The SBC Community Block Party 2: The Squeakquel

[Steel Sponge]

Hey all, with one of this month's big holidays already on the horizon, it felt like a good time to do another one of these, especially with the success of the first block party collab. This time, I thought I'd do a theme, and the theme will be...

ALL 80s, ALL WEEKEND

For this SBC block party project, I'm combining one of 91x's general events with the special events that my local classic hits stations enact. As it should be telling, my classic hits radio stations LOVE 80s music and during holiday weekends, such as for Veterans Day, they host a marathon with a lineup mostly consisting of 80s music, but can we make something better with that idea? That will be the main topic for this SBC block party.

So, the rules are as follows:
-You need to make your playlist through Spotify. but as long as the songs are all available on Spotify, I will accept it entries without an embed playlist.
-Pick 3 music acts with 3 songs for each corresponding artist, with each entry being up to 9 songs total.
-Per rules of this playlist's theme, all of your songs selections must be from 1980-1989. Anything from before or after that period will have to be replaced.
-No repeat songs/music artists, or joke entries.

The current deadline for this playlist collab is currently November 10th, the day before Veterans Day. If interested, be sure to post your Spotify playlist to this thread before the deadline. So go ahead, put on your rollerskates, your parachute pants, and your walkman, and get to building your ideal 80s throwback playlist.

Entries:

Spoiler

Steel Sponge:
Phil Collins: I Don't Care Anymore, Take Me Home, In the Air Tonight
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer, Shock the Monkey, Biko
Mike + the Mechanics: Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground), Nobody's Perfect, The Living Years

Joe Biden:
Hall & Oates: Out of Touch, Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Maneater
Billy Joel: Tell Her About It, Pressure, You May Be Right
The Cars: You Are the Girl, Magic, Tonight She Comes

Jjs:
Sting: Russians, If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Moon Over Bourbon Street
Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, I Believe, The Hurting
Queen: Radio Ga Ga, Staying Power, Another One Bites the Dust

Prez:
Depeche Mode: See You, The Sun and the Rainfall, Everything Counts
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls, It's a Sin, What Have I Done to Deserve This?
The Replacements: I Will Dare, Androgynous, Here Comes a Regular

SBManiac:
Soda Stereo: Persiana Americana, Cuando Pase El Temblor, Tratame Suavemente
Yellow Magic Orchestra: キュー, 京城音楽, PERSPECTIVE
They Might Be Giants: Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, They'll Need a Crane, I'll Sink Manhattan

HawkbitAlpha:
Yanni: Paths on Water, North Shore of Matsuhima, Nostalgia
Living Colour: Open Letter (To a Landlord), Memories Can't Wait, Desperate People
Metallica: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Master of Puppets, The Four Horsemen

Rebel the Wolfgirl:
Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, When You Were Mine, Time After Time
Devo: Girl U Want, That's Good, Speed Racer
The Go-Go's: We Got the Beat, Vacation, Head over Heels

4EverGreen:
Starship: We Built This City, Sara, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Michael Jackson: Speed Demon, Smooth Criminal, Leave Me Alone
The Bangles: Hero Takes A Fall, Walking Down Your Street, Eternal Flame

 

[Joe Biden]

 

"Started in the 70s but thrived through the 80s" is the theme I went with

[Jjs Goodman]

 

[President Squidward]

god i FUCKING hate the 80s

/jk

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kGLPojvvZhIXoNkwRj2zY?si=48d60d7707e0426e

 

[SBManiac]

Here's mine lol

 

(a quick note about "I'll Sink Manhattan" - while it was released on the Miscellaneous T comp in 1991, it's originally a b-side from the "They'll Need A Crane" EP from 1989. Maybe a bit pedantic on my end, but figured peeps should know )

[HawkbitAlpha]

If these are all now gonna have themes just like the Community Mixtapes, then I think this is the pattern I'll try and follow for all of them going forward: one really obvious choice, and two others that are less obvious.

[Rebel the Wolfgirl]

Decided to go with power pop and early new wave artists for this one.

Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, When You Were Mine, Time After Time

Devo: Girl U Want, That's Good, Speed Racer

The Go-Go's: We Got the Beat, Vacation, Head Over Heels

[4EverGreen]

Here's mine! /

Starship: "We Built This City; Sara; Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now;" / Michael Jackson: "Speed Demon; Smooth Criminal; Leave Me Alone;" / The Bangles: "Hero Takes A Fall; Walking Down Your Street; Eternal Flame". /

Enough said, true believers!

[Steel Sponge]

Done: