80s

I was an 80's child, but since I was only 6 years old at the end of the decade, I didn't really know much of the music at that time (apart from Michael Jackson and Kylie Minogue). It wasn't until I went to uni and attended lots of cheesy student nights at the clubs that I got into 80's music .

It Ain't Wot You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama

Dude that is SO a swing dance song originally! 

T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" is a song recorded by Fun Boy Three and Bananarama. The song was originally written in 1939 and recorded by Sy Oliver. Originally a jazz tune, it was transformed into a pop song with ska elements in 1982. It was included on Fun Boy Three's debut self-titled album, but it wasn't available on a Bananarama album until 1988's Greatest Hits Collection.

Okay here's most of my 80s playlist - sorry if some have already been mentioned:

Hazy Shade of Winter - the Bangles
Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
Just Like Heaven - the Cure
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
In a Big Country - Big Country
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
The Man We All Know and Love - Kwame
The Captain of Her Heart - Double
Who Can It Be Now - Men at Work
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
What I Like About You - the Romantics
99 Luftballoons - Nena
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
One Thing Leads to Another - the Fixx
Strut - Sheena Easton
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Let the Music Play - Shannon
A Little Respect - Erasure
Skankin' to the Beat - Fishbone
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Electric Blue - Icehouse
Cult of Personality - Living Color
No One is to Blame - Howard Jones
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

There's more but I'm too tired to keep typing....

But how could I forget.....
WHO'S JOHNNY?  El DeBarge!!   

But how could I forget.....
WHO'S JOHNNY?  El DeBarge!!   

Classic!!! I also enjoyed some Terrence Trent D'Arby. Yes, there was a lip-synching scandal, so I guess I liked the artist BEHIND TTD'A!

Dude that is SO a swing dance song originally! 

Cool!  Learn something new everyday.

I'm surprised you didn't take offense at Def Leppard, too!

Heee! I do ... even saw them in concert at the Meadowlands!! And my hair was beautifully huuuuuge that night!! Good times.

Tesla!
Lita Ford!
Cinderella!!

I do miss the '80s.

Anyone remember this one?

Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites

I am SERIOUSLY going to have to set up an 80s playlist.

FG, love that you have the Deadmilkmen on there!!

I'd also add

If You Were Here - Thompson Twins
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
When the Sh*t Hits the Fan - Circle Jerks
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

ETA, just saw Chary's post - so I will add

Round and Round - Ratt!!!

I still live in the 80s! I have hardly any music post 1987 and I am watching Dallas reruns every day! I don't even know where to start with my list of 80s music!

Aztec Camera: Oblivious, Walk Out to Winter
The Smiths: This Charming Man, How Soon is Now
Housemartins: Happy Hour
The Cult: She Sells, Spiritwalker
DOA: You Spin Me Round
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
Siouxsie & the Banshees: Israel
Cocteau Twins: Sugar Hiccup, Beatrix
Mighty Lemon Drops: Like An Angel
The Very Things: The Bushes Scream, Motortown
The Fall: Ghost in my House
Japan: Nightporter, Visions of China
Duran Duran: Rio, Girls on Film
Adam and the Ants: Ant Music, Dog Eat Dog
Crowded House: Don't Dream It's Over
Sugarcubes: Birthday

oops I forgot Split Enz: 6 Months in a Leaky Boat

I was SO not a rocker, but very much a child of the 80s. My list would look much like Andee's and Britwife's. Bit of a shoe gazer, me.

Smiths
Lightning Seeds
Echo & The Bunnymen
Cocteau Twins
This Mortal Coil
Cure
Love & Rockets / Tones On Tail
Bauhaus
Lloyd Cole
Pogues
Housemartins
La's
XTC
Early REM
Early U2
Joy Division
Early Tears for Fears
Chameleons
Teardrop Explodes

That morphed into early 90s shoe gazer/Thames Valley/Madchester obsession (Catherine Wheel, Slow Dive, Mazzy Star, Charlatans, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, etc.) and that morphed into a Brit Pop obsession and that morphed into a loud guitar/pretty vocal obsession (Puressence, Geneva). And pretty much nothing has moved me since. Every time I buy new music (Interpol, Editors) it just makes me sad how even talented bands are so unoriginal....

Sigh. Now I'm all nostalgic. 

It's not just talent they lack, it's an overall lack of originality. I'll never forget a recent (as in the last 6 years because I saw it here) interview with Boy George where they were talking about 80s fashion/looks for bands. He just sneered and said, ..."what do kids these days have to aspire to and rebel against their parents with? West Life?"

I laughed my ars* off!

Anyone remember this one?

Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites

I am SERIOUSLY going to have to set up an 80s playlist.

OMG, I completely forgot about that song (and the video).

I am also going to set up an 80's playlist!

I'll never forget a recent (as in the last 6 years because I saw it here) interview with Boy George where they were talking about 80s fashion/looks for bands. He just sneered and said, ..."what do kids these days have to aspire to and rebel against their parents with? West Life?"

Have you read Take It Like a Man (Boy George's autobiography)? It's good stuff, especially if you're interested in him and in the '80s music scene.

Yes, it was a guilty pleasure - I picked it up at a charity shop!

I have to say about him, that I think he actually has a truly amazing voice. Pure blue-eyed soul. I think it's so easy to forget that or not even realize it because it all gets hidden by his flash exterior. And if I recall from his book, he only formed the band because it just seemed like a cool thing to do!

Yes, it was a guilty pleasure - I picked it up at a charity shop!

I borrowed my copy from my 81-year-old aunt who loves Boy George! 

I read that too, it was a great gossipy read!

oops I forgot Split Enz: 6 Months in a Leaky Boat

How could I have forgotten that one?

*runs off to iTunes*