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1980s Best Songs Michael Jackson, Prince and alternative rock _________________ 50 Top Hits of rock and roll Music videos Hear the songs See the videos FREE Check the list below If you can't beat it, join it. The 80s had two sides that were as different as day and night. By day, Boomers were working, and looked the part. Young men wore whatever was required at work, but with the slightly rebellious thin ties, pink shirts and borderline hair sytles. Young women did the same, with color coordinated outfits in the style of Princess Diana, but with subtle signs like multiple piercings in their ears to signal another side. The other side came out at night. That was club time, which gradually morphed into the all-night rave scene. Off came the women's coordinated outfits and on came the message T-shirts, plastic bracelets and leg warmers. If they could get away with it in their lifestyle, a splash of red or green dye in the hair made a statement. Think Cyndi Lauper of Girls Just Want To Have Fun fame. The guys likewise doffed their workaday duds and put on pastel T-shirts, with a second shirt, leather or jean jacket on top, and retro tennis shoes. Then it was off to the parties and the first sounds of alternative rock. The growing popularity of raves also brought techno-electronic music, presented in out-of-the-way places where dark venues were lit by light displays and sometimes artificial fog. Club drugs also put in an appearance, which led to many raves being banned, and therefore more popular than ever. It's human nature. Some Boomers who had been there and done that in earlier years came home from work to their nice digs, which they could afford on the money they were now making, and slipped into their exercise clothes. Guys went out running, played tennis or learned the crazy game of golf. Women went to yoga, meditation or spinning (indoor cycling) sessions. Bottled water became a necessary accessory. Retro movies also made their mark, with Flashdance in 1983 bringing back many songs and starting a craze to wear ripped clothing. As in clothes bought off the shelf pre-ripped. And the only reason you don't think I'm hallucinating is you remember it yourself. Dirty Dancing in 1987 brought back a completely different set of songs. It's easy to imagine those early artists singing the words from Fame: "I'm gonna live forever, baby remember my name!" Quote source: Sanford Holst boomerslife.org 1980s music concerts, Michael Jackson
1980s music concerts, Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (1958-2009) tribute video is here. More Click the songs below to play videos.... Hits Top Hit Number 1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 2. Every Breath You Take - Police 3. When Doves Cry - Prince 4. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 5. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye 6. Like a Virgin - Madonna 7. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. 8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses 9. Don't You Want Me? - Human League 10. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 11. What's Love Got To Do With It? - Tina Turner 12. Call Me - Blondie 13. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 14. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force 15. With or Without You - U2 16. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 17. Celebration - Kool and The Gang 18. Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 19. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 20. I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 21. Little Red Corvette - Prince 22. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics 23. Beat It - Michael Jackson 24. Jump - Van Halen 25. Whip It! - Devo 26. Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara 27. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 28. Super Freak Part I - Rick James 29. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) - Beastie Boys 30. Blue Monday - New Order 31. Fight the Power - Public Enemy 32. Kiss - Prince 33. Upside Down - Diana Ross 34. Fame (I Want To Live Forever) - Irene Cara 35. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 36. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 37. We Are the World - U.S.A. for Africa 38. Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 39. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman 40. One - Metallica 41. Fuck Tha Police - N.W.A 42. Purple Rain - Prince 43. Into the Groove - Madonna 44. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna 45. Nasty - Janet Jackson 46. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan 47. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 48. Sign O' the Times - Prince 49. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones 50. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield _________________________ 1980s rock and roll, the best songs and greatest music hits |
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