Popular Groups/ solo Artists from the 80's you disliked?

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Eurythmics, Michael Jackson for starters! :lol:
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Oh my. The list would be so long I wouldn't know where to start.
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Go on name one lol
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elamanamou wrote:Go on name one lol
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Pista wrote:Oh my. The list would be so long I wouldn't know where to start.
Indeed. Though the first that even today ALWAYS come to my mind as the most deterring example are:

SOFT CELL ... :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: :urff: ... :urff: ... that was penetration at its absolutely worst ... :urff: ...
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Europe
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Modern Talking, Bronski Beat, Shakin´Stevens, UB40, CC Catch, Paul Young, Europe, Bon Jovi, Erasure and many many more... :D
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Constant Christmas chart hits.
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Anyone remember this?

Sorry :oops:
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lordofthepies wrote:Anyone remember this?

Sorry :oops:
I have a feeling i know what that link is, and i ain't clicking it!!!
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lordofthepies wrote:Anyone remember this?

Sorry :oops:
I'm amazed you didn't rickroll :(
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Zacharias wrote:
lordofthepies wrote:Anyone remember this?

Sorry :oops:
I'm amazed you didn't rickroll :(
Nope. Still not clicking it! :lol:
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Wham, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley...there might be a theme here :lol:
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Queen, U2 and Simply Red.

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Just about anyone who used those stupid mega thin microphones, with the exception of Japan.

Mostly Spandau Ballet though
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Wham, Culture Club

That 'Hey Mickey' thing i cannot stand! :evil:
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seriously? this is a bit like "which ways dont you want to die?"
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Obviously everyone sees things different and remembers things different. I have trouble remembering anyway.
But my vague recollections are that the eighties were a game of two halves Brian.
The first half had some good stuff left over from the seventies - post-punk / new wave etc. Then there was electronic or synth pop and I quite liked some of the New Romantic stuff. Then there goth bands (were they called goth then?). There was also Glam Metal - Hanoi Rocks were excellent and who can forget the mighty WRATHCHILD.
Lots of stuff worth seeing and buying - interesting and exciting.

The second half I dont really remember that much new and exciting. I heard the Sisters for the 1st time and fell in love but that doesnt count. The only bands from the latter part of the eighties that I remember being moved by were Sputnik and Transvision Vamp.
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The ones I slowly fell out with between 1980 and the end of the eighties:
1. The m*****n
2. The Damned
3. U2

...Remember thinking how can such dynamic bands lose it...
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On the top on list (not only bands from the 80's.) is U fucking 2
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Bartek wrote:On the top on list (not only bands from the 80's.) is U fucking 2
said with such feeling i think we have something we completely agree on. i fucking hate U2.
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Bartek wrote:On the top on list (not only bands from the 80's.) is U fucking 2
said with such feeling i think we have something we completely agree on. i fucking hate U2.
Dislike U2. Despise Bono.
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I'm sensing a pattern here :lol:
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Stereo MCs.

Not exactly a fan of Jesus Jones, either.
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