The 80's : Ten years that changed Britain

Liverbirdie said:
Fixed.

No matter your view on the quality (or lack of) music in the 80's, you cant deny that it had a massive variety in music, along with the 70's.

You couldnt say that about the 2 decades since.
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Yes you can you old fart. Listen to 6 Music and you will hear a massive variety of music, there is more variety and easy access to so many different genres of music now than there has ever been. I'd love to have been a teenager now with spotify and their ilk meaning great music is just a click of a button away. Get with it Daddy O. ;)
 
Hacker Khan said:
I agree, you can't beat a shuttle exploding and some awful plane crashes when it comes to defining great decades can you. ;)
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Yeah that didn't read right did it

It was more about defining the decade and events that will be remembered in history
 
Hacker Khan said:
Yes you can you old fart. Listen to 6 Music and you will hear a massive variety of music, there is more variety and easy access to so many different genres of music now than there has ever been. I'd love to have been a teenager now with spotify and their ilk meaning great music is just a click of a button away. Get with it Daddy O. ;)
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Had this conversation with a few mates the other week and exactly as you say the 90's kids think the 80's was crap and the 90's were way better in that they were of the opinion the 80's was all staged and showmanship and the 90's was about the bands and the people who could play instruments.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Yes you can you old fart. Listen to 6 Music and you will hear a massive variety of music, there is more variety and easy access to so many different genres of music now than there has ever been. I'd love to have been a teenager now with spotify and their ilk meaning great music is just a click of a button away. Get with it Daddy O. ;)
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I'm a square who only listens to whats on the radio, sorry wireless.:D

I'm talking "popular" music. Has rap moved on in the last 20 years, dance music, and dont get me started on them hijacking "R and B" as a genre.

70's - Glam rock, heavy metal, disco, punk, mod revival,

80's - new wave, new romantics, soul, rap, house, baggy, indie

More or less full genres of music, whereas they try to make up mini genres now as music moving on.
 
Liverbirdie said:
I'm a square who only listens to whats on the radio, sorry wireless.:D

I'm talking "popular" music. Has rap moved on in the last 20 years, dance music, and dont get me started on them hijacking "R and B" as a genre.

70's - Glam rock, heavy metal, disco, punk, mod revival,

80's - new wave, new romantics, soul, rap, house, baggy, indie

More or less full genres of music, whereas they try to make up mini genres now as music moving on.
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I suspect asking a bunch of mostly middle aged to elderly white tubby blokes on a golf forum if rap music has moved on in 20 years is probably asking the wrong audience. Unless of course I am underestimating how often NWA is pumping out of the club house jukebox whilst the club captain gets down with his 'homies in da hood' ;)
 
pauldj42 said:
Had this conversation with a few mates the other week and exactly as you say the 90's kids think the 80's was crap and the 90's were way better in that they were of the opinion the 80's was all staged and showmanship and the 90's was about the bands and the people who could play instruments.
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What about the 00's though. I thought the 90's music was decent, not as good imo as the 80's but ok. However when the new millenium came in can anyone say the music as a whole was as good. It has improved with the likes of Adele and a host of others but for the first decade I thought it wasn't very good as a whole. Probably just me again
 
pauldj42 said:
Had this conversation with a few mates the other week and exactly as you say the 90's kids think the 80's was crap and the 90's were way better in that they were of the opinion the 80's was all staged and showmanship and the 90's was about the bands and the people who could play instruments.
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Bands playing instruments and writing their own songs is way over rated as some people seem to think it is a sign of 'authenticity'. Where as some of the greatest music ever has not been performed by the person singing it using 'traditional instruments'. And some of the dullest unimaginative music produced has some from bands stuck in the same old guitar, bass drums tired old format. Horses for courses for me, no one way of ensuring quality.

I think all decades produced great music if you looked hard enough for it. It's just a lot easier to find nowadays. Trouble is too many people kind of get stuck and give up trying once they have found a few things they like.
 
Hacker Khan said:
I think all decades produced great music if you looked hard enough for it. It's just a lot easier to find nowadays. Trouble is too many people kind of get stuck and give up trying once they have found a few things they like.
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Damn! Got to agree with you again H. I've got albums from every decade from the 60's onwards. Spent a small fortune last year stocking up the iPod, all of which were recent albums.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Bands playing instruments and writing their own songs is way over rated as some people seem to think it is a sign of 'authenticity'. Where as some of the greatest music ever has not been performed by the person singing it using 'traditional instruments'. And some of the dullest unimaginative music produced has some from bands stuck in the same old guitar, bass drums tired old format. Horses for courses for me, no one way of ensuring quality.

I think all decades produced great music if you looked hard enough for it. It's just a lot easier to find nowadays. Trouble is too many people kind of get stuck and give up trying once they have found a few things they like.
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Which is exactly why I think it's an age think, it's the music your parents or siblings listened to, then your mates and types of venues you frequented, then the partner you meet etc etc.
unless you have that interest in music, your tastes for the majority tend to stay fixed.
Hope to god my lad loses his interest in Slipknot😃
 
Everyone to their own , since i became a teenager in 1959 I've listened to, enjoyed and played all sorts of music through the decades, some good some bad.

But please keep music LIVE , you just can't beat listening to a live act or band that really play their instruments and sing in tune, without using backing tracks, auto tune or miming.:mad:
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Well I was an 80's child and I enjoyed the decade

Remember getting my very first single - 99 Red Ballons
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Not sure I would be mention that in public. Of course it was the quality of the song you liked, and nothing to do with Nena being red hot.:whistle:

My first single was Without You, Harry Nilsson.
 
richart said:
Not sure I would be mention that in public. Of course it was the quality of the song you liked, and nothing to do with Nena being red hot.:whistle:

My first single was Without You, Harry Nilsson.
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Turned up to no.9 on this?

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richart said:
Not sure I would be mention that in public. Of course it was the quality of the song you liked, and nothing to do with Nena being red hot.:whistle:

My first single was Without You, Harry Nilsson.
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is it safe to say my first album was the planets suite by Edward Elgar....
 
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