Siempre he sido un apasionado de las listas de canciones; tanto de las de éxitos en ventas como de las creadas por entendidos musicales, que siempre nos pueden ayudar a descubrir alguna canción que no conocíamos.

Según el famoso canal de televisión musical VH1, en el que siempre nos deleitan con videoclips de hace unas décadas, ésta es la lista de las 100 mejores canciones de los años 80…

1 “Livin’ on a Prayer” Bon Jovi Bon Jovi
2 “Pour Some Sugar On Me” Def Leppard
3 “Hungry Like The Wolf” Duran Duran
4 “Billie Jean” Michael Jackson
5 “When Doves Cry” Prince
6 “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 “Sweet Child O’ Mine ” Guns N’ Roses
8 “Like A Virgin” Madonna
9 “Walk This Way” Run-D.M.C.
10 “You Shook Me All Night Long” AC/DC
11 “Don’t Stop Believin’” Journey
12 “How Will I Know” Whitney Houston
13 “With Or Without You” U2
14 “Walk Like An Egyptian” The Bangles
15 “Jump” Van Halen
16 “Need You Tonight” INXS
17 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake
18 “Come On Eileen” Dexy’s Midnight Runners
19 “Time After Time” Cyndi Lauper
20 “Jessie’s Girl” Rick Springfield
21 “Beat It” Michael Jackson
22 “Just Like Heaven” The Cure
23 “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper
24 “Take On Me” a-ha
25 “Our Lips Are Sealed” The Go-Go’s
26 “Welcome To The Jungle” Guns N’ Roses
27 “Too Shy” Kajagoogoo
28 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” Wham!
29 “Burning Down The House ” Talking Heads
30 “Love Is A Battlefield” Pat Benatar
31 “Under Pressure” Queen & David Bowie
32 “Sister Christian” Night Ranger
33 “Tainted Love” Soft Cell
34 “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” Poison
35 “In The Air Tonight” Phil Collins
36 “867-5309 / Jenny” Tommy Tutone
37 “Janie’s Got A Gun” Aerosmith
38 “Pride (In the Name Of Love)” U2
39 “I Melt With You” Modern English
40 “Love Shack” The B-52’s
41 “Dr. Feelgood” Motley Crüe
42 “London Calling” The Clash
43 “Look Of Love” ABC
44 “Cruel Summer” Bananarama
45 “Nasty” Janet Jackson
46 “Every Breath You Take” The Police
47 “We’re Not Gonna Take It” Twisted Sister
48 “Born In The U.S.A.” Bruce Springsteen
49 “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)” Beastie Boys
50 “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Eurythmics
51 “Round And Round” Ratt
52 “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” Dead Or Alive
53 “White Wedding” Billy Idol
54 “Push It” Salt-N-Pepa
55 “I Ran (So Far Away)” A Flock Of Seagulls
56 “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” Bonnie Tyler
57 “Mickey” Toni Basil
58 “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” Culture Club
59 “Jack & Diane” John Mellencamp
60 “Bust A Move” Young M.C.
61 “Mr. Roboto” STYX
62 “Take My Breath Away” Berlin
63 “Whip It” Devo
64 “Straight Up” Paula Abdul
65 “I Want to Know What Love Is” Foreigner
66 “Just Can’t Get Enough” Depeche Mode
67 “Keep On Loving You” REO Speedwagon
68 “Fight The Power” Public Enemy
69 “It’s The End of the World As We Know It” R.E.M.
70 “I Love Rock N’ Roll” Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
71 “Super Freak” Rick James
72 “One Thing Leads To Another” The Fixx
73 “99 Luftbaloons” Nena
74 “Faith” George Michael
75 “Little Red Corvette” Prince
76 “She Blinded Me With Science” Thomas Dolby
77 “Candy Girl” New Edition
78 “Call Me” Blondie
79 “Don’t You Want Me?” Human League
80 “It Takes Two” Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
81 “Word Up” Cameo
82 “Tempted” Squeeze
83 “Kiss” Prince
84 “All Night Long (All Night)” Lionel Richie
85 “Addicted To Love” Robert Palmer
86 “I Want Candy” Bow Wow Wow
87 “Rock Me Amadeus ” Falco
88 “Ain’t Nobody” Rufus & Chaka Khan
89 “Brass In Pocket” The Pretenders
90 “Wild Thing” Tone-Loc
91 “Walking On Sunshine” Katrina & The Waves
92 “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” New Kids On The Block
93 “Cars” Gary Numan
94 “Start Me Up” Rolling Stones
95 “Only In My Dreams” Debbie Gibson
96 “Down Under” Men At Work
97 “What I Like About You” The Romantics
98 “My Prerogative” Bobby Brown
99 “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” Wang Chung
100 “Working For The Weekend” Loverboy

Desde luego no es la que hubiésemos hecho nosotros, y seguramente tampoco la que hubieses hecho tú, pero seguro que nos sirve para recordar algún buen título de esos que ya teníamos olvidados.

De hecho, para demostrar que la de VH1 es una lista cercana a los aficionados al estilo musical del Azzurro y de este Rock Blog, pongo una mucho más popera, electrónica y discotequera, que tampoco está mal, porque tiene grandes temas, pero que deja fuera a una tremenda cantidad de clásicos de la época, sobre todo rockeros, extraída de una encuesta realizada por una radio valenciana en 1998:

1) P- Machinery – Grupo Propaganda – 1983
2) Enola Gay – OMD – 1980
3) Hym – Ultravox – 1982
4) Such a Shame – Talk-Talk – 1982
5) Big Area – De Injerico – 1989
6) Sometimes – Erasure – 1986
7) Nowhere Girl – B Movie – 1987
8 ) Dont Go – Yazoo – 1982
9) Rock Me Amadeus – Falco – 1985
10) Maid of Orleans – OMD – 1982
11) Fade To Grey – Visage – 1980
12) Love is a Shield – Camouflage – 1989
13) Michael Cretu – Samurai 1980
14) Head Hunter – Front 242 – 1987
15) Where the Streets Have No Name – U2 – 1986
16) Vienna – Ultravox – 1981
17) With or Without You – U2 – 1986
18 ) Its My Life – Talk-Talk – 1982
19) Just Can’t get enought – Depeche Mode – 1981
20) Shout – Tears For Fears – 1984
21) Alive and Kicking – Simple Minds – 1985
22) Blue Moday – New Order – 1983
23) Feels Like A Heaven – Fiction Factory – 1983
24) “I Still Haven’t found What I’m Looking For – U2 – 1987
25) Time after time – Cindy Lauper – 1983
26) It’s a sin – Pet Shop Boys – 1987
27) Tainted Love – Soft Cell – 1982
28 ) Goldem Dreams – Invisible Limits – 1987
29) Dancing With tears in My eyes – Ultravox – 1982
30) Big In Japan – Alphaville – 1983
31) Hey Little Girl – Icehouse – 1982
32) Doot Doot – Freur – 1981
32) Forever Young – Alphaville – 1981
33) Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 1983
34) Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 – 1981
35) Suburbia – Pet Shop Boys – 1987
36) Never again – Clasic Noveaux – 1984
37) Original Sin – INXS – 1983
38 ) Temptation – Heaven 17 – 1982
39) Take On Me – Aha – 1985
40) Words – FR David – 1982
41) Terra Titanic – Peter Schilling – 1987
42) I Want TO Know What Love Is – Foreigner – 1981
43) Ouytside Lookin In – Dream Sequence – 1982
44) Situation – Yazoo – 1983
45) Dr Mabuse – Propaganda – 1982
46) You – Boitronic – 1984
47) Baby Don’t Care – Transvision Vamp – 1988
48 ) Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue – 1988
49) Total Eclipse of the eart – Bonnie Tayler – 1986
50) Self Control – RAF – 1983
51) Radioactivity – Kraftwerk – 1976 (éxito tardío)
52) Pride (in the Name of Love) – U2 – 1984
53) Send Me an Angel – Real life – 1984
54) Bolero – Fancy – 1982
55) Wild Boys – Duran Duran – 1985
56) American Soviets – CCCP – 1987
57) Don’t get me wrong – The Pretenders – 1984
58 ) Get It Up – New England – 1987
59) Face to Face Heart to Heart – The Twins – 1983
60) Living on a Video – Tran-x – 1984
61) Voyage Voyage – Desireless – 1987.
62) Movement – New Arbours – 1986
63) Rigor Mortis – Split Second – 1987
64) Rusian Radio – Red Flag – 1987
65) Kaw Liga – The Residents – 1983
66) Voice – Ultravox – 1982
67) Secret – OMD – 1983
68 ) Trough the Barricades – Spandau Ballet – 1986
69) CCCcan’t you see – Vicius Pink – 1984
70) Heroes de leyenda – Heroes del Silencio – 1987
71) Sound like a melody – Alphaville – 1984
72) Living in Another Word – Talk-Talk – 1983
73) Runnig – Information Society – 1988
74) Flesh – Split Second – 1987
75) Wild – Erasure – 1988
76) Solidarity – Angelic Upstar – 1985
77) Every breath you take – The Police – 1981
78 ) Slave to Love – Brian Ferry – 1983
79) Radio Gaga – Queen – 1981
80) Upon Once a time – Simple Minds – 1985
81) You Make Mi feel – Jimmy Sommersville – 1988
82) The Final Contdown – Europe – 1988
83) Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 1986
84) Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue – 1987
85) Johny & Mary – Robert Palmer – 1980
86) The Sparrows and Nigtingales – Wolfsheim – 1985
87) All Together now – The Farm – 1988
88 ) No Promise – Icehouse – 1982
89) Welcomme to the Paradise – Front 242 – 1988
90) Jungle in My Heart – Bad Boys Blue – 1989
91) Touch By Touch – Joy – 1988
92) Power of American Native – Dance to Trance – 1989
93) James Bronw is Dead – LA Style – 1989
94) Espiral – Dune – 1989
95) System – Force Legato – 1989
96) Es Imposible, No Puede Ser – Megabeat – 1989
97) Pulsar – Hipnosis – 1988
98 ) Ultimo Imperi – Altahualpa – 1989
99) Vicius Game – Yello – 1987
100) O¨Lamour – Dollar – 1987

En atención al éxito que ha tenido la presente entrada añado una lista que he encontrado en internet con 200 canciones, que me ha parecido bastante interesante en conjunto, a pesar de contener algún truño que otro y ser demasiado popera:

1. “ONE” – U2
2. “LOSING MY RELIGION” – REM
3. “LIVE FOREVER” – OASIS
4. “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT” – NIRVANA
5. “MR. JONES” – COUNTING CROWS
6. “CREEP” – RADIOHEAD
7. “ENJOY THE SILENCE” – DEPECHE MODE
8. “LINGER” – THE CRANBERRIES
9. “IRONIC” – ALANIS MORRISSETTE
10. “PUSH” – MATCHBOX 20
11. “MORNING GLORY” – OASIS
12. “STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE)” – U2
13. “EVERYBODY HURTS” – REM
14. “RUNAWAY TRAIN” – SOUL ASYLUM
15. “COFFEE AND TV” – BLUR
16. “WHATEVER” – OASIS
17. “CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA” – OASIS
18. “DISARM” – THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
19. “WHO’S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES?” – U2
20. “WONDERWALL” – OASIS
21. “A UN MINUTO DE TI” – MIKEL ERENTXUN
22. “BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY” – THE VERVE
23. “BETTER DAY” – OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
24. “MYSTERIOUS WAYS” – U2
25. “WHAT’S UP? – 4 NON BLONDES
26. “La Guerra de Las Galaxias” – Los Planetas
    
27. “Turn” – Travis
28. “You Learn” – Alanis Morrissette
29. “In the Meantime” – Spacehog
30. “Shower Your Love” – Kula Shaker
31. “Zombie” – The Cranberries
32. “I Feel You” – Depeche Mode
    
33. “Don’t Go Away” – Oasis
34. “Muscle Museum” – Muse
35. “Breathe” – Midge Ure
36. “Uninvited” – Alanis Morrissette
37. “Under The Bridge” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
38. “Miss Sarajevo” – The Passengers
39. “The Bends” – Radiohead
40. “Animal Nitrate” – Suede
41. “La Sirena Varada” – Héroes del Silencio
42. “Selling The Drama” – Live
43. “Spaceman” – Babylon Zoo
44. “These Days” – Bon Jovi
45. “La Casa Azul” – Duncan Dhu
46. “Wide Open Space” – Mansun
47. “Supersonic” – Oasis
48. “Radiation Vibe” – Fountains of Wayne
49. “Everything I do” – Bryan Adams
50. “Natural Blues” – Moby
51. “1979″ – The Smashing Pumpkins
52. “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” – R.E.M.
53. “The Masterplan” – Oasis
54. “A design for life” – Manic Street Preachers
55. “Closing Time” – Semisonic
56. “My Favourite Mistake” – Sheryl Crow
57. “Dreams” – The Cranberries
58. “Get Me Away From Here I’M Dying” – Belle And Sebastian
59. “2:1″ – Elastica
60. “Only Happy When It Rains” – Garbage
61. “The Last Night On Earth” – U2
62. “One Headlight” – The Wallflowers
63. “Desorden” – Los Planetas
64. “Until The End Of The World” – U2
65. “Don’t Speak” – No Doubt
66. “Grita” – Jarabe de Palo
67. “Baby Don’t Cry” – INXS
68. “Common People” – Pulp
69. “Dulce Condena” – Los Rodríguez
70. “Good Riddance (Time of your life)” – Green Day
71. “If It Makes You Happy” – Sheryl Crow
72. “Tonight Tonight” – The Smashing Pumpkins
73. “Friday I’m In Love” – The Cure
74. “It Must Have Been Love” – Roxette
75. “Ray of Light” – Madonna
76. “Being Boring” – Pet Shop Boys
77. “Lucky Man” – The Verve
78. “Alive” – Pearl Jam
79. “Child” – Mark Owen
80. “The Wild Ones”- Suede
81. “Man On The Moon” – REM
82. “Paranoid Android” – Radiohead
83. “Cosmic” – Australian Blonde
84. “Personal Jesus” – Depeche Mode
85. “Setting Sun” – The Chemical Brothers
86. “Beetlebum” – Blur
87. “Dreams” – Gabrielle
88. “Love And Hate” – Mano Negra
89. “Leave” – REM
90. “Siete Vidas” – Antonio Flores
91. “Born Slippy” – Underworld
92. “The Day We Caught The Train” – Ocean Color Scene
93. “Sonnet” – The Verve
94. “Praise You” – Fatboy Slim
95. “Torn” – Natalie Imbruglia
96. “Even Better Than The Real Thing” – U2
97. “Angels” – Robbie Williams
98. “20 de Abril” – Celtas Cortos
99. “Chup Chup” – Australian Blonde
100. “He Though Of Cars” – Blur
101. “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”, The Temptations.
102. “We’ve Only Just Begun”, The Carpenters.
103. “La Bamba”, Ritchie Valens.
104. “No Woman No Cry”, Bob Marley & the Wailers.
105. “Thunder Road”, Bruce Springsteen.
106. “Jump”, Van Halen.
107. “Gimme Some Lovin’”, Spencer Davis Group.
108. “In the Midnight Hour”, Wilson Pickett.
109. “When Doves Cry”, Prince & the Revolution.
110. “You Shook Me All Night Long”, AC/DC.
111. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”, Jerry Lee Lewis.
112. “Stand By Me”, Ben E. King.
113. “Somebody to Love”, Jefferson Airplane.
114. “Tangled Up in Blue”, Bob Dylan.
115. “We Are the Champions”, Queen.
116. “Roxanne”, Police.
117. “More Than a Feeling”, Boston.
118. “Start Me Up”, Rolling Stones.
119. “Sexual Healing”, Marvin Gaye.
120. “Gloria”, Them.
121. “Fire and Rain”, James Taylor.
122. “A Hard Day’s Night”, the Beatles.
123. “Blue Suede Shoes”, Carl Perkins.
124. “Summertime Blues”, Eddie Cochran.
125. “California Girls”, the Beach Boys.
126. “Sunshine of Your Love”, Cream.
127. “Good Golly, Miss Molly”, Little Richard.
128. “The Twist”, Chubby Checker.
129. “God Only Knows”, the Beach Boys.
130. “Heartbreak Hotel”, Elvis Presley.
131. “Your Song”, Elton John.
132. “Maggie May”, Rod Stewart.
133. “All Shook Up”, Elvis Presley.
134. “Let’s Stay Together”, Al Green.
135. “Rock & Roll”, Led Zeppelin.
136. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, the Rolling Stones.
137. “London Calling”, the Clash.
138. “Crazy”, Patsy Cline.
139. “Kashmir”, Led Zeppelin.
140. “Strawberry Fields Forever”, the Beatles.
141. “Space Oddity”, David Bowie.
142. “She Loves You”, the Beatles.
143. “Piano Man”, Billy Joel.
144. “Twist and Shout”, the Beatles.
145. “Blowin’ in the Wind”, Bob Dylan.
146. “For What It’s Worth”, the Buffalo Springfield.
147. “Stayin’ Alive”, the Bee Gees.
148. “Great Balls of Fire”, Jerry Lee Lewis.
149. “Beat It”, Michael Jackson.
150. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, Crosby, Stills and Nash.
151. “Wild Thing”, the Troggs.
152. “Brown Eyed Girl”, Van Morrison.
153. “California Dreamin’”, the Mamas and the Papas.
154. “Dream On”, Aerosmith.
155. “Whole Lotta Love”, Led Zeppelin.
156. “That’ll Be the Day”, Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
157. “Free Bird”, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
158. “What’d I Say”, Ray Charles.
159. “Every Breath You Take”, the Police.
160. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Nirvana
161. “Born to Be Wild”, Steppenwolf
162. “Proud Mary”, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
163. “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”, Marvin Gaye.
164. “Rock Around the Clock”, Bill Haley & His Comets.
165. “My Girl”, The Temptations.
166. “Walk This Way”, Aerosmith.
167. “All Along the Watchtower”, Jimi Hendrix.
168. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”, Otis Redding.
169. “Let It Be”, Beatles.
170. “Hound Dog”, Elvis Presley.
171. “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Simon & Garfunkel.
172. “Oh, Pretty Woman”, Roy Orbison.
173. “You Really Got Me”, Kinks.
174. “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Queen.
175. “Sympathy for the Devil”, the Rolling Stones.
176. “Purple Haze”, Jimi Hendrix.
177. “Brown Sugar”, Rolling Stones.
178. “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, Beatles.
179. “Superstition”, Stevie Wonder.
180. “I Got You (I Feel Good)”, James Brown.
181. “A Day in the Life”, Beatles.
182. “American Pie”, Don McLean.
183. “Jailhouse Rock”, Elvis Presley.
184. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, The Who.
185. “Layla”, Derek And The Dominos.
186. “Johnny B. Goode”, Chuck Berry.
187. “What’s Going On”, Marvin Gaye.
188. “My Generation”, The Who.
189. “Yesterday”, Beatles.
190. “Louie Louie”, The Kingsmen.
191. “Imagine”, John Lennon.
192. “Hey Jude”, Beatles.
193. “Good Vibrations”, Beach Boys.
194. “Light My Fire”, Doors.
195. “Hotel California”, Eagles.
196. “Born to Run”, Bruce Springsteen.
197. “Like a Rolling Stone”, Bob Dylan.
198. “Stairway to Heaven”, Led Zeppelin.
199. “Respect”, Aretha Franklin.
200. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, Rolling Stones

Ahora animaos a participar un poco con vuestros comentarios:

En la primera lista (la de VH1), ¿cuáles quitaríais?, ¿cuáles añadiríais?, ¿y en las otras listas?…