Who said the 80s put out crap music?!

and I'll say it again - the '80s put out crap music. So there!

though she gets hers from the Pet Shop Boys, rather than the officially KA-approved source, Culture Club. :P

Strange to think that's "oldies" to her...

Sound just as good as they did in the 80's.

About none. One in Chicago, and only at night.

The dominant music was awful. Warrant, Def Leopard, Rush, so much pop I could not stand it - Ebony and Ivory. WTF? Stevie Wonder made so many good records then he lays that turd?

"How Soon Is Now" -- The Smiths:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

Some other worthy 80s tunage, imho:

XTC, Respectable Street (live, 1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYq6Z7HERjk

Jane's Addiction, Mountain Song (1988, interesting hair commercial precedes video)
http://www.vh1classic.com/view/artist/702/83259/Jane_s_Addiction/Mountain_Song/index.jhtml

The Plimsouls, Million Miles Away (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qei8FeFcjMk

And there is so much more.

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:hi:

:toast:

Always been the truth too.

Especially Sting and his imitators.

Echo and the Bunnymen
Siouxie and the Banshees
The Cure
Psychedelic Furs
XTC
The Chameleons
Public Image Ltd.
New Order
The Alarm
Eurythmics
The Pogues
The Men They Couldn't Hang

I certainly will.

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It was crap. Thought I gotta admit - that Donna Summer :-)

loved a lot of 80's music. The Clash, X, Replacements, REM, Los Lobos, The Alarm, The Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, Violent Femmes, Stray Cats, Midnight Oil, Terrence Trent D'Arby( he was fucking unbelievable live too) , just to name a few ...especially The Clash ( I know, late 70's too)...in fact,except for the E Street Band, The Clash is, in my not at all humble opinion, the greatest of em all...ever...and for that matter, the greatest live R&R band ever,in my once again, not humble opinion, Bruce and da boys ( and girl, by '84) were still kicking ass in the 80's (and still are).

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in one case literally---saw half of X ; Auntie Christ, with Exene and D.J. Also saw John Doe sing Your Cheatin Heart with Los Lobos and Dave Alvin ( holy shit, I forgot The Blasters. SHAME ON ME.....Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club too), so saw 3/4 of X. And 1/4 of the Clash: finally saw Strummer in '99. ( My #1 all time rocknroll hero, even more than Bruce in some ways). As I said, D'Arby was incredible.....saw Los Lobos 6 or 7 times, Stray Cats, The Alarm , The Cramps ( all of those also way better live than their records). I'm fighting as hard as I can to not become a musical dinosaur as I get older ( and older, and older) even though I find it's harder and harder to keep up with all the new bands . There were many 90's bands I loved too, and I was already in my 40's. I'll still love good rocknroll and soul till they strap me to my psychedelic day-glo deathbed, no matter when it was recorded.

All you wrote bring back so many great memories.

And a triple-double-bonus thank you for your Terrence Trent D'Arby ref. He was insanely good.

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Even the more "commercial" or one,2 or 3 hit wonders put out some first rate stuff. I love Cyndi Lauper and a lot of the LA bands; Scandal, Missing Persons among many others...I could really go on and on. I still think , by the way, that the mid 60's were the most intensive period of time for great artists at the peak of their creativity. From the British Invasion , to Motown and Stax/Volt, Surf music, LA and San Francisco groups, and great, great one hit wonders, I don't think that period can be beat but the 80's were definitely another period of great creativity, as was the rockabilly and doo wop era. I know a lot of people rightfully figure that the music of one's teenage years automatically get imprinted as being the best because of associated memories, but I think that's an overrated theory. For myself, I love the music of my teenage years in spite of the memories they bring, not because...And my two favorite bands of all time emerged when I was well into my 20's, and were at their peaks from the mid 70's to mid 80's....I'm glad the mention of those bands that I did mention apparently brought back good memories for you, and yeah listening to music of my teen years does bring back some good memories but only of how good the music was and still stands up 40 plus years later.I assume that's the same for you; bringing back memories of a time when some really outstanding music was on the radio , although some of the best couldn't break through the corporate monopolies yet. The Replacments ,the Cramps etc., and X being another, despite the fact that for a relatively brief time, they (X) were absolutely one of the best bands in America... And D'Arby...I thought he was poised to be a superstar but he for whatever reason , never achieved what I thought he would, but that first album is amazing and he and his band were electrifying in person...or as you put it, insanely good ( and maybe a little insane from what I've heard, but that's true for many highly creative people). As I said I'm trying to resist becoming a musical dinosaur, although it's not easy at my age ; I am really having trouble with the concept and reality of being 58--for god's sake, that's an old man, and I'm still politically radical ( in some ways anyway) and still love to rock ( even though I don't have the physical ability to dance all night long nor to do a show with the same jumping around on stage I used to...) Well,its past 3 AM ,and I'm wide awake, my body still think it's supposed to keep rock and roll hours...But I start rambling this time of night; that's when I did all my best songwriting, between midnight and 6 AM...and the words still come pouring out even if they don't make as much sense as they used to ( " as we get older, and stop making sense"). :hi: from your DU geezer friend,abq e streeter

I went to bed shortly after my post, but I hear you - I have the night owl gene too! I am an inactive poet that once wrote amazing stuff in the wee hours. Could happen again I suppose. :-)

It's funny, I'm not hung up on all 80s music - some was drivel - but there were some amazing gems in there if you were really paying attention. Which is why your first post caught my eye! I agree about X, by the way. I can remember hearing them for the first time on local college radio and being mesmerized.

I have a soft spot for a lot of 60s and 70s stuff myself...it was my "childhood" music and strangely comforting to me to this day. I was a lucky child; I had very musically adventurous parents who taught me to really listen to music and try to understand the meaning behind it. I, too, listen to most music with an open mind, though some days it is harder with some of the corporate pop crap that seems to be everywhere.

I look forward to more of your musical "ramblings" because they make a hell of a lot of sense. :-)

There was a lot more genius music--and some mindless fun--back in the 80s than there is now.

If you listen to a lot of younger bands today, you hear the influence of the 1980s underground. Interpol rips off New Order and Echo, Snow Patrol pillages "Joshua Tree" era U2, Arctic Monkeys clearly liked their older brother's Jam albums, and The Killers reference pretty much everyone on the radio circa 1986.

The 80's had a lot of music that still holds up.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rktW3byqdOs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrU9RIurFE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I

It's a shame that most people associate Simple Minds with their "John Hughes Period" work. They produced some great, dark post-punk dance tracks early in their career.

I hate to admit it, but I've grown to like that song. In 1985 or 6, I thought it sucked on toast.

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All I Have To Do Is Dream(Everly Bros. cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ_NzJs5xgQ

Homer Simpson was right on the money on that one.

Or, arguably, 1497.

Everyone who has ever played music since then sold out to The Man, man.

"OK, I know it's the "great Stevie Ray Vaughn", but bottom line is, it's just another white guy playing blues. Ok, sucker , show me something". Took about 3 songs before I was laughing and going "OK, you win". He was mind-boggingly good...

Which is par for any decade really, except the 90's and 00's which just completely sucked except for bands that came out in the 80's or before.

in every era - even now.

"Cities in Dust" - Siouxsie & the Banshees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLP35SNOSDY



"Hounds of Love" - Kate Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmTvbw4kLw



"Pleasure Victim" - Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVcxiVU8NVc

Too sad. Really.

I tried to remember everyone. Hell I even forgot The Blasters in my first post and that's one of my all time favorite bands...

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There are a few notable exceptions, but they are are mostly notable for their rarity.