Was 80's music really that bad ?

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:41 PM

Ha! I did indeed miss "know's"

Believe me, it's no fun being an apostrophe pedant.

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:33 PM

.. if the 'apostrophes' were a reference to me..

you missed out "know's".....


No defence, no excuses..
just my eyes, brain, and typing fingers communicate & coordinate in mysterious ways
since I reached my mid 50s''''''

must be all the cocktails I imbibed back in the 80s...

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,Phil Cooper on the IPhone
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:32 PM

I must admit that as much as I am a fan of folk music, that I have a secret fondness for The Bangles.

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:30 PM

Yes, quite right about London calling . Sorry.

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:18 PM

The first 5 REM albums
The first 4 Echo and the Bunnymen albums
The rest of The Smiths output, beyond The Queen Is Dead

BTW 'London Calling' isn't an '80s album. It was released in '79.


And I do wish you people could learn how to use apostrophes with regards to years. But, hey...

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:17 PM

London Calling was released in the 1970s (just).

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 12:07 PM

The 80s was the last decade during which I was subjected to much pop music, that courtesy of a radio incessantly blaring the stuff at the place where I was working. I hated all of it with the exception of Dire Straits and Billy Joel. It's no accident that that slang term "cheesy" was coined during the same decade.

I have since changed my mind about Men at Work, due mainly to Colin Hay's solo work, much of which consists of acoustic reworkings of some of the same material he did with that band.

I also understand Boy George is making a comeback. I don't give a shit.

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 11:55 AM

yeh
Rummenigge by Alan and Denise
Twilight Cafe by Susan Fassbender
War Baby by Tom Robinson
Right by your side by the Eurythmics
World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope
Story of the Blues by Wah
Give it Up by kc and the sunshine band
only you by Yazoo
brassin pocket by the pretenders

Subject: RE: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 11:20 AM

nah.. the 90's were much worse...

.. as for the 2000's and today.. who know's ???

I stopped listening.

Subject: Was 80's music really that bad ?
From: GUEST,Hi Lo
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 11:15 AM

We had a theme party at the w/end. The theme was eighties pop music. Many people think the 80's were a dreadful time for pop. But was it ? Our only rule was to try to stay away from the hugely popular, Dire straits and all that. Here is what we played;
Ktafwerk/Electric Café
Joni Mitchell/Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm
Kate Bush/ The Dreaming
The Waterboys/ Fishermans Blues
The Art of Noise/Art of Noise
World Party/ Goodbye Jumbo
XTC/ Oranges and Lemons
Bruce Cockburn/ Inner City Front
The Smiths The Queen is Dead
The Clash/ London Calling
Johnny Clegg and Jaluka/ Scatterlings

So, perhaps the eighties weren't that bad. Do you have some favourite pop music from that time.