The fantastic set of songs focused on a split personality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbuMXyzouJQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMBi4ErRXzQ&feature=channel&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ARDkLDGeLk&feature=channel&list=UL

The soundtrack of my teenage years.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnDtNaApM1I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU-m7JZkkCI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzAO9A9GjgI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzdgmqIHOQ

No one will ever convince me that I don't sound great singing this chorus:

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But I made up my mind I'm keeping my baby:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TupvVpxY_U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VerK4zwMRQw

I can't describe to you the reaction I had to this song the first time I heard it, even if the video is pretentious twaddle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

Norwegian music was more than A-ha during the 1980s:

ABBA might have had their greatest success during the 1970s, but they were still around in the early 1980s:

Some Danish music from the 1980s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC6b7MY8juQ

Some breathtakingly beautiful ballads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrY-nC6QYwk

(Eat your heart out Céline!)

It's funny that I started this thread with Kate Bush and Sade in mind and the only video I posted seems to be Running Up the Hill in the other thread. That was the very first of her songs I heard and my reaction to it today is the same.

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The 1980s was a good decade for musicals. Here are some great songs, and big hits:

From "Cats"

From "The Phantom of the Opera"

From "Chess"

From "Aspects of Love"

From "Les Misérables"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vwbpx9Css

Edited September 28, 201213 yr by alphanguy74

Edited September 28, 201213 yr by alphanguy74

I always associate this with Doug Marland, since ATWT played it in honor of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtvYqMSpBg

Kenny Loggins really gets to me with these:

'Cause from tonight I know you know the rest of your life is mine....

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I always wanted to love somebody as much as I'm wanting you now...

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