Best 80's pop song

XWulfhere

Roland;1072893" said:

Having just complete a gig full,of 80s songs my vote goes for Nik Kershaw's "I am the one and only"

Chesney Hawkes, released 1991

exocet

Prefab Sprout

JookyChap

"Throwaway" by Mighty Mighty

rossyamaha

ICBM

I absolutely detest that Prefab Sprout song. It's right up there with Danny Wilson's 'Mary's Prayer' as probably the two 80s pop songs that most make me want to kill the perpetrators.

BloodEagle

Iamnobody said:

Loads of contenders but I'll go with this for now:

Seconded - completely fantastic track

EricTheWeary

Wulfhere said:

Roland;1072893" said:

Having just complete a gig full,of 80s songs my vote goes for Nik Kershaw's "I am the one and only"

Chesney Hawkes, released 1991

Written by Kershaw though.

viz

But not in the 80s

Anyway, here's The Riddle. Anyone know what the lyrics or video are about?

exocet

I'll try again how about

stratman3142

Slave To The Rhythm. The groove and the rhythm guitar parts still give me goose bumps.

xSkarloey

The 80s were great for music so narrowing it down is too hard.

But for sheer fun and memorable hooks here are a few faves:


Oakey/ Moroder: Electric Dreams

A-ha: Yes Take On Me is very fine but The Sun Always Shines on TV is a brilliant track and Alan Tarney turned in one of the great 80s production jobs there.

Michael Jackson's Beat It or Thriller. Those songs were everywhere at the time.

Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is...er...fun, but Time After Time is a wonderful song and a fine performance.

Megii

So much good stuff from the 80s, so just personal taste, but I think I might go for this one:

with an honorable mention for:

equalsql

ICBM said:

I absolutely detest that Prefab Sprout song. It's right up there with Danny Wilson's 'Mary's Prayer' as probably the two 80s pop songs that most make me want to kill the perpetrators.

I love Mary's Prayer.. it was the first song that came into my head...followed quickly by 'Bonny' by Prefab Sprout,  but the winner is:

Go West - We Close Our Eyes..

And let's not forget the extended mix with the late great Peter  Alan Murphy's awesome solo at 3:54
(oops I should be shot for that appalling mistake ..sorry Alan "> )

monquixote

viz said:

But not in the 80s

Anyway, here's The Riddle. Anyone know what the lyrics or video are about? 

Nothing 

I'm pretty sure I saw an interview with him where he said the lyrics are just a collection of guide words to fit the melody.

He was struggling to think of a final lyric so someone suggested "just call it a riddle" and leave it as it is. 

The record label played up to it and made out it was some secret that would eventually be revealed.

richardhomer

equalsql;1073474" said:

I love Mary's Prayer..

Same here - it's a stunner.

fields5069

I like this one:

And this one:

stratman3142

equalsql said:

And let's not forget the extended mix with the late great Peter Murphy's awesome solo at 3:54

It was actually Alan Murphy.

I was invited to the studio during the making of that album because I knew the producer and got to witness Alan Murphy and Pino Palladino working on their parts for one of the tracks.

ICBM

*This* is Peter Murphy…

(Technically this song is from 1979, but it was re-released in the 80s so it should probably, er… Count .)

Although you may know him better from this…

Roland

viz said:

But not in the 80s

Anyway, here's The Riddle. Anyone know what the lyrics or video are about?

Kershaw admits that they don't make sense, and is sorry that it irritated fans. He was under record company pressure to write another song. These were temporary words, and he didn't have time to write some more. 

Tone71

Loved this and the album.