Song Contest Part XXII, Host: omgfridge, Theme: Star Wars, Votes Due: Wednesday 9pm AEST Time

[Plugger35]

I heard this NZ 80s banger on 96FM when I was driving in the car today.




Whoever wins this round needs to go with an 80s bangers theme, it won't be me though as i've sat this one out.

 

[CakeEater]

I heard this NZ 80s banger on 96FM when I was driving in the car today.




Whoever wins this round needs to go with an 80s bangers theme, it won't be me though as i've sat this one out.

if i win- it will be instrumentals with great singing theme.

 

[raskolnikov]

Boted.

My top 100 songs of the 80s.

Eurogliders	Heaven (must be there)
Bonnie Tyler	Total Eclipse of the Heart
Mike Oldfield	Moonlight Shadow
Baltimora	Tarzan Boy
Bryan Ferry	Slave to Love
Cheap Trick	If You Want My Love
Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder	Together in Electric Dreams
Supertramp	It’s Raining Again
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance
Elton John	Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Eurythmics	Love is a Stranger
UB40	Red Red Wine (Bite Me!)
Queen	Radio Ga Ga
Roxette	Dressed for Success
Laura Branigan	Gloria
John Waite	Missing You
Toto	Africa
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
INXS	Burn for You
Banarama	Shy Boy
The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up
Dragon	Rain
AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long
Cyndi Lauper	Time after Time
Elton John	I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	I Love Rock and Roll
Juice Newton	Angel of the Morning
Steve Perry	Oh Sherrie
Cutting Crew	I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight
Joan Armatrading	Drop the Pilot
Billy Idol	Rebel Yell
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers	Islands in the Stream
Billy Field	You Weren’t in Love with Me
Pseudo Echo	Listening
Kim Wilde	Kids in America
Haysi Fantaysee	Shiny Shiny
Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
Fine Young Cannibals	She Drives Me Crazy
After the Fire	Der Kommissar
Eurythmics	Love is a Stranger
The Party Boys	He’s Gonna Step on You Again
Chantoozies	Wanna Be Up
Billy Joel	You’re Only Human
Hoodoo Gurus	My Girl
Scandal	The Warrior
Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is
The Communards	Don’t Leave Me This Way
Def Leppard	Pour Some Sugar on Me
Hall & Oates	Say it Isn’t So
Icehouse	Street Cafe
Animotion	Obsession
Spandau Ballet	True
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Two Tribes
Roxy Music	More Than This
The Pretenders	Brass in Pocket
Blondie	Atomic
Blondie	The Tide is High
Van Halen	Jump
Lionel Richie	Stuck on You
Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself
Quiet Riot	Come On Feel the Noise
Eddy Grant	I Don’t Wanna Dance
The Human League	Fascination
Culture Club	Karma Chameleon
Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
Paul Young	Every Time You Go Away
Matthew Wilder	Break My Stride
Pet Shop Boys	Go West
Tears for Fears	Mad World
Kate Bush	Sat On Your Lap
Whitney Houston	Didn’t We Almost Have it All
Belinda Carlisle	Heaven is a Place on Earth
1927	If I Could
Mental As Anything	He’s Just No Good For You
Pat Benatar	We Belong
Mi-Sex	Blue Day
Dream Academy	Life in a Northern Town
Divinyls	Science Fiction
Naked Eyes	Always Something There to Remind Me
David Bowie	Blue Jean
Eurythmics	Would I Lie to You
Australian Crawl	Reckless
Huey Lewis & The News	Heart and Soul
Split Enz	I Got You
Jo Kennedy	Body and Soul
Shona Laing	Glad I’m Not a Kennedy
John Parr	St. Elmo’s Fire
Wham	Wham Rap
Air Supply	All Out of Love
The Greg Kihn Band	Jeopardy
USA for Africa	We are the World
Terence Trent D’arby	Wishing Well
David Bowie	Modern Love
Dragon	Rain
Queen	I Want to Break Free
Taylor Dayne	I’ll Be Your Shelter
Bee Gees	You Win Again
Grandmaster Flash	The Message
Nena	99 Luftballoons
Bruce Springsteen	Glory Days

 

[myblueroan]

if i win- it will be instrumentals with great singing theme.

Do you mean like The Good the Bad and the Ugly? The ah yee-ahyee- ahs being the great singing?

 

[Plugger35]

Boted.

My top 100 songs of the 80s.

Eurogliders	Heaven (must be there)
Bonnie Tyler	Total Eclipse of the Heart
Mike Oldfield	Moonlight Shadow
Baltimora	Tarzan Boy
Bryan Ferry	Slave to Love
Cheap Trick	If You Want My Love
Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder	Together in Electric Dreams
Supertramp	It’s Raining Again
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance
Elton John	Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Eurythmics	Love is a Stranger
UB40	Red Red Wine (Bite Me!)
Queen	Radio Ga Ga
Roxette	Dressed for Success
Laura Branigan	Gloria
John Waite	Missing You
Toto	Africa
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
INXS	Burn for You
Banarama	Shy Boy
The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up
Dragon	Rain
AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long
Cyndi Lauper	Time after Time
Elton John	I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	I Love Rock and Roll
Juice Newton	Angel of the Morning
Steve Perry	Oh Sherrie
Cutting Crew	I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight
Joan Armatrading	Drop the Pilot
Billy Idol	Rebel Yell
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers	Islands in the Stream
Billy Field	You Weren’t in Love with Me
Pseudo Echo	Listening
Kim Wilde	Kids in America
Haysi Fantaysee	Shiny Shiny
Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
Fine Young Cannibals	She Drives Me Crazy
After the Fire	Der Kommissar
Eurythmics	Love is a Stranger
The Party Boys	He’s Gonna Step on You Again
Chantoozies	Wanna Be Up
Billy Joel	You’re Only Human
Hoodoo Gurus	My Girl
Scandal	The Warrior
Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is
The Communards	Don’t Leave Me This Way
Def Leppard	Pour Some Sugar on Me
Hall & Oates	Say it Isn’t So
Icehouse	Street Cafe
Animotion	Obsession
Spandau Ballet	True
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Two Tribes
Roxy Music	More Than This
The Pretenders	Brass in Pocket
Blondie	Atomic
Blondie	The Tide is High
Van Halen	Jump
Lionel Richie	Stuck on You
Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself
Quiet Riot	Come On Feel the Noise
Eddy Grant	I Don’t Wanna Dance
The Human League	Fascination
Culture Club	Karma Chameleon
Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
Paul Young	Every Time You Go Away
Matthew Wilder	Break My Stride
Pet Shop Boys	Go West
Tears for Fears	Mad World
Kate Bush	Sat On Your Lap
Whitney Houston	Didn’t We Almost Have it All
Belinda Carlisle	Heaven is a Place on Earth
1927	If I Could
Mental As Anything	He’s Just No Good For You
Pat Benatar	We Belong
Mi-Sex	Blue Day
Dream Academy	Life in a Northern Town
Divinyls	Science Fiction
Naked Eyes	Always Something There to Remind Me
David Bowie	Blue Jean
Eurythmics	Would I Lie to You
Australian Crawl	Reckless
Huey Lewis & The News	Heart and Soul
Split Enz	I Got You
Jo Kennedy	Body and Soul
Shona Laing	Glad I’m Not a Kennedy
John Parr	St. Elmo’s Fire
Wham	Wham Rap
Air Supply	All Out of Love
The Greg Kihn Band	Jeopardy
USA for Africa	We are the World
Terence Trent D’arby	Wishing Well
David Bowie	Modern Love
Dragon	Rain
Queen	I Want to Break Free
Taylor Dayne	I’ll Be Your Shelter
Bee Gees	You Win Again
Grandmaster Flash	The Message
Nena	99 Luftballoons
Bruce Springsteen	Glory Days

Not a bad list apart from that horrible UB40 Red Red Wine song, you seem to be the only here that likes it.

Eurogliders are an underrated 80s band, one of the only 80s bands from Perth along with The Triffids that made it big.

This song was a top 10 hit in both Australia and NZ and deserved to be a bigger hit elsewhere too.




Ganggajang and Boom Crash Opera deserve a mention too, another couple of underrated 80s bands.

I got to see both of them live in the early 90s when I was old enough to go to pubs, two of the best gigs I've ever been to.
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[JHF1870]

if i win- it will be instrumentals with great singing theme.

If I win it will be hyphenated names. Has that been done?

 

[CakeEater]

Loonerty

Amy chance of an early release of results so I dont have to watch love is blind with Mrs CakeEater

 

[Plugger35]

Just to fill in time before the results release I also heard this late 70s banger on 96FM in the car.




I didn't realise Bob Welch was in Fleetwood Mac, he was in the group in the early 70s before they became a supergroup.

Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood joined him in this live version of Ebony Eyes playing tambourines.

 

[Loonerty]

In 16th place with a score of -3 and 1 bogey, Lunchlady Doris with GOFLOS - Now Jazz

In 15th place with a score of -4 and 1 bogey, por_please_ya with Lace Curtain - Falling

In 14th place with a score of -5 and 2 bogeys, raskolnikov with The Cramps - Swing The Big Eyed Rabbit

In 13th place with a score of -9 and 0 bogeys, Tonga Bob with Was Not Was - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

 

[Loonerty]

In tied 11th place with a score of -12 and 0 bogeys, myblueroan with Israel Nash - Willow and me with Magdalena Bay - That's My Floor

In 10th place with a score of -14 and 0 bogeys, omgfridge with Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off The Edge Of The World

In 9th place with a score of -15 and 4 bogeys, CakeEater with Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward

In tied 7th place with a score of -17 and 0 bogeys, Ocha905 with Brian Eno and John Cale - Spinning Away and MWPP with Misha - Sweet Spot

 

[Loonerty]

In 6th place with a score of -18 and 5 bogeys, Fossie 32 with Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home. A very divisive nom, but the Billy is yours Fos.

In 5th place with a score of -18 and 0 bogeys, Chipmunk with Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun

In 4th place with a score of -21 and 3 bogeys, spudmaster with Mr. President - Coco Jamboo

 

[Loonerty]

In 3rd place with a score of -22 and 0 bogeys, Purple7x08_24 with Daft Punk - Aerodynamic

In 2nd place with a score of -23 and 0 bogeys, Riviat with Karnivool - Shutterspeed

and the winner, with a score of -30 and 0 bogeys
hotchilli
The Fray - Over My Head

 

[Chipmunk]

5: Misha - Sweet Spot MWPP
4: Was Not Was - Papa Was A Rolling Stone Tonga Bob
3: Daft Punk - Aerodynamic Purple7x08_24
2: GOLFOS - Now Jazz (Midnight Mix) Lunchlady Doris
1: Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward CakeEater

BM: The Cramps - Swing The Big Eyed Rabbit raskolnikov

 

[Chipmunk]

How did the tournament go Loonerty

 

[Loonerty]

How did the tournament go Loonerty

Horribly!

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Disc Golf Fossie 32	5	Jon & Vangelis	I'll Find My Way Home
CakeEater	4	Tomahawk	God Hates a Coward
myblueroan	3	Magdelena Bay	That's my Floor
hotchilli	2	The Fray	Cable Car (Over My Head)
Riviat	1	Karnivool	Shutterspeed
	B	Coco Jumbo

 

[spudmaster]

In 6th place with a score of -18 and 5 bogeys, Fossie 32 with Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home. A very divisive nom, but the Billy is yours Fos.

In 5th place with a score of -18 and 0 bogeys, Chipmunk with Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun

In 4th place with a score of -21 and 3 bogeys, spudmaster with Mr. President - Coco Jamboo

Good bunch of songs!
My 4 and 5 right there Fossie 32 Chipmunk

How did the tournament go Loonerty

Horribly!

No idea where you're located Loonerty but fair effort being able to throw anything in this wind if you're in Melb.

 

[Tonga Bob]

5) Karnivool
4) Daft Punk
3) Planet Perfecto
2) Tomahawk
1) The Cramps

B) Mr President

 

[Ocha905]

5. Mr. President - "Coco Jamboo" spudmaster 4th
4. Misha - "Sweet Spot" MWPP 7th
3. The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)" hotchilli 1st
2. Magdalena Bay "That's My Floor" Loonerty 11th
1. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" omgfridge 10th

Billy. Jon & Vangelis - "I'll Find My Way Home" So bland.

HM's. Daft Punk and Was Not Was

Playlist rating. 5.5/10

Predictions -
G. Magdelena Bay
S. Karnivool
Br. Mr. President
"Worst". Tomahawk

 

[spudmaster]

5) Karnivool
4) Daft Punk
3) Planet Perfecto
2) Tomahawk
1) The Cramps

B) Mr President

And you reckon Porps picks on you with the billies!

 

[Purple7x08_24]

5) Karnivool
4) Daft Punk
3) Planet Perfecto
2) Tomahawk
1) The Cramps

B) Mr President

I don't like novelty songs either.

Thought I'd finish about where I finished. Shouldn't be far off 50 podiums by now.

 

[Plugger35]

So where is the 80s bangers theme hotchilli?

 

[Purple7x08_24]

So where is the 80s bangers theme hotchilli?

Think hotchilli said something about metal
Riviat said something about progressive Rock
I think I said something about LOUD AND ANGRY - ultra harsh vocals

 

[Fossie 32]

Billy. Jon & Vangelis - "I'll Find My Way Home" So bland.

 

[Stokey]

Think hotchilli said something about metal