What is the Quintessential 80's Song?

[randallscott35]

Everybody has one song which = 80's. We aren't talking about your favorite 80's songs at all. Just which songs are the best barometers of the 80's music scene

I have 2.

-the first one is Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears---screams 80's everytime I hear it

-second is Take on Me by Aha---you have not only the song but the video which goes along with it


Honorable mention- Jesse's Girl, and Livin on a prayer

[paisjpq]

come on Eileen--dexy's midnight runners

used to have jesse's girl as the ringtone on my phone...love that song.

[GPK]

I know Im not the only guy in here that used to love it when the Whitesnake video from "Here I Go Again" would come on MTV....I swear that chick dancing on the car was staring at me the whole time through that video....

[paisjpq]

prolly the enduring 80's song would be one of the MANY annoying tunes by Madonna... material girl or like a virgin...

or cyndi lauper before she stopped letting the record company tell her what to record....

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Wake me up before you go go???

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

prolly the enduring 80's song would be one of the MANY annoying tunes by Madonna... material girl or like a virgin...

or cyndi lauper before she stopped letting the record company tell her what to record....

You know Cyndi Lauper was a hotwalker at Belmont before her career tookoff?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by T3B

I know Im not the only guy in here that used to love it when the Whitesnake video from "Here I Go Again" would come on MTV....I swear that chick dancing on the car was staring at me the whole time through that video....

Tawny Kitaen, got arrested for beating up MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. You know the sound guy for the White Sox actually got fired because he played that Whitesnake song when Chuck Finley went to take the mound for the Indians in Chicago shortly after the arrest? Talk about the management not having a sense of humor.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You know Cyndi Lauper was a hotwalker at Belmont before her career tookoff?

yup...you know she can't swim?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Tawny Kitaen, got arrested for beating up MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. You know the sound guy for the White Sox actually got fired because he played that Whitesnake song when Chuck Finley went to take the mound for the Indians in Chicago shortly after the arrest? Talk about the management not having a sense of humor.

no ****...wow.

I think the 1980's might also be the last time I listened to an entire rap album. That is when it was good and you could understand them....

now where is that Heavy D and The Boys tape when I need it????

[saucon17]

"Who can it be now"

Men at Work

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by saucon17

"Who can it be now"

Men at Work

or the other one....what was it called? I come from the land down under?

[saucon17]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

or the other one....what was it called? I come from the land down under?

I think it was called "Down Under"

[GPK]

you could choose a great many from Def Leopard as well...

[paisjpq]

let's not forget a personal favorite of mine...and included on almost any best list regardless of topic...'with or without you'

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by T3B

you could choose a great many from Def Leopard as well...

You best not be intending that sarcastically. GR loves me some Leppard.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

yup...you know she can't swim?

My dad can't swim either. That's just scary when you think of it. But there was a backstory where his sister basically threw him into the water at the beach when he was a baby and so he never learned to swim.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You best not be intending that sarcastically. GR loves me some Leppard.

Favorite Def Leopard Song

Photograph/Animal

[GPK]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You best not be intending that sarcastically. GR loves me some Leppard.

see....I knew I loved you for a reason....

sorry Todd....

[Sightseek]

Any of the Monster Ballads like Skid Row's "I Remember You"

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

My dad can't swim either. That's just scary when you think of it. But there was a backstory where his sister basically threw him into the water at the beach when he was a baby and so he never learned to swim.

george carlin says that swimming isn't a sport swimming is a way to keep from drowning...I guess I never understood what was so hard about keeping one's head above water ...
I actually don't know if she can swim...but I was told by one of her neighbors (girl I knew in college) that she couldn't.