Best Song of 1981

[outofyourmind]

really liked this song

 

[outofyourmind]

Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton. Reminds me of a girl I dated in College.

 

[tnerb57]

really liked this song

Me too.

 

[tnerb57]

Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton. Reminds me of a girl I dated in College.

You dated a girl with a beard?

 

[RegentDenali]

Depends entirely on your tastes of music genre.

Some like the pop stuff.

I was already into rock and metal. But there was also plenty of great pop music I liked as well. But as sheer force of album power from start to finish...

Rush - Moving Pictures
Journey - Escape
Def Leppard - High n Dry
Ozzy - Dairy of a Madman
Styx - Paradise Theater
Triumph - Allied Forces
AC/DC - For those about to rock
Van Halen - Fair Warning
BOC - Fire of unknown origin
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Saxon - Denim and Leather
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

Those albums are masterpieces and hugely influential on me.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Here's a baker's dozen of tunes not listed.......


Ah Leah --- Donnie Iris
Don't You Want Me --- Human League
Rapture --- Blondie
Shake It Up --- The Cars
Tainted Love --- Soft Cell
Let's Groove --- Earth, Wind & Fire
Abacab --- Genesis
Girls On Film --- Duran Duran
You Better You Bet --- The Who
Give It To Me Baby --- Rick James
Once In A Lifetime --- Talking Heads
Lunatic Fringe --- Red Rider
Tempted --- Squeeze

 

[tnerb57]

Here's a baker's dozen of tunes not listed.......


Ah Leah --- Donnie Iris
Don't You Want Me --- Human League
Rapture --- Blondie
Shake It Up --- The Cars
Tainted Love --- Soft Cell
Let's Groove --- Earth, Wind & Fire
Abacab --- Genesis
Girls On Film --- Duran Duran
You Better You Bet --- The Who
Give It To Me Baby --- Rick James
Once In A Lifetime --- Talking Heads
Lunatic Fringe --- Red Rider
Tempted --- Squeeze

Man, Soft Cell "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" is still one of my all-time favorites.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Man, Soft Cell "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" is still one of my all-time favorites.

No doubt. I still like a bunch of that stuff from back then.
Music from that era is lightyears better than most of the crap being done these days.

 

[Nosferatu]

Here's a baker's dozen of tunes not listed.......


Ah Leah --- Donnie Iris
Don't You Want Me --- Human League
Rapture --- Blondie
Shake It Up --- The Cars
Tainted Love --- Soft Cell
Let's Groove --- Earth, Wind & Fire
Abacab --- Genesis
Girls On Film --- Duran Duran
You Better You Bet --- The Who
Give It To Me Baby --- Rick James
Once In A Lifetime --- Talking Heads
Lunatic Fringe --- Red Rider
Tempted --- Squeeze

More than half of these were on the list and changed, I had a difficult time deciding what to include on this one...

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

No Safety Dance?


Maybe it came out a different year...too lazy to look it up.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

More than half of these were on the list and changed, I had a difficult time deciding what to include on this one...

I agree....that was a good year...and a tough one to narrow down to just a handful.

 

[outofyourmind]

Here's a baker's dozen of tunes not listed.......


Ah Leah --- Donnie Iris
Don't You Want Me --- Human League
Rapture --- Blondie
Shake It Up --- The Cars
Tainted Love --- Soft Cell
Let's Groove --- Earth, Wind & Fire
Abacab --- Genesis
Girls On Film --- Duran Duran
You Better You Bet --- The Who
Give It To Me Baby --- Rick James
Once In A Lifetime --- Talking Heads
Lunatic Fringe --- Red Rider
Tempted --- Squeeze

All great songs.
Bolded my favorite

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

No Safety Dance?


Maybe it came out a different year...too lazy to look it up.

that was either '82 or '83

 

[outofyourmind]

I don't know why nobody picked this song.

 

[KansasSooner]

BOC - Fire of unknown origin

Worst BOC ever recorded, even according to some members of the band.

 

[KansasSooner]

I agree....that was a good year...and a tough one to narrow down to just a handful.

I'm surprised no one mentioned "Long Distance Voyager" by The Moody Blues. It was their first release after Mike Pinder left the band three years earlier and really the last MB album that was really good from start to finish I think.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Bruh, not voting against Rush in this one.

 

[occupant]

at the time...it was this:

 

[blindbaby]

Hold On - Ian Thomas
Games People Play - Alan Parsons Project
Time - Alan Parsons Project
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]