80s music was s**t

[Francis]

So said Bowie. I disagree. Starter for ten...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8mWG6HlmU

So many more to keep me up all night. But I'm sure you can find better...

[mh]

80s music was awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2gtZPvzWg

[paint it black]

Agreed, the best of times, the worst of times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKdrqyroDlI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAqaqyFlJic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tpuCcPfGk

but I love this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXz3TQOS_c

[million voices]

I think what he meant with in comparison to his music in the Seventies, Bowie's Music in the Eighties was s**t.
(still good, but certainly not as good)

[Dan]

I think what he meant with in comparison to his music in the Seventies, Bowie's Music in the Eighties was s**t.
(still good, but certainly not as good)

Definitely true if you include Tin Machine.

[Francis]

I think what he meant with in comparison to his music in the Seventies, Bowie's Music in the Eighties was s**t.
(still good, but certainly not as good)

That I would agree with, but it's not what he said:

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/gallery/de ... ge_id=1369

Just because the eighties wasn't dominated by a handful of massively successful bands unlike the decades before and since, doesn't make the music less good. The punk explosion blew away the old rules on convention giving rise to so many different genres and encouraging us to appreciate everything from Sinatra to the Sisters.

[psichonaut]

aside Duran Duran and Spandau ballet...was a good decade

[James Blast]

Just because the eighties wasn't dominated by a handful of massively successful bands unlike the decades before and since, doesn't make the music less good. The punk explosion blew away the old rules on convention giving rise to so many different genres and encouraging us to appreciate everything from Sinatra to the Sisters.

<sigh> yer usual bollocks Franco

the wife's obviously let you loose on the lemonade, since you've been a good boy

[million voices]

Speaking personally, I think the 80's was a decade of two halves, Brian.
The first half seemed to be full of bands to see, listen to and / or dance badly to. The second half seems to be something of a musical desert.
Admittedly, there were a lot of leftovers from the late '70s, but I remember in no particular order :-
Human League / Kraftwerk / Numan / B52's / Japan / Heaven 17 / Devo / Kate Bush / Bauhaus / Hanoi Rocks / Johnny Thunders / Cuddly Toys / Marionette / Transvision Vamp / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
That is wihout really thinking too deep - I am not saying they were all excellent but they all had something to offer.
The second half - nothing much. That maybe due to the fact that I was taking less interest or that there was less to take interest in.

[moses]

Human League / Kraftwerk / Numan / B52's / Japan / Heaven 17 / Devo / Kate Bush / Bauhaus / Hanoi Rocks / Johnny Thunders / Cuddly Toys / Marionette / Transvision Vamp / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
.

Half of those was what was wrong with the 80's!

[James Blast]

but which half?

for me it was a joy: Heaven Up Here, Mask, FALAA, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Combat Rock, A Zed and Two Noughts, Boys and Girls, Clandestine, Cuckoo, Porno, Disintegration, So far, so good... so what!, The Las Vegas Story, Bert Plant's first two ellpees, lotsa Vangelis, Making Contact, anything Big Audio Dynamite, Movement, Nowhere, Psalm 69, The Stone Roses, all the Chams output, this is the day... this is the hour... this is THIS!

your turn

nae doubt some smart Alec will spot summfink from either the 70s or 90s in my list

[moses]

Hanoi Rocks / Cuddly Toys / Marionette / Transvision Vamp / Sigue Sigue Sputnik

That Half

[million voices]

I guess it comes down to whatever floats your boat

But the majority that make up the "That Half" I remember as trying to do something different, a lot of fun to see live and making interesting LPs to play on the stereo - which I still listen to today.

[paint it black]

how to suck eggs was 1992. i did most of the tour lol

however, there are many great things

Smiths, Eurythmics, JAMC, Cocteau Twins, Birdland (before official release), Nirvana which say the late 80s were great

[bearskin]

Aside from the bands who were (or became) too big to play there, even a list of bands who I saw live at Retford Porterhouse would confirm that 80s music was pretty awesome. (Play Dead, Southern Death Cult, NMA, Theatre of Hate + heaps of punk bands like Discharge, Blitz etc to name a few)

An awful lot of "chart" music was pap, but around the edges - and in particular the "indie" charts were full of awesome music. Back then The Sisters were the leader of the pack, but there were plenty of other bands that floated your boat - from the Banshees who were always in the charts, to RLYL and Rose of Avalanche (who weren't). I have even mellowed to some of the chart stuff from back then - "Will You" by Hazel O'Connor is my wife's fave that I have come to appreciate, and some mainstream stuff like "Dare" is pretty decent.

[Bartek]

just one band is enough for me: Wire. (I know that they weren't start in 80's). and PIL and Talking Heads.

[million voices]

....also, seeing as this is what BOWIE thought of the eighties.
Out of all the tracks, on all the LPs by all the bands which one does he cover in 2003 and put on a B-side
"Love Missile" by the Sputniks
So he must have revised his opinion of the eighties sometime after talking to Andrew who?

[Silver_Owl]

aside Duran Duran and Spandau ballet...was a good decade

I think you meant to say because of Duran Duran it was a good decade.
(Do you see what I did there? Decade? The name of their best of?)
Anyway, Duran Duran are quality. I don't care what you say.

Bowie was sh1te in the 80's and ever since (I'm not a fan).
But the 80's bought us all the quality stuff James mentioned and New Order, The Chameleons, The Wonder Stuff and Bananarama.

[czuczu]

Can anyone name one vital band from the last 10 years? :/

[Bartek]

Fever Ray. First 3 albums of Electric Six. For Greater Good. no, I'm not licking butt by last one.

[moses]

Can anyone name one vital band from the last 10 years? :/

Alabama3
Woven Hand
Crippled Black Phoenix

[LouLou]

Crippled Black Phoenix

minsk
pelican
red sparowes
omega massif
rosetta

[Silver_Owl]

Crippled Black Phoenix

Totally agree.

Just checking out Woven Hand now as I'm unfamiliar with their work.

[EvilBastard]

Can anyone name one vital band from the last 10 years? :/

Ladytron
Savlonic
Elbow

[Camy]

Pet Shop Boys
The Sisters of Mercy