listening to buffalo stance, iko iko, every little step, wishing well and other awesome r&b and dance/pop stuff right now. I know people here think the late 80's were weak, but when I listen to songs from then, it takes me back to a time when I was in kindergarten and life wasn't as busy as now
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just kidding Although I'm not too fond of this period,I was still able to find some good music to listen to.Some of my favorite songs from the late 80s:

"Lost In Emotion" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (1987)
"I Still Believe" by Brenda K.Starr (1988)
"Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry (1989)
"I Like It" by Dino (1989)
"Right And Hype" by Abstrac (1989)
"Whip Appeal" by Babyface (1989)
"Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz (1988)
"Something Just Ain't Right" by Keith Sweat (1987)

and a few other songs...

lets not forget janet with rhythm nation, paula with forever your girl and madonna with like a prayer(though I'm not fond of that album as a whole)

I still think 1984 is the best year of the 80's

The late eighties are just...

alphastreet said:

I would say 1983,but '84 was an incredible year too

SoulAlive said:

I wanted to say 83 also, thanks to none other than mikey (and of course 1999 which is better than purple rain IMO), 83 and 84 are my favourites.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I quite like them.

alphastreet said:

1983 was outrageous!! So much was going on,musically.Prince and Michael Jackson were ON FIRE thanks to the '1999' and 'Thriller' albums.Duran Duran,Culture Club,Hall and Oates.....watching MTV was alot of fun back in these days! This is when they actually showed music videos,lol.

SoulAlive said:

love all of them, I wish I was older then, it was right when I was born, thank god for my parent's vhs tapes from then that I watched when I was a toddler(and probably when it was all going on but was too young too remember)

All of the 80s rock my socks! I have a ton of albums I love from 1987-89.

Moonbeam said:

moi aussi.

I even love my Junior High Bitches.

GangstaFam said:

Me too, even if they were elementary school bitches for me.

GangstaFam said:

other songs I remember rocking to in the late 80's:

locomotion-kylie minogue
circle in the sand & heaven is a place on earth-belinda carsile
pump up the jam-technotronic
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Moonbeam said:

We should post our ideal tracklists.

GangstaFam said:

I was in kindergarten and the primary years in that period

I'm always in a late eighties mood!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

decent for quite a bit of alternative music, but i'll agree it was god-awful for top 40 pop. maybe even worse than now...and that's saying something!

Anxiety said:

The alternative music scene and house was jumping. Takes me back to some good memories.

What I hate most about the late 80s is that annoying,programmed,over-synthesized sound that you hear on so many of those songs y'all know the songs I'm talking about (Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams,Get Into My Car",which went to Number One in 1988,is a prime example).These days,that music sounds horribly dated.

SoulAlive said:

i think that music is on the retro-kitsch comeback trail, which of course means within 5 years or so it'll go from being "kitschy" to being taken seriously as "classic".

Anxiety said:

True. If you notice, a great deal of the acts today find it necessary to remake alot of the 80's pop classics.

a lot of today's songs are influenced by the 80's sound but you can tell it's brand new because of the polished sound and the way they sing (or try to)

I agree that billy ocean song was horrible, don't even get me started on the cheesy video

Ultimate Late 1980's song.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...G0eO7SKwmw

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I think I'd probably heard it a long time ago, it's good

I'm listening to karyn white now, forgot how good she was

There was only about a fourth the jams in the late 80s as there were in the early 80s. Anyway, here are a few:

Just That Type Of Girl - Madame X
Earth To Mickey - Chaka Khan
Freak-A-Holic - Egyptian Lover
Control - Janet Jackson
Rocket 2 U - The Jets
Keep Your Eye On Me - Herb Alpert
Don't Stop The Rock - Freestyle
They're Playing Our Song - Trinere
Dream Team Is In The House - LA Dream Team
That's It (Don't Stop) - The Bronner Brothers
This One Is For The Girls - Jody Watley
The Dance Electric - Andre Cymone
Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
Passion From A Woman - Krystol
Something About You - Vesta Williams
Reaction - Rebbie Jackson
Nail It To The Wall - Stacy Lattisaw
The Fly - World Class Wrecking Crew
Smurf Rock - Gigolo Tony
Give It All You Got - Afro Rican
Throw The Dick - 2 Live Crew
Throw The P - Anquette
Square Dance Rap - Sir Mix-A-Lot
You're So Fine - Egyptian Lover
I Want Your Body - Madame X
Your Place Or Mine - The Barkays
Snake In The Grass - Midnight Star
Real Love - El DeBarge
Real Love - Jody Watley
Fishnet - Morris Day
Free World - Jesse Johnson
Digital Display - Ready For The World
It's Automatic - Freestyle
I'm Not Perfect - Grace Jones
Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
Run To Me - Angela Winbush
Jump Start - Natalie Cole
Someone Like You - Sylvester
Word Up - Cameo
U Turn - J Blackfoot
10 - Madhouse
Rock The World - BOSE
I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

1989 "Someday Is Tonight" - Janet Jackson
1986 "Resing Desire" - Stephanie Mills

vainandy said:

I love these, will check out the rest

Anxiety said:

We must've had vastly different experiences. Of course, you were graduating from high school and I was in junior high. I loved the late 80's.

alphastreet said:

me 2!!! i LOVE 1984