mcatrn’s epic 80s and 80sish request thread

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  • #394358
    mcatrn
    Participant

    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
    Housequake
    Member

    +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
    Domino
    Member

    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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