Cracking tunes of the 80s [Archive] - SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

Oberon

06-26-10, 09:18 AM

Good tunes from the eighties, I've got too many favourites to list, but here's one that I just thought of when listening to yours Xabba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOQUnvI3CA

XabbaRus

06-26-10, 09:26 AM

OOh yea

and this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf45I1ZI__w&feature=related

06-26-10, 09:40 AM

Jimbuna

06-26-10, 10:20 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5b8hqT1klE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnxbuCg0Hkk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xETxm4aHu-4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMv0wZKnCE8

Jeebus! :o

The thread made a specific reference to 'Crackin' tunes :doh::DL

Here's one of the best from that era IMHO :smug:

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

06-26-10, 10:25 AM

:DSorry here is one i remember lol....could be a gramophone track for sh3:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXs93KbBCgY

Jimbuna

06-26-10, 10:52 AM

This tune is the first dance I ever had with the woman who is now my wife.

It was only our second date and we were in a local night club with a few of my then shift colleagues and their respective partners, we had been around a few bars in the town earlier and I'll always remember seeing her in front of me dancing with my tie around her forehead in a hairband fashion.

Less than an hour later my colleagues and I were battling to evict a gang of pi$$ heads out of the establishment as a means of helping a woefully under strength compliment of doormen :doh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or4b593vywM

stabiz

06-26-10, 01:06 PM

Kim Wilde!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNyRU0fKHAY

mookiemookie

06-26-10, 01:36 PM

I always had a soft spot for Toto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCca5mPMp9A

06-26-10, 02:40 PM

I always had a soft spot for Toto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCca5mPMp9A

Yeah here is another one by Toto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71IFbyQ7D-o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4ychrRkQA

Something similar Foreigner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf7uohwGC34&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxKCPjcvbys

Kingdomcome-Twilight Cruiser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdhTGxNgtM

Sailor Steve

06-26-10, 03:05 PM

It's amazing how we're all a part of the time we came of age in. John Lennon once said that the best music ever written was what you listened to as a teenager, which made Chuck Berry the greatest artist ever as far as he was concerned.

I grew up in the '60s, so of course everything that formed me came from that era.

So the music of the 1980s was my 'new crap' that wasn't as good as the 'old stuff'. I like Foreigner, can tolerate Toto and Survivor, and maybe Duran Duran a little, but the rest is boring to me. Weird, ain't it?

Oh, and stabiz, the Kim Wilde song is a remake of a 1966 original by The Supremes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw&feature=related

XabbaRus

06-26-10, 03:18 PM

Funny how I'm only 34 but the stuff kids today listen to does my head in.

06-26-10, 03:36 PM

Funny how I'm only 34 but the stuff kids today listen to does my head in.

With time we lose the "WOW" factor for music i think.(but from time to time i find something that "blows my mind")
But still if you play the 70 80 rock music to today kids they will like it if they are into rock.
80 Pop they might find silly.

mako88sb

06-26-10, 03:48 PM

Couple of my all time favorites. Seems like I could listen to these over and over and never get tired of them:

Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqYBGcv41M8

Little River Band's "Cool Change"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9SEO0uNQ1o&feature=related

Jimbuna

06-26-10, 04:14 PM

U2 - With Or Without You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ

06-26-10, 04:44 PM

level 42:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7mtdLha-c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWvzZCZF1gw&feature=related)

yes

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWvzZCZF1gw&feature=related

AVGWarhawk

06-26-10, 08:06 PM

I was an 80's teen. Still listen to the 80's on Sirus Radio....not all the time though. Still like the 40's on Sirus also.

Jimbuna

06-27-10, 06:27 AM

Guns' N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqK0aXkHho

06-27-10, 10:13 AM

Whitesnake - Is This Love:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJk0HW_hJw

AC/DC - Hells Bells

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1s5gbJEEbg&feature=related

Poison - Every Rose Has it's Thorn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2DA4I4TGw&feature=related

Jimbuna

06-27-10, 11:33 AM

Van Halen - Jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzh0ngMNJo

06-27-10, 08:50 PM

Big In Japan - Alphaville

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98qdFQF7sw

Gary Numan - Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbUsw6PvUYM&feature=related

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:09 PM

:DSorry here is one i remember lol....could be a gramophone track for sh3:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXs93KbBCgY

:yeah:
Great song, horrible video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I&feature=related

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:12 PM

In the Buna collection of grammaphone hitz....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGhExssWyE0

:D

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:15 PM

Yello....

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

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

oh yeah, how could I forget...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F-lkzQoPl8

:woot:

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:20 PM

and some ZZTop w/ Carmen Electra:woot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvBJLZPB7M8

more ZZ Top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OivnsTOB5AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi_ser2_Xm4&feature=related

TarJak

06-27-10, 09:22 PM

Psycho Killer Talking Heads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMtV4mdMRUA)

06-27-10, 09:24 PM

In the Buna collection of grammaphone hitz....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGhExssWyE0

:D

This remands me of this lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF3Y5qfnhGc

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:28 PM

Jukebox hero: (live:rock:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4

TarJak

06-27-10, 09:34 PM

The Who; You better you bet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2rFb_ghn0)
The Who: The Quiet One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PpnU6DYH70)

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:36 PM

Can you spot tarjak and reece in this video?:hmmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4

Speaking of Bowie...
(not an 80's song, but my favorite Bowie song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4

06-27-10, 09:38 PM

Suzanne Vega - Luka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXnJIAQd1o

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdlS7tab5rQ

(i think this song made me join the dark side(lol) when i was like 12?)

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:42 PM

Australia's favorite son:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9iOk8PqkKs
:rock::rock::rock::rock:

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 09:48 PM

....and the ultimate 80's kick a$$ movie: (back in the glory days)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o

06-27-10, 09:50 PM

Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-slJC_2TY&feature=PlayList&p=8073DFD64D5BBBB9&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=15

TarJak

06-27-10, 09:52 PM

Australia's favorite son:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9iOk8PqkKs
:rock::rock::rock::rock:
Not quite '80s. More like 1975.:O:

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:00 PM

@tarjak: Is that you @1:07 in the stripped shirt?:06:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQi4CAzmrA&feature=related:woot:

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:01 PM

Not quite '80s. More like 1975.:O:

Sry, it's that 'merikan mathmaticz:D

Snestorm

06-27-10, 10:01 PM

Rocazino - Dine øjne er så blå
(Your eyes are so blue) 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ32iNp0DVQ

TarJak

06-27-10, 10:03 PM

@tarjak: Is that you @1:07 in the stripped shirt?:06:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQi4CAzmrA&feature=related:woot:
No I was in the back of the Fried Out Kombi.:D

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:07 PM

No I was in the back of the Fried Out Kombi.:D

:haha::yeah:

I was making fun of these guys at work today:
More big hair rock:
RaTT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M60rLoCbbo

They are still touring, but they play at places like the zoo, 7-11's (by the nacho bar), walgreens,

06-27-10, 10:09 PM

:haha::yeah:

I was making fun of these guys at work today:
More big hair rock:
RaTT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M60rLoCbbo

They are still touring, but they play at places like the zoo, 7-11's (by the nacho bar), walgreens,

Twisted Sister - Were Not Gona Take It :rotfl2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1LXhgXPWs

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:12 PM

WHAT IS THAT? A TWISTED SISTER PIN?

Blond-big hair bands:rock:
(no steed's were harmed in the making of this video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M60rLoCbbo

Hello students...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25pS3bx4S8A&feature=related
:rock::rock::rock::rock::rock:

06-27-10, 10:34 PM

Yngwie Malmsteen - Anguish and Fear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WJtdZI0g7E&feature=related

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:42 PM

Devo- whip it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw

nikimcbee

06-27-10, 10:48 PM

ok last video for the night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfcOriVKBM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkgbK7VTmY&feature=channel

TarJak

06-28-10, 02:59 AM

One for the Subsim army of Zombies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdzRj0oMObY)

You can't mention the Eighties and Zombies and leave this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5b8hqT1klE) out!

An speaking of cracking Aussie eighties tunes: Secrets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW-tza2Job4)

See how many of The Wiggles you can spot in their earlier guise as the Cockroaches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXLyDyF5qlk)

TarJak

06-28-10, 03:04 AM

The Saints (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmdRGQTpoo4)

The Swingers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdPKKJk_mLw)

The Church (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osz-GQbX37o)

The Triffids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lzOYJXUkM)

The Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOK_vqtXgbk)

The Smiths (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlH2oYedfk)

The Pixies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3lhrwio-M)

The The (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0eS-Nx6Ks)

TarJak

06-28-10, 04:06 AM

This is Radio Clash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-t52zc8Ex4)

Big Audio Dynamite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc8zkz9XSRU)

Gerald

06-28-10, 04:19 AM

Nice one.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w

:up:

TarJak

06-28-10, 04:19 AM

Jukebox hero: (live:rock:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4

Can you spot tarjak and reece in this video?:hmmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4

Speaking of Bowie...
(not an 80's song, but my favorite Bowie song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_qhnWByA4
You seem to have gotten stuck on the same song mate.:O:

TarJak

06-28-10, 04:21 AM

Visage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI)

Gerald

06-28-10, 04:35 AM

Close to you, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jJgrDq7wrE

We are all hero against hostile enemy :salute:

Jimbuna

06-28-10, 05:33 AM

I'm just gonna squeeze one in while niki is sleeping :DL

INXS - Need You Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLL7JdnIk0

Gerald

06-28-10, 05:37 AM

I'm just gonna squeeze one in while niki is sleeping :DL

INXS - Need You Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLL7JdnIk0

INXS was really good! :up:

Jimbuna

06-28-10, 05:39 AM

TarJak

06-28-10, 05:46 AM

INXS was really good! :up::yep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imr8GLO9uNQ

TarJak

06-28-10, 05:55 AM

The Slab or Betty's Worry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbAxfDA6XD4)

And yes the lead singer is Mark Seymour of Crowded House fame.

The original Throw Your Arms Around Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69wQsfrbSU)

The Sunnyboys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3drdluoYiE)

Big Pig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsdFk6BJ-g) Hungry Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZFr0jwbchQ)

TarJak

06-28-10, 05:58 AM

He's obviously having a lie in so I might as well put this all time classic here.......I believe it was originally released in 1970 so here is a video of a 1982 recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68FjVXyPIVo&feature=related
Nice one Jim.:yeah:

Here are a couple for Jimmy and Reece:
Chisel! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmyEv4n8ERI)

Chisel! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrDSh7WWdZs)

Gerald

06-28-10, 06:03 AM

:yep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imr8GLO9uNQ heat and shapeliness,for that time,when I work in the force....:salute:

TarJak

06-28-10, 06:09 AM

When Midnight Oil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtcB8KyrEJk) were a surf band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7bmC4Gfo0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMrcJV3eEAQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTru8PtKQI

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

Hard to believe Peter Garrett is our Environment Minister now!

Gerald

06-28-10, 06:59 AM

nikimcbee

06-28-10, 09:47 AM

Damn, I'll check out those videos when I get off work.:shifty:

aergistal

06-28-10, 10:06 AM

And this is why I like subsim. You people have good taste :salute:

Allll abboooooaaard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLp7YNTznE

06-28-10, 11:03 AM

Queensryche-Eyes Of A Stranger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPiLkO004I&feature=PlayList&p=E52F5FAE45300E66&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=7

Rush - Distant Early Warning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjRy8hd5Kd8

DarkFish

06-28-10, 01:02 PM

80's metal/hard rock/gothic rock:rock:

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyW1D_GqsuM)
Metallica - Seek & Destroy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUAdgt5Glk0)
The Sisters of Mercy - Alice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3frcQwZt324)
W.A.S.P. - Wild Child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UesKw3M19fg)
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAGZT_XTAk)
Alice Cooper - Poison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sT54IEORII)

Jimbuna

06-28-10, 03:16 PM

Jimbuna

06-28-10, 03:25 PM

I served my time as an apprentice Mechanical Fitter in the local shipyards as a 16 year old from 1973 to 1977.

During this period I was a huge fan of David Robert Jones, better known as David Bowie.

I had the word ZIGGY painted on the rear of my motorcycle helmet and my claim to fame at the time (LOL) was that I had every piece of vinyl of his and also knew the lyrics to all his songs.

There are probably a few hundred tracks I could post here but I'll use the track of one of his rarest 45's, a real collectors item these days and residing in a safety deposit box in my bank with a few other rareties.

John I'm Only Dancing :rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VrqCBsbeuc

DarkFish

06-28-10, 04:07 PM

The last two on your list have already been posted :DLoops:oops:
ah well that makes 4 left that are well worth listening:DL

It's a shame this thread isn't about 70s music though... for some reason I tend to like the 70s more than the 80s... Maybe it's got something to do with me being a huge fan of Black Sabbath, with Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC among my favorites as well.
As long as metal is alive, those songs are never gonna die either:up:
"They can't stop us, let 'em try - for Heavy Metal we would die":rock:

Now for probably the most famous metal song ever:

Europe - The Final Countdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_ro2aerQg)

06-28-10, 05:49 PM

Blue Murder - Sex Child

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7N1_qaMRLM&a=oxayEJWqjbQ&playnext_from=ML

We Built This City - Starship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7flrwE-bZVo&feature=related

06-28-10, 05:58 PM

Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hswhS6QUENc&feature=related

Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want to Have Fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDoFyKk-C4U&feature=related[/URL][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt0xIemkS4&feature=related"] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ATP5nU9Ty0&feature=related)

06-28-10, 06:45 PM

Van Halen - Pretty Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ye7-Q-p1kc&feature=related

TarJak

06-28-10, 08:50 PM

Are the band disbanding or have the play and record some stuff lately?
:lurk:They Split up a few years ago but they released fairly consistently right up until they did and I understand the split was amicable as they all wanted to do something different. This one from 1977 shows them at their rawest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AecspmmEUrA

I still think Rob Hirst one of the best drummers I've seen live.

Sailor Steve

06-28-10, 10:13 PM

Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion

Another ripoff of a '60s song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5OoQadZTPk

Van Halen - Pretty Woman

And another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ufitiABBo&feature=related

I see no need for remakes. The originals were so much better.

kiwi_2005

06-28-10, 10:25 PM

Conan the Barbarian 'The Musical' :rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGOQ7SsJrw&feature=player_embedded#!

(http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGOQ7SsJrw&feature=player_embedded#%21)

Sledgehammer427

06-29-10, 04:37 AM

terribly sorry if this one has already been posted...and I'm surprised if it hasn't

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MeX45Kk6Q&feature=related)

Lionclaw

06-29-10, 04:59 AM

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - That Time of Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytDOgirrgU

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - No Substitute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEeg4NTDEJY

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Ashes to Ashes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlMytQhMoys

Van Halen - Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZLKtjATZt0

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

Van Halen - Hang 'em High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TOlj30zc7I

Gerald

06-29-10, 10:44 AM

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWq_8YKYzo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZ0TLX7L7Q

This is nice :yep:

06-29-10, 11:53 AM

Def Leppard - Rocket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o1G0GSiNQM&feature=related

Def Leppard - Hysteria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R-LZ25Te0&feature=related

06-29-10, 12:01 PM

Bananarama Venus :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3WvI_S6-k

Sailor Steve

06-29-10, 12:20 PM

Sorry to keep picking on you, MH. It's nothing personal, but you keep coming up with these.

Shocking Blue, 1970.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck

06-29-10, 12:40 PM

Sorry to keep picking on you, MH. It's nothing personal, but you keep coming up with these.

Shocking Blue, 1970.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck

WOW thats great version THNX.:salute:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHAle0fyAKY&feature=related

06-29-10, 12:59 PM

Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJDrLVAjgd8

The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShN8UIk5-mw

JENNIFER RUSH - 'THE POWER OF LOVE'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr0xJBsVbZY&feature=related

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk&feature=related

Bonnie Tyler - I Need a Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBwS66EBUcY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk&feature=related

06-29-10, 01:29 PM

DAVID GILMOUR - SORROW - FENDER 50th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR8RDo2E98o

06-29-10, 01:39 PM

TINA TURNER We Don't Need Another Hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TViZKt-AX6E&feature=related

Sailor Steve

06-29-10, 05:29 PM

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHAle0fyAKY&feature=related
Now there's one I'll agree with you on. I was never into Stevie Ray, mainly because his rise to fame coincided with my divorce and worse depressive stage. But I was in a club band in the '90s, and we did covers of Crossfire and The House Is a-Rockin'. I love his stuff now.

microlime

06-29-10, 06:22 PM

judas priest-screaming for vengance album 1982

Jimbuna

06-30-10, 05:51 AM

A good dance hall song

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q

Sailor Steve

06-30-10, 10:41 PM

Not a crackin' tune, but what I consider to be the best thing musically to come out of the '80s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH3ebvX_t18&feature=related

If you like it, look around. Every performance is different. Some are better, but I picked this one because you can see everything his hands are doing.

Remember, it's one man and one guitar.

Jimbuna

07-01-10, 05:54 AM

I agree Steve, that guyis so talented, every time I come across him on the net I'm amazed at the diversity of the tunes he plays.

One of my favourites was his rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

frau kaleun

07-01-10, 10:38 AM

Sorry if some of these were posted above - a few of the linked vids were blocked here (thanks Sony! :stare:)

Crowded House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXArBZItqGc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jd1Z1QIrF4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCqsG1t7RoU&feature=related

The Jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-H0uIH5HHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY&feature=channel

Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWuc5kar3Y

Def Leppard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBqsRXdzk8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6652YIBzByk

Judas Priest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hs7zIyFRhg

Crosby Stills & Nash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kopNfhvCkHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhfVUSnbOA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZb0DBeZSA

07-01-10, 10:52 AM

80s guitar

Eddie Van Halen - Eruption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4lrAxUuwkk&feature=related

Joe Satriani - "Midnight" (Montreux Jazz Festival 1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vW4XdezBr4&feature=related

Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3kWuTJsO_o&feature=related

Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGDJx8VGc-4

Greg Howe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrDcJwxQGOc&feature=related

Sailor Steve

07-01-10, 11:09 AM

Sorry if some of these were posted above - a few of the linked vids were blocked here (thanks Sony! :stare:)
Thanks for the CSN link. Though they played some great music in the '80s (and continue to today) I wouldn't have thought of them since I've been a fan since 1968. Actually I was a fan of Crosby in 1965 (The Byrds) and Stills since 1966 (Buffalo Springfield). Graham Nash came from The Hollies, but I wasn't a fan back then.

I wasn't a big Dire Straights fan at the time, but since Mark Knopfler recorded the 'Neck and Neck' album with Chet Atkins I've come to appreciate his incredible guitar work.

Oberon

07-01-10, 12:00 PM

TINA TURNER We Don't Need Another Hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TViZKt-AX6E&feature=related

Good god man that takes me back.

And Jim, a big Bowie fan, respect to you :rock:

Now, for what I remember of the 1980s:

Pet Shop Boys:
West End Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd_K6Yk4-oE

Always on my Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AirH5lZ9Hhk

Ultravox:
Reap the wild wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDspWsK_-vQ

Vienna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I

Dancing with tears in my eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQWUZ8a2Ho

The Cure:
A Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0

Nick Kershaw:
The Riddle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQYvGUL1OLA

frau kaleun

07-01-10, 12:12 PM

Thanks for the CSN link. Though they played some great music in the '80s (and continue to today) I wouldn't have thought of them since I've been a fan since 1968. Actually I was a fan of Crosby in 1965 (The Byrds) and Stills since 1966 (Buffalo Springfield). Graham Nash came from The Hollies, but I wasn't a fan back then.

Yeah, I was listening to all of the above (except The Hollies, who I never latched onto for some reason, altho I was familiar with their hits from the radio) in the 70s and 80s. Always liked CSN (and CSNY) and fell in love with Southern Cross when it started getting radio play. After I bought the album though I found I liked one of Crosby's songs better, altho once the vinyl was long gone I couldn't remember what it was. Downloaded the album again a while back and I'm pretty sure it was Delta... altho I now like Might As Well Have A Good Time just as much, so who knows?

frau kaleun

07-01-10, 03:23 PM

Hoodoo Gurus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEKVEu9vmww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kk3_FsqH3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugA5bLqivkY&feature=related

The Alarm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFf7FVICbE4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apERyZlTUZU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFhQLY6cOWM&feature=related

Big Country
Saw these guys in a little club in 1985(?) and they were awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SotTAs9hEM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0GAhe_9Was

aergistal

07-01-10, 03:50 PM

Anyone remembers this? It's not so well known...

Pete Wylei - Sinful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpi-k2Vz3ZA

frau kaleun

07-01-10, 09:19 PM

Peter Gabriel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtiU5DKKGg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0

U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqp6VFjSFY

Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABCIseO8Zo

Thomas Dolby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k

The Smiths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

Bob Dylan
(maybe my fave Dylan track ever - and that's saying A LOT)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSvsFgvWr0

Snestorm

07-02-10, 01:43 AM

Shu-bi-dua - Minus til plus (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAzr8eh1h8

aergistal

07-02-10, 03:13 AM

I love this band's "hard" sound.

Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues From a Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e60lj_74rV0

TarJak

07-02-10, 05:18 AM

I can't believe this one has not been posted before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mIVhTAODQw

or this one for that matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GERh0sQzY

TarJak

07-02-10, 05:32 AM

I preferred this to the orginal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3so6ClU9I

Whatever happened to Max Headroom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPq0FvFm3g)?

frau kaleun

07-02-10, 07:58 AM

I preferred this to the orginal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3so6ClU9I

Me too!

Also:

R.E.M.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBKM5so8tQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA57Pafq_NU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mSmOcmk7uQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6vCjtaV1k
their cover of I Am Superman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGtb7QsG9w&feature=related

07-02-10, 08:46 AM

Genesis Land of Confusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZtWABLuWHo&feature=related

GENESIS-Mama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huXh3M7bCs4&feature=related

Genesis - Invisible Touch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3N2DC3Fds&feature=related

07-02-10, 08:48 AM

R.E.M.

Great band thnx.

Jimbuna

07-02-10, 09:52 AM

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=manxPVTLth8

Oberon

07-02-10, 10:12 AM

Jim and MH, some great Phil Collins and Genesis songs there :yeah:

07-02-10, 11:04 AM

I can't believe this one has not been posted before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mIVhTAODQw

or this one for that matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GERh0sQzY
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Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_kez7WVUU

I Guess the last DP album worth listing to.

07-02-10, 11:18 AM

Over the top to obscurity black sabbath....

Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mZThOY_8k

07-02-10, 07:14 PM

Marillion - Kayleigh

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

frau kaleun

07-02-10, 09:10 PM

Echo & The Bunnymen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1PwkgwsG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaWs79v0ugE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft7dI3Krdjg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wimg-aoYJp8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6j14DDtGI

Heaven 17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLuVL1tgbs&feature=related

Level 42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FfXj3XcBP0

Adam & The Ants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahuKT8jMYTc

TarJak

07-03-10, 04:37 AM

Those Echo & the Bunnymen tunes got me in the mood for some of the darker music from the 80's:

The Beasts of Broubon - Psycho (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy9oLsN5qzk)

The Birthday Party - Nick the stripper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I2vEcVC_I)

Which evolved into Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdUTM4gU-o)

Siouxie and the Banshees - Happy House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBMHnJqAvM)

The Cure - A Forest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0)

Sonic Youth - I wanna be your dog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BII01gneTU)

Iggy Pop - Repo Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g7qbK7fEMI) or if you prefer the main titles from Repo Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Z77BMm2X0)

Grace Jones - Pull up to the bumper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9NhK9nyN30)

Torvald Von Mansee

07-03-10, 06:31 AM

Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7gZwOwtEdk&feature=related

Branford Marsalis was a better saxophone player on the same song the next year (but that was the '90s, and thus ineligible)