[cochise]

Music that was great in the 80's:

Rush
The Cult
ACDC
Robert Plant

Music that was tolerable in the 80's:

Rolling Stones (Dirty Work wasn't that bad)
INXS
Billy Squire (Stroke Man..........)

Music best left fogotten:

Flock Of Seagulls
Depeche Mode
ABC
Human League
Psycadelic Furs
The Cure
Vixen
Poison
this list could go on forever...............

[j-monster]

If you think bringing back the '70s and '80s was something... I just saw a commercial for Trivial Pursuit - the '90s edition.

Commercial's question, "Is it too early to bring back the '90s?"

My response, "YES!"

[thipfan73]

If it wasn't for the 80's, we wouldn't have this:

Note the tweed jacket and the pants tucked into the boots. Classic 80's fashion



THAT my friends is 1988!!! :lol:

:thumb:

[direwolf74]

LOL! Great photo! If I'm not mistaken, that's from an early Muchmusic interview. Notice the bandana around Robby's neck. Yikes, eh? 1988 indeed.

[The Darkest Canuck]

you mean to tell me that some of you lived through the whole decade and don't even remember what was good about it? here, let me school you all:

METALLICA
OZZY
SLAYER
MEGADETH
AEROSMITH
PINK FLOYD
REM
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
RUN DMC
GRAND MASTER FLASH
PETER GABRIEL
VAN HALEN
AC/DC
ALICE COOPER
KISS
ANTHRAX
PANTERA
THE CLASH
THE CURE
JOY DIVISION
DAVID BOWIE
U2
THE SMITHS
THE PIXIES
NEW ORDER
SKINNY PUPPY
THE BEASTIE BOYS
BLACK FLAG
CHEAP TRICK
NEIL YOUNG
THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SOUNDGARDEN
NIRVANA
DIO
JUDAS PRIEST
FAITH NO MORE
IRON MAIDEN
BTO
TOM PETTY
THE ROLLING STONES
RUSH
DEPECHE MODE
ERIC CLAPTON
LENNY KRAVITZ
ZZ TOP
STEVE EARL
TOM COCHRANE
DANZIG
MOTORHEAD
MISFITS
RAMONES
BLACK SABBATH
GUNS'N'ROSES
BILLY IDOL
INXS
JANE'S ADDICTION
MOTLEY CRUE
NINE INCH NAILS
PRINCE
QUEEN
BIRTHDAY PARTY
STEVE VAI
DEEP PURPLE
CELTIC FROST
ANVIL (WHOM I WILL BE SEEING LIVE SOON!)
SCORPIONS
VENOM
QUEENSRYCHE
SEPULTURA
DIAMOND HEAD
UGLY KID JOE
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
MERCYFUL FATE
KING DIAMOND
MINISTRY
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
DEATH
KING'S X
PERE UBU
KILLING JOKE
THE POLICE
FISHBONE
ELVIS COSTELLO
SICK OF IT ALL
AGNOSTIC FRONT
RAEGAN YOUTH
S.O.D.
BAD BRAINS
PUBLIC ENEMY
PARLIAMENT
FUNKADELIC

and...










RICK JAMES BITCH!


while they may not have all been at the height of their popularity in the 80's, they were all a part of the 80's musical landscape, thre's good and bad music from every generation. the majority of mainstream music might have "bit the bag" so to speak, in the 80's, but the majority of mainstream music today sucks too, because..."IT'S LIKE THAT...AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS!" :mrgreen:. the fashion was terrible though, there's no denying that, hell even things like cars sucked in the 80's :lol:. so to be clear on this, i'm not defending the decade as a whole, just the music/musicians who made it all worthwhile, and inspired/influenced some of the great music that was to come in the 90's and beyond.

[thipfan73]

you mean to tell me that some of you lived through the whole decade and don't even remember what was good about it?

I'll add to that list...

Glass Tiger
Honeymoond Suite
Platinum Blonde
Gowan
Peter Gabriel(without Genesis)
Genesis (without Peter Gabriel)
Phil Collins (without Genesis)
REM
B-52's
Michael Jackson (as I said before, I was a huge fan)
Chicago (hey I was a hormonal teenager)
Bryan Adams
Richard Marx
Wilson Phillips
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Bon Jovi
Cyndi Lauper (I was a huge fan of hers too!)
Duran Duran (I was a huge fan of theirs too)
New Edition(THE FIRST "BOY BAND")
Bobby Brown (without New Edition; he did the BEST version of My Perogative)
Whitney Houston (even if I can't stand her now)
New Kids on the Block (even if I look back and think WTF WAS I THINKING!?!?)
Skid Row
Motley Crue
Journey
Styx

I could go on!

BTW, you wanna talk bad fashion I owned a pair of BOBBY BROWN PANTS, yes folks, I did.

[skippy the wonder dog]

you mean to tell me that some of you lived through the whole decade and don't even remember what was good about it? here, let me school you all:

Liveing throught it gives you a certain perspective. For example, everyone today pretends they knew all about the Hip before Up to Here, but in fact about four people were paying attention and the rest were listening to garbage.

Three people paid attention to Pink Floyd in the 80s. After the movie release of The Wall, they were history.

And so on.

But the 80s did give us Roger Waters's brilliant "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" (which deserves consideration for the bad album covers pantheon). One person listened to that....

Mainstream music goes through cycles. The 80s were part of one of those cycles.

A bad part....

[The Horrible Esthete]

I have to disagree. Just the fact that we have a whole thread on the 1980's and opinions on the topic are so divided means it made more of an impact than many people care to admit.

Disagree all you like - you're allowed! Sure, the 80's made an "impact" that we all feel in some ways - like technological advancement, for example, but I'm also allowed to express MY opinion that the statements made in pop culture throughout the '80s were loathsome.

Besides, why is there this need to hate one decade and love another? Why can't we just appreciate each decade for what it is/was? cratch:

What do you mean - we're not supposed to have preferences? It's not as if I "hate" every event that transpired throughout the entire decade or anything...but were talking about pop-culture here, not science or medicine or sports or politics. And it just so happens that I like a variety of the fashions and styles of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 90s, but hate most of those which were popular in the 80s. Why have a discussion about it if all our opinions are lukewarm or indifferent?

And as far a music goes, sorry, but the scene in the 60s and 70s was one of greatness that will never be duplicated, surely not by acts like Iron Maiden or Wham or Duran Duran or Skid Row Winger or Warrant or Tesla or Billy Idol or Poison or Motley Crue. Sure, you can pick out a few acts that, might have raised the bar for popular music through the 80s if they had more help (AC/DC, Aerosmith Van Halen, Def Leppard, REM, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Tom Petty, Rush, ZZ Top, G’n’R, U2, etc.) but IMO a) they were few and far between compared to volume of great acts making music in the 60s and 70s, and b) much of what was 'good' was coming from acts who had either released better music a decade before or a decade later (Pink FLoyd, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, Clapton, Beasties, Stones, Who, Heart, Neil Young, etc.).

[skippy the wonder dog]

And as far a music goes, sorry, but the scene in the 60s and 70s was one of greatness that will never be duplicated, surely not by acts like Iron Maiden or Wham or Duran Duran or Skid Row Winger or Warrant or Tesla or Billy Idol or Poison or Motley Crue. Sure, you can pick out a few acts that, might have raised the bar for popular music through the 80s if they had more help (AC/DC, Aerosmith Van Halen, Def Leppard, REM, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Tom Petty, Rush, ZZ Top, G’n’R, U2, etc.) but IMO a) they were few and far between compared to volume of great acts making music in the 60s and 70s, and b) much of what was 'good' was coming from acts who had either released better music a decade before or a decade later (Pink FLoyd, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, Clapton, Beasties, Stones, Who, Heart, Neil Young, etc.).

The pop culture game is cyclical. The money men are in control and the product they provide is very much a product, but every so often people get pissed off, the money men lose their sense of what's hot, and something new and exciting happens. Then they figure out how to package it, and the cycle starts again.

Early 60's drek spawns the anti-commercial folk and blues revival, but this is fully commercialized by 1965. The drug culture spawns 60s psychedelia, which is fully commercialized by the late 60s. Punk comes out as a reaction to 70s commercial rock, but by the early 80s is neutered into New Wave. The vapidity of 80s music spawns a host of garage bands that in the late 80s break out and morph into the grunge thing, but by the mid 90s this is also fully commercialized. Look at the history of rap for another example. The money men are getting better and better at this as time goes along.

The 80s was the down side of the cycle. IMO we're in a down cycle now, too, but it's not as noticeable because technological change (the Internet) has promoted much more eclectic tastes, so people can find lots of alternatives.

Seriously, compare the late 60s with the 80s. Sure, the late 60s had a lot of garbage, too, but the mainstream a lot of original, exciting stuff. What was original and exciting in 1985? Not much. Who were the 80s Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix?

[The Horrible Esthete]

Who were the 80s Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix?

Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Van Halen. But Dylan / Hendrix had an assload of 'backup', whereas Springsteen / EVH had little....

I agree with you assessment of the cyclical nature of pop music, btw....

[NMAS]

"Liveing throught it gives you a certain perspective. For example, everyone today pretends they knew all about the Hip before Up to Here, but in fact about four people were paying attention and the rest were listening to garbage."

I guess I was one of the 4 cause I had the EP before UP to Here came out. :thumb:

[Stephen Dame]

If it wasn't for the 80's, we wouldn't have this:

Note the tweed jacket and the pants tucked into the boots. Classic 80's fashion



THAT my friends is 1988!!! :lol:

:thumb:

Alright... I've got my Halloween costume. I'm sure Chris can throw a party as his swing'n T.O. pad this October.

Now, with that settled, who wants to be Bobby?

[Jenna_Bird]

Now, with that settled, who wants to be Bobby?

Ooooh! Me me me! My hair is almost the right length right now....one trip to salvation army and I'll be set. :lol:

-Jenna

[Stephen Dame]

Now, with that settled, who wants to be Bobby?

Ooooh! Me me me! My hair is almost the right length right now....one trip to salvation army and I'll be set. :lol:

-Jenna

It's a date.

Although, save yourself the trip to the Sally Ann. I saw Gibby wearing that stuff last week, I'm sure he'll share.

[Killer Whale Tank]

I second the Darkest Canuck's emotion. A bas les 80s!!! Horrible, horrible, horrible---even as kitsch, they stink.