This Billboard #1s from Summer 1984 -

June 9 - June 16 - "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper

June 23 - July 6 - "The Reflex" Duran Duran

July 7 - August 4 - "When Doves Cry" Prince

That's some pretty quintessential '80s right there, all in the same summer.

hls2000 said:

This Billboard #1s from Summer 1984 -

June 9 - June 16 - "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper

June 23 - July 6 - "The Reflex" Duran Duran

July 7 - August 4 - "When Doves Cry" Prince

That's some pretty quintessential '80s right there, all in the same summer.

1984 Is one of the best years in music ever imo, and the best of the 80's as well...

There is so many powerhouse albums frome every genre that came out that year....

Gunsnhalen said:

hls2000 said:

This Billboard #1s from Summer 1984 -

June 9 - June 16 - "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper

June 23 - July 6 - "The Reflex" Duran Duran

July 7 - August 4 - "When Doves Cry" Prince

That's some pretty quintessential '80s right there, all in the same summer.

1984 Is one of the best years in music ever imo, and the best of the 80's as well...

There is so many powerhouse albums frome every genre that came out that year....

100% agree!

1983 is my favorite 80s year for pop music,but 1984 is no slouch,either.It's almost absurd how much great music we had back then

1982, 1983, 1984,

1986, 1987

flawless

SoulAlive said:

1983 is my favorite 80s year for pop music,but 1984 is no slouch,either.It's almost absurd how much great music we had back then

'83 ruled as far as I'm concerned. I was 100% GLUED to MTV that year - it was nonstop awesome. Kids, you shoulda been there.

breese said:

SoulAlive said:

1983 is my favorite 80s year for pop music,but 1984 is no slouch,either.It's almost absurd how much great music we had back then

'83 ruled as far as I'm concerned. I was 100% GLUED to MTV that year - it was nonstop awesome. Kids, you shoulda been there.

1983 was AMAZING!! So many revolutionary things going on at the same time!

Five yrs ago, orger Mazerati posted this Billboard Top 20 from summer (Aug) of the glorious year 1983:

1. Every Breath You Take - The Police
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
3. She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
4. Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran

5. Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
6. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
7. Maniac - Michael Sembello
8. Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes
9. Stand Back - Stevie Nicks
10. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
11. It's A Mistake - Men At Work
12. Our House - Madness
13. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
14. Hot Girls In Love - Loverboy
15. Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
16. Come Dancing - The Kinks
17. 1999 - Prince
18. China Girl - David Bowie
19. Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard
20. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club

I was 8 yrs old at that time, so a little young and not fully into it, but I had teen brothers. I'd say "my decade" was more 90s and I enjoyed it, but which top 20 would I rather listen to? That one ^^ for sure!

LOVED the early to mid 80's!!!!! It's when I was REALLY gettin' into music, hardcore! Loved the music, the colors, the styles...it was so coool! The 80's always gets made fun of, been then again, it's usually by people who grew up listenin' to The Spice Girls or N"SYNC, so take that for what it is, lol!!!!

SoulAlive said:

breese said:

'83 ruled as far as I'm concerned. I was 100% GLUED to MTV that year - it was nonstop awesome. Kids, you shoulda been there.

1983 was AMAZING!! So many revolutionary things going on at the same time!

83 and 84

Best summer ever.

lastdecember said:

Gunsnhalen said:

1984 Is one of the best years in music ever imo, and the best of the 80's as well...

There is so many powerhouse albums frome every genre that came out that year....

100% agree!

hls2000 said:

Five yrs ago, orger Mazerati posted this Billboard Top 20 from summer (Aug) of the glorious year 1983:

1. Every Breath You Take - The Police
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
3. She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
4. Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran

5. Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
6. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
7. Maniac - Michael Sembello
8. Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes
9. Stand Back - Stevie Nicks
10. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
11. It's A Mistake - Men At Work
12. Our House - Madness
13. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
14. Hot Girls In Love - Loverboy
15. Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
16. Come Dancing - The Kinks
17. 1999 - Prince
18. China Girl - David Bowie
19. Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard
20. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club

I was 8 yrs old at that time, so a little young and not fully into it, but I had teen brothers. I'd say "my decade" was more 90s and I enjoyed it, but which top 20 would I rather listen to? That one ^^ for sure!

Amazing Summer! I was 15 and just starting to be a real music freak.

1984, The best summer in music ever. The only summer I remember very vividly, thanks to the music.

[Edited 10/1/11 17:22pm]

Eh, I don't think the summer of 1984 was any better than the summer of 1974, 1964 or 1954. Heck, the summer of 1994 produced a lot of great music too. I think most of you probably have an emotional attachment to that era that colours your judgement a bit.

Let us not speak of the summer of 2004 and I am not feeling too optimistic about 2014 either.

I really envy you guys who grew up in the 80's. I was born in 1985

Pr1nceQuik said:

I really envy you guys who grew up in the 80's. I was born in 1985

Don't feel bad, there's someone that was born in 1995 that is envious that you got to come up in the nineties.

rialb said:

Pr1nceQuik said:

I really envy you guys who grew up in the 80's. I was born in 1985

Don't feel bad, there's someone that was born in 1995 that is envious that you got to come up in the nineties.

I guess you're right;)

But honestly, if I had a time machine, the 80's would be the decade I will travel to.

rialb said:

Pr1nceQuik said:

I really envy you guys who grew up in the 80's. I was born in 1985

Don't feel bad, there's someone that was born in 1995 that is envious that you got to come up in the nineties.

^^Agree. As I said, I think according to my age, I'm more late 80s & 90s person, and I enjoyed the 90s. There were unique and exciting things there, but I think it was a confusing time, culturally. And then, I think possibly, that was the end of a cohesive generational identity - an identity that, while diverse, was still shared and oppositional to the older generation. Something happened w/ the internet and everything. I don't know. Here's an article about the "demise of mono-culture" or of zeitgeist. I don't agree w/ everything 100%, but w/ about 90% of this article.

http://www.salon.com/news/music/index.html?story=/ent/music/2011/09/28/how_niches_killed_culture" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/news/music/index.html?story=/ent/music/2011/09/28/how_niches_killed_culture

Good summer that year. Brings back so many memories.