Thoughts on '80's music...

What do the majority of you think of '80's music?
A lot of people are always talking ****e about '80's music, purely because most of the bands of the time dressed up strangely...but some of the songs released during that time were actually class.

Some great songs from that time are all-time classics.
Just wondering after hearing a discussion in the pub the other night, where everyone had an idea in their head about the '80's and automatically put good songs down.

Dr. Loon

There's plenty of good tunes from the 80's, it's just that an aawful lot of them were shíte!
I personally think the 90's has been the worst decade for music.

Dont be at yourself

The Top Gun OST is the best thing ever.

The Top Gun OST is the best thing ever.

Some good songs on it alright

I personally think the 90's has been the worst decade for music

Yeah, remember at the start of the '90's bands like D-Ream (for f-u-c-k sake!) and East 17 and DeeLite....pretty crappy music, really brought the standard down.

What happened? The music seems to be getting increasingly ****ty...although some songs now seem to stand out more now.

The whole dance music thing seems to be slowing down now.

Karl Hungus

*Caugh*

80's... Goth music...
Yay...

Seriously, where the hell would I be without the 80's?

Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim... I won't go on...

And lets not forget Ultravox.
Because, lets face it, they own all of you.

mike65

The ratio of good to bad songs has never altered only the styles change. The eighties had dome great bands like Teardrop Explodes and XTC but it also gave us Spandau Ballet and Sigue Sigue Sputnick what do you do?

Mike.

davros

The 1980s was marked by the overuse of the synthesizer and the drum machine. The technology was not quite there and too many of those songs just sound cheap now.

One positive outcome of the above was the acoustic revival (MTV Unplugged, etc.) of the 1990s.

But let's not forget that one of the greatest albums of all time was released in the mid-1980s: Paul Simon's Graceland.

Karl Hungus

MULLETS!!!


Oh, and did I mention the Cure? Joy Division? (Or didn't they start in the 70's?) Siouxsie and the Banshees?

C'mon... the 80's were cool.

David Bowie!?
IRON MAIDEN!

polarbelly

the cure produced some brilliant stuff in the 80's

gurramok

aye the 80's produced alot of creativity !
Ultravox- my fav to Duran Duran, Flock Of Seagulls, The Police and who can forget New Order & Depeche Mode !!...too many to type !!
American music from Reo Speedwagon to Bon Jovi, the 80s scene was da best
well early 80s until rick astley(yuck!) came along in '87 and the music went on a downhill slope ever since

Kolodny

By way of tribute, I will be having an all 80s party for my birthday this summer. I expected a few sniggers from mates when I mentioned this, but all in all the response has been enthusiastic. I am looking forward to digging out my old records though - aaahhh, memories!

(I have drawn the line at mullets, wristbands and dodgy hoop earrings though!)

cournioni

Thrash metal started off in the early 80's so it can't be all that bad...

Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, Metallica and Sepultura were all kickin ass in the '80's

Oeneus

Oh come on, man! It was the best decade!

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Metallica - Master Of Muppets
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
AC/DC - Back in Black
ZZ Top - Eliminator (I don'y care what you think, I liked it)
the list goes on.

Monkey

New Order
Smiths

Raggamuffin

yes why not completely ignore the pixies, Nirvana, Husker Du throwing muses, sonic youth , cocteau twins, my bloody valentine, dinosaur jr, jesus and mary chain, echo and the bunnymen>???????????????

Kali

spacemen 3.. yay

immort4l

Thrash metal started off in the early 80's so it can't be all that bad...

Yay I totally agree.Slayer,'tallica and megadeth are still better than most of the crap coming out today.

And how was 80's music any worse than 90's ?'NO NO LIMIT NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ' etc...

Oh,and 'the final countdown',without which,the world would not be the same.

ifconfig

As a teen of the 80's there was both good and bad.
If anyone has Sky digital then the BBC Radio 6 channel
(911 without card inserted or via add favourites) is
worth checking out as the DJs there seem to be able
to pull out from the cobwebs some of the better
offerings from the 80's and early 90's.

--e

knobbles

80's oh yes,
that's where it all started for me...
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Duran Duran....addicted to them when i was a kid but they still sound great, with touches of cheesy synth genius!
then towards the close we'd great stuff from INXS, Sting, U2,
Def Leppard's Hysteria, Gunner's Appetite, Bon Jovi, New Order
....you don't find this class in the top 10 singles anymore

Other great stuff that i went back and found at a maturer stage:
Depeche Mode - later stuff, Cure - all of it, Smiths - hit & miss,
and into te dark with some wicked sounds from Cocteau Twins and those noisy trip bands that Creation discovered ....MBV, JesusMary,

Very proud owner of a big folder of 80's mp3's classics.
God Bless the Napster revolution

Raggamuffin

spaceman 3 yey!!!1
hehe
I always had a soft spot for the posies and REM

El_Presidente

Yeah, people tend to write off the 80's in a wave of big hair metal jokes but some really good stuff came out too.

The pixies come to mind. Paul Simon did some funky stuff and Stevie Ray Vaughan was busy keeping the blues alive.

Could have been a lot worse.

IRISHLILY24

The 80's produced some great music, as does every decade. someone will have something negative to say about every decade's new genre of music. As a music lover I appreciate it all and see how each year brings a significant change to the music we hear today. It's all connected down deep.
Some of my favs during the 80's were, depeche mode, van halen, u2, the cure, madonna, cyndi lauper, kenny loggins, motley crue, poison, skid row, astin, oh, so many more

Oeneus

Ah yes! Van Halen. Forgot that one!

Clintons Cat

wot i liked about the 80s No specific order
Adam and the ants,
Live Aid,
Inxs,
Rem,
culture club
depeche mode
motorhead
the specials
madness'
the house martins
beautiful south
michael jackson when he was still black and making great music,
luther vandross
The Smiths
Stone Roses
Happy Mondays
New Order
Queen
Grand Master Flash
Run Dmc
The Beastie Boys
Ice T
Public Enemy
Guns and roses
The Cure
Souixsie and the Banshies
Megadeath
Iron Maiden
depeche mode
Ten City
Soul II Soul
Marshal Jefferson
808 State
A Guy Named Gerald
the 80s were great
the nineties were rubish

oh yes and Spinal tap

Oeneus

You know I didn't stop liking Michael Jackson just because he was no longer black. Jaysus!

ButcherOfNog

off the top of my head

Pixies
Smiths
Cure
New Order
Sisters Of Mercy
The The

Some people have listed early 90's stuff, but I won't get picky