24 canciones de los 80 que simplemente no podemos superar

Según cuentan aquellos que vivieron la década de los 80, no hubo una época más increíble en la historia de la moda, la música, la televisión y el cine. Tal aseveración es arriesgada e incluso podríamos decir que fantasiosa; quizá sólo ven con nostalgia un pasado que, ahora a la distancia, se ve románticamente chirriante, plástico e impregnado de un fuerte aroma a goma de mascar. Sin embargo, no podemos negar que el legado musical y estilístico de dicha era es un imprescindible para entender el momento en que vivimos hoy.

Tan es así, que en prácticamente todas las generaciones posteriores se ha regresado una y otra vez a las viejas enseñanzas de esos jóvenes innovadores que le dieron al mundo una realeza del pop, una subcultura electrónica y un rostro distinto al rock. Todo aquel que haya vivido su infancia en los 90 o ronde actualmente los veintitantos, sabe perfectamente a qué me refiero; la conexión con esa década es tal que pareciese propia cuando en realidad no lo fue, pero ahí está, fungiendo como puente entre géneros e ídolos musicales, entre comunidades.

De hecho, puede que varias veces al año, incluso al día, se tarareen canciones de las que se desconoce el nombre o los intérpretes, pero están grabadas en nuestro subconsciente, en la cultura popular que erige los pilares primordiales del cielo que nos cobija.

La música de los años 80 reúne; tiene el poder absoluto de hacerse entender entre cuanta gente sea posible y de mantenerse peculiarmente vigente aun con el paso del tiempo. En todos los sentidos que esta frase pueda ser leída, la música de los 80 nunca se va a ir y jamás será superada.

A continuación, sabiendo perfectamente que la lista puede pecar de diminuta, se presentan 23 canciones que son básicas para el entendimiento de una época que lo cambió todo.

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‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ – Rick Astley

“Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you”.

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‘Don’t You Want Me’ – The Human League

“Don’t. Don’t you want me?
You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t. Don’t you want me?
You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me”.

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‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ – WHAM!

“Wake me up before you go go
Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo yo
Wake me up before you go go
I don’t want to miss it when you hit that high”.

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‘How Soon is Now?’ – The Smiths

“You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”.

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‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ – Crowded House

“Hey now, hey now
Don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won’t win”.

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‘True’ – Spandau Ballet

“So true funny how it seems
Always in time, but never in line for dreams.
Head over heels when toe to toe.
This is the sound of my soul,
This is the sound”.

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‘Don’t Get Me Wrong’ – The Pretenders

“Don’t get me wrong
If you say “hello” and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don’t get me wrong”.

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‘Take My Breath Away’ – Berlin

“Watching every motion in this foolish lover’s game
Haunted by the notion somewhere there’s a love in flames
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn my way and say”.

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‘Enola Gay’ – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

“Enola gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Aha this kiss you give, it’s never ever gonna fade away”.

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‘Into the Groove’ – Madonna

“Get into the groove
Boy you’ve got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy what will it be”.

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‘Always Something There to Remind Me’ – Naked Eyes

“When shadows fall, I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night
And I can’t help recalling how it felt to kiss and hold you tight
Oh, how can I forget you, girl, when there is
Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me”.

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‘500 Miles’ – The Proclaimers

“But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door”.

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‘The Promise’ – When in Rome

“I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be
But if you wait around a while, I’ll make you fall for me
I promise, I promise you I will”.

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‘Words’ – F. R. David

“Words don’t come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you
Words don’t come easy
It isn’t easy words don’t come easy”.

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‘With or Without You’ – U2

“See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I’ll wait for you”.

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‘Dancing in the Dark’ – Bruce Springsteen

“You sit around getting older there’s a joke here somewhere and it’s on me
I’ll shake this world off my shoulders come on baby the laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town and they’ll be carving you up alright
They say you got to stay hungry hey baby I’m just about starving tonight
I’m dying for some action I’m sick of sitting ‘round here trying to write
This book
I need a love reaction come on baby give me just one look”.

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‘Wanna Be Starin’ Somethin’ – Michael Jackson

“I took my baby to the doctor
With a fever, but nothing he found
By the time this hit the street
They said she had a breakdown
Someone’s always tryin’ to start my baby cryin’
Talkin’, squealin’, lyin’
Sayin’ you just wanna be startin’ somethin’”.

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‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ – Tears for Fears

“There’s a room where the light won’t find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I’ll be right behind you
So glad we’ve almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world”.

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‘Slave to Love’ – Bryan Ferry

“Tell her I’ll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
And there’s no escape”.

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‘Wicked Game’ – Chris Isaak

“The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I’d meet somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you”.

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‘A Little Respect’ – Erasure

“I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh, baby refrain from breaking my heart
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you’re making me work so hard”.

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‘Lady in Red’ – Chris DeBurgh

“The lady in red is dancing with me, cheek to cheek
There’s nobody here, it’s just you and me
It’s where I want to be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I’ll never forget the way you look tonight”.

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‘I Want to Break Free’ – Queen

“I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You’re so self satisfied I don’t need you
I’ve got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free”.

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‘Take on Me’ – a-ha

“So needless to say
I’m odds and ends
But I’m me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me,
It’s no better to be safe than sorry”.

Estas y otras demuestran que el pop no es basura, que mucho de lo producido en el sector más comercial de la música hoy se ve como un logro que marcó los tiempos de la humanidad. Si te interesa seguir leyendo sobre música que marcó nuestras vidas, lee también en español que nos ayudaron a crecer.

Fuente: CulturaColectiva