So I want to give some 80's music a try, but don't really know that much of it. I'm into songs that are like poppish, like "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds and "All Out of Love" by Air Supply. Helppppppppppppp.

Read some of Vercetti's topics about The Cure and The Sex Pistols.. theres some good songs mentioned in there.

The Pixies and Sonic Youth are AMAZING 80s bands.

Also check out Minor Threat.

I'm too lazy to write a bunch of lists, so here's my two favorite 80's bands with a few songs for each to begin with.

THE CURE (just a few for now)
The Figurehead (download it or I'll kill you)
Cold (download it or I'll kill you)
Lullaby
Lovesong
Fascination Street
Pictures of You
Closedown

METALLICA (useless for me to name for Pat, but it's the goddamn 80's)
Fade to Black
One
Welcome Home
Master of Puppets
Ride the Lightning
The Four Horseman
...And Justice For All
For Whom the Bell Tolls

JG is the go-to guy for cheesy 80's pop... right DB?

Okay, first of all, if you like "All Out of Love," you'll also like some other Air Supply songs, so check 'em out. "Even The Nights Are Better," "Here I Am," and "The One That You Love" are some of their famous ones.

Here are a few more:


Forever Young-- by Alphaville
Melt With You-- by Modern English
Still Loving You-- by the Scorpions
Holiday-- by the Scorpions
I Want to Know What Love Is-- by Foreigner
Cold As Ice-- by Foreigner
Africa-- by Toto
I Just Died In Your Arms-- by Cutting Crew? Not sure.
Keep On Loving You-- by REO Speedwagon
Can't Fight This Feeling-- by REO Speedwagon
Just What I Needed-- by The Cars
You're All I've Got Tonight-- by The Cars
Don't Stop Believin'-- by Journey
Faithfully-- by Journey
Open Arms-- by Journey
Wheel In The Sky-- by Journey
More Than A Feeling-- by Boston
Amanda-- by Boston
A Man I'll Never Be-- by Boston
Babe-- by Styx (right JG? :p )
The Promise-- by When in Rome
Need You Tonight-- by INXS
Never Tear Us Apart-- by INXS
The Loved One-- by INXS


Also, try the soundtrack to The Wedding Singer, and absolutely anything that Chicago or Peter Cetera released in the 80's.

And then let me know what you think, even if all you're gonna do is laugh at this side of my musical taste!

I have a soft spot for The Scorpions. I could listen to the beginning riff/solo of "Rock You Like a Hurricane" all day long.

Patrick, is that you????

Wow, the 80's. The last decade in which I actually enjoyed and followed lot of the music.

Anyway, lot of good suggestions. I always enjoyed Journey (Faithfully is great), The Cars, ZZTop, David Bowie was good in the 80's. And Air Supply's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" is beautiful. Oh, and remember the short lived, "Men At Work" (Who Can It Be)?? There were a lot of one hit wonder songs that I liked. I'll try to think of more later. It's too early to think too hard. :p

TIS

Oh, and the Rolling Stones some great tunes & videos in the 80's: Waiting On A Friend, Dancing In The Street (with David Bowie), Start Me Up.....and on and on.

WARNING: STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE'S 80's MUSIC!

They may have been good and may be good once again in modern times, but man, the 80's damn near killed these folks.

-Bob Dylan

-Neil Young (Unless it's Freedom, or Hawks and Doves)

-Paul McCartney (Unless it's Pipes of Peace)

-The Rolling Stones

The Doc

Come on Ferro, you know Trans kicked ass. :p

When Neil Young says

"The King is gone but he's NOT FORGOTTEN

This is the story of a JOHNNY ROTTEN"

...was he referring to the lead singer of the Sex Pistols? Or is Johnny Rotten a common term?

Sex Pistols. He is referring to the ongoing tradition of rock, and it's evolution. From rockabilly to punk rock, and it continues through new sub-genres.

"...This is the story of the Johnny Rotten"

Thanks for clearing that up

I have fallen in love with the following bands/artists in the last few months:
Boston
John Lennon
Pink Floyd
Journey
Led Zeppelin
The Eagles
The Beatles
Foreigner
The Cars

I NEED MORE. I think I am a modern day hippie.. and it feels good.

I've been listening to Motley Crue allllll morning. And Def Leppard, Metallica, Styx, and of course.. my man, The Boss.. Bruce Springsteen

The last several songs I've listened to.

Black Label Society - "Just Killing Time"
Alice in Chains - "Down in a Hole" (Unplugged)
Nirvana - "Something in the Way"
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
Bob Dylan - "Fourth Time Around"
Bush - "40 Miles From The Sun"
Audioslave - "Shadow on the Sun"
Audioslave - "Be Yourself"
Tom Waits - "Town With No Cheer"
Tom Waits - "Goin' Out West"
The Velvet Underground - "Venus in Furs"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Love or Confusion"
Johnny Cash - "Rusty Cage" (Soundgarden cover)
Megadeth - "A Tout Le Monde"
Metallica - "One" (S&M version)
The Clash - "Rock the Casbah"
The Clash - "Lost In The Supermarket"
Miles Davis - "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"
Neil Young - "Old Man"
Pink Floyd - "Echoes"
Radiohead - "How To Disappear Completely"
The Beatles - "In My Life"
The Cure - "The Figurehead"
The Cure - "High"

Pat, if you haven't, download the 23 minute version of Pink Floyd's "Echoes," now. Turn off all lights, and listen to it. Then do it again. Then play it synchronized to the last section of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Now.

80"s

The Clash London Calling (I know it was released 12/79 but it is so 80's) Sandanista, Combat Rock

Talking Heads-Remain in Light,Speaking in Tougues, Stop Making Sense, True Stories

Elvis Costello- Blood & Chocolate, King of America, Imperial Bedrooms

The Replacement- (Best Band of the Eighties) Let it Be,
Tim, Please to Meet Me

If you like Lennon & the Beatles

Robyn Hitchcock (If you cross the Beatles with Monty Pyton you get Robyn Hitchcock)
Try "Gotta Let this Hen Out"

REM-All of there 80's records are great

Talking Heads
The Smiths

Well I've always kind of loathed the music of the 80s, but, basing off of those artists, I would check out some Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Velvet Underground, The Clash, Sex Pistols, etc... Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands, so I'd reccomend getting into more of their stuff. Their sound and style tends to change up frequently, so I would check out any album you can get your hands on. Alot of the stuff they did before Darkside of the Moon is very cool... it's quite unique and ground breaking. (Atom Heart Mother and Meddle are superb albums, but often over looked).

I'd also love to hear what you think of Radiohead; my personal favorite band, but an aqquired taste. They've been doing some really revolutionary stuff lately, and are basically the modern day equivilency of Pink Floyd. I would reccomend checking out their album, "OK Computer", which has kind of a 1970s prog-rock/psychedelic feel to it, mixed in with some 90s alternative. And if you enjoy that, I would reccomend Kid A (which has been refered to as "Radiohead's Darkside of the Moon"), which is a very obscure album, and maybe even a little hard to get into. It expiriments with alot of electronics and new sounds... but if you can tolerate 80s pop, then I think you could tolerate Kid A. It's genious once you get into it... I'd give it at least two or three listens before you finally judge it.

The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble.

Also, see if you can dig up a copy of "The Traveling Wilburys", a one-album band that comprised of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and George Harrison.

I agree with P.L. on The Travelling Wilburys. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty in the same band?! Forget about it! Handle Me With Care...great track!

Also, you should check out: Bryan Adams, Phill Collins/Peter Gabriel/Genesis, Aerosmith, Crowded House, Def Leppard, Guns 'N Roses, Kenny Loggins, Queen, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Richard Marx, Rush, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting/The Police, Tears For Fears, The Tragically Hip, Twisted Sister and U2.

Or, for more Poppy stuff: Madonna, Michael Jackson (sure, he may be a child molestin sicko, but Thriller, Beat It and Dangerous ((90s I know)) were very good albums), Cindy Lauper, Prince, Stevie Wonder and the like.

Actually, Plaw, the Wilbury's made two albums, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 (I know, I have both :p ). Nonetheless, they had some good songs, but some of their tracks are...hard to listen to.

Also, most of the members had collaboration on others' solo albums (Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever for instance, Jeff Lynne on a couple of George's solo albums), so the Wilbury sound exists on many albums besides the original Vol. 1 and Vol. 3.

You could just get the entire Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack...

I know, but the second was after Roy Orbison's death, I think, wasn't it? His vocals were a big part of the thing, and it really wasn't anywhere near the same group without him.

Great song... My favorite Floyd song, actually. DV, have you heard the Pompeii version? There are a few versions floating around, but I think that could be one of the best, along side the original studio version. But, I think--especially during that funky bassline Roger plays towards the end of part I--Pompeii pretty much beats the majority of the rest into submission.

The best part is the silent part before the last chorus where the guitar slowly builds up with the piano's sonar-like sound. In the film, it happens while he goes to look at himself in the mirror.

I sure am behind on my dubbing of film and music. I haven't even done Darkside of the Moon to Oz yet. :p


Oz the television show. I... I just love watching man-sex to symphonic goodness of "Us and Them". I can't quite explain it...

I enjoying watching my porn flicks with "The Great Gig in the Sky."

Well, what I like to do is get a whole bunch of "money", so I can buy a whole lot of "time" with a hooker. I'll work something out, and her panties will be "any colour I like". She'll "speak to me" and say dirty things. We'll make love all night, and we'll both "breathe" real hard. Afterwords, I'll pay her, and she'll enjoy a nice line of cocaine; but she'll overdose and suffer irreversible "brain damage" before dying and heading off for "the great gig in the sky". Finally, with a dead hooker on my floor, and cocaine spread out on my table, the police will come knocking on my door. Between my dead hooker, myself, and the cops, it'll just be "us and them". I'll never survive in prison, and I know this, so at this point I'll be "on the run". When I finally outrun the police, I'll be panting loudly, and have a little "breathe reprise". In the end though, I'll have the satisfaction of a good hooker, a nice run, all of which will come to a close by me watching the moon "eclipse".


And the funny thing is, my original intention was to only write the first sentence of this message and then post...