VH-1 Greatest songs of the 80s

[John Rwanda]

According to VH-1, these are the 1980s song that they consider to be the greatesT. agreE?

1. Bon Jovi / "Livin' on a Prayer"
2. Def Leppard / "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
3. Duran Duran / "Hungry Like the Wolf"
4. Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean"
5. Prince / "When Doves Cry"
6. Hall & Oates / "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
7. Guns N' Roses / "Sweet Child O' Mine"
8. Madonna / "Like a Virgin"
9. Run-D.M.C. / "Walk This Way"
10. AC/DC / "You Shook Me All Night Long"
11. Journey / "Don't Stop Believin'"
12. Whitney Houston / "How Will I Know"
13. U2 / "With Or Without You"
14. The Bangles / "Walk Like an Egyptian"
15. Van Halen / "Jump"
16. INXS / "Need You Tonight"
17. Whitesnake / "Here I Go Again"
18. Dexy's Midnight Runners / "Come On Eileen"
19. Cyndi Lauper / "Time after Time"
20. Rick Springfield / "Jessie's Girl"

my top 1980s top fivE.

Thriller by Michael JacksoN
Jump by Van HaleN
Karma Chameleon by Culture CluB
Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and RoseS
Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def LepparD

[edfurlong]

Pour Some Sugar On Me should be number one, of all decades.

[furyshade]

comfortably numb should be on there, or was the wall '79?

[DirtyDiggs]

I agree,
Welcome to the Jungle>> Sweet Child O'mine
especially for pure impact, it was the song that broke that style of music to the masses, but

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me >>>>>>>>>>>Kar ma Chameleon still I like your additions

I'll not debate the merits of all music in the 80's, nor will I complain about the neglect of influential punk and alternative music from the list(The Clash, REM), but for the genre of music they are lauding:

"Faith" bt George Michael seems noticably absent

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" also should bump someone out.

[uncleshady]

Where's Faith No More/Epic ?

[PokerBob]

U2 - Pride/In the Name of Love

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[siccjay]

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Pour Some Sugar On Me should be number one, of all decades.

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You mean Love Bites, right?

[uncleshady]

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Pour Some Sugar On Me should be number one, of all decades.

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You mean Love Bites, right?

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Gods of War was always my favorite Hysteria track.

[Knight Vision]

haaha. I'm the biggest 80s music nerd there is, but seeing this list shows me just how bad our music was. That being said:

U2 - Pride
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Duran Duran - Girls on Film (though I believe it was recorded in 79)

To this day I get goose-bumps when I hear Pride.

And Duran Duran had a track called Lasting First Impression off their Liberty CD that is excellent and probably my favorite song of all time. If you can scare up a copy of it, do so. And works well loud.

LL the 80s!

[4_2_it]

This forum can never have enough '80s music threads......