What Song REALLY takes you back to HS.... (Berlin: live, dangerous)

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by mike0421

Lots of stuff.

"Round and Round" by Ratt. HS boyfriend listened to this ad nauseum.
"Sister Christian" Night Ranger Best friend's brother would play air guitar too this as we'd stare at him wondering WTF????
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" Culture Club LOVED it. "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" was my favorite though."
"I Can Dream About You" Dan Hartman
"Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry LOVED IT! Was a good friends "song" w her boyfriend in the day.
"Eyes Without A Face" Billy Idol Oh I met him at the Waverly Grill in 1984! I liked This but White Wedding and Mony Mony were mine!
"Drive" The Cars LOVED the Cars. Took my BF to the concert for his birthday!
"Undercover of the Night" Rolling Stones NICE. I loved STATE OF SHOCK too!
"Automatic" Pointer Sisters Not my favorite - but "I'm so Excited"
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes
"Gold" Spandau Ballet Oh, what about TRUE. LOVE IT!
"I'm Still Standing" Elton John Elton is still the man!
"Just Got Lucky" JoBoxers
"Real Men" Joe Jackson
"Don't Bring Down" ELO
"Photograph" Def Leppard ALL Def Leppard!
"Lawyers in Love" Jackson Browne Wacky Video....
"Roll Me Away" Bob Seger
"She's A Beauty" The Tubes
"Say Say Say" Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
"Promises Promises" Naked Eyes
"Is There Something I Should Know" Duran Duran OMG - LOVED them - saw them like 30 times. I'd add "Hungry Like The Wolf" "The Reflex" and "Save a Prayer" LOL
"Africa" Toto
"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye
"The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats Nice! What about "Come on Eileen" or "Puttin on the Ritz" Remind me of each other for some reason.
"Stand Back" Stevie Nicks
"Rock the Casbah" The Clash
"Family Man" Hall & Oates Saw them like 27 times too! LOL! What about "Adult Education" or "Maneater" "You Make My Dreams Come True" Was my favorite - but I was in 8th Grade....
"Sexy & 17" Stray Cats
"Centerfold" J. Geils Band
"What About Me" Moving Pictures
"Temporary Beauty" Graham Parker
"The Only Flame in Town" Elvis Costello
"Show Me" The Pretenders
"Middle of the Road" The Pretenders (hell pretty much the entire Learning to Crawl Album)

I have to stop because I've probably put most of you to sleep by now. But this is merely a sliver.

1982-1984 were great years to be in high school, and to have an appreciation of music.

NOT asleep! LOL!

[EEEPNJ]

Now I have to Rival Mike's List because I realize I forgot a LOT:

* Huey Lewis & the News "I want a New Drug" and "Doin' It All for My Baby" "If this is it" LOVED his videos too... which leads me to FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS. The ULTIMATE in our PRE MTV days! LOL!
*Brian Adams "Heaven" "Take Me Back" some good stuff....
*Journey "Only the Young" "Seperate Ways"
*Phil Collins - anything from NO Jacket Required. Or what about that one with Genesis - "Land of Confussion."
*Lionel Richie - OMG Sappy side...anything by Lionel "HELLO"
*John Waite's Missing you - one of my favorite songs still.
*"I Wear my Sunglasses at Night." (And I did, because I was a geek...lol)
*"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
*"People are People " Depeche Mode
*Chicago "Hard Habit to Break" OMG - anyone from JC - I remember sitting in NOAHS ARK by DHS listening to this and "Born in the USA" and we just thought we were SO Deep! LOL!
*ZZ Top - Leggs & Sharp Dressed Man. (LOVE IT!)
* Police - anything from Synchronicity
* Cruel Summer by Bananarama (I did this in our schools "Puttin on the Hits" LMAO!)
* Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck and Baby Jane
* Billy Joel - The Entire Innocent Man album
* WANG CHUNG (LOL) Dance Hall Days and EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
* Twisted Sister - We're not Gonna take it!
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood - RELAX and Two Tribes
* Anything by Depeche Mode
* WHAM! Wake me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless whisper
* Tears for Fears - "Everybody wants to Rule the World" (Remember that movie w/ Val Kilmer...name please...)
* Dire Straits - Money for Nothing! and Walk of Life
* POWER STATION - loved them!
* Tina Turner - Private Dancer - What Loves Got to Do with it?
* Sting - "Russians"
* No One is To Blame - Howard Johnson
* Tenderness - General Public (LOVED It - the 45 was BLUE LOL)
* Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! and HOLD ME NOW
* CENTERFIELD - Fogerty!
* Heart - What About Love, These Dreams and Alone
* Rock me Amadeus - Falco - LOL
* Anything Pet Shop Boys
* I Can't Wait - Nu SHooz
* GLORIA ESTEFAN! Well, it was MIAMI SOUND MACHINE then.
* VAN HALEN - David out - Sammy in OH MY!
* Mike & the Mechanics - "Living Years" (still makes me cry... grandpa died right around then.)
* Atlantic Starr - Always
* WHITESNAKE - Here I go Again on my Own LOVE IT!
* U2 - Anything from Joshua Tree (it was then I professed my undying love for Bono....he's STILL on "the list")
* Crowded House - Don't Dream it's Over
* The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh (inspired me to get a red prom dress. LMAO!)
* I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew (HAUNTING!)
* Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way.

OK - I've bored everyone more than Mike and NOW I'm putting this ALL on my IPOD! LOL!



AERO

[shannybannany]

Originally Posted by Yorkiegirl16

Class of 1984:

Bette Davis Eyes: Kim Carnes (early HS)
Hungry Like the Wolf: Duran Duran
Sweet Dreams: Eurythmics
Break My Stride: Matthew Wilder

My favorite karaoke song. I know, I'm weird.

Shanny

[NJ Chutzpah]

Ratt -Round and Round

Skid Row - 18 and life, youth gone wild

Actually I am not that old, but by the time I got into high school, I was so sick of the GRUNGE, so i started getting into Eighties music

I must admit the Eighties was better than the nineties in terms of music

any you old-times remember songs like *** on feel the Noise, or Rock you like a hurricane

You can watch those videos on youtube, it is great

[NJ Chutzpah]

Oh yeah and motley crue is great

I just discovered them about four years ago

[AnesthesiaMD]

'87
Dont you forget about me - Simple minds
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Land Of Confusion - Genesis
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
With Or Without You - U2
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

[jfre81]

Now Playing: Stabbing Westward > Wither Blister Burn And Peel (1996) > What Do I Have To Do?

Hey, what can I say, teen angst, girlfriend trouble, you know...I've come a long way.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by mike0421

Lots of stuff.

"Round and Round" by Ratt.
"Sister Christian" Night Ranger
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" Culture Club
"I Can Dream About You" Dan Hartman
"Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry
"Eyes Without A Face" Billy Idol
"Drive" The Cars
"Undercover of the Night" Rolling Stones
"Automatic" Pointer Sisters
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes
"Gold" Spandau Ballet
"I'm Still Standing" Elton John
"Just Got Lucky" JoBoxers
"Real Men" Joe Jackson
"Don't Bring Down" ELO
"Photograph" Def Leppard
"Lawyers in Love" Jackson Browne
"Roll Me Away" Bob Seger
"She's A Beauty" The Tubes
"Say Say Say" Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
"Promises Promises" Naked Eyes
"Is There Something I Should Know" Duran Duran
"Africa" Toto
"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye
"The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats
"Stand Back" Stevie Nicks
"Rock the Casbah" The Clash
"Family Man" Hall & Oates
"Sexy & 17" Stray Cats
"Centerfold" J. Geils Band
"What About Me" Moving Pictures
"Temporary Beauty" Graham Parker
"The Only Flame in Town" Elvis Costello
"Show Me" The Pretenders
"Middle of the Road" The Pretenders (hell pretty much the entire Learning to Crawl Album)

I have to stop because I've probably put most of you to sleep by now. But this is merely a sliver.

1982-1984 were great years to be in high school, and to have an appreciation of music.

holy crap is this a great list - 'Just got Lucky'? OMG - I haven't heard that song in years! List is a great ipod list (i have a bunch of them, but not all)

The bolded sentence is spot on.

Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" made me yearn to visit the south of France SOOOO bad. I had a huge obsession with everything European thanks to the 2nd British invasion.

[MoorestownResident]

Originally Posted by tahiti

holy crap is this a great list - 'Just got Lucky'? OMG - I haven't heard that song in years! List is a great ipod list (i have a bunch of them, but not all)

The bolded sentence is spot on.

Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" made me yearn to visit the south of France SOOOO bad. I had a huge obsession with everything European thanks to the 2nd British invasion.

Great list, would also include from the Hard Rockin' 80s:

Rock the Casbah, The Clash
Magic Power, Triumph
World of Fantasy, Triumph
Red Barchetta, Rush
Tom Sawyer, Rush
Winds of Change, Scorpions
The stroke, Billy Squier
In the Dark, Billy Squier
Message in a bottle, The Police
Touch of Grey, Grateful Dead
Home Sweet Home, Motley Crue
Girls, Girls, Girls, Motley Crue
Jet City Woman, Queensryche (1990)
Silent Lucidity, Queensryche (1990)
I won't back down, Tom Petty
The Waiting, Tom Petty
Highway to Hell, AC/DC
You got another thing coming, Judas Priest
Wheel in the Sky, Journey
Stone in Love, Journey

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by MoorestownResident

Great list, would also include from the Hard Rockin' 80s:

Rock the Casbah, The Clash
Magic Power, Triumph
World of Fantasy, Triumph
Red Barchetta, Rush
Tom Sawyer, Rush
Winds of Change, Scorpions
The stroke, Billy Squier
In the Dark, Billy Squier
Message in a bottle, The Police
Touch of Grey, Grateful Dead
Home Sweet Home, Motley Crue
Girls, Girls, Girls, Motley Crue
Jet City Woman, Queensryche (1990)
Silent Lucidity, Queensryche (1990)
I won't back down, Tom Petty
The Waiting, Tom Petty
Highway to Hell, AC/DC
You got another thing coming, Judas Priest
Wheel in the Sky, Journey
Stone in Love, Journey

my analysis of this little informal poll is that those of us who were in HS in the 80's seem to be WAAAYY more into their music than the previous or subsequent generations. everyone from the 60's, 70's or 90's only listed a few songs, while "we" can't shut up about it.

or maybe we're all going through a mid-life crisis. lol