spidermike007 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 12 hours ago, balo said: You forgot Fiction Factory, but they remain a one hit wonder with Feels Like Heaven, it ended up as a great classic. Yeah. There were alot of one hit wonders in the 1980's. Hence I did not include most of them. Some of the bands I did include changes music forever. And some will never be forgotten. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 A band that I discovered in the early 80s when I was driving my semi-trailer between France and UK The Skatalites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) On 4/8/2020 at 10:19 AM, spidermike007 said: The 1980's. Alot of amazing music. New Order. Depeche Mode. Tears for Fears. The Cure. The Eurythmics, Prince, Cameo, Bowie, Journey, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Human League, Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Billy Idol, Joe Jackson, Pet shop boys, Fine young cannibals, the Clash, Chaka Khan, The Smiths, Kate Bush, Rick James, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Boogie Down Productions, NWA, the Beastie Boys, De la soul, Biz Markie, Big daddy Kane, Cool moe dee, Queen Latifah. The list goes on, and on, and on. Some of this music has a time stamp on it, but some of it sounds incredibly fresh, and vital to this day. The 1980's was a beastly decade for music. The 1990's kind of sucked until electronica came along around 1995, and it was another monumental period, until about 2004. Since then? Not much. Seems to me spidermike007 has read up on the Theory of the Quantum Minimum Effort as well by producing a long, long list of artists with nary a link. Let me see if I can do some of the heavy lifting for him. New Order with Dreams Never End off of their '81 debut, Movement. Any Joy Division aficionado will appreciate this tune. Edited April 12, 2020 by Tippaporn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Depeche Mode with Never Let Me Down Again off of their '87 Music For The Masses LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Tears For Fears with Everybody Wants To Rule The World off of their '85 Songs From The Big Chair LP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 The Cure with Just Like Heaven off of their '87 Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 The Eurythmics with Love Is A Stranger off of their '83 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Prince performing Purple Rain live at American Music Awards in '85. The title track off of his '84 LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Cameo with the title track of their '84 album, She's Strange. A precursor of rap? Not my style of music but not for me to choose for anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 David Bowie with China Girl off of his '83 Let's Dance LP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) Journey with Girl Can't Help It off of their '86 Raised On Radio LP. Frankly, I just randomly picked out an 80's song by them as any of their albums would have been the the first I would have thrown at the zombies in Shaun Of The Dead. Edited April 12, 2020 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Peter Gabriel with Biko off of his '80 Peter Gabriel III / Melt LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Genesis with Turn It On Again off of their '80 Duke LP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Human League with The Lebanon off of their '84 Hysteria LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Talking Heads performing Burning Down The House live in Los Angeles back in '83. Off of their '83 Speaking In Tongues LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Simple Minds with All The Things She Said from their '86 Once Upon A Time LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Billy Idol with Dancing With Myself off of his '81 Don't Stop EP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Joe Jackson with the title track off of his 81 album, Beat Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Pet Shop Boys with Paninaro, the B-side to the '86 single Suburbia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Fine Young Cannibals with Good Thing off of the '89 The Raw & The Cooked LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 The Clash with Should I Stay Or Should I Go off of their '82 Combat Rock LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Chaka Khan with Them There Eyes off of her solo '82 Echoes Of An Era LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 One of my favourite 80's numbers, The Smiths with How Soon Is Now? Originally the B-side of the 1984 single William, It Was Really Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mauGR1 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 A very cool B. Dylan cover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Great work by Kantner & friends, a hymn to a generation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Holzerfilled Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Tippaporn said: Prince performing Purple Rain live at American Music Awards in '85. The title track off of his '84 LP. Prince's take on a late 70's hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/8/2020 at 10:19 AM, spidermike007 said: <snip> Rick James, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Boogie Down Productions, NWA, the Beastie Boys, De la soul, Biz Markie, Big daddy Kane, Cool moe dee, Queen Latifah. <snip> As for the balance of the list, well, there's no way on God's green earth I'm going to post any of those "artists." I do have a reputation to protect (as poor as it is). Maybe someone else would like to take a stab but not me. The list does indeed go on and on. Conspicuously missing are The B-52's. Private Idaho off of their '80 Wild Planet LP. Great band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tippaporn said: Rick James, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Boogie Down Productions, NWA, the Beastie Boys, De la soul, Biz Markie, Big daddy Kane, Cool moe dee, Queen Latifah. As for the balance of the list, well, there's no way on God's green earth I'm going to post any of those "artists." I do have a reputation to protect (as poor as it is). Maybe someone else would like to take a stab but not me. The list does indeed go on and on. Conspicuously missing are The B-52's. Private Idaho off of their '80 Wild Planet LP. Great band! Well, for the sake of objectivity, one has to be able to admit that just because they are not your style, or just because you do not like hip-hop, or R & B, does not mean they will not be remembered, nor does it mean they were not very significant forces in music, and hugely influential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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