"Take on Me": Possible the best 80's song?

[Champo41]

IMO, it is! I'm compiling an 80's CD and this will definitely be the first track, but what else should I put on there?

What's the name of the song (help Dennis) where it says "I missed the rains down in Africa...", that was a great 80's song too!

 

[Engine]

"Come Sail Away."
That's one that you should definitely include.

 

[Isla]

Mr Isla would agree with you on Take On Me.

That would be Africa by Toto, no?

How about "Melt With You" by Bad English (I think?)

 

[403Forbidden]

Vacation - Go Go's

 

[AMDJunkie]

There's no Police? What about Message in a Bottle or Roxanne? And I do believe Love Shack was from the eighties!

 

[Jazar]

Champ... The song is called "Africa" by Toto.

I always get a kick out of Men Without Hat's "Safety Dance". Hilarous video with the midget.

 

[oldandquitemad]

867 5309 (Jenny)- tommy tutone
I Ran - flock of seagulls
Harden My Heart - quarterflash


That is ToTo, as the questionably icon'd Isla points out. (and jazar too!)

 

[Locutus of Board]

Yes!

I've seen some changes, and it's getting better all the time.
There's nothing you and I won't do.
I'll stop the world and melt with you
Dreams of better lives the kind which never hate
Wrapped in a state of imaginary grace
I've made a pilgrimage to save the human race
Never comprehending the race had long gone byyy

(From memory so don't flame me for lyric mistakes)

 

[AMDJunkie]

If you can find it, try getting the live version of U2's Party Girl.

 

[BoberFett]

You can use the Time Life website to compile lists of popular songs, they've already done much of the work for you.

Here's a start

 

[Raspewtin]

If you were into the British Alternative scene, don't forget Depeche Mode, Erasure, and New Order.

Locutus,

Isn't that Modern English's I Melt With You.

 

[Isla]

evil monk

Modern English, Bad English, whatever! I am old and can't remember.

Depeche Mode Violator is in my list of top 3 fave albums of all time.

edit: and yes, LOB.... awesome tune. Makes me feel all.... teenager-ish again! Whee!

Let's go TP someone's house!

 

[BigSmooth]

Billy Joel!! He is the eighties! And he actually made good music, too.

 

[GT1999]

As I recall, MxPx did a version of "Take on Me" just a few years ago. It's got that nice punk feel to it. The original was even better! Great song.

 

[dennilfloss]

I have some ass laminating to go do for the Borg at my university but I'll be back later this evening with a couple hundred 80s best songs for you (like I did for someone's disco CD). BTW, I rank Take On Me as one of the all time most annoying videos, worse than Cry by Godley and Creme. In the meantime, IMO, the best 80s song is

White Wedding (Billy Idol)

 

[Chef0083]

Geekish Thoughts:
Actually that was Real Big Fish.. but you know,, there about the same...

 

[allan120]

I have an 80's compilation CD and I made Take on Me the first song also... I also like Spandau Ballet's True...Melt with You... that one song that goes "I'm sorry but I'm just thinkin' of the right words to say, I know they don't sound the way I plan them to be, but if you wait around a while, something something, I promise you, I promise you I will."

 

[AMDJunkie]

Sh!t, dennil just put me to shame, especially in front of my Billy Idol MP3 collection. You got to get Rebel Yell, Damncing with Myself, and Flesh for Fantasy.

 

[Raspewtin]

Wasn't Stairway to Heaven by GnR, also? I remember in Wayne's World, they had a big sign in the guitar shop (NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN) lol.

You guys think you know you're eighties bands? Take this quiz and see.

I got 70%. Barely passed. Just like in the eighties! ... and the ninties, etc



Isla,

Oops, didn't see your post, wasn't trying to correct you. I must have sounded like a jerk. Sorry

 

[Chef0083]

Stairway to Hevaen was Led Zepplin Buddy...............

 

[Chooie]

Gunners? Stairway? Whaa?!?!


I like the Reel Big Fish version of "Take on Me" better Billy Joel's "The Longest Time" is another great 80's hit

 

[brassmonkey7]

yeah that's a cool song, Crowded House: don't dream it's over rocks....
the safety dance is cool too,

 

[BigSmooth]

Spelling corrections: it's actually "Reel Big Fish", "Spandau Ballet", and "Led Zeppelin". Don't want anyone doing an incorrect search anywhere.

 

[GT1999]

<< Geekish Thoughts:
Actually that was Real Big Fish.. but you know,, there about the same... >>



Indeed, and MxPx also did a version of it. I wondered myself until I found it in my MP3 collection - I'm playing it right now ...

 

[Raspewtin]

<< Wasn't Stairway to Heaven by GnR, also? >>




Sorry. I didn't know it was Led Zeppelin.