I'm quite lucky really. We had "Redifusion" when it first came out and my Dad used to record a lot of the songs from "Music Box" & "Powerstation" which (hurray!) I now have my grubby little mitts on! These are a few of the songs that I get all misty eyed to when I see or hear them. I also sing along to them REALLY loudly, much to everyone's annoyance! :D

Big in Japan - ALPHAVILLE
99 Red Balloons - NENA
You Spin me Right Roumd - DEAD OR ALIVE
The Riddle - NIK KERSHAW
When the Rain Begins to Fall - JERMAINE JACKSON & PIA ZADORA
Slow Dancing - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Teardrops - WOMACK & WOMACK
Take on Me - AHA
It's Raining Men - THE WEATHER GIRLS
When Doves Cry - PRINCE
Down Under - MEN AT WORK

Ok, best I stop now, before everyone gets bored! And another thing, doesn't it really annoy you when people take a perfectly good 80's classic, do a cover and spoil it? WHY?
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In the Heat of the moment by Asia, the actual lyrics make me nostalgic

I can't say that I remember that one. It rings a bell though. What do you think of all these covers lately? I mean you've had Geri Halliwell (It's Raining Men), A1 (Take on me) 7 Westlife (Uptown Girl) to name but a few!

Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
We Are The World - USA For Africa
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
We Got The Beat - Go-Go's
In A Big Country - Big Country
Is This Love? - Whitesnake
....and many, many more! :)

Invincible - Pat Benatar ( "The Legend Of Billie Jean" was filmed here in Corpus Christi and I would see the filmcrew all over town.)

Legs - ZZ Top ( I knew girls who dressed exactly like the main girl in the video.)

Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles ( My friends and I went on a roadtrip and did nothing but listen to this song and did the Egyptian hand gestures.)

That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick
( This was my Graduation song for the class of 1986.)

Everybody - Madonna ( The song that sarted it all!!!)

Well, this will sound weird, but I classify certain songs by what I was involved in when they came out. For example, my girlfriend calls a lot of mid 80's songs "barn songs" because she used to hang out at this barn (stables) with here friends while they listened to the radio. For me, I have "BMX songs" (I use to race in the early 80's), "fireworks songs" (my buddies and I managed to get $500 worth of illegal fireworks sent to us in the mail around '85 or so- I can still smell the gun powder) and "Highschool/ freshman loser with no friends/senior year parties" songs, to name a few classifications. It's very weird, because a few certain songs will trigger very vivid memories that make me REALLY feel like I am there again.

-Jim

I know what you mean, Jim. I have 'skating rink' songs, and 'Godfather's' songs.

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl

"Break out" Swing Out Sister
"Close to me" the Cure
"New Year's Day" U2
"We're Not Gonna Take it" Twisted Sister
"The One Thing" INXS
"New Moon On Monday" Duran Duran

There are sooo many...

I'll stop the world -Modern English
Forever Young -Alphaville
Who do you want to be today -Oingo Boingo
Never Say Goodbye -Bon Jovi
Sweet Child O' Mine -Guns and Roses
I wanna be sedated -The Ramones