making a mix for my older brother (80s rock)

bort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:32 pm

now i know it's time for a few of you to shine!

here's what i got so far

1 - living colour - cult of personality
2 - bon jovi - you give love a bad name
3 - kenny loggins - danger zone
4 - stan bush - dare
5 - guns'n'roses - welcome to the jungle
6 - tears for fears - shout
7 - def leppard - pour some sugar on me
8 - survivor - eye of the tiger
9 -
10 -
11 -
12 - simple minds - don't you forget about me
13 - van halen
14 - midnight oil - beds are burning
15 - Yello - Oh Yeah
16 - Modern English - I Melt With You
17 - Romantics - What I Like About You
18 - Kenny Loggins - Footloose
19 - Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
20 - Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control

Criteria:
- Must be from the 80s
- Must be a song my bro will know (i.e. a "hit" or something from a movie he's seen)
- Must rockin'. unless of course the song is super super awesome. no wimpy pop and no rap (i'll have a whole 'nother mix with rap). To put it simply - i want some radio rock, nothing too wimpy pop, nor too heavy metal.

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

Can't go wrong with Welcome to the Jungle for the Guns and Roses title.

Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:36 pm

tears for fears.shout
howard jones.like to get to know you well

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:44 pm

bort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:46 pm

welcome to the jungle is the frontrunner until i hear otherwise

was "eye of the tiger" from the 80s? if yes, it's in.

tears for fears - shout = yes.

i'm thinking "i melt with you" also should be on there.

also, i'm thinking "tainted love" by soft cell, but someone talk me out of it.

d · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:47 pm

must be rockin', eh?

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
Def Leppard - Photograph or Pour Some Sugar on Me
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
INXS - Need You Tonight
Any Pat Benatar, but he might be more likely to recognize "Love is a Battlefield." (I personally would prefer Heartbreaker or You Better Run)
Blondie - One Way or Another
Uh, pretty much any Van Halen from 1984
The Vapors - Turning Japanese

bort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:47 pm

also, i'm thinking of "hip to be square" but someone could talk me out of that too.

d · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:48 pm

bort Wrote:

also, i'm thinking of "hip to be square" but someone could talk me out of that too.

Please... for the love of God.... don't.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

bort Wrote:

now i know it's time for a few of you to shine!

here's what i got so far

17 - Romantics - What I Like About You

I prefer "Talking In Your Sleep" to "What I Like About You."

bort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:50 pm

YES
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning

maybe...
INXS - Need You Tonight
Blondie - One Way or Another

Van Halen from 1984 - what's the song they did? "Jump"?

you all rock

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

"What You Need" INXS
"Would I Lie to You" Eurythmics
"Learning to Fly" Tom Petty

d · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:52 pm

For Van Halen, Jump was the biggest hit, but Hot for Teacher and Panama were pretty big hits too.

bort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:55 pm

i'm also probably going to throw on Yello's "Oh Yeah"

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

dnorwood Wrote:

For Van Halen, Jump was the biggest hit, but Hot for Teacher and Panama were pretty big hits too.

Give him Ween's hideous cover of "Hot For Teacher."

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:01 pm

Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

d · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:02 pm

What about the Boys are Back in Town by the Bus Boys?
Also, might be classified as wimpy rock, but "If You Leave" by OMD and "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds were pretty popular and on movie soundtracks.

Or even (gag, I can't believe I'm suggesting this) Billy Squier's "Everybody Wants You?"

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:04 pm

Faith No More, "Epic"
Judas Priest, "Living After Midnight"
AC/DC?

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:06 pm

Ooh:
The Cult, "Love Removal Machine"
or even "Firewoman"

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:11 pm

Red Rider, "Lunatic Fringe"
Billy Thorpe, "Children of the Sun"
Billy Squier, either "The Stroke" or "Everybody Wants You" or that other one

And then, just for a change of pace, Devo, "Mongoloid" or perhaps their cover of "Secret Agent Man"

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Josie Cotton: Johnny Are You Queer?
Re-Flex: Politics of Dancing
Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth
The Godfathers: Cause I Said So

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

You might want some:

Aerosmith
The Cars
Clash

Gordo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:30 am

How about another song from Valley Girl, The Plimsouls' "Million Miles Away"

Two of the bigger radio songs were Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" and that song by Mr. Mister (Kyrie...or however you spell it)

And you can't go wrong with .38 Special. Maybe "Caught Up In You" They also had that song on the Teachers soundtrack, "Teacher Teacher"

This stuff makes my head hurt.

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

Kung Fu Reference Wrote:

Ooh:
The Cult, "Love Removal Machine"
or even "Firewoman"

I totally second Love Removal Machine! One of the greatest rock songs of the 80's, hell, ever!

djdan · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:17 pm

Der Kommissar, 99 Luftballons, Rock Me Amadeus. The holy triumverate of 80's pop - German style.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:33 pm

Love's Been a Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
Sexy & 17 - Stray Cats
Ragin' Eyes - Nick Lowe
Hero Takes a Fall - The Bangles
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles

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