I'd place "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as #1; followed by #2, "New Gold Dreams", Simple Minds; #3, "How Soon is Now", The Smiths; #4, "Frost and Fire", Everything But the Girl"; #5, "Orange Crush", REM; #6, "I Will Follow", U2; #7, "Seconds", Human League; #8, "She Sells Santuary", The Cult; #9, "Save It for Later", The Beat; and #10, "Devil Doll", X.
I submit that the 80's were full of soul, and I felt it to my very core. As a 19 year old, in a band, in an alternative bar, on campus, "How Soon As Now," lifted me into another dimension when I was dancing my ass off! My long black coat and long "Dr. Who" scarf defined me at that moment in time. This top ten brings back a lot of those memories. Thanks!
Would have added Suzanne Vega, Dead Milkman, 10,000 Maniacs but 100 songs can not be enough never mind 10. Thing is as I remember it alternative as a genre term did not become big until 89 or 90. A lot of these acts like especially synth acts like Depeche Mode were "New Wave" (different from 70s New Wave but that is another story). By the late 80s New Wave was not new so it was just music you listed to if you were “different” on non mainstream or college radio
What about all the punk bands like Bad Religon, the Dead Kennedys, and Black Flag? And what about AC-DC they weren't big hair and spandex they were badass.
This is a very good list. Three songs are in my top ten too. And of course, there must be many of us who picked the same song as the best song of the 1980's.
of course with lists, you will always have dissenting opinions. i question #4, but its no big whoop. this was an incredible list, a record of sorts of the wonderful 80s, our own realm, a different sphere from the bullshit of madonna and bruce springsteen and bon jovi, etc. yay for us, the 'odd' people who now rule this earth.
I agree Frankie. Most people that know of the 80's through vh1 and MtV don't realize there was a whole world of great alternative music that is never mentioned i.e punk,ska,new wave,maud,goth,etc. 91X in the 80's was the best radio station,too. Just had to mention that.
I agree Frankie. Most people that know of the 80's through vh1 and MtV don't realize there was a whole world of great alternative music that is never mentioned i.e punk,ska,new wave,maud,goth,etc.
Pam REFUSES to let me play my 80s Post Punk in my car. "Your music is so depressing and you can't dance to it or sing it---everytime I go out with you, I feel like its Halloween---gotta pitch da bitch!!! FYI, thank Jai for You tube---I am discovered cool groups I did not know existed in da 80s The Sound, The Sounds, Pink Turns Blue, Adult Net, The Fall, The Railway Children, Comstat Angels, The Opposition, Bill Pritchard. I have a medical condition called Down(loading) Syndrome--hug me?!!!
Want a real top 10? #10 I travel simple minds #9 Pics of you Cure #8 Lips like sugar Bunnymen #7 Stop me Smiths #6 Cant get there from here R.e.m. #5 South Central REM #4 Dont change INXS #3 Love will tear us apart Joy Division #2 People are people Depeche mode #1 Deadbeat club B52s
I say often that I was getting bored of the 1970's with their longhairs with guitars. And then came synths, starving British bands on the Dole, and inno-FREAKING-vation. It appealed to something I had no name for, but which I now recognize is my cold, cold silicon heart.
These are all the same kind of emo song, (not that that's a bad thing) except for the Pixies and Blondie...hardly representative of 80s alt-rock. Remember R.E.M., or a little band called The Ramones? Remember Red Hot Chili Peppers, or some song called "Sunday Bloody Sunday?"
erm....the 80's was mainly about hairbands and that gay pop which i hate.....no one gives a crap about alternative....poison, warrant, tesla, def leopard, and motley crue.....they could take up the top 50 80's songs. so i should have permission to slap you your the uneducated bitch
@pippy7767 although i agree with you, thats a bit harsh lol. actually, this is the stuff that ruined the "good" rock music. in MY opinion. but, if you liked, or like, it, thats fine. to each his/her own. i do like some of it. alot of it actually. to the uploader, do you remember stephen duffy or flesh for lulu? and i love the cure, cult, etc.
I don't know about "Best Songs" but those were DEFINATELY the best bands. However, I would have replaced The Pixies in favor of New Order(you had Joy Division, that's close enough) or Tones On Tail.
ok you smelly bum sniffer you need to stop making reviews on this channel because no one cares about a screw up little man that sounds like jacksandmacks so please stick to the brick show
Great list, and I agree that the 80's was a good decade. Its not exactly my favorite, but it held some of the best Alt. Rock and heavy Metal releases ever.
mmm it seems more like a post punk top ten, post punk and alternative are not the same music style, the Cure more or less, The Smiths andThe Pixies obviously is alternative, but Joy Division?? I Don't think so ¬¬ Joy Division it's more like post punk/gothic.... take care :)
I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT!! I SAID IN MY MIND "IF THIS LIST DOESN'T INCLUDE A CLASSIC BY THE SMITHS OR THE #1 SPOT WENT TO BULLSHIT ASS OVERRATED FLOCK OF SEAGULLS I'M GOING TO SLIT YER CLIT" BUT I SHOULD'VE KNOWN! THE SMITHS ARE THE GREATEST ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND OF ALL LIFE.
I would also, like to add this is NEW WAVE or POST-PUNK this is the name of the music back then, not Alternative, I guess the name NEW WAVE & POST-PUNK kinda Blends in with the Alternative Music Style but its all good....
The Cult were an awesome band, and are still rocking today.....my favorites were The Cure, The Cult, Siouie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Blondie, The Call (An Awesome Band Look Them Up), R.E.M, A Flock Of Seagulls, The B-52's, many others... I know I left a whole lot of great bands out..... can anyone add to the list...
Where are Sisters of Mercy, or Violent Femmes, or any of dozens of other trailblazers? How Soon is Now def belongs on this list though, so kudos for that!
Very Well Done.... There were so many.... But "how soon is now" is first rate... How about Vicious Pink 8:15 to nowhere, Ministry Over the shoulder, or even Grace Jones Slave to the rhythm... so many classics
Thanks for posting this vid. I lived in the '80's, and I listened to all of the underground 80's alternative, et. al., and appreciate being reminded of which tunes I need to be reminded of!
i like all the list,,there are more songs like rem: fall on me, soft cell: what, friends again: state of art, cocteau twins: blue bell knoll, psychedelic furs: ghost in you, china crisis: wishful thinking, abc: all of my heart, roxy music : avalon, new order: blue monday, the b-52's: devil in my car, xtc: working overtime, the the: uncertain smile, romeovoid: never say never, wall of voodoo, squeeze: annie get you gun, talk talk: it's my life etc etc,,,but it's ok ,only ten could be on the list
i'm 15 and this is awesomely great.kinda hope to see radio free europe by r.e.m. or blue monday by new order but pixies,the cure and the smiths are one of my favorites.
You look like you know your music from the 80's. I have been trying to find this song for about a year now. I first heard it on FUSE once or VH1 2. I only have one bit of lyrics from it, "I ain't got time to want to feel." OR, "I ain't got time to wait for you." Could you please help me? Thank you so much.
I was a metalhead for most of the 80's, until I got into dance music, and heard the Cure and Depeche Mode in the clubs. I have no idea what 'How Soon is Now' is about, and don't care. All I know is when I hear it, I instinctively lift up my right leg, spread out my arms, and pivot around like an aeroplane.:). One of the most unique, and unforgettable tunes of all time.
Great top ten, and agree with #1... Blondie start it all... so I agree... It's hard to do these and no one is ever going to agree but you did a great job and awesome creativity.
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wow. i almost forgot how tacky and corny and silly goths were.
for the young'uns who don't know about this insignificant genre, goth was kind of the emo of the 1980s, only the girls who listened to it were fat and unattractive.
Good list. I totally agree with How Soon Is Now at #1. I'd move up Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart to the top three and also Echo's Killing Moon to the top three. I'd throw out the Siouxsie song completely -- never liked them much.
this is the dark side of the 80´s but better as the commercial shit @ this time by the way Blondie Alternative ??? lol the text of this song is absolutly donkshit
I guess I am a little upset for being out of work so I need to vent! I was thinking that how about the "Most Non-Masculine" 80's bands?? I guess I might be starting something So for our less than "masculine" crowd, you have this list as follows :
10- Roxy Music 9- Love and Rockets 8- Wham 7- Psychedelic Furs 6- Depeche Mode 5- Culture Club 4- Frankie Goes to Hollywood 3- The Cure 2- Pet Shop Boys 1- JUDAS PRIEST!!!!!!!!
It's my opinion that you like to scarf yourself with freaking candles everynight before you go to bed. You melt the candles and pour the melted wax into a cup and drink it. then you pee out the melted wax into your dinner for you to eat. Pa-thetic
No offense but REM did not make alternative music popular, not in the UK. Alternative music in the UK has always been popular since even before 1977, troubling the mainstream pretty successfully. We didn't go from REO Speedwagon to REM in 1986 or something, most of these songs pre-date that time and were big songs over here.
lol have all of them on lp.s and no deck :( you should post again with the full tracks not just clips............... \m/
blacksnow150 3 days ago
eXcElLeNt lISt dUdE :))
rebsuzE 1 week ago
nice work! there definitely was great music back then.
OTRINITY 1 week ago
I'd place "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as #1; followed by #2, "New Gold Dreams", Simple Minds; #3, "How Soon is Now", The Smiths; #4, "Frost and Fire", Everything But the Girl"; #5, "Orange Crush", REM; #6, "I Will Follow", U2; #7, "Seconds", Human League; #8, "She Sells Santuary", The Cult; #9, "Save It for Later", The Beat; and #10, "Devil Doll", X.
foggycityguy 3 weeks ago
ive got a 80's indie tune on my channel which i dont know the name of, can anyone help me out
zombiemangrrr 1 month ago
Major credit for Happy House, my friend.
NihilistsGuide 1 month ago
Well there's 6 minutes and 23 seconds I'll never get back... :/
holysmokes2610 2 months ago
I submit that the 80's were full of soul, and I felt it to my very core. As a 19 year old, in a band, in an alternative bar, on campus, "How Soon As Now," lifted me into another dimension when I was dancing my ass off! My long black coat and long "Dr. Who" scarf defined me at that moment in time. This top ten brings back a lot of those memories. Thanks!
wormturner 2 months ago
love the list. Been to many concerts on this list. ♥
rachelhopson1 2 months ago
Very impressive list. VIVA SMITHS!!
suedeheadist 2 months ago
My favorite song of the 80s is "Here Comes Your Man" by the Pixies.
fudgemonkeyz79 3 months ago
Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers would be on that list.
DevinTownsend1 3 months ago
Love this List.... True "Alternative" List
alec9tap 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Would have added Suzanne Vega, Dead Milkman, 10,000 Maniacs but 100 songs can not be enough never mind 10. Thing is as I remember it alternative as a genre term did not become big until 89 or 90. A lot of these acts like especially synth acts like Depeche Mode were "New Wave" (different from 70s New Wave but that is another story). By the late 80s New Wave was not new so it was just music you listed to if you were “different” on non mainstream or college radio
edkollin 3 months ago
What about all the punk bands like Bad Religon, the Dead Kennedys, and Black Flag? And what about AC-DC they weren't big hair and spandex they were badass.
SuperBspb 3 months ago
This is a very good list. Three songs are in my top ten too. And of course, there must be many of us who picked the same song as the best song of the 1980's.
sulladrum 4 months ago
Excellent top 10 list! I weep for my lost youth and all my first impressions of life and love at that time. Sweet memories. Thank you.
Porkchop1967 4 months ago
the cure Joy division and THE SMITHS!!!
nakiommi 4 months ago
The Cure, The Pixies, Echo and The Bunnymen FTW
MANdrew257 4 months ago
of course with lists, you will always have dissenting opinions. i question #4, but its no big whoop. this was an incredible list, a record of sorts of the wonderful 80s, our own realm, a different sphere from the bullshit of madonna and bruce springsteen and bon jovi, etc. yay for us, the 'odd' people who now rule this earth.
jas22 4 months ago
The Replacements, Elvis costello, Nick Kershaw,Nina Hagen,etc...
wooftacant 4 months ago
'Just Like Honey'. Goosebumps running up both arms and down my back.
pilatunes 4 months ago
97X, 98.7 and 93.3 were my radio stations back in the day...reminiscing now. 8)
hjp36907 5 months ago
I agree Frankie. Most people that know of the 80's through vh1 and MtV don't realize there was a whole world of great alternative music that is never mentioned i.e punk,ska,new wave,maud,goth,etc. 91X in the 80's was the best radio station,too. Just had to mention that.
paperdinasour 5 months ago
I agree Frankie. Most people that know of the 80's through vh1 and MtV don't realize there was a whole world of great alternative music that is never mentioned i.e punk,ska,new wave,maud,goth,etc.
paperdinasour 5 months ago
Pam REFUSES to let me play my 80s Post Punk in my car. "Your music is so depressing and you can't dance to it or sing it---everytime I go out with you, I feel like its Halloween---gotta pitch da bitch!!! FYI, thank Jai for You tube---I am discovered cool groups I did not know existed in da 80s The Sound, The Sounds, Pink Turns Blue, Adult Net, The Fall, The Railway Children, Comstat Angels, The Opposition, Bill Pritchard. I have a medical condition called Down(loading) Syndrome--hug me?!!!
Armydicked 5 months ago
I love being 14 years old and loving every single one of these bands<3
alternativerockie 5 months ago
@alternativerockie i love not giving a shit
Adamluvsyou1 5 months ago
Excellent list, really excellent.
GaraidhS 6 months ago
awesome list and with three of my favourite bands on it! :)
jcleaverchamberlinjr 6 months ago
WOW! What a great list...you were obviously actually there... ha ha!
fastec5001 6 months ago
yup totally the smiths 1# so fuck 17 cock suckers
nausicaa2213 6 months ago
didn't Love Will Tear us Apart come out in the 70's?
Rimbaud1531 7 months ago
@Rimbaud1531 It was first released in April 1990
issy5977 6 months ago in playlist tops
80's were the best!!!
phereracer 7 months ago
pixies of course ! I like complete list though ...
marsovc9572 7 months ago
pretty good list. but your missing R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, sonic youth, mudhoney, husker du, and many others.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 7 months ago 9
@PAULisDEADMANnumber9 duh, that's why it's his top TEN..... not 100 lol
alec9tap 6 months ago
e anche i Bauhaus!!! non è rock alternativo minchione.
prometheusproduzioni 7 months ago
da quando in qua i Joy Division hanno fatto rock alternativo?
prometheusproduzioni 7 months ago
Nice choices!!! :)
FusionBeatBand 7 months ago
Awesome list the smiths should be number 1 but blondie i could do without
jackiediamonds 9 months ago
What! No R.E.M.? And you call yourself educated. Bah.
rbraxley 9 months ago
What about the Stone Roses? They finished off the 80's in style! The icing on the cake!
blozzy22 9 months ago
you can't get much better than joy division!
dawguy 9 months ago
great top 10,i liked it
Rudrash 9 months ago
MrNeotheist 9 months ago
I say often that I was getting bored of the 1970's with their longhairs with guitars. And then came synths, starving British bands on the Dole, and inno-FREAKING-vation. It appealed to something I had no name for, but which I now recognize is my cold, cold silicon heart.
Dracopol 9 months ago
*yawn*
neoaztlan2 10 months ago
These are all the same kind of emo song, (not that that's a bad thing) except for the Pixies and Blondie...hardly representative of 80s alt-rock. Remember R.E.M., or a little band called The Ramones? Remember Red Hot Chili Peppers, or some song called "Sunday Bloody Sunday?"
N0tYetDeadFred 10 months ago
Rather.. sad when you can name every band....just goes to show..how time doesn't stand still for anyone...
jeannegrob 11 months ago
erm....the 80's was mainly about hairbands and that gay pop which i hate.....no one gives a crap about alternative....poison, warrant, tesla, def leopard, and motley crue.....they could take up the top 50 80's songs. so i should have permission to slap you your the uneducated bitch
pippy7767 1 year ago
@pippy7767 although i agree with you, thats a bit harsh lol. actually, this is the stuff that ruined the "good" rock music. in MY opinion. but, if you liked, or like, it, thats fine. to each his/her own. i do like some of it. alot of it actually. to the uploader, do you remember stephen duffy or flesh for lulu? and i love the cure, cult, etc.
farmvillionaire 10 months ago
THE SMITHS.
KtotheY77 1 year ago
@geodice1279 why should you............
MsMark0909 1 year ago
Watchhh us !!!!!!! Check our music !!!
youtube.com/watch?v=i00t57hXsWs
FiveOfGreenPL 1 year ago
a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig thumbs up on this awesome picks!
mustafasharmoot 1 year ago
I don't know about "Best Songs" but those were DEFINATELY the best bands. However, I would have replaced The Pixies in favor of New Order(you had Joy Division, that's close enough) or Tones On Tail.
Im4allguns 1 year ago
youtube.com/watch?v=sKyEtC9VXc4 CHECK OUR MUSIC !
FiveOfGreenPL 1 year ago
ok you smelly bum sniffer you need to stop making reviews on this channel because no one cares about a screw up little man that sounds like jacksandmacks so please stick to the brick show
christianblackmtlrlz 1 year ago
All Great Songs! But a few are NOT top 10 of the entire decade.. come on..
jctbay 1 year ago
thank you for educating the masses on the power of 80's alternative. Though I am a fan of the pop music and any music from the 80's as well.
MiaoPurrington 1 year ago
i did not like number 2 and number the cure pictures of you was that not in the 90s? but over all really good.
666Angelfuck 1 year ago
Yes Pictures was released in 1990... But it was On the disintegration album so it belongs on this list....
pauly676767 1 year ago
okay, the last couple of three were pretty good. I don't think this can be compared to today's alternative rock, however.
Today's alternative rock, in most cases, kicks some M******ing ass.
I don't belong posting on your nice video.
Rick258442 1 year ago
i no its only a matter of opinion and i respect yours
alshumpy 1 year ago
Great list, and I agree that the 80's was a good decade. Its not exactly my favorite, but it held some of the best Alt. Rock and heavy Metal releases ever.
BloodPump 1 year ago
So much great music came out of the post-punk era, I love that underground early postpunk/goth/alt. sound of the 80's
BearWindAppleyard 1 year ago
dear poster of this...I love you!
msmaguth 1 year ago
Yesss...when it came to number two and it was Blondie, I thought "There is no Smiths". Good list. :)
markieowen4eva 1 year ago
Echo & The Bunnymen at #5, a little low for them. But overall a good list
melodyandzoe 1 year ago
joy division top 5 atleast. my opinion of course
20TxTech20 1 year ago
What a great list this is!
espinaca79 1 year ago
the only music i like of the eighties is the alternative rock stuff. it rocks.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 1 year ago
mmm it seems more like a post punk top ten, post punk and alternative are not the same music style, the Cure more or less, The Smiths andThe Pixies obviously is alternative, but Joy Division?? I Don't think so ¬¬ Joy Division it's more like post punk/gothic.... take care :)
OS17CAR 1 year ago
and Joy Divison
cormacg123 1 year ago
thumb's up for The Smith's
cormacg123 1 year ago 26
@cormacg123 omg they are my life!!!
nausicaa2213 6 months ago
You put the smiths as number one its my favorite list now. haha.
oOMuzicBoxOo 1 year ago
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Great list, but I wouldn't put blondie in there, instead nick cave or love and rockets, sisters of mercy instead.
pixies901 1 year ago
Great list, but I wouldn't put blondie in there, instead nick cave or love and rockets, sisters of mercy instead.
pixies901 1 year ago
I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT!! I SAID IN MY MIND "IF THIS LIST DOESN'T INCLUDE A CLASSIC BY THE SMITHS OR THE #1 SPOT WENT TO BULLSHIT ASS OVERRATED FLOCK OF SEAGULLS I'M GOING TO SLIT YER CLIT" BUT I SHOULD'VE KNOWN! THE SMITHS ARE THE GREATEST ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND OF ALL LIFE.
YeReDROMA55555 1 year ago
nice list!!!!
BlackSheepJo 1 year ago
Im looking for a song!!!! i hear it all the time
In the chorus it has a sick guitar riff then the singer shouts something then he goes back to sing it?
Does anybody have an idea of what it is thanks :)
13Adon 1 year ago
The Replacements?
bubbajimkid 1 year ago
Love this list ,brings back some awesome memories, not sure about blondie though and where is B52's planet claire.
MrSootica 1 year ago
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I would also, like to add this is NEW WAVE or POST-PUNK this is the name of the music back then, not Alternative, I guess the name NEW WAVE & POST-PUNK kinda Blends in with the Alternative Music Style but its all good....
troyshereforu 1 year ago
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troyshereforu 1 year ago
I would like to add. The Band "THE CALL" my favorite song from them is called "Even Now" a very cool song.... check it out....
troyshereforu 1 year ago
The Cult were an awesome band, and are still rocking today.....my favorites were The Cure, The Cult, Siouie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Blondie, The Call (An Awesome Band Look Them Up), R.E.M, A Flock Of Seagulls, The B-52's, many others... I know I left a whole lot of great bands out..... can anyone add to the list...
troyshereforu 1 year ago
YES. i mean i know this doesn't have ALL the best but you totally picked some great essentials.
gr00some 1 year ago
Brilliant
Indiediscs 1 year ago
YES! the smiths, the cure, echo and the bunnymen : ) YAY!!!
21love4ever 1 year ago
Yeh! to levraildb, and wheres Sisters of Mercy?
kellygwdobbs 1 year ago
esto no es rock alternativo invecil alternativo es MUSE!! A WEBBO LOS MEJORES
brianstop123 1 year ago
@brianstop123 Poor brian, Did you notice that the video is called 80's alternative?
Muse is inspired by all this bands ont this video...
Poor baby tsc tsc
camilabibila 1 year ago
@camilabibila so what stupid?
brianstop123 1 year ago
@brianstop123 Creo que tu aun no he ententido nada, este video es solo de musica de los 80, Muse es muy weno, pero es muy nuevo.
Si, Muse es alternativo, y estas musicas tambien lo son, y estupido es tú que no sabes ni leer antes de hablar tonterias.
camilabibila 1 year ago
@brianstop123 Creo que tu aun no he ententido nada, este video es solo de musica de los 80, Muse es muy weno, pero es muy nuevo.
Si, Muse es alternativo, y estas musicas tambien lo son, y estupido es tú que no sabes ni leer antes de hablar tonterias.
You are the stupid here kid.
camilabibila 1 year ago
Where are Sisters of Mercy, or Violent Femmes, or any of dozens of other trailblazers? How Soon is Now def belongs on this list though, so kudos for that!
amkeli09 1 year ago
LOVE every one of those songs, but my list would be different.
tdoesntmatter 1 year ago
how soon is now =Best song ever
ghafda 1 year ago
Which version of Love Will Tear Us apart was that? I Have 3 versions and that wasen't one of them.
Robinhoodarch 1 year ago
the Pixies is my fave, all good choices tho!
kristin806 1 year ago
omg...I LOVE you!!! Thanks :)
AllisonWonderlands 1 year ago
im sorry but i REALLY fucking hate love will tear us apart i remeber the first time i hear it like yesterday it was on 120 minutes
surforeef 1 year ago
where is my mind no.1
LXAZ1996 1 year ago
hell yea....the cure the smiths and depeche mode is all i need
elio3292 1 year ago
Very Well Done.... There were so many.... But "how soon is now" is first rate... How about Vicious Pink 8:15 to nowhere, Ministry Over the shoulder, or even Grace Jones Slave to the rhythm... so many classics
My Jaws Hurt just thinking about it....
shujon62 1 year ago
5 stars for Siouxsie
potatospwn 1 year ago
This was grand, thank you!
mspsfs1 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this vid. I lived in the '80's, and I listened to all of the underground 80's alternative, et. al., and appreciate being reminded of which tunes I need to be reminded of!
Auxatia 2 years ago
perfect except fuck blondie. blondie ==overrated and terrible live! so glad you added echo though!
MyAimIsTruue 2 years ago
The Replacement! come on. they had some amazing songs
bubbajimkid 2 years ago 4
6 & 7 are nice selections for this list.
RoseCrossVato 2 years ago
Nice list especially # 10 & # 5, where was The Cult????
melodyandzoe 2 years ago
Meh, a bit commercial.
mrsmudd2009 2 years ago
Pixies is the only song up to any other decades top ten.
SirRandolphWinston 2 years ago
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Compare this shit to the best of the sixties or even just 70-75 it was a shit decade for music all ways will be!!
SirRandolphWinston 2 years ago
Nice compellation! Thanks! Takes me back to when these were relatively new heh
wondrme 2 years ago
hm i am lonely goth girl looking for some company
GothicAngeliniaj 2 years ago
@GothicAngeliniaj
polistyrenejassband 1 year ago
i would've snuck in the cult -pheonix somewhere in that list
better selection for pixies - monkey gone to heaven, the cure- in between days, killing joke-love like blood
WorldWatcher9 2 years ago
This is more like the 80's music I remember!!!!!!!
shangrila68 2 years ago
should of done a top twenty.
scottiedoggilbert 2 years ago
if anyone knows that song that starts off with RISE N SHINE UP AND AT EM PLEASE LET ME KNOW THX
nunavutdancer 2 years ago
You're probably thinking of Kon Kan's I Beg Your Pardon ( I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)
kidainva 2 years ago
Sorry..to nunavutdancer.
kidainva 2 years ago
i like all the list,,there are more songs like rem: fall on me, soft cell: what, friends again: state of art, cocteau twins: blue bell knoll, psychedelic furs: ghost in you, china crisis: wishful thinking, abc: all of my heart, roxy music : avalon, new order: blue monday, the b-52's: devil in my car, xtc: working overtime, the the: uncertain smile, romeovoid: never say never, wall of voodoo, squeeze: annie get you gun, talk talk: it's my life etc etc,,,but it's ok ,only ten could be on the list
gustavofranco 2 years ago
Believe me or not... when I listen to your music choices I allready knew what #1 would be....GREAT... but why Joy Division on #10?
MeetMurderMyAngel 2 years ago
i'm 15 and this is awesomely great.kinda hope to see radio free europe by r.e.m. or blue monday by new order but pixies,the cure and the smiths are one of my favorites.
freakofmusique 2 years ago
Great selections!
Nazgul001 2 years ago
Great humor in you comments!
Good choices!
I miss The Church in the list.
ManicMindTrick 2 years ago
Never did I know that Mindless Self Indulgence's, "Bitches," was a cover until I heard song #8 on this listing. You win for showing me this!!!!
phillyphan801 2 years ago
....i hope those are lyrics
WAKExxUPxxAMERICA 2 years ago
The Smith's song was used as inspiration for Charmed! So cool!
sexydiva1993 2 years ago
By the way, they sounded British.
sexydiva1993 2 years ago
You look like you know your music from the 80's. I have been trying to find this song for about a year now. I first heard it on FUSE once or VH1 2. I only have one bit of lyrics from it, "I ain't got time to want to feel." OR, "I ain't got time to wait for you." Could you please help me? Thank you so much.
sexydiva1993 2 years ago
Google doesn't help? Just put in the phrase 'I ain't got time to' and the word 'lyrics' and '80's' beside it. That might be a start.
jreigart 2 years ago
I was a metalhead for most of the 80's, until I got into dance music, and heard the Cure and Depeche Mode in the clubs. I have no idea what 'How Soon is Now' is about, and don't care. All I know is when I hear it, I instinctively lift up my right leg, spread out my arms, and pivot around like an aeroplane.:). One of the most unique, and unforgettable tunes of all time.
jreigart 2 years ago
Great top ten, and agree with #1... Blondie start it all... so I agree... It's hard to do these and no one is ever going to agree but you did a great job and awesome creativity.
joeidaho1 2 years ago
cool music im going to make a playlist out of this except for blondie i dont think it goes with this
jgarcia85dc 2 years ago
dam i like #1 but i think that shitty series charmed ruined it for me :(
louism92 2 years ago
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wow. i almost forgot how tacky and corny and silly goths were.
for the young'uns who don't know about this insignificant genre, goth was kind of the emo of the 1980s, only the girls who listened to it were fat and unattractive.
thank you baby jesus that that decade is over
SeanNaNaNa 2 years ago
Have LP's from all the bands but Pixie,Joy Divison.
Blondie was years ahead of everyone in the 80's
Siouxsie spear headed Goth and still rocks after all these
years along side Deborah Harry Love all the rest just as much
as it brings back my sub culture life as a child of the 80's
newwave1965 2 years ago
70's - 90's were the best but the 80's was especially the best
HunnyXCakeforever 2 years ago
Great list! It could have been any Smith's song for me at number 1 (except for Golden Lights).
targetta 2 years ago
Good list. I totally agree with How Soon Is Now at #1. I'd move up Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart to the top three and also Echo's Killing Moon to the top three. I'd throw out the Siouxsie song completely -- never liked them much.
Ahh, the 80s.
zamaz99 2 years ago
woooooooooooo smiths r the best!!!! but i do love all the other amazing songs in this video...all together 80s r the best
weezer1fan 2 years ago
Where are The Cramps, Nick Cave, The Gun Club ?
levraildb 2 years ago 11
perfect selection
filistoba 2 years ago
the pixies no. 1
kdlkg 2 years ago
this is the dark side of the 80´s but better as the commercial shit @ this time by the way Blondie Alternative ??? lol the text of this song is absolutly donkshit
Haivieh 2 years ago
"Just like honey" might only be the 7th greatest song from the eighties, but it definitly is the greatest song of all time! :P
reformationposttlc 2 years ago
I'm there for everything except Blondie.
Youngopie 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH THE CURE <33333333
saraheichelmann 2 years ago
This is the best list of alternative songs on youtube.
StrummerLivesxxx 2 years ago
(description) i asked my friend for real if he thought the 80's was a horrible decade in music ( i actually slapped him) LOL
keatonx3338x 2 years ago
I think you love Donnie Darko movie too
itsperonitime 2 years ago
I guess I am a little upset for being out of work so I need to vent! I was thinking that how about the "Most Non-Masculine" 80's bands?? I guess I might be starting something So for our less than "masculine" crowd, you have this list as follows :
10- Roxy Music 9- Love and Rockets 8- Wham 7- Psychedelic Furs 6- Depeche Mode 5- Culture Club 4- Frankie Goes to Hollywood 3- The Cure 2- Pet Shop Boys 1- JUDAS PRIEST!!!!!!!!
caddood 2 years ago
where the fuck is REM?
zabrak999 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Up your ass..............
BoycottStabb 2 years ago
Not in the alternative class with these....almost nothig from the US was.
Youngopie 2 years ago
You're a fucking idiot. The Smiths sound very, very much like REM besides the song in this video.
zabrak999 2 years ago
Personal opinion, I disagree, deal with it.
Youngopie 2 years ago
It's my opinion that you like to scarf yourself with freaking candles everynight before you go to bed. You melt the candles and pour the melted wax into a cup and drink it. then you pee out the melted wax into your dinner for you to eat. Pa-thetic
zabrak999 2 years ago
no...no they dont
KLEWLE55 2 years ago
No offense but REM did not make alternative music popular, not in the UK. Alternative music in the UK has always been popular since even before 1977, troubling the mainstream pretty successfully. We didn't go from REO Speedwagon to REM in 1986 or something, most of these songs pre-date that time and were big songs over here.
BoycottStabb 2 years ago
"Alternative music in the UK has always been popular since even before 1977"
You are an idiot.
zabrak999 2 years ago
I mean music that's alternative to the mainstream dickhead, not just what what was called 'alternative' in the 80's.,. You got that?
BoycottStabb 2 years ago
You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. kill yourself.
zabrak999 2 years ago
Yayyee when ever i put on a eighties song my mom is just like omg i like that song.. and she'd admit that she used to hate it when it came out.
AmazingNubbz 2 years ago
Bravo ! Smiths at #1.
pouyan242 2 years ago
if I only knew then....
itsallgoodintx 2 years ago 2