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#1
Okay, so somehow I got roped into being the dj for an 1980's themed dance and i need to download some music, so my question to YOU is if you could pick 3 songs from the 80's you think would be NEEDED for an 80's dance party, what would they be ?  Big GrinNC:
JMAC
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#2

"Tainted Love" -- Soft Cell

"Maneater" -- Hall & Oates

"Safety Dance" -- Men Without Hats
The Universe is expanding<br />But I don't feel a damn thing<br />There's nothing you can do about it <br />Keep on dancing<br /><br />- That Handsome Devil, &quot;Loving Parasite&quot;
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#3
Q Lazarus - Goodbye Horses

Joy Division - Love will tear us apart

Whitney Houston - I want to dance with somebody

bonus: New Order - Blue Monday (biggest 12 inch single of all time, gotta throw that in there!)
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#4
take on me is pretty good
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(08-06-2009, 09:37 PM)placid path link Wrote: Okay, so somehow I got roped into being the dj for an 1980's themed dance and i need to download some music, so my question to YOU is if you could pick 3 songs from the 80's you think would be NEEDED for an 80's dance party, what would they be ?  Big GrinNC:

Heh... The 80s.... What good times they were......

99 LuftBalloons (The English version is called 99 Red Ballons)~Nena
Come on Eileen~ Dexy's Midnight Runners
FunkyTown~ Lipps Inc.
Jessie's Girl~ Rick Springfield
I Love Rock N Roll~ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Hurts So Good~ John Cougar Mellencamp
867-5309 (Jenny)~ Tommy Tutone
Cenetfold~J Geils Band
Mickey~ Toni Basil
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun~ Cyndi Lauper
Jump~ Pointer Sisters
She Bop~ Cyndi Lauper
Uptown Girl~ Billy Joel
Everybody Wants To Rule The World~ Tears For Fears
Neutron Dance~ Pointer Sisters
Party All The Time~ Eddie Murphy
Rock Me Amadeus~ Falco
Papa Don't Preach~ Madonna
Walk Like An Egyptian~ Bangles
Faith~ George Michael
Got My Mind Set On You~ George Harrison
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)~ Samantha Fox
Angel~ Aerosmith
Red Red Wine~ UB40
When I See You Smile~ Bad English
Wild Thing~ Tone Loc
Forever Your Girl~ Paula Abdul
You Got It (The Right Stuff)~New Kids On The Block


I hope those songs help..... Ah, the 80s...... Thanks for the trip down memory lane....

Peace &  :ht:,
Jenni
The Eleventh Doctor: Nobody important? Blimey, that's amazing. You know that in nine hundred years of time and space and I've never met anybody who wasn't important before.
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#6
Okay, so I',m an old fogey, but anything of the later Beatles (Abbey Road??)  While this was their waining years, they did define much of the "music" of the era.
We live by each other and for each other. Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.
-- Helen Keller
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#7
By request, the play list i used for the dance:

Never Gonna Give You Up - rick astley
Bust a Move - young mc
Billy Jean - michael jackson
Walking on Sunshine - katrina & the waves
Walk Like an Egyptian - the bangles
I Melt With You - modern english
Footloose - kenny loggins
Bad - michael jackson
Down Under - men at work
Tainted Love - soft cell
Take On Me - a-ha
99 Red Balloons - nena
Video Killed the Radio Star - the buggles
Rock the Casbah - the clash
Walk this Way - aerosmith
Beat It - michael jackson
Thriller - michael jackson
Don't Stop Believin' - journey
JMAC
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
for the worth of all people
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