As the title says post your favourite '80s songs. Any style.

Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

Blue Öyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars

Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' for You

It's very hard to make a short list, so this will be open ended I think..

Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away

Way too many to list.

You have the start of Guns n Roses in the late 80's. You have all the hair metal, all the punk stuff, the list would go on forever and I couldn't pick a favorite.

Bon Jovi Motley Crue Guns n Roses Def Leppard Whitesnake Van Halen Duran Duran Prince Journey Pat Benatar Queen Steely Dan Quiet Riot Twisted Sister Genesis AC/DC The Clash The B52's Talking Heads A-Ha Beastie Boys Ratt Billy Idol Styx Salt-n-Pepa Foreigner Flock of Seagulls Simple Minds John Cougar Rush Dokken Bryan Adams Steve Miller Band Great White Santana REM Depeche Mode Queensryche REO Speedwagon Joan Jett Tommy Tutone Blondie Robert Palmer Falco Tone-Loc Skid Row Kix The Eagles Night Ranger U2 Wasp Men at Work Tom Petty Wang Chung Rainbow Loverboy Jackson Brown Scorpions Billy Idol .38 Special Alice Cooper Cheap Trick Asia Europe Faith No More Supertramp Tesla Pink Floyd Jeff Healey Red Hot Chili Peppers Sammy Hagar Peter Gabriel Grateful Dead Stryper Warrant Samantha Fox Dire Straits White Lion Cinderella Kiss The Cars Charlie Daniels Band Lita Ford J Geils Band Boston Billy Squier Metallica Moody Blues Midnight Oil Heart ZZ Top ELO Kansas

And of course, everyone's favorite: Rick Astley

Multiple songs from everyone, how do you pick a favorite?

You listed Billy Idol twice.

michael jackson, all songs

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Love for Tender

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen

Housemartins - Happy Hour

The Jam - Start!

Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid

The Proclaimers - I'm on my way

R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

Pixies - Wave of Mutilation

Fishbone - Pouring Rain

The Police - Message in a Bottle

ZZ top - Velcro Fly

The Vapours - Turning Japanese

Amongst others...

+1 for Billy Idol and MJ

White Wedding (unplugged): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAhYdtH8uVI
Rebel Yell (unplugged): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEuaurcvtik

Some great links posted so far

Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey

Probably not what most people think of when think 80's music, at least not me.

Boooooo you oldies have crap taste in music .

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPNhV1gF008 shhhhhhhhhhhhh

Quote from rc10racer :

Boooooo you oldies have crap taste in music .

Most of the people in this thread are the same age as you, +/- 1 year. We don't even remember the 80's.

Metallica - One
MJ - Thriller, Billy Jean, Beat it..

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Quote from Boris Lozac :

Metallica - One comes to mind..

Can only agree.

That song never gets old.

Quote from Forbin :

Most of the people in this thread are the same age as you, +/- 1 year. We don't even remember the 80's.

I remember the 80's quite well.....

It's the 70's that I don't remember much other than playing with my Hot Wheels cars on the front steps.

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me (hell, pretty much everything from Hysteria is epic)
Def Leppard- Photograph
Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child 'o Mine
Guns 'n Roses - Paradise City
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again




(edit: damnit. November Rain was from '92...)

Blondie - Rapture

David Bowie - Putting Out Fire & Modern Love

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

New Order - Blue Monday

Depeche Mode - Master And Servant , Everything Counts & People Are People

Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened

To name a few of the songs that permanently damaged my pre-school brain at the time.

Quote from 5haz :

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

The 80'sness of that video makes me cringe.

Oh and how could I forget this anthem:

New Order - True Faith