Briz Vegas Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Ok, yes it mostly was......but it was my era for growing up, finishing school etc, so it's special. Does any of it stand the test of time? Could the song that was cool back in the day still be cool now or is it a total cringe fest hearing those songs again. Answer: Mostly, not always. What about Bronski Beat, Small town boy. I remember ( here we go ) I was out with a boofy Yugoslavian mate on afternoon helping him buy a second hand hifi to get him through Uni. He had no idea that this was a bit of a gay anthem, I don't no that I even had the heart to tell him at the time. His favourite saying was " no no can't be" :-) what I do recall is how powerful this song sounded when he played it loud on a little Aiwa mini system. It was the 12 inch version and that demo has stuck in my head all these years. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=huavJMGUbiI When I saw a 2014 reprise of the song On YouTube today I thought "this is going to sound terrible." I was so surprised I thought I would post it here. Funny, to this day I still don't own a copy of this track. Maybe that's why it still has that power it once had. Simple, tinged in sadness but in that kind of liberating way because it's not whimpy. So, 30 odd years later...... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNhLOfUPHa8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montreal Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) i had a similar experience with Nena i wanted to catch a train all the way to berlin (along with all the associated train in a tunnel imagery and symbolism) yawohl Nena 30 years later still hot !!! (and she brought a friend) Edited January 30, 2016 by montreal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk plastic Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) No, the 80's were ok,both the Comsat Angels and The Ophelias were great bands! There were many more of course. The commercial side of the 80's could be a bit meh,but if you dig around there's musical gems to be enjoyed for sure. Having said that, on reflection,the fashion trends, fluro, hypercolour t-shirts, boofy hairstyles etc,man they really sucked. Edited January 30, 2016 by Blk plastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montreal Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) there is good music to be found ... Edited January 30, 2016 by montreal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) wash your mouth out!! so much great music in the 80's, there are too many to list to name just a few Depeche Mode the Cure New Order The Smiths Prince INXS Midnight Oil U2 Madonna Pet Shop Boys Simple Minds Talk Talk Guns and Roses Men Without Hats Edited January 30, 2016 by metal beat 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blybo Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Hyper Colour was the nineties. I turned 18 in 89 so have fond memories of the 80's. Most of what @ has listed, plus Crowded House, I think Jeff Buckley just sneaks in, Hoodoo Gurus, Hunters & Collectors Etc etc etc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Also gave birth to thrash metal which lives on to this day so yeah I'm very much an 80's tragic. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Try living through an era when the radio programmers thought that "music" meant disco and the Bee Gees. In any era you have to dig to find gold. If you are trying to find it using the radio dial and limit yourself to the handful of radio stations that are measured for commercial audience ratings purposes, well then. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackangus Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Always strikes me that the 80s is remembered for and associated with a certain type of sound - clean, overproduced and shiny. But was the '80s sound' really the sound of the 1980s? Hmmm, looking at my list now maybe it was! Anyway, to the list supplied by @ I would add Killing Joke Tom Waits - Rain Dogs could be the highlight of the 1980s Beastie Boys Slayer - or maybe Reign in Blood is... The Police Japan/David Sylvian King Crimson's red blue and yellow trilogy Danzig Godflesh massapeal And I reckon Steve Reich's output throughout the decade wasn't so bad either - I think electric counterpoint and his first triple quartet were composed in the 80s? Edited January 30, 2016 by blackangus 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Thorens Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 How about U2, Simple Minds, Sade, the Jam, the Church, Style Council, the Triffids, Dire Straits, Metallica, the Angels, Sting, Simply Red, ZZ Top, Tracey Chapman... There was quality to be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 There's 'always' quality to be found in any decade! ....but less so in the 'eighties' ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki65 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 A couple more Ministry The Necks The Pogues Beasts of Bourbon New ACDC ? ( as apposed to the real ACDC) - no Bon Scott no ACDC Nick Cave and the bad seeds Holly Cole REM That's about it as my glass is empty and I need another Jack Daniels. Cheers Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awty Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Yeah heaps of good stuff from the eighties (except the stuff 125dBmonster plays and a couple that metal beat put up....Madona and MWOH really?) I bought the Bronski Beat album back in the day, I still play, is a great album. Also Died Pretty The Gun Club Violent Femmes Bouhaus The Cult Jonathan Richman Light House Keepers The Go- Betweens The Church Nick Cave and the bad seeds etc... Edited January 30, 2016 by awty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Hall Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Yes there was plenty of great music and No it was not "that bad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki65 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Bugger, almost forgot one of the greatest that formed in the 80's - Sonic Youth 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awty Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Bugger, almost forgot one of the greatest that formed in the 80's - Sonic Youth Yeah Like there more commercial Goo and Dirty (double orange vinyl), but some of there other stuff is just for the dedicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon27 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 my favourite song from the 80s was by sabrina called boys boys boys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Yeah heaps of good stuff from the eighties (except the stuff 125dBmonster plays and a couple that metal beat put up....Madona and MWOH really?) I bought the Bronski Beat album back in the day, I still play, is a great album. Bronski Beat, "Get that perfect beat boy's" I'm a bit more 90's Edited January 30, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 No one's mentioned 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Hayes Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 From the early 80s, Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners, to the mid 80s the Communards (jimmy Somerville again) to the later 80's Bon Jovi, Motley Crue - so much fun music - arguably the best decade in the history of music 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 arguably the best decade in the history of music 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Gents, i was joking re Men Without Hats. I really meant Limal Have to add Sisters of Mercy Dead can Dance Coctea Twins Lloyd Cole and the Commotions The The Caberet Voltaire The Divinyls Ed Kuepper Edited January 30, 2016 by metal beat 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zog Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzifwSzNDg 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 my favourite song from the 80s was by sabrina called boys boys boys Yeah that uncensored video made me "loose it" many a time as a wee teenager 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaky Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Three words: FAITH NO MORE *meant in a they are bloody brilliant way Edited January 30, 2016 by shaky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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