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Thoughts on '80's music...

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  • 24-03-2002 1:49pm
    #1
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    What do the majority of you think of '80's music?
    A lot of people are always talking ****e about '80's music, purely because most of the bands of the time dressed up strangely...but some of the songs released during that time were actually class.

    Some great songs from that time are all-time classics.
    Just wondering after hearing a discussion in the pub the other night, where everyone had an idea in their head about the '80's and automatically put good songs down.


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    Dr. Loon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    There's plenty of good tunes from the 80's, it's just that an aawful lot of them were shíte!
    I personally think the 90's has been the worst decade for music.


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    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users Posts: 10,581 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    The Top Gun OST is the best thing ever.


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    [Deleted User]
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    The Top Gun OST is the best thing ever.
    Some good songs on it alright
    I personally think the 90's has been the worst decade for music

    Yeah, remember at the start of the '90's bands like D-Ream (for f-u-c-k sake!) and East 17 and DeeLite....pretty crappy music, really brought the standard down.

    What happened? The music seems to be getting increasingly ****ty...although some songs now seem to stand out more now.

    The whole dance music thing seems to be slowing down now.


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    *Caugh*

    80's... Goth music...
    Yay...

    Seriously, where the hell would I be without the 80's?

    Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim... I won't go on...

    And lets not forget Ultravox.
    Because, lets face it, they own all of you.


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    mike65
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    The ratio of good to bad songs has never altered only the styles change. The eighties had dome great bands like Teardrop Explodes and XTC but it also gave us Spandau Ballet and Sigue Sigue Sputnick what do you do?

    Mike.


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    davros
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    The 1980s was marked by the overuse of the synthesizer and the drum machine. The technology was not quite there and too many of those songs just sound cheap now.

    One positive outcome of the above was the acoustic revival (MTV Unplugged, etc.) of the 1990s.

    But let's not forget that one of the greatest albums of all time was released in the mid-1980s: Paul Simon's Graceland.


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    Karl Hungus
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    MULLETS!!!


    Oh, and did I mention the Cure? Joy Division? (Or didn't they start in the 70's?) Siouxsie and the Banshees?

    C'mon... the 80's were cool.

    David Bowie!?
    IRON MAIDEN!


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    polarbelly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭polarbelly


    the cure produced some brilliant stuff in the 80's


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    gurramok
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    aye the 80's produced alot of creativity !
    Ultravox- my fav to Duran Duran, Flock Of Seagulls, The Police and who can forget New Order & Depeche Mode !!...too many to type !!
    American music from Reo Speedwagon to Bon Jovi, the 80s scene was da best :)
    well early 80s until rick astley(yuck!) came along in '87 and the music went on a downhill slope ever since :(


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    Kolodny
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    By way of tribute, I will be having an all 80s party for my birthday this summer. I expected a few sniggers from mates when I mentioned this, but all in all the response has been enthusiastic. I am looking forward to digging out my old records though - aaahhh, memories!

    (I have drawn the line at mullets, wristbands and dodgy hoop earrings though!) ;)


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    cournioni
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    Thrash metal started off in the early 80's so it can't be all that bad...

    Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, Metallica and Sepultura were all kickin ass in the '80's


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    Oeneus
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    Oh come on, man! It was the best decade!

    Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
    Metallica - Master Of Muppets
    Michael Jackson - Thriller
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
    AC/DC - Back in Black
    ZZ Top - Eliminator (I don'y care what you think, I liked it)
    the list goes on.


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    Monkey
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    New Order
    Smiths


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    Raggamuffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Raggamuffin


    yes why not completely ignore the pixies, Nirvana, Husker Du throwing muses, sonic youth , cocteau twins, my bloody valentine, dinosaur jr, jesus and mary chain, echo and the bunnymen>???????????????


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    Kali
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    spacemen 3.. yay


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    immort4l
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    Thrash metal started off in the early 80's so it can't be all that bad...

    Yay I totally agree.Slayer,'tallica and megadeth are still better than most of the crap coming out today.

    And how was 80's music any worse than 90's ?'NO NO LIMIT NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ' etc... :)

    Oh,and 'the final countdown',without which,the world would not be the same.


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    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭ifconfig


    As a teen of the 80's there was both good and bad.
    If anyone has Sky digital then the BBC Radio 6 channel
    (911 without card inserted or via add favourites) is
    worth checking out as the DJs there seem to be able
    to pull out from the cobwebs some of the better
    offerings from the 80's and early 90's.

    --e


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    knobbles
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    80's oh yes,
    that's where it all started for me...
    Michael Jackson - Thriller
    Duran Duran....addicted to them when i was a kid but they still sound great, with touches of cheesy synth genius!
    then towards the close we'd great stuff from INXS, Sting, U2,
    Def Leppard's Hysteria, Gunner's Appetite, Bon Jovi, New Order
    ....you don't find this class in the top 10 singles anymore

    Other great stuff that i went back and found at a maturer stage:
    Depeche Mode - later stuff, Cure - all of it, Smiths - hit & miss,
    and into te dark with some wicked sounds from Cocteau Twins and those noisy trip bands that Creation discovered ....MBV, JesusMary,

    Very proud owner of a big folder of 80's mp3's classics.
    God Bless the Napster revolution


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    Raggamuffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Raggamuffin


    spaceman 3 yey!!!1
    hehe
    I always had a soft spot for the posies and REM


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    #21
    El_Presidente
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    Yeah, people tend to write off the 80's in a wave of big hair metal jokes but some really good stuff came out too.

    The pixies come to mind. Paul Simon did some funky stuff and Stevie Ray Vaughan was busy keeping the blues alive.

    Could have been a lot worse.


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    IRISHLILY24
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    The 80's produced some great music, as does every decade. someone will have something negative to say about every decade's new genre of music. As a music lover I appreciate it all and see how each year brings a significant change to the music we hear today. It's all connected down deep.
    Some of my favs during the 80's were, depeche mode, van halen, u2, the cure, madonna, cyndi lauper, kenny loggins, motley crue, poison, skid row, astin, oh, so many more :)


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    Oeneus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Oeneus


    Ah yes! Van Halen. Forgot that one! :D


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    Clintons Cat
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    wot i liked about the 80s No specific order
    Adam and the ants,
    Live Aid,
    Inxs,
    Rem,
    culture club
    depeche mode
    motorhead
    the specials
    madness'
    the house martins
    beautiful south
    michael jackson when he was still black and making great music,
    luther vandross
    The Smiths
    Stone Roses
    Happy Mondays
    New Order
    Queen
    Grand Master Flash
    Run Dmc
    The Beastie Boys
    Ice T
    Public Enemy
    Guns and roses
    The Cure
    Souixsie and the Banshies
    Megadeath
    Iron Maiden
    depeche mode
    Ten City
    Soul II Soul
    Marshal Jefferson
    808 State
    A Guy Named Gerald
    the 80s were great
    the nineties were rubish

    oh yes and Spinal tap


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    #25
    Oeneus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Oeneus


    You know I didn't stop liking Michael Jackson just because he was no longer black. Jaysus!


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    ButcherOfNog
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    off the top of my head

    Pixies
    Smiths
    Cure
    New Order
    Sisters Of Mercy
    The The

    Some people have listed early 90's stuff, but I won't get picky :)


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