Okay boys and girls, here we have 128 of our favorite songs from the 80's, from some of our favorite artists, which will be pitted against one another, Match by Match, Round by Round, weeding them all out until they get to the FINAL MATCH, which will have our two Favorite 80's Songs face against one another to see which one emerges as Grand Champion of our latest Rock Wars!

As always, this TOC should be voted using a very simple criteria, which song do YOU like more, which do YOU feel you would rather listen to, and which would YOU say is ultimately more deserving to move on. Easy.

Pretty basic really. Songs are matched up, you all vote on the one you like more, the winner goes to the Next Round, and we do this over and over again until the Rounds are Over. I do ask that you all give objective opinions and votes here, listening to all songs and arguments here within this TOC with an open mind, beginning to end, and base your honest votes from that.

You know the drill by now, as always I ask that you please listen to each song again with each new match before voting. Thanks all.

So without further adieu, let’s get started with the First match of many matches to come, in HCRs latest Rock Wars, Favorite 80's Song!

I now give you:


AMBITIOUS
(Jeff Beck)

vs.

LOVERBOY
(Billy Ocean)


So what say you all - which of these songs will move onto the Next Round, and which will have to turn in their hair-spray, make-up and parachute pants?


Previous Match Results:

ROUND 1

Luka (Suzanne Vega) vs. Promises In The Dark (Pat Benatar):
Luka (Suzanne Vega) (18 - 8)
Roam (The B-52's) vs. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (The Eurythmics):
Roam (The B-52's) (15 - 10)
Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer) vs. Aces High (Iron Maiden):
Aces High (Iron Maiden) (15 - 9)
While You See A Chance (Steve Winwood) vs. Pink Houses (John Mellencamp):
Pink Houses (John Mellencamp) (13 - 10)
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (The Pet Shop Boys) vs. Round And Round (RATT):
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (The Pet Shop Boys) (16 - 13)
Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran) vs. The Seer (Big Country w/Kate Bush):
Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran) (21 - 8)
Harvester Of Sorrow (Metallica) vs. Town Called Malice (The Jam):
Town Called Malice (The Jam) (20 - 8)
And She Was (Talking Heads) vs. Street Of Dreams (Rainbow):
And She Was (Talking Heads) (17 - 11)
Sister Christian (Night Ranger) vs. Where Is My Mind (The Pixies):
Where Is My Mind (The Pixies) (14 - 13)
Fight Like A Brave (Red Hot Chili Peppers) vs. Solitaire (Peter McIan):
Solitaire (Peter McIan) (14 - 13)
So Alive (Love And Rockets) vs. We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister):
We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister) (19 - 9)
Love Removal Machine (The Cult) vs. The One I Love (R.E.M.):
The One I Love (R.E.M.) (16 - 9)
The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) vs. Youth Gone Wild (Skid Row):
The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) leads (17 - 9)
Ambitious (Jeff Beck) vs. Loverboy (Billy Ocean):
??????????




PREVIOUS ROCK WARS WINNERS:

Favourite Band/Group – The Beatles
Favourite Solo Artist – David Bowie
Favourite Song – Bohemian Rhapsody
Favourite Movie Song – Don’t You Forget About Me
Favourite Album – Led Zeppelin IV
Favourite Christmas Song – White Christmas
Favourite James Bond Theme – Goldfinger
Favourite Cover Song - Piece Of My Heart
Favourite One Hit Wonder - Mickey
Favourite TV Theme - Danger Man
Favourite Across The Universe Song - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Favourite Michael Jackson Song - Billie Jean
Favourite Duet - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Favourite Glee (TV Show) – My Life Would Suck Without You
Favourite Showtunes - Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In
Favourite 50s/60s - Fortunate Son
Favourite 70s - Somebody To Love
Favourite 80s - ??????????

Hey, somebody did nominate Loverboy, just not the Loverboy I was expecting.

Ambitious

A pretty easy vote for Loverboy. The song Ambitious wasnt anything special to me, and was hurt by the extra sounds and dialogue bits that came from the video itself, IMO.

Not fussed with either, but I thought Loverboy was the better of the two.

Ambitious all the way.

Loverboy.

Maybe having Herv'e Villechaize show up makes Beck's video funny or whatever, but this isn't the video contest, it's the song contest.

Loverboy by Billy Ocean

Man, if this *were* a video contest, Billy Ocean's insane "Herbie Hancock redoes the Mos Eisley cantina" video (which makes you wonder if no one in the creative process bothered to ask, "Umm, guys? Doesn't George Lucas have lawyers looking out for this kind of stuff?") would totally dominate. An easy vote for Loverboy to advance.

Loverboy. Just...yeah.

It was all of the extra noises in that video that caused me to look for a "cleaner" version of the song to nominate.

But yeah, that is one really weird "what the heck were they thinking?... No, what the heck were they smoking?!?!" video.

Ambitious for me.

Ambitious was interesting, but I would have nominated Loverboy myself if somebody else hadn't. So an easy vote for Loverboy from me.

Loverboy makes me say yeah yeah yeah yeaaaaaaah!

Ambitious I guess...

Loverboy for me