The 80's were the best decade for mainstream music. - Page 3

Green Magnesium · 05.27.2009, 02:59 PM

Talking Heads, B-52s, Eurythmics, Human League = all mainstream, all amazing

05.27.2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

Dancing With Myself?

No.

dionysusundone · 05.27.2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Magnesium

Talking Heads, B-52s, Eurythmics, Human League = all mainstream, all amazing

This. Not to mention Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Madonna, Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Gary Numan, The Cure (were they mainstream at the time?), I mean come ON. There was PLENTY of good mainstream music in the 80s!

Green Magnesium · 05.27.2009, 03:25 PM

Well, out of those you mentioned, Cure and Prince are the only ones I dig. "Mainstream" could probably be used to describe them.

GeneticKiss · 05.27.2009, 09:00 PM

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO NO NO!!!!!!!!

God No!

Prince was alright. But everything else that could've been played on pop radio---

NO.

Dead-Air · 05.27.2009, 09:13 PM

The '30s and '40s were a much better decades for mainstream music. Prince fucking wishes he was Cab Calloway, and Weird Al ain't got nothing on Spike Jones and the City Slickers!

People can't even spell '80s right, the apostrophe belongs before the 8 not before the S! It's an abbreviation, not a possessive!

EyeballGrowth · 05.27.2009, 09:46 PM

First I'll say that Prince and his music are both awesome, especially the revolution. I honestly can't decide between the '80s and '90s. They both had excellent music. But I seem to find that '80s rock gets a really bad rap when there was so much excellent stuff in the mainstream. Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, B52's, The Church, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, David Bowie, Devo, Jane's Addiction, Fishbone, Prince, "Sparkle in the Rain" by Simple Minds, And The Jesus & Mary Chain even if they weren't mainstream, they were mainstream enough

dionysusundone · 05.27.2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth

First I'll say that Prince and his music are both awesome, especially the revolution. I honestly can't decide between the '80s and '90s. They both had excellent music. But I seem to find that '80s rock gets a really bad rap when there was so much excellent stuff in the mainstream. Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, B52's, The Church, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, David Bowie, Devo, Jane's Addiction, Fishbone, Prince, "Sparkle in the Rain" by Simple Minds, And The Jesus & Mary Chain even if they weren't mainstream, they were mainstream enough

See, this fella makes sense!

Jeremy · 05.27.2009, 10:39 PM

All music decades suck and rule equally at the core. For every shitty generic hair metal band, there were a dozen who dared to be different. For every laughable pop group, there were those bands that actually got radio play and sounded good on it. For every token radio-ready grunge band, there was that one special band in Seattle....

You get the point I'm sure. And oh yeah, I can't believe nobody has mentioned New Order yet in the "Good (kinda) mainstream band" posts.

~Jeremy~

EyeballGrowth · 05.27.2009, 11:32 PM

Ah I completely forgot about Gary Numan

dionysusundone · 05.28.2009, 02:38 AM

It's okay, I completely forgot about New Order.

Keeping It Simple · 05.28.2009, 03:01 PM

Gary Numan was awesome.

afterthefact · 05.28.2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

For every token radio-ready grunge band, there was that one special band in Seattle....

True, one can never forget about the greatness of Queensryche...

Tokolosh · 05.28.2009, 03:31 PM

If only the forum was always as entertaining as this thread. Ha!

Better_Than_You · 05.28.2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by dionysusundone

Bow Wow Wow,

Antagon · 05.28.2009, 03:43 PM

The Cure was awesome and I enjoy some of Robert Palmer's 80s stuff. Well of course early Depeche Mode were awesome aswell but apart from those mentioned I can't think of any good "mainstream" 80s music.

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Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	Talking Heads, B-52s, Eurythmics, Human League = all mainstream, all amazing
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05.27.2009, 03:25 PM	#44
Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	Well, out of those you mentioned, Cure and Prince are the only ones I dig. "Mainstream" could probably be used to describe them.
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GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO NO NO!!!!!!!! God No! Prince was alright. But everything else that could've been played on pop radio--- NO. __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	The '30s and '40s were a much better decades for mainstream music. Prince fucking wishes he was Cab Calloway, and Weird Al ain't got nothing on Spike Jones and the City Slickers! People can't even spell '80s right, the apostrophe belongs before the 8 not before the S! It's an abbreviation, not a possessive! __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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05.27.2009, 09:46 PM	#47
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	First I'll say that Prince and his music are both awesome, especially the revolution. I honestly can't decide between the '80s and '90s. They both had excellent music. But I seem to find that '80s rock gets a really bad rap when there was so much excellent stuff in the mainstream. Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, B52's, The Church, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, David Bowie, Devo, Jane's Addiction, Fishbone, Prince, "Sparkle in the Rain" by Simple Minds, And The Jesus & Mary Chain even if they weren't mainstream, they were mainstream enough
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05.27.2009, 10:39 PM	#49
Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	All music decades suck and rule equally at the core. For every shitty generic hair metal band, there were a dozen who dared to be different. For every laughable pop group, there were those bands that actually got radio play and sounded good on it. For every token radio-ready grunge band, there was that one special band in Seattle.... You get the point I'm sure. And oh yeah, I can't believe nobody has mentioned New Order yet in the "Good (kinda) mainstream band" posts. ~Jeremy~ __________________
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05.27.2009, 11:32 PM	#50
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Ah I completely forgot about Gary Numan
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dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	It's okay, I completely forgot about New Order. __________________ -James
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Antagon invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2,502	The Cure was awesome and I enjoy some of Robert Palmer's 80s stuff. Well of course early Depeche Mode were awesome aswell but apart from those mentioned I can't think of any good "mainstream" 80s music. __________________
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