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FR David... God I had my first wet dreams witht this song 
i guess he was French BTW. I remember the white suit and the white Stratocaster. White was the colour of the early 80s..
Well, I'll post later if I have the time, because I have loads of songs in my brain archive
And there is NO guilt in music tastes. Never. each time I hear "guilty pleasure" it makes me wanna say that. Pleasure is not a bad thing. Unless it hurts others of course (and in a sense listening to FR David can hurt other people ).
So let's remove our British securtity chips (1) and enjoy.
(1) British chip : embedded system which prevents all forms of spontaneity and expression of personal feelings. So called because, while it can be found in any human being, is almost a default setting on every native citizen of the UK. On the contrary, the French chip gives you the need and duty to express your entitled opinion on any subject.
Hark! It has arrived like a shining beacon!
I might just make this the longest-lived thread in this forum's history.
Before I share a boatload of 80s awesomeness, I thought I'd give a bit of background as to why I love the 80s so much. It may get sappy, so be warned!
I was born with a love of all things bright and colorful. For as long as I can remember, there has always been something magical about bright yellow and bright orange that gives me boundless... joy! Couple that with an obsession with numbers, letters and shapes, and I was a bit of an oddball kid, memorizing color names off of paint chips (Japanese quince ftw!), having my Dad drive me around so that I could look at house addresses, ranking my favorite letters of the alphabet, etc. So, instead of asking for He-man or GI Joe action figures (although I did enjoy them somewhat if they were colorful enough), I would ask for these:
or these:
There is a video of my 6th birthday in which I receive a birthday card shaped like crayons standing next to each other, and rather than jump for joy at such a thoughtful card, I ask, "where's the yellow?", dismayed that a yellow crayon wasn't there.
When I went out for Halloween, I didn't go as a werewolf, a ghost, or anything like that. One year, I want as...
a box of crayons. Two other times, I went as "the alphabet boy", with various letters sewn onto my shirt and pants.
When I was in kindergarten, my teacher called my mom to ask about an assignment. For this assignment, we were instructed to draw shapes with various colors. I was the only one who failed, and my mom had to explain to the teacher that for me, shapes, colors, numbers and letters weren't just what they are, but that they were my friends. And naturally I had them in favorite order. So because yellow was my favorite color and triangles were my favorite shape, V was my favorite letter and 8 was my favorite number, every triangle, V and 8 I drew with crayon had to be yellow. And so on with squares, K and 4 being orange, my second favorite color, etc.
Although I never actually got a yellow V magnetic letter, you'd better believe I painted one yellow.
You might think that this is something I would grow out of over time, but to this day, the easiest present that can be purchased for me with a guarantee I'll love it is something bright yellow or orange. When it was time to choose a university, I battled with the decision and prayed for months for an answer. I ended up very happy with my choice of university, and here is its logo:
That's right, a yellow V helped me to make my decision. And where did I go to graduate school? The University of Utah, of course, because it was always my favorite due to its awesome shape!
I've dyed my hair bright yellow and bright orange on different occasions. My current car? Bright yellow. My basketball team's jersey color? Bright yellow. My favorite shoes? Bright yellow. My second favorite state? New Mexico. Why? Perhaps its license plate (another thing I collected with abandon) has something to do with it:
Want to make me happy with wrapping paper?
There's a yellow V magnetic letter that my wife bought me on our refrigerator right now holding up a picture of Veronica, a Ugandan girl we sponsor.
So yeah, this is pretty much me.
So where does music fit in? When I was a young kid, I wasn't such a big music fan. I was more into letters, numbers, colors and sports. But I did like video games a whole bunch. And it was probably here where my love of music was born.
My favorite video games were these:
These video games were so much fun, especially because they had all these great, bright colors and this coooooool robot music. I mean, do you HEAR those synths?!
Now for some sappy stuff. All of this made me a rather easy target in school. Here I was, a kid with boundless JOY who didn't give a crap about clothing brands, dressed up in the aforementioned costumes for Halloween, and made so widely known my adamant obsession with these letters, numbers and other miscellany like Utah, Czechoslovakia (V, Z and K?! It even beats Uzbekistan!) and Rutherford B. Hayes. I wore my brightly colored heart on my sleeve, so to speak, and that's a big no-no in school if you want to be well-liked! I had some great friends, but I still was the object of a lot of teasing and derision. So when it came to music, it made sense that I would gravitate toward the 80s, a decade that CELEBRATED these weird, wild and wonderful colors and didn't apologize for any of it! I gained a lot of self-confidence and the strength to not conform for the sake of fitting in through the strength of Annie Lennox's take-no-prisoners fiery orange hair and Prince's unapologetic combination of weirdness and badassness in spite of his minute stature and they became personal heroes. And if Robert Smith could get away with that hairstyle and makeup, how could I not be fine with my own unique quirks? Janet Jackson was the most beautiful woman in the world to me in 1989, and she wore keys as earrings and synthed up with the best of them! Maybe there was hope that the girl I had been praying to come into my life from age 4 would not only accept me, but love me.
And so it is that the 80s, with all of its uncompromisingly gauche visual and sonic displays captures the essence of who I am so well.
So you can understand why I wouldn't complain if I was trapped in the world captured in this video:
I guess it should come as no surprise that I like every single song posted here more than anything I've heard by The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Eagles, etc. 
My favorite new discoveries so far:
Jennifer Rush - "Ring of Ice"
Axel Bauer - "Dargo de Nuit"
Les Rita Mitsouko - "Andy"
Étienne Daho - "Week-end à Rome"
Bernard Lavilliers - "Night Bird"
Keep 'em coming!
I had never seen the video for "Missing You" at all. It is indeed hilarious! I've loved the song for a long time.
Moonbeam
GREAT story !! You've probably heard of synesthesia . You're probably a synesthete, like one out of 23 people !!
I'm a spatial-sequence synesthete (numbers, months of the year, and/or days of the week elicit precise locations in space for me). I could DRAW you how I perceive History and dates. I could draw you a 3-dimensional 20th century (and it woon't't be a straight line).
And styles of music and decades have a distinct color to me. The 00's are white/grey, the 90s are yellow, the 80s purple, the 70s orange/red, the 60's brown/black, the 50s are greesn, etc... Soul is brown (of course), blues I won't tell you, country's yellow, etc...
ANd Moonbeam, you chose Australia as a place to live. What's the national rugby/soccer team's jersey color ? 
GREAT story !! You've probably heard of synesthesia . You're probably a synesthete, like one out of 23 people !!
I'm a spatial-sequence synesthete (numbers, months of the year, and/or days of the week elicit precise locations in space for me). I could DRAW you how I perceive History and dates. I could draw you a 3-dimensional 20th century (and it woon't't be a straight line).
And styles of music and decades have a distinct color to me. The 00's are white/grey, the 90s are yellow, the 80s purple, the 70s orange/red, the 60's brown/black, the 50s are greesn, etc... Soul is brown (of course), blues I won't tell you, country's yellow, etc...
ANd Moonbeam, you chose Australia as a place to live. What's the national rugby/soccer team's jersey color ?
This is getting spooky! I'd never heard of synthesia before, but it definitely seems to fit for me!
9s are definitely pink, while 8s are yellow of course!
As for decades, I've always felt that the 60s were brown, the 70s orange, the 80s yellow, the 90s a burnt red, and I agree with the 00s being white/pale gray. I haven't pinpointed specific genres, but songs definitely have color for me.
I remember always thinking Prince's "Cream" was a slightly pale royal blue, and I was shocked when the single cover seemed to agree:
The Cure's "Lovesong" seems a perfect match for the green in the text of its cover, too.
I also have connotations for months and days of the week, etc.
OK, time to share some underrated wonders!
I feel like a fool for taking so long to get into his music, but André Cymone has become one of my favorite Prince proteges, if not my favorite. Here are some of my favorites:
Baby Don't Go: The number one pleading love song on Saturn in 2187. I love the photon beats and the sustained synths.
Stay: The number one bed-burner on Saturn in 2187. 
Even Prince could be proud of such sultry, funky, lascivious lust.
Get It Girl: I'll share the top comment from YouTube: "This is like Prince was partying in Berlin with Kraftwerk drinking champagne, then he got into his purple time machine and traveled to 2034 to find some ass."
Livin' in the New Wave: In case anyone forgot, André Cymone is a BASS player. The rhythm is soooooo tight I can't stand it, and I love that synth freak out at 2:58.
Kelly's Eyes: The poppiest song on the first 2 albums, and one I just can't resist!
The Dance Electric: The one song Prince gave to André became his biggest hit. It is a real monster and one that Prince was foolish to give away. Prince's 10-minute version is just epic and stands toe to toe with the best tracks from Purple Rain.
Moonbeam, nice story about why you love the 80s. It's very illuminating, not least because in a way it made me understand how someone who loves pop music could be so totally unimpressed with the Beatles.
I look forward to more of your posts. There's been some fun and interesting videos posted by others too, and there's quite a few things to check out on Mindrocker's list.
PS: I'm allergic to lemon (of all things) so sadly yellow isn't one of my favourite colours.
Moonbeam, I told the story to my kids and my daughter Cyann (7 y.o.) has something for you
I look forward to more of your posts. There's been some fun and interesting videos posted by others too, and there's quite a few things to check out on Mindrocker's list.
PS: I'm allergic to lemon (of all things) so sadly yellow isn't one of my favourite colours.
I love lemons, but they have nothing on pineapple.
This is seriously one of my favorite pictures ever. If only I ever had yellow 8s! And not just one, but 2!
We have 3 of them !
But the Vs on this set are purple 
If you want we can send you one or 2