1985

[tinhuviel]

The year I graduated.



Bold are the songs I loved.

1. Careless Whisper, Wham!
2. Like A Virgin, Madonna
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham!
4. I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner
5. I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
6. Out Of Touch, Daryl Hall and John Oates
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears
8. Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
9. Crazy For You, Madonna
10. Take On Me, A-Ha
11. Everytime You Go Away, Paul Young
12. Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
13. Can't Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon
14. We Built This City, Starship
15. The Power Of Love, Huey Lewis and The News
16. Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds
17. Cherish, Kool and The Gang
18. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion), John Parr
19. The Heat Is On, Glenn Frey
20. We Are The World, U.S.A. For Africa
21. Shout, Tears For Fears
22. Part-Time Lover, Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love For You, Whitney Houston
24. Heaven, Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants, Wham!
26. Cool It Now, New Edition
27. Miami Vice Theme, Jan Hammer
28. Lover Boy, Billy Ocean
29. Lover Girl, Teena Marie
30. You Belong To The City, Glenn Frey
31. Oh Sheila, Ready For The World
32. Rhythm Of The Night, Debarge
33. One More Night, Phil Collins
34. Sea Of Love, Honeydrippers
35. A View To A Kill, Duran Duran
36. The Wild Boys, Duran Duran
37. You're The Inspiration, Chicago
38. Neutron Dance, Pointer Sisters
39. We Belong, Pat Benatar
40. Nightshift, Commodores
41. Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones
42. All I Need, Jack Wagner
43. Freeway Of Love, Aretha Franklin
44. Never Surrender, Corey Hart
45. Sussudio, Phil Collins
46. Strut, Sheena Easton
47. You Give Good Love, Whitney Houston
48. The Search Is Over, Survivor
49. Missing You, Diana Ross
50. Separate Lives, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
51. Raspberry Beret, Prince and The Revolution
52. Suddenly, Billy Ocean
53. The Boys Of Summer, Don Henley
54. One Night In Bangkok, Murray Head
55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sting
56. Obsession, Animotion
57. We Don't Need Another Hero, Tina Turner
58. Material Girl, Madonna
59. Better Be Good To Me, Tina Turner
60. Head Over Heels, Tears For Fears
61. Axel F, Harold Faltermeyer
62. Smooth Operator, Sade
63. In My House, Mary Jane Girls
64. Don't Lose My Number, Phil Collins
65. All Through The Night, Cyndi Lauper
66. Run To You, Bryan Adams
67. Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen
68. Voices Carry, 'Til Tuesday
69. Misled, Kool and The Gang
70. Would I Lie To You?, Eurythmics
71. Be Near Me, ABC
72. No More Lonely Nights, Paul McCartney
73. I Can't Hold Back, Survivor
74. Summer Of '69, Bryan Adams
75. Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and The Waves
76. Freedom, Wham!
77. Too Late For Goodbyes, Julian Lennon
78. Valotte, Julian Lennon
79. Some Like It Hot, Power Station
80. Solid, Ashford and Simpson
81. Angel, Madonna
82. I'm On Fire, Bruce Springsteen
83. Method Of Modern Love, Daryl Hall and John Oates
84. Lay Your Hands On Me, Thompson Twins
85. Who's Holding Donna Now, Debarge
86. Lonely Ol' Night, John Cougar Mellencamp
87. What About Love, Heart
88. California Girls, David Lee Roth
89. Fresh, Kool and The Gang
90. Do What You Do, Jermaine Jackson
91. Jungle Love, The Time
92. Born In The USA, Bruce Springsteen
93. Private Dancer, Tina Turner
94. Who's Zoomin' Who, Aretha Franklin
95. Fortress Around Your Heart, Sting
96. Penny Lover, Lionel Richie
97. All She Wants To Do Is Dance, Don Henley
98. Dress You Up, Madonna
99. Sentimental Street, Night Ranger
100. Sugar Walls, Sheena Easton

Comments

"Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

95. Fortress Around Your Heart, Sting

OH mannn, do you remember the video to that song? heh!

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

It's burned into my brain and makes my loins burn thinking about it.

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

Sting is one of the best song writters EVER.

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

I've long thought so!

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[trial-lobotomy.livejournal.com]

I think so too. But I don't remember the video, cos I was only 10. BTW, Tin, some of the stuff you liked really made me giggle. Phil Collins and Starship are such unsithly choices ;-)

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Well....I wasn't a Sith back then. :)

Re: "Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting!"

[trial-lobotomy.livejournal.com]

Well, Phil Collins songs *can* turn one to the dark side ;-)

[warkitty.livejournal.com]

You should be happy to note that Newport News fashions is selling leg warmers, a trench coat that looks straight out of Adam Ant's closet complete with blousy cuffed shirt, and sweatshirts to be worn off one shoulder with a tank top underneath.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

Um -- haven't sweatshirts off one shoulder with a tank top underneath come back as de rigeur in the rest of the world? Well, except it has to be spaghetti straps now.

[insanity-speaks.livejournal.com]

Good god I like 95 out of the 100 songs on that list

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

The 80s were a good decade musically....at least the first half.

[simplysakka.livejournal.com]

I graduated in 1986, so I'm a year younger than you are. But it seems we certainly listened to the same music. I have a great appreciation for 80's music, and for a long time I was into that electric guitar-synthesized sound like the Cars or Van Halen. Acoustic music didn't appeal to me in the least. In a way, I still prefer 80's-type sound to "alternative" music, which was a real shock to my system when it became mainstream in the 90's. I *hated* it. Even now, I select *very* carefully the artists from that genre that I will listen to and patronize. I'm still very nostalgic. Atlanta used to have an 80's station, but it sold and became talk radio. I miss it horribly. Whenever I go down to Tampa/St. Pete, I'm always turning on the 80's station in my car. I *revel* in it.

As for the songs you bolded and didn't, I would have bolded some songs you didn't and I wouldn't have bolded some of the songs you did. But many that you did bold, I certainly enjoyed as well!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

We used to have an 80s station around here, but it got turned into a "contemporary christian and positive country" station a couple of years ago. It broke my heart.

[bayberrybush.livejournal.com]

Class of '86 here. What a great list of music... I still love that stuff.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I miss it terribly.

[scbearmike.livejournal.com]

Great year! I hadn't switched to classic rock yet. But you didn't select Sugar Walls! Wah! Or We Are the World? Come on, now! I stood next to LaToya. She was wearing a headband. I felt naked! Oops. Channeling Bette again.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

We Are the World was a cheap afterthought to Do They Know It's Christmas and poorly done, I might add. Sugar Walls was just annoying.

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

Shhhh don't tell Willow, but A View to a Kill was the only Duran Duran (Do suck, Do suck) song that I ever really liked. The Wild Boys was OK which is a huge leap in their dept.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

There are more Duranies on my list. Shut your hole if you want to make more friends.

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

if you can't take a little teasing or ribbing then you probably don't want me on your friends list do you? Willow and you can let it roll off. Besides what should it matter what I think if you really like the band.

[trista.livejournal.com]

There are more Duranies on my list. Shut your hole if you want to make more friends.

Have I mentioned lately that I heart you? That made me giggle until I snorted. :)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

hehehehe

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

Great list! I remember (and like) almost all of these since I was big into MTV at the time. I had almost forgotten about 'Til Tuesday. I loved Voices Carry.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Aimee Mann went on to become a fabulous solo artist.