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People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Jun 18^th, 2010 at 12:35pm

This is the kind of stuff I was listening to in the '80s....

SRV, Albert King and Paul Butterfield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlsMLOejH0

Dire Straits

Eric Johnson

Willie Nelson

The Beat Farmers

Elmore James

Little Joe Blue

BB King

The Blasters/Dave Alvin

Stones

The Ramones

Sex Pistols

Hendrix

Ry Cooder

Warren Zevon

Albert Collins

Johnny Copeland

Freddie King

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Los Lobos

Johnny Burnette

Roy Orbison

Reverend Horton Heat (when he was first playing around Deep Ellum)

U2, before Boner went mad.

Charlie Burton

Irma Thomas

Joe Cocker

Buddy Holly

Ella Fitzgerald

Joe Pass

Django & Stephane

James Cotton

Mike Morgan & The Crawl

Buddy & Junior

OK, I admit a few on that list were not still alive in the '80s, but most were!

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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 1:05pm

Hmm… the 1980’s wasn’t an entirely satisfying musical decade, with even some of the greats from the previous two decades managing to turn out utter bollocks.

Amongst the better of the 80’s debutants: The Smiths, Guns N’ Roses, The Stone Roses, New Order – fuck! I’m struggling, now! Err… Kylie Minouge?

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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 2:06pm

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jun 18^th, 2010 at 1:05pm:

Hmm… the 1980’s wasn’t an entirely satisfying musical decade, with even some of the greats from the previous two decades managing to turn out utter bollocks.

Amongst the better of the 80’s debutants: The Smiths, Guns N’ Roses, The Stone Roses, New Order – fuck! I’m struggling, now! Err… Kylie Minouge?

I'll vote for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

How about New Model Army - was that a "'80s music?" I'll vote for them.

I sure wasn't into the hair bands, glam metal and leftover '70s bullshit like Styx/Foreigner/Journey that seemed so popular in the '80s.

And somehow Kylie Minoge and I managed to elude each other - thank goodness!

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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 2:34pm

Urgggh
I was watching VH1 80s marathon last week and couldn't decide if the 80s sucked or if I was just miserable....maybe both.
For me,
early 80s: U2, Clash, Prince....(I'm struggling)
mid: Los Lobos, Replacement, early REM...
that's it. I'm sure there may be a few more, but.....
I kind of discovered the SMiths later on, and Sade ..
but at the time, things were kind of blah.
I think part of it is after I got into Stones, reading about all that amazing history, the plastic, over-the-top 80s were a disapointment.
I was the Stanley Booth book in class in 84 and I wanted it be 1969.

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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 5:25pm

Thing with the 80's is that most of what gets identified with the decade is fucking tripe. With the internet one can find good bands that were active in the 80's, but not necessarily anything popular.
My most reviled decade till this past one, however here are some bands worth checking out for people who like Rock'N'Roll (in addition to what's been posted)
The Gun Club, Green On Red, Firehose, The Cramps, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Fall, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross (check out their cover of "citadel"), Husker Du,
Bad Brains, Mudhoney, Spacemen 3, Motorhead, Dinosaur Jr, The Godfathers.

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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 6:13pm The 80's were rough....but people like Petty and Young were recording, of course. I loved the Smithereens!
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Mr. Sex Drugs Rock n Roll Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 309 Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #6 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 7:07pm In the 80's I was all about the punk, beer and porn black flag descendants circle jerks minor threat dead kennedys DRI the cramps the ministry jane's addiction butthole surfers GBH social d beastie boys firehose metallica
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marko Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 512 Finland Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 5:25am I would add The cult Disneyland After Dark
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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 5:35am Iron maiden The Cult (love Sonic Temple!) Aussie band Kings of the sun Mellencamp - saw him twice & he was brilliant And of course, Samantha Fox
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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,130 aTx Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #10 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:08am are we just listings band names from the 80's or discussing the music of these bands...? just wondering...
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marko Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 512 Finland Gender:	Re: People Talk About "'80s Music"..... Reply #11 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:37am None of you doens´t seem to know Disneyland After Dark! A danish rock band,still very active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXIR2AH9zng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH6yEiKo_PM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqQeX1tBJuA
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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #12 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:58am

Pdog wrote on Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:08am:

are we just listings band names from the 80's or discussing the music of these bands...?
just wondering...

yes i am thinking the 80's was the post modernist fall of rock and roll even the dangerous/difficult stuff was somehow knowing or "ïronic" (see e.g. the birthday party) - the 70s were the apotheothis of rock - as iggy pointed out at the hall of fame, it was invented by poor people but the 70's saw the completion of its take over by the money - rock and roll stars - the stones no less - were the new aristocracy (notwithstanding their dire cash flow problems) - rock kind of died in the 80s - after the iconoclastic black hole of punk - grand master flash was the harbinger of a new revolution

in 1967 jimi was going where no one had gone before - by 1982 (thats' just a mere 15 years later) prince had him down as just another string to his bow

and so into the 90s nirvana et al. were just recycling teenage angst and marshall feedback - it was ever thus - and by then even if the thrill had not completely gone it was an arch sensation

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Re: People Talk About "'80s Music".....
Reply #13 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 9:51am

stonedinaustralia wrote on Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:58am:

Pdog wrote on Jun 19^th, 2010 at 6:08am:

are we just listings band names from the 80's or discussing the music of these bands...?
just wondering...

yes i am thinking the 80's was the post modernist fall of rock and roll even the dangerous/difficult stuff was somehow knowing or "ïronic" (see e.g. the birthday party) - the 70s were the apotheothis of rock - as iggy pointed out at the hall of fame, it was invented by poor people but the 70's saw the completion of its take over by the money - rock and roll stars - the stones no less - were the new aristocracy (notwithstanding their dire cash flow problems) - rock kind of died in the 80s - after the iconoclastic black hole of punk - grand master flash was the harbinger of a new revolution

in 1967 jimi was going where no one had gone before - by 1982 (thats' just a mere 15 years later) prince had him down as just another string to his bow

and so into the 90s nirvana et al. were just recycling teenage angst and marshall feedback - it was ever thus - and by then even if the thrill had not completely gone it was an arch sensation

very well said!!!

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