Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

#41 - Personal Jesus
#42 - Blue Monday
#43 - White Wedding, although this is a very close one
#44 - Call Me

Ted_YNWA

41 Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer
42 Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)
43 Toto - Africa
44 The Bangles - Eternal Flame

Tauriel

R1/Match 41
Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer

R1/Match 42
Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)

R1/Match 43
Toto - Africa   
Vs
Billy Idol - White Wedding
You fecker! These are two of my songs and I can't pick one over the other.

R1/Match 44
Blondie - Call Me

Electric Nitwit

[Deleted User] wrote: »

#41 - Personal Jesus
#42 - Blue Monday
#43 - White Wedding, although this is a very close one
#44 - Call Me

Ha ha, I thought we normally agreed Homer, this is a bad omen for your walrus

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Personal Jesus

You Give Love a Bad Name

Africa

Eternal Flame

Reasons: Very tough match ups here and difficult to vote againat some of these, but going with my personal favourites in each.

Depeche Mode
New order
Billy Idol
The bangles

rainbowtrout

Depeche Mode
New Order
Toto
Blondie

Also Starring LeVar Burton

[Deleted User] wrote: »

At the expense of two of my favourites.

Tbf Edge of Seventeen is class, and I'd vote for it ahead of many other songs here so I can't begrudge it advancing. But while I do like The Sun Always Shines on TV, it really sucks to see Running Up That Hill booted out so early. (Not even a die-hard Kate Bush fan, just love that song in particular).

Yeah, I do agree with you. Shame to see Running Up That Hill knocked out, as I do love it too. This comp is ruthless though and we're losing proper classics in most rounds at this point.

khalessi

Match 41
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

R1/Match 42
New Order - Blue Monday

Match 43
Billy Idol - White Wedding


R1/Match 44
Blondie - Call Me

Zaph

Match 41 - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Match 42 - New Order - Blue Monday

Match 43 - Billy Idol - White Wedding   

Match 44 - Blondie - Call Me

Kolido

Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer 6 1 Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
New Order - Blue Monday 2 6 Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)
Toto - Africa 5 6 Billy Idol - White Wedding
The Bangles - Eternal Flame 5 6 Blondie - Call Me

Kolido

R1/Match 45


Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling

vs       

Queen - A Kind Of Magic

R1/Match 46


Europe - The Final Countdown   

vs       

Rick Springfield - Jesses's Girl

R1/Match 47


They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

vs       

Bill Joel - You May Be Right

R1/Match 48


Bryan Adam - Summer of 69   

vs       

Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way

Zaph

Blue Monday, possibly the best song of the whole decade, and one I expected to make at least the semis, has been beaten by Bon Jovi. W.T.F???

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Queen - A Kind Of Magic

Kolido wrote:

Europe - The Final Countdown

Kolido wrote:

Bryan Adam - Summer of 69

The above three quoted are my picks but my god is 4 a toughie.

Wont be sad to see Walk This Way go through either tbh.

quickbeam

R1/Match 45 Queen - A Kind Of Magic
R1/Match 46 Europe - The Final Countdown
R1/Match 47 Bill Joel - You May Be Right
R1/Match 48 Bryan Adam - Summer of 69

Zaph

Match 45 - Queen - A Kind Of Magic

Match 46 - Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl

Match 47 - They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

Match 48 - Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way

rainbowtrout

Zaph wrote: »

Blue Monday, possibly the best song of the whole decade, and one I expected to make at least the semis, has been beaten by Bon Jovi. W.T.F???

That and Depeche Mode.

I think so many classics will be knocked out that it will be 'Now that's what I call Music.... I wouldn't buy':D

rainbowtrout

Queen
Europe
They Might Be Giants
Bryan Adams

Tauriel

R1/Match 45
Queen - A Kind Of Magic

R1/Match 46
Europe - The Final Countdown   

R1/Match 47
Abstaining

R1/Match 48
Bryan Adam - Summer of 69   

Ficheall

Queen
Europe
Billy Joel
Run DMC

Also Starring LeVar Burton

A Kind of Magic

Jessie's Girl

Birdhouse In Your Soul

Summer Of '69

Reasons: Would have had every single song in the previous 4 matches above every single song in these 4 matches, but them's the breaks I guess. Anyway, these are the best in their pairings IMO.

Necro

rainbowtrout wrote: »

That and Depeche Mode.

I think so many classics will be knocked out that it will be 'Now that's what I call Music.... I wouldn't buy':D

Tbf, that sounds very much like the NOW releases anyways :pac:

Ted_YNWA

45 Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
46 Europe - The Final Countdown
47 Bill Joel - You May Be Right
48 Bryan Adam - Summer of 69

#45 - Meh, pass
#46 - The Final Countdown
#47 - Birdhouse In Your Soul
#48 - Walk This Way

Thread moves so fast I might already be too late!

Kolido

Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling 0 6 Queen - A Kind Of Magic
Europe - The Final Countdown 6 2 Rick Springfield - Jesses's Girl
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul 4 3 Bill Joel - You May Be Right
Bryan Adam - Summer of 69 6 2 Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way

Necro

Let's give You May Be Right a vote from me and level up the proceedings.

Now that's a spicy tuna!

Declan A Walsh

My vote goes TMBG and Birdhouse in Your Soul. Great song. The Billy Joel song is awful.

Queen
Europe
Billy Joel
Run DMC

Kolido

R1/Match 49


U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday

vs       

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

R1/Match 50


Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away

vs       

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

R1/Match 51


The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go   

vs       

Echo & the Bunnymen - Seven Seas

R1/Match 52


Soft Cell - Tainted Love   

vs       

Hall & Oates - Maneater

rainbowtrout

Duran Duran
Paul Young
The Clash
Soft Cell