Tenacious_Peaches Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Yes, I am blatantly stealing this from my gorgeous and all-powerful C-girl. Link to her thread. I graduated in 1987 (yes, I'm old, thank you very much) and want to make a nostalgic CD, too. Help me cull the finest pieces of musical genius from the year that graced us with both Bananarama and Richard Marx. Knowing your favorite songs of the year will help me make my decision. Thanks in advance, Songfacts family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ~ U2 With or Without You ~ U2 Don't Dream It's Over ~ Crowded House Wonderful Life ~ Black Word Up! ~ Cameo It's a Sin ~ Pet Shop Boys Dude (Looks Like a Lady) ~ Aerosmith and knowing you: Never gonna give you up ~ Rick Astley I wanna dance with somebody ~ Whitney Houston Livin' on a Prayer ~ Bon Jovie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Oh, you got a much better year than I! If you use i-Tunes, you can find a pantload of songs from '87 Here are some that I would choose-- Alone- Heart Animal- Def Leppard Angel- Aerosmith At This Moment- Billy Vera and the Beaters Back In the High Life Again- Steve Winwood Bad- Michael Jackson Big Time- Peter Gabriel Can't We Try" - Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard Casanova- Levert C'est La Vie- Robbie Nevil Cherry Bomb- John Cougar Mellencamp Circle in the Sand- Belinda Carlisle Come Go with Me" - Exposé Control- Janet Jackson Didn't We Almost Have It All- Whitney Houston Doing It All For My Baby- Huey Lewis & The News Don't Dream It's Over- Crowded House Don't Mean Nothing- Richard Marx Don't shed a Tear- Paul Carrack Dude (Looks Like a Lady)- Aerosmith Everybody Have Fun Tonight- Wang Chung (released in 1986) Faith- George Michael Hazy Shade of Winter- The Bangles Head To Toe- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Heart and Soul- T'Pau Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Heaven Is a Place on Earth- Belinda Carlisle Hysteria- Def Leppard I Get Weak- Belinda Carlisle I Heard a Rumour- Bananarama (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight- Cutting Crew I Need Love- LL Cool J I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 I Think We're Alone Now- Tiffany I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)- Whitney Houston I Want Your Sex- George Michael In Too Deep- Genesis Is This Love- Whitesnake I'm No Angel- Greg Allmann Band It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)- R.E.M. Keep Your Hands to Yourself- The Georgia Satellites La Bamba- Los Lobos Land of Confusion- Genesis Lean on Me- Club Nouveau Let Me Be the One- Exposé Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac Looking for a New Love- Jody Watley Lost In Emotion- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Love Bites- Def Leppard Love Will Find a Way- Yes Luka- Suzanne Vega Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and The Range Midnight Blue- Lou Gramm Mony Mony- Billy Idol Need You Tonight- INXS New Sensation- INXS Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley Notorious- Duran Duran Only in My Dreams- Debbie Gibson Out of the Blue- Debbie Gibson Paper In Fire- John Cougar Mellencamp Point of No Return- Exposé Pour Some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard Rag Doll- Aerosmith Rock Steady- The Whispers Rocket- Def Leppard Rhythm Is Going to Get You- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott Shake Your Love- Debbie Gibson Something So Strong- Crowded House Sweet Child of Mine- Guns 'n' Roses The Final Countdown- Europe (released in 1986) The Finer Things- Steve Winwood The Lady in Red- Chris DeBurgh The one I love- R.E.M. The Way It Is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range True Blue- Madonna Touch Me (I Want Your Body)- Samantha Fox Touch of Grey- Grateful Dead U Got The Look- Prince and Sheena Easton Wait- White Lion Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'n' Roses Where the Streets Have No Name- U2 With or Without You- U2 You Got It All- The Jets You Keep Me Hanging On- Kim Wilde 1987 Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted February 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 and knowing you: Never gonna give you up ~ Rick Astley You know me well, my marshmallowy Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Oh, you got a much better year than I! actually, I like 1993 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Not only is she smart, funny, awesome, and an all around bad ass bad mamajama, she graduated in the year of Debbie Gibson and Expose. It's just not fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 IMO four excellent albums were released in 1987. Make sure to include one song from each of at least the first three: The Joshua Tree - U2 Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses Kick - INXS A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 my favorite album of that year is "You're Living All Over Me" by Dinosaur Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Voyage Voyage ~ Desireless Little lies ~ Fleetwood Mac La Isla Bonita ~ Madonna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Peachy, you gotta have yourself some Jovi... Living On A Prayer ~ Bon Jovi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 "Here I Go Again".....Whitesnake%0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) Oh, you got a much better year than I! If you use i-Tunes, you can find a pantload of songs from '87 Here are some that I would choose-- Alone- Heart Animal- Def Leppard Angel- Aerosmith At This Moment- Billy Vera and the Beaters Back In the High Life Again- Steve Winwood Bad- Michael Jackson Big Time- Peter Gabriel Can't We Try" - Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard Casanova- Levert C'est La Vie- Robbie Nevil Cherry Bomb- John Cougar Mellencamp Circle in the Sand- Belinda Carlisle Come Go with Me" - Exposé Control- Janet Jackson Didn't We Almost Have It All- Whitney Houston Doing It All For My Baby- Huey Lewis & The News Don't Dream It's Over- Crowded House Don't Mean Nothing- Richard Marx Don't shed a Tear- Paul Carrack Dude (Looks Like a Lady)- Aerosmith Everybody Have Fun Tonight- Wang Chung (released in 1986) Faith- George Michael Hazy Shade of Winter- The Bangles Head To Toe- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Heart and Soul- T'Pau Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Heaven Is a Place on Earth- Belinda Carlisle Hysteria- Def Leppard I Get Weak- Belinda Carlisle I Heard a Rumour- Bananarama (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight- Cutting Crew I Need Love- LL Cool J I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 I Think We're Alone Now- Tiffany I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)- Whitney Houston I Want Your Sex- George Michael In Too Deep- Genesis Is This Love- Whitesnake I'm No Angel- Greg Allmann Band It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)- R.E.M. Keep Your Hands to Yourself- The Georgia Satellites La Bamba- Los Lobos Land of Confusion- Genesis Lean on Me- Club Nouveau Let Me Be the One- Exposé Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac Looking for a New Love- Jody Watley Lost In Emotion- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Love Bites- Def Leppard Love Will Find a Way- Yes Luka- Suzanne Vega Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and The Range Midnight Blue- Lou Gramm Mony Mony- Billy Idol Need You Tonight- INXS New Sensation- INXS Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley Notorious- Duran Duran Only in My Dreams- Debbie Gibson Out of the Blue- Debbie Gibson Paper In Fire- John Cougar Mellencamp Point of No Return- Exposé Pour Some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard Rag Doll- Aerosmith Rock Steady- The Whispers Rocket- Def Leppard Rhythm Is Going to Get You- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott Shake Your Love- Debbie Gibson Something So Strong- Crowded House Sweet Child of Mine- Guns 'n' Roses The Final Countdown- Europe (released in 1986) The Finer Things- Steve Winwood The Lady in Red- Chris DeBurgh The one I love- R.E.M. The Way It Is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range True Blue- Madonna Touch Me (I Want Your Body)- Samantha Fox Touch of Grey- Grateful Dead U Got The Look- Prince and Sheena Easton Wait- White Lion Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'n' Roses Where the Streets Have No Name- U2 With or Without You- U2 You Got It All- The Jets You Keep Me Hanging On- Kim Wilde 1987 Wiki Judging from that list, 1987 was a dark, dark year for music...how appalling...can anyone think of a worse year? Early REM I can handle, Early Crowded House...fine...err, and that's about it. And I was a young man then! There must have been some decent music issued that year? Where's BF when you need him? Surely there must have been some redeeming music to be had? Edited February 20, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Dinosaur Jr. - Sludgefeast Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia Erik B and Rakim - I Aint No Joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 OK, I had a long post of a list of songs I got off of Google and when I posted it, the server went wacky. Now I see my list got chopped down to one song! Oh well, I tried, I really tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 'Ey, don't dis Cutting Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Oh. My. God! I can't look at that list without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) Oh. My. God! I can't look at that list without I think there's enough there to definitively grant 1987 the status of 'The Year of Musical Nadir' or something pithier. What unutterable tripe. Was there nothing new that year? Edited February 21, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Okay lay off my year now... It has great sentimental value to me given that I was born in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 You were definitely 'Born Under a Bad Sign' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Okay lay off my year now... It has great sentimental value to me given that I was born in it Let's just say that the music may have been bad, but the people born in 1987 have great taste in music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hey, I was born in 1965, but I have no sentimental attachment to the music of that year. It does appear, on the face of it, that 1987 may have been a spectacularly lousy year on the musical front. I also graduated in 1987, but I don't recall the music scene being quite as atrocious as it appears. I need time to do further research; there must have been some redeeming features, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) *browsing wiki* Psychedelic Furs? edit: Husker Du? edit edit: Happy Mondays? edit edit edit: (need to do more research on these guys) The Replacements? edit x4: Sonic Youth? edit edit edit edit edit: Dinosaur Jr. , New Order, Jane's Addiction, R.E.M., Love And Rockets, Ramones, Chili Peppers, The Smiths, Pixies... So it's not a total loss, right? Edited February 21, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1987 paints a somewhat brighter picture.... Sugarcubes - Birthday The Fall - Australians In Europe Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He looks Daft That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress New Order - True Faith Wedding Present - A Million Miles The Fall - Hit the North Wedding Present - Anyone Can Make a Mistake I, Ludicrous - Preposterous Tales Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies Barmy Army - Sharp as a Needle Big Black - Colombian Necktie Primitives - Stop Killing Me Cud - You Sexy Thing Smiths - Paint a Vulgar Picture Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain Smiths - Sweet and Tender Hooligan Smiths - Half a Person Smiths - Death of a Disco Dancer The Fall - Athlete Cured Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full Railway Children - Brighter Smiths - I Won't Share You Bhundu Boys - My Foolish Heart Wedding Present - Getting Nowhere Fast Prince - Sign o' the Times James Taylor Quartet - Blow Up Smiths - Sheila Take a Bow McCarthy - Frans Hals Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul Sonic Youth - (I got a) Catholic Block Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours Jesus and Mary Chain - Kill Surf City Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Jesus and Mary Chain - Nine Million Rainy Days Big Black - L Dopa New Order - 1963 Butthole Surfers - 22 Going On 23 Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume Colorblind James Experience - Considering a Move to Memphis Gun Club - The Breaking Hands Beatmaster/Cookie Crew - Rok Da House Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 *browsing wiki* Psychedelic Furs? edit: Husker Du? edit edit: Happy Mondays? edit edit edit: (need to do more research on these guys) The Replacements? edit x4: Sonic Youth? edit edit edit edit edit: Dinosaur Jr. , New Order, Jane's Addiction, R.E.M., Love And Rockets, Ramones, Chili Peppers, The Smiths, Pixies... So it's not a total loss, right? Not if you ignore the fact that not a single one of those bands is from that era. The Furs were 1977 at least. It may count if you regard it as a good year because the Smiths folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Not if you ignore the fact that not a single one of those bands is from that era. The Furs were 1977 at least. It may count if you regard it as a good year because the Smiths folded. What the hell're you talking about,'guitar? "Not a single one on those bands is from that era"??? Utter piffle and poppycock! Granted, some are bands one might associate more with the late 70s ( P.Furs, Ramones) or early 80s (New Order, Love & Rockets), but by far the majority are bands who were either peaking/approaching their peak, or quietly announcing themselves to the world around that time: eg, Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Happy Mondays, etc. Get your facts straight before you go ridiculing others, sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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