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RSN 1980s Top 1000
List created by Gabriel Thy

When I left the chicken farm at Lofton Creek FL in September, 1980, little did I know that monumental rock icons Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Seger would soon start to fade into the background of history, at least for a rather long spell, as another set of celebrated sounds with different intellectual and emotional considerations and vocals would be pushed to the forefront of my consciousness. I was now residing in Hurricane Allen-ravaged Corpus Christi TX, at the request of my brother Clyde, the roofing contractor. After a short stint with him, I took on the task of breaking into the taxi business, becoming the only anglo is the all-hispanic company, Red Top Taxi. Punk and electronic had already made its mark on sound and fashion; the Eighties push had begun. This push started out as "new wave" which would morph into fresh pop in shiny day-glo new clothes. Punk would grow darker and heavier for the remainder of the decade. Metal became suburban big hair normal, slashing its crude assault on the senses known as speed metal. Even old pop rock bands from the 60s would hit the Eighties running with a new perspective, a new questioning, a new date zero, some 70s punk bands would tear through the Eighties as damn near mainstream giants, such as the Ramones and Iggy Pop. I would engage them all pn a more personal level than mere record listening, by relocating back to Atlanta for a brief eighteen month period, and then onto Washington, DC, home of the hardcore punk scene. This punk scene raged against me, and I raged right back.—December 29, 2013

No.	Time	Name	Artist	Plays	Genre	Year
1	5:15	Against the Wind	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	351	Rock	1980
2	8:10	White Wedding Parts 1&2	Billy Idol	342	Rock	1982
3	4:44	Dancing With Myself	Billy Idol	318	Rock	1980
4	5:02	Lose This Skin	The Clash	290	Punk	1980
5	5:17	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	289	Rock	1981
6	4:53	People Who Died	Jim Carroll Band	251	Punk	1980
7	4:46	88 Lines About 44 Women	The Nails	249	New Wave	1984
8	3:56	She Belongs To Me	Ramones	244	Punk	1986
9	4:59	Ten Witches	9353	244	Punk	1984
10	3:33	No Man's Land	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	236	Rock	1980
11	3:42	My War	Black Flag	233	Punk	1984
12	4:30	Homosapien	Pete Shelley	228	New Wave	1981
13	3:46	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper	222	Pop	1983
14	3:31	Real Wild Child	Iggy Pop	221	Punk	1986
15	2:11	Rise Above	Black Flag	219	Punk	1981
16	4:50	Big Log	Robert Plant	219	Rock	1983
17	4:52	The River	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	214	Rock	1980
18	4:46	Troops of Tomorrow	The Exploited	214	Punk	1982
19	7:49	Twilight Zone	Golden Earring	210	Rock	1982
20	5:16	Repo Man	Iggy Pop	209	Punk	1984
21	3:31	Fire Lake	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	206	Rock	1980
22	4:17	Beds Are Burning	Midnight Oil	206	Rock	1987
23	3:32	Rockin' In the Free World (Live)	Neil Young	206	Rock	1989
24	5:52	Never Say Never	Romeo Void	205	New Wave	1982
25	2:56	Whole World's A Battlefield	Immoral Discipline	204	Oi	1988
26	3:36	Wreck on the Highway	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	200	Rock	1980
27	10:49	Youth of America	The Wipers	196	Punk	1981
28	3:33	Elvis Is Everywhere	Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper	195	Rock	1987
29	3:20	We Want The Airwaves	Ramones	193	Punk	1981
30	2:29	We Got The Beat	Go Go's	192	New Wave	1981
31	6:32	Man of Peace	Bob Dylan	191	Rock	1983
32	5:25	Tweeter & The Monkey Man	Traveling Wilburys	190	Rock	1988
33	3:19	Modern Romans	The Call	186	Rock	1983
34	4:51	Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics	186	Rock	1983
35	4:53	With Or Without You	U2	185	Rock	1987
35	4:33	Independence Day	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	183	Rock	1980
36	3:30	Fight For Your Right To Party	Beastie Boys	182	Hip-Hop	1986
37	2:41	Our Lips Are Sealed	Go Go's	182	New Wave	1981
38	3:49	Her Way of Praying	The Jesus and Mary Chain	182	Rock	1989
39	3:58	No Surrender	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	181	Rock	1984
40	3:31	MTV Get Off The Air	Dead Kennedys	180	Punk	1985
41	4:31	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2	180	Rock	1987
42	3:49	Remember Rock and Roll Radio?	Ramones	179	Punk	1980
43	4:11	It's The End Of The World As We Know It	R.E.M.	178	Rock	1987
44	5:12	I and I	Bob Dylan	177	Rock	1983
45	2:18	I Fought The Law	Dead Kennedys	177	Punk	1987
46	5:54	Strawman	Lou Reed	177	Rock	1989
47	4:39	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	176	Rock	1984
48	3:51	Der Mussolini	D.A.F.	175	Electronic	1981
49	4:00	Walk Of Life	Dire Straits	175	R&R	1985
50	3:52	The Cutter	Echo & the Bunnymen	175	New Wave	1983
51	3:55	Radio Free Europe	R.E.M.	175	Rock	1981
52	3:15	Can't Stop The World	Go Go's	174	New Wave	1981
53	4:19	Abandoned Love	Bob Dylan	173	Rock	1985
54	2:35	Psycho Therapy	Ramones	172	Punk	1983
55	3:33	I Need A Life	The Damned	170	Punk	1985
56	4:37	Good Evening Mr. Waldheim	Lou Reed	170	Rock	1989
57	3:41	I'll Melt With You	Modern English	170	New Wave	1982
58	4:10	Something To Believe In	Ramones	170	Punk	1986
59	3:48	Roman P	Psychic TV	169	Goth	1984
60	3:23	Trust Yourself	Bob Dylan	168	Rock	1985
61	2:56	Windowshop For Love	The Wipers	168	Punk	1980
62	5:44	Stranded	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	167	Rock	1980
63	3:05	Masterplan	Plasmatics	166	Hardcore	1981
64	2:02	I Love Living In The City	Fear	165	Punk	1982
65	3:30	Political World	Bob Dylan	164	Rock	1989
66	2:52	I Can Speak American	Screaming Blue Messiahs	164	Rock	1988
67	4:55	Money Changes Everything	Cyndi Lauper	163	Pop	1983
68	3:07	I Know What Boys Like	Waitresses	162	New Wave	1982
69	2:55	Ring Them Bells	Bob Dylan	161	Rock	1989
70	10:27	Shine On You Crazy Diamond	Pink Floyd	161	Rock	1981
71	2:40	How Long You Wanna Live Anyway?	Stray Cats	161	R&R	1983
72	3:55	Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper	160	Pop	1983
73	3:32	Who Do You Want To Be Today	Oingo Boingo	160	Rock	1983
74	3:14	I Wanna Marry You	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	159	Rock	1980
75	3:40	War	The Exploited	159	Punk	1982
76	3:13	Do What You Do	GBH	159	Punk	1986
77	2:18	These Boots Are Made For Walkin'	Government Issue	159	Punk	1985
78	4:17	Love Vigilantes	New Order	159	New Wave	1985
79	5:51	Point Blank	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	158	Rock	1980
80	3:40	She Bop	Cyndi Lauper	158	Pop	1983
81	3:30	Between Planets	The Jesus and Mary Chain	158	Rock	1989
82	2:44	Safety Dance	Men Without Hats	158	New Wave	1982
83	3:25	Sweet Water Pools	Screaming Blue Messiahs	158	Rock	1988
84	3:23	Time of Your Life	The Call	157	Rock	1983
85	3:48	The Five Year Plan	Dirty Rotten Imbeciles	157	Metal	1987
86	2:39	Money	Embrace	157	Punk	1986
87	4:52	I Want To Know What Love Is	Foreigner	157	Rock	1984
88	3:40	I Love America	Alice Cooper	156	Rock	1983
89	6:58	Angelina	Bob Dylan	155	Rock	1981
90	3:47	There Is No Time	Lou Reed	155	Rock	1989
91	5:14	The Dead Heart	Midnight Oil	153	Rock	1987
92	2:33	Adolescent Dream	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	152	Rock	1980
93	2:44	War	Stillborn	152	Rock	1988
94	3:35	Rockin' All Over The Place	Stray Cats	152	R&R	1989
95	3:06	Hold On Tight	Electric Light Orchestra	151	Rock	1981
96	3:34	Howling At The Moon(Sha-La-La)	Ramones	151	Punk	1984
97	4:30	Sacrifice	Flipper	150	Punk	1982
98	7:14	City Drops Into the Night	Jim Carroll Band	150	Punk	1980
99	3:24	Nothing is True	Jim Carroll Band	150	Punk	1980
100	3:09	Fake Friends	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	150	Rock	1983