Current Joys

[ManNamedTruth]

I always want to trash out the 80's for having nothing but crap when it came to music, but that's unfair... Here's a look at some of the awesomeness pouring from my iPod in the  80's category.


1980 - AC/DC's Back In Black
1981 - John Williams' Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1982 - Vangelis' Blade Runner
1983 - Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind
1984 - Metallica's Ride The Lightning
1985 - Duran Duran's View To A Kill
1986 - Kenny Loggin's contribution to Top Gun
1987 - Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction
1988 - Traveling Wilburys
1989 - N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton

Sure there is exceptions, but i think compared to other decades 80's was not that good.

[ratsprayer]

essential 80s...

soft boys
captain beefheart
pixies
depeche mode
the cure
rem (at least the pre-GREEN stuff)
prince
first few 80s rush albums
robyn hitchcock
go-betweens
talking heads
new order
u2
birthday party
nick cave & the bad seeds
psychic tv
nurse with wound
current 93

much much much more.  the 80s is by far the most underrated decade for music.

[dragonboy]

essential 80s...

soft boys
captain beefheart
pixies
depeche mode
the cure
rem (at least the pre-GREEN stuff)
prince
first few 80s rush albums
robyn hitchcock
go-betweens
talking heads
new order
u2
birthday party
nick cave & the bad seeds
psychic tv
nurse with wound
current 93

much much much more.  the 80s is by far the most underrated decade for music.

I can't believe that you of all people forgot Talk Talk  ::)

[ratsprayer]

essential 80s...

soft boys
captain beefheart
pixies
depeche mode
the cure
rem (at least the pre-GREEN stuff)
prince
first few 80s rush albums
robyn hitchcock
go-betweens

talking heads
new order
u2
birthday party
nick cave & the bad seeds
psychic tv
nurse with wound
current 93

much much much more.  the 80s is by far the most underrated decade for music.

I can't believe that you of all people forgot Talk Talk  ::)

yeah, that's what i get for drinking and trying to think at the same time.

[dragonboy]

I'd like to add A-ha & Duran Duran to that list but I know I'm in the minority  :-[

The Smiths
Echo & The Bunnymen
Tears For Fears
Eurythmics
EBTG
Aztec Camera
WHAM!
Madonna
& this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0 !!!

[dragonboy]

Maybe we need an 80's thread?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17dQIu1lO6M

[vespachick]

Just throwing my hat into the ring:

Come on, Soft Cell?
What about Yaz?
English Beat is always a good time (you go Dave!)
Fun Boy Three; Terry Hall?

The 80's were no less weak than any other decade!

Let me flip that Paul Anka record over....

[ManNamedTruth]

The bands being listed is not swaying my opinion. Some of them I moderately like. For example: Prince, he has his moments but deffinately don't consider myself a fan.

[dragonboy]

Come on, Soft Cell?

I've got your back Vespachick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEh5pWjcWCg

No doubt all these posts are doing are making the 80's haters hate even more!  ;D

[dragonboy]

The bands being listed is not swaying my opinion. Some of them I moderately like. For example: Prince, he has his moments but deffinately don't consider myself a fan.

You mean you don't like WHAM!??!!  :-/

[vespachick]

First piece of vinyl I ever bought for myself.

[dragonboy]

Definitely their last great record (& one of my favs) although I did read somewhere that a lot of the tracks where actually outtakes recorded in the 70's, not sure if that's true?
I need to hear Heaven right now...  

[vespachick]

Definitely their last great record (& one of my favs) although I did read somewhere that a lot of the tracks where actually outtakes recorded in the 70's, not sure if that's true?
I need to hear Heaven right now...  

[dragonboy]

My BlackFire CD still hasn't arrived  :'(

[megisnotreal]

June

One Big Holiday

July

Lebowski Fest

August

MMJ @ Lollapalooza

September

My Birthday

I am also at these events with Brad... and that is my current joy.

The bands being listed is not swaying my opinion. Some of them I moderately like. For example: Prince, he has his moments but deffinately don't consider myself a fan.

You mean you don't like WHAM!??!!  :-/

whaaaaat?
you don't want me to wake you up before i go go?

[rugbird]

the best 80s bands were:

REM
Replacements
Husker Du
Minutemen - Firehose
Butthole Surfers.

[thebigbang]

Since I was actually around way back then, I can state that my 80's musical joys were lead by:

1) Hoodoo Gurus
2) U2
3) Ramones
4) Pretenders
5) The Undertones
6)The Long Ryders
7) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Most of these peaked before 1985.  In fact, if there is a pop music black hole that sucked up most anything decent it was probably circa 1986-1989. There is a ton of music from before and after that time that I love, but man, even some genuinely talented people seemed to get lost around the late 80's.  At least, until I research that notion further.

These are still current joys as well.  The good stuff holds up.  Even guilty pleasures like Fine Young Cannibals.

Edit:  Oops, I knew in my haste I'd omit some big un's.  I was seriously a Clash junkie in the early eighties.

[mjkoehler]

1) Hoodoo Gurus

Holy Shit, that is a name I have not heard in years. That was one of my brothers favorites in college. I took a roadtrip to Louisville with him a few years ago and he was rockin Mars Needs Guitars! like it was 1985

[red]

Check out this postcard I got in the mail from a friend today.  NSFW

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/redredred300/lastscan.jpg

[colleen]

Today is my birthday and was a nice reminder of what lovely friends I have. I am particularly grateful that they were willing to brave the "wintry mix" that everyone in the northeast  is so freakin worked up about in order to celebrate with me. This is gonna be my best year yet. Nothing's gonna break my stride. Halleluiah. Hope you are all well.