80s Rock

Cyrus

For some reason, I am getting into some of the 80s music.

Give me some good stuff to listen to.

So far I've got:

AC/DC - Hells Bells <- such a good song.
You Spin me right round - dead or alive.
Glenn Frey "The Heat Is On"

I just listen to them on Youtube and buy the ones I like on Itunes. God bless the Youtube.

Some of that 80s stuff is pretty good. It holds up to todays stuff still.

Now I need my T-Bird/Camaro and mullet.

scorpa

Download everything by AC/DC I love them! I love 80s and older rock, that's when it was done the best.

Danger

I'll have to check the copyright dates on my albums, but I'm pretty sure that Molly Hatchet is 80's.

moe darklight

The Pixies!! -- "technically" 80's, but the pixies invented the 90's.

fourier jr

there seems to have been a lot of 1-hit wonders in the 80s. most that i can come up with came out in that decade anyway: twisted sister (well we're not gong to take it came out in the 80s), quiet riot, dexys midnight runners, soft cell, bow wow wow, stacey q, t'pau, eddie grant, aqua, young mc, men without hats, the waitresses, taco, edie brickell & the new bohemians, jermaine stewart, charlene, michael sembello, lipps inc, the mary jane girls, timbuk 3, ratt, tommy tutone, the weather girls, rockwell, tom tom club, spandau ballet, bobby mcferrin, falco, frankie goes to hollywood, big country, modern english, the vapours, buster poindexter, musical youth, rob base & dj ez rock, kajagoogoo, devo, gary numan, thomas dolby, sugarhill gang, nena, a-ha, toni basil....

Astronuc

Molly Hatchet was around in the 80's but they formed in 1975. I saw them at the Texas Jam in 1979. My favorite is Dreams I'll Never See written by Greg Allman.

Jon Butcher is a great 80's rocker. My favorite of his is Holy War, where he does some rather unique guitar playing.

Chi Meson

80s music. Real 80s music. These are some bands from the "harder" end of the spectrum.

Mission of Burma

Dinosaur Jr.

Black Flag

Minutemen

Husker Du

X

Minor Threat

Big Black

the Birthday Party

B-Hole Surfers

the Fall

Violent Femmes

Meat Puppets

Sonic Youth


I just did a search trying to remember some band names & found a phenominal compilation:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/...e+Eighties.htm
I'd buy this, except I already own nearly all the tracks. There IS some junk here,like Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, but it is mostly great stuff.

SticksandStones

Van Halen - 1984.

larkspur

J. Geils Band- Centerfold, Freeze Frame
Greg Kihn Band-Jeopardy
Survivor- Eye of the Tiger


Might not be 80's but worth a listen:
Queen-
Another One Bites the Dust,
We Will Rock You

Averagesupernova

Men without hats had more than one. So did:
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Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Falco, kajagoogoo, and I'm probably missing some.

robphy

The 80's had some great guitarists.

Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfYjgcOaIUU Unchained (from Fair Warning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ You Really Got Me (ok, not "80's")
Eruption (1982 tour) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwFXfWETlmw (..Mean Street intro...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOAKmEeAgU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shrGEg50cCE Eddie's Solo (from the 1983 US Festival)

Randy Rhoads (with Ozzy Osbourne)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnRBL0q298 I Don't Know [sync problems]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVxH5xhhtA Crazy Train

Yngwie Malmsteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owktmWvPbks I'll See the Light Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3ec2cCaJw Evil Eye [instrumental]

Joe Satriani
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...22686595690298 Flying In A Blue Dream [instrumental]

out of whack

Aerosmith: Dude, Rag Doll, Love in an Elevator
Billy Idol: Rebel Yell, Mony Mony
Brian Setzer: Stray Cat Strut, Rock This Town,
Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark, Born in the USA
Colin James: Five Long Years, Voodoo Thing, Chicks Cars and the Third World War
Eurithmics: Sweet Dreams, Would I Lie to You?
George Thorogood: Bad to the Bone
Huey Lewis: Heart And Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart Of Rock 'N Roll, Hip To Be Square
Joan Jett: I Love Rock N' Roll
Men At Work: Overkill, Who Can It Be Now, Down Under
Michael Jackson: Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean
Pat Benatar: Treat Me Right, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, You'd Better Run
Queen: Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Rough Trade: Highschool Confidential
Rush: Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Closer to the Heart
Styx: Too Much Time On My Hands, Babe, Come Sail Away, Renegade
Todd Runtgren: Bang The Drum All Day
Tragically Hip: New Orleans Is Sinking, Blow At High Dough
Van Halen: Jump, Panama, Hot For Teacher, Why Can't This Be Love
ZZ Top: Tube Snake Boogie, Got Me Under Pressure, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs

fourier jr

i can't think of any songs by those bands besides the following:
quiet riot - cum on feel the noise
twisted sister - we're not going to take it
men without hats - safety dance
falco - rock me amadeus
kajagoogoo - too shy

chaoseverlasting

Dunno if it counts, but Deep Purple, black sabbath, led zepplin, white snake, def loepard, iron maiden , jimi hendrix, guns n roses, pink floyd, pearl jam, rolling stones ,acdc-born to be wild, back in black are all good.

Too many songs to name but search on limewire or something similar and the most popular results are pretty good.

chaoseverlasting

Does anyone listen to trance?

Tsu

One of my favorites -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmBzXY--oio

Averagesupernova

Quiet Riot - Bang your head
Twisted Sister - I wanna rock
Men Without Hats - Pop goes the world
Falco - Vienna calling
Kajagoogoo - Never ending story

Another one commonly missed is:
The Other Ones. Everyone remembers the song Holiday but forgets We Are What We Are.