Can anyone give me the names of some good 80's music for work?!
Question: Rock the casbah and some billy joel music is my favorite.
Heres some more.
http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.htm...
http://www.80sxchange.com/radio.htm
Answers: Rock the casbah and some billy joel music is my favorite.
Heres some more.
http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.htm...
http://www.80sxchange.com/radio.htm
big love? fleetwood mac?
boys boys boys (see clip on you tube)
Depending on what kind of music you like:
Cindy Lauper
Gloria Estefan
DuranDuran
Sinead O'connor
Toto
Journey
Kylie Minogue
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Thompson Twins
Flock of seagulls
Yazoo
Simple minds
I could go on, but I'm sure someone else will.
I'm a big fan of Journey - and although their music isn't typically associated with JUST the 80s, I love Heart!
Duran Duran, Madonna, Michael Jackson, The Cure, The Go-Go's, New Order, Culture Club, Wham!, The Clash, The Smiths...that's al I can think of right now...Oh! The B-52's
*Warrant
*Bon Jovi
*Def Leppard
*AC/DC
*Guns 'N' Roses
*Duran Duran
*Van Halen
*Twisted Sister
*Kiss
*Motley Crue
The list goes on!
Manic Monday by the Bangles! (it's all about the work day!)
Def Leppard, Journey.
I don't know if all of these are 80's but these are my favorite oldies bands:
the cure
depeche mode
heart
bon jovi
ac/dc
boston
the cars
def leopard
guns & roses
led zeppelin
morrissey
tears for fears
oh and johnny cash
there are many more but i cant think of them right now, but i know all of these have great songs that you can jam out to at work!! have fun!! i love the oldies
Some of these are off the beaten track but they are all good songs, ummmmmm, to me anyway, hope you like some of them : )
"Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red
"Better Be Home Soon" by Crowded House
"Hymn to Her" by The Pretenders
"Rise" by Public Image Limited
"Wishful Thinking" by China Crisis
"Killermont Street" by Aztec Camera
"Just What I Needed" by The Cars
"E = MC2" by Big Audio Dynamite
"She's Leaving" by OMD
"Vive Le Rock" by Adam Ant
"True Faith" by New Order
"Freeze Frame" by J Geils Band
"Going Underground" by The Jam
"Ca Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand (covered later by Sonic Youth)
"Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie
"Live It Up" by Mental As Anything
"She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult
"Special Brew" by Bad Manners
"Jericho" by Simply Red
"Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello
"New England" by Kristy MacColl
"Senses Working Overtime" by XTC
"Too Much Too Young' by The Specials
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
"Souvenir" by OMD
"Forever Live And Die" by OMD
"Rock Lobster" by The B52s
"I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
"Stop" by Sam Brown
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
"Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's
"I Melt With You" by Modern English (always wrongly attributed to The Cure or someone else!)
"Alphabet Street" by Prince
"Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
"Happy When It Rains" by The Jesus & Mary Chain
"As Yet Untitled" by Terence Trent D'Arby
"The Unforgettable Fire" by U2
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
"Hold On Tight" by ELO
"Life In A Northern Town" by Dream Academy
"About You" by The Jesus & Mary Chain
"It's Tricky" by Run DMC
"Purple Rain" by Prince
"Religion" by Elton John
"Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
"Geno" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
"Doors Of Your Heart" by The Beat
"The Bitterest Pill" by The Jam
"White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash
As others have said, it really depends on your taste. You might start at the link below.
I'll list a few of what I *personally* consider worthwhile from that decade but you may differ:
Fleetwood Mac
Journey
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Hall and Oates
Tom Petty
John (Cougar) Mellencamp
New Order
Peter Gabriel (the album SO specifically)
Cyndi Lauper
Eurythmics (listened to their GREATEST HITS a few weeks back and it still plays well..)
Doubtless there are others but those are the ARTISTS I tend to like...a lot of the other "good stuff" is just a song here and there from the albums.
Fleetwood Mac :~
Gypsy
Hold On
Tango in the Night {album ~ includes 'Big Love', 'Everywhere' and 'Seven Wonders'}
No Questions Asked
Stevie Nicks :~
Edge of Seventeen
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Leather and Lace
Outside the Rain
Wild Heart
If Anyone Falls
Stand Back
I Can't Wait
Rock A Little
Rooms on Fire
Long Way to Go
Whole Lotta Trouble
Robert Palmer :~
Addicted to Love
Simply Irresistable
Bad Case of Loving You
Some Like It Hot {The Power Station}
Some Guys Have All the Luck
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Looking For Clues
The Police :~
Message in a Bottle
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
So Lonely
Roxanne
Can't Stand Losing You
Walking On the Moon
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Every Breath You Take
Belinda Carlisle :~
Heaven Is A Place on Earth
Circle in the Sand
I Get Weak
Summer Rain
Leave A Light On
Runaway Horses
(We Want) The Same Thing
Dire Straits :~
Money for Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
Tunnel of Love
Expresso Love
Love Over Gold
Walk of Life
Your Latest Trick
So Far Away
The Cult :~
Go West
Horse Nation
Love {album ~ includes 'She Sells Sanctuary' and 'Rain'}
Wild Flower
Lil Devil
Love Removal Machine
Fire Woman
Sweet Soul Sister
Eurythmics :~
Sweet Dreams
Who's That Girl?
Love Is A Stranger
Here Comes the Rain Again
Right By Your Side
Would I Lie To You
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
When Tomorrow Comes
Missionary Man
Angel
Don't Ask Me Why
Mike Oldfield :~
Family Man
Moonlight Shadow
Five Miles Out
Mistake
Shadow on the Wall
Crime of Passion
Tricks of the Light
Earth Moving
Innocent
Duran Duran :~
Rio
Hungry Like the Wolf
The Reflex
View to A Kill
Girls On Film
All She Wants Is
Come Undone
Ordinary World
Phil Collins :~
In the Air Tonight
You Can't Hurry Love
A Groovy Kind of Love
Two Hearts
Easy Lover
Against All Odds
I Wish It Would Rain Down
Another Day in Paradise
Queen :~
Another One Bites the Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Under Pressure
Radio Ga Ga
I Want to Break Free
One Vision
A Kind of Magic
I Want It All
Sweet Child O Mine ~ Guns N' Roses
Livin' On A Prayer ~ Bon Jovi
You Give Love A Bad Name ~ Bon Jovi
Love Is A Battlefield ~ Pat Benatar
All Fired Up ~ Pat Benatar
Modern Girl ~ Meat Loaf
Nowhere Fast ~ Meat Loaf
Good Girls Go To Heaven ~ Pandora's Box
It's All Coming Back to Me Now ~ Pandora's Box
Holding Out For A Hero ~ Bonnie Tyler
Rebel Yell ~ Billy Idol
White Wedding ~ Billy Idol
Word Up ~ Cameo
One In Ten ~ UB40
Alone ~ Big Country
Africa ~ Toto
Atomic ~ Blondie
The Tide is High ~ Blondie
Run To You ~ Bryan Adams
Summer of 69 ~ Bryan Adams
Heaven ~ Bryan Adams
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
I Drove All Night ~ Cyndi Lauper {or Roy Orbison}
Poison ~ Alice Cooper
Stand & Deliver ~ Adam and The Ants
Sign Your Name ~ Terence Trent D'Arby
Purple Rain ~ Prince
When Doves Cry ~ Prince
Ghost Town ~ The Specials
Down Under ~ Men At Work
Take My Breath Away ~ Berlin
Danger Zone ~ Kenny Loggins
Footloose ~ Kenny Loggins
I Will Not Go Quietly ~ Don Henley
We Are Not Alone ~ Karla DeVito
Didn't I Tell You ~ Joyce Kennedy
Gold ~ Spandau Ballet
True ~ Spandau Ballet
Dancing In the Dark ~ Bruce Springsteen
Maniac ~ Michael Sembello
If its rock.........Motley crue,skid row,ozzy osbourne,lita ford,and lots lots more!