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

[xombiekitty]

First topic message reminder :

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.
  

[jwilson99]

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

[Matt1971]

I think this is a little insulting to Trek Fans, but I think it fits the bill

[Guest]

C'monnnnnnnnnnnnn who didn't love this song :-)

[Matt1971]

Never heard that one before.

[ZenBubble]

Never heard that one before.

WHAT?!?!?!?

-Chris

[Guest]

That was one of my faves in the 80's :-) It's been good revisiting some of these old songs - nothing like the 80's!

Here was another of my faves:

[Guest]

Gosh I could could keep this up for ages!

Here was another!

[Guest]

Ok - won't bore you much longer (coz I can only do two more) - but who didn't love JOAN JETT!!! I am looking forward to seeing the movie too :-)

[Guest]

Last one ... I have to put in a bit of great Aussie content too because we had our share of great 80's bands.

Here is The Models...



Now I am off to keep youtubing and reliving the memories hee hee

[cyspazzz]

Never heard that one before.

WHAT?!?!?!?

-Chris

I've also never heard that before!

[Guest]

OMG where were you guys in the 80's! HZ were only one hit wonders but it was a cool song at the time (I still like it) :-)

[Matt1971]

WHAT?!?!?!?

-Chris

Sorry Chris, I was Head Banger in the 80's.

[Matt1971]

I dont think this fits the competition, but this is my favourite song from Metallica from the 80's. Yes it is long, but I find the story haunting. There is a serious side to metal. The song is based book set in WWI, Johnny Got His Gun.

[bearmouse100]

...you know it, once this 80's gem gets going it's in your head - forever!!!

[Rose77]

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[wyvern_of_myst]

Pity her dance moves weren't as good as her voice!
But I really loved this song

[wyvern_of_myst]

Another Favourite

[wyvern_of_myst]

Maaaaaaaaan, Iva Davies was hot!

[wyvern_of_myst]

Moscow Moscow,
Russians runnin' everywhere
in their dirty underwear
HO HO HO HO HO HEY
Moscow Moscow,
City Hall is quite a hit
'cept for all the pigeon sh.t
HA HA HA HA HA HEY!

can anyone remember any more of the 'schoolyard lyrics'?

[wyvern_of_myst]

Who could ever forget this one?
Not me!

[Baralier]

Moscow Moscow,
Russians runnin' everywhere
in their dirty underwear
HO HO HO HO HO HEY
Moscow Moscow,
City Hall is quite a hit
'cept for all the pigeon sh.t
HA HA HA HA HA HEY!

can you remember any more?

Heh. I remember the original version. I have a copy of that and the German version in my music files. I've also been told by a Finnish friend that there was a version recorded in Finnish as well. Which I suppose is unsurprising for a Eurovision Song Contest winner

[bayshell]

Gotta love the daggy aga doo guys

[bayshell]

and who could forget paul lekakis (who by the way was so hot he didn't need to do his shirt up correctly lol)"with boom boom

[bayshell]

a couple more Weird Al: Fat . I love his face when he says "You aint nothin!" lol.

One of my favourite 80s clips that I watched over and over was this one:

wouldn't it be good by Nik Kershaw.
and finally my alltime favourite and I think the cleverest 80s film clip : take on me by A-ha

Thanks for this post. It's great to relive all these clips

[Holly6]

I can see where the Wiggles got some of their moves from.

[Holly6]

And another unforgettable moment

[Holly6]

Who you Gunna Call!

[Holly6]

And who could forget An Officer and a Gentleman.

[Holly6]

Another classic

[bella6166]

This was the best 80's punk song ever...my parents cringed when I played it
and you will too....

http://youtu.be/watch?v=33SdyTSeD1w&feature=related

[xombiekitty]

Thank you everyone for the entries, and memories
The winners of The Awesome & Awful 80s Competition are:

Rose77, darth_sully, & Baralier

We never imagined when we ran this competition that it would be soooooo incredibly hard for us to chose the winners. Thanks to everyone who got into the competition and shared their most loved and loathed videos from the 80s! Even though the competition is over, please, feel free to keep adding to the thread with any other videos that you wish you could have included, or you feel was neglected by omission! We have had an absolute blast watching these clips and reading the commentary submitted with them

[Guest]

Congrats guys! I enjoyed all the memories. :-)

[wyvern_of_myst]

Congrats!

[cyspazzz]

YAY Winners!

[cyspazzz]

Congrats to Rose77, darth_sully, & Baralier, the 80s are strong with these ones!

[Baralier]

W00t! I say

[Matt1971]

Congrats to Rose77, darth_sully, & Baralier. It was fun re-living some memories.
Thanks to Chaotc Geek for the fun comp.