80s songs you remember but hardly anyone else does?

the frog chorus is going to be relesaed at christmas being redone with 6 choirs

I was a mere young pup in the 80's but the 80's stand out for me as the best decade for music,a decade of bad hairstyles & even worse dress sense (& even Michael Jackson looked human).Bands like Shalamar,Kool & The Gang,K.C,Duran Duran, UB40,Spandau Ballet etc happy memories.

My uncle took me to see Level 42 (great band)in concert & when I was a kid & quite a few of their songs still sound as good now as they did back then.Songs like;

Something About You.
Running in the Family
Leaving Me Now.
Sun Goes Down (Living it up)

(Apologies for my lack of IT skills on being able to upload a few of the songs I've mentioned).

(11-08-2017 23:03 )ai1234 Wrote:  KAREL FIALKA - Hey Matthew

Good call, marginally more obscure than Barcelona

Quote:Both off Now 11. Just checked the track listings for Now 11 / 12 /13 which were some of the earliest albums I bought. Cant decide which I prefer more. It's Toya / Paige / Minnie all over again!

10p says they're actually both on Now 10 along with

Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
I Don't Want to Be a Hero - Johnny Hates Jazz
Sugar Mice - Marillion
etc

The Belle Stars Sign of the times



Eighth Wonder Im not Scared Young Patsy Kensit on Vocal

First saw this on Max Headroom

(11-08-2017 23:03 )ai1234 Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 23:02 )ai1234 Wrote:  Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona

KAREL FIALKA - Hey Matthew


Both off Now 11. Just checked the track listings for Now 11 / 12 /13 which were some of the earliest albums I bought. Cant decide which I prefer more. It's Toya / Paige / Minnie all over again!

Not a patch on this though

Obviously known to the 80's music connoisseurs of the forum but I think they qualify as the "hardly anyone else"! (I'm automatically disqualified after the Now 10 / 11 faux pas!)

Wiki
"Copyright problems caused a re-recorded version to be released; despite this version being derided by critics it nevertheless became a massive hit in the United Kingdom spending 5 weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in July and August 1989... reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States... It was the 2nd best-selling single of 1989 in the UK."

So it was a pale imitation of of past classics.

Kinda apt for a babeshows forum

What I didn't realise back in 1989 was that there had been similar party records in 1981, as the TOTP repeats made clear.

you had to go there with Jive Bunny

Loved this one




And of course theres this TUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE