Hey guys... ok I know this is weird but I'm a weird person so what can I say...

I was wondering if you could help me build a list of cheesy 80's ballads, almost like easy listening for a cd I want to make.  I have great memories as a kid of going to Jamesway with my parents and there are certain songs that I hear that take me back to then... that they always played in Jamesway.  So I want to make a CD of those songs.

So far I have:

Whitney houston – all the man that I need
Taylor dayne – love will lead you back
Roxette – must have been love
Starship – nothing’s gonna stop us now

Any others would be greatly appreciated!

Bill....you are quite the guy. I love the fact that you love to live in your childhood past...I'm the very same way.....ok, lemme think of some for ya...


some of these might be early 90's songs....but you catch my drift.


I'll Be Loving You Forever--New Kids On The Block
Open Arms--Journey
Almost Paradise....Mike Reno and Nancy Wilson
Hello...Lionel Richie
Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
glory of love - peter cetera
Because I Love You (The Postman Song)--Stevie B
Always-Atlantic Star
Careless Whisper - Wham
Eternal Flame--The Bangles
Crazy For You--Madonna
Lady In Red--Chris De Burgh
Into The Night--Benny Mardones
Here And Now - Luther Vandross
Separate Lives--Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Oh Girl - Paul Young
I' m Not In Love - Will To Power
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
One More Night - Phil Collins
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson
I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
Baby, Come To Me - Patti Austin
The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
Reunited - Peaches & Herb
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - Billy Ocean
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker
On My Own - Michael McDonald
Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
When I See You Smile - Bad English
When I'm With You - Sheriff
The Search Is Over - Survivor
Higher Love - Steve Winwood

Ok Bill...I hope this list helps you out...if I think of anymore...I will post them! :)

thanks!!! you are quite the gal!

thanks!!! you are quite the gal!


:)

I know I'm late in answering this but a few I thought of:

Don't know much - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
"Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
Missing You - John Waite
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Goodbye - Night Ranger
Lady in Red - Eric Carman
Thru the Fire - Rebbie Jackson
When the Children cry - White Lion
Carrie - Europe
Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner
Drive - The Cars
Why can't I have you - The Cars
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen
One on One - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Every time you go away - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Head over heels - Go West
These Dreams - Heart
Do you really want to hurt me? - Culture Club
Greatest Love of all - Whitney Houston
Truly - Lionel Richie
Save a prayer - Duran Duran
Lost in your eyes - Debbie Gibson
Wrapped around your finger - The Police
Into the Night - Beny Mardones
More then words - Extreme
The Captain of her heart - Double
Valotte - Julian Lennon
Baby can I hold you - Tracy Chapman
Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
This could be the night - Loverboy
At this moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
Always something breaking us in two - Joe Jackson
Time after time - Cyndi Lauper
Suddenly last summer - The Motels
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
Heaven - Cryan Adams
Heaven - Kenny Loggins
No one is to blame - Howard Jones
It might be you - Stephen Bishop
Take My Breath Away - Berlin

Lady In Red was by Chris DeBurgh

Tender Love-Force MD's
Don't Dream It's Over-Crowded House
Every Time You Go Away-Paul Young
Father Figure-George Michael
Hold Me Now-Thompson Twins

That's all I have, it's what's on my iPod that nobody has already mentioned  :)

Lady In Red was by Chris DeBurgh



Ah...You are right. 

You ever have one of those days where your fingers don't type as fast as your mind races?  I had meant to type Lady in red by Chris DeBurgh and Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen.  But it got all jumbled up in my head and that is what I ended up typing. 

I hear you! :)

If I'm not mistaken, I saw no mention of the Velveeta of the cheesiest....."Oh Sherry" by Steve Perry.

Enjoy!

Kaja

Ah that *is* a most excellent choice!  One that had slipped my mind. 

Move Closer -Phyllis Wilson
I Just Can't Sop Loving You -Michael Jackson
Let's Wait A While -Janet Jackson
Friends And Lovers -Gloria Loring & Karl Anderson
Secret Lovers -Starbase
Guilty -Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibbs
Let's Hear It For The Boy -Deniece Williams

If I'm not mistaken, I saw no mention of the Velveeta of the cheesiest....."Oh Sherry" by Steve Perry.

Enjoy!

Kaja

Yes good one, or anything by Journey for that matter.

You Got It All Over Him--The Jetts

Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler

Take My Breath Away--Berlin

She's Like The Wind--Patrick Swayze

After All--Cher & Peter Cetera

Wow, I think I need a good cry now.

Lionel Richie  Hello.... doesn't get any cheesier than this sappy song.... still gotta love the video

how about that firehouse ballad..love of a lifetime???

tHANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP with tHIS.

ANy mORE suggeSTIONS?

Didn't read all the lists, so some may be duplicates.

When I'm With You - Sheriff
The Flame - Cheap Trick
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Faithfully - Journey
Love Song - Tesla
Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Cherish - Kool & The Gang
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Amanda - Boston
Eye In The Sky - Alan Parson Project
When I See You Smile - Bad English
All Out Of Love - Air Supply
Miles Away - Winger
To Be With You - Mr. Big
More Than Words Can Say - Alias
Winds Of Change - Scorpions
Sherry - Steve Perry
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
Broken Wings - Mister Mister
Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
True - Spandau Ballet
Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
Sailing - Christopher Cross
The Search Is Over - Survivor

Didn't read all the lists, so some may be duplicates.

When I'm With You - Sheriff
The Flame - Cheap Trick
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Faithfully - Journey
Love Song - Tesla
Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Cherish - Kool & The Gang
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Amanda - Boston
Eye In The Sky - Alan Parson Project
When I See You Smile - Bad English
All Out Of Love - Air Supply
Miles Away - Winger
To Be With You - Mr. Big
More Than Words Can Say - Alias
Winds Of Change - Scorpions
Sherry - Steve Perry
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
Broken Wings - Mister Mister
Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
True - Spandau Ballet
Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
Sailing - Christopher Cross
The Search Is Over - Survivor


Some of those are 90s songs, btw

Some of those are 90s songs, btw


As were these...


Whitney houston – all the man that I need
Taylor dayne – love will lead you back
Roxette – must have been love


Okay, to save splitting hairs, the last two were from 1990, so you may get away with that...

But not with Whitney...

...not because that song was from 1991, but because you should never have Whitney on a CD!  >:( :D

Okay, to save splitting hairs, the last two were from 1990, so you may get away with that...

But not with Whitney...

...not because that song was from 1991, but because you should never have Whitney on a CD!  >:( :D


I couldn't agree more!  :D

I couldn't agree more!  :D


LOL okay, okay, I realize what a wreck Whitney turned out to be, but wasn't she pretty good back in the day?

LOL okay, okay, I realize what a wreck Whitney turned out to be, but wasn't she pretty good back in the day?


I can honestly, hand on heart, say that if I never hear another Whitney song in my life...then I won't be heartbroken!

But huge back in the day...undisputedly!

(So someone must have been buying her dross by the bucketload!)

I've got a bunch of these songs on my iPod....gotta download some more!  :)

I've got a bunch of these songs on my iPod....gotta download some more!  :)


I've got a ton of early 80s tunes on my iPod. As soon as I figure out how to export the library into a readable text format from my Mac, I'll post it.

maybe its just me, but some of those song i liked!  even with the chesse! :D

Not sure if any of these have been done (I'm too lazy to read through at the moment), but let me list some of my personal favorites from back then, I'll do 15 by general style:

UPBEAT:

anything by Paula (and her first album is 1989, I love "Cold Hearted" and "Opposites Attract" the most)
Take On Me - a-ha
1999 - Prince
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears
upbeat Lionel Richie (i.e. "Dancing on the Ceiling", "Running With the Night")
Jump - Van Halen
Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Lawyers in Love - Jackson Browne
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Rhythm of the Night - Debarge
Invisible Touch - Genesis w/ Phil Collins
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Shake It Up - The Cars

BALLADS OR MIDTEMPO:

If This is It - Huey Lewis
Everlasting Love - Howard Jones
most other Lionel Richie (i.e. "All Night Long", "Penny Lover", "Hello", "You Are", "Say You Say Me")
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
I Wanna Know What Love is - Foreigner
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us - Starship
any Police, especially "Every Breath You Take" or "King of Pain"
When the Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
The Tide is High - Blondie
The Finer Things - Steve Winwood
Make it Real - The Jets
You're the Inspiration - Chicago
Beat it - MJ
These Dreams - Heart
any non-upbeat Genesis/solo Phil Collins

Check out and hopefully add...

Peabo Bryson's "If Ever You're In My Arms".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4ridjFGSc

Five Star's "Rain or Shine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0G_cRDbe0

And can we please stop the 80s Whitney bashing!  ;D
Her first 2 (maybe 3) albums are classics!

LOL okay, okay, I realize what a wreck Whitney turned out to be, but wasn't she pretty good back in the day?


Didn't we almost have it all??  When love was all we had worth giving?  ;D



Two more classics I thought of:

I can't fight this feeling - REO Speedwagon

Suddenly - Billy Ocean

Back for more:  (Because I simply adore sappy 80s ballads)

Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
Wham! - Careless Whisper
Duran Duran - Save a prayer
Madonna - Crazy For You
Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio - Jack and Jill
Jeff Healy Band - Angel Eyes
Bryan Adams - Forever

Despite the slight overload of Lionel Richie songs lol, does anyone like some of my childhood favorites?

Of course that's just the tip of the iceberg, and not counting the '80s songs I discovered in the '90s. That's a list of its own right there.

Despite the slight overload of Lionel Richie songs lol, does anyone like some of my childhood favorites?

Of course that's just the tip of the iceberg, and not counting the '80s songs I discovered in the '90s. That's a list of its own right there.


It's a pretty good list.  any list with Lawyers in Love is aces in my book....it cancels out all the lionel  ;)

Despite the slight overload of Lionel Richie songs lol, does anyone like some of my childhood favorites?




Of course we liked them.  ;D  We made those songs be on or near the top 10 of the charts back then.

Tim Feehan - Wheres The Fire
Tim Feehan -  Loveline
Cycle V - Seduce me Tonight
Lion - Never Surrender
Larry Greene - Through The Fire
Larry Greene - Take it Higher
Larry Greene - Mind over matter
Frank Stallone - Bad Nite
Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings
Teena Marie - Lead me On
Simple Minds - Dont you Forget about me
Giorgio Moroder - The Fight
Don Johnson - Heartbeat
Don Johnson - The Last Sound Love Makes
Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
Laura Brannigan - Self Control
Asia - Gypsy Soul
Stan Bush - Crank That Radio (My favorite song ever incidentally)
ANYTHING BY TANGERINE DREAM 
Mike and the Mechanics - Par Avion
Men without Hats - The Safety Dance
Aha - The Living Daylights
Andy Taylor - When The Rain comes down
Steve Jones - Mercy
Clannad - Something to Believe in
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
Honeymoon Suite - Bad Attitude
Honeymoon Suite - Feel it again
Huey Lewis and The News - Back in Time
Huey Lewis and The News - Hip To be Square
Kenny Loggins - Meet me Halfway
Kenny Loggins - Danger zone

A Few of my Favorites

R

But not with Whitney...

...not because that song was from 1991, but because you should never have Whitney on a CD!  >:( :D


Not even 'How will I know?' Lol. I'm also thinking of 'I wanna dance with somebody' as well . . .

Okay, if these were mentioned previously . . . then . . . erm . . . sorry. :)

'Glory of love' - Peter Cetera
'I knew you were waiting for me' - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
'Alone' - Heart
'One good woman' - Peter Cetera
'Babe' - Styx
'In your eyes' - Peter Gabriel
'Edge of a broken heart' - Vixen
'Hold me now' - One to One
'One step further' - Bardo
'Don't ask the reasons why' - Restless Heart
'Oh L'amour' - Dollar
'Love you down' - Ready for the world
'Make me lose control' - Eric Carmen
'Just between you and me' - Lou Gramm
'All out of love' - Air supply
'Come to me' - Tesla
'Live it up' - Mental as anything
'Goodbye to you' - Scandal
'If we never meet again' - Tommy Conwell
'I miss you' - Klymaxx
'The salt in my tears' - Martin Briley
'I'll see you in my dreams' - Giant
'Just one night' - Triumph
'Miss you like crazy' - Natalie Cole
'Nothing can stand in your way' - Zappacosta
'Honestly' - Stryper
'Look away' - Chicago

Some of those are 90s songs, btw


When I'm With You - Sheriff (1987)
The Flame - Cheap Trick (1988)
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (1984)
Faithfully - Journey (1983)
Love Song - Tesla (1989)
Hard Habit To Break - Chicago (1984)
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983)
Cherish - Kool & The Gang (1985)
Against All Odds - Phil Collins (1984)
Amanda - Boston (1986)
Eye In The Sky - Alan Parson Project (1982)
When I See You Smile - Bad English (1989)
All Out Of Love - Air Supply (1980)
** Miles Away - Winger (1990)
** To Be With You - Mr. Big (1991)
** More Than Words Can Say - Alias (1990)
** Winds Of Change - Scorpions (1990)
Sherry - Steve Perry (1984)
** Silent Lucidity - Queensryche (1990)
Broken Wings - Mister Mister (1985)
Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson (1989)
True - Spandau Ballet (1983)
Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew (1987)
Sailing - Christopher Cross (1980)
The Search Is Over - Survivor (1985)

While a couple are technically 90's they are band who were big in the 80's and the songs themselves are very 80's style being the 1st year into the 90's or less.

I'm getting to be a sentimental lady with all the songs in this thread.  I *really* need to hop into my DeLorean and get it up to 88.  I'll be back later.

i can't thank you guys enough for the outpouring of assistance with this!!  what a great collection of songs!  if anyone is ever looking for a cheesey ballad from the 80's, they can find it in this thread.

thanks again!

Despite the slight overload of Lionel Richie songs lol, does anyone like some of my childhood favorites?

Of course that's just the tip of the iceberg, and not counting the '80s songs I discovered in the '90s. That's a list of its own right there.


Great list, Marty!  :) I love just about all those songs!

There's plenty of excellent choices listed here in this thread!