TUESDAY TUNES

A little throwback to songs from 1980, I was in high school and it was the beginning of a great decade of music. If you were a fan of rock music in 1980, and you lived in the Philly area, you most likely listened to WMMR radio station. Here are the top ten ROCK hits from that year according to Playlistresearch.com:

Number 10:

Number 9:

Number 8:

Number 7:

Number 6:

Number 5:

Number 4:

Number 3:

Number 2:

And the number 1 rock song of 1980:

 

What was your favorite song from 1980?

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Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:13 pm

the beginning of MTV

Iska Waran
Iska Waran
  Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 6:31 pm

That’s Trevor Horn with the big glasses. Became a huge producer – Yes’s “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, Seal’s “Crazy”, etc.

Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:16 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:18 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:27 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:27 pm
Boogieman
Boogieman
  Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:51 pm

The real guitar God of our age. What a loss to music. Listen to Stevie’s version of “Little wing” for full perspective

Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:33 pm

For all you Texicins who have drunk water out of hoof print

Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:42 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:44 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:47 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:49 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:54 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:56 pm
Hubber 75
Hubber 75
May 10, 2022 3:58 pm
Unassimilated
Unassimilated
May 10, 2022 3:59 pm

Was in HS as well…

Melty
Melty
May 10, 2022 4:46 pm

Lots of REM songs. Earlier work

Iska Waran
Iska Waran
May 10, 2022 6:40 pm

One for AP:

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
May 10, 2022 7:32 pm

Lots of good music I’m adding to my playlist.

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
  Abigail Adams
May 10, 2022 8:37 pm

I was young. 🙂

But I listen to just about everything.

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
  Abigail Adams
May 10, 2022 8:53 pm

Yep, that’s a good one.

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
  Abigail Adams
May 10, 2022 9:05 pm

Yes, thank you. 🙂 She’s lucky.

Leah
Leah
  Abigail Adams
May 10, 2022 9:57 pm

Hoodoo Gurus…brings back the memories of a vinyl wore out.

Leah
Leah
  Leah
May 10, 2022 11:28 pm

I wondered how Psych Furs would have played live. You know.

Anonymous
Anonymous
May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

If you’ve ever seen the tv series “the Americans”, set in the 80’s they had some good background music. Roxy Music, Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac, Eddie Rabbitt..

Leah
Leah
May 10, 2022 9:59 pm

Love many of the songs listed. One of my faves from 1980.

Leah
Leah
May 10, 2022 10:02 pm

And another…the music teacher gave us free fridays. She hated this song. It was popular at the roller rink.

Leah
Leah
May 10, 2022 10:06 pm

Either she liked it, too, or she was paid well to rap it. Thanks for the musical distraction of songs from 1980, Admin.