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Posted by iowaguy (Member # 1759) on :
 
HELP!!! I need to find the best movie songs from the 80's. What do you think??
 
Posted by thebazman (Member # 1741) on :
 
Power Of Love - Huey Lewis "Back To The Future"
 
Posted by RiverPhoenix4life (Member # 1719) on :
 
I agree w/ The bazman, Power of love is awesome. I actually saw Huey Lewis and the news perform last year. Twas awesome! Ne Who, well, Cyndi lauper's The goonies R good Enough is great also. Check out the video too. finally, Ben E Kings Stand By Me is incredible. I am a total sucker for corny 50's love songs. Shame on me! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
 
Devolution here,
Movie songs,
way to narrow it down!
Obscure - Thunder in your heart from Rad
comedy - with one look - better off dead
horror - Dream Warriors from Nightmare on Elm street 3
Drama - She loves me from Some kind of wonderful
Teen - Wild Sex in the working class from sixteen candles
Action - Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow,
I just like die hard

We are DEVO
 
Posted by paulshrimpton (Member # 1022) on :
 
The whole Some Kind Of Wonderful soundtrack was great, including 'Amanda Jones'. 'I Go Crazy', and my favorite, 'Brilliant Mind'.

Most of John Hughes' earlier movies had superb tracks with a lot of the music taken from the brit-pop scene, which at the time was not well known stateside. I recon that this is one of the reasons that his moveies were do good - they had an edge to them that was different from anything else at the time.

- Your Retro God.
 
Posted by bboy electro pop (Member # 1763) on :
 
YO Da best 80s songs r
Tour de france - kraftwork
Dinn da do
Electric boogaloo- ollie and jerry
I dont wanna come down
Boogie down - al jereau? (i think dats the name)
.........
basicly all the breakin' songs
And all of Michaels songs from (moonwalker!) [Cool]
 
Posted by kenkobra (Member # 892) on :
 
I would have to say the Breakfast Club song.
 
Posted by Duckie (Member # 1732) on :
 
"If You Were Here", Thompson Twins, Sixteen Candles

"Don't You (Forget About Me)", Simple Minds, The Breakfast Club

"Pretty in Pink", The Psychedelic Furs, Pretty in Pink

"If You Leave", OMD, Pretty in Pink

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", Starship, Mannequin

Just a few of my favorites (can you tell I'm a John Hughes fan?) [Wink]

Duckie [Smile]
 
Posted by Squadron (Member # 1771) on :
 
Dude, you gotta check out

"rock until you drop" from the Monster Squad

actually i've never been able to find an mp3 of this song, and the soundtrack is loooooooong outta print, so good luck with that one, but hte song rules

"I still believe" by tim capello, from the Lost Boys

and also "Big Trouble in Little China" from big trouble in little china (heh)...that song rules

peace out
 
Posted by Janette (Member # 252) on :
 
A few of my favorites were listed above, but two of my favs that I have to turn the radio up to are:

Cruel Summer, Bananarama - Karate Kid
Glory of Love, Peter Cetera - Karate Kid II
 
Posted by SHEGOTGAME (Member # 476) on :
 
I love " "Rock Until You Drop" " too Squadron. I always loved that song from the movie. I've been searching for that song for awhile but I still haven't found it...if it even exists anymore.
As far as my other favorite songs....hmm...there's so many to choose from...but here's a few:
Power of Love - Back to the Future
Eye of the Tiger - Rocky
No Easy Way Out - Rocky IV
Go For It - Rocky V (I"m not sure if this is an 80's movie or not...it may be early 90's)
Cruel Summer - Karate Kid
You're the Best - Karate Kid Karate Kid
On Our Own - Ghostbusters 2
 
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
 
Devolution here,
Rocky V is the red headed step child of the rocky movies.
Some of them just needed a paycheck.

Go for it?
I don't know, Stick with Eye of the Tiger, a much better move.

We are DEVO
 
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
 
I love all the songs from both Breakin movies too-especially I think it's- Ain't Nobody-by Chaka Khan,

I like Just one touch by Phoebe Cates from Private Scool- I actually like the whole soundtrack to it.

The whole soundtrack to Valley Girl, and The Last American Virgin, and I like the music from the Anthony Michael Hall movie-Out of Bounds

Hell on Wheels-Cher- from Roller Boogie

Strange Brew- from Strange Brew

The Xanadu soundtrack- I like ELO's songs

The Lost Boys soundtrack

Crazy for You-Madonna-Vision Quest

In your eyes-Peter Gabriel-Say Anything
 
Posted by RiverPhoenix4life (Member # 1719) on :
 
The Lost Boys soundtrack is incredible. My personal favs are:

Good Times- INXS and Jimmy Barnes

Cry Little Sister(my fav)- Gerard McMann

and...

a great cover of People Are Strange- originally done by the Doors, cover done by Echo and the Bunnymen
 
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
 
That is my fav too, see we aren't different at all! Hehehe. My friend, made me a collection of CD's from the 80's and put the Cry Little Sister song on there- but I had it on CD already.
But, he did put the music from Fright Night on it too-it is just music-no words, and I love it. I can't remember the name of it now.

I also love Kenny Loggins: Holiday Road, and I'm Allright from Caddyshack.
 
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
 
I love the goofy songs from the 80's and I told someone else about this website-I think, Duckie, but it's www.kidrhino.com, and it has Dr. Demento's hits on there, and it's a 2 disc collection of hits like: Monster Mash, and Maddah Faddah, but I like the song Junk Food Junkie-which nobody I know knows it.

I also like the song Makin It- from Meatballs, and I liked the tv show Makin too-that was on briefly.

I also love the whole soundtrack to The Night the Lights went out in Georgia, and Little Darlings-the first song, where they're singing it in the opening- it might be called: Give the boys something to dream about??
 
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
 
Devolution here,
Isis,
Lindsey Buckingham (fleetwood mac)sings Holiday Road, not Kenny Loggins, Just a little FYI

We are DEVO
 
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
 
Oh, well I like him too, and actually knew that, as soon as you said it, but they do sound alike, huh?
 


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