Best Song of the Eighties?

[SteveDallas]

Originally posted by dave
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You didn't like a single song from the 80's?

Well partly, and partly I'm just being a smartass as usual.

I'm mostly interested in classical music... I could say that "Nixon in China" by John Adams was my favorite piece of "classical" music to come out of the 80s.

The "pop" music I absorbed was mostly stuff that got played a lot and that I associate with fun times of high school. To the extent that they trigger a pleasant nostalgia trip, I'm there. I don't think I (or anybody else) would consider them fabulous music. Stuff like Video Killed the Radio Star, Material Girl, and Bohemian Rhapsody. And some Billy Joel stuff.

I also like any kind of comedy, so when some parody comes along that uses 80s or any other music I usually enjoy that, often more than the original. (Example: "Like a Surgeon," "Amish Paradise".)