You know how you go through stages of loving songs? I have just come out of a 'Sun always shines on TV'(a-ha) phase and am entering a 'Nothing's gonna stop us now' (starship) phase. What classic song is everyone loving right now?
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Its not 80s....but my daughter who is 6 and loves THE BEATLES just got GEORGE HARRISON'S GREATEST HITS and plays Here Comes The Sun constantly and walks around singing it so thats my pick.
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
'Here comes the sun' is a brilliant song - it reminds me of our flat when we were at uni. Your daughter has good taste.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Yeah..everytime she asks for a LINDSAY LOHAN album I just throw a new BEATLES one at her. hahaha.
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
Good on you for doing something for all humankind!
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
Don't get me wrong - Lindsay Lohan albums have their place - it is just that most people complain about having to call the plumber to unblock the toilet.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
OOOOH...easy....It is Sorcerer ...cause I just got it-I just posted about it. I love it, it is such a powerful song. I love the words. I have to play a song a million times when I first fall in love with it, until I wear it out. It drives everyone crazy...some times it grows on them though, like I have played this one about 6 times now, and it is starting to grow on my son, and he's starting to know all the words now too.
Posted by Anna Sullivan (Member # 4010) on :
Jump is still big for me. Plus, am going through a Billy Joel phase for some reason. Uptown Girl has been stuck in my head for days.
Posted by wallyum (Member # 2746) on :
quote:Originally posted by Anna Sullivan: Uptown Girl has been stuck in my head for days.
I'm sorry to hear that. Did you try drinking heavily? That occasionally works for me. Gargling with drain cleaner was a bad idea, but since it chased "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" out of my head, I considered the tracheal damage well worth it. The disclaimer: (THIS WAS A JOKE. I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE DRINK DRAIN CLEANER UNLESS YOU ARE ASSAILED BY A CONTINUOUS LOOP OF "THE WAR SONG". THANK YOU.) Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
This moring a Billy Joel song was playing on the radio, and it happens to be from 1985-my favorite year...and now I can't get the song out of my mind either...it was:
Well you went uptown riding in your limousine With your fine Park Avenue clothes You had the Dom Perignon in your hand And the spoon up your nose And when you wake up in the morning With your head on fire And your eyes too bloody to see Go on and cry in your coffee But don't come bitchin' to me
Because you had to be a big shot, didn't you You had to open up your mouth You had to be a big shot, didn't you All your friends were so knocked out You had to have the last word, last night You know what everything's about You had to have a white hot spotlight You had to be a big shot last night
They were all impressed with your Halston dress And the people that you knew at Elaine's And the story of your latest success Kept 'em so entertained Aw but now you just can't remember All the things you said And you're not sure you want to know I'll give you one hint, honey You sure did put on a show
Yes, yes, you had to be a big shot, didn't you You had to prove it to the crowd You had to be a big shot, didn't you All your friends were so knocked out You had to have the last word, last night You're so much fun to be around You had to have the front page, bold type You had to be a big shot last night
Well, it's no big sin to stick your two cents in If you know when to leave it alone But you went over the line You couldn't see it was time to go home No, no, no, no, no, no, you had to be a big shot, didn't you You had to open up your mouth You had to be a big shot, didn't you All your friends were so knocked out You had to have the last word, last night So much fun to be around You had to have a white hot spot light You had to be a big shot last night
Does anyone else like this song?????
Posted by Earth Angel (Member # 3301) on :
Im loving...... 'power of love' huey lewis etc,...... 'I want you back' Jackson 5 .......'Back to life' soul to soul, and 'nothins gonna stop us now' starship
Posted by jlp937-Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
My song choices of the moments are Clay Aiken's CD, like the whole thing. Also I am listening to Whitesnake's Greatest Hits--Here I Go Again on my Own and Is this Love!
Posted by Sam Hain DOC# 63804172 (Member # 3150) on :
Big Shot by Billy Joel was from 1979
One song I really like and I crank it every time I see it on VH1 classic is "Tattooed Love Boys" by The Pretenders.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
When I looked Big Shot up, it was listed under his songs in 1985. Maybe he put it on a greatest hits album then- Posted by PaulShrimpton (Member # 1022) on :
My current playlist (gets updated at least once a week):
Place Your Hands - Reef Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop Love Like Blood - Killing Joke Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow Reward - Teardrop Explodes Basket Case - Green Day Town Called Malice - The Jam Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby Disco 2000 - Pulp Nite Club - The Specials Crash - The Primitives Baby I Don't Care - Transmission Vamp Hedonism - Skunk Anansie Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
Posted by deathbystereo80 (Member # 2005) on :
These past few days I've been listening to Alphaville's Sounds Like A Melody in my car.
I know that probably tonight on my way back, I will already be fed up with it and I will find a new "current favorite", but right now, it was this alphaville song.
Posted by Stitchgroover (Member # 2895) on :
I just bought the new album from Aussie band "Cat Empire" called Two Shoes. Great single that I can't get enough of right now called "Sly".
If you like reggae/jazzy/latin music, do yourself a favour and check 'em out.
And please don't hate me but I actually like Ashlee Simpsons "La La"
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Big Shot was on the 52nd Street Album. It had to come out in 79 because My Life is also on it and we lest not forget the Bosom Buddies theme song. Way before 85. I love that album though Isis.
We are DEVO
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
What is everyone's opinion on 'Jessie's Girl'? I know that Rick Springfield was an ex-soap opera actor so he was probably crap BUT doesn't it encapsulate a point in all our lives?
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
Good song - "All through the night" by Cyndi Lauper OR "Disarm" Smashing pumpkins or "Don't give up" by Kate Bush or Peter Gabriel
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Mamamiasweetpeaches wrote about her daughter:
quote:Yeah..everytime she asks for a LINDSAY LOHAN album, I just throw a new BEATLES one at her. hahaha.
I would say your daughter has great taste!
As for The Beatles...Who are they? They sound like a bunch of old farts!
Signed, LINDSAY LOHAN Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
quote:Originally posted by mamamiasweetpeaches: Its not 80s....but my daughter who is 6 and loves THE BEATLES just got GEORGE HARRISON'S GREATEST HITS and plays Here Comes The Sun constantly and walks around singing it so thats my pick.
You can't even know how awesome I think that is!
I grew up with my mom playing Abbey Road when I was little....and "Here Comes the Sun" is one of my favorite songs to this day. When it plays my face lights up....it's just such a beautiful song. Your daughter might even like that album...some of the songs were almost child like...Maxwells Silver Hammer,Octupus's Garden,Mean Mr.Mustard....lol funny in a way? Also it's such a classic for Something,Because and Golden Slumbers....man I love that album!
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I like the song Trinidad by Eddie Money right now...it was one I never listened to before, but I had it on a CD, then I heard it last night, and played it a couple times on the way home today, and I really like it.
Posted by crazy for 80's (Member # 4131) on :
A few weeks ago I had a Prince kick, watched Purple Rain a few too many times, I am playing "7" a lot right now, I don't think it gets enough credit and it is one of Prince's better songs.
Posted by Stitchgroover (Member # 2895) on :
I'm with you there on "7". It's a very underrated song
Posted by wallyum (Member # 2746) on :
quote:Originally posted by kat27: What is everyone's opinion on 'Jessie's Girl'? I know that Rick Springfield was an ex-soap opera actor so he was probably crap BUT doesn't it encapsulate a point in all our lives?
I think it gets more airplay than necessary. It was one of those 80's chestnuts that sounded good because your heard it so seldom. Now it's on every 80's compilation and is a staple on every 80's radio broadcast. (What few there are.) The thing that has always killed me about it is that our local "serious" rock station had it in HEAVY rotation during the spring of 1981 when Rick still had hard rock potential. Once the soap fans and Tiger Beat readers got to him and made him the early 80's answer to Shaun Cassidy, that potential went right out the window. (Kind of like "Here's your sleeveless t-shirt, there's the door".)
Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
Wow I was the last one to post on this over 2 weeks ago.
Well my new favorite song that I keep listening to lately is Keith Urban's "Better Half". I just bought this CD and I keep playing that one over and over again!!
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
Also - If You Leave, Orchestral Manouveres in the Dark; You Win Again, Bee Gees; We Belong, Pat Benetar; Stop Draggin My Heart Around, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty; Keep on Loving You, REO Speedwagon; Crazy, Icehouse; It's a Heartache, Bonnie Taylor; Only You, Yahoo; Is There Something I Should Know, Duran Duran; Need You Tonight, INXS; Oh Diane, Fleetwood Mac; Vienna, Ultravox; Against All Odds, Phil Collins; Groovy Kind of Love, Phil Collins; And heaps heaps more!
Posted by Stitchgroover (Member # 2895) on :
Catch my disease - Ben Lee Since U been gone - Kelly Clarkson Speed of sound - Coldplay Funk U up - Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets
Posted by J. Chance (Member # 4217) on :
I'm playing 'There's The Girl' by Heart and my sound card has got some echo effect stuck on so it sounds like it's in a big shopping mall or something. Kinda cool!
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
quote:Originally posted by Earth Angel: Im loving...... 'nothins gonna stop us now' starship
Great song Earth Angel! I am loving that one at the moment too! Love Mannequin!
Posted by J. Chance (Member # 4217) on :
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. I wish they'd put this video out on DVD. It was always a trip trying to figure out the spooky college scenes with the guys trashing the dinner table, ninjas, bikers, ppl with wings and glowing eyes, etc. The dancing Conan dude always cracked me up.
Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf both have that similar Brit/goth/piano-rock look and sound, and Jim Steinman seems to be a common thread. I wouldn't have noticed except that a high school friend said that Fire Inc. (Streets of Fire soundtrack) sounded a lot like Bonnie Tyler, and I'm pretty sure Fire Inc. IS Meat Loaf, but they changed their name for some reason.
Oh, now I have to go play Bat Out of Hell. 'Sirens are screaming and the fires are howlin' way down in the valley tonight...'
Posted by kat27 (Member # 3979) on :
quote:Originally posted by J. Chance: Oh, now I have to go play Bat Out of Hell. 'Sirens are screaming and the fires are howlin' way down in the valley tonight...'
I tried to hate Meatloaf for ages until I just surrendered myself to the fact that a lot of his songs were really catchy! Bat out of Hell is great but my favourite is 'Paradise by the Dashboard light' - it kind of reminds me of being young if you know what i mean!
Posted by J. Chance (Member # 4217) on :
'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' always reminds me of late night road trips. It's been karaoke'd so much everyone seems to know at least some of the words.
I think my favorite rendition so far was hearing a group of girls singing it around a campfire at 1 a.m. They were actually pretty good.
Posted by Son of Sam Hain (Member # 3150) on :
right now I seriously can't get enough of "Superstar" by The Carpenters. My heavy metal brethern are very disappointed in me with this revelation, but this song is so cool and I need to hear it LOUD. "Coconut" by Nillson is also cool right now, but I'm not liking it because of the Coke commercials I'm liking it for the closing credits of the movie "Reservoir Dogs"
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
been going crazy singing out loud to MARTINA MCBRIDE's greatest hits! she has a great voice for country music. "safe in the arms of love" & "wild angels" are mainly the 2 songs i find myself hitting the repeat button to.
Posted by Son of Sam Hain (Member # 3150) on :
I like Independence Day by Martina McBride
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
you have excellent taste in music, sam. you like a little bit of everything, like me.
i honestly haven't listened to much 80s lately. i go through phases when it comes to music. i am on a country kick these days and next week, i am sure it will be something comepletely different.
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