The Rush Forum's TOP 500 Songs Of The 1980s

[KenJennings]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

 

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

 

Hanging on to the end of the 80s in 1989, was Dream Theater's first album "When Dream and Day Unite". The first track A Fortune in Lies sets the tone not only for the album, not only for the band, but for the entire next decade of progressive metal. Charlie Dominici's wailing vocals fit the song nicely; as the youthful, idealistic lyrics brashly decry the soul crushing reality of corporate art. It's almost a cliche for musicians to feel deflated in the face of the industry, but these kids were special, they were on top of their game and they knew it. Their technical prowess commanded attention. They were going to do things on their own terms, just like certain role models that came before them. Dream Theater remain one of my favorite acts to this day, and their commitment to honest self expression and technical perfection never waned. The song that started it all absolutely deserves a place on this list.

Edited June 18, 2016 by KenJennings

[Segue Myles]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

 

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

 

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

 

One of my favourite Springsteen songs and gloriously free of the corporate radio excess that in my opinion taints the quality of Born In The USA. Drive All Night was a glorious precursor to the darker songs of the next album Nebraska, and one of the reasons why the second half of The River remains one of my favourite discs in the whole world.

 

The River is my favourite eighties Boss record. Definitely a better pop album than BITUSA and the darker moments are as moving, and often as thrilling, as anything off Darkness or Nebraska (sometimes even better).

 

[Turbine Freight]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

 

54. The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

Edited June 18, 2016 by Turbine Freight

[KenJennings]

Nm Edited June 18, 2016 by KenJennings

[Lorraine]

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

 

I know that hardly anyone knows much about this obscure trio from Toronto, but they had a good tune every once in a while. Even a broken clock gets it right twice a day. The Weapon is one of their more memorable songs. :madra:

Canadian bands...who do they think they are? Tell them to take their Molson and head back to Toronna

I don't know who they think they are, and it's a wonder to me how this song even slipped through the cracks.

 

Does anyone know whatever happened to them? I thought I remembered a rumor about one of them having to go work in a soup factory to make ends meet, but I could never find out if that was true or not.

Rumor is the bass player whatever her name was, she works in the front office of the Toronna Blue Jays

The drummer is a whacky madman who was last seen riding his motorcycle in South America

Someone said the blonde guitarist plays an acoustic set every Friday night at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida

 

Tragic. :(

[custom55]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

 

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

 

Robert Plant was the most prolific songwriter of the remaining LZ members in the 80's and it still releasing albums years later.

[Lucas]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

 

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

 

One of the best simple I IV V rock songs ever, and it could not have come at a better time - 1986 .... Great live band, great songs and to have this song on MTV in 1986 when just about every other rock band had sold their pride was a godsend ..

 

[Digital Dad]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

 

54. The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

 

Interesting song if not great. Aparently its the song Simon LeBon sang to win the spot at DUrans singer.

[Lucas]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

 

54. The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

 

Interesting song if not great. Aparently its the song Simon LeBon sang to win the spot at DUrans singer.

 

I would have put it on here eventually - I think it is a great song - one of, if not their best

[laughedatbytime]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

 

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

 

One of the best simple I IV V rock songs ever, and it could not have come at a better time - 1986 .... Great live band, great songs and to have this song on MTV in 1986 when just about every other rock band had sold their pride was a godsend ..

Let's keep this going...

 

57). Rockin at the T Dance--The Rainmakers

 

You can still see the ghosts but you can't see the sense Why'd the let the monkey go and blame the monkey wrench

 

A song with some significance these days

[goose]

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

 

I could choose any number of songs from this masterpiece of an album.

Edited June 19, 2016 by goose

[Digital Dad]

69) Cholly - Fishbone

 

Edited June 19, 2016 by Digital Dad

[Lucas]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance--The Rainmakers ( LABT )

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel ( Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone ( DD )

 

 

60) God Is A Bullet - Concrete Blonde ( Lucas )

 

Great band, I saw 'em in 1988 and they were better live than on album, which is saying a lot .. The song hasn't aged one bit

 

[g under p]

This one from around 1988 out of DC.....

 

61. Waiting Room.....FUGAZI

 

[HemiBeers]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (rushfanslo)

48) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (ReRushed)

49) REM South Central Rain (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night- Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance--The Rainmakers ( LABT )

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel ( Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone ( DD )

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

Edited June 19, 2016 by HemiBeers

[Chronos]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

 

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

 

Trevor Horn's presence here as producer is unmistakable -- whether on the single, the 7" remixes, or the 12" remixes -- thanks to the "orchestral stabs" and other signature effects also heard in his work with Yes, Art of Noise, and The Buggles. This Cold War anthem reflected the general public's nuclear war anxiety at the time, and as many of you may remember, the video featured Reagan and Chernenko duking it out in a wrestling ring.

[laughedatbytime]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

 

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

[Disembodied Spirit]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

This song is 1 of my all time favorites. I can't really explain why, and few people know or remember it. This song is similar in nature to Rush's Limelight lyrically, However, with the lines "I could be replaced by any bright star" and "Instead of worrying about my clothes ..." they make it very clear that it's about the dark sides of being famous. One of the best lines ever "Life was easy when it was boring " ..plus it's the rare Police song penned by Stewart Copeland...

Edited June 20, 2016 by Disembodied Spirit

[ReRushed]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

 

66) Sign o' the Times - Prince (ReRushed)

 

This might be my favorite song of the 1980s. I find it incredibly catchy and its social commentary is a plus. Also, it now seems a bit ironic.

[Lucas]

The last six - great picks

 

 

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

66) Sign o' the Times - Prince (ReRushed)

 

 

67) Beat It - Michael Jackson ( Lucas )

 

 

Another timeless song - great hook, great guest lead by Eddie . . A song that transcended everything

[Cyclonus X-1]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

66) Sign o' the Times - Prince (ReRushed)

67) Beat It - Michael Jackson ( Lucas )

 

68) Steel Monkey -- Jethro Tull (Cyclonus X-1)

 

Announced that Tull was back and propelled the group to an easy win over Metallica at the Grammys.

[Lucas]

68) Steel Monkey -- Jethro Tull (Cyclonus X-1)

 

Announced that Tull was back and propelled the group to an easy win over Metallica at the Grammys.

 

I can't believe it was that long ago .. It literally seems like last week

[Digital Dad]

69. Dodo/Lurker. Genesis

 

They could

Still prog in the 80's and this song is proof

[Lucas]

1) Don't Change - INXS (Lucas)

2) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (Chronos)

3) Sussudio - Phil Collins (KenJennings)

4) Earthshaker Rock - Warlock (rhyv)

5) Suicide Solution - Ozzy (Union)

6) Don't You Want Me - Human League (Digital Dad)

7) The Flame-Cheap Trick(Surrender74)

8) Queen of the Reich - Queensryche (Disembodied Spirit)

9) Debaser - Pixies (ReRushed)

10) Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (Segue Myles)

11) Synchronicity II - The Police (Lorraine)

12) The Spirit of Radio - Rush (hemibeers)

13) Highwayman - The Highwaymen (KenJennings)

14) Shadows on Your Side - Duran Duran (Chronos)

15) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Lucas)

16) Back in Black - AC/DC (goose)

17) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (Custom55)

18) Rock Rock (Till You Drop) - Def Leppard (catherine)

19) Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (DigitalDad)

20) Rain - The Cult (rhyv)

21).Leper Messiah - Metallica (Segue Miles)

22) No Guarantees - The Nobodys (laughedatbytime)

23) Stone Cold Bush - RHCP (hemibeers)

24) Eyes of a Stranger - The Payolas (Lorraine)

25) Against the Wind - Bob Seger (KenJennings)

26) Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult (Chronos)

27) Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (Lucas)

28) China Girl - David Bowie (goose)

29) Mama - Genesis (Disembodied Spirit)

30) Blood and Roses - The Smithereens (Cyclonus X-1)

31) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen ( Custom55 )

32) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (g under p)

33) Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris De Burgh (KenJennings)

34) Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls (ReRushed)

35) The Weapon - Rush (Lorraine)

36) Fall on Me - REM (Hemibeers)

37) Slip Into The Crowd - 39 Steps ( Lucas )

38) Breakthru - Queen (Entre_Perpetuo)

39) Battlescar - Max Webster and Rush (Toymaker)

40) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (laughedatbytime)

41) Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

42) The Day Before you Came - ABBA (KenJennings)

43) Time the Avenger - The Pretenders (custom55)

44) Jacob's Ladder - Rush ( Lucas )

45) Angel - Aerosmith (Cyclonus X-1)

46) Luka - Suzanne Vega (Disembodied Spirit)

47) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (rushfanslo)

48) Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü(ReRushed)

49) South Central Rain - REM (LABT)

50) New Year's Day - U2 (hemibeers)

51) Only Time Will Tell - Asia (toymaker)

52) A Fortune in Lies - Dream Theater (KenJennings)

53) Drive All Night - Bruce Springsteen (Segue Myles)

54)The Chauffeur - Duran Duran (Turbine Freight)

55) In the Mood - Robert Plant (Custom55)

56) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites ( Lucas )

57) Rockin at the T Dance - The Rainmakers (LABT)

58) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Goose )

59) Cholly - Fishbone (DD)

60) God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde (Lucas)

61) Waiting Room - Fugazi (G Under P)

62) Cruise Control - The Dixie Dregs (hemibeers)

63) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Chronos)

64) Blues from a Gun--Jesus and Mary Chain (LABT)

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

66) Sign o' the Times - Prince (ReRushed)

67) Beat It - Michael Jackson ( Lucas )

68) Steel Monkey -- Jethro Tull (Cyclonus X-1)

69) Dodo/Lurker - Genesis ( Digital Dad )

[goose]

 

65) Darkness - The Police (Disembodied Spirit)

This song is 1 of my all time favorites. I can't really explain why, and few people know or remember it. This song is similar in nature to Rush's Limelight lyrically, However, with the lines "I could be replaced by any bright star" and "Instead of worrying about my clothes ..." they make it very clear that it's about the dark sides of being famous. One of the best lines ever "Life was easy when it was boring " ..plus it's the rare Police song penned by Stewart Copeland...

Excellent choice!