21.12.09

Two Lists

Songs From The 80s About Masturbation:
Cindy Lauper - She Bop (youtube)
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (youtube)
The Vapors - Turning Japanese (youtube)
Divinlys - I Touch Myself (Technically from '91, but deal with it) (youtube)
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey* (youtube)
Clarence Carter - Strokin' (youtube)
Billy Squire - The Stroke (youtube)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun (youtube)
The Cure - Close to Me (youtube)
Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Everyday I Die (So it's from '79. Sue me.) (youtube)
DEVO - Jerkin' Back and Forth (youtube)
DEVO - Whip It* (youtube)
DEVO - Praying Hands (youtube)
Oingo Boingo - Nasty Habits (youtube)
The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict (youtube)

*Not actually about masturbation.

Songs from the 80s about Nuclear War:
Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (youtube)
Prince - 1999 (youtube)
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (youtube)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (youtube)
Nena - 99 Luft Balons (youtube)
The Clash - Stop the World (youtube)
REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (youtube)
Fear - Let's Have A War (youtube)
Fear - Bomb the Russians (youtube)
Alphaville - Forever Young (youtube)
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight (youtube)
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (for Massenet)* (youtube)
The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb (mp3)
Bonzo Goes To Washington - 5 Minutes (youtube)

*Also about other stuff.