Music: What are your top ten 80s - 90s songs?
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Indrid Cold
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Semi Charmed Life and Cannonball were the most 90's songs possible. I still dig them.
The best song of the 80's was Godflesh's Streetcleaner
The best song of the 80's was Godflesh's Streetcleaner
Again, chronological order at a guess:
Green Grow the Rushes--REM
Woman in Love--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Straight to Hell--The Clash
Oh, Jungleland--Simple Minds
There She Goes--The Las
Regret--New Order
I Don't Believe in You--Talk Talk
Stand by Me--Oasis
The Hardest Part--Coldplay
No Surprises--Radiohead
HMs: Ric Ocasek, Keep on Laughin'; The Concept, Teenage Fanclub; Heaven on a Sunday, Paul McCartney; Beds Are Burning; Midnight Oil; Weather with You. Crowded House
Green Grow the Rushes--REM
Woman in Love--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Straight to Hell--The Clash
Oh, Jungleland--Simple Minds
There She Goes--The Las
Regret--New Order
I Don't Believe in You--Talk Talk
Stand by Me--Oasis
The Hardest Part--Coldplay
No Surprises--Radiohead
HMs: Ric Ocasek, Keep on Laughin'; The Concept, Teenage Fanclub; Heaven on a Sunday, Paul McCartney; Beds Are Burning; Midnight Oil; Weather with You. Crowded House
Say Hey Kid
They met at the crossroads.
Teemu
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Donald Fagen - I.G.Y.
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Alice in Chains - Would?
Pearl Jam - Black
Wilco & Billy Bragg - California Stars
Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation
Weezer - Say it Ain't So
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
Just off the top of the head and trying to limit one per band. Surely forgot a few
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Alice in Chains - Would?
Pearl Jam - Black
Wilco & Billy Bragg - California Stars
Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation
Weezer - Say it Ain't So
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
Just off the top of the head and trying to limit one per band. Surely forgot a few
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Mescaleroman
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Guadalcanal Diary - Litany
the Style Council - Big Boss Groove
the Big Supreme - Don't Walk
Joy Division - Atmosphere
the Chameleons - Swamp Thing
Echo & the Bunnymen - My Kingdom
Hunters & Collectors - Talking to a Stranger
Shreikback - Nemesis
Blancmange - Game Above My Head
the The - Perfect
Plus 2 that were ass end of 1979
Buzzcocks - I Believe In
the Demics - I Want to go to New York City / Oh Well
the Style Council - Big Boss Groove
the Big Supreme - Don't Walk
Joy Division - Atmosphere
the Chameleons - Swamp Thing
Echo & the Bunnymen - My Kingdom
Hunters & Collectors - Talking to a Stranger
Shreikback - Nemesis
Blancmange - Game Above My Head
the The - Perfect
Plus 2 that were ass end of 1979
Buzzcocks - I Believe In
the Demics - I Want to go to New York City / Oh Well
frisco
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame...
80's
Jessie's Girl-Rick Springfield
Don't Stop Believin'-Journey
Radio Ga Ga-Queen
Downbound Train-Bruce Springsteen
Begin The Begin-R.E.M.
Tender Is The Night-Jackson Browne
I Will Follow-U2
Pink Houses-John Cougar Mellencamp
Don't Change-INXS
That Was Yesterday-Foreigner
90's
Man On The Moon-R.E.M.
I'm Alive-Jackson Browne
The Show Must Go On-Queen
Itsalwayssomething-Rick Springfield
The Wanderer-U2 (with Johnny Cash)
Youngstown-Bruce Springsteen
Metropolis-The Church
Trial By Fire-Journey
Part Of Me, Part Of You-Glenn Frey
Elegantly Wasted-INXS
My Best-Carey
Jessie's Girl-Rick Springfield
Don't Stop Believin'-Journey
Radio Ga Ga-Queen
Downbound Train-Bruce Springsteen
Begin The Begin-R.E.M.
Tender Is The Night-Jackson Browne
I Will Follow-U2
Pink Houses-John Cougar Mellencamp
Don't Change-INXS
That Was Yesterday-Foreigner
90's
Man On The Moon-R.E.M.
I'm Alive-Jackson Browne
The Show Must Go On-Queen
Itsalwayssomething-Rick Springfield
The Wanderer-U2 (with Johnny Cash)
Youngstown-Bruce Springsteen
Metropolis-The Church
Trial By Fire-Journey
Part Of Me, Part Of You-Glenn Frey
Elegantly Wasted-INXS
My Best-Carey
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guns n'roses-rocket queen
ratt-slip of the lip
bryan adams and tina turner-it's only love
metallica-blackened
accept-princess of the dawn
ozzy osbourne-bark at the moon
dio-rainbow in the dark
madonna-into the groove
steve vai-the animal
thin lizzy-cold sweat
van halen-unchained
police-sprits in the material world
rush-passage to bangkok (live)
ratt-slip of the lip
bryan adams and tina turner-it's only love
metallica-blackened
accept-princess of the dawn
ozzy osbourne-bark at the moon
dio-rainbow in the dark
madonna-into the groove
steve vai-the animal
thin lizzy-cold sweat
van halen-unchained
police-sprits in the material world
rush-passage to bangkok (live)
Pranzo Oltranzista
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John Frusciante - As Can Be
Diamanda Galas - Dancing In the Dark*
Marc Ribot - Black Trombone
Mr. Bungle - Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz
...
The rest would require some research. Certainly something by Cardiacs, something by Slayer (Raining Blood, maybe), most probably something by Renaud (Mistral gagnant?), Maybe something by Bicycle Thief (Tennis Shoes, or Hurt), oh certainly something by Tom Waits,... that's tough. Albums I'm used to rank, but I listen to a lot of stuff that doesn't really register as "songs", so I don't know.
Edit: probably Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin.
*this version: first heard in the credits of Barker's Lord of Illusions
Diamanda Galas - Dancing In the Dark*
Marc Ribot - Black Trombone
Mr. Bungle - Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz
...
The rest would require some research. Certainly something by Cardiacs, something by Slayer (Raining Blood, maybe), most probably something by Renaud (Mistral gagnant?), Maybe something by Bicycle Thief (Tennis Shoes, or Hurt), oh certainly something by Tom Waits,... that's tough. Albums I'm used to rank, but I listen to a lot of stuff that doesn't really register as "songs", so I don't know.
Edit: probably Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin.
*this version: first heard in the credits of Barker's Lord of Illusions
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Hippasus
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It seems wrong to wrest songs from albums from the 80s going forward because the 70s was the end of the prominence of the single for me. It was all about albums after about 1980. Maybe it's just my personal bias for the 80s and 90s.
Savi
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As a 90s kid it's practically impossible to name 10 songs. That decade was so wonderful in terms of music, so many different styles and so many easy guilty pleasures that I still love today, also had the rise of my favourite electronic genre (trance), and the glory days of my favourite post rock band.. I'll give it a shot.
1) Porcupine Tree, but it's an impossible choice between The Sky Moves Sideways and Voyage 34 (Phase I), the two greatest experimental post rock songs ever composed IMO
2) Pearl Jam's Black for mostly personal reasons
3) Laura Pausini's La Solitudine which was my favourite soft/romantic song as a kid and still a huge guilty pleasure
4) Roxette was my favourite band as a kid, but again, hard to choose 1 song. Ever since Marie Fredriksson's death I've kinda been re-discovering them, watching a lot of live shows from their early days. There's a version of Marie doing Spending My Time on a piano that I truly love, Fading Like A Flower is great choice as well
5) Some Argentine latin rock with Enanitos Verdes and their song Luz de dia which kinda has become a summer chill out anthem with me and my friends. Always gets you in the mood
6) Not a real metal fan but gotta go with an Anathema song here, because they put a certain kind of melancholy in their music which I love. Some days I think Parisienne Moonlight is their best, other days I would go with Fragile Dreams
7) Gorecki by Lamb. Always gives me chills.
8) Might go with Nick Cave here, surely have to have one of his songs, so probably....The Ship Song
9) For the last two spots I'm going to trance, with first the greatest classic IMO which is Café del Mar by Energy 52. It has been remixed so many times by now that young people today probably wouldn't recognize the original sadly, because it's still the best version out there
10) Solarstone might have been my favourite 90s trance group overall, with their legendary anthems Seven Cities (which might have one of the most beautiful melodies) and Solar Coaster (which was famous for having the 'True Romance' sample) as my top songs of them
80s I'm not even gonna try lol. I recently compiled a top 100 of my favourite songs for some website and I think I had like two 80's song in them so yeah. Probably my least favourite decade of both movies and music.
1) Porcupine Tree, but it's an impossible choice between The Sky Moves Sideways and Voyage 34 (Phase I), the two greatest experimental post rock songs ever composed IMO
2) Pearl Jam's Black for mostly personal reasons
3) Laura Pausini's La Solitudine which was my favourite soft/romantic song as a kid and still a huge guilty pleasure
4) Roxette was my favourite band as a kid, but again, hard to choose 1 song. Ever since Marie Fredriksson's death I've kinda been re-discovering them, watching a lot of live shows from their early days. There's a version of Marie doing Spending My Time on a piano that I truly love, Fading Like A Flower is great choice as well
5) Some Argentine latin rock with Enanitos Verdes and their song Luz de dia which kinda has become a summer chill out anthem with me and my friends. Always gets you in the mood
6) Not a real metal fan but gotta go with an Anathema song here, because they put a certain kind of melancholy in their music which I love. Some days I think Parisienne Moonlight is their best, other days I would go with Fragile Dreams
7) Gorecki by Lamb. Always gives me chills.
8) Might go with Nick Cave here, surely have to have one of his songs, so probably....The Ship Song
9) For the last two spots I'm going to trance, with first the greatest classic IMO which is Café del Mar by Energy 52. It has been remixed so many times by now that young people today probably wouldn't recognize the original sadly, because it's still the best version out there
10) Solarstone might have been my favourite 90s trance group overall, with their legendary anthems Seven Cities (which might have one of the most beautiful melodies) and Solar Coaster (which was famous for having the 'True Romance' sample) as my top songs of them
80s I'm not even gonna try lol. I recently compiled a top 100 of my favourite songs for some website and I think I had like two 80's song in them so yeah. Probably my least favourite decade of both movies and music.
Great song.. unfortunately overshadowed by the other huge singles from that album.
I like the ending part of Rocket Queen, when the tempo changes and they get on the heavy drums..
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