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The #1 Greatest Song of the 80's

Postby rocklobster » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:01 pm

Last week, Vh1 played a countdown of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's. Want to know what was no. 1?
I'll give you a hint. Here are the lyrics:
Once upon a time not so long ago:
Tommy used to work on the docks
union's been on strike

He's down on his luck - It's tough
so tough.
Gina works the diner all day
working for her man

She brings home her pay for love
for love.

She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot for love -
We'll give it a shot.

We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it
I swear - livin' on a prayer.

Tommy got his six string in hock.
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk -
So tough
it's tough.
Gina dreams of running away
when she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: Baby
it's okay
someday.

We've got to hold on to what we've got . . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .

We've got to hold on ready or not

You live for the fight when it's all that you've got.

We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer
. . .
Yep, "Living On a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. Good choice, VH1 :rock:
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Postby beau99 » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:39 pm

Haha, VH1 sucks.

"Billie Jean" and "Beat It" were both infinitely better.
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Postby Kkun » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:00 pm

Dire Straits's Money For Nothin' beats all of those suggestions.
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Postby Nate » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:01 am

Or practically anything by Guns N' Roses. In fact, half of Def Leppard's stuff is better than that too.
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Postby Roy Mustang » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:05 am

I like Bon Jovi, but Living On a Prayer as the #1 greatest song of the 80's.

Give me a break!


I could list some of Van Halen's songs that are better then living on a prayer.


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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:01 pm

beau99 wrote:Haha, VH1 sucks.

"Billie Jean" and "Beat It" were both infinitely better.


As much as I dislike MJ, his music did change everything, and pretty much was the 80's. And you can't help but dig "Billie Jean".......
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:27 pm

The thing with that 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s show is that people voted for those songs. VH1 didn't make the list themselves. So blame the people that did the voting. XD There were way better songs on that countdown than Livin' On A Prayer.
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Postby rocklobster » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:44 pm

Actually I would've voted for "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake. I ALWAYS must sing along when that plays.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:38 am

99 Red Balloons and Take on Me! Those are real musics.
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Postby Stephen » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:40 am

While it was not in the bands greatest days of album sales, Pink Floyds album A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released in 87. One Slip, Dogs of War, and On The Turning Away were all great songs.
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Postby Doubleshadow » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:39 am

I was raised on country music. O.o;; I didn't recognize the vast majority of those songs, let alone know the words. I didn't start listening to rock until... 1999? :sweat:

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Friends: "Ooh! I love this song! ""Me, too!""Lets sing together!""Sing it loud!"

Me: ...What song is this? I have never heard it before.

Friends: *shocked silence*
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Postby Zarn Ishtare » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:41 am

Yeah...The best music of the eighties was Bob Segur, keeping the rock and role music alive through the dark time of....Disco....
With your doubt, all is comfort
We are all as we appear
No more questions left unanswered
No more wonder, no more fear
Nothing is beauty, nothing's feeling
Blood where there once was a soul
So I ask you, prove yourself
Make me believe that you are whole
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:35 am

Disco was the 70s. :p
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Postby Nate » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:42 am

Yeah it was. The 80s was pop bands and stuff like New Kids on the Block. *shudders*

And if you're going to fawn over him and say he's the best, at least show him respect by spelling his name PROPERLY. Bob Seger.
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Postby beau99 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:43 am

kaemmerite wrote:Yeah it was. The 80s was pop bands and stuff like New Kids on the Block. *shudders*

Some of that 80's pop is excellent.

Duran Duran rocks me.
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Postby Tommy » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:14 pm

kaemmerite wrote:Yeah it was. The 80s was pop bands and stuff like New Kids on the Block. *shudders*



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Just "Pour Some Sugar On Me."
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Postby Nate » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:46 pm

beau99 wrote:Some of that 80's pop is excellent.

Oh, whoops. XD]Just "Pour Some Sugar On Me."[/QUOTE]
Uh, that was Def Leppard. Who was totally rock. Not pop.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:57 pm

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers did the hands-down best driving music ever. Especially "Runnin' Down a Dream". It just makes you wanna put shades on and stick your left elbow out the window. The only song I really didn't like by them was "Don't Come Around Here No More". It sounded oddly new-wave and unlike them.
And of course, They Might Be Giants (whom, considering your fandom, Nate, I'm surprised you haven't mentioned, so out of my own fandom I'll do it for you). Big on the college rock scene then, still going strong today. It's amazing that they can write songs about being sad or lost/unrequited love and not actually make them sound depressing. There's also their "educational" songs, like "James K. Polk" and their downright silly ones, like "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head."
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Postby Artist4Jesus89 » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:34 pm

I dont even like secular music to much but i love the song Iris by the goo goo dolls!
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:15 am

If you want 80's, go watch one of the greatest teen movies of all time... "The Breakfast Club." That is the pop soundtrack of the 80's.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:47 am

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An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

But, here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go again
oooh baby
oooh yeah
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Postby mishi0mishi » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:09 pm

Very good choice indeed!
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