Favorite 80s song to sing in the shower

[Burrido]

How soon is now? - The Smiths

[Frank]

Off to the forum about the arts.

Moved from IMHO to CS.

[Susie Derkins]

Chains of Love--Erasure

[Zahava424]

Let's Hear It For the Boy - Denise Williams

[Shakes]

Electic Avenue by um...??? it goes something like this [i]"We're gonna walk on down to [said in an electronic voice> electriuc avenue< an then we'll take it higher..."

Wheel in the sky" Journey

various AC/DC songs as well.

[Superdude]

Electic Avenue by um...??? it goes something like this [i]"We're gonna walk on down to [said in an electronic voice> electriuc avenue< an then we'll take it higher..."

Eddie Grant.

For me, it's either "Chains of Love" by Erasure, or "My Sharona," by The Knack.

[Alice The Goon]

I have a radio in my shower, so I'm usually singing along to whatever's on.

My favorites have to be "I want your sex" or whatever it's called, by that guy from Wham! His name escapes me at the moment (maybe I'll go to the park and see if it's written on the wall in the men's room, or if he's in there I'll ask him what his name is). Or maybe it's "Me and Mrs. Jones", I like to sing it Sandra Bernhard-style. Or "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince.

Ah, whatever. It's just fun to sing in the shower.

[Superdude]

My favorites have to be "I want your sex" or whatever it's called, by that guy from Wham! His name escapes me at the moment.

George Michael.

Come on, someone!!! PLEASE start naming these 80's singers before I do. I'm looking rather pathetic, here.

[bouv]

People, people!

The correct answer is:

"Walkin' on Sunshine."

[Alice The Goon]

"Walkin' on Sunshine."


Oh, yeah! That is a good one.

[Talon Karrde]

There is A Light That Never Goes Out- The Smiths
My Kingdom- Echo and the Bunnymen
Seven Seas- Echo and the Bunnymen
Love My Way- The Psychedelic Furs

I try to imitate their voices and everything.

[wolf in second hand clothing]

I Just Died in your Arms Tonight by the Cutting Crew. But only when I'm certain no one's around.

[Walloon]

The song by Katrina and the Waves is Walking on Sunshine, not Walkin'.

When I'm not belting out Oh, What a Beautiful Morning in the shower, I'll sing Culture Club's I'll Tumble 4 Ya.

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride".

Pretender's "Brass in Pocket".

and Dexy's Midnight Runner's "Come on Eileen".

Poor old Johnny Ray...

[priapus]

How can I start the day without the Jeffersons theme song?

[Anastasaeon]

Man, what is it with the Smiths in the shower? I like "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish". Sometimes "A Rush And A Push and the Land Is Ours" (I love attempting the weird growl on "A rrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRush!" My version tends to sound like a baby lion trying to roar, but I like to try anyway.)

When taking a bath, sometimes I will sit, all by myself, and start singing "I Know It's Over"... I just love to build all the way up to the end wailing: "Ooooooooh mother, I can feeeeeeel the soil, falling over myyyyyy heaheheeeeeaaaad!" This amuses my husband to no end.

Not the Smiths:

Temptation - Heaven 17 (I become schizophrenic for this one)
Pearl's Cafe - The Specials
Baggy Trousers - Madness
Wide Boy - Nik Kershaw
Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
Ant Music - Adam Ant
One Night in Bangkok - Murrey Head (I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine!)

And, oddly, Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know". I haven't actually heard the song in years and years, not since I was a wee stump, but I still remember it clearly, as well as most of the lyrics, and sing it often. In the shower.

I sing a lot of stuff in the shower, but that's about all the 80s stuff I can think of that I've sung in the past month or so.

[An Arky]

Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl by Robyn Hitchcock...

Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could (oop) myself in the shower
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could (oop) myself in the shower
Been on my own so long
I cant tell left from wrong
Bloody red bats
Squelching offal
Foaming mutilations in the kiss of death


Yeeehaaa!

[Susie Derkins]

And, oddly, Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know". I haven't actually heard the song in years and years, not since I was a wee stump, but I still remember it clearly, as well as most of the lyrics, and sing it often. In the shower.

I love that song! I even remember the video, with Paul McCartney at the end. It is perfect for the shower, especially the "bay-bee" part! :cool:

[parthenokinesis]

Sad, snakry, and true, but the answer is Rio by Duran Duran.

[Anastasaeon]

I love that song! I even remember the video, with Paul McCartney at the end. It is perfect for the shower, especially the "bay-bee" part! :cool:

HA! I actually remember that! In the car, with Paul and Tracy on the windshield (or was it Paul Loves Tracy? I remember Paul looking distinctly nervous ;) ), some part where she's watching old movies, looks like a woman or kid getting hit, near the beginning there was a slimy looking guy at a bowling alley... and at the end, her pushing a shopping cart in a store in her big fuzzy slippers.

I don't know why I was enamoured of the video, or why I remember so much of it today. I was probably only five or six when I saw it last. :eek:

[PookahMacPhellimey]

The Bangles' version of Hazy Shade of Winter.

[tripthicket]

Down On Skid Row (or was it just Skid Row?) from the 80s remake of Little Shop of Horrors.

Lately, I've been singing Oh Christmas Tree, only doo-doot-doo-doo-ing instead of, y'know, words.

[Thrashbarg]

hmph. Lately, it's been:

Slide it in - Whitesnake
Hunger strike - Temple of the Dog
The screaming part in Stairway to Heaven

Or countless AC/DC songs (mostly just the choruses).

[pravnik]

Heat of the Moment - Asia
Drinking and Driving - Black Flag
Are We Ourselves - The Fixx
Too Fast For Love - Motley Crue
Big Dumb Sex - Soundgarden
Am I Evil - Diamond Head (made famous by Metallica)
Where Eagles Dare - Misfits (That could have been anywhere from '77 to '83, but...screw it, I'm putting it :) )

[Gail]

"The Metro" by Berlin
"If You Leave" by OMD

[Bearflag70]

It varies and is usually something by Duran Duran. Lately, it's been

The Chauffeur by Duran Duran

U Got the Look by Prince

Red Skies by The Fixx

[BF]

Candy, by Iggy Pop, backed up by Kate Pierson
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely, Husker Du

[susan_foster]

My SIL told me my brother sings Take On Me (by A-Ha).

Susan

[jackelope]

"Don't You Want Me Baby" by The Human League. Awww yeah.

[Draelin]

The other day, for no reason whatsoever that I could discern, I found myself belting out "Could've Been" by Tiffany.

Yes, I am ashamed.

[anyrose]

HA! I actually remember that! In the car, with Paul and Tracy on the windshield (or was it Paul Loves Tracy? I remember Paul looking distinctly nervous ;) ), some part where she's watching old movies, looks like a woman or kid getting hit, near the beginning there was a slimy looking guy at a bowling alley... and at the end, her pushing a shopping cart in a store in her big fuzzy slippers.

I don't know why I was enamoured of the video, or why I remember so much of it today. I was probably only five or six when I saw it last. :eek:
Did the actual music video have the same scenes as the opening and closing credits of her "Tracey Takes On..." series? because the old woman falling down is her Ruby Romaine character

80's - i can't think of any
70's - even tougher to recall
but 60's? "One Less Bell To Answer" by the 5th Dimension

[Anastasaeon]

Did the actual music video have the same scenes as the opening and closing credits of her "Tracey Takes On..." series? because the old woman falling down is her Ruby Romaine character



I don't know... I was pretty young. I've never seen any of Tracy Ullman's shows (including The Tracy Ullman Show). My parents were avid fans of hers, though, as I remember, so I could ask my mother. They were quite excited when the Simpsons got their own show.

Or, somoene else in this thread who's seen both the video for "They Don't Know" and one of her shows could answer the question better than I could, and you wouldn't have to wait for my mum. :)

[partlycloudy]

To Be With You - Mr Big?? ("I'm the one who wants to be with you, deep inside I know you feel it too (feel it toooo)"... aww, yeah.

[Good Egg]

Particular favorites of mine are
Lovin Touchin Squeezin by Journey
You Say He's just a Friend by ??
Heavens On Fire by Kiss

[PookahMacPhellimey]

Candy, by Iggy Pop, backed up by Kate Pierson

Very good!

Will try it next shower.

[Liberal]

Bicycle Built For Two

[Liberal]

Oh, wait. You mean the nineteen eighties. :smack:

[Amok]

You Say He's just a Friend by ??


Biz Markie.

[anyrose]

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benetar

[susan_foster]

Not from the '80s, but I was singing "How Lovely to be a Woman" from Bye Bye Birdie (Ann-Margret movie version) this morning while I was getting dressed. And of course it segued into "Gotta Lotta Living to Do".

Susan

[SSG Schwartz]

My recent medly has included
Billy Idol--Rock the Cradle of Love
Bruce Springsteen--I'm a Rocker (just the chorus though)
David Lee Roth--Just a Gigalo/I ain't got nobody