so Does Anyone here like 80s Music? (1 Viewer)

[gene c]

The 80's had a lot to offer. 70's acts that kept on truckin' like Genesis/Phil Collins, Yes, The Police/Sting, Rush, Toto, The Tubes, Hewy Lewis & the News, The Cars, etc along with Tears For Fears, Soft Cell, Simple Minds, Big Country, and Midnight Oil. I liked the sound of the slick early 80's hard rock groups like White Snake, Rainbow and Shooting Star.


And even though I wasn't his biggest fan, Michael Jackson has to be mentioned.


And you can't ignore how hugely popular Country Music was back then.


It was a "fun" decade for the most part.

 

[Greg_S_H]

I was just listening to Eddie Rabbit/Crystal Gayle's You and I on YT last night, and the kids were marveling, "This was country?" Yep, and Alabama and Restless Heart. Like these kids, I don't care for modern country, either. Nor modern R&B. Jeffrey Osbourne, James Ingram, Lionel Richie, Billy Ocean . . . we all listened to it and it was wonderful.

 

[ChristopherG]

Speaking of Jeffery Osbourne....

 

[ChristopherG]

Or perhaps, some Lloyd Cole....

 

[Greg_S_H]

Hmm. This one misses the cut, but it was out the last few months of my high school year, so it seems '80s to me. I'd forgotten about it completely until recently.

 

[ChristopherG]

Nice one Greg - I had forgotten that song as well. Here is another favorite, turn it up!




I loves me some jangly guitars.....

 

[ChristopherG]

And from the same year (yeah, that was a good year): Don Dixon

 

[Carl Miller]

Love the Don Dixon song...hadn't heard it in years! I actually heard this one on an all 80's show on the radio last night....

 

[ChristopherG]

Carl,


Great selection - lots of memories from that one!!!


Here is some new wave 80s that may have saved my life once upon a time...

 

[ChristopherG]

Hmm - sort of like Lays potato chips no one can eat just one...my first impulse before the Furs was actually this song which showed up as "related": The Plimsouls

 

[Carl Miller]

Christopher, the Psychedelic Furs were probably the first "new wave" group I ever got into beyond the big hit singles. The Plimsouls strangely enough, I never heard of until the 90's at some point.


This one was the song of my freshman year in college....you couldn't walk anywhere on campus without hearing it blare from the dorms:

 

[ChristopherG]

Carl,


Oh yes, The Talking Heads - so many good choices there it is hard to post just one so......

 

[ChristopherG]

Another Early 80s favorite - The Polecats!

 

[ChristopherG]

This one screams 80s (to me at least)...Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)

 

[Martino]

As I sit at a remote work site, - I found an 80's streaming station.....playing a lot of the songs you guys mentioned. They also have a history section - showing the artist, song, and year it came out. As a song comes on that I like and have forgotten about, I can purchace it and load up the ipod.


Part of the app has a tab that shows you the Lyrics of the playing song, and a tab that has a writeup on the bands history and a cover art picuture.


Check it out...


http://www.977music.com/


After selecting the above link, scroll down, and under "The 80's [COLOR= #9f9f9f]Internet Radio Station" [/COLOR]

you can select to start in either Windows Media or Flash...


After I start it - I usually minimize the window and just listen....and if something good comes on, maximize the window and check out the other goodies...

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Cool, thanks for the tip!

 

[leegrace]

I love music. Does not matter which Decade...

 

[ChristopherG]

Hello Lee,


Always good to meet another music fan. Since you are posting in the 80s music thread do you have any favorites?


Here is another fave of mine from back in the day....


The The - Uncertain Smile

 

[Aaron Silverman]

It strikes me that there are some other sorts of classic '80s albums. . .


Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice For All by Metallica. (Incidentally, Metallica's latest album is a very welcome return to their classic '80s style.)

Among the Living by Anthrax.

Reign In Blood by Slayer.

Peace Sells. . .But Who's Buying and Rust In Peace by Megadeth. Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest.


About a half-dozen discs from Iron Maiden.


Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws by Marillion.


And of course, the very first album of the '80s (released on January 1, 1980), and possibly the best, Permanent Waves by Rush. Not to mention Moving Pictures and Signals.


Either that or Purple Rain.

 

[ChristopherG]

Aaron,


I agree with all that you have listed. I would not call myself a metal head but can appreciate and enjoy all of those artists.