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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 09:20 AM
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It's 80s music dedication time.
Come, dedicate some of the best music the 80s have to offer. No Rick Astley songs allowed, ya fuckers.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 09:25 AM
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1. Okay....
I would like to dedicate on of my favorite 80's song to my bud Symarip...just because I know it will piss him the hell off....:evilgrin:
"Walk Like An Egyptian"....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWP-AsG5DRk
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:18 PM
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12. 1. Thank jayzus a member of Oingo Boingo broke up The Bangles
Steve Bartek, you're the man.

2. Fuck off, TZ.

3. Here's an awesome song from the 80s I dedicate to myself... Because I'm awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBX8j1lZshE
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:22 PM
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14. Don't you mean
Piss off? I mean thats what you want to do right? :evilgrin:
Awesomely twisted you are.....PFFFT!
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:24 PM
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15. Piss on you.
LULZ!!!11
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:34 PM
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20. I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4GDtlTzdkU

Although the album was released in 1990, I have it on good authority that this song was completed on October 23, 1989, and thus can be allowed in this thread.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:44 PM
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23. Hmmm so the Cure has a song called the Forest and Rush
has a song called the Trees. Coincidence? I think not! :rofl:
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:44 PM
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24. Wasn't The Forest released in 1980?
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 09:31 AM
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2. A double feature for my twin.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 11:15 AM
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3. For flvegan
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:06 PM
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10. Dude, I'm not too embarrassed to say
that when that came out, it WAS my favorite song. I loved Stryper when I was a lad.
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-10-09 08:41 AM
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31. I wonder if anyone ever got high at a Stryper show.
:smoke:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 11:17 AM
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4. For CreekDog
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 11:27 AM
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5. Hehe.
How about a little dedication to our own Joan Bon Jovi...aka BeachBaby...
http://www.80smusicvids.com/index.php?vid=Bon_Jovi_-_Living_On_A_Prayer&a=a
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 11:38 AM
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6. oooo-OOOOO
Livin' on a Prayer

Here's a video for you made by those guys at the gas station.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 12:25 PM
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7. dedicated to ME ME ME ME ME (and someone else)
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 12:47 PM
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8. It's 2 AM.
I like that song. :headbang:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:04 PM
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9. My introduction to this amazing singer/songwriter
Edited on Wed Sep-09-09 01:09 PM by MissMillie
Steady On

oh... and I guess I'll dedicate it to myself.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:12 PM
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11. Enjoy, DuhStrange
The Lyrical Genius, himself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDXcpXJr4M
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:22 PM
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13. What IS this pollution you're posting in my awesome 80s thread?
Just for that, you get another dedication:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Taco
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:25 PM
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16. Ouch. Can't get much lower on the 80s insult scale.
I tip my hat to you, good Doctor.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:28 PM
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17. quelle surprise
I actually like that song. BTW, do you like the Cure because the lead singer is a freak like you?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM
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21. I'm in a giving mood. So
reach up high and touch your soul, DuhStrange...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Y4F-UPGHw
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:32 PM
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18. since I am trying to teach myself piano...I dedicate this song to me...
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:34 PM
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19. Why, of course!!
Well...1979 but close enough- The Cars....one of the best bands ever, and a great album cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZAkOSpVumw&feature=related

The Human League

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHpozHn-QA

Genesis ( the Phil Collins years )still and all....this song is awesome. The background is almost hypnotic...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9DH_zGWJEs





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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:39 PM
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22. Vargas!
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:45 PM
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25. What was that?
:shrug:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:48 PM
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26. Alberto Vargas
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 01:55 PM
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27. OOOHHHH....okay!!! Yeah....one of the best album covers ever
:9
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 02:36 PM
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28. I'm trying to think of a few but I'm lost in love and I don't know much
To me: The Cars - Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w

From John McCain to Sarah Palin: You Got Lucky - Tom Petty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY

GOP to Obama: Every Breath You Take - Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doFKkuzoawM

To our astronauts: Major Tom - Peter Schilling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48NUlHEly68&feature=related






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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 04:43 PM
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29. OK.
It's dedicated, and I know to whom, but you'll have to speculate -

Bette Davis Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOIS5taqA8&feature=related


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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-10-09 08:35 AM
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30. Kickass song.
:thumbsup:
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-10-09 03:05 PM
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32. 4 from 80's


Split Enz - I Got You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw


Thomas Dolby- Europa And The Pirate Twins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMJv-kiyh-E

Visage - The Damned Don't Cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfkJow29lk

The Cramps - The Surfin Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cafr93W0XzI



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