Letting it out: My 80ies Guilty Pleasure ...

[TBird1958]

Along with The Fixx as underatted bands I'd suggest Big County, one hit wonders here in the States, I love their music.

[gearHed289]

Can't forget these guys -

[Dave W]

More 80s guilty pleasures, from 70s bands.

[chromium]

Couple other favs-

Split Enz:


Joe Jackson:

[chromium]

...and some seasonal 80s 

[Pilgrim]

Two of my favorites from a really successful 80's movie, Top Gun....





These both get in your head and just go around....and around...and so on......

[westen44]

Just make sure you don't get the Jessica Simpson version of "Take My Breath Away."  I was once sitting outside a cafe in Cork, Ireland, drinking coffee with friends.  The radio played that song by Jessica Simpson, I think the first and last time I ever heard it.  It kind of put a damper on things for a few moments. 

[Pilgrim]

Just make sure you don't get the Jessica Simpson version of "Take My Breath Away."  I was once sitting outside a cafe in Cork, Ireland, drinking coffee with friends.  The radio played that song by Jessica Simpson, I think the first and last time I ever heard it.  It kind of put a damper on things for a few moments. 

I think Ms. Simpson contributes more to visual than aural artistry.

[westen44]

I think Ms. Simpson contributes more to visual than aural artistry.

Valid point. 

[Rob]

I think Ms. Simpson contributes more to visual than aural artistry.

Gee you professors 

[Pilgrim]

Gee you professors 

See y'all, there be's a per-lite way to say most anythin'.

[Dave W]

a perfectly innocent song with no hidden meaning.

[chromium]

[Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!]

I always liked Golden Age of Wireless in its entirety, and was surprised to find that the songs were completely different when I bought it on CD a couple decades later!  The LP that I had listened to for years apparently had the original versions of the songs, which featured a full band:
(original version starts at 0:40)

[westen44]

[daan]

I grew up in the 80's so this thread has been fun. This song was the first song I really noticed the bass part to, enough to try to figure out how do play it on my crappy Global bass.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQCpI4GbKQ

I still have about 500 records I have to rip so I can play them in the car. I do drag some out now and then to annoy my wife, and the kid seems to like the 80's stuff as much as anything else. I grew up in rural Wisconsin so I had to watch "Night Flight" when it was on to hear this kind of stuff, or go to a friend's place who had cable to see MTV. They sure didn't play this on the radio... unless we want to start an "80's country music" thread  
I liked seeing the Violent Femmes video earlier, I remember going to Milwaukee to see them play at the Oriental Theater, and paying about $6 to do so. You could see them around the college occasionally. Everywhere else they were famous (or famous-ish...) pop stars but in Milwaukee it was, "Oh, THOSE guys. We don't need to see them play, they're here all the time."