I LOVE THE 80's!!!!! Music Version.

Execproducer · July 17, 2014

I know, but the performance was 83 and it was a pretty significant 80's event.

george young · July 17, 2014

Greggulator · July 17, 2014

The Field Mice were a British indie band from the 80s and considered one of the leaders of the "Twee As Fuck" movement. They're REALLY friggin' great. Allmusic.com describes them as sort of the bridge between The Smiths and Beat Happening. That's a pretty apt comparison. They have a lot of really great melodies and sad, lovelorn sad-sack lyrics. They were on the Sarah Records label, which was a UK equivalent to something like K Records. Sarah Records stuff sort of has a backlash because Twee can get sorta annoying -- I saw more than a few bands of lanky dudes with dumb glasses switch instruments with a girl drummer who didn't know how a kick drum worked back in the day -- but so much of it rules.

Anyways, Emma's House is one of the best songs of the Twee genre.

Randy · July 17, 2014

I'm a big fan of the Field Mice song "Sensitive". Especially about the final 3 minutes after there are no more lyrics.

Lazlo Woodbine · July 17, 2014

Because it cheers me up every time I hear it. Then it makes me sad thinking about it.

R.I.P. Smiley Culture.

piranesi · July 18, 2014

Speaking of iconic live performances of the 80s.

US Festival, 1983.

goodhelmet · July 18, 2014

More INXS...

And other songs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4

Assassin · July 18, 2014

This is my favorite song of all-time.

DreamBroken · July 18, 2014

My two favorite rock bands, both were kinda short-lived but always felt they were underrated especially Vixen. Awesome 80s music

and my all time favorite r&b artist

All 3 only put out 3 albums, each with their first in the 80s. 3 of my all time favorite artists.

Greggulator · July 18, 2014

The La's, There She Goes. One of the greatest power-pop songs ever recorded. Actually, take out "power-pop" and leave it at that.

Execproducer · July 18, 2014

Remember when artists embraced a cause and enlisted the (band) aid of their friends to sing about it? The 80's was a boom period for musical activism.

Little Steven fights for social justice:

Execproducer · July 23, 2014

Not to be one of those guys who bumps their own thread in a vain attempt to get more hits, but an 80's thread without The Cars just doesn't feel right.

Death From Above · July 23, 2014

Randy · July 24, 2014

Some funk.

That voice.

goodhelmet · July 24, 2014

Execproducer · July 26, 2014

driver · July 27, 2014

Probably one of the better ones of the early 80s one and dones.

You can never go wrong with the offspring of Johnny Cash.

Here are two of my favorite 80's Seger songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HvRIuuxp4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8Dt4u09hg

Cole Miner · July 27, 2014

Since Greggulator mentioned Italo Disco. Italian guy that looks like a young George Bush with a ridiculous falsetto. Yes

Ghosts of American Astronauts

Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Moon

Posted a bunch of stuff in 70s thread that got a lot of play in England but not the US might as keep going

Lazlo Woodbine · July 27, 2014

Because The Jam and Dexys Midnight Runners have both been brought up.

Because of how influential it ended up being.

Just because

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbTkGZ6T_qo

July 27, 2014

One of the most bad-ass songs of the 80's. Loved it. You without me is like cornflake without the milk!

Ok, two things make this next song such an incredible quintessential 80's song. A. the original video & song is about as 80's as it gets. Just watch it. The lead singer cartwheeling on stage is just one highlight. B. Watch the Diego video. If you don't feel any joy watching that video and listening to that song, than we didn't want you bringing us down in the 80's anyway. Plus, Diego was twerking back in '89.