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  • #1

    Favorite 80's videos

    So, the hubby and I got sucked into VH1's "Top 100 songs of the 80's" last night and it got me thinking about some of my favorite songs from the 80's.

    Here's one of my top ten...

    Big Country "In a Big Country"

    There are several others I could post, but what are some of yours?



    *The first person to Rickroll this gets pelted with large heavy objects. Just sayin'.
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    The video is OK, but I LOVE this song. We saw Duran Duran in concert about 3 years ago and they were still amazing (and Simon LeBon still looked pretty damn good ).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbDhbl3QPY
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    • #3
      Take on Me - A-Ha

      Best 80's video ever!
      Final Fantasy XIV - Acorna Starfall - Ragnarok (EU Legacy)

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      • #4
        Here's another one of mine

        U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday

        Not a rebel song, my ass Bono. It all depends on what you're rebelling against.

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        • #5
          Ah, I do love me some 80's music. One of my 'listen to in the shower' CD's is a compilition of hair metal.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2II5gXHRf_k

          Sebastian Bach - finest set of pipes on ANY hair metal lead singer. This was also my class song - and I graduated high school in 2001. But it's okay, we sang "Days Gone By" during the ceremony. Nothing says Pomp and Circumstance like a little Slaughter.
          "Even arms dealers need groceries." ~ Ziva David, NCIS

          Tony: "Everyone's counting on you, just do what you do best."
          Abby: "Dance?" ~ NCIS

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          • #6
            When I was little my dad used to be the veejay for a show in St. Louis called Hot Hit Radio. They showed him in a cylindrical glass room filled with fog and those giant headset earphones on with a red satin jacket. You couldn't even make out his face.

            I used to beg and plead to stay up late to see it and then I'd hope and pray that either Take On Me was on or Thriller, especially Thriller. I may not like Michael Jackson now, but that video... wow. It still is amazing.
            "Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!"

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            • #7
              Quoth Bardmaiden View Post
              Take on Me - A-Ha

              Best 80's video ever!
              I didn't watch all that much music videos, but I have to agree with you. This was the best I ever saw.

              I've been sending music videos to my GF. She seems to look forward to getting them every morning.



              Eric the Grey
              In memory of Dena - Don't Drink and Drive

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              • #8
                Quoth Bardmaiden View Post
                Take on Me - A-Ha

                Best 80's video ever!
                that one has my vote, extremely innovative.

                The 80s were a great time for music (and if you owned a hair products factory). Completely new styles, new fashion, and now this new thing called "music videos" coming out in the spotlight.

                OK, who remembers the pre-MTV days watching "Friday Night Videos"? I remember these two:

                Alan Parson's Project: Don't Answer Me
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALC7kt6iUHY
                (this one is in my top also)

                Slade's Run Runaway
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM
                (IMO Slade is a highly underrated band)


                But, we can't forget the first video ever played on MTV:
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8
                Quote Dalesys:
                ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                • #9
                  Darn my sister beat me to putting A-ha up

                  Ah The Buggles I saw one of the buggles on stage (Asia gig - Awesome) Geoff Downes to be precise (the Guy playing Keyboards) so we got treated to Asia doing Video Killed the Radio Star

                  So speaking of Asia...

                  Heat of the Moment

                  And well because I'm a huge a-ha fan...

                  Hunting High and Low

                  And well it was the 80s...

                  The Safety Dance - Men without Hats

                  I'm sure I'll think of more
                  As soon as I start thinking
                  That I'm sensible and sane
                  The Random Hedgehog comes along
                  And fiddles with my Brain
                  (from card I got)

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                  • #10
                    (And I) Ran So Far Away

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA...eature=related

                    So cheezy...

                    Of course there's always Devo:

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39...eature=related

                    The Talking Heads

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st1lH...eature=related

                    I officially hate the OP now for making me spend my morning on YouTube when I'm supposed to be getting things done.
                    Last edited by draggar; 09-21-2008, 06:01 PM.
                    Quote Dalesys:
                    ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                    • #11
                      Quoth draggar View Post
                      I officially hate the OP now for making me spend my morning on YouTube when I'm supposed to be getting things done.

                      Hey now, I didn't force you to do anything. Besides, it fun going back a little, isn't it?

                      Here's a cool cover of Flock of Seagulls by one of my favorite current bands...
                      Bowling for Soup "I Ran (So Far Away)

                      And another of my favorite 80's songs...
                      Extreme "Hole Hearted"
                      Last edited by Spiffy McMoron; 09-22-2008, 06:41 AM. Reason: Quote trimming

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                      • #12
                        Quoth sportsmom View Post
                        Hey now, I didn't force you to do anything. Besides, it fun going back a little, isn't it?

                        Here's a cool cover of Flock of Seagulls by one of my favorite current bands...
                        Bowling for Soup "I Ran (So Far Away)
                        I officially LOVE you :-D I'm a HUGE BFS Fan

                        And of course, even though I was born in '86, no one can say this isn't an amazing song/video

                        Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

                        Mad <3 for Guns

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                        • #13
                          G&R has my respect.

                          However Def Leppard are my boys. Joe Elliot is one of the few guys who can pull off the long-hair look.

                          My two favorite videos/songs of theirs are "Pour Some Sugar On Me" & "Two Steps Behind", in the latter, Joe is at his yummiest!
                          "We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am."-Thomas Keller

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                          • #14
                            Hubby and I saw BFS in concert a couple of years ago at Pierre's in Fort Wayne. Very good show. I highly recommend seeing them if you have not already. You have to love any band who regularly covers 80's songs, Britney Spears tunes (Their version of "Baby one more time" is how it should have been done in the first place. Dark and slightly creepy), and takes beer breaks in the middle of songs.

                            Also, I have to second on the Joe Elliot thing. The man is still just as yummy today as he was 20 years ago. And let me also say that "Two Steps Behind" is quite possibly my favorite DL tune.

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                            • #15
                              Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-"Don't Come Around Here No More"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5H0wUo37RY

                              REM-"Orange Crush"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbNnKDyUFmE

                              Pat Benatar-"Love Is A Battlefield" (the first video to have dialogue)
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J9rTZJBmw

                              Weird Al-"Fat"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw00EUh0GT4

                              Robert Palmer-"Addicted To Love"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0U5JfGYx4c

                              Madonna-"Like A Virgin"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ9ZcKOYDh0

                              Duran Duran-"Hungry Like The Wolf"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv6Cr5LZStE

                              Van Halen-"Jump"
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-vgQSqNtA


                              Why yes, I am a child of the 80's. Why do you ask?
                              I question my sanity every day. Sometimes it answers.

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