we all borned in 80´s. many persons consider that time a bigger time in history of songs. i love scorpions, pink floyd, dire strait. michael jackson begees. even al of that bands started before 80´s. most of the great songs of that bands started in that decade. what do u think? mary christmas for all

late 70s and all the 80s was the best music ever. bob segar,journey,joan jett,ac/dc,reo speedwagon,bee gees,forigner,bto,aerosmith def leoppard, man i can go for days

80's where my high school years...

I was a bit more punk and metal...

Slayer "Angel of Death"

Sacred Reich "Surf Nicuragua"

Dead Kennedy's "Too drunk to F***"

I also dug Cindy Lauper, the Go Go's, Duran Duran, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Ted Nugent, Kiss, Billy Idol, Ac/Dc, Ozzy Osbourne's debut album, Mettalica's "Kill 'em all", Black Crowes, Morris Day and the Time, Run DMC, Anthrax

80's music had alot of suck @$$ bands...poison, winger, stryper,def leppard...don't get me started.

All in all it it had it's moments.

I couldn't list all the bands and musicians I listened to back in the 80s.

Oingo Boingo, Was (Not Was), Men at Work, The B-52s, ABC, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, The Eagles, U2, Bon Jovi, Wang Chung, Quiet Riot, Billy Joel, Chicago, J. Geils Band, Van Halen, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Journey, Duran Duran, Twisted Sister, Billy Idol, ZZ Top, Depeche Mode, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, UB40, Guns N' Roses, Run DMC, Motely Crue, Ratt, Anthrax, LL Cool J, Rush, Til Tuesday, Suzanne Vega, and others

"Don't you forget about me. I'll be alone. Dancin' Ya Know it, baby".

80s?

80s were VH ACDC Def Leppard & Dokken quiet riot


and the Alan Parson's Project


and Devo

The Ramones and such


favorite songs from the 80s- stuff like

Rock of Ages, Hot For Teacher, Hells Bells, Let's Get Rocked, Panama, I wanna be sedated - and such

Holly And The Italians, Camper Van Beethoven, The Damned, The Cramps, Transvision Vamp, Timbuk 3, Tones On Tail, Bauhaus, Sisters Of Mercy, Danielle Dax, The Lemonheads, The Boomtown Rats, Torch Song, Concrete Blonde, Roky Erickson, Nena, Joy Division, The Dead Milkmen, Violent Femmes, Blake Babies, Sonic Youth....

A lot of my musical tastes came from horror flick soundtracks of the 80's- Fear No Evil, I Was A Teenage Zombie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Return Of The Living Dead...

I'm a 90's kid, but preferred a lot of the 80's stuff. Metallica went right downhill after the 80's.

I've been to 2 Slayer shows!

My favourite 80's songs:
Soft Cell-'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye',
ABBA-'The Winner Takes It All',
Roxy Music-'Love Is The Drug',
Duran Duran-'Wild Boys',
Spandau Ballet-'Through The Barricades',
George Michael-'A Different Corner',
George Michael-'Praying For Time',
Right Said Fred-'Deeply Dippy'

There is a new song out that I am waiting for the Bangles to nail them over because the beginning is the same exact beginning as "Walk Like an Egyptian". Remember when "Ice Ice Baby" got nailed for being the same as "Under Pressure"? So Vanilla Ice had to pay Queen.

And I still love wtih all my heart The Smithereens and Dramarama. I saw them in concert. Dramarama was mesmerizing.

Totally forgot The Smithereens, the first time I heard them was when they appeared in a party scene in Troma's Class Of Nuke 'em High.

And there was The Art of Noise putting Industrial music on the map too.

There are a lot of overrated bands from the '80s. Krupa mentioned a few, but I could also include bands like Loverboy and Survivor.

But does any song capture the decade better than Nina's "99 Luft Ballons"?

And...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUUtf7gOe8

you can't get more 80's than that

That....was too much '80s. Now I feel like Van Gogh ripping my ears off.

I think I'm scarred for life now.

And though it was late 70s very early 80s, god only knows how many hours I spend on my jogging trampoline bouncing around to "The Best of Blondie".

I met Debra Harry when I was working at Baxter and we were closing and they used the building for a Tales from the Crypt. I was very very very very disappointed like when I met the woman from Til Tuesday while working at Magic Mountain. Both were strung out and paranoid. I prefer NOT to met anyone I admire. It's always such a let down.

Ditto for Edie Brickell.

It was nigh impossible to conduct the radio interview given the state she was in.

Interviewing Dan Quayle would have been more fun....but I guess he wasn't listening to my station when he was in the area.

Ah, yes the decade that pop-rock was not something to laugh at!

I'm with you on all of those. I'd have to add Alien Sex Fiend, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gerad Mcmann (he did the theme for Lost boys. ) and probably more I'm not thinking of. Oh and Kraftwerk. Oh how I loved and still love Kraftwerk.