In the spirit of one of my favorite movies, High Fidelity, I present my first (of hopefully many) Top 5 lists.
Top 5 Love Songs of The 80s
“Lovesong” – The Cure
“In Your Eyes” – Peter Gabriel
“Time After Time” – Cyndi Lauper
“Never Tear Us Apart” – INXS
“Eternal Flame” – The Bangles
Did I miss your favorite? I welcome your comments!
It’s pretty amazing that given all of the worthy candidates we had three in common (Time After Time, In Your Eyes, Lovesong).
Time After Time (among the best of all time, in my opinion) and In Your Eyes were locks. Lovesong is probably a non-objective inclusion, on my part anyway. The remainder would have to draw from the following list, I think, with the top two being my picks. I guess:
– With or Without You (U2)
– Hello (Lionel Richie)
– Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins)
– Melt With You (Modern English)
– Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner)
– Lovecats (The Cure)
– I Just Called to Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder)
– Careless Whisper (can’t remember if this is Wham or George Michael – shame on me)
– Died In Your Arms (Cutting Crew)
– Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears)
Many excellent choices there. I considered just about all of them.
I LOVE every single one of these songs. Time After Time & Eternal Flame I am pretty sure I sing every single day in the shower.:)