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Favourite bands/albums/songs from the ... 80's

I think the 80’s was a great era for music as long as it isn’t mainstream stuff, though some of that is OK.

At the start you had new wave, moving into Goth. Indie music paved the way for Brit pop and a lot of the bands today in most cases. The whole dance thing really started there with the New Order/ Madchester thing, along with some great hip hop.

My fave bands still are;

The Smiths
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Cocteau Twins
New Order
Stone Roses
Happy Mondays
Primal Scream (I still prefer them when they were a twee jangly band on C86)

I think shoe gazing is due a comeback too!!!!
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Eighties was and is still the best decade for music. My iPhone is loaded with eighties music as is my fav playlist. Bands that stand out for me - in no particular order:

Simple Minds
Thompson Twins
Tears for Fears
Altered Images
Japan
Spandau Ballet
Duran Duran
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Eurythmics
The Stranglers
The Police
Bowie
ZZ Top
Talk Talk
Soft Cell/ Marc Almond
Marillion
Genesis
Kate Bush
INXS
James
Godley & Creme
Del Amitri
Deacon Blue
The Cranberries
Depeche Mode
ABC
The Cure


A pretty eclectic mix of music, but there was so much good stuff going on back then, there's loads more too....
 
Aztecs27 said:
I love plenty of stuff from the 80's even though I discovered it all later on:

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

and not forgetting...

Iron Maiden - Live After Death which is one of the best Live albums of all time.

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Plus one to that. Maiden at Donnington in 1988 was probably the best live concert I've been to.

I was into the metal scene in 80s too. Not with Ozzy O stuff, more the Bay Area thrash scene, even some glam rock such as Cinderella, White Lion, Skid Row, Whitesnake.
 
Piece said:
Plus one to that. Maiden at Donnington in 1988 was probably the best live concert I've been to.

I was into the metal scene in 80s too. Not with Ozzy O stuff, more the Bay Area thrash scene, even some glam rock such as Cinderella, White Lion, Skid Row, Whitesnake.
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The first Monsters of Rock was superb. Rainbow were stunning.

The Vapors (turning Japanese) used to play in my local pub in Farnham.
Loved Vienna, which I see was voted the best song that only got to number 2 in the charts

Foreigner 4 was a great albuum from the 80's, even if the number one single from it was the worst track.
 
Love 80's stuff

The classic electro synth stuff like Depeche Mode and New Order then the soft rock bands like Bon Jovi, Kiss, Whitesnake, Europe, Def Leppard, Heart, GNR

Other favourites are INXS, Simple Minds, U2, RHCP

Album of the decade INXS - Kick
 
Favorite Albums-
U2-Joshua Tree
Michael Jackson-Bad
Guns N Rose-Appetite for Destruction.
Garth Brooks-Garth Brooks
Gloria Estefan-Anything for You.
Lionel Richie-Dancing on the Ceiling
Billy Joel-Innocent Man
UB40-Best of (Vol 1)

I know it a bit lame....but I was only born in '78 and 12 years old when hitting the '90s

Oh almost forgot
Michael Bolton-Soul Provider
 
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need_my_wedge said:
I'm playing that a lot at the moment.

Can't stand that poor cover of Never Tear Us Apart by Paloma Faith though....
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I thought the cover was ok, at least it wasn't turned into a dub step mash up or something ;)

INXS are one of those bands that did their best stuff early on, I think Kick was their pinnacle, from X onwards was only downhill until Michael's death.

Other bands in that bracket include Depeche Mode, Oasis, U2, Stereophonics, Manics and the Foo Fighters, I love all the early stuff by these bands but the recent stuff is average at best.
 
Aztecs27 said:
Iron Maiden - Live After Death which is one of the best Live albums of all time.
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I saw them play the Glasgow Apollo on that tour and they were, indeed brilliant!

Piece said:
Plus one to that. Maiden at Donnington in 1988 was probably the best live concert I've been to.
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I was there too and what a fantastic day it was - Helloween, Guns n Roses (before they were overexposed!), Megadeth, Dave Lee Roth and Kiss. Still got the T-shirt somewhere!

Unfortunately for Maiden, who were well past their best by this point, Kiss broke their rule of never supporting anyone that had previously supported them and ditched about ten years of material to play a "greatest hits" set of all the classics. Maiden should have just told them to keep playing - impossible for them (or anyone, frankly) to follow it.
 
FairwayDodger said:
I saw them play the Glasgow Apollo on that tour and they were, indeed brilliant!



I was there too and what a fantastic day it was - Helloween, Guns n Roses (before they were overexposed!), Megadeth, Dave Lee Roth and Kiss. Still got the T-shirt somewhere!

Unfortunately for Maiden, who were well past their best by this point, Kiss broke their rule of never supporting anyone that had previously supported them and ditched about ten years of material to play a "greatest hits" set of all the classics. Maiden should have just told them to keep playing - impossible for them (or anyone, frankly) to follow it.
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Whilst I would agree that the years of touring Powerslave, Seventh Son, Somewhere in Time meant that the live stuff from this era was average at best (which is a shame because Seventh Son is arguably their best album IMHO)..and got worse in the early 90s; "A Real Live/Dead One" live album is barely listenable, since their proper comeback, their live shows have been exceptional (saw them on the Dance of Death and Final Frontier tours which was awesome and "Rock in Rio" is just as good as Live after Death imho) I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for them to announce UK dates for their Maiden England world tour (touring the Seventh Son Album! Winner!).
 
I nearly always listen to Absolute 80's whilst at work, from midnight until 6am nothing but 80's music, and I think it's great. I think I enjoy the music from that era more now I am older than when it was actually current
 
Plenty of good stuff for me.

Dire Straits; Making Movies, Love Over Gold, Alchemy, Brothers In Arms
Big Country; The Crossing, The Seer, Steeltown
Bruce Springsteen; Born In The USA
Bon Jovi; Keep The Faith, New Jersey
And another vote for American Heartbeat, still got that on vinyl. Loved that American soft rock.

Looking forward to the summer, seeing all of the above bands live (for Dire Straits read Mark Knopfler).
 
The stuff I liked
Depeche Mode
Grace Jones
Fad Gadget
Bauhaus
Japan
Blancmange
The Normal
Test tube babies
And assorted other obscure electronica
 
Went through several incarnations. I was a new romantic at the beginning but got fed up with the aggro on the way home. Was into my two tone in a big way, enjoyed the Mod revival, loved the early GnR stuff. Was converted meeting Marillion in a Surbiton pub during a break from writing Misplaced Childhood. Got into the like of Floyd early Genesis on the back of that.

There were lots of singles over the decade I loved but I never listened or followed the top 40. Bon Jovi did a load of good early stuff, Queen were still top of the tree. Loved Dire Straits. Went to some great concerts (Live Aid, Queen at Wembley, Jovi, Marillion @ Reading festival, Dire Straits, etc)
 
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