Ok, I hope this doesn't sound corny, but the quintessential songs of the 80's can be found on the GTA Vice City soundtrack.

OK, *deep breath*
Rio, Duran Duran,
Maid of Orleans, OMD,
Hide & Seek, Howard Jones,
Let's Dance, Bowie,
(ALL BY) Queen,
(ALL BY) Ants,
TO------BE------------CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!



TO ALL ON TFS

I'm going to get laughed at, but Europe - Final Countdown. I can listen to it for hours!

Laugh at Final Countdown? NEVER, mega-song.
(ALL 80'S BY) Bon Jovi.



TO ALL ON TFS

I am an 80's Freak!!! Here goes:

If You Leave ~~ OMD
Every Rose Has Its Thorn ~~ Poison
Pour Some Sugar on Me ~~ Def Leppard
Borderline ~~ Madonna
The Greatest Love of All ~~ Whitney Houston
Time After Time ~~ Cyndi Lauper
Sara ~~ Starship


I could go on and on with this one



Its not about how hard you hit...its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward
Rocky Balboa

Tip of my 80's ice burg
i could go on all night lol
tears 4 fears/everybody wants to rule the world
Alphaville/Forever Young
Rick Astley/Never Gonna Give You Up
Bananarama/Cruel Summer
Bangles/Eternal Flame
Bon Jovi/Livin' On a Prayer
Clash/Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Cure/Lovecats
Cutting Crew/(I Just) Died in Your Arms
Terence Trent D'Arby/Wishing Well
Dire Straits/Money for Nothing
Go West – We Close Your Eyes
Mental As Anything/Live it up
Gary Numan/Cars
Pet Shop Boys/Always On My Mind
Pet Shop Boys/Suburbia
Police/Every Breath You Take
Bruce Springsteen/Dancing in the Dark
Survivor/Eye of the Tiger
Toto/Africa
Van Halen/Jump
Whitesnake/Here I Go Again

Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Run Run Away by Slade
Back In Black by AC/DC
Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds
If You Leave by OMD
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Shout At the Devil by Motley Crue
Rainbow In the Dark by Dio
Crazy Train by Ozzy

soo much more!!!

Some 'totally tubular' gems I associate with the 80s:

"Manic Monday" - The Bangles.
"Strip" - Adam Ant.
"Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco.
"Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilde.
"Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran.
"You Might Think" - The Cars.
"Round and Round" - Ratt.

I could think of tons more, but I'm dead wasted and need to sleep.

Gary Numan-Cars
Human League-Don't You Want Me
The Cure- Boys Don't Cry
Duran Duran-Rio
If You Leave-OMD (Nada Surf did a great cover of it)
Anything by The Smiths


"I'm getting around to it in my own mystical time.."

Send me an Angel by White Lion



~Deceiving Eyes

Gold - Spandau Ballet
Rio - Duran Duran
Poison Arrow - ABC


The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
- Albert Einstein

I forgot to add Taylor Dane - Tell it to my Heart



~Deceiving Eyes

To me, these are the best 80's songs.

Blondie - Call Me
Devo - Whip It
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Romantics - What I Like About You
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Blondie - Rapture
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Rush - Tom Sawyer
The Cars - Shake It Up
Van Halen - Dancing In The Street
Van Halen - Unchained
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Motley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
The Cars - Magic
Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Queen - Radio Ga-Ga
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
ZZ Top - Legs
Animotion - Obsession
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo
Motley Crüe - Home Sweet Home
Cinderella - Shake Me

And I'm sure i will think of some more later.
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Here's more!

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Genesis - Land Of Confusion
Motley Crüe - Wild Side
Poison - I Want Action
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
Cheap Trick - The Flame
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever
Poison - Your Mama Don't Dance



Don't fear the reaper.