The 80's

[ponder]

Maybe I'm just old and feeling nostalgic but those were the days.

I love the music but the music videos from that era really kick ass, you don;t see that schit anymore.

I think it's time to start a 80's music thread ;) What do the rest of you think?

[Pr⊕phet]

there are better music the 50's and 60's "ganster music" or those used in fallout 3.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX5k0F9uncE&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BPgfLQ5LA&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2SoB3RsdYs&feature=related

[copacetic]

I was a small kid in the 80's. :(

[supersunbird]

I was a small kid in the 80's. :(

Me too, who gives a ####? :D

Give me some Transvision Vamp anytime...

[Tpex]

IMO there wasn't much good music from the 80s, there was too much experimentation with new music technology which gave it a really amature sound.
70s, 60s and 50s though.... :D

[Palimino]

Maybe I'm just old and feeling nostalgic but those were the days.

The '70's. Better music than the '80's.

[Pooky]

I was not alive then.

The 20's music wins though.

[Sting]

The '70's. Better music than the '80's.

Now we're talking!

Nothing wrong with the 80's as long as you stick to the rock and metal and stay away from the pop and 'some' of the electronic stuff.

[Sting]

Just to jog your memories... Here are some of the artists/bands on my 80's playlist:

A Flock of Seagulls
ABC
AC/DC
Adam Ant
Aerosmith
A-Ha
Air Supply
Alan Parsons Project
Asia
B-52's
Beastie Boys
Berlin
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Adams
Chicago
Chris De Burgh
Crosby Stills Nash (& Young)
Culture Club
Cyndi Lauper
David Bowie
David Lee Roth
Dead Kennedys
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Dokken
Don Henley
Duran Duran
Eddy Grant
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Eric Clapton
Europe
Eurythmics
Falco
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Genesis
George Michael/Wham
George Thorogood
Guns N' Roses
Hall & Oates
Heart
Howard Jones
Huey Lewis and the News
INXS
Iron Maiden
Janet Jackson
Joan Jett
John Farnham
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
Journey
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
KISS
Level 42
Lionel Richie
Luther Vandross
Madness
Madonna
Men at Work
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Mike Oldfield
Motley Crue
Mr. Mister
New Order
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ozzy Osbourne
Pat Benatar
Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Paul Young
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Townshend
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Poison
Prince
Public Enemy
Queen
Quiet Riot
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REO Speedwagon
Richard Marx
Robert Palmer
Rod Stewart
Run-D.M.C.
Rush
Sade
Scorpions
Simple Minds
Simply Red
Slayer
Spandau Ballet
Starship
Steve Winwood
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Sting
Stray Cats
Styx
Talking Heads
Tears for Fears
Terence Trent D'arby
The Bangles
The Cars
The Clash
The Cult
The Cure
The Go-Go's
The Human League
The Jam
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Police
The Pretenders
The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
Thompson Twins
Tina Turner
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tone-Loc
Toto
Tracy Chapman
Twisted Sister
U2
UB 40
Van Halen
Violent Femmes
Whitesnake
Yes
ZZ Top

[satanboy]

You left out:
Jean Michel Jarre
Siouxsie And The Banshees:
The Cramps
Bauhaus
Crass
Public Image Limited
Sisters Of Mercy
Husker Du
The Fall
Killing Joke
Art of Noise
Foetus
The Pogues
Cocteau Twins
Visage
Thomas Dolby
Laurie Anderson
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Devo
The Beat
Talk Talk
Soft Cell
Ministry
Gary Numan

[Sting]

You left out:<snip>

Hence the word "some" in my post! Includes Megadeth... and some SA bands:
Asylum Kids
Dog Detachment
Tribe after Tribe
The Dynamics
eVoid
Via Afrika
Bright Blue
Juluka/Savuka

[hawker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2yoZpx3Lo

For the 80's kids!

[wise_guy]

I was watching the David Fincher directed Cold Hearted from Paula Abdul the other day on Youtube.Its still one of the best music videos around IMHO.

[the graduate]

Michael Jackson and Madonna..........FULL STOP!.....oh yes.....WHAM, BROS, Curiosity killed the Cat and Rick Ashley...!

[EchoZA]

I for one... Miss the 80's, but now I am showing my age!

[satanboy]

I don't miss it, per se...

newer and interesting stuff to listen to...

and Depeche Mode is still going...;)

[Leostar]

60’s to the 80’s rocked as many of those songs still rock to the extend that they remix some of them.

Some good bands music happens now and then even today. But. the songs words melodies messages of most stuff today sucks.

I try to listen as I have a teenage daughter and it gives us a common interest. Yes there are a few good songs but not like in the bad old days way back then.

[ponder]

and Depeche Mode is still going...;)

Love that band.

[Tpex]

And don't want your money baby I want your luuuurve!

[waynegohl]

80's rock that was my time too.

[ponder]

Anyone remember the late show with Barney Simon back when it was still good, lot's of SA stuff on there. The intro song to the show was Psycho Reptiles's Monster from the bog :D

[waynegohl]

the quiet storm was the best show on 5 at the time.

[Alan]

The naughties was the worst decade in the history of music.....

[MR.C]

@ the graduate, where did you graduate, I never came across rick asHley in the 80's.

Oh yes, the 80's music was the best. You hear 2 seconds of the song and you straight away know the artist and title of song and if a movie, what movie and more-or-less what year. In those days, songs used to get released at separate times for us, the US and the UK. No mp3's to download. Eish, the good old days.
2 favourite songs are 'the sun always shines on TV' by A-ha, and 'don't you forget about me' by Simple Minds from the movie The Breakfast Club. Millions of other favourites but these 2 popping into my mind right now.

[waynegohl]

when i did my national service i ask my mum to send up my 2 rap cassettes and i wore them out. i still have cassettes lying around the house from those days.

[d7e7r7]

I made a thread about old music from the 60's and the 70's... 80's are also included ;)

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/271317-Favourite-songs-(from-the-60-s-amp-70-s)

[steve-rsa]

Visage - Fade to Grey.

[Viper25]

The 90's was a pretty decent era for music as well.
From the year 2000 onwards it has been pathetic.

[ponder]

From the year 2000 onwards it has been pathetic.

All this rap, hip-hop, R&B, Guetta ft Jiveass ft Gansta crap annoys the kuk out of. Can't recall the last time I listened to the radio.

[luxe]

I've got love for you,if you were born in the 80's.

[ryu]

love the 80's movies alone were epic, i must admit i love the music as well. the dancing in the music vids always crack me up :D for those of you that have toptv check out the magic channel 504 iirc. they have some great 80's music shows.

oh and the series from the 80's were also epic ... 80's was def my fav decade, the 90's weren't bad but i agree with most forumites ... from 2000 it's been bad ...

[waynegohl]

born in 1968, i don't remember the music of the 70's but the 80's sticks with me.

[ponder]

born in 1968, i don't remember the music of the 70's but the 80's sticks with me.

I'm a few years younger but generally enjoy most music 60's - 90's, even stuff prior to that & classical music. I have an aversion to opera & most of todays crap though.

[flarkit]

Hey, if you grew up in the 80s, there's bound to be some music that makes you go nostalgic...

Depeche Mode (101 Live and Violater)
Cindi Lauper (Time after Time)
MJ (Thriller, Bad, Dangerous)
Sisters of Mercy (Floodland, Temple of Love)
Cutting Crew (Died in your Arms)
Bon Jovi (Crossroads)
Salt & Pepa (Let's talk about Sex)
Ready D (Now that we found Love)
Naughty by Nature (OPP)
Run DMC (It's like that)

[ponder]

Ready D (Now that we found Love)


Heavy D & the Boyz

[zeb]

Going to the various nightclubs in Hillbrow...those were the days :)

[flarkit]

Heavy D & the Boyz

Oooh, well spotted! My bad :)

[B@rrels]

Have you listened to www.lmradio.net They play all that type of music non-stop.

[ghoti]

The 80`s, gave us some unique music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs

[Ninja'd]

GTA Vice City made me love the 80s music.

[Palimino]

The death of LM Radio.

Gather round children. A long time ago, in the days of the dinosaurs when 8-track tapes were on the cutting edge of technology, I was doing my military service at the time of the Frelimo take-over in Mozambique. We were choppered-in to the Kruger National Park to prevent any of the Mozambique fracas from spilling over into SA (the SA/Mos. border is there). LM radio (in Mozambique) was a popular music station. We were so close that reception was outstanding. Over the radio you could hear someone pleading for SA assistance. Then the door burst open. Machine gun fire. Silence. Then a Frelimo broadcast – no cause for panic, everything was under control.


I was appalled. I asked my mom (when I got back) if she had heard it. Apparently not. It must have been only a short-range broadcast. No one else in SA had heard anything untoward on LM radio.
Lorenco Marques (LM) was renamed Maputo. LM radio and a good music station died back in the day.

[syntax]

90's was the music era for me...
however i do still sing jenny jenny 8675309 and we can dance if we want to, we can leave our friends behind!!!

[ponder]

Yeah, dig that Men without hats song.

[Nanfeishen]

Just to jog your memories... Here are some of the artists/bands on my 80's playlist:

snip...



You have a number of artists from the 70's in that list

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists70s.html

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs70s.html

[Tpex]

The 90's was a pretty decent era for music as well.
From the year 2000 onwards it has been pathetic.
you listen to the wrong type of music, just because its on the radio doesn't mean its the only music...


GTA Vice City made me love the 80s music.
+1
that and my father

[Sting]

You have a number of artists from the 70's in that list

Yeah, and some are even from the 60's !!! It's that they still released songs in the 80's... check those same lists for their songs in the 80's. :D (and 90's and 21st century!!!)

[Nothxkbi]

Going to fire off a few personal nostalgic classics if I may :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vQP_RFccY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4wa-432xQ



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNKbHJ3PTu4

[Alan]

Great song from the 80s for the posse.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9852hq0W0

[ponder]

Going to fire off a few personal nostalgic classics if I may :)


Underneath the radar was cool.

[waynegohl]

Underneath the radar was cool.

agree.

i have plenty 80's videos here on my mp4 and pc somewhere.

[geezer]

Lest we not forget Yazoo. Upstairs at Eric's (1982) and You and Me Both (1983) were excellent albums. Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet were brilliant!

[waynegohl]

Lest we not forget Yazoo. Upstairs at Eric's (1982) and You and Me Both (1983) were excellent albums. Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet were brilliant!

All cried out by Alison Moyet is an awesome song.

[Shake&Bake]

Heehee.

The thread title brought to mind Jack Parow's song, "I miss" - check it out if you haven't heard it already :D

[TheHiveMind]

The Pixies single handedly saved the 80's and made it all worth while ^_~

[SEF]

Maybe I'm just old and feeling nostalgic but those were the days.

I love the music but the music videos from that era really kick ass, you don;t see that schit anymore.

I think it's time to start a 80's music thread ;) What do the rest of you think?

The 80's were magical. Best ever time to grow up :)

[Tosser]

Nice thread – I often wondered what it would have been like to have grown up in the 60’s, but I didn’t mind the 80’s at all. I enjoyed the music from the 70’s through to the 90’s, but must admit it went a bit pear shaped for me after that.

I remember:

Watching e-void and others at the ( Ottery I think) Hypermarket parking lot

Barny Simon at the Doors in JHB

Dancing at midnight to “just cant get enough” at (s)limelight in Pretoria

Staying up to listen to the Rock Professor ( Oom Chris, how I miss your show!) Saying I learnt a lot from him would be a major understatement.

Visiting Rocky Street in it’s hey-day, in Yeoville

Bumping away at Bella’s in Hillbrow, and eating disgusting boerewors rolls on the pavement at 4am

The exhilaration & apprehension when visiting that “alternative” club in Woodstock – anyone remember the name, was it the Galaxy maybe? Sjoe, was it Tramps in Voortrekker Road those days? What was the names of the clubs in Cape Town – their names elude me now, but I think they were in or near Riebeek Street.

Grabbin chow at 2am at the Diz in Cape Town

Visiting the Southern Sun and buying a southern comfort & lemonade and being *** SHOCKED *** at the price of R16 – I still clearly remember this!

Ya, that was a good era to grow up in.

[ponder]

The Pixies single handedly saved the 80's and made it all worth while ^_~

I love that band! I need to find my THE PIXIES Death To The Pixies Limited edition double CD....

Wonder if it's in the same place I found my Clash cd a while back?

Also liked The Smashing Pumpkins ;)

[satanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orIy18qIaCU&ob=av2n

[satanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8mWG6HlmU

[satanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bwKNmKDhUY&feature=related

[satanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-IixtxKETU

[satanboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGXdXcpNsv4

[noxibox]

What was the names of the clubs in Cape Town – their names elude me now, but I think they were in or near Riebeek Street.
The Playground, Stage, Fringe, Underground, Arties, Delirium? There were some others too, and some had multiple incarnations.

[satanboy]

Ritas

[jingaling]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlchoQqRIgM

[jingaling]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU

[wrathex]

Just to jog your memories... Here are some of the artists/bands on my 80's playlist:

A Flock of Seagulls
ABC
AC/DC
Adam Ant
Aerosmith
A-Ha
Air Supply
Alan Parsons Project
Asia
B-52's
Beastie Boys
Berlin
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Adams
Chicago
Chris De Burgh
Crosby Stills Nash (& Young)
Culture Club
Cyndi Lauper
David Bowie
David Lee Roth
Dead Kennedys
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Dokken
Don Henley
Duran Duran
Eddy Grant
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Eric Clapton
Europe
Eurythmics
Falco
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Genesis
George Michael/Wham
George Thorogood
Guns N' Roses
Hall & Oates
Heart
Howard Jones
Huey Lewis and the News
INXS
Iron Maiden
Janet Jackson
Joan Jett
John Farnham
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
Journey
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
KISS
Level 42
Lionel Richie
Luther Vandross
Madness
Madonna
Men at Work
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Mike Oldfield
Motley Crue
Mr. Mister
New Order
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ozzy Osbourne
Pat Benatar
Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Paul Young
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Townshend
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Poison
Prince
Public Enemy
Queen
Quiet Riot
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REO Speedwagon
Richard Marx
Robert Palmer
Rod Stewart
Run-D.M.C.
Rush
Sade
Scorpions
Simple Minds
Simply Red
Slayer
Spandau Ballet
Starship
Steve Winwood
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Sting
Stray Cats
Styx
Talking Heads
Tears for Fears
Terence Trent D'arby
The Bangles
The Cars
The Clash
The Cult
The Cure
The Go-Go's
The Human League
The Jam
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Police
The Pretenders
The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
Thompson Twins
Tina Turner
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tone-Loc
Toto
Tracy Chapman
Twisted Sister
U2
UB 40
Van Halen
Violent Femmes
Whitesnake
Yes
ZZ Top

and Frank Zappa ??!

[jingaling]

And Joy Division?

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYOXyy1ToI

[ponder]

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart


That's 70's technically speaking :p

Love that song though.

[Mike Smit]

That's 70's technically speaking :p

Love that song though.

You are correct. Their presence is SA was only really felt in the 80s though.

[RazedInBlack]

Depeche Mode ofcourse, ruled the eighties right through to the 90s.

[jingaling]

Night Ranger produced a few good hits too.

Night Ranger - Sister Christian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bmlcmyq0

[zeb]

Remember this?


http://youtu.be/iAeeCBK0zag

[ponder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJVM8WdA2HY

[jingaling]

While we're on the subject.....

Pretenders - Brass in pocket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQRZgfASyc

[MsDenz]

love this song...:cry::)

Weeping by Bright Blue


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeecXiqNzWA

[jingaling]

love this song...:cry::)

Weeping by Bright Blue

Beautiful song :cry:

[jingaling]

Phil Oakley - Together In Electric Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng

[MsDenz]

I spent years looking for this music. Only found it a few years ago. I always thought it was Kenny G :o

The Dream by David Sanborn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsq5eWCRz0U