Stuck in the 80's tonight...and I don't know why.

[reprobayt]

Was scanning the web to try and find a song that has been stuck in my head for weeks on MP3 when I found this article. It's amazing that I think I know most these songs (actually the song I'm looking for is on this list: Best Man In The World by Ann Wilson):

TOP 20 GREAT TUNES FROM BAD MOVIES:

20. Against All Odds (Phil Collins) from Against All Odds

19. Man In Motion (John Parr) from St. Elmo's Fire

18. Who Made Who (AC/DC) from Maximum Overdrive

17. Meet Me Halfway (Kenny Loggins) from Over The Top

16. Back To Paradise (.38 Special) from Revenge of the Nerds 2

15. Flash (Queen) from Flash Gordon

14. Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John) in Two of a Kind

13. No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney) from Give My Regards to Broad Street

12. View to a Kill (Duran Duran) from View to a Kill

11. Into the Groove (Madonna) from Desperately Seeking Susan

10. Is Your Love Strong Enough (Bryan Ferry) from Legend.

9. True Faith (New Order) from Bright Lights, Big City

8. One Vision (Queen) from Iron Eagle

7. Nobody's Fool (Kenny Loggins) from Caddyshack 2

6. Best Man in the World (Ann Wilson) from The Golden Child

5. Masquerade (Berlin) from Perfect

4. Hazy Shade Of Winter (The Bangles) from Less Than Zero

3. Together In Electric Dreams (Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey) from Electric Dreams

2. Xanadu (ELO and Olivia Newton-John) from Xanadu

1. Love Somebody (Rick Springfield) from Hard To Hold

Personally, I consider "Love Somebody" to be Springfield's best song. (I can't believe I had an internal list of that hidden inside me.) But "Hard To Hold"? I still have bad memories of going on a first date with a girl to see this movie -- only to find out she'd seen it already ... that same day. It's all downhill from there.

Honorable mentions: Don't Turn Away (Thomas Dolby) from Howard The Duck; Absolute Beginners (David Bowie) from Absolute Beginners; Love On The Rocks (Neil Diamond) from The Jazz Singer; Who's That Girl (Madonna) from Who's That Girl; Kiss (Prince) from Under The Cherry Moon; Get Up Offa That Thing (James Brown) from Doctor Detroit; Who's Johnny (El DeBarge) from Short Circuit; Take It Easy (Andy Taylor) from American Anthem

Comments? Additions? Food fights?

Comments

[geordielass.livejournal.com]

Flash..., OMG.., worst song EVAH by Queen!

I hated it!

[drlaurac.livejournal.com]

The world would be a better place if everyone listened to more ELO.

[reprobayt.livejournal.com]

Amen!

[juliana-shines.livejournal.com]

You had me until Xanadu.

[reprobayt.livejournal.com]

ELO rocks... :)

[juliana-shines.livejournal.com]

So I am told. I must be not hearing what the rest of you hear. ;)

[reprobayt.livejournal.com]

:)

[olliesmama.livejournal.com]

I like "Jesse's Girl" better than "Hard to Hold". Ooh, and don't forget "You'd Better Love Somebody". *firm nod*

[hornetskaya.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I used to love Electric Dreams and Xanadu. Best movies EVAR! hehe

[reprobayt.livejournal.com]

I love Xanadu and I'm not ashamed to say it.

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Also, I swear your icons make me wish I could enlarge them and see the rest. *sighs*

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

I really want you to post MP3's of all of these on YouSendIt or MegaUpload or something now. :D

I only know about half of these, but in all fairness, I was really only 13 at the end of the 80's, so I think I missed a few things. However, Against All Odds is both my favorite Phil Collins solo song and my favorite breakup song of all time. Although one would hope that I won't be needing any more breakup songs.

[muffle1969.livejournal.com]

ANN WILSON IS MY IDOL!!!

I know every song from Xanadu!

I am totally in love/lust with Rick Springfield.

(...Brought to you by "just the facts...)

[sistermaryeris.livejournal.com]

Those are awesome songs :)

When I was 10, a friend of mine and I made a dance routine to Xanadu! It was AWESOME. Haha.

[leraje.livejournal.com]

Legend.

One.
Hella.
Great.
Movie.

Even *I* bow down to the Prince of Darkness' bad-ass-ed-ness.