The 80's POX

And now to my list:

JAMC - Never Understand
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Salt n Pepa - Push It
New Order - True Faith
Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Young MC - Bust A Move
Prince - When Doves Cry
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Sembello - Maniac

― daavid, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

what about english beat "save it for later" folks?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

kate bush - cloudbusting
tullio de piscopo - stop bajon
pet shop boys - west end girls
electronic - getting away with it
mr fingers - what about this love
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
loose ends - hangin on a string
prince - mountains
madonna - live to tell
abc - the look of love

― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Prince - Take Me With U
The Blue Nile - Easter Parade
Meat Puppets - Hot Pink
Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
Minutemen - Cut
Thomas Dolby - Weightless
Talk Talk - Desire
Shriekback - The Only Thing That Shines
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Robyn Hitchcock - Out Of The Picture

― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

K, second attempt?

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
The Cure - A Forest
Depeche Mode - Never let me down again
Liquid Liquid - Optimo
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
Madonna - Into the Groove
Nancy Sesay & the Melodaires - C'est Fab
Rheingold - Dreiklangs-Dimensionen
Sugarcubes - Birthday

― Moka, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

Still missed Bauhaus, Tom Waits, Prince, ESG, King Sunny Ade...

― Moka, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's basically impossible. I chose to think only of song-y stuff.

― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
The Psychedelic Furs - So Run Down
Prince - Head
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
Pixies - Vamos
Live Skull - Alive Again
Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day
Sonic Youth - Kotton Krown
the CURE - A Few Hours After This
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause

― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

kate bush - cloudbusting
tullio de piscopo - stop bajon
pet shop boys - west end girls
electronic - getting away with it
mr fingers - what about this love
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
loose ends - hangin on a string
prince - mountains
madonna - live to tell
abc - the look of love

This is an awesome list! Bonus points for including "Stop Bajon", and that particular Prince song.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

thanks man.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

twist and crawl - english beat
sole salvation - english beat
spy in the house of love - the dB's
holiday (12" version) - Madonna
six months in a leaky boat - split enz
i found that essence rare - Go4
a month of sundays - Henley
i could never take the place of your man - Prince
i will dare - the replacements

this is so impossible i'm leaving out #10 in memory of all the ones that i'll think about later

― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Coati Mundi - Que Pasa/Me No Pop I
The Cure - A Few Hours After This*
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Teddy Pendergrass - Dream Girl
Diana Ross- My Old Piano
Sparks - Funny Face
Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen

*Woah — I didn't even see someone else put this on their list before I made it!

― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm expecting A Few Hours After This to place pretty high in The Cure poll in a couple of weeks.

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

1981: "The Birdie Song"
1982: "Superman (Gioca Jouer)" (UK #9)
1983: "Hey You"
1984: "Agadoo" (UK #2)
1984: "Do The Conga" (UK #10)
1985: "El Vino Collapso" (UK #42)
1985: "I Speaka Da Lingo" (UK #49)
1985: "Hokey Cokey" (UK #31)
1986: "Viva La Mexico"
1986: "Wig Wam Bam" (UK #63)
1989: "Die You Fat Goth Cunt"

― Vermicious Knid A (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:16 (11 months ago) Permalink

For reference - Pazz & Jop's top singles for every year of the decade:

1980 Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
1981 Laurie Anderson - O Superman
1982 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
1983 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
1984 Prince - When Doves Cry
1985 Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
1986 Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
1987 Prince - Sign O' the Times
1988 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
1989 Public Enemy - Fight the Powe

― Moka, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:48 (11 months ago) Permalink

can not do this, though wkiw Moka listening to choons.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:49 (11 months ago) Permalink

Yikes, this is hard.

1980 Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
1981 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
1982 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
1983 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
1984 Prince - When Doves Cry
1985 The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
1986 Cameo - Word Up!
1986 The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
1987 Salt N Pepa - Push It
1988 Leonard Cohen - I Can't Forget

― o. nate, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:53 (11 months ago) Permalink