The 1986 Effect: more and more videos that I'd never seen before = more and more songs that I'd always assumed were sung by women.
Trivia: In the Chinese calendar, 1986 is known as "The Year of the Giant Hair Bow."
Dionne Warwick & Friends - "That's What Friends Are For"
Lionel Richie - "Say You Say Me"
Klymaxx - "I Miss You"
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - "On My Own"
Mr. Mister - "Broken Wings"
Whitney Houston - "How WIll I Know"
Eddie Murphy - "Party All the Time"
Survivor - "Burning Heart"
Mr. Mister - "Kyrie"
Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love"
Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All"
Peter Cetera - "Glory of Love"
Pet Shop Boys - "Westend Girls"
Billy Ocean - "There'll Be Sad Songs"
Simple Minds - "Alive And Kicking"
Heart - "Never"
Prince - "Kiss"
Steve Winwood - "Higher Love"
Huey Lewis & the News - "Stuck with You"
Simply Red - "Holding Back the Years"
Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
Starship - "Sara"
Human League - "Human"
Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus"
Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach"
Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Billy Ocean - "When the Going Gets Tough"
Janet Jackson - "When I Think of You"
Heart - "These Dreams"
Glass Tiger - "Don't Forget Me"
Madonna - "Live to Tell"
Belinda Carlisle - "Mad about You"
Level 42 - "Something about You"
Bananarama - "Venus"
Lionel Richie - "Dancing on the Ceiling"
Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine - "Conga"
Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors"
Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone"
Janet Jackson - "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
Howard Jones - "No One Is to Blame"
Sly Fox - "Let's Go All the Way"
Robert Palmer - "Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
Bangles - "Manic Monday"
Dire Straits - "Walk of Life"
Stacey Q - "Two Of Hearts"
The Jets - "Crush on You"
OMD - "If You Leave"
Genesis - "Invisible Touch"
Sade - "Sweetest Taboo"
INXS - "What You Need"
Stevie Nicks - "Talk to Me"
Janet Jackson - "Nasty"
Eddie Money - "Take Me Home Tonight"
Jermaine Stewart - "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
The Outfield - "Your Love"
Wham - "I'm Your Man"
Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
James Brown - "Living in America"
Debarge - "Who's Johnny?"
Cameo - "Word Up"
Van Halen - "Why Can't This Be Love"
Mike & the Mechanics - "Silent Running"
Tina Turner - "Typical Male"
John Mellencamp - "Small Town"
Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy"
Mike & the Mechanics - "All I Need Is a Miracle"
Michael McDonald - "Sweet Freedom"
Madonna - "True Blue"
Timex Social Club - "Rumors"
Dream Academy - "Life in a Northern Town"
Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine - "Bad Boy"
The Cars - "Tonight She Comes"
Sheila E - "Love Bizarre"
Genesis - "Throwing It All Away"
Regina - "Baby Love"
Arcadia - "Election Day"
Elton John - "Nikita"
Phil Collins - "Take Me Home"
Run DMC & Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
Anita Baker - "Sweet Love"
The Moody Blues - "In Your Wildest Dreams"
Paul McCartney - "Spies Like Us"
Starpoint - "Object of My Desire"
Thompson Twins - "King for a Day"
Lionel Richie - "Love Will Conquer All"
George Michael - "Different Corner"
Toto - "I'll Be Over You"
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See also:
Videos: Billboard 1988
Videos: Billboard 1987
Videos: Billboard 1985
Videos: Billboard 1984
Videos: Billboard 1983
Videos: Billboard 1982
Videos: Billboard 1981
Videos: Billboard 1980
small typo: Scritti Politi was the name of the band; "Perfect Way" is the name of the tune. Bit of trivia - Miles Davis did a version of this tune later on.
Posted by: rg at July 2, 2006 05:26 PMSledgehammer..ha, what a vid. Very cool. A bunch, that's for sure.
Posted by: csason at July 2, 2006 05:48 PMSledgehammer has always been one of my favorite videos.
Posted by: Mark at July 2, 2006 10:03 PMAs the years progress from 1980, you can actually feel the "suck"tion increase through the musical vacuum of video rock taking over.
Posted by: Willard at July 3, 2006 10:38 AMWell, the whole music scene was changing too. Not for the better, as far as my tastes went.
Posted by: Donnah at July 3, 2006 01:28 PMGood to see the Moody Blues made the list.
And, damn, I forgot how much I liked some of the other folks. Level 42, Mr. Mister, Howard Jones... uh....
OK, not so many.
Posted by: Russ at July 3, 2006 05:46 PM(Not that I didn't/don't like some of the others, it's just that I remembered most of them.)
Posted by: Russ at July 3, 2006 05:53 PM(Um... another typo. Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy.")
Posted by: Russ at July 3, 2006 05:54 PMYeah, I like the Moody Blues too, Russ.
You can tell I'm not entirely familiar with some of these bands.
Hey, where's Ozzy Osbourne on this list? In 1986, his hair was the frizziest of them all. The Ultimate Sin is that you've omitted him!
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Luv ya Cracker ;)
Vince
South of you in FL.
Do you have some songs in mind, Vince? All I could come up with was "Crazy Train."
Posted by: Donnah at July 10, 2006 07:50 AM