The Awesome & Awful 80s Competition! (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)

[xombiekitty]

We love the the awesomeness and awfulness of music and video clips of the 1980s, so we want to know what favourites the rest of Chaotic Geek have! Let us know what you love, and love to hate!

Search through YouTube, find your favourite tunes from the big hair days, even if it's only because they're so cringe worthy, and post the videos in this thread for everyone to enjoy It'll be good for a laugh, and you might even win a prize while you're at it!

Up for grabs are three, 3CD collections of the "Greatest Hits Of The 80s". These collections include 54 "hits" for you to enjoy in the privacy of your own home while you dance along in your neon tops and too-tight bike shorts Check out the classic tracks below!

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Thanks to everyone for taking part in this competition!
We had so much fun going through all the entries
After a lot of debate, congratulations goes to the following CGers...

Rose77, darth_sully, & Baralier

PMs have been sent to you guys to arrange delivery of your CDs of 80s masterpieces!


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Disc 1

[01] Duran Duran - The Relfex
[02] Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams
[03] Heaven 17 - Temptation
[04] The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love)
[05] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
[06] Classix Nouveaux - Is It a Dream
[07] Ultravox - Vienna
[08] Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
[09] China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
[10] Talk Talk - It's My Life
[11] Kate Bush - Babooshka
[12] Kim Wilde - Water on Glass
[13] Billy Idol - White Wedding
[14] The Vapors - Turning Japanese
[15] Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
[16] Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
[17] The Proclaimers - Letter From America
[18] The Power Station - Some Like It Hot

Disc 2

[01] Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
[02] Blondie - The Tide Is High
[03] UB40 - Homely Girl
[04] Madness - Uncle Sam
[05] The Specials - Ghost Town
[06] Boy George - Everything I Own
[07] Hue and Cry - Looking for Linda
[08] Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
[09] Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try
[10] Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
[11] Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
[12] Go West - We Close Our Eyes
[13] Mel & Kim - Respectable
[14] Paula Abdul - Straight Up
[15] Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who
[16] Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
[17] Ashford & Simpson - Solid
[18] Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It

Disc 3

[01] Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
[02] Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield
[03] Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
[04] T'Pau - China in Your Hand
[05] Stevie Nicks - Rooms on Fire
[06] Deborah Harry - I Want That Man
[07] Fun Boy Three - The Tunnel of Love
[08] Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love
[09] Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
[10] Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day
[11] Marc Almond featuring special guest star Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
[12] David Grant & Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
[13] Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
[14] Roy Orbison - You Got It
[15] The Colourfield - Thinking of You
[16] Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
[17] Spandau Ballet - True
[18] Midge Ure - No Regrets

So get hunting for those videos that have seared themselves into your little brainmeats and start posting them to win!!!
Those that tickle our fancy will get the goods





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Terms and Conditions:

• Anyone that is found to be posting in a non-contributing fashion will have their post removed from the forum and their entry to the competition void.
  
• There is an upper limit of five videos each entrant can submit. Entrants do not need to submit five videos in order to have a valid entry, although they must meet the minimum requirement of one video to be considered a valid entrant. Simply joining the forum without posting does not constitute entry to the competition.
  
• This is a competition based on skill and knowledge. Entrants must post relevant information in the correct forum area for their post, in order for it to be considered a valid entry. YouTube videos must be embedded in this thread to be considered.
  
• There are 3 prizes to be won, consisting of one copy of the 'Greatest Hits Of The 80s' 3 CD collection (Valued at $11.99 each). Total prize value: $35.97.
  
• This competition is open to worldwide entrants, excluding regions where local laws prohibit such competitions.
  
• All prizes will be posted through Australia Post. No responsiblity will be taken for prizes once posted.
  
• Competition begins: 2010-06-28 at 03:00.
  
• Competition ends: 2010-07-26 at 23:59.
  
• Winners names will be published on the Chaotic Geek forums on 2010-07-28.
  
• Any prizes not claimed by winners, within three months of the winners Chaotic Geek forums username being published on the Chaotic Geek forums, will see the prizes forfeited.
  
• Times and dates listed are based on AEST.
  

[ZenBubble]

As promised ...



-Chris

[Baralier]

Does that count? It's technically NOT an 80s song but it's a 2000s song written as an 80s parody.

*heads off to see what can be found*

[Grenge]

Well maybe we should get this one out of the way to begin with.



For added fun, can you count how many times he does the "punchy dance"?

[Baralier]

Well maybe we should get this one out of the way to begin with.

"Embedding disabled by request"

[Baralier]

How's about this one?

[Baralier]

Oh and this video was the subject of many an adolescent musing.

[missmuffet]

[ZenBubble]

Does that count? It's technically NOT an 80s song but it's a 2000s song written as an 80s parody.

Robin Sparkles was HUGE in Canada in the 80's, eh!

You Lie, eh!

-Chris

[missmuffet]

[missmuffet]

[VandaB]

Take me down to Funky Town!! Oh yeah baby!!

VandaB

[VandaB]

No self respecting 80's thread would be complete without this little gem!!

VandaB

;-)

[VandaB]

My personal favourite. Gotta love the mini movie theme at the beginning.

VandaB

[xombiekitty]

VandaB, thanks for getting into the groove of the competitions, but please keep in mind that you can only submit a maximum of five videos
Feel free to delete whichever videos you don't wish to enter, to bring your entries down to five at most.
We put the limit in place to make it possible for everyone to enter.
Thanks for your understanding & for your enthusiasm

[VandaB]

A great boppy song! C'mon, get up and dance, I know you want to!!

VandaB

[VandaB]

Saved my best 'til last!

VandaB

A A A A And that's all Folks!

[VandaB]

VandaB, thanks for getting into the groove of the competitions, but please keep in mind that you can only submit a maximum of five videos
Feel free to delete whichever videos you don't wish to enter, to bring your entries down to five at most.
We put the limit in place to make it possible for everyone to enter.
Thanks for your understanding & for your enthusiasm

Oh, okay, sorry. I'll delete and bring it back to 5. Thanks!! VandaB

[VandaB]

VandaB, thanks for getting into the groove of the competitions, but please keep in mind that you can only submit a maximum of five videos
Feel free to delete whichever videos you don't wish to enter, to bring your entries down to five at most.
We put the limit in place to make it possible for everyone to enter.
Thanks for your understanding & for your enthusiasm

Oh, okay, sorry. I'll delete and bring it back to 5. Thanks!! VandaB

Em, how do I delete an entire post???

[Baralier]

[Baralier]

Sorry, just had to do it. One for the "awful" category!

I had the biggest crush on Tiffany as a teenager.

Redheads *sighs*

[xombiekitty]

Em, how do I delete an entire post???

VandaB you can delete a post but selecting the delete button on the top right-hand corner of each post

[VandaB]

Em, how do I delete an entire post???

VandaB you can delete a post but selecting the delete button on the top right-hand corner of each post

They stayed there for a minute but now the delete buttons are gone - they were next to the "quote" button" weren't they?? Was it something I said??? LOL

I'm willing to sacrifice all except - Psuedo Echo - Funky Town; Wham! - Wake me up before you gogo; Poison - Nothin but a good time; Billy Ocean - Get out of my dreams; and Michael Jackson -Thriller. I can live without the others. Sorry for being a pain!! I just love the 80's too much I guess.

[xombiekitty]

LOL totally understandable! The 80s were just a fun & strange decade
I'll go through and delete the rest for you

Edit: All done

[VandaB]

LOL totally understandable! The 80s were just a fun & strange decade
I'll go through and delete the rest for you

Thank you - you are indeed a kind and merciful moderator.

I shall be logging off and shutting down my brain for the evening in the hope that the overnight backup program restores some intelligence by morning.

[cyspazzz]

[cyspazzz]

[cyspazzz]

[cyspazzz]

[cyspazzz]

And Finally one of my Fav Bands.

[Grenge]

Hey cyspazzz,
to celebrate the making of Mega Python vs Gatoroid, I see your Tiffany
and raise you a Debbie Gibson.

[Matt1971]

Been a head banger for most of my life. I cant go past AC/DC (ACCA DACCA) Best band ever!!!

[Matt1971]

Boy George and culture club, What an 80's icon. What kind of icon I am not sure.

[Darth Salem]

prepare to be amazed, astounded and a little bit ashamed by the sheer awesomeness of Mr Adam and his Ants. This was
was a time when a serious rock lyric could be "do wa diddlywop"

I give unto you the stand up highywayman in a very fashionable shirt and
comfortable shoes.

[Darth Salem]

Ahh the glorious 80's where men could wear pink satin without any threat to their man'ness, roll around in some kind of drung induced fit as it somehow explained the lyrical motivations.

While the song itself is actually quite good, all that good work is completly unraveled at the 1 minute 18 mark where the coreographer proved that it is indeed possible to mix nyquil and cocaine in a bad way. But hand around for the next few stanza's, you know you want to... it's a train wreck of 80's chiffon, air guitar and neon goodness.

[Darth Salem]

Okay, you have to admit that it takes a brave man to offer up the Nolans, but brave I am and awsome they are. Before Madonna or GaGa, these girls were getting into challening yellow pant suits and very very skintight outfits held up only by the power of their blowwave and lung capacity.

Slip into something more comfortable, fire up the cheese fondu, dig out the K-tel record selector and get your self in the mood for dancing

[Darth Salem]

not as popular in Australia as they should have been, and probably unknow to the younger whippersnappers (unless you watch Glee) but Journey are a icon in the American music scene.

As we see here a brilliant song is teamed up with a stunning video, and I mean stunning, bight lights in the eyes, finger in the powerpoint, ultimate curry vindaloo stunning. This video has it all, power walking in power high heels, long soulful looks to camera, jeans so tight you can tell a mans religion and air piano, I KID YOU NOT, FREAKING AIR PIANO!!!!!, Watch for the excellent use of aviator sunglasses and bushy moustache.

[Darth Salem]

and now for something completly different, because I did spend the overwhelming majority of the 80's dressed in black being a perky-goth with aspirations of darkness. I picked something from a record that I pretty much wore out from overuse.

The Sisters of Mercy, goth rock at it's best, dark, brooding, thumping baseline (years before it was popular to do so) lyrics that made little sense except to the disaffected youth. I mean come on, what does "hot metal and methadrine, I see the empire down" mean, but dang it was cool. shot in slums and sweat shops and rail yards, this was alt.industrial.



Quite the shame entries were limited to 5 (though I understand why of course) because I'd have gone with fleshing out my alt'ness and lending some more industrial to the pop-neon clips. So props to the MATT1971 who put AC/DC in there. The 80's were creative freedom and there was room for all styles.

[Baralier]

Okay, you have to admit that it takes a brave man to offer up the Nolans, but brave I am and awsome they are.

*coughs*

The Nolans were 70s. Kids today. No sense of time.

[Darth Salem]

The Nolans were 70s. Kids today. No sense of time.

I sit corrected, the Nolans were definitly making hits in the 70's, In the mood for dancing was released in November 1979 though it made the top ten the following year made the dubious honour of being the 27th best selling single of 1980, and was re-released in 1989. [source wikipedia]

so I'm pleading a technicality for it's inclusion, and being called a "kid", I shall so take that as a compliment.

[Matt1971]

What about the old christmas songs that wew popular in the 80's. I must admit I like to listen to this one every year. I love all the Bony M songs. They are all done so well

[Baralier]

Well it's better than the Christmas Macarena.

[Baralier]

Oh and this has to go in the awful 80s category:

[darth_sully]

I know, I know...but I didn't someone else would've

[darth_sully]

And I can't understand how this one is missing....our "Nation Anthem"

[darth_sully]

[darth_sully]

[darth_sully]

Such a great song and movie

[jwilson99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WfxTPPAstk

[jwilson99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc