If you had to build a compilation of your favorite slow songs from the 70's and 80's, what would it look like? Here's my favorites:


Chicago - You're The Inspiration
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Deele - Two Occasions
Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
Jack Wagner - All I Need
Madonna - Crazy For You
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Police - Every Breath You Take
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
Sheriff - When I'm With You
Spandau Ballet - True
Styx - Babe
Wham - Careless Whisper

I'll stick to 80s songs seeing as this is an 80s forum, otherwise there would be too many to list.

My Top 10 slow songs of the 80s

True: Spandau Ballet
Girl I'm gonna miss you: Milli Vanilli
Ebony & Ivory: McCartney & Wonder
She loves me: Chicago
Making love out of nothing at all: Air Supply
In Neon: Elton John
Why can't I have you: The Cars
Sarah: Starship
You're every woman in the world: Air Supply
Hard for me to tell you I'm sorry: Chicago

The only one of those I don't know is 'True' by Spandau Ballet, so I guess I wouldn't want that one.

I would want to add:
'Forever' by Kenny Loggins
'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' by Bonnie Tyler
'Love Bites' by Def Leppard
'Crazy' by Aerosmith
'Without You' by Motley Crue
'Home Sweet Home' by Motley Crue
'If You Leave' by OMD
'Nobody's Fool' by Cinderella
'I Remember You' by Skid Row

I'm sure there are about 50 or so that I'm missing, but those are off the top of my head. :)

Originally posted by ValJ:
<STRONG>The only one of those I don't know is 'True' by Spandau Ballet, so I guess I wouldn't want that one.</STRONG>

What? :confused: I'm sure you know this song Val. Here is a sound clip: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=395082803/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=SPANDAU+BALLET/ITEMID=1312169

I could never make a list......it would be to long. ;)

My compilation would contain the following slow songs from the 80's:

Live To Tell - Madonna
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
The Rose - Bette Midler
Kind Of Woman - Stevie Nicks
All At Once - Whitney Houston
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Coming Up Close - 'Til Tuesday
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
After All - Cher & Peter Cetera
Alone - Heart
Night Of The Swallow - Kate Bush
The Promise - Olivia Newton-John
Fire On The Side - Y Kant Tori Read
I Just Died (In Your Arms) - Cutting Crew
If You Leave - OMD
If You Were Here - Thompson Twins
Moon Over Bourbon Street - Sting
Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
Can't We Try - Charlene
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton

This would be mine:

Open Arms - Journey
In Your Eyes - Billy Squier
Is This Love? - Whitesnake
Never Gonna Let You Go - Steelheart
Alone - Heart
Lost In Love - Air Supply
Without You - Motley Crue
Hold Me - Charlie Sexton
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Slave To Love - Bryan Ferry
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
Heaven - Bryan Adams

Originally posted by Iluvthe80s:
<STRONG>This would be mine:

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran</STRONG>

I would also add this one to my list, good choice Stacy! :)
I would also add:
Hands To Heaven - Breathe I am listening to it right now.

Originally posted by Trixter:
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I would also add:
Hands To Heaven - Breathe I am listening to it right now.</STRONG>

That is a good one. I couldn't think of all the ones I would do. There are probably more I am not thinking of.

To ILUVTHE80'S.....
I was reading through the posts on this topic and couldnt' believe it! You have one of my favorite songs on your list...one that you never hear about, but is such a great song. IN YOUR EYES....BILLY SQUIER. I always loved it. Thank you for mentioning it :)
I will have to post later on about what I would develop on my compilation.....is there a limit of the number we can list? Hope not. :D

Some of my favorite slow songs that would have to be on the album:

1. Cool Night by Paul Davis
2. Holding Back The Years by Simply Red
3. Captain Of Her Heart by Double
4. I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson
5. Crazy by Icehouse
6. Woman by John Lennon
7. This Is The Time by Billy Joel
8. Every Little Kiss by Bruce Hornsby
9. Sweet Love by Anita Baker
10. Under The Mily Way by The Church
11. I'll Still Be Loving You by Restless Heart
12. Be Still My beating Heart by Sting

I could fill several volumes, but I narrowed down my 80s selections. My 70s compilation would be a whole 'nother story. Anyways, here they are, in no particular order:

Open Arms - Journey
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Kayleigh - Marillion
True Faith - New Order
Empty Garden - Elton John
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Come Back and Stay - Paul Young
True - Spandau Ballet
Only Time Will Tell - Asia
Coming Up Close - 'Til Tuesday
Only You - Yaz
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Time - Culture Club
Too Late For Love - Def Leppard
Bad - U2
Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Downbound Train - Bruce Springsteen

-"Electric Blue" by Icehouse
-"Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
-"Always" by Atlantic Starr
-"I Don't Want To Live Without You" by Foreigner
-"Foolish Beat" and "Lost In Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
-"Live To Tell" by Madonna
-"Human Nature" by Michael Jackson
-"Time Slips Away" by Julie Brown
-"Time After Time" and "All Through The Night" by Cyndi Lauper
-"Whereabouts" by Stevie Wonder
-"Is This Love" by Whitesnake
-"Valerie" by Steve Winwood
-"Sara" by Starship

And that's volume 1.

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

Ok..this IS narrowed down. Good thing we weren't limited to only 10.

ONE MORE NIGHT...PHIL COLLINS
AGAINST ALL ODDS...PHIL COLLINS
IN YOUR EYES...BILLY SQUIRE
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME...SHEENA EASTON
FOREVER...KENNY LOGGINS
CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING...REO
KEEP ON LOVIN YOU...REO
ANGEL EYES...JEFF HEALY BAND
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...POLICE
WE'VE GOT TONIGHT...BOB SEGER
***ANYTHING BY MICHAEL BOLTON***
***ANYTHING BY CHICAGO***
***ANYTHING BY ROD STEWART***
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART...BRYAN ADAMS
HEAVEN...BRYAN ADAMS
HOTEL CALIFORNIA...EAGLES
UP WHERE WE BELONG...JOE COCKER/JENNIFER WARNES
ANGEL..AEROSMITH
BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY...PETER FRAMPTON
THE SEARCH IS OVER...SURVIVOR
***ANYTHING BY LIONEL RICHIE/COMMODORES***
HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS...RICHARD MARX
ALWAYS..ATLANTIC STARR
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME..APRIL WINE
BABY COME TO ME..JAMES INGRAM/PATTI AUSTIN
JUST ONCE...JAMES INGRAM
YOU AND I..EDDIE RABBIT/CRYSTAL GAYLE
LIGHTS..JOURNEY
FAITHFULLY..JOURNEY
OPEN ARMS..JOURNEY
CRAZY FOR YOU..MADONNA
I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES..ELTON JOHN
GOODBYE..NIGHT RANGER
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART..BONNIE TYLER
BABE..STYX
DESERT MOON..DENNIS DE YOUNG
AFTER ALL..CHER/PETER CETERA
ETERNAL FLAME...BANGLES
THAT WAS YESTERDAY..FOREIGNER
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS..FOREIGNER

:p

Originally posted by TJ:
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What? :confused: I'm sure you know this song Val. Here is a sound clip:
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Thanks, TJ! :) I still wouldn't add it, I'm afraid! But I would add every Foreigner and Phil Collins song mentioned so far!

'After The Fall' is a wonderful song by Journey that I would want.

And to Lostinthe80s: I absolutely love 'That Was Yesterday'! Thanx for reminding me!