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

[AMDJunkie]

Talking Heads, cant forget them... Hint: Try Once in a Lifetime, Take Me to the River, And She Was, and Wild Wild Life.

 

[Chef0083]

99 Luft Balloons..... Godfinger did a KICK aSS Version of that song....

 

[Raspewtin]

That song "Come on Eileen" was cool. No Doubt did a cool version of that.

 

[NFS4]

Take on Me used to be my favorite song back in the day

 

[Chef0083]

I think your thinking of Save Ferris on the "Come on Eileen" cover.......

 

[BigSmooth]

Raspewtin - I didn't know No Doubt remade that song... are you sure you're not thinking of Save Ferris? They sound somewhat alike... ska bands with female singers.

<edit>chef, ya beat me to it. </edit>

 

[Raspewtin]

Oh ya, that's right. It was Save Ferris. My musical knowledge is abysmal.

 

[Chef0083]

No Biggee man,, they would be very eas to confuse considering Save Ferris is not very well known and they sound alot like No Doubt.

 

[SuperGroove]

I love Save Ferris

Anyways:

Sweet Dreams: Eurythmics
Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives me Crazy
Roxette: She's got the Looks
Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence

Almost anything by the Cure

Umm... that song Shattered Dreams...I forget who it's by though.

 

[atom]

Depeche Mode: Shake the Disease
INXS : Never Tear us Apart
OMD : If you leave
New Order : Bizzare Love Triangle
Tears for Fears : Head over Heels

Of course, how can we forget &quot;Party all the time&quot; by Eddie Murphy and &quot;heartbeat&quot; by Don Johnson?

There was this one song my friend liked a lot, &quot;I can dream about you&quot; (it was part of a big movie), but I can't remember the artist.

EDIT Out of curiosity, what did you all think about &quot;Died in you arms&quot; by cutting crew?

 

[Jumpem]

Anything from Metallica's 80's albums is all you need:
Kill 'em All
Ride The Lightning
Master Of Puppets
...And Justice For All

 

[Yeeny]

I loved Died In Your Arms, its one of my favorite 80's song. And White Wedding is another one. What about Fleetwood Mac? They had some good songs in the 80's, but now my mind is blank trying to think of the names...

Atom: That song was from Eddie and the Cruisers, or Street's of Fire, but I cannot remember the name! It sucks being sick...

 

[kami]

My favorite 80s band is U2...even though they have lots of 90s stuff as well. Thats about as far back as I'll go!

 

[Champo41]

Any more? I've got around 4 so far...

Who sang &quot;Lady in Red?&quot; Hehehe

 

[DaveJ]

allan120: That song you were thinking of is Promise, by When in Rome... took me a while, but the band name finally hit me...

Dave

 

[Yeeny]

Chris Deburgh sang Lady In Red Champo. That is my husbands and my song.

 

[JawaJedi]

oh c'mon, what about The Vapors-Turning Japanese? (LOL... please tell me you all know what that song is about ) and of course don't forget Duran Duran...
-JawaJedi

 

[Gizmology]

Tears for Fears: Shout

or

Whitesnake: Here I go Again

-Giz

 

[Eli]

Master of Puppets is the best 80s song.

 

[Jokersmoker]

Oldies Redone,La Bamba,Locomotion,and I think were alone now!
Also songs like Hot Hot Hot,and Kokomo

 

[apoppin]

Don't forget The FIXX (Red Skies at Night)

or INXS (Don't Change)

or Blondie (Heart of Glass/Rapture)

naturally, The Cure (A Forest)

The B-52's had much good music as did The Cult.

And that's just some good &quot;alternative&quot; 80s (not yet mentioned).

I just couldn't do ONE 80's CD - maybe on DVD.

 

[allan120]

Thanks DaveJ...I have the song, just too lazy to look it up. Have to toss in a few more songs: &quot;Always on My Mind&quot; by Pet Shop Boys (I think that was in the 80's), &quot;Spin Me Round&quot; by uh...too lazy to check..., &quot;Time to Remember&quot; by Billy Joel (any Billy Joel is good), and Extreme's &quot;More than Words&quot;...

 

[Opinionated]

What was that song by the Outfield?

Burning down the House by ?

Dang it. I'm no good at remembering groups and song titles... Can sing 'em word for word when I hear 'em, just can't recall any of them....

Musta been all that studying clogging up my brain.... Yeah, that's it.

Opinionated

 

[yllus]

For your own sake, you must check out:

Europe - The Final Countdown
Duran Duran - Come Undone
Cutting Crew - Died In Your Arms

This has been a great thread for me to look up other songs to downl...er, buy the CD for.

Edit: &quot;Spin Me Round&quot; is by the group Dead or Alive.
Edit: A great version of &quot;Come On Eileen&quot; is done by Save Ferris.

 

[KidViciou$]

GENESIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i LOVE old genesis songs, as well as old phil collins songs.