The 1000 Greatest Songs Of The 1980s
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If you can listen to it without a chilling burst of immortality, there is a layer between you and the world
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 20 to 11
Jones was staring at Tammy Wynette, his former wife, throughout the entire vocal performance.
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 30 to 21
Written after his cancer diagnosis, Marley reflects upon his impending death, spirituality, and slavery
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 40 to 31
Crenshaw’s maturity as a songwriter came early and never wavered
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 50 to 41
Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 90 to 81
from hardened and pained to soft and silky almost in the same breath
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 100 to 90
I’m a black artist with white skin.
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 110 to 101
didn’t chase after hit singles
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 130 to 121
We didn’t have jobs and we didn’t have money so, we started a band
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 140 to 131
rooted in morbid fantasy worlds
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 150 to 141
speak things that have social significance and truth
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 160 to 151
fully celebrate the roots of hair metal here
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 170 to 161
it didn’t work out that way
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 180 to 171
mandate, my ass
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 190 to 181
one idea that’s so good it can be retooled and recycled and still sound fresh
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 200 to 191
the greatest New Wave song ever written about a bisexual love triangle
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 210 to 201
Man, I wish we’d jumped on it sooner
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 220 to 211
hopeful and optimistic against the often darker, more melancholy impulses
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 230 to 221
one of the strangest pieces of music he ever released
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 240 to 231
she was a teenager at the time
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 250 to 241
I knew it was a Prince song, and I wanted to do a great job on it
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 290 to 281
I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 300 to 291
A mixture of warm nostalgia, affectionate wit and subtle pathos
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 310 to 301
“They were plastered and kept talking to me about trying to get famous— they didn’t say it in those words exactly. I never thought they cared.”
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 320 to 311
a plea from a wounded man
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 330 to 321
I was curled up in the fetal position. He programmed this rhythm. It sounded so good. I couldn’t resist it.
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 340 to 331
an electronic band with a heavy rock guitarist
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 360 to 351
Bowie at his catchiest and most nihilistic
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 370 to 361
“Most peculiar, mama…ROLL!”
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 380 to 371
she gave me a nice hug once.
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 400 to 391
obnoxiously, almost gleefully irritating
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 420 to 411
“If I was in your blood, then you wouldn’t be so ugly.”
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 430 to 421
one doesn’t have to be versed or even interested in political history to recognize that it’s an absolute gem of a tune
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 440 to 431
as tough and hard a song as you will ever heaR
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 460 to 451
It defined his career and established his brand
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 470 to 461
He’d sing his line, then he’d disappear into the darkness
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 480 to 471
“When I was just seventeen, sex no longer held a mystery/I saw it as a commodity to be bought and sold, like rock ‘n’ roll.”
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 490 to 481
the quintessential new wave song
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 500 to 491
Disgusted, disenchanted, and occasionally in love
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 520 to 511
his slow, steady breakthrough continued with the Kent Robbins composition
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 530 to 521
a disgruntled finger of the dissenting working class
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 550 to 541
dreams, flowers, and a lover’s voice
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 570 to 561
“After Elvis Presley, it’s all parody, isn’t it?”
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 580 to 571
overdose, expire from disease, get murdered, and get pushed off the top of a building
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 590 to 581
He was a beautiful guy, as well as the best singer I’ve ever heard
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 600 to 591
as soon as he thinks he’s got me, the fish jumps off the hook
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 610 to 601
not lacking in the colloquial charm department
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 620 to 611
They wear hoods and carry shotguns in the main streets of Montgomery
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 630 to 621
caustic but impassioned polemic about Thatcherism