1984 in particular was a stellar year for jams. Those of us who were there remember.
Prince-Purple Rain & When Doves Cry Van Halen- Jump & Hot For Teacher Springsteen-Born in the USA U2-Pride In The Name of Love Madonna-Like A Virgin Motley Crue-Looks That Kill Metallica-For Whom The Bell Tolls INXS- Original Sin Sade-Smooth Operator TwistedSister-We're Not Gonna Take It IronMaiden-Aces High The Smiths- How Soon Is Now Sheila E-The Glamorous Life Scorpians-Rock You like A Hurricane SRV-Couldn't Stand The Weather Depeche Mode-People Are People Echo&The Bunny Men-Killing Moon Dio-The Last In Line Hall&Oates-Out Of Touch George Michael-Careless Whisper Judas Priest-Jaw Breaker Tina Turner-What's Love Got To Do With It Ratt-Round and Round FrankieGoesToHollywood-Relax Kenny Loggins-Footloose Chaka Kahn-I Feel For You Bowie-Blue Jean DeadOrAlive-You Spin Me Right Round Los Lobos-Will The Wolf Survive REM-Dont Go Back To Rockville Bananarama-Cruel Summer Wang Chung-Dance Hall Days Bon Jovi-Runaway Tears For Fears-Head Over Heels And mother fuckin' White Snake- Slide It In.
All played, recorded and produced without Auto Tune, Pro Tools nor Quantized Beats.
It was one helluva summer.
Looking back MTV 80's seemed to be controlled by a people I don't like and the songs you list are forgettable.
Ok 2 songs I can still listen to: Echo&The Bunny Men-Killing Moon Tears For Fears-Head Over Heels
Best fun song: Bananarama-Cruel Summer
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