Thursday Thirteen: Youtube Links to 80’s Songs

  1. Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
  2. Girl Like You - Smithereens
  3. The Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
  4. Don’t Cry - Asia
  5. Come on Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  6. Should I stay or Should I Go - The Clash
  7. Love Cats - The Cure
  8. Nowhere Girl - B Movie
  9. Strength - The Alarm
  10. House of Fun - Madness
  11. Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo
  12. New Song - Howard Jones
  13. Hill Street Blues - NBC TV Show

These may not all be top ten hits but they were, at one point or another, some of my favorite songs in the 80’s. (I was 10 in 1980 and very into music all throughout the “New Wave” decade.)

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This entry was written by Damien Riley, posted on October 17, 2007 at 7:54 pm and is filed under My Journal and tagged , , , .So far it has 419 views

16 Comments

  1. Secret Agent Mama Reply to this comment
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 7:55 pm | Permalink

    #5 is one of my ALL TIME FAVE songs!! 

  2. Damien Riley Reply to this comment
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 8:12 pm | Permalink

    Isn’t that a great tune?

  3. Malcolm Reply to this comment
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    Your TT was right up my alley.  Not a weak track on the list. I had forgotten all about "Rain In the Summertime" by The Alarm.  Two other songs by them that I really like are "68 Guns" and "Stand". 

    I addition to being a big fan of the "Nutty Sound" of Madness, I also enjoyed their hilarious videos.  I hadn’t heard "Nowhere Girl" until I visited your TT.  It wasn’t too bad. 

  4. Jessica The Rock Chick Reply to this comment
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 10:09 pm | Permalink

    "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" is one of this Rock Chick’s all-time faves. After all of teh Bon Jovi songs, of course :)
    Jessica

  5. No Nonsense girl Reply to this comment
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 11:14 pm | Permalink

    Will go watch the songs!!!! Have a great TT! Mine is up if you wanna visit me. :)

  6. Nicholas Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    I was going down the list and not recognising any of those by name till I got to Mike Post’s theme from Hill St Blues.  Was that really the decade before last?

  7. jenn Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 5:20 am | Permalink

    Come on, Eileen! What a great song!
    Happy TT!

  8. Jennifer Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    I remember some of those.  :)

    My 13 this week is musical too.  Come by and see if you can guess the title and artist of the songs I listed.

  9. Damien Riley Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 10:25 am | Permalink

    @Malcolm:  I thought about the Stand.  I’m good friends with Dave Sharp, the ex-guitarist of the Alarm.  He recorded 2 songs with my band in the early 90’s.  You can hear them at my "MySpace" linked in the about page here.  Thanks for stoppin’ by brother.

  10. Samantha_K Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

    Twilight Zone is now running through my head…great minds think alike, mine is music related this week as well.
    Love the songs on your list!

  11. Damien Riley Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    Samantha . . . That bass line is infectuous!

  12. Rosemarie Reply to this comment
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    I only recognize a few.

  13. Slevi Reply to this comment
    Posted October 19, 2007 at 6:15 am | Permalink

    Well, I’m pretty much from beyond the 80’s. Recognize a few of those but… must say I know more from the 60’s and 70’s though :P.

    Omg though at some of those clips, haha. The hair, the clothing, the style XD. I bet you must have been part of it to appreciate it, lol :P.

  14. Damien Riley Reply to this comment
    Posted October 19, 2007 at 7:08 am | Permalink

    It was a different world!  Preppies, hair band rockers, and punks just to name a few "types."  I was a preppie punk . . .

  15. Slevi Reply to this comment
    Posted October 23, 2007 at 8:35 am | Permalink

    Haha, since I had no clue on what different kinds of punk there were I checked up preppy punk on google images to see what it looks like XD. God the eighties truly must have been a different world ;).

  16. Damien Riley Reply to this comment
    Posted October 23, 2007 at 9:08 am | Permalink

    It was weird.  The Reagan/Bush sr. ""just say no" conservatives battling the "art and thought" based New wave culture that was just beginning.

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