - I Need A Lover
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children
Pat Benatar - You Better Run
Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar - Fire And Ice
Pat Benatar - Anxiety
Pat Benatar - Shadows Of The Night
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
Pat Benatar - Invincible
Pat Benatar - La Bel Age
Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
Berlin - The Metro
Blondie - Call Me
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Bon Jovi - Living In Sin
Bowie, David - Ashes To Ashes
Bowie, David - Up The Hill Backwards
Bowie, David - Let's Dance
Bowie, David - Modern Love
Bowie, David - Loving The Alien
Bowie, David - Absolute Beginners
Branigan, Laura - Gloria
Branigan, Laura - Solitaire
Branigan, Laura - Imagination
Branigan, Laura - Self Control
Branigan, Laura - The Lucky One
Branigan, Laura - Spanish Eddie
Branigan, Laura - Shattered Glass

Good choices--alphabetically arranged!!:cool:

Veritable Van Halen:

Okay, so this might START in the late 70's but it shaped the decade to come:

Running With the Devil
Eruption
You Really Got Me
Ain't Talking 'Bout Love
I'm The One
Jamie's Cryin'
Atomic Punk
Feel Your Love Tonight
Little Dreamer
Ice Cream Man
I'm On Fire
Dance the Night Away
Somebody Get Me a Dr.
Bottoms Up
Spanish Fly/D.O.A.
Women In Love...
Beautiful Girls
...And the Cradle Will Rock
Everybody Wants Some!!
Romeo Delight
Take Your Whiskey Home
Loss Of Control
Unchained
Mean Street
So This Is Love
Where Have All the Good Times Gone!!
Secrets
Intruder/Pretty Woman
Dancing In the Streets
Little Guitars
1984/Jump
Panama
Top Jimmy
Drop Dead Legs
Hot For Teacher
I'll Wait
Why Can't This Be Love?
Dreams
Best Of Both Worlds
Love Walks In
When It's Love
Finish What Ya Started
Black and Blue
Poundcake
Runaround
Right Now
Top of the World

Veritable Van Halen:

Okay, so this might START in the late 70's but it shaped the decade to come:

Running With the Devil
Eruption
You Really Got Me
Ain't Talking 'Bout Love
I'm The One
Jamie's Cryin'
Atomic Punk
Feel Your Love Tonight
Little Dreamer
Ice Cream Man
I'm On Fire
Dance the Night Away
Somebody Get Me a Dr.
Bottoms Up
Spanish Fly/D.O.A.
Women In Love...
Beautiful Girls
...And the Cradle Will Rock
Everybody Wants Some!!
Romeo Delight
Take Your Whiskey Home
Loss Of Control
Unchained
Mean Street
So This Is Love
Where Have All the Good Times Gone!!
Secrets
Intruder/Pretty Woman
Dancing In the Streets
Little Guitars
1984/Jump
Panama
Top Jimmy
Drop Dead Legs
Hot For Teacher
I'll Wait
Why Can't This Be Love?
Dreams
Best Of Both Worlds
Love Walks In
When It's Love
Finish What Ya Started
Black and Blue
Poundcake
Runaround
Right Now
Top of the World

Wantingly Warrant:

32 Pennies
Down Boys
Sometimes She Cries
So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against the Law)
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Heaven
Cherry Pie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
I Saw Red

Wishfully White Lion:

Wait
Hungry
Tell Me
All You Need Is Rock and Roll
All Join Our Hands
When the Children Cry
Dirty Woman
Little Fighter
Radar Love
Love Don't Come Easy
War Song

Zeroing In on Zebra:

Who's Behind the Door?
Tell Me What You Want
Bears