What I loved about the '80s was the other stuff that was going on. Bands like Black Flag and Fugazi in the US, The Smiths and The Pogues and all the great Pop coming out of the UK. Early-ish REM and U2.
-Dave-
Yeah, I was a big fan of Pretenders, most especially for: "Message To Love" and "Mystery Achievement", and Chrissie's then-husband Jim Kerr's band Simple Minds for
Once Upon A Time: "Alive and Kicking", "All the Things She Said", and "Sanctify Yourself"
And how 'bout them Eurythmics?
For
Be Yourself Tonight: "Would I Lie To You?", "Conditioned Soul" and "Baby's Comin' Back".
I will even unabashedly admit to owning Duran Duran's
7 and the Ragged Tiger after seeing "the Reflex" and "New Moon on Monday" on MTV.
Thinking about all that great pop, I'm thinking "Dang, this thread might become a 'Favorite Band' of the 80's' " thread.
"Not that there's anything
wrong with that."
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I distinctly remember thinking at the time that the '80's sounded like they were gonna be as much fun as the '60's were again, after hearing the Police's' "Message In a Bottle" (yeah I know, late '79) and "Every Little Thing She Does".
A-a-a-nd let's not forget Talking Heads for "Once In a Lifetime"...
Surprisingly to many of my friends, I absolutely detested the "hair bands" although I'll give Bon Jovi and Van Halen grudging respect now for "Livin' On a Prayer" and "Panama", respectively. :friendly_wink:
Oh yes, now remembering Love and Rockets' "So Alive", and the Smithereens' "A Girl Like You".
Edie Brickell's
Shooting Rubber Bands At the Stars (anybody remember "What I Am" ?)
I remember seeing the Paul Collins Beat perform "I Don't Fit In" in a small local club in '87 and when the set was over they projected MTV on a huge hanging screen and I heard REM's "The One I Love" for the first time, and thought, "Yep, it's still a great decade for music"
Some parting thoughts:
Chrissie Hynde or Annie Lennox?
Sting or Michael Jackson?
Slash or Kenny G?
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"Next?"