Thread by @bryanbehar

A list I’m making up on spot.

80s sounding songs from pre 80s acts

G Allman- I’m No Angel
Bruce-Dancing in the Dark
Petty- Don’t come around here
ZZ Top- Legs
Who- You Better You Bet
Kinks-Come Dancing
CSN- Wasted on the Way
GD-Touch of Grey
Stones-Mixed Emotions
Starship!

Santana- I’m winning
Steve Miller-Abracadabra
Jefferson Starship- Find Your Way Back
Henley- Boys of Summer
Frey- The Heat is on
Gabriel- Slwfehammer
Simon- You can call me Al
Van Halen- why can’t this be love

Fogerty- Centerfield
Dylan-Jokerman
Carly Simon- Let the River Run
MJ- PYT
Stevie-I Just called
Aretha- Freeway of Love

STOP telling me those are 80s songs. That’s the list. 80s Songs that sounds 80s from pre 80s act.

Yes- Owner of a lonely heart
Journey- Don’t stop believin’
Cheap Trick- The Flame
Reo Speedwagon- Can’t fight this feeling

Rod Stewart- Young Turks
Heart- Alone
Starship- We built this city

McCartney- No more lonely nights
Lennon- Watching the wheels
Harrison- Got my mind set on you
Dire straits- Money for nothing
Moody Blues- wildest dreams
Elton- I guess that’s why they call them the blues

CSN- Southern Cross
Neil- Rocking in the Free World
Elvis C- Veronica

Who-Athena
Stones- Hang Fire
Dead- Hell in a Bucket
Simon- Boy in the Bubble
Sting- If I ever lose myself
B Joel- Longest Time

Robert Plant- Honeydrippers- Sea of Love/ Rocking after midnight
Dire straits- Brothers in arms
Fleetwood Mac- Little Lies
Fogerty- Old man down the road
Springsteen- No surrender
Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Monkees- That was then, This is Now
McCartney/ Wonder- Ebony and Ivory
Foreigner-Juke Box Hero
Van Halen- Jump
Harrison- All those years ago
Police- every breath you take

Jackson Browne- Somebody’s Baby
Bowie-Modern. love/ China Girl/ Blue Jean
Queen- I wanna break free

Townshend- Let my love open the door
Clash- Should I stay or should I go
Romantics- Talking in your sleep
Cars- You might think
Rockpile- Teacher Teacher
Kinks- Destroyer
Stones- Start me up

Ramones- Pet Sematary/ We Want the airwaves
Clash- This is Radio Clash/ Police on my Back
Costello/- Every Day I write the Book
GD- West LA Fadeaway/ Black Muddy River
Robbie Robertson-Broken Arrow
Van Halen- Panama/ Hot for Teacher
Lou Reed- Dirty Blvd

Cher- If I could turn back time
Aretha- Who’s Zooming Who?
Dusty Springfield- what have I done to deserve this
Cars- Touch and Go
J Geils- Freeze Frame
Peter Wolf-Lights Out

Petty- Rebels/ Southern accents/ Free Fallin’
Orbison- You got it
Raitt- Nick of Time
Wilburys- Handle w Care/ End of the Line
Beach Boys- Kokomo
Springsteen- Brilliant Disguise/ One Step Back
Lennon- Woman/ Nobody told me
Donna summer- Shw works hard
Lionel- All night Long
Chaka

Boston-Amanda
Aerosmith- Janie’s Got a Gun
Allman Brothers- Mystery Woman
KISS-Lick it Up
Foreigner- I want to know what Love is
Chaka- I feel for you
Dionne- That’s what friends are for

Phil Collins- In the Air Tonight
Peter Gabriel- Red Rain/ In Your Eyes
Genesis- Invisible Touch
Steve Winwood- Higher Love/ Back in the High Life
Dire Straits- Walk of Life
Clapton- Tearing us apart
Michael McDonald/ Patti Labelle- On my own

I think the reason this topic resonates with me: Every night I watch a rock doc & every one has the band hitting the same wall. “And then came the 80s”. And you see bands other awkwardly trying to adjust their guitar sounds by adding synths. Or somehow adroitly transitioning.

Grateful Dead- Standing on the Moon/ Alabama Getaway
Journey-Open Arms
Starship- Nothing’s gonna stop us
Heart- What about love
Tina- Private dancer
ZZ Top- Sharp dressed man
Bruce- Tunnel Of Love
Petty- Free Falling/ I won’t back down
Seger- Shakedown/ Shame on the Moon