90's guy looking for 80's music

So, here is a 90's guy searching for good 80's music for making a good compilation (so my father too will be happy): I already now some songs, many I know how they sound but not the title, many other I've probably never heard.

So, give me your advice (Please).

Edit: Topic moved and re-titled.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2009 04:14AM by mortal.

firstly, you should have posted this in the correct forum

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X (@ed24f1)

Which kind of music are you searching? Rock, pop, etc. Also, if you know a part of the lyrics, you can throw them into Google and find the song.

D'oh, wrong section first time i do this, damn!

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watch the movie Hot Rod, then listen to the soundtrack, it has stuff like Europe and it's proper 80's style.

here's the tracklist for the soundtrack: Click

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80's pop (or any genre played remotely frequently) is @#$%& awful. It all sounds the same.

Use the music the BBC used for the '91 end of season compilation - REM, These Days (not that I'm a fan or anything )... it's from 1986, but isn't an endless stream of keyboards and drum loops.

80s... REM - It's the End of the World/Stand/Pop Song 89. U2 - Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/New Year's Day/Sunday Bloody Sunday/With or Without You. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine/Paradise City/I Used to Love Her/Patience/Welcome to the Jungle. You may also look into Roxette, The Cure... figure it out :P.

Ok guys, keep on suggesting, at the end I hope I can make a good playlist that satisfies both me and my father

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Check out some of the movie scores by Giorgio Moroder(Electric Dreams, Neverending Story). Some of the music on there is actually really good, and has a really classic 80s sound as well.
In fact, there's even an example of this on the old BBC F1 race highlights programmes - from the mid-80s up till 1993 they used a piece from the Neverending Story soundtrack, it was usually played as they ran through the grid order, immediately before the start.

As well as this, there's plenty of 80s rock - Bon Jovi, Guns 'N' Roses, Def Leppard, Journey, Starship.

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80's music? i say rick astley

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some of the 80's music was awesome.


Try searching for music by

Depeche Mode
Gary Numan
The Jam
Tears for Fears
yazoo
Simple Minds
Teardrop Explodes
Duran Duran ( early stuff)
Thompson Twins
OMD
New Order
Big Country
ABC
The Human League
The Smiths
Echo and the bunnymen
Souxsie and the banshees
Softcell
inxs
The Police
David Bowie
Heaven 17
Ultravox
Erasure
The Specials
Madness
The Cure
Adam and the ants
motorhead
zz top
aztec camera




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aHa - Take On Me
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Yello - Oh Yeah


Although I was only born in 88 and am primarily a 90s child, here a few songs from the 80s i like

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Circuit Thermalito

Liverpool Waterfront Circuit (WIP)

St Elmo's Fire!

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LS reminded me,

David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure

Talk Talk [My Favorite]
Eurythmics
Japan
Phil Collins
Spandau Ballet
Soft Cell
ABC
Haircut 100
Simple Minds
Human League
Big Country
Echo & the Bunnymen
Everything But the Girl
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Fun Boy Three
Matt Bianco
Ultravox
Visage



Tyrrell still No1 B.A.R None

I can't say there is no choice =). But please, more than artist name, tell me a specific song. Anyway, thanks so much till now.

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A-Ha - The sun always shines on TV

This might not be 80s but still, it's worth it

Journey - Don't stop believin'

visage - fade to grey

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Gary numan - cars



OMD - Enola Gay



The Jam - Town Called Malice



Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a 1000 Men



Human League - open up your heart



New Order - Blue Monday

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ABC - All of heart



Thompson twins - doctor doctor



adam and the ants - antmusic



simple minds - alive and kicking



teardrop explodes - reward



Motorhead - Ace of Spades

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the smiths - so what difference does it make?

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The Police - Message In A Bottle



softcell - bedsitter



Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon



Ultravox - Hymn



tears for fears - change



Yazoo - Don't Go






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