What song to you epitomizes the spirit of the decade?

70's David Bowie- Sound And Vision

80's Human League- Don't You Want Me?

90's Tori Amos- Sugar

00's Franz Ferdinand- Shopping For Blood





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70,s Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
80,s Michael Jackson Billie Jean
90,s TLC Waterfalls
00's Jill Scott Long walk

70's "Won't Get Fooled Again" -The Who
80's "Welcome to the Jungle" -Guns and Roses
90's "The Unforgiven" -Metallica
00's "Hash Pipe" -Weezer

GooeyTheHamster said:

I can actually go with that. The others I'd have to think harder about. Good choices.

GooeyTheHamster said:

Soft Cell - Don't You Want Me? Did You mean HUMAN LEAGUE? Am I right?

Okay, here R my choices:
70's: Bowie's version of "All The Young Dudes"
80's: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - Eurythmics
90's: Bjork - "Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix)"
00's: I agree with Franz Ferdinand but I go with "Michael"

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GooeyTheHamster said:

Soft Cell - Don't You Want Me? Did You mean HUMAN LEAGUE? Am I right?

hahaha
LoL
Yes, my bad...I always mix them two up. I will edit immediately!

Stripe said:

Heheh. Close on the artists...

When it comes to the 80's and 90's my choice was between Eurythmics/Human League and Bjork/Tori Amos...

Even though I bought Bjork's Debut immediately, her music did not really connect until Post...
And even though I have WAAAAAY more Eurythmics albums than ANYTHING by The Human League besides Don't You Want Me, somehow that song just instantly transports me to the teenager I was in the 80's. As does everything on the Touch album... or The Head On The Door album or the entire Nina Hagen Band album or Oh Superman by Laurie Anderson or Lou Reed's Transformer etc etc etc
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Oh Superman...that sounds like it could be one of those Weird ass Prince songs. i remember hearing that and thinking "which terrorist is forcing her to sing this shit?"

70's-this might be cliche' for me but...IT'S RAINING MEN!!
80's-Damn....um...i'll just say Glam Slam. although there are too many to mention.
90's-Are you that somebody-Aaliyah
00's-Slave 4 U- Britney Spears

glamslamkid said:

Awwww, them choices are sweet. You choices really fit your handle well...

70's
have to go with Bowie... for me, Bowie dominated that decade. But what song... hmmm.. I guess Station to Station. It's the prog rock meets alt rock w/ a pinch of glam thrown in... all 70's, all the time.

80's
must be Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams are made of this. Opened up new avenues for me in music.. really opened my eyes (and ears). The Cure Just Like Heaven and prince's When Doves Cry are right there with this one.

90's
Tori Amos - Silent all these Years
Not my favorite Tori song, but the song that made me first get into Tori, and Tori basically was my dominant artist in the 90's. Runner up: Fake Plastic Trees, Radiohead.

00's
hmm... hard one. My ultimate 00's song.... let's see.... i'm gonna say HEY YA by Outkast.. that one is still just fun and infectious after about a zillion listens... get back to me at the end of the decade, though... we'll see what pattern emerges

80's:- "we don't have to take or clothes off" Jermanie stewart
90's:- whoever said "waterfalls" is right I reckon!
00:- maybe "cry me a river" by justin.....

GooeyTheHamster said:

are you saying they're "gay" choices??

glamslamkid said:

They're "glam" choices. Especially your 70's and 00's answers.

the spirit of the decade? well I suppose that would have to vary on where you're from.

anyway, without elaborating...

70's Blondie Heart of Glass
80's New Order - Blue Monday
90's My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
00's The Streets - Fit But You Know It

Funkadelic - "One Nation Under a Groove" :1978
Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" :1982
Snoop Doggy Dogg - "What's My Name" :1993
Outkast - "Miss Jackson" :2000

GooeyTheHamster said:

oh, really? well, i am pretty glamorous... ...and the one on the left looks like my mom.

glamslamkid said:

Classy lady!
I wanna take her out for dinner!

70s---"Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs (1976)
80s---"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (1982)
90s---"Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill (1998)
00s---"Love Foolosophy" by Jamiroquai (2001)

70s - Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
80s - Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal"
90s - Blur "Parklife"
00s - Outkast "Hey Ya"
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There was a lot of great stuff in the 1980's but the song for me which captures the whole decade(and i love the video) is Don Henley's Boys Of Summer. I never get sick of hearing it. In fact i think its one of the best 7"s ever. Irony is im not a big Henley fan.

WildheartXXX said:

My 'glam' choice would be;

70's; Bacara with Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
80's; Freeez with I.O.U
90's; Madonna with Justify My Love
00's; Sugababes with Overload

CookieMonster said:

Stupid Cookie forgot his 'smart' remark.

Or re-thought his initial remark and then pressed wrong button. Stooopid monster

GangstaFam said:

Your mind must be ROCK hard by now...

Going On Marvin Gaye.
80's Every breath You take, The Police
90's Nothin' But A G Thang- Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog
00's it's not over yet? We still have 6 years so I can't pick one.