Choose three songs from the 80s

[seagull]

The museum in Dorch currently have an exhibition about the 80s. This Saturday we are going to an event there being run by the local record shop. Everyone has been invited to bring along 2 or 3 songs from the 80s to be played on the night.

My choices are...

The Chameleons - Second Skin

My favourite band from the 80s and this is my favourite song from my favourite album by them.

Startled Insects - Overzoom

I was in a record shop in Bath flicking through the racks when this was played. I stopped and listened, it was like nothing I had ever heard before (or since). I had to buy it.

New Order - Blue Monday

This was the first song that Mrs seagull and I danced to, so it became "Our Tune"

What would be your three be?

 

[Weekender]

For a Saturday night:

 

[Big Tabs]

Landscape ‘Einstein A Go-Go’


The Police ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’

Adventures of Stevie V ‘Dirty Cash’

 

[SiBrighton]

The Specials - Ghost Town

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Motorhead - Motorhead (from No Sleep Til Hammersmith)

 

[unclepuncle]

Felt - All The People I Like Are Those That Are Dead

Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene

Galaxie 500 - Tugboat

 

[Accuphaseman]

Only 3.oh well here goes.

Ultravox. Death in the afternoon

ABC. All of my heart

Visage. Fade to grey

 

[PhilofCas]

Ooof, hard question!

Give me time to have a think, please very much

 

[notaclue]

I'm going 80s super pop. 3 brilliant pop songs...

 

[PhilofCas]

Ooof, hard question!

Give me time to have a think, please very much

Tooooo big a choice…

Ain’t nobody - Rufus and Chaka Khan.
Close to me - The Cure.
All cried out - Alison Moyet.

 

[gavreid]

 

[robs]

A Forest - The Cure

Upside Down - Diana Ross

Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins.

Well that's 1980 covered at least...with a little concert footage to boot..

 

[tiggers]

Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (12" version) - has to be the 12" version

New Order - Ceremomy

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Great songs inspire great things... Personal Jesus as played by 500 Hungarians

In case one of the above three does not work I'm leaving this in as a substitute.

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream

 

[alanbeeb]

New Order - Thieves Like Us
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

 

[webster]

 

[Big Tabs]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood ‘Relax’

ZZ Top ‘Sharped Dressed Man’

George Benson ‘Never Give Up On A Good Thing’

 

[Sloop John B]

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions- are you ready to be heartbroken?

Pixies - monkey gone to heaven

the Wedding Present - Shatner.

.sjb

 

[matt j]

It's too difficult.

 

[lilolee]

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

808 State - Pacific State

David Bowie (Pat Metheny Group) - This is not America

(I would have had Japan - Ghosts, but already gone)

 

[Gingerbeard]

Blimey, I think it would have been easier if you had asked for our top 300 tunes of the 80”s there’s just sooooo many to chose from ​

 

[Yank]

Lou Reed - Strawman

Pixies - Dead

XTC - Reign of Blows