80s music suggestions

[Lucky Toma]

The missus is a fair few years younger than me (I'm 36. she is 23).
Recently she's really got into 80s music and so I'm making a compilation of great songs that she probably wont be aware of.
She knows all the famous songs (the big hits etc) and she has a ruck of 'Best of the 80s' and 'Power Ballads of the 80s' type compilation albums. But within that decade there were so many brilliant songs that will be completely new to her.

To my great delight she recently has fallen head-over-heels in love with The Smiths but I've tried to steer her towards 'similar' tasteful fare (Joy Division, The Sundays, etc) to no avail. It seems, for her, its either Mozzer or proper cheesy pop.

So far I've included such gems as -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Z9jSvT3hc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN04vtNcrek[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVRoSTwFbo[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co8P6fN732U[/youtube]

Amongst others.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[Happy Kundays]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717T0[/youtube]

 

[Dirty Harry]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE61Bz7IHKg&feature=PlayList&p=3D256A72B81829C9&index=0&playnext=1[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k20UCBRmXJQ[/youtube]

I`d be here all day mate lol.

 

[Happy Kundays]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTXquAe25vI[/youtube]

 

[Dirty Harry]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACPXOufElKU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R85vbT20zOE[/youtube]

You owe me a homemade Tiramisu Cheesecake now lol, just burnt the fooker ;-)

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1vNjqpwUA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6j14DDtGI&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fntl0mK3fzY&feature=av2e[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L03PJeB38dI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewiMdGXs3I0&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

big country
simle minds
decan blue
talking heads
tears for fears
inxs
waterboys
bowie,stevie wonder,lionel richie, and elton even had hits then

....compilations are best for the 80`s.....alot of one hit wonders!!! the likes of...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ6GzmrGHOY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0b_zo3puzc[/youtube]

 

[Happy Kundays]

How do you post a you tube vid?

 

[BimboBob]

Youtube won't work for me at...erm...work so i'm sorry if any of the below have been posted.


Any Depeche Mode songs from their first two albums.
Tears for Fears first album. The Hurting.
Heaven 17.
Visage.
Gary Numan.
Ultravox.
Blancmange.
Fad Gadget.
Kraftwerk.
Talk Talk.
Thomas Dolby.<br /><br />-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:25 am --<br /><br />

How do you post a you tube vid?

Click on the youtube button and paste the link you posted in the middle of it.

 

[Happy Kundays]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXgeC4fJkQ[/youtube]