mcatrn’s epic 80s and 80sish request thread

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  • #394358
    mcatrn
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      Never done this before, but I’ve been keeping this list for awhile now, but thought this would be as good a home as any in case anyone is inspired by it or reminded of a song they themselves like. I keep telling myself I’d like to take up authoring vocals–I have a decent ear, and truly enjoy songs with good harmonies–but life gets in the way. Hats off to the authors, who have made it possible to even consider a wishlist like this. You are my personal heroes.

      I understand a couple of these songs are in the database in some form or another, and footnoted that where applicable.

      Bangles
      Eternal Flame*
      Hazy Shade of Winter
      Manic Monday

      Berlin
      Take My Breath Away

      Brandon Flowers***
      Crossfire+
      I Can Change+ (I mean, Neil Tennant’s voice is in it and it samples Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat. This is an 80s song. And it’s great)
      Lonely Town

      Laura Branigan
      Cry Wolf
      Gloria

      Eric Carmen
      Hungry Eyes+

      Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
      Up Where We Belong

      The Cure

      A Forest

       

      Duran Duran
      Wild Boys*

      Frida
      I Know There’s Something Going On*

      Peter Gabriel
      Digging in the Dirt
      In Your Eyes+
      Red Rain

      Heart
      Never
      These Dreams+
      Who Will You Run To?

      The Human League
      Human

      Billy Idol
      Eyes Without a Face

      Howard Jones

      Things Can Only Get Better

       

      Journey
      I’ll Be Alright Without You

      Whos Crying Now?+

      Benny Mardones
      Into the Night+

      Mike + The Mechanics
      Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)+
      All I Need Is a Miracle
      The Living Years

      Mr. Mister
      Kyrie**

      Eddie Money
      Take Me Home Tonight+*

      The Motels
      Suddenly Last Summer

      Patti Smith Group
      Because the Night***, +

      Pet Shop Boys
      West End Girls

      Mike Reno/Ann Wilson
      Almost Paradise

      Roxette
      Listen to Your Heart+

      Simple Minds
      Alive and Kicking

      Bruce Springsteen
      Dancing in the Dark
      Im On Fire

      Talk Talk
      Its My Life+

      Thompson Twins
      Hold Me Now

      Tiffany
      I Think Were Alone Now

      Til Tuesday
      Voices Carry

      Kim Wilde
      You Keep Me Hanging On

      Deniece Williams
      Let’s Hear It for The Boy

      Steve Winwood
      Higher Love*

      +Bucket list song

      *In database, no vocals/harms/both
      **In database, vocals/harms need significant work
      ***80s-ish?

      #475274
      Dash Riprock
      Participant

        Phil Collins – Against All Odds

        #475275
        glarms
        Participant

          great list, I would love to play everyone of them

          #475277
          mcatrn
          Participant

            Phil Collins – Against All Odds

            As I’ve explained many times, I’m an idiot.

             

            Not sure how I missed that; I definitely have this song and we’ve played through it many times. Thanks for the catch.

            #475279

            Oh Yeah!

            Good stuff goin’ on here! +1 to these and if I may…..Peter Gabriel – ‘Sledge Hammer’.

            #475290
            Jimi369
            Moderator

              and if I may…..Peter Gabriel – ‘Sledge Hammer’.

              To each his own. I don’t understand why people are so in love with this song…

               

               

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              +1 on the Pet Shop Boys.

              I fear for the day when Eternal Flame Harmonies become available on parties. So +1 for that as well. I had completely missed the fact that the song was in the database in the first place.

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              #475297

              +1 Wild Boys

              +1 West End Girls

              +1 Hold Me Now

              +1 Human

               

              #475300
              Sideshow
              Participant

                Really good list. Lots of those songs are available in Singstar if you enjoy singing.

                #475301

                To each his own. I don’t understand why people are so in love with this song…

                 

                 

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                LOL! This one went right over my head Jimi369, after I made the initial post, I was informed by another member via PM that a con of Sledge Hammer existed…..when I saw your post I thought “well yeah, to each his own, some people just don’t ‘get it’….their loss”…but didn’t realize until later, the Sledge Hammer con I downloaded earlier was yours…….jokes on me! Ha! Ha!

                Thanks very much for doing this con but is there a reason it isn’t in the database?

                #475305
                Jimi369
                Moderator

                  No problem, I missed a con that was actually in the database <img decoding=” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

                  The reason for it not being in there is that it is bad, as in badly charted and it sounds bad. And that is not me being modest here, unfortumately.

                   

                  Issue one is in the process of being fixed, as best I can, but the audio thing has to do with the quality of the stems and my inability to mix properly. It will be released again eventually though, with or without good audio.

                  #475306
                  MissingElements
                  Participant

                    Eric Carmen

                    Hungry Eyes+

                     

                    Frida

                    I Know There’s Something Going On*

                     

                    Heart

                    These Dreams+

                     

                    Pet Shop Boys

                    West End Girls

                     

                    Talk Talk

                    Its My Life+

                    +1 on the above tracks specifically.

                    #475307
                    MissingElements
                    Participant

                      Oh Yeah!

                      Good stuff goin’ on here! +1 to these and if I may…..Peter Gabriel – ‘Sledge Hammer’.

                      +1 to this as well. +1 also on “Big Time” and “Shock The Moneky” by Peter Gabriel, if anyone else likes those songs.

                      #475313

                      Oh Yeah!

                      Good stuff goin’ on here! +1 to these and if I may…..Peter Gabriel – ‘Sledge Hammer’.

                      Sledge hammer is available in the forums, predates the database. A multi track to boot.

                       

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                      #475358
                      Bansheeflyer
                      Moderator

                        +1 on West End Girls, It’s My Life, Higher Love. Also wouldn’t mind the No Doubt version of “It’s My Life”.

                         

                        “In Your Eyes” is in the works. <img decoding=” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

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