Which 80's Songs Were Featured in Miami Vice and Back to School?

[micromass]

Don't we all enjoy the 80's?? What are some of your favorite songs from the time??

 

[micromass]

Warning: evo will ban people who post songs she doesn't like...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Don't we all enjoy the 80's?? What are some of your favorite songs from the time??

What about yours?

I liked a lot of music from the 80s. One group that had a few favorite hits, was Abba.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cwKCU8Z5c

 

[Evo]

I will be posting the good 80's songs a bit later.

 

[Chi Meson]

Mission of Burma--Revolver, 1981


Pixies--Where is my Mind, 1988


More correct answers to follow

 

[Jimmy]

Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBmQT24SUk

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOkaYhAkhIU

 

[zoobyshoe]

Two gems that should not be neglected, hehe:

VgkOCJ9PGkk&ob=av2e[/youtube] [MEDIA=youtube]jHVMTZAIrO4[/MEDIA]

 

[nonequilibrium]

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out (1986)



Daniel Johnston - True love will find you in the end (1984)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeG-hNXXy6I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

 

[SW VandeCarr]

When you ask a question like this, you get a lot of personal favorites. The most prominent figure in popular music in the 80's was Michael Jackson. Other major figures include Madonna, Bon Jove, Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen, Abba and Axel Rose. None of these are my personal favorite. I like Fleetwood Mac and Heart, but I consider these to be 70's bands. Nothing in the 80's really impressed me that much except maybe Pink Floyd which is not really an 80's group except for the fact that the The Wall was released in Nov, 1979 and is was on the charts for most of 1980. I like all the tacks on this album, particularly the title tracks, named Another Brick in the Wall I and II.

 

[zoobyshoe]

[Youtube]XcATvu5f9vE[/youtube]





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2YIpZWBqA

 

[WiFO215]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATo833rP6OU

 

[chiro]

Hey micromass, how of all people have you missed this one:



But personally I like a bit of Bruce Springsteen:

 

[ThomasT]

Nice thread. The 80's were cool. Here's a few of the songs I liked back then.

Wang Chung - To Live and Die in LA



Jethro Tull - Under Wraps #1 and #2 from the album Under Wraps



Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody



Greg Phillinganes - Behind the Mask



Larry Carlton - LA, NY



Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5e_1_ySlaY&feature=related


Jethro Tull - Under Wraps instrumental



Rush - Tom Sawyer



The Police - Message in a Bottle



Dire Straits - Money for Nothing



ACDC - Back In Black



Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6D5Dis8gA&feature=related

The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
pIe-Cj071l0[/youtube] [MEDIA=youtu...utube.com/watch?v=7QHTFXySVAo&feature=related

Stevie Winwood - Hold On

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Nice thread. The 80's were cool. Here's a few of the songs I liked back then.

I'm not sure how we're defining 80's music but some of these artists/bands made their mark in the 70's and earlier. A number of older groups/individuals were still active in the 80's (Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and some others you mentioned). I do like these but, to me, they represent a particularly rich period from about 1965 to 1980 when a lot of great music was created. The new music of the 80's was a bit of a let down as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Chi Meson]

The new music of the 80's was a bit of a let down as far as I'm concerned.

That's exactly what people about 10 years older than you said about the 70s.
(I say this blindly, and half-jokingly, having no idea how old you are)

And it's what I say about the 90s.

 

[Evo]

Ok, I'll be adding songs today.

When in Rome - Promise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU&ob=av2e

Modern English - I Melt With You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls&feature=related

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kFPBtc9BE&feature=related

The Romantics - What I Like About You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHKjDKY_O8&feature=related

These were 1979, but close enough.

The Knack - My Sharona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0&feature=related

Joe Jackson. Is She Really Going Out With Him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SPogGqCgeM&feature=related

 

[Evo]

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Without_Hats

 

[George Jones]

That's exactly what people about 10 years older than you said about the 70s.
(I say this blindly, and half-jokingly, having no idea how old you are)

And it's what I say about the 90s.

You beat me; I was going to write the same thing, even though I like 60s and 70s music best.

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Without_Hats

Hey, I wanted to use this, and I didn't expect that anyone else would post this!

Stan Rogers, Northwest Passage


Steve Winwood, While You See A Chance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZd1qn2SZvM&feature=fvst

Belinda Carlisle, Leave A Light On (with George Harrison on guitar at 3:02)

 

[SW VandeCarr]

That's exactly what people about 10 years older than you said about the 70s.
(I say this blindly, and half-jokingly, having no idea how old you are)

And it's what I say about the 90s.

True, but things have changed. Here's a blog from a distressed 20 something who observes that the popularity of classic rock is crowding out the new stuff. There's a reason for that. You don't have so many classic rock stations if no one is listening, and it's not only the Geritol generation that's listening.

http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-05-06/music/kill-yourself-if-you-listen-to-classic-rock/

Just for fun, I compiled a partial list of artists and bands that flourished in the 60's and 70's (in no particular order):

Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Dire Straits, Deep Purple, James Taylor, Carol King, Black Sabbath, Elton John, Blue Oyster Cult, Judas Priest, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Jackson Browne, James Brown, Bob Segar, Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Blondie, Alice Cooper, CCR, Cat Stevens, Bachmann-Turner, Simon and Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers, Allman Brothers, Moody Blues, Marvin Gaye, Neal Diamond, Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Rod Stewert, Gladys Knight, Kiss, BB King, Bob Marley, Jethro Tull, Boston, Chicago, Peter Gabriel, Sister Sledge, the Poynter Sisters, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, AC DC, The Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Santana, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, 3 Dog Night, Bill Withers, Neil Young,...

I'm sure others can find people I forgot (or just left out). (I consider Elvis to be a 50's guy and that's another list.)

 

[Chi Meson]

[humor]
Oh a blog, you say? Well! Anyone who has a blog must be THE authority on it![/humor]

The popular music of the 80s was horrible (with some obvious exceptions). All of the real rock n roll was flourishing in the independent music scene. There were hundreds of bands that lasted only for a short while because the DIY scene could only sustain a band for a short while.

Most people missed out on the great music that happened in the 80s, but it was there.

 

[Astronuc]

Stevie Ray Vaughn. Say no more.

Texas Flood (1983)
Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Soul to Soul (1985)
Live Alive (1986)
In Step (1989)
Family Style (with Jimmie Vaughan) (1990)


Vaughn is the only guitarist who can match Hendrix since Hendrix.

Live -

Studio -


An overlooked artist of the 80's was Jon Butcher out of Boston.

Life takes a life -

Holy War -


My standard for rock is 1968-1975.

 

[Adyssa]

Gotta love Stevie Ray Vaughan! <3

 

[Evo]

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence



The Cars - Drive



This is 1992, close enough

The Cure - Friday I' m in Love

 

[micromass]

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

:!)

 

[FrancisZ]

Gary Numan, "Cars"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw


The Human League, "Don't You Want Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0&ob=av2e


The Human League, "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE


Duran Duran, "Hungry Like The Wolf"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOg5VxrRTi0&ob=av2e


Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM


Talking Heads, "Once In A Lifetime"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU&feature=related


Tears For Fears, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0&feature=related


And for most awesome video of ALL TIME...

A-Ha, "Take On Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&feature=related

 

[Evo]

Good Ones Francis!

 

[rootX]

The 20th Century Is Almost Over
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_3wJuLIdk

 

[FrancisZ]

Good Ones Francis!

Thanks Boss. I forgot these...

Naked Eyes, "Always Something There"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMAe31FFHbo&ob=av3e The Cars, "Shake it up"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-yoorI7lo The Cars, "Drive"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZmRVjUJnY&feature=related Pat Benatar, "Love is a battlefield"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo&ob=av2n Cyndi Lauper, "Time After Time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU&ob=av2e Blondie, "Call Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I&ob=av2n
The Monroes, "What do all the people know"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jRez9_mwE

 

[FrancisZ]

Don't know how I skipped this ...


Oingo Boingo, "Weird Science"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-upHSP9KU&feature=related

 

[MacLaddy]

Glancing through these quickly I don't think anyone has mentioned this song...
Evo stole my first choice of "The Promise."

OMD - If You Leave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPmTGFg06zA&ob=av3e

 

[MacLaddy]

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZ9gEKBoYI

Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_66L4wdNXw

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - ATARI BABY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE6r8L-YrrM

Laura Branigan - Self Control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKB1VMmazk0

Paul Young - Come Back And Stay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRMBlFGtVJw


I should stop now. I could add songs all night.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI

 

[Andre]

1988

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I have to admit I've heard 'Sweet Child O' Mine' quite a few times without knowing who did it. I honestly once thought the singer was a girl. Amy Winehouse had a deeper voice than that. I understand Axl Rose went into a hiatus after his first few years. I guess his voice changed. Anyway, it is a great rock song. Chronologically, it's late 80s, but musically, it's early 70s (which is good). (I'd better be careful. He might come after me and shoot me.)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Best satire...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI

 

[Jimmy]

Inxs - Need You Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Si2ZdcBz8Q

Madness - Our House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY

Police - Sinchronicity II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQd3jxth5k

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg

 

[FrancisZ]

Berlin, "Take my breath away"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE


Foreigner, "I want to know what love is"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWXMtjUZWM&feature=related

 

[ThomasT]

I'm not sure how we're defining 80's music but some of these artists/bands made their mark in the 70's and earlier.

The OP said: "Don't we all enjoy the 80's?? What are some of your favorite songs from the time??"

So, I took "from the time" (ie. the 80's) to mean songs that were released and charted in the 80's. Of course, my selections don't really characterize the "New Wave" music trend that's seen by some as one of the "definitive genre's" of the 80's (to paraphrase Wiki).

Also, I think that at least one of my selections was actually a 70's song. The one by Stevie Winwood. But he did, iirc, release some high-charting stuff in the 80's, so just substitute something else of his for "Hold On".

A number of older groups/individuals were still active in the 80's (Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and some others you mentioned). I do like these but, to me, they represent a particularly rich period from about 1965 to 1980 when a lot of great music was created. The new music of the 80's was a bit of a let down as far as I'm concerned.

I think there's been really good music in every decade, and, apparently with you, I do particularly like the stuff from 1965 to 1980. But also, apparently, my musical tastes aren't quite aligned with the mainstream pop music tastes of the 80's. And since I wasn't listening to that stuff, the music of the 80's (that I did listen to) didn't disappoint me.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I think there's been really good music in every decade, and, apparently with you, I do particularly like the stuff from 1965 to 1980. But also, apparently, my musical tastes aren't quite aligned with the mainstream pop music tastes of the 80's. And since I wasn't listening to that stuff, the music of the 80's (that I did listen to) didn't disappoint me.

Yeah. You won't be disappointed if you don't listen. My approach was to identify the decade by when performer(s) first gained recognition. You could also say that some artrists are chronologically identified with one decade, but the their musical style is really reminiscent of an earlier decade. Guns N' Roses debuted in 1987, but to my ears, the breakthrough song "Sweet Child O' Mine" is reminiscent of the early to mid 70s (pre-disco). However I would still call them an 80's group because of the date of their debut album.

Like you, I didn't listen to many new artists in the 80's, including Gun's N' Roses. As I said in an earlier post, I only recently identified this song with Axl Rose. I have to admit, I liked this song at least.

 

[ThomasT]

Yeah. You won't be disappointed if you don't listen. My approach was to identify the decade by when performer(s) first gained recognition. You could also say that some artrists are chronologically identified with one decade, but the their musical style is really reminiscent of an earlier decade. Guns N' Roses debuted in 1987, but to my ears, the breakthrough song "Sweet Child O' Mine" is reminiscent of the early to mid 70s (pre-disco). However I would still call them an 80's group because of the date of their debut album.

Like you, I didn't listen to many new artists in the 80's, including Gun's N' Roses. As I said in an earlier post, I only recently identified this song with Axl Rose. I have to admit, I liked this song at least.

In the 80's I was mostly listening to jazz fuzion and the contemporary instrumental stuff from, eg., the Narada and Windham Hill labels. I do remember hearing a string quartet version of "Welcome to the Jungle" by Gun's N' Roses that I liked.

Somebody posted "Love Shack", didn't they? I liked that. I liked Devo too. Were they 80's? Actually, I suppose if I spent enough time reflecting that there would be lots of mainstream or almost mainstream 80's stuff that I liked. It just wasn't my favorite.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

In the 80's I was mostly listening to jazz fuzion and the contemporary instrumental stuff from, eg., the Narada and Windham Hill labels. I do remember hearing a string quartet version of "Welcome to the Jungle" by Gun's N' Roses that I liked.

Somebody posted "Love Shack", didn't they? I liked that. I liked Devo too. Were they 80's? Actually, I suppose if I spent enough time reflecting that there would be lots of mainstream or almost mainstream 80's stuff that I liked. It just wasn't my favorite.

I probably missed some good stuff in the 80's and 90's because I was very busy and into other things. Chi Meson suggested looking into the alternative and "underground" bands of that era. Now that I have more time, I do listen to some alternative rock, but often they don't identify the band or when the band was active.

From what I have listened to, a lot of good underground music is based on metal and blues styles from the 60's and 70s. The electric guitar was the key technology that combined with 40s African American R&B to create rock in the first place. The grunge style of the 90s was, IMO a kind of moody metal sound not all that different from its predecessors.

Hip hop/rap was the big innovation of the 80s and I have to say, I don't like it in its minimal form. However, some artists have combined hip hop with more melodic styles like Lauryn Hill. Amy Winehouse also experimented with fusing hip hop with a soulful jazz style, particularly in much of her lesser known work.

 

[Borek]

Eighties where probably the best years in the history of the Polish rock. This is just a random sample.







6ESs93ypf-Q[/youtube] [MEDIA=youtube]SPnEpzUy2V4[/MEDIA]

 

[Astronuc]

In the 80's I was mostly listening to jazz fuzion and the contemporary instrumental stuff from, eg., the Narada and Windham Hill labels. I do remember hearing a string quartet version of "Welcome to the Jungle" by Gun's N' Roses that I liked.

During the 1980s, I listened (when I had the time) to a fair amount of jazz, blues, fusion, or otherwise the Windham Hill/Narada sound. One of my friends, who is a guitar player, was into that genre. I had an electric bass guitar, and I was interested in tunes with interesting bass lines.

Some of the groups were Spyrogyra and Weather Report, Chick Corea & Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock & Headhunters, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Pat Metheny Group, Spyro Gyra and the early 1970s Miles Davis electric bands. I also found Gerry Rafferty's 1978 album City to City, which had the hit Baker Street.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_Gyra#The_early_albums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_Gyra#1980s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Report

I saw Pat Metheny and Spyrogyra in concert a few times in the 70's and 80's.

I also spent the 1980's and 1990's buying CDs of my LPs from the 1960s and 1970s. The 1980s was when CDs started replacing vinyl LPs.

I discovered Windham Hill after discovering Michael Hedges and Ariel Boundaries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_Boundaries

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Some favourites have already been mentioned, like the Pixies, the Smiths and Joe Jackson. Maybe I would have chosen a different Smiths song, or maybe I wouldn't have been able to decide which anyway.
The last time I linked something here was about the name "Shirley", so I've had this in mind. I'll think of more. Greetings to the New Year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozdCwvHK6M

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Eighties where probably the best years in the history of the Polish rock. This is just a random sample.[

I like some of the sounds and that last video (Lady Pank) has some nice visual aesthetics. I've often wondered how the language barrier segregates rock/pop. Maybe I'm imagining it, but I think I detect a bit of traditional Slavic, if not specifically Polish, influence in the fast paced evenly accented beat. The international chartists generally include Germany, France and other western European countries, but the charts are for songs in English. I don't know how to break down that barrier since a non English song has to be really exceptional to sell in the UK, US and other English speaking markets. Translations just don't cut it.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Time for the top shelf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_Xs3sXQDg

 

[turbo]

The Scorpions rose to fame in the 80s (German band performing English-language rock).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxdmw4tJJ1Y&feature=relmfu

Maybe not the best songs of the 80s, but pretty darned good compared to a lot of what was out there.