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5 music examples of why the 80's did not suck

tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
edited June 2007 in Other Music
It was the era of MTV, hair metal bands, overproduction, so many travesties, but still there was some quality music from the "lost" decade. I'll start with 5 examples, Gimme five more

Guns and roses- appetite for destruction
The Pixies- Doolittle
Metallica- master of puppets
depeche mode, early days
The Police- Synchronicity
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    The Cars
    The Cure
    Tears For Fears
    Dire Straits
    Old School Rap

    80's had the best one hit wonders as well and the pop music was much more bearable then than it is now.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    dinosaur jr.
    the flaming lips

    that'a a rap

    fuck, i forgot to mention Bon Jovi - dammit
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Talking Heads
    Flock of Seagulls
    English Beat
    Madness
    Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
    NERDS!
  • celeb_deathceleb_death Posts: 2
    oh man the 80s did suck

    BUT it was saved from total damnation by the following:

    fugazi
    metallica
    bauhaus
    the birthday party and early bad seeds

    and of course,

    poison (KIDDING!)
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    appetite for destruction. i cant believe its 20 years old. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • KlumpieKlumpie Posts: 2,649
    Metallica - Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice For All
    The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography, Disintegration
    Slayer - Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood, South of Heaven
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Mother's Milk
    Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Come on Pilgrim
    Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
    The Sound - Jeopardy, From the Lions Mouth
    The Smiths - The Smiths, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead, Strangeways, Here We Come
    Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years
    Sonic Youth - EVOL, Daydream Nation, Sister
    Joy Division - Closer
    The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional, Calenture
    David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees, Secrets of the Beehive
    Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
    Talking Heads - Remain in Light
    Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    U2 - Some stuff
    The Replacements - Let It Be
    Neil Young - Freedom
    Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear, Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching at Straws, Seasons End
    The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
    Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
    Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden, The Colour of Spring
    The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs & Stories, Zen Arcade
    Lou Reed - New York
    The Church - Starfish
    Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All over Me, Bug
    AC/DC - Back in Black
    Motörhead - Ace of Spades
    Rush - Moving Pictures
    Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
    R.E.M. - Murmur, Fables of the Reconstruction, Lifes Rich Pageant, Document, Green
    Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
    The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
    The Cult - Love
    Paul Simon - Graceland
    Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
    N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
    Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
    Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    Some examples
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Can't believe nobody's mentioned Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking is a wicked album.
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    the 80's still suck.......
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    This might as well be called '5 reasons why the Holocaust did not suck':

    Faith
    Family
    Solidarity
    Love
    Hope


    OK, but it still sucked.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    catefrances wrote:
    appetite for destruction. i cant believe its 20 years old. :)

    Either can i.... i feel old now. :( :p
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    brain of c wrote:
    the 80's still suck.......

    lol and nods in agreement
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    dinosaur jr- you're living all over me
    sonic youth- daydream nation
    pixies- surfer rosa
    meat puppets- meat puppets II
    husker du- zen arcade

    five brillant reasons it did not suck.


    Here are justa few more i'd like to mention even though others have noted most of them
    Slayer- Reign in Blood
    Metallica-Master of Puppets
    Guns N Roses- Appetite for Destruction
    Janes Addiction- Nothing Shocking
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I can't think of one.
  • sasojsasoj Posts: 239
    the cure, siouxsie and the banshees, my bloody valentine ...
    the rest ...no
    i love rock chicks
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,454
    even after all the mentioned bands and music i still can'y go back and listen to any music from that decade it's all so empty and transparent at least in my opinion.........
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • TizoffthechainTizoffthechain Posts: 116
    chris01 wrote:
    Either can i.... i feel old now. :( :p
    Jeez...Tell me about it! I loved it, great album! Axl looks weird these days!
    "Come on people now, smile on your brother and everybody get together, try to love one another right now!!!!"
    "You my friend, I will defend and if we change, well I love you anyway"
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine, I AM MINE"
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Appetite For Destruction
    Pretty Hate Machine
    Freedom
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    Tiziana wrote:
    Jeez...Tell me about it! I loved it, great album! Axl looks weird these days!

    Really weird, i just noticed as i was reading this Mr Brownstone is playing in my ears (headphones). :)

    Axl looked weird anyway, he looks like a junkie on the AFD sleeve, at least now he's lookin a bit healthier, lol.
  • TizoffthechainTizoffthechain Posts: 116
    If you had asked me at the time (from when I was 2 to the age of 11!!), I would have probably said Wham, Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cindy Lauper, Queen and the list could be longer (oh and for my Italian friends: VASCO and LITFIBA)...Now I say:

    RHCP
    GNR
    Bowie (Love it Love it Love it!)
    Cure
    U2
    Depeche Mode
    Dire Straits
    Pink Floyd

    Sorry more than 5!
    "Come on people now, smile on your brother and everybody get together, try to love one another right now!!!!"
    "You my friend, I will defend and if we change, well I love you anyway"
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine, I AM MINE"
  • TizoffthechainTizoffthechain Posts: 116
    chris01 wrote:
    Really weird, i just noticed as i was reading this Mr Brownstone is playing in my ears (headphones). :)

    Axl looked weird anyway, he looks like a junkie on the AFD sleeve, at least now he's lookin a bit healthier, lol.

    Mr Brownstone was a GREAT song! And Rocket Queen, used to love it (but I had to kill her....)
    Well, at least at the time he was cute!
    "Come on people now, smile on your brother and everybody get together, try to love one another right now!!!!"
    "You my friend, I will defend and if we change, well I love you anyway"
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine, I AM MINE"
  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    MICHAEL JACKSON
    Huey Lewis and the News
    Poison
    Motley Crue
    Weird Al Yankovic

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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    It's unbelievable to me how many otherwise good songs during the 80's were ruined by overdone synthesizers. I always thought Journey's Separate Ways had a nice heavy groove to it but those synths make it unlistenable.

    That being said, I think Bruce Springstein saved the decade with Born in the USA.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    Uh Stevie Ray Vaughan anyone?
    32 shows and counting...
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Pixies
    Depech Mode
    Joy Division
    Green River
    Mother Love Bone
    Cure
    Queen
    Bauhaus
    Siouxie and the Banshees
    REM
    Smashing Pumpkins (together since 88 I believe)
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    David Bowie
    NICK CAVE AND THE MOTHER FUCKING BAD SEEDS

    and plenty more.

    Pink Floyd sucked in the 80s. After Roger Waters quit... "Momentary.." was an okay record but very bland and "Division Bell" was more of the same with different production.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • Electric LandladyElectric Landlady Posts: 11
    Blue Nile - check out A Walk Across The Rooftops
    Squeeze
    Elvis Costello
    Killing Joke
    Black Flag
    Echo & The Bunnymen
    The Cult
    Then you had to bring up reincarnation over a couple of beers the other night
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    GN'R
    Madonna
    Tears For Fears
    U2
    REM
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • seagoat2seagoat2 Posts: 241
    The Ramones, hello!
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Oh, wait, I thought of one. The incomparable Kevin Coyne. He was on top form throughout his career.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    the clash
    u2
    metallica
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    josevolution wrote:
    even after all the mentioned bands and music i still can'y go back and listen to any music from that decade it's all so empty and transparent at least in my opinion.........

    DAVID BOWIE! C'mon!?!
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