Magnum Mania!

Nice eclectic selection. Even squeezed Dolly Parton in there!

OK, glad I saw some Duran Duran!

Great list!

Do you know what Quarterflash song I adore? Take Another Picture. They were a really underrated band, you never hear about them now, even on those VH1 Where Are They Now type shows. Too bad.

Oh and SLOW CHILDREN?!?

I thought I was the only one who'd heard of them!!!

I only know that song, but it's an iPod regular rotation!

Nice list. Although I grew up in the 70's, I love 80's music. Some of my favorites from then were Taylor Dane, Sheena Easton, Lone Justice.
Good to see you had 99 Luftballons in there!

Interesting #1 pick! Scandal - "Goodbye to You"!

I like a lot of your picks, although it's a little thin on the Rock (nothing wrong with that, of course). No Police, huh?

Thanks everyone!

Frodoleader wrote: Good to see you had 99 Luftballons in there!

Yes - the original German version is so much better than the English version.

AmandaByNight wrote:Oh and SLOW CHILDREN?!?

I thought I was the only one who'd heard of them!!!

I only know that song, but it's an iPod regular rotation!

It's the only song that I know by them too.

No Elton John, U2 or Pet Shop Boys? Maybe I ought to make my own list!

Really cool nostalgia blast looking at these old picture sleeves.

Mark R.Y. wrote:No Elton John, U2 or Pet Shop Boys? Maybe I ought to make my own list!

Really cool nostalgia blast looking at these old picture sleeves.

Or no Simple Minds, Tears For Fears, Bob Seeger or Springsteen and only one Prince.........The eighties were such an incredible decade for music (from the fluff one hit wonders that were great to the break out artists that will last the sands of time)that it is nearly impossible to come up with a "greatest list"............

In no particular order:

R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Steely Dan - "Gaucho"
Public Enemy - "Bring The Noise"
Prince - "When Doves Cry"
Iron Maiden - "Revelations"
The Cars - "Since You're Gone"
Metallica - "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
Rush - "Tom Sawyer" & "Subdivisions"
Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Peter Gabriel - "Shock The Monkey"
The Police - "Synchronicity II"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
Van Halen - "Panama"
Squeeze - "Tempted"
Guns-n-Roses - "Welcome To The Jungle"

J.J. Walters wrote: The Police - "Synchronicity II"

Love that this is the one Police song to make the list. Definitely one of my all-time faves. Was it even released as a single?

It was indeed, one of four singles released from Synchronicity. Probably my favorite Police song. Andy Summers guitar work is brilliant in this song. It perfectly echoes the "grandmother screaming at the wall" and the mother chanting "her litany of boredom and frustration". "Synchronicity I" is great, too! Hell, the whole album is great! Only Sting could write songs inspired by Carl Jung.

J.J. Walters wrote:It was indeed, one of four singles released from Synchronicity. Probably my favorite Police song. Andy Summers guitar work is brilliant in this song. It perfectly echoes the "grandmother screaming at the wall" and the mother chanting "her litany of boredom and frustration". "Synchronicity I" is great, too! Hell, the whole album is great! Only Sting could write songs inspired by Carl Jung.

I've never heard about the Jung inspiration. I'll have to do some reading. Synchronicity is one of the few albums to make my very short list of perfect albums (from the first track to the last there's no need to skip a track). Okay, maybe "Mother" is a bit of a misfit, but it still is part of the whole package. I'm still not sure how I feel about "Murder by Numbers" as I grew up with the LP and that track wasn't included. I think the album ends on a much more pleasurable note with "Tea in the Sahara."

"And every single meeting with his so-called superior, is a humiliating kick in the crotch..." What an awesome lyricist.