Putting Together an 80's CD - Need Ideas!!

[KillarneyRose]

My sister's boyfriend, a radio personality, was nice enough to offer to burn a CD for me with whatever music I want. Me being me, of course, I want to do all 80's. He assures me he has access to any 80's song I could want so help me out here! What song would YOU choose?

[DGPhoney]

anything boy george, duran duran , bangles, wam, cyndi Lauper,michael jackson,early madonna, ohh theres sooo many more that I can't even think of .
DGP~Honey~

[boycrazy]

I Melt with You by Modern English!

I was gonna list some suggestions....but brooklineu already did it for me!

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by boycrazy
I Melt with You by Modern English!

HELL YEAH! The anthem from Valley Girl!
And you need to have Thompson Twins in there too!

[juniorgrrl]

Its already been said but "Always Something There To Remind Me" is great - the "wah wah wah wah" is always popular to sing along

Some others:

Madonna - Material Girl/Lucky Star/Borderline
Madness - Our House
Wild Wild West (can't remember the artist)
And if you're going for 80s cheese - try some NKOTB

[KarenC725]

Jesse's Girl-Rick Springfield
In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel
Goody Two Shoes-Adam Ant
Dancing with Myself-Billy Idol

How bout some Bon Jovi?

[33girl]

Tracy - look at my post in the "if your life had a soundtrack" thread. Plus don't forget to throw in some B. E. Taylor & Donnie Iris!!

"If you could buy...I'm sure they'd sell...Vitamin L!"

[chopper816]

you give love a bad name and living on a prayer- both by bon jovi

loverboy- heaven in your eyes, from the top gun soundtrack
playing with the boys- kenny loggins, also from the top gun soundtrack

[PKTSU01]

My Lord, I can't believe no one has posted up trash hair metal of the 80's!?

Here's a lil' run down of groups I'd include, never mind song titles, too many...

Motley Crue
Warrant
Poison
Skid Row
GNR
Winger
Lita Ford
Def Leppard
RATT
Twisted Sister
Slaughter

As for Pop / Rock, I'd go with...

Prince
Michael Jackson (Way back when, when he was good)
Madonna(mmm, like a virgin..right.)
Culture Club
Duran Duran
The Cars
The Police
Rick Astley
El Debarge
Miami Sound Machine
Sade
Lionel Richie
Journey
Milli Vanilli
Talking Heads

I'll stop now before I give ya'll too many adolescent flashbacks.

[chopper816]

this post reminds me of good times gone by, too bad we werent college students in the 80's, they probably had some fun back then!!!

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by chopper816
this post reminds me of good times gone by, too bad we werent college students in the 80's, they probably had some fun back then!!!

Yes, Chopper, we sure did!

[Peaches-n-Cream]

The Police - Every Breath You Take, King of Pain from "Synchronicity" De Do Do Do De Da Da Da, Don't Stand So Close to Me from "Zenyatta Mondatta" Spirits in the Material World, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, Secret Journey, Invisible Sun from "Ghost in the Machine"

Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Fortress Around Your Heart, Love Is The Seventh Wave from "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles" Fragile, We'll Be Together, Be Still My Beating Heart, Englishman In New York from "Nothing Like The Sun"

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough, See You, Leave In Silence, Get The Balance Right, Everything Counts, Love In Itself, People Are People, Master And Servant, Blasphemous Rumours, Somebody, Shake The Disease, It's Called A Heart, Black Celebration, Fly On The Windscreen - final, A Question Of Lust, Sometimes, Stripped, But Not Tonight, Never Let Me Down Again, Strangelove, Sacred

Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
John Cougar Mellencamp
Olivia Newton John - Let's Get Physical
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

[KillarneyRose]

My GC buddies coming through for me! Thanks so much everyone for the suggestions; GREAT choices!!!

Here are my burend ones if its not too late....

At This Moment- Billy Vera and the Beaters
What A Fool Believes- The Doobie Brothers
Hungry Heart- Bruce Springsteen
We Got The Beat- Go Go's
Walk Like An Egyptian- Bangles
Eternal Flame- " "
Hazy Shade Of Winter- " "
Cruel Summer- Bananarama
I Heard A Rumor- " "
Love In The First Degree- " "
Venus- " "
Get Into The Groove- Madonna
Just Like A Prayer- " " (ok early '90's)
Crazy For You- " "
True Blue- " "
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Jefferson Starship
Come On Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners
Good Thing- Fine Young Cannibals
Everybody Have Fun Tonight- Wang Chung
Holiday Road- Linsey Buckingham (National Lampoons)
Soemthing About You- Level 42
Mad About You- Belinda Carlisle
Heaven Is A Place On Earth- " "
Don't Dream Its Over (Hey Now)- Crowded House
Careless Whisper- George Michael
West End Girls- Pet Shop Boys
Holding Back The Years- Simply Red
Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Tears For Fears
Shout- " "
Hold Me Now- Thompson Twins
I'm Alright- Kenny Loggins
Mickey- Toni Basil
Love Shack- B 52's
Come Undone- Duran Duran
Hungry Like The Wolf- " "
True- Spandeau Ballet
Everytime You Go Away- Paul Young
Every Breath You Take- The Police
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic- " "
Bad Boys- Gloria Estephan and Miami Sound Machine
Before You Go Go- Wham
Karmacamelion- Culture Club
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me- " "
Anything New Edition
Center Fold
Bang On The Drum
California Girls- David Lee Roth
Cyndi Lauper- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Rock The Casbah- The Clash
Benny Mardones- Into The Night
Dan Hartman- I Can Dream About You
Def Leopard- Sugar
Nu Shooz- I Cant Wait
Tainted Love- Soft Cells
Edge Of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks
Maniac
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night- Corey Hart
Any Marvin Gaye

I generally get my songs from those 80's informercials.