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The 80's Hey Guys!
I was born the year 1993, so I unfortunately never got to experience how it was when Prince just came out and later became a superstar with Purple Rain. I've read a lot old articles from that era and seen almost every concert that he has released,but of course that isn't in any comparison to really physically go through it. So I was wondering how the experience was for you who got the chance to go through it all.Share your experience with someone in my age and also tell how the response was and what you first thought of Prince. It would really be interesting to hear your thoughts!  | |
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It was absolutely AWESOME. Words can't describe..... Lace gloves, rubber bracelets, neon and PRINCE!!!!
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In the 80's, music was going in circles, no surprises...always the same, no more Sly, no more Clinton to cross over and mix rock with soul...then, Prince arrived !!! No rules, great music, a crazy man doing whatever he pleased with a bunch of hot musicians, black, white, men and women. I tell you, nothing prepared us for that !!!!
Purple rain was everywhere, it was a killer. And as we thought we knew him, bang ! ATWIAD came !!!! And Parade !!! And SOTT !!!! ROLLERCOASTERS !This man was the greatest surprise of all the show biz ! He was the one ! We would always be waiting for the next album to be surprised again. Then came the shows...Paris, 1986,ATWIAD, first song live for me, the ceiling fell on my head...it was only the beginning... "open your heart, open your mind
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I have to disagree with Yankem. Music in the 80's was all about experimentation and something different. It could have been a drum machine, a synth sound, or whatever, but it was all new. Even dramatic numbers like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was exciting and different. Videos had some staples in them like blowing fabric, wet streets, a horse in a house, or children with glowing eye balls. But songs like "Wild Boys" from Duran Duran, or Lionel Richie's "All Night Long", or even "Purple Rain" were anthems of the times. They were mantras, chants, and ways of life for people.
Prince had a decent following before Purple Rain, but it's when "When Doves Cry" was released a month before the album and movie release that set the world on its ear. Music was just recovering from Thriller, and making room for imitators and new innovators. Then we get hit with something so massive like Purple Rain. Two number one songs right off the bat, videos, the movie played all over the place. People were wearing purple endlessly, shoulder pads, satin blazers, lace, leather, pirate shirts (HA), those big round sunglasses (found at your local Spencer's Gift Shop), etc etc. The tour took over from the momentum of the movie. MTV played 10 minutes of "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm A Star". Sheila E was big by that time, and her being on the tour and in the videos didn't hurt the momentum. I loved it. I remember writing all the intro words from "Let's Go Crazy" on the back of one of my folders in high school. I used to try and mimic the handwriting font for the movie and the LP liner with the lyrics. (I can still write Purple Rain as it is on the album; and even my signature changed with the "N" in my name. I always cut it off at the "N" like in "and" on the album front, instead of continuing on the line when I sign my name. Just became a habit.) I took the LP jacket with the face on it, and traced it on bigger pieces of art paper (I put them on a piece of glass with a light under it so I could see it). I hung the copy (after I filled it in with colored markers) on my bedroom wall below my mirror, to mimic Prince's bedroom in the movie. Thriller and Purple Rain were just those albums that engulfed your life at the time. People loved the mystery of Prince, the allure, the "why doesn't he ever talk?" sorta thing. He was so quiet and mysterious at award shows, but performing it was night and day. Same with MJ. It was a Jeckyl and Hyde sorta thing. In short, Prince defined the 80's as much as he bucked the norm. Bucking the norm WAS the definition of the 80's, which made bucking the norm, the norm. And it was a glorious time. People love the 80's Prince not just because of his albums, but because they loved the 80's in general. Prince was just a fantastic part of it all, and without Prince or MJ or even Madonna, the 80's wouldn't have been the same. [Edited 7/18/09 11:48am] | |
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ernestsewell said: I have to disagree with Yankem. Music in the 80's was all about experimentation and something different. It could have been a drum machine, a synth sound, or whatever, but it was all new. Even dramatic numbers like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was exciting and different. Videos had some staples in them like blowing fabric, wet streets, a horse in a house, or children with glowing eye balls. But songs like "Wild Boys" from Duran Duran, or Lionel Richie's "All Night Long", or even "Purple Rain" were anthems of the times. They were mantras, chants, and ways of life for people.
Prince had a decent following before Purple Rain, but it's when "When Doves Cry" was released a month before the album and movie release that set the world on its ear. Music was just recovering from Thriller, and making room for imitators and new innovators. Then we get hit with something so massive like Purple Rain. Two number one songs right off the bat, videos, the movie played all over the place. People were wearing purple endlessly, shoulder pads, satin blazers, lace, leather, pirate shirts (HA), those big round sunglasses (found at your local Spencer's Gift Shop), etc etc. The tour took over from the momentum of the movie. MTV played 10 minutes of "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm A Star". Sheila E was big by that time, and her being on the tour and in the videos didn't hurt the momentum. I loved it. I remember writing all the intro words from "Let's Go Crazy" on the back of one of my folders in high school. I used to try and mimic the handwriting font for the movie and the LP liner with the lyrics. (I can still write Purple Rain as it is on the album; and even my signature changed with the "N" in my name. I always cut it off at the "N" like in "and" on the album front, instead of continuing on the line when I sign my name. Just became a habit.) I took the LP jacket with the face on it, and traced it on bigger pieces of art paper (I put them on a piece of glass with a light under it so I could see it). I hung the copy (after I filled it in with colored markers) on my bedroom wall below my mirror, to mimic Prince's bedroom in the movie. Thriller and Purple Rain were just those albums that engulfed your life at the time. People loved the mystery of Prince, the allure, the "why doesn't he ever talk?" sorta thing. He was so quiet and mysterious at award shows, but performing it was night and day. Same with MJ. It was a Jeckyl and Hyde sorta thing. In short, Prince defined the 80's as much as he bucked the norm. Bucking the norm WAS the definition of the 80's, which made bucking the norm, the norm. And it was a glorious time. People love the 80's Prince not just because of his albums, but because they loved the 80's in general. Prince was just a fantastic part of it all, and without Prince or MJ or even Madonna, the 80's wouldn't have been the same. [Edited 7/18/09 11:48am] Wooow reading your response made me even more jealous than I was before lol 
I'm so jealous of your experience, it's such a shame that I was born the wrong decade hehe | |
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diiinnnooo said: Wooow reading your response made me even more jealous than I was before lol
I'm so jealous of your experience, it's such a shame that I was born the wrong decade hehe You were born right when you should have been. The next time you watch Purple Rain or any 80's video, watch what people are wearing. The Member's Only jackets, the jeans, the shirts, the shoes (Cyndi's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and Donna Summer's "She Works Hard For The Money" are good examples)...you'll get a good feel for the theme of the times. | |
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ernestsewell said: diiinnnooo said: Wooow reading your response made me even more jealous than I was before lol
I'm so jealous of your experience, it's such a shame that I was born the wrong decade hehe You were born right when you should have been. The next time you watch Purple Rain or any 80's video, watch what people are wearing. The Member's Only jackets, the jeans, the shirts, the shoes (Cyndi's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and Donna Summer's "She Works Hard For The Money" are good examples)...you'll get a good feel for the theme of the times. But when I watch movies such as Purple Rain I actually see the resemblance with what people in my age wear today, I personally think alot of the clothes today are almost exactly the same as the ones during the 80's and you can see the influence also. Btw I LOVE The Member's Only Jacket! lol | |
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All I wanted to do in the 80's was dance. The clubs kept my girlfriend and I on the dancefloor all night long drinking water...For years...We had a teen night club that was a Sunday afternoon thing, and at 16...That's where I was.
Of course, Prince music was on regular rotation from DJ's then... Prince on MTV in a shiny Purple Coat...was just so Nostalgic for the early 80's..It was such a nice escort out of the late 70's.  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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The 80s to me were a blur of school, Michael Jackson, paying 50 cents to get virtually anything and later on Madonna, Terence Trent D'Arby and flouro everything along with bad haircuts. Prince didn't hit me until the early 90s, whereas the 90s for me were Prince, Prince and more Prince So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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The 80's were my "growing years" . I became a teen ager in the 1980's so music was a huge part of my life. My sister is 5 years older than me so I heard Prince starting with For You and her Senior high school year 1999 and Little Red Corvette was huge along with Thriller by MJ. A fond memory of ours was listening to an 8 Track version of Dirty Mind and laughing our asses off when Head came on.
Musically speaking the early 80's was about Disco and Super Hard Funk.The king of Black radio was The SuperFreak himself Rick James. Then in 1982 the great George Clinton hit with the legendary Atomic Dog. Rap was a infant and people like Sugar Hill and Kurtis Blow was keeping the parties jumping with The Rappers Delight and The Breaks. Pop radio had the old guard Fleetwood Mac and Paul Mc Cartney in the early 80's keeping the vibe alive. The real 1980's started in 1983 when Motown 25 hit and MJ started Moonwalking across the stage.Music seemed to come back with fresher faces like Madonna and Prince.Lucky Star is still one of my favs of Miss Madonna. Madonna was huge on Black radio in case you did not know this. Michael Jackson went supernova in 1983 and really no one except Prince could touch the guy and he did not come close although you knew the guy was going to explode. Prince went quiet in the latter half of 1983 and there was no internet to keep you up to date with the news. A rumoured overdose hit the radios in early 1984 and I thought the guy was dead until Purple Rain came out. PR was an experence unto itself. No movie before or 25 years later has had the same type of influence on my life. No movie before of since had the same type of movie going experence that PR had. People were sitting in the aisles. People sung,laughed,cried at the movie. I rememeber sitting in the theater and seeing 500 people swaying to Purple Rain at the end. |
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muleFunk said: The 80's were my "growing years" . I became a teen ager in the 1980's so music was a huge part of my life. My sister is 5 years older than me so I heard Prince starting with For You and her Senior high school year 1999 and Little Red Corvette was huge along with Thriller by MJ. A fond memory of ours was listening to an 8 Track version of Dirty Mind and laughing our asses off when Head came on.
Musically speaking the early 80's was about Disco and Super Hard Funk.The king of Black radio was The SuperFreak himself Rick James. Then in 1982 the great George Clinton hit with the legendary Atomic Dog. Rap was a infant and people like Sugar Hill and Kurtis Blow was keeping the parties jumping with The Rappers Delight and The Breaks. Pop radio had the old guard Fleetwood Mac and Paul Mc Cartney in the early 80's keeping the vibe alive. The real 1980's started in 1983 when Motown 25 hit and MJ started Moonwalking across the stage.Music seemed to come back with fresher faces like Madonna and Prince.Lucky Star is still one of my favs of Miss Madonna. Madonna was huge on Black radio in case you did not know this. Michael Jackson went supernova in 1983 and really no one except Prince could touch the guy and he did not come close although you knew the guy was going to explode. Prince went quiet in the latter half of 1983 and there was no internet to keep you up to date with the news. A rumoured overdose hit the radios in early 1984 and I thought the guy was dead until Purple Rain came out. PR was an experence unto itself. No movie before or 25 years later has had the same type of influence on my life. No movie before of since had the same type of movie going experence that PR had. People were sitting in the aisles. People sung,laughed,cried at the movie. I rememeber sitting in the theater and seeing 500 people swaying to Purple Rain at the end. Ohh how cool it must've been | |
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diiinnnooo said: ernestsewell said: You were born right when you should have been. The next time you watch Purple Rain or any 80's video, watch what people are wearing. The Member's Only jackets, the jeans, the shirts, the shoes (Cyndi's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and Donna Summer's "She Works Hard For The Money" are good examples)...you'll get a good feel for the theme of the times. But when I watch movies such as Purple Rain I actually see the resemblance with what people in my age wear today, I personally think alot of the clothes today are almost exactly the same as the ones during the 80's and you can see the influence also. Btw I LOVE The Member's Only Jacket! lol Actually a lot of the 80's style is back in now, you see a lot of spiked accessories, the tight pants, sneakers jackets and hats. Madonna has a lot of the 80's style in her last 2 album/concert eras, she has a hot purple bomber jacket To get a good feel of the 80's outside of the actual music, check out movies from then:Blade Runner(actually inspired Princes 1999/Purple Rain sound) Terminator:big hair,industrial,metal rock Miami Vice(tv show deco & pastels neon lights, the Breakfast Club:girl holding the 1999 lp, the Lost Boys, Purple Rain of course, Krush Groove with Sheila E(Sheila and band performing in this movie really shows how performances really were orchestrated and really entertaining:they did Love Bizarre and Holly Rock | |
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loved the 80's
I remember having to prove my hair was naturally curly because 'the jerie curl' was in the opening of the Malls, arcades, record stores, album singles coming out of the 70's people were still really open as far as style, and looks were concerned. the 'black' radio station where I lived played everything:rock,jazz,gospel,rap(at night) rnb soul So we got a wide variety of music styles: I was down with Prince and I like that his music always had an underground feel to it, I've always been drawn to stuff like that. But Michael Jackson Thriller hit...in a big way, man the videos:mini movies just too you in. the collectors cards the Jacksons Victory tour following Thriller it was shiny and exciting the radio station used to play these mixes of Prince music:I was exposed to Controversy 1999 prior to Purple Rain, I heard Soft n Wet, Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, but was not exposed to those 2 albums yet, the Time got big airplay and Vanity 6 Nasty Girls. Controversy, Let's Work Private Joy & Do Me Baby was regular airplay(but I didn't have that album yet either) After Purple Rain I went back and bought all the albums and singles and the Time After Purple Rain the radio station would have Friday night battles:Prince vs Michael, and any other artists where were similar in style. MTV was picking up, gave us exposure to an even wider range of musicians artists and musical expressions... I remember being able to sit up late on Friday and Saturday nights watching videos (and trying to get a peak and naked bodies on HBO cable being a recent thing too:Cat people was really hot) When Prince/Purple Rain hit, it just totally overtook my love for all things Michael. I remember people talking about Prince having to 'win back' black audiences, and I just don't get that, because (Black people) were rocking Prince:Let's Go Crazy Erotic City, Purple Rain(everyone always had to raise their hand and wave it side to side) Darling Nikki, 17 Days, When Doves Cry, to this very day Another Lonely Christmas get's played regularly a few days before during and after Christmas It was a very exciting time to be a Prince fan: because of no-internet, you relied on music/teen magazines and any other magazine to let you know what was happening, Prince had singles/bsides/long versions for every album, going to the record store was such a social experience(I think that's why I love sharing MP3s) albums in general would include so much to read and look at, and sometimes a poster. It seemed Prince had a new album every 6 months, there were the proteges:the Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E, the Family, Mazarati, Jill Jones & Madhouse, so for me Prince's UPTOWN vision was just perfect for me. It was a mix of reality and fantasy the excitement surrounding the Parade/Under the Cherry Moon project, hearing and taping Old Friends 4 Sale on the radio as a movie promo, I couldn't match much of the Purple Rain look but I could with the Parade look: I used to go to church with a silk purple or any hankerchief hanging way out of the pocket, trench coats... wonderful time [Edited 7/20/09 7:31am] | |
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The 80's WOW!
Prince was everywhere! Besides all his own hits, don;t forget about his proteges. All cool music was prince, had to do something with prince or sounded like prince: The bangles Sheila e Martika Taja Sevelle Sinead o connor Ready for the world's "oh sheila" sounded like a prince record The Time and the list goes on and on, I'm sure i forgot a couple. MJ dropped 2 mega bombs in the 80's Hip hop was getting popular But prince was back every year with huge albums, huge hitsingles. Movies. Imagine having the #1 movie, #1 Album and #1 single at the same time... Great times | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: diiinnnooo said: But when I watch movies such as Purple Rain I actually see the resemblance with what people in my age wear today, I personally think alot of the clothes today are almost exactly the same as the ones during the 80's and you can see the influence also. Btw I LOVE The Member's Only Jacket! lol Actually a lot of the 80's style is back in now, you see a lot of spiked accessories, the tight pants, sneakers jackets and hats. Madonna has a lot of the 80's style in her last 2 album/concert eras, she has a hot purple bomber jacket To get a good feel of the 80's outside of the actual music, check out movies from then:Blade Runner(actually inspired Princes 1999/Purple Rain sound) Terminator:big hair,industrial,metal rock Miami Vice(tv show deco & pastels neon lights, the Breakfast Club:girl holding the 1999 lp, the Lost Boys, Purple Rain of course, Krush Groove with Sheila E(Sheila and band performing in this movie really shows how performances really were orchestrated and really entertaining:they did Love Bizarre and Holly Rock In Sweden there's like every summer some sort of 80's weekend were they only show movies from the 80's so I've seen all of those movies except Blade Runner, I have never heard of it before so I have to rent that movie and see what inspired Prince, Thank you, mate  | |
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It was an amazing time The summer of 84 was the shiznit  You could hear When Doves Cry blasting from every car radio and when Prince came out with a new record it was so exciting to make a trip to the wreckastow whether for PR, Parade, Around The World In A Day, etc. It was all magical and I'm glad I was living then.
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I'd give my left nut, a pinky toe, and some internal organs if I could go back to 1982! 
The music that came out of 1980 - 1984 is some of the best. I'm fortunate to have come of age in the 80's and experience the launch of the MPLS sound and all it's glory. 
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diiinnnooo said: Hey Guys!
I was born the year 1993, so I unfortunately never got to experience how it was when Prince just came out and later became a superstar with Purple Rain. I've read a lot old articles from that era and seen almost every concert that he has released,but of course that isn't in any comparison to really physically go through it. So I was wondering how the experience was for you who got the chance to go through it all.Share your experience with someone in my age and also tell how the response was and what you first thought of Prince. It would really be interesting to hear your thoughts! 'Soft and Wet' thought it was a girl. Found out it was a guy. Ok. 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' heard it every day until one day, I could relate. Became a Prince fan. Didn't care that I only knew 2 people who appreciated the 'Dirty Mind' album. 'Controversy' I knew he was gonna get bigger. But that's when I stopped caring about the clothes, the make-up, he could do whatever, just make the music. Still a fan. A big one. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. |
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tricky2 said: I'd give my left nut, a pinky toe, and some internal organs if I could go back to 1982!
The music that came out of 1980 - 1984 is some of the best. I'm fortunate to have come of age in the 80's and experience the launch of the MPLS sound and all it's glory. Haha I thought that was funny, what you said
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Of course I'm biased, but to me the 80's were the best.
Music was constantly changing and breaking new ground was the norm. It was also a time of melting the musical barriers. Certainly, in the UK at that time there was no real distinction between Rock and RnB, and music wasn't anywhere near as segregated as it is these days. Multicultural, multi-influenced bands were where it was at, and Prince was a prime example of that mindset. The Charts were like a cross section of music, with Rock, Soul, Dance, RnB, Reggae and Heavy Metal all getting played on the same radio stations and sharing the same charts and TV shows. To give a feel for what the UK charts looked like in the 80's here's a year by year snapshot of what the really big hits were... 1980: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket Lipps Inc. - Funky Town Kool & The Gang - Celebration Abba - Super Trooper Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me 1981: Soft Cell - Tainted Love Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver Ultravox - Vienna The Human League - Don't You Want Me Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime The Jacksons - Can You Feel It Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1982: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance Kraftwerk - The Model Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots Shalamar - A Night To Remember 1983: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean David Bowie - Let's Dance Culture Club - Karma Chameleon The Cure - The Love Cats U2 - New Year's Day Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Order - Blue Monday 1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry George Michael - Careless Whisper Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 1985: Madonna - Like A Virgin A-Ha - Take On Me Jenifer Rush - The Power Of Love Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Phillis Nelson - Move Closer Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 1986: Diana Ross - Chain Reaction Berlin - Take My Breath Away Prince and the Revolution - Kiss Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) Cameo - Word Up Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody MARRS - Pump Up The Volume Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well Michael Jackson - Bad Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Prince - Sign O' The Times 1988: Yazz - The Only Way Is Up Womack & Womack - Teardrops Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth Prince - Alphabet St. Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It S'Express - Theme From S'Express 1989: Black Box - Ride On Time Bangles - Eternal Flame Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Prince - Batdance Alice Cooper - Poison Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Lil' Louis - French Kiss . | |
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BorisFishpaw said: Of course I'm biased, but to me the 80's were the best.
Music was constantly changing and breaking new ground was the norm. It was also a time of melting the musical barriers. Certainly, in the UK at that time there was no real distinction between Rock and RnB, and music wasn't anywhere near as segregated as it is these days. Multicultural, multi-influenced bands were where it was at, and Prince was a prime example of that mindset. The Charts were like a cross section of music, with Rock, Soul, Dance, RnB, Reggae and Heavy Metal all getting played on the same radio stations and sharing the same charts and TV shows. To give a feel for what the UK charts looked like in the 80's here's a year by year snapshot of what the really big hits were... 1980: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket Lipps Inc. - Funky Town Kool & The Gang - Celebration Abba - Super Trooper Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me 1981: Soft Cell - Tainted Love Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver Ultravox - Vienna The Human League - Don't You Want Me Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime The Jacksons - Can You Feel It Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1982: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance Kraftwerk - The Model Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots Shalamar - A Night To Remember 1983: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean David Bowie - Let's Dance Culture Club - Karma Chameleon The Cure - The Love Cats U2 - New Year's Day Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Order - Blue Monday 1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry George Michael - Careless Whisper Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 1985: Madonna - Like A Virgin A-Ha - Take On Me Jenifer Rush - The Power Of Love Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Phillis Nelson - Move Closer Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 1986: Diana Ross - Chain Reaction Berlin - Take My Breath Away Prince and the Revolution - Kiss Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) Cameo - Word Up Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody MARRS - Pump Up The Volume Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well Michael Jackson - Bad Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Prince - Sign O' The Times 1988: Yazz - The Only Way Is Up Womack & Womack - Teardrops Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth Prince - Alphabet St. Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It S'Express - Theme From S'Express 1989: Black Box - Ride On Time Bangles - Eternal Flame Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Prince - Batdance Alice Cooper - Poison Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Lil' Louis - French Kiss . Oh Thank you, such a interesting list, some of my favourite songs are in it
I was just a bit chocked that Purple Rain wasn't even in the list, I thought it was a hit around the world, How can Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax be better than PR?  | |
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I remember when radio stations would play "When Doves Cry", they would often play the song twice in a row, back to back and the dj would say that it was twice as nice. I LOVED THAT! That's just how much people loved it never grew tired of hearing it. I also remember everyone in school wearing purple, Prince fan clubs were popping up all over the place and if you had any kind of Prince button you were among the coolest of people. Of course a lot of those people wore off but a lot of die hard fans remain like those of us here. | |
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Prince and The Revolution changed my life back then. I'm so lucky to have lived during that era. Thank you God. | |
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