Nostalgic 80s songs

[Devildog]

The 80's?

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[Top Ute]

Someone said "We Didn't Start the Fire" I'm pretty sure that the 90's.

"... Fire" was released on Sept. 17, 1989. Barely the 1980s, but qualifies.

DDD mentioned Winds of Change, which was released in April 1991. But I still get chills every time I hear it, since I was in Germany when it was released. Couldn't go a day without hearing it 4-5 times somewhere in public.

[Top Ute]

Feigning the best mock indignation possible, I cannot believe "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head has gone unmentioned.

[Top Ute]

For 80's songs that are nostalgic for me I'm going with "Tainted Love" by Softcell. The first morning I was home from the mission I had my clock radio set to wake me up to music and this was the song playing. I'm not sure why I remember that but I do remember thinking that it was a pretty good song and that I finally was really home.

November Rain here. Funny how you remember things like that.

[Viking]

are those songs on that movie?

Electric Avenue! Come on!

[Sleeping in EQ]

ZZ Top's 80s tunes sure fit the bill. Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Rough Boy, Gimme All Your Lovin', Stages, Cheap Sunglasses....

[Babs]

ZZ Top's 80s tunes sure fit the bill. Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Rough Boy, Gimme All Your Lovin', Stages, Cheap Sunglasses....

Ah, yes. Nothing says nostalgia like cheap sunglasses.

[Omaha 680]

Off-topic (80s song that makes me nostalgic): The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News.

On-topic (nostalgic 80s song): Nothing Compares 2 U by Prince or Sinead O'Connor. I checked and Sinead's version was released in January 1990, but was recorded in 1989 so I think it qualifies. Prince wrote and recorded it originally in the mid-80s. I still love both versions.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

"... Fire" was released on Sept. 17, 1989. Barely the 1980s, but qualifies.

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[Paperback Writer]

ZZ Top's 80s tunes sure fit the bill. Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Rough Boy, Gimme All Your Lovin', Stages, Cheap Sunglasses....

Pearl Necklace and Got me Under Pressure

[HauteCoug]

Head Over Heels! I LOVE this song.

As the World Falls Down - the David Bowie song from Labyrinth. Also a great choice.

[cowboy]

Amarillo by Morning
Fishin' in the Dark
Diggin' up Bones


Four pages, and nobody mentions these songs? What the hell is wrong with you people?

[il Padrino Ute]

Head Over Heels! I LOVE this song.

As the World Falls Down - the David Bowie song from Labyrinth. Also a great choice.

The Go-Gos? Tears For Fears? Abba?

[Sleeping in EQ]

Pearl Necklace and Got me Under Pressure

When I hear those 80s ZZ Top albums my ears peel off the 80s pop, space-ship-like production, and hear the rumble of the 1933 Ford Coupe engine inside.

On albums like Dequello and El Loco, and especially on Eliminator and Afterburner, Billy Gibbons gives lessons on old school blues to ears raised on pop. He's a master craftsman on the guitar and his voice compliments his vintage tone. The lyrics don't matter as much as how he sings them.

Hill and Beard are top-notch pros too.

One of the best concerts I've been to was ZZ Top on the Recycler tour. I'm not that keen on Recycler, but the concert astonished my young ears.

All hail the Rev. Billy G!

[Shaka]

When I hear those 80s ZZ Top albums my ears peel off the 80s pop, space-ship-like production, and hear the rumble of the 1933 Ford Coupe engine inside.

On albums like Dequello and El Loco, and especially on Eliminator and Afterburner, Billy Gibbons gives lessons on old school blues to ears raised on pop. He's a master craftsman on the guitar and his voice compliments his vintage tone. The lyrics don't matter as much as how he sings them.

Hill and Beard are top-notch pros too.

One of the best concerts I've been to was ZZ Top on the Recycler tour. I'm not that keen on Recycler, but the concert astonished my young ears.

All hail the Rev. Billy G!

I love Zed Zed Top. I agree they put on an incredible concert. I saw the Afterburn tour and was simply stunned at he spectacle. The show started with a huge Egyptian pharaoh head on the back of the stage sporting cheap sunglasses. The rest of the stage was covered in a white sheet. Suddenly Egyptian dude starts shooting laser beams out of the cheap sunglasses. As the band kicked in the dude snorted up the white sheet covering the stage through his nose. A great tribute to the decade of cocaine!

For the record Frank and Dusty didn't have a lot to do with the production of those two albums and barely even played on them. Those albums were all Billy and the producer. I read a huge article on the production that was rather interesting from a production standpoint.