Another day, another dollar or should I say another top 5! Sticking to the 80s (since almost every sitcom I had was big in the 80s), I am going to list my favorite top 5 POP 80s songs. I am saying pop songs to throwing out rap (Run DMC) and heavy metal (Metallica). Keeping those in there would be too much. So, here goes...
1. Thriller - King of pop in the 80s. Great video. Great song. Who doesn't own this album
2. Like a Prayer - Queen of pop in the 80s. She had many great songs and this one is at the top. This song barely made the 80s.
3. The heart of rock and roll - Huey Lewis and the News. Really, I just needed any song from Sports. This album is amazing.
4. Take me home tonight - Eddie Money. Somewhere Neyer is approving of this.
5. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits. I have always loved this song. They did not make many more hits than this. I want my MTV from 1987 when they actually showed music videos back!
I left off some big 80s artists like Mellencamp, Robert Palmer, Men at Work, the Police, Phil Collins.
This is my team...
NOTE: POP music is a specific genre. No AC/DC, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Poison, Metallica, etc. Again, this would make the list way to difficult to limit to top 5.
7 comments:
These are the top selling records of the 80's not the top songs. Those are 2 different things. The best part of Thriller was not the pedophile but Vincent Price (the guy talking at the end). Wasn't it "Like a Virgin" not "Like a Prayer"? To quote Crash Davis, "God, I hate it when people get the words wrong." You just listed the most overplayed songs of the 80's. Your lists are all "F'd" up. I feel sorry for your generation.
Try these
1. Small Town- Mellencamp
2. Pour some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard
3. Every Rose has its Thorn- Poison
4. Girls, Girls, Girls- Motley Crue
5. Runnin' Down a Dream- Tom Petty
I left off AC/DC, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Heart, Billy Squire, Ozzy. You know the stuff that is too hard and fast for you guys that listen to the slow ass country crap. On a side note, I checked my Madonna library and she does have Like A Prayer and Like a Virgin (which was better). Thinking of these songs does take me back to my mullet wearing, head banging days.
I can only think of a few 80's songs....sad....i know.
This is a tough one 'cuz I love so many pop songs from the 80's... I was that girl with the big curly hair and neon socks and jelly bracelets. Scary.
1. Material Girl - Madonna
2. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
3. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
4. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
5. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
1. Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
2. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
3. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
4. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
5. Borderline - Madonna
Apologizes. I misunderstood. I will make a list of less rockin songs.
1. Small Town- Mellencamp
2. Running Down a Dream- Petty
3. Summer of '69- Bryan Adams
4. I Want a New Drug- Huey Lewis
5. Sussudio- Phil Collins
OMG how can I possibly narrow down?? I'll try.
1. Like a Prayer, Madonna.
2. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson.
3. Rhythm of the Night, DeBarge.
4. Footloose, Kenny Loggins.
5. We Are the World, USA for Africa.
Runners-Up:
6. Anything else by Michael Jackson.
7. Anything else by Madonna.
8. How Will I Know, Whitney Houston.
9. Take On Me, A-HA.
10. All Night Long, Lionel Richie.
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