the top five greatest hits of the 1980's, according to our weekly listeners' poll:
1. stacy q - two of hearts
2. rupert holmes - answering machine
3. billy idol - blue highway
2. suicidal tendencies - institutionalized
1.and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: karla devito - we are not alone
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link
no agenda; this is what i do all day
5. jermaine stewart - the word is out
4. asia - only time will tell
3. the hooters - all you zombies
2. black flag - slip it in
1.and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: crowded house - better be home soon
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 09:25 (seven years ago) link
5. huey lewis and the news - bad is bad
4. nu shooz - point of no return
3. tiffany - could've been
2. bad brains - pay to cum
1.and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: huey lewis and the news - doing it all for my baby
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 09:44 (seven years ago) link
5. robbie nevil - wot's it to ya
4. lionel ritchie - say you, say me
3. kenny loggins - vox humana
2. the dead milkmen - bitchin' camaro
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: will to power - love your way/ freebird
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 10:16 (seven years ago) link
5. toto - i'll be over you
4. breathe - how can i fall
3. the jets - you got it all
2. mojo nixon and skid roper - elvis is everywhere
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: cutting crew - i've been in love before
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 10:44 (seven years ago) link
It gets funnier the more posts there are. A+
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 21 January 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Threads you thought were from Old Weird ILX until you noticed the date
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 21 January 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
5. morris day - oak tree
4. elvis costello and the attractions w/ darryl hall - the only flame in town
3. tina turner - typical male
2. nip divers - have you never been mellow
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: rick springfield - human touch
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 28 January 2017 05:48 (seven years ago) link
5. sheena easton- sugar walls
4. new order – the perfect kiss
3. eddy grant – electric avenue
2. the minutemen – this ain't no picnic
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: willie nelson and julio iglesias – to all the girls I have loved before
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 January 2017 06:39 (seven years ago) link
5. chicago -you're the inspiration
4. billy ocean - suddenly
3. peter cetera and amy grant - next time i fall
2. ministry - stigmata
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: glen frey - you belong to the city
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 28 January 2017 09:17 (seven years ago) link
there's beauty up above, and things we never take notice of, motherfuckers
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 28 January 2017 09:26 (seven years ago) link
5. survivor - burning heart
4. the bangles - in your room
3. johnny hates jazz - turn back the clock
2. the dickies - stukas over disneyleand
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: culture club - the war song
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:00 (seven years ago) link
i don't know how anyone else remembers this, but for what i think is the strange attractor i'm revolving around, willie and julio is a+. always on my mind and on the road again are timeless classics, even if i'd forgotten them or forgotten that willie nelson was more or less an actual pop star of the 80s variety for a bit outside of his outlaw country or iconic american songwriter status. to all the girls is just an ok or even pretty good but not great song that had a respectable pop culture presence for a period but i totally forgot about it because, not big 80s canon but also not hey guys, lol 80s. the war song is lol 80s because we already know that war is stupid and people are stupid, a better choice would have been move away or miss me blind imo, but i put war song in at no. 1 for comedy reasons, i felt the list needed to go there instead of back down to move away. karma chameleon, do you really want to hurt me, or time (clock of the heart) are straight classics, i'll punch you right in the grocery basket if you disagree, love is love is too obscure, i have to strain too much to recall it having any valence, church of the poison mind is a lost classic since it should be canon but most civilians wouldn't cite it off the top of their heads if they had to run down culture club's unimpeachable contributions to western arts and society. it's a miracle, i don't know how to categorize that one. all i know is that dreams are made of emotion.
like there's classics canon > lost/ obscure classics/ nerd stuff that's part of the fabric but too finely woven for general discernment/ remembrance > herman mehville, where we all lived in the how's the water/ what's water sense > lol bad taste so resultantly elevated to classic representation of the time period in question > dustbin of never was.
― slugbuggy, Sunday, 5 February 2017 11:52 (seven years ago) link
5. pat benatar - ooh ooh song
4. america - you can do magic
3. loverboy - hot girls in love
2. skinny puppy - dig it
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: billy joel - the longest time
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 4 March 2017 07:26 (seven years ago) link
5. stryper - honestly
4. jack wagner - all i need
3. billy squire - my kind of lover
2. w.a.s.p. - animal (fuck like a beast)
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: air supply - all out of love
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 4 March 2017 08:47 (seven years ago) link
5. eric carmen - make me lose control
4. young mc - principal's office
3. kenny loggins - meet me half way
2. sam kinison - wild thing
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: bad english - when i see you smile
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 4 March 2017 10:05 (seven years ago) link
5. simple minds - sanctify yourself
4. whodini - friends
3. don johnson - heartbeat
2. the cramps - can your pussy do the dog?
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: the fat boys w/ the beach boys - wipeout
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 12 August 2017 08:16 (six years ago) link
5. curiosity killed the cat - misfit
4. tiffany - i saw him standing there
3. the gap band - beep a freak
2. mission of burma - that's when i reach for my revolver
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: dennis deyoung - desert moon
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 12 August 2017 08:52 (six years ago) link
5. enuff z'nuff - fly high michelle
4. new edition - mr. telephone man
3. gtr - when the heart rules the mind
2. agent orange - everything turns grey
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: debarge - who's holding donna now?
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 12 August 2017 09:35 (six years ago) link
5. winger - madelaine
4. device - hanging on a heart attack
3. pseudo echo - living in a dream
2. the sisters of mercy - lucretia my reflection
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: klymaxx - meeting in the ladies room
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 12 August 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
5. Samantha Gilles - Let Me Feel It
4. Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira
3. Antena - Camino Del Sol
2. Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: Charanjit Singh - Raga Malkauns
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 12 August 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
5. chicago - along comes a woman
4. times two - cecilia
3. bruce willis - respect yourself
2. squirrel bait - hammering so hard
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: ronnie milsap - stranger in my house
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 29 April 2023 09:14 (one year ago) link
5. elton john - nikita
4. sheena easton - sugar walls
3. sheena easton - the lover in me
2. bauhaus - in the flat field
1. and coming in at number one for the thirty-second consecutive week, the most popular hit of the decade of the 1980s: paul mccartney - spies like us
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 29 April 2023 10:13 (one year ago) link