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80s pop

It cheers me up in these troubled times. I was a kid in the 80s so for me it was a more innocent decade. What are your favorites?

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by Anonymousreply 85May 24, 2020 12:26 PM

[quote]I was a kid in the 80s so for me it was a more innocent decade.

& I wasn't

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by Anonymousreply 1May 1, 2020 5:04 AM

D Train!

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by Anonymousreply 2May 1, 2020 5:07 AM

[quote] I was a kid in the 80s so for me it was a more innocent decade.

I'm gay so it was the worst, least innocent of decades. ANY other era was better.

& pop music was cheap sounding

by Anonymousreply 3May 1, 2020 5:09 AM

The best era ever

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by Anonymousreply 4May 1, 2020 5:11 AM

[quote]The best era ever

When you have low standards.

by Anonymousreply 5May 1, 2020 5:12 AM

‘Cruel Summer’ is a completely accurate way to describe my memory of that time. Things got better for me in ‘85. I met my partner that August and we rode out the 80s, 90s...the crisis, together. It’ll be 35 years in August.

by Anonymousreply 6May 1, 2020 5:19 AM

I was in middle school in the 80s, but the music still makes me so happy. George Michael, Whitney Houston, David Bowie...it was a crappy time in my life but the upbeat music still makes me want to dance.

by Anonymousreply 7May 1, 2020 5:19 AM

R7, please wake me up before you go go.

by Anonymousreply 8May 1, 2020 5:23 AM

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by Anonymousreply 9May 1, 2020 6:16 PM

Wow thanks R9 - really captures how totally fantastic pop music was in the 80s!!

by Anonymousreply 10May 1, 2020 6:20 PM

Glorious days. The first glimpse we got of George...

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by Anonymousreply 11May 1, 2020 6:30 PM

Pure joy!

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by Anonymousreply 12May 15, 2020 7:42 PM

Here, OP - so you don't waste other's time. Thread on 80s music.

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by Anonymousreply 13May 15, 2020 7:49 PM

A gloom and doom break is healthy. Don’t be pissy, R13.

by Anonymousreply 14May 15, 2020 9:05 PM

Hall & Oates

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by Anonymousreply 15May 15, 2020 9:09 PM

R4 The 1980s had it's fair share of good to great music but it was by no means the best era for popular music. That was the mid 1960s - about 1980. The bets acts of the 1980s were arguably The Smiths, and REM.

by Anonymousreply 16May 15, 2020 9:34 PM

Loved the videos. Most didn't make any sense, but................

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by Anonymousreply 17May 15, 2020 9:50 PM

A favorite

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by Anonymousreply 18May 15, 2020 9:51 PM

If you haven’t seen Sing Street and want a fun visit to the 80s it’s def a good one to watch!

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by Anonymousreply 19May 15, 2020 9:54 PM

And yes, I know that’s not a song from the 80s. ^^

by Anonymousreply 20May 15, 2020 9:56 PM

Gorgeous song and vocals

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by Anonymousreply 21May 15, 2020 9:59 PM

Spandau Ballet “Gold”

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by Anonymousreply 22May 15, 2020 10:01 PM

I didn’t fully appreciate the 80s culture until it was gone. I remember feeling it slipping away starting in 1989. George HW Bush stole my 80s.

The Jets - Crush on You

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by Anonymousreply 23May 15, 2020 10:02 PM

Madonna before she became a caricature of herself.

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by Anonymousreply 24May 15, 2020 10:06 PM

I’m going to have to come back to this thread. You guys always have great music suggestions. I’m just not having a good day, and these songs are making me miss a time when life was happier for me. The 80s definitely had their problems, but they were much better than this bleak dystopian mess.

Yeah, I know, MARY...

by Anonymousreply 25May 15, 2020 10:10 PM

*hugs* to R25. It was a totally different time, wasn’t it? It seems a lifetime ago for me....

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by Anonymousreply 26May 15, 2020 10:16 PM

I first heard, and saw the video of, Bananarama’s Love in the First Degree at the local bathhouse I frequented.

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by Anonymousreply 27May 15, 2020 10:21 PM

Loved this one. 820 million views, not bad.

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by Anonymousreply 28May 15, 2020 10:38 PM

Love this.

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by Anonymousreply 29May 16, 2020 3:15 AM

Classic

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by Anonymousreply 30May 16, 2020 3:25 AM

Haunting

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by Anonymousreply 31May 16, 2020 6:07 AM

I still listen to this song on the regular, it's so great

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by Anonymousreply 32May 16, 2020 6:13 AM

R18 I was OBSESSED with The Ocean Blue and that album!!!!!! Such lush, innocent, sweeping, melodic moods. Roadtripped with my drama club besties to pilgrimage to see them open up for The Mighty Lemondrops when I was 15. Amazing times. They were so young, practically teenagers, upon reflection. Adorable boys.

There's no good reason for things to have turned to such shit in every dimension of life and music like they are now. I guess capitalism and greed killed everyone's joy buzz.

by Anonymousreply 33May 16, 2020 6:17 AM

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by Anonymousreply 34May 16, 2020 6:33 AM

I was in pre-elementary and 1st grade when this song was popular!

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by Anonymousreply 35May 16, 2020 7:05 AM

I find myself enjoying more obscure 80s songs, and that’s why I love these threads. Songs that were popular in one country are virtually unknown in others, so you discover some good tracks here.

Many of the more popular songs from the 80s were so overplayed back then I can’t stand them when I hear them on 80s radio, while others I didn’t care for back then I’ve learned to appreciate.

This is one of them, although I’ve always loved The Pretenders.

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by Anonymousreply 36May 16, 2020 7:16 AM

Great song

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by Anonymousreply 37May 16, 2020 8:04 AM

Gosh I loved the 80's. It was an incredible time to slowly exit the closet for a young gayling like myself.

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by Anonymousreply 38May 16, 2020 9:14 AM

A campy favorite!

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by Anonymousreply 39May 16, 2020 11:38 PM

I used to lay down and swing my legs like the girls in this video.

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by Anonymousreply 40May 19, 2020 11:18 PM

This was a good one

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by Anonymousreply 41May 19, 2020 11:24 PM

And this

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by Anonymousreply 42May 19, 2020 11:25 PM

This too

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by Anonymousreply 43May 19, 2020 11:27 PM

Jangle-pop

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by Anonymousreply 44May 19, 2020 11:30 PM

Que-sera que-sera

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by Anonymousreply 45May 19, 2020 11:32 PM

This of course

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by Anonymousreply 46May 19, 2020 11:48 PM
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by Anonymousreply 47May 19, 2020 11:49 PM

I love that song too, R18.

Not many people remember this little 80s gem, but it perks me up every time.

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by Anonymousreply 48May 19, 2020 11:58 PM

Living in Oblivion.

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by Anonymousreply 49May 19, 2020 11:59 PM

We can’t forget Kelly Marie.

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by Anonymousreply 50May 20, 2020 12:00 AM

The Cramps: Can your pussy do the dog?

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by Anonymousreply 51May 20, 2020 12:40 AM

1982 Quarterflash

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by Anonymousreply 52May 20, 2020 2:37 AM
by Anonymousreply 53May 20, 2020 2:33 PM

Falco

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by Anonymousreply 54May 20, 2020 5:35 PM

Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton - XTC

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by Anonymousreply 55May 20, 2020 5:47 PM

Everything Counts

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by Anonymousreply 56May 20, 2020 5:48 PM

‘Til Tuesday and Voices Carry

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by Anonymousreply 57May 20, 2020 5:53 PM

More Cyndi Lauper...

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by Anonymousreply 58May 21, 2020 9:39 PM

Falco Der Kommissar

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by Anonymousreply 59May 21, 2020 9:44 PM

London Boys Requiem

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by Anonymousreply 60May 21, 2020 9:47 PM

Donna Summer This time I know it's for real

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by Anonymousreply 61May 21, 2020 9:48 PM

Love Falco!

by Anonymousreply 62May 21, 2020 9:50 PM

Irene Cara Fame

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by Anonymousreply 63May 21, 2020 9:52 PM

Laura Branigan

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by Anonymousreply 64May 21, 2020 9:54 PM

It's nice to see pretty young women in music videos not dressed like strippers and whores.

by Anonymousreply 65May 22, 2020 12:19 AM

Nik Kershaw

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by Anonymousreply 66May 22, 2020 8:59 AM

Eartha Kitt

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by Anonymousreply 67May 22, 2020 9:00 AM

France Gall and Ella, elle l'a

by Anonymousreply 68May 22, 2020 9:02 AM

FOogot to post link!!

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by Anonymousreply 69May 22, 2020 9:14 AM

This song from 1981 made me fall in love with John Humphreys from Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark. The melody is still haunting and beautiful, and reminds me of the teen I was then.

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by Anonymousreply 70May 22, 2020 10:59 AM

Anyone remember this one?

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by Anonymousreply 71May 23, 2020 8:00 AM

Another great album

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by Anonymousreply 72May 23, 2020 8:02 AM

The album Two Wheels Good by Prefab Sprout is an album I still listen to. Such a gorgeous collection of songs.

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by Anonymousreply 73May 23, 2020 8:07 AM

Sign O The Times was so good!

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by Anonymousreply 74May 23, 2020 8:09 AM

R71 I saw Curiosity Killed the Cat ages ago at The Cat Club (I think that was the name at that time) and had a huge crush on the lead singer for weeks after.

by Anonymousreply 75May 23, 2020 8:10 AM

I have grown to love this and it doesn’t sound that dated.

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by Anonymousreply 76May 23, 2020 8:12 AM

R76 they were cute—I remember I had their album on cassette!

by Anonymousreply 77May 23, 2020 8:12 AM

Oops sorry I meant r75

by Anonymousreply 78May 23, 2020 8:13 AM

Another great song and album!

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by Anonymousreply 79May 23, 2020 8:16 AM

"Her dress is as tacky as your suit!" - Is that line from an '80s comedy?

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by Anonymousreply 80May 23, 2020 7:36 PM

I had this on 45. Remember dancing to it at clubs.

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by Anonymousreply 81May 23, 2020 10:54 PM

Upbeat 80s was fun!

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by Anonymousreply 82May 23, 2020 10:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 83May 23, 2020 11:40 PM

This song saved me growing up!

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by Anonymousreply 84May 24, 2020 6:37 AM

This song saved me FROM growing up.

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by Anonymousreply 85May 24, 2020 12:26 PM
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