If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.
--Jack Handey
http://youtu.be/ihckNC7UFD8
No idea if the above link is right or how the [BEEP] it works but the point is that Feel It by the Headpins is the shit.
Madness - Our House (1983)
Joy Division- Disorder (7/79) close enough ;p
RIP IAN CURTIS
The Mekons- Last Dance (1985)
The dance floor's nearly empty now
Everyone's gone home
We're fragmented and broken up
Like love affairs
And as if seeing you for the first time
Something whispered
Looking at you in desperation
Knowing nothing ever happens
I wanted to say fall in love
I wanted to say fall in love with me
I wanted to say fall in love
It'll be alright
So beautiful, you were waltzing
Little frozen rivers all covered with snow
All fragmented and broken up
Oh weIl I guess it's time to go
But as if seeing you for the first time
Something whispered
Looking at you in desperation
Knowing nothing ever happens
I wanted to say fall in love
I wanted to say fall in love with me
I wanted to say fall in love
It'll be alright
You were waltzing...
Descendents!!!-An American punk band formed in Manhattan Beach, CA. Sprang from a bunch of fisher dudes, who were fueled by "rejection, food, coffee, girls, fishing and food". Unlike Black Flag, Husker Du, Bad Brains, and Sonic Youth, they offered a more melodic and relationship driven punk/hardcore style, than their fellow mates on SST records. They had a great run in the 80's. The band disbanded when Milo Aukerman decided to go back to college-"When I decided to go to college, the guys in the band were pretty hip on it because they knew how big of a nerd I was. Like, "What else would you expect him to do but to go off and be a nerd?" I mean, I've got a Ph.D in Biochemistry — how uncool is that?"
The Descendents reunited around '85. In the late 80's they took another hiatus, but reformed in 1995, with Milo. They released an album and started playing gigs again.
Descendents - Bikeage (1982)
Descendents - Hope (1982)
Descendents - Suburban Home (1982)
The Descendents - Clean Sheets (1987)
Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II (1984)
our band could be your life
real names be proof
me and mike watt played for years
punk rock changed our lives
we learned punk rock in hollywood
drove up from pedro
we were fucking corndogs
we'd go drink and pogo
mr. narrator
this is bob dylan to me
my story could be his songs
i'm his soldier child
our band is scientist rock
but i was e. bloom and richard hell,
joe strummer, and john doe
me and mike watt, playing guitar
The Specials - Ghost Town (1981)
Wasn't actually around in the 80's...but hey, I love this stuff, so I'll post anyway...
Ultravox-Vienna
Tears for fears-Mad World
David Bowie-Ashes to Ashes
The Clash-I fought the law
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Duran Duran-Rio
<strong> Europe-The final countdown
I'M GONNA FIGHT 'EM ALL
A SEVEN NATION ARMY COULDN'T HOLD ME BACK.......
Sonic Youth - (8/10) - Teenage Riot
Youre it
No, youre it
Hey, youre really it
Youre it
No I mean it, youre it
Say it
Dont spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (dont displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Dont dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket
Sonic Youth "Silver Rocket" Blast First Records
New Order - Temptation
A heaven, a gateway, a hope
Just like the feeling inside, it's no joke
And though it hurts me to treat you this way
Betrayed by words, I'd never heard, too hard to say
Up, down, turn around
Please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone
I'll find my soul as I go home
Each way I turn, I know I'll always try
To break this circle that's been placed around me
From time to time, I find I've lost some need
That was urgent to myself, I do believe
Up, down, turn around
Please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone
I'll find my soul as I go home
Oh, you've got green eyes
Oh, you've got blue eyes
Oh, you've got grey eyes
And I've never seen anyone quite like you before
No, I've never met anyone quite like you before
Thoughts from above hit the people down below
People in this world, we have no place to go
Oh, it's the last time
Oh, I've never met anyone quite like you before
Oh no, I've never met anyone quite like you before
http://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg
Guns N Roses with their debut from 1987 with this song
“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” — George Carlin
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little." — George Carlin