One Night in Bangkok is a perfect 80's obscure but popular song. People remember it when they hear it but it hasn't been played to death 80's movies or 80's stations. What isn't obscure? Think "Can't fight this feeling." It was a hit then and has been overplayed since. Any ideas are better than silence though. Post away! Post lists posted on other sites or just list the posts. Go go go go go!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Please post any list of our ideas of Obscure but popular 80's songs
Okay, off the top of my head here are some. Some of these might not be in the right vein, so let me know if I'm way off.
You Can Do Magic~America Always~Atlantic Starr Key Largo~Bertie Higgins Perfect Way~Scritti Politti Stepping Out~Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him?~Joe Jackson Mary’s Prayer~Danny Wilson Life in a Northern Town Dream Academy Time Will Reveal~DeBarge Dirty Laundry~Don Henley I Love a Rainy Night~Eddie Rabbit Driving My Life Away~Eddie Rabbit Who’s Johnny~El Debarge Tender Love~Force MD’s Ballad of Jayne~LA Guns Angel Eyes~Jeff Healy Band One More Try~Timmy T We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off~Jermain Stewart Much Too Late for Goodbyes~Julian Lennon Don’t Talk to Stranger~Rick Springfield There She Goes~The La's Take It Easy On Me~Little River Band Just Between You and Me~Lou Gramm Let’s Go All the Way~Sly Fox Come Dancing~The Kinks Burning Down The House~Talking Heads Jeopardy~Greg Kihn Band Something About You~Level 42 It’s Raining Again~Supertramp Cruel to be Kind~Nick Lowe (technicall realeased in 79, but...) Abracadabra~Steve Miller Band
Something So Strong~Crowded House Overkill~Men at Work Don’t Forget me When I’m Gone~Glass Tiger Chuck E’s in Love~Ricky Lee Jones (released 79) Sugar Walls~Sheena Easton Sara~Starship The Search is Over~Survivor She’s a Beauty~The Tubes Seventeen~Winger Mayor of Simpleton~XTC Mr. Blue~Yaz Buffalo Stance~Nenah Cherry Der Kommissar~After the Fire Brass in Pocket~The Pretenders And We Danced~The Hooters I Know There’s Something Going On~Frida Pass the Dutchie~Musical Youth Heat of the Moment~Asia I Wanna Be a Cowboy~Boys Don’t Cry I Can Dream About You~Dan Hartman St. Elmo’s Fire~John Parr Heart and Soul~T’pau
Okay, off the top of my head here are some. Some of these might not be in the right vein, so let me know if I'm way off.
ReplyDeleteYou Can Do Magic~America
Always~Atlantic Starr
Key Largo~Bertie Higgins
Perfect Way~Scritti Politti
Stepping Out~Joe Jackson
Is She Really Going Out With Him?~Joe Jackson
Mary’s Prayer~Danny Wilson
Life in a Northern Town Dream Academy
Time Will Reveal~DeBarge
Dirty Laundry~Don Henley
I Love a Rainy Night~Eddie Rabbit
Driving My Life Away~Eddie Rabbit
Who’s Johnny~El Debarge
Tender Love~Force MD’s
Ballad of Jayne~LA Guns
Angel Eyes~Jeff Healy Band
One More Try~Timmy T
We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off~Jermain Stewart
Much Too Late for Goodbyes~Julian Lennon
Don’t Talk to Stranger~Rick Springfield
There She Goes~The La's
Take It Easy On Me~Little River Band
Just Between You and Me~Lou Gramm
Let’s Go All the Way~Sly Fox
Come Dancing~The Kinks
Burning Down The House~Talking Heads
Jeopardy~Greg Kihn Band
Something About You~Level 42
It’s Raining Again~Supertramp
Cruel to be Kind~Nick Lowe (technicall realeased in 79, but...)
Abracadabra~Steve Miller Band
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White Horse "Laid back"
ReplyDeleteSomething So Strong~Crowded House
ReplyDeleteOverkill~Men at Work
Don’t Forget me When I’m Gone~Glass Tiger
Chuck E’s in Love~Ricky Lee Jones (released 79)
Sugar Walls~Sheena Easton
Sara~Starship
The Search is Over~Survivor
She’s a Beauty~The Tubes
Seventeen~Winger
Mayor of Simpleton~XTC
Mr. Blue~Yaz
Buffalo Stance~Nenah Cherry
Der Kommissar~After the Fire
Brass in Pocket~The Pretenders
And We Danced~The Hooters
I Know There’s Something Going On~Frida
Pass the Dutchie~Musical Youth
Heat of the Moment~Asia
I Wanna Be a Cowboy~Boys Don’t Cry
I Can Dream About You~Dan Hartman
St. Elmo’s Fire~John Parr
Heart and Soul~T’pau
Ooh, White Horse is a good one! Also, lots of Zapp and Roger. More Bounce to the Ounce? I Wanna Be Your Man? Doo Wah Ditty (blow that thing)?
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