Best Decade Tournament - 80s: Koopee wins!

[bada]

I like how you bolded all your picks!

[PryTo]

Pryto, as an American of a proximate age to myself, what do you think of Axel F?

It's an inspired choice and a very stip pick (meaning most people hate it : ). Those who weren't around to witness the phenomenon of Beverly Hill Cop in person could really never understand how iconic (credit to whomever said that) the song was. It was more than a song, it stood for an entire cultural shift. (I won't get into this here, but the cultural shift had something to do with black culture becoming synonymous with mainstream culture -- or at least aspects of it. This was a marked change from previous generations and its impact continues to reverberate At the time, the funniest and coolest actor was Eddie Murphy, the two best musicians were Prince and Michael Jackson, the NBA was exploding in popularity and so on and so forth.) At the time, the song sounded so modern, so futuristic, so cutting edge. Of course, it quickly became the sonic equivalent of a Nagel painting. (I adore Fletch, but the soundtrack -- also done by Faltermeyer -- is a direct ripoff of BHC that sounds pretty hilarious today. There were scads of soundalike soundtracks, all/most of them done by Faltermeyer.) Anyway, I dug the tune at the time. That song along with my Mumford T-shirt (yep, I had one) made me feel like Eddie Murphy Jr.



Today, however, it's not a song that really holds up for me as a song, meaning something that I listen to for pleasure and enjoyment. Yes, it's totally '80s, but it didn't age well. In fact, it went from cool to played out in its own time. In 2014, it doesn't do a lot for me. So, while I wouldn't sit around listening to it and feeling nostalgic or discovering something new, it's an inspired choice, one that could have only come from Stip. Well, that was probably the most I've ever thought about the Axel F. theme song.

[LetMeSleep]

I'm surprised there weren't more movie songs.
H Lewis - Power Of Love
Harold F - Axel F
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
P Furs - Pretty in Pink
R P Jr - Ghostbusters
G Frey - Heat Is On
Kenny Loggins - Footloose or Danger Zone

[Iholdthepain]

I almost went with the BTTF soundtrack... Probay should have.

No long diatribe regarding who I voted for... I just liked these better.

Except BiH... A Yoko pick is a pick against 'Murcia

Durden
Rangi
DSB
Koopee

[stip]

I'm surprised there weren't more movie songs.
H Lewis - Power Of Love
Harold F - Axel F
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
P Furs - Pretty in Pink
R P Jr - Ghostbusters
G Frey - Heat Is On
Kenny Loggins - Footloose or Danger Zone

If we go back and do this the lament way (which sounds cool) more than a few of these are on my list

[numbers]

DCT
Bada
dsb
koopee

[Kaius]

I'm surprised there weren't more movie songs.
H Lewis - Power Of Love
Harold F - Axel F
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
P Furs - Pretty in Pink
R P Jr - Ghostbusters
G Frey - Heat Is On
Kenny Loggins - Footloose or Danger Zone

Some yahoo picked Don't You Forget About Me.

[i got bugs]

No easy way out by Robert tepper woulda been a good movie pick

[numbers]

I considered some of these

Soundgarden- Loud Love
Soundgarden- Nothing To Say
Flock Of Seagulls- I Ran
David Bowie- Fame
Nine Inch Nails- Head Like A Hole
The Who- You Better You Bet
John Lennon- (Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon- Nobody Told Me
Travelling Wilburys- End Of The Line

[Kaius]

no he never does

hold me

[Jorge]

I dedicate this video to Stip

[LetMeSleep]

This is my list

I Got You - Split Enz
Ship Of Fools - World Party
The Dead Heart or Beds Are Burning - Oils
Lovesong - The Cure
Blue Monday - New Order
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan
If It Be Your Will - Leonard Cohen

[Jorge]

That's one of my favorite 80s Leonard Cohen songs.

[LetMeSleep]

That's one of my favorite 80s Leonard Cohen songs.

That's because you're not a moron.

[Jorge]

Don't be so sure.

[LetMeSleep]

Take what you get, Jorge.

[numbers]

This is my list

I Got You - Split Enz
Ship Of Fools - World Party
The Dead Heart or Beds Are Burning - Oils
Lovesong - The Cure
Blue Monday - New Order
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan
If It Be Your Will - Leonard Cohen

Now that you mention it, I considered lovesong as well. I was actually going to take boys don't cry until I looked it up and it was 70s.

[dsb1218]

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone

I considered drafting this so I could also post a clip or twelve from Archer.

[bada]

I had the Top Gun soundtrack on tape. I think the summer of '86 was Top Gun, 5150, Heart, Back In The High Life and High N Dry.

[LetMeSleep]

I had the Top Gun soundtrack on tape. I think the summer of '86 was Top Gun, 5150, Heart, Back In The High Life and High N Dry.

Not just for you, fella.