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Le vere icone musicali degli anni ‘80 sono (in ordine sparso):
Madonna: Like a virgin, Holyday, material girl, into the groove, Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach, Open Your Heart, Like a Prayer, Oh Father, etc.
- Duran Duran: Planet Earth, Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, Save A Prayer, Is There Something I Should Know?, The Reflex, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Wild boys, etc.
- Spandau Ballet: True, Gold, Only when you leave, I’ll fly for you, Higly strung, Through the barricades, Be free with your love, etc.
- Wham!: Wham Rap!, Bad Boys, Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whispers, Freedom, Last Christmas, The Edge Of Heaven, etc.
George Michael: Faith, I want your sex, Father figure, One more try, etc.- Prince: Purple rain, Kiss, When doves cry, Raspberry Beret, etc.
- Michael Jackson: Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat it, e tantissimi altri pezzi;
- U2: sunday bloody sunday, New Year’s Day, Pride (in the name of love), With or without you, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, When Love Comes to Town, e tantissimi altre hit;
- Sade: Smooth Operator, Your love is king, Hang on to your love, etc
- Simple minds: New Gold Dream, Alive and Kicking, Don’t You (Forget About Me), etc.
- Terence Trent D’Arby: If You Let Me Stay, Dance Little Sister, Sign Your Name, Wishing Well, etc.
- Billy Idol: Eyes Without a Face, Mony Mony, White Wedding, Rebel yell, etc.
Le pietre miliari nella musica degli anni ‘80 sono (in ordine sparso):
Police e Sting: Roxanne, Can’t Stand Losing You, So lonely, Born in the 50’s, Walking On The Moon, Bring On The Night, The Bed’s Too Big Without You, Message In A Bottle, e tante altre hit;- Queen: Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another One Bites The Dust, Under Pressure, Radio Ga Ga, It’s A Hard Life, I Want To Break Free, One Vision, A Kind of Magic, I Want It All, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Show Must Go On, etc.
- Pink Floyd: The wall;
- Dire Straits: Sultans of swing, tunnel of love, Romeo and Juliet, Money for nothing, etc.
- Eurythmics: sweet dreams, here comes the rain, When tomorrow comes, The miracle of love, etc.
Style Council: You are the best thing, Shout to the top, The Lodgers, Walls Come Tumbling Down, etc.- Simply Red: Money’s Too Tight (To Mention), Come To My Aid, Holding Back The Years, The Right Thing, If You Don’t Know Me By Now, etc.
- Vasco Rossi: Albachiara, Siamo solo noi, Vado al massimo, Vita spericolata, Bollicine, Liberi liberi, etc.
- Franco Battiato: la voce del padrone (album) e le innumerevoli collaborazioni;
- Bruce Springsteen: numerosi album da collezionare (Thr River, Nebraska, Born in the USA, Live 1975-1985, Tunnel of love).
"Tormentoni", stelle e meteore nella musica degli anni ‘80 sono (in ordine sparso):
A-ha (Take on me), Alan Sorrenti (Non so che darei, Figli delle stelle, L’unica donna per me), Gianni Togni (Luna), Rockets (Galactica), Julio Iglesias, The Knacks (My Sharona), Lio (Amoreux solitaires), Alberto Camerini (Rock ‘n roll robot.), Richard Sanderson (reality, ne Il tempo delle mele), Falco (Der kommissar), Gazebo (Masterpiece, I like Chopin), Righeira (Vamos a la playa), Sandy Marton (People from Ibiza), Mike Francis (Survivor), Wang chung (Dance hall days), Baltimora (Tarzan boy), Dead or alive (You spin me round), Murray Head (One night in Bangkok), Tracy Spencer (run to me), Den Harrow (Catch the fox), Samantha Fox (Touch me), Doctor & the medics (Spirit in the sky), Cameo (Word up), Europe (The final countdown), Nick Kamen (Each time you break my heart), Rick Astley (Never gonna give you up), Tracy Chapman (bellissimo il suo omonimo album), Tullio De
Piscopo (Andamento lento), Belinda Carlisle (Heaven is a place on heart), Guesch Patti (Etienne), Roxette (The look, Listen to your heart), Kaoma (Lambada), Milli Vanilli (Blame it on the rain), Fine young cannibals (She drives me crazy), Captain Sensible (Wot!), Lloyd Cole (album Rattlesnakes), Paul Young (Come Back and Stay), Tears for fears, Blondie, Miguel Bosè, Culture club, Adam Ant, Alphaville, Human League, Den Harrow, Cyndi Lauper, Laid Back (Sunshine reggae), Giuni Russo, Spagna, Soft Cell, Howard Jones (What Is Love), Imagination (Body Talk, Just An Illusion), John Waite (Missing You), Mike Oldfield (Moonlight Shadow), Nik Kershaw (I Wont Let The Sun Go Down, Wouldn’t It Be Good), Sinead O’Connor (Nothing Compares To You), Swing Out Sister (Breakout, Surrender), Talk Talk (It’s My Life, Such A Shame), Tony Esposito (Kalimba De Luna), Trio (Da Da Da), Visage (Fade To Gray), Yazoo (Don’t Go), Whitney Houston (I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me), Band-Aid (Do They Know It’s Christmas?), Bangles (Manic Monday, Walk Like an Egyptian), Big Country (In a Big Country), Belinda Carlisle (Mad About You), Kim Carnes ((Bette Davis Eyes), Cars (Drive), Bon Jovi (Never Say Goodbye), Clash (Rock the Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go?), Phil Collins (In the Air Tonight, One More Night), Eagles (Hotel California), Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer), Marvin Gaye (Sexual Healing), INXS (Need You Tonight), Elton John (Blue Eyes, Candle in the Wind, I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues, Little Jeannie), Kid Creole & the Coconuts (Annie I’m Not Your Daddy), Lenny Kravitz (It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over), Men At Work (Who Can It Be Now?), Nena (99 Luftballons), Olivia Newton-John (Physical), Pet Shop Boys (Opportunities, West End Girls), Paul Simon (You Can Call Me Al), Survivor (Eye of the Tiger), Talking Heads (Burning Down the House), Thompson Twins (Doctor! Doctor!, Hold Me Now, Lies), Toto (Africa, I’ll Be Over You, Rosanna, Stranger in Town), Tina Turner (Private Dancer, What’s Love Got to Do With It), Van Halen (Jump), Stevie Wonder (I Just Called to Say I Love You)……e la lista continua…