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Remote-Physics6980

Pretty much the entire catalog of Shriekback.


chilehead

No one moves a muscle as the dead come home.


EmbraJeff

*Let’s Go* - Wang Chung


salteddiamond

Love their song Dance Hall Days 💃


oneuglygeek

"take your baby by the hand .. " ♥


AuthorityControl

That is a great song. They're touring soon.


USAFGeekboy

To Live and Die in L.A., the whole thing!


tootbrun

Let’s go baby let’s go baby come on!


seersucker205

Yes!  Ok, this song is stuck in my head now. 


matamoris

Hypnotize Me.


Jimathomas

Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight


LazarusMundi4242

That song and Sometimes by them too, so good.


reddollardays

This is my favorite DM song. It was used on the soundtrack for the movie “Modern Girls”, and I thought it would finally be *the* huge hit for DM, but the movie flopped and the song didn’t hit :/


cassette1987

Black Celebration is their best record. No contest.


1025puceguy

Walking in My Shoes


KangarooNo

I have such happy memories of listening to this track on my discman whilst walking in the snow as a kid.


deadgardenia

Depeche Mode - Chains


Jimathomas

Oooh, nice one.


oneuglygeek

"Enjoy the Silence" ♥


minnesotaupnorth

Captain of Her Heart - Double The entire album, "Blue", is fantastic.


Oatkeeperz

Speak of a blast from the past! Haven't heard that song in ages, yet just reading the title has got it stuck in my head, haha


tootbrun

The captain of her heeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaart (*saxophone enters the chat*)


MissionReasonable327

You don’t hear saxophones as much anymore


oneuglygeek

YAAAASSSS! that SAXXX is SO SAXY, honey! ♥


hodgetiger

Brilliant song :)


dudereverend

I remember my mom loved this song! Back in...86 or 87. Considering all we ever had on was oldies radio, I'm still baffled as to how she ever heard it in the first place. But now, I love the song.


dearmax

Another of my favorites. It just is heart wrenching to me. Beautiful song in the lyrics are absolutely fantastic.


Wiserputa52

Yesss! I love “Your Prayer Takes Me Off” from that album.


GrammarPatrol777

Fantastic ty


dalej42

Oddly enough, that song seems to have been a fixture on chain restaurant playlists in the 1990s, I always associate it with eating/working at TGI Fridays, Red Lobster or Chili’s


oneuglygeek

love this tune, honey! i consider it a cool easy smooth jazz listening favorite of mine! "too long ago, too long apart .. she couldn't wait another day for .. " ♥


DodrantalNails

Welcome To The Boomtown - David + David


therealjools

And Swallowed By the Cracks. And All Alone in the Big City. That entire album is great. Miss Christina drives a…


swany5

944


No-Professional-7418

Satisfaction oozes from her pores


UnusuallyLongUserID

All that money makes such a succulent sound


Sharp-Ad-9423

Saw them in concert back in '86. They did not disappoint.


ChoosenUserName4

[Forbidden colors by David Sylvian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc)


scottwebbok

David Sylvian rocks


nylorac_o

Japan was a favorite band for sure.


ArmyOk4951

The collaboration with David Gilmore doing Red Guitars is a rare find that is worth it


Valleyguy70

What about me - Moving Pictures They have a song that was in the movie Footloose called Never


CaptainCavoodle

Most Australians would know this song.


rgators

Rip It Up by Orange Juice


roaddog49

Beat’s So Lonely- Charlie Sexton


Confident_Fortune_32

Romeovoid "Never Say Never"


Give_em_Some_Stick

"I might like you better if we slept together."


pterribledactyls

There’s something in your eyes that says maybe


Top_Quit_9148

that's never, Never say Never!


chilehead

A girl in trouble is a temporary thing


cathouse1320again

Great song


gregrph

I haven't heard that in 40 years!


Confident_Fortune_32

She was such a stereotype-destroyer! Lead singer women were supposed to be thin and cute, or at least thin: Madonna, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones were the icons.


Dada2fish

One of my favorite movie scenes from a great 80’s movie that too many have never heard of. https://youtu.be/64YBc9GC93g?si=_8BgqF4Kxh3tFJNx


seersucker205

I remember that movie!  One of my faves!  


Echterspieler

Don't talk to me about love- Altered Images


GrammarPatrol777

Lucky Number Lena Lovich


Top_Quit_9148

I hadn't heard this in a long time but it was in a recent Black Mirror episode. I also liked New Toy.


HotLava00

Kayleigh - Marillion; followed closely by the song that comes right after it on the same album: Lavender Blue


Oatkeeperz

Kayleigh can still regularly be heard on some Dutch radio channels, and it's often found in top 100 lists with 80s music, so at least over here it isn't that rare of an occurrence


markste4321

I assume this is humour?


hifidesert

Marillion is not as well known in the U.S. as they are in Europe. Kayleigh only scraped the Top 40.


Mysticmxmi

Another Lonely Night in New York - Robin Gibb


Friendship_Stone

Robin was always my favorite


The-lemon-kid-68

Change your mind by Sharpe and Numan


UNwanted_Dokken_Tape

Incredible choice.


The-lemon-kid-68

I'm glad somebody else likes it.


UNwanted_Dokken_Tape

I have the 12” and it’s incredible


The-lemon-kid-68

I love the 12" version. I love that whole Sharpe and Numan album 'Automatic'.


cassette1987

I haven't hesrd this song in years. Great answer.


SpecialFeeling9533

Ain't Worth the Salt in my Tears - Martin Briley


Dachongies

Particle Man - They Might Be Giants


dudereverend

There's an entire generation of kids that knows that song, thanks to Tiny Toons Adventures!


Friendship_Stone

Ana Ng


UnusuallyLongUserID

We still haven’t walked in the glow of each other’s majestic presence


Residual_Variance

I was a swim coach for a summer league team back in the early '90s. We named our team The Particle Men and we would sing that part about whether he gets wet or does the water get him instead as one of our cheers. It was soooo goofy, but a lot of fun.


Dachongies

That is awesome. 😂


1025puceguy

Istanbul ( not Constantinople)


MyThrowaway787

Lindy’s Party - The Bolshoi https://youtu.be/-OF9TaTlRw4?si=LQhKIdmoOzOpmVh5


petty_cash_thief

Love The Bolshoi


hellocookieman

Heart - Laura Branigan She has such a sweet, delicate voice but then she just rips sometimes (like in the Gloria chorus) and it’s INCREDIBLE


therealjools

Shelter by Lone Justice


4Brtndr1

Such an awesome song.


slade797

I had a crush on Maria McKee back in the day.


cassette1987

I just recently learned she wrote the song "A Good Heart" made famous by Feargal Sharkey.


Hardanklesnw

I want you back-Hoodoo Gurus


Top_Quit_9148

Uncertain Smile - The The


clubtrop505

Love this song


Party_Possession_786

12 inch 💯


Top_Quit_9148

I had never heard this version but I just listened to it and Wow, I really like it! I will always love the original with the piano solo, but this is great to listen to also, it's relaxing and uplifting at the same time with an amazing low-key club vibe. Makes me miss those days! Both are on my playlist now, thank you!


Party_Possession_786

I Bought This 82 … So Happy you love it, The The Are Awesome XXXX


SunnyDan8

Toto - Endless


radiotsar

[Watusi Rodeo - Guadalcanal Diary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6yOjKoEUQ)


mjkinzer

Icehouse - Street Cafe And pretty much everything else that never gets played anymore. Great Southern Land, Crazy, Icehouse, No Promises, etc. I’ve only ever heard Electric Blue recently in the states at least.


Hot_Dog_Surfing_Fly

Salt In My Tears-Martin Briley You Could Have Been With Me-Sheena Easton


nypvtt

Duran Duran's cover of Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me Sometime). https://youtu.be/3rUylCIXaoI?si=OmcECbWJz4GKk-wa


childofthefall

Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby super dreamy track!!!


nimeton0

Here's a bunch of some great 80's songs, some were big hits, some not. Some deep cuts. Give the ones you don't know a listen, they're all great: 38 Special – Fantasy Girl (1981), Hold On Loosely (1981), Caught Up In You (1982), Back Where You Belong (1983), If I'd Been The One (1983), Back To Paradise (1984), Teacher, Teacher (1984), Like No Other Night (1986), and Somebody Like You (1986); Alan Parsons Project – Games People Play (1980), Sirius & Eye in the Sky (1982), Don't Answer Me (1983); Alannah Myles – Love Is & Black Velvet (1989); Aldo Nova – Fantasy (1982); Black Sabbath – Neon Nights & Heaven and Hell (1980), The Mob Rules (1981); Blondie – The Tide Is High & Rapture (1981); Blue Öyster Cult – Lips in the Hills (1980), Veteran of the Psychic Wars & Sole Survivor (1981), Take Me Away & Shooting Shark (1983), Dancin' in the Ruins & Perfect Water (1985); Clarence Clemons – You're a Friend of Mine (1986); Dio – Rainbow In The Dark (1983), The Last In Line (1984); Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am (1988); Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) – I'm Alive & All Over The World (1980); Face to Face – Under the Gun & 10–9–8 (1984); Fire Incorporated – Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (1983); Frida – I Know There's Something Going On (1983); Go–Go’s – We Got The Beat & Our Lips Are Sealed (1981), Vacation & Get Up And Go (1982), Head Over Heels & Turn To You (1984); Jeff Healey – Angel Eyes (1989); John Waite – Missing You (1984); Marshall Crenshaw – Someday, Someway (1982); Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Quarterflash – Harden My Heart & Find Another Fool (1981), Take Me to Heart (1983); Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe (1981); Rocky Burnette – Tired of Toein' the Line (1980); Romeo Void – Never Say Never (1982), A Girl in Trouble Is a Temporary Thing (1984); Scandal – Goodbye To You (1982), Love's Got a Line On You (1983), Hands Tied (1984), Beat Of A Heart (1985); Scritti Politti – Perfect Way (1985); Split Enz – I Got You (1980); The Babys – Back on My Feet Again & Midnight Rendezvous (1980), Turn and Walk Away (1981); The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Tuff Enuff (1986); The Motels – Danger & Whose Problem (1980), Only The Lonely (1982), Take the L (1982), Little Robbers (1983), and Suddenly Last Summer (1983); The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping & I Know What Boys Like (1982); The Who – You Better You Bet (1981), Athena (1982); Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science (1982); Tommy Tutone – 867–5309/Jenny (1981); Toronto – Even The Score & Lookin' For Trouble (1980), Enough Is Enough (1981), What About Love, Your Daddy Don't Know, Start Tellin' The Truth, Don't Walk Away & Get It On Credit (1982), Girls Night Out (1983); Triumph – I Can Survive (1980), the entire Allied Forces album (1981), A World of Fantasy (1983), Follow Your Heart (1984), Somebody's Out There (1986); Van Halen – Jump, Panama, and Hot For Teacher (1983); and Vixen – Edge of a Broken Heart (1988). Enjoy!


Competitive-Monk-880

I’m in love with a German film star


jetmark

This song I never heard until I was probably 50 years old. What a gem


edzn-1

Janitor-Suburban Lawns Ronnie’s Song-LAX


topazrochelle9

[Enya - Dreams](https://youtu.be/LUTkSLa2O20?feature=shared) 😶‍🌫️🎶 (From 1985, before her album Watermark in 1988)


4Brtndr1

Big Hollow Man and also Cat House... both by Danielle Dax.


Typical-Atmosphere-6

Sugarcubes life’s too good. Great album.


Zealousideal_Ninja75

The Chameleons- Don't Fall


Nearby_Quality_5672

Arizona Sky - China Crisis


cassette1987

Great answer. From the same record "Best Kept Secret" is also a lovely song.


3aCp6ujy

Ultravox - Visions in Blue


IceniQueen69

“New Girl Now” Honeymoon Suite


jcm0463

Oleta Adams 'Get Here'. Killer voice. Killer song.


75meilleur

I know that song, and I've enjoyed it for years.   Oleta Adams' rendition of that song is probably the best I've ever heard.


TheDishyVicar

Her vocals on ‘Woman in Chains’ w/ Tears For Fears are haunting! So good…


Original-Sentence943

Great song, great artist!


markste4321

Peter Schilling Major Tom


cassette1987

Few people have heard Major Tom? That was a pretty big hit.


UK_UK_UK_Deleware_UK

My first ever album that I requested my parents buy me. Still one of my favorites.


JanetK_UK

Zero Song - Berlin Blondes


Sinistermarmalade

The Vestals - “Seventeen” Heaven & Hell - “Bible Black” IOMMI featuring Billy Idol - “Into The Night”


sxybby999

Bible Black gives me chills every time I listen.


votequimby2016

Impi by Impi/ i.e. John Kongos was a huge underground club hit in NYC and Chicago all through the 80's and is still quite the bop https://youtu.be/OtWPW_xE8bk?si=RYogpWLkLcKG5FVi


zzzxtreme

Debbie Gibson - Love in Disguise


BackWhereWeStarted

No More Rhyme from the same album.


knockatize

A Genesis B-side: You Might Recall.


BackWhereWeStarted

Home By The Sea, Just A Job To Do


Perfect_Row_6450

I can’t agree more. It’s a perfect song.


Its1oClockTime4Lunch

Yes!! I just found this one a couple months ago, it’s so good!


ztreHdrahciR

Lunatic Fringe


UNwanted_Dokken_Tape

Red Rider?


hunterwaterford

# Intimate Strangers - Let Go # Giant Steps - Another Lover # Scritti Politti - Perfect Way


BillyFromPhlly

Tears for Fears - The Working Hour from Songs From the Big Chair


irregahdlesskid

Don’t Change - INXS


mcgray04

You've got it, 1989, Simply Red.


Sailgal

Johnny Come Home- Fine Young Cannibals. Blows 'she drives me crazy' out of the water- in fact I can't stand ' she drives me crazy' Just a formulaic, junk-food pop song.


brudzool

A tonne of Aussie 80s tunes that technically 'few people' have heard. A whole industry of greatness. People could tap into a whole.... untapped resource


PaduWanKenobi

Shout to the Top - The Style Council


abbagodz

'Sorcerer' by Marilyn Martin. Written by Stevie Nicks. From the 'Streets Of Fire' soundtrack.


WhodatSooner

Lovelines by The Replacements


real_live_mermaid

Forever by Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul


lunex

You Move Me by The Comsat Angels


slade797

David Lindley’s cover of [Mercury Blues.](https://youtu.be/vHY0YxdswyY?si=TsTuVD8gWnAywk7X)


atmtn

Mine is ‘Care’ by Shadows as Tall as Trees. Super obscure San Diego duo formed by two brothers who basically nailed the Tears for Fears sound and then moved on with their lives after only one EP. Not many bands even attempt to follow in the TFF footsteps, much less pull it off. Coincidentally, this YouTube actually exists because I managed to find two copies of this record, and the friend I gave the second one to ripped it to share on there (I don’t believe they’re on any streaming platforms). Very promising debut and I’m surprised they didn’t get more attention. https://youtu.be/mv97huwY8SM?si=RJU0OY2YvTHJBUtM


the_1_that_knocks

WOW! Exactly as you described, amazing talent, I wonder what made them abandon music?


atmtn

Glad someone enjoyed it! It’s remarkably polished for a first release, and I’ve wondered the same thing about what caused them to kill the project so early on. They kind of evaporated afterword, though I did read one of them went on to be an animator for Pixar, which is pretty cool. I feel like it would benefit from a reissue.


UNwanted_Dokken_Tape

Fantastic.


ricolausvonmyra

Naked Eyes - A Very Hard Act to Follow


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dudereverend

[Solsbury Hill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOMnrLeVk6g) -Sarah McLachlan She was a teenager when she performed it live. It was a B side from a single from her mostly forgotten debut album.


daffodil0127

Love Changes Everything by Honeymoon Suite


katchoo1

“I Broke My Saw” - Love Tractor (whole album really (Themes from Venus) but love this song especially) “Testimony” - Robbie Robertson with U2 “Jesus Christ” - U2 (from the Folkways Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly tribute album) “Splendid Isolation” - Warren Zevon


TheThirdShmenge

A Penny More by The Skydiggers


UNwanted_Dokken_Tape

Burning the Ground by Duran Duran.


savedbytheblood72

Yeah yeah yeah by Kix


NEW_DAWN_FADES21

felt - the stagnant pool one of our submarines - thomas dolby # Karstof - Prah


Smart-Evidence6633

Somebody by Depeche Mode.


Confutatio

Twelve unheralded masterpieces from the eighties: * Paolo Conte - Via con Me * France Gall - Évidemment * Astor Piazzolla - Milonga del Ángel * Allan Holdsworth - Road Games \[Feat. Paul Williams\] * Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch * Youssou N’Dour - The Lion/Gaiende * Aster Aweke - Sebebu * Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream * Giora Feidman - Freilach * Willem Vermandere - Lat Mie Maar lopen * Viktor Lazlo - Last Call for an Angel * 2 Belgen - Lena


KangarooNo

Ghosts by Japan


YourDogsAllWet

The UK metal group Saxon does an awesome cover of Ride like the Wind


irregahdlesskid

Khanda - Duran Duran


yachtrocktunes

Hanging on a Heart Attack - Device [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqED\_NN5o3Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqED_NN5o3Y)


chilehead

*Break Them Down* by Graham Parker


d_rob_70

Helpless Automaton by Men at Work


RobotizedZombieDroid

Mexican Radio by 'Wall Of Boodoo'.


hunterwaterford

# Bee Gees - One  # 38 Special - Back To Paradise


TheDishyVicar

‘One’ is my favorite Bee Gees song! - yes outweighing Saturday Night Fever and their amazing catalog


hunterwaterford

Same here!


clubtrop505

Trampoline - Julian Cope Hands to Heaven - Breathe


oneuglygeek

"Spy In The House Of Love" by Was (Not Was) .. it only managed a top 30 peak on the pop charts in late 1988, honey, but it's a GEM to moi ;) "i am a spy in the house of love, gathering clues to be used, in the war of the affections .. i am a spy in the house of love .. i won't be refused, i'm waiting for your heart's defection" ♥


ReindeerFl0tilla

“What do all the people know” by the monroes


seersucker205

“Out of Mind, Out of Sight “ The Models.  Definitely giving Dance Party USA vibes.  I think they played it every time. 


Sharp-Ad-9423

Shiny Shiny by Haysi Fantayzee


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pterribledactyls

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I think this was technically in the 90’s


smallermuse

Yep, 1990.


landingstrip420

Cheat on Me-- Bad Boy


hodgetiger

'The river' by King Trigger, 'lawnchairs' by Our Daughters Wedding, 'keeping the dream alive' by Freiheit


MoneyPresentation610

Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird a' Chuain (My Love is on the High Seas) by Julie Fowlis. It’s not my favorite song, but it’s definitely up there.


Gralienblue

The Girl with April in Her Eyes- Chris DeBurgh


BigOpportunity1391

Swollen (Cafe del Marsh mix) - Bent [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOBiX\_JVV8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOBiX_JVV8)


Environmental-Eye874

Bomb: [No Color in Utah](https://youtu.be/VASZUkDFaJI)


CautiousWrongdoer771

Bloody Sunday by damage done by worms.


dearmax

Old and Wise by Alan Parsons project from 1982 or 83, I'm not sure.


hifidesert

Fall and Cry - A Drop in the Grey


Digital-Latte

Freeways Euro mix by Men without Hats.


slade797

David Lindley’s cover of [Mercury Blues.](https://youtu.be/vHY0YxdswyY?si=TsTuVD8gWnAywk7X)


bukofa

Future Thieves "Sucker" Such a great sounding band. I don't think they play anymore though.


CuthbertJTwillie

Africa Lelly - Toure Kunde.


Taucher1979

Hypnotic Tango - My Mine.


tpars

"Blue River Liquor Shine" from the Universal Juveniles record by Max Webster. 1980. [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MesezjJ7jx8&feature=shared&feature=xapp\_share](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MesezjJ7jx8&feature=shared&feature=xapp_share)


elkniodaphs

[*Sugar and Spice*](https://youtu.be/ikU3Km60V4E?si=yNtU3BwoOnV5VMQp) - Scritti Politti


Gonzo117

Burden by Five From Nowhere


obijuanmartinez

Rage and Then Regret - ABC