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anthony writes off the 80s
i want to write it off because the smiths were the only truly decent act in the entire decade. i'm glad i was only a nipper at that time.
i want to write it off because the smiths were the only truly decent act in the entire decade. i'm glad i was only a nipper at that time.
wwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
OOOOONG!
hhhhmmmm
the cure were good aswell. apart from them and the smiths ur probably right.
anthony wilson?
anthony hegarty?
anthony stuart head?
anthony lewis
me
ding dong
Joy Division?
dingdingdingdingding
they
didnt do much for me. i think ian curtis sounds like a dalek having an argument with itself in a cathedral.
et
Gang of Four
Talking Heads.
Nah, you are talking out of your arse. And you took that dalek thing from somewhere.
i said the
dalek thing about 6 months ago. i find it flattering that you remembered. it is testament to my wit.
errr
Human League, Specials, Bauhaus, Altered images, Bow Wow Wow, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Gang Starr, Furious Five, and ALL the best hip-hop
Elvis Costello, Blondie, Talking Heads, Julian Cope, Japan, The Associates, Ian Dury, Souixsie and The Banshees, Echo and The Bunnymen, Faith No More, Prefab Sprout, Scritti Politti, Talk Talk, The Stranglers, Sugar Cubes, The Undertones, The Sundays, House of Love, Primal Scream, Dexy's., De La Soul, 808 state, Neneh Cherry, Orange Juice, Prince, REM
And tons and tons and tons of great electro
the_authority indeed...
Also
Napalm Death!
and a million other bands, surprisingly.
and
Magazine, Josef K, the Opposition...
shut up anschul
i've seen that abomination of a video of you prancing around on a catwalk trying to act and trying to sing.
you don't have a leg to stand on.
A reasonable conclusion to make from a 5 minute window into my life
however
I'm an able biped
and
you might do better to look (or rather listen) a little more closely to long list of artists on this thread that easily counter your argument than shouting from your corner
and besides - that performance had nothing 80s about it, rather more 90s I'd say...
80s were ace.
Yes indeedy. Tiffany was big in the eighties, nuff said really :D
My first thoughts in response to this were:
Thriller
and
Hounds of Love
Then my mind overloaded with lots of other reasons.
80s
why do people who wernt active in an era comment on it. i wasnt around in the 60s so ill leave it to those who were to inform. to conclude your a pratt at best who skimming an iceberg when most of what you dont know lies underneath your broken radar
Wanker.
In that case, the majority of us can't discuss anything pre-1990? Fuck that. Just because I wasn't born in the 80s doesnt mean I can't say Sparks were semen.
TRUTH
Sparks were seamen?
Christ, that's quite a career change. Do you suppose anyone told them not to give up the day job?
Most things good in the 90s were done in the 80s
Dinosaur Jr
hmmmm nirvanas
first lp wasin the 80's
.
I think I more or less agree.
But I'm getting into more and more 80's stuff recently. Daydream Nation's becoming my new favourite album, getting into Gang of Four, and the Smiths and the Cure were good.
But you're right. 10 years and only a few bands to show for it. Most stuff from the 80s sounds much more dated than stuff from 60's, 70's and 90's.
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I don't think the 90s or 70s were better than the 80s.
Why does society feel the need to categorise things by date? It has no relevance at all to music.
date obviously will affect the type of music
but i think categorising music by the decade is stupid as it isn't as simple as that, now is it?
what a stupid
thread :op
guh.
this is one of the most ignorant threads i've ever read on here.
a few bands :!,?
Have you read Anschul post ?
The 80's ruled.
I was born then.
three letters
two words
a-ha
So you're agreeing with him?
A-Ha were gash!
!
Since Ian Curtis died early on in the 1980s makes it fair to say they were more of a late 70s band, anyway, the 80s did have alot of sh'te passing through it...
as did
the 90's... and so far, this decade's had more than it's fair share of shite, and we're only halfway through.
It's being selective to
try and prove your point though. I could say the 90's were shite because all they had were Westlife, A1, Upside Down, 2wo 3hirds, Celine Dion, Simply Red etc.
It's fucking stupid. There were good bits and bad bits, and you can't describe an entire decade as shit. Unless you spent ten years hooked on smack eating roofing tiles and trying to mount your Aunt's chihuahua.
You leave my
Aunt Chihuahua out of this!
tom waits
tom waits' 80s output shits over everything else, ever*
*not true but it is very good
80s=
overall best decade for music ever
british post punk, american hardcore and indie, some good british indiepop, hiphop and good cheese.
Hmm
Well I loathed growing up in the 80s and I loathe the stuff that is associated with it.
All the good stuff wasn't remotely popular, whereas you can at least expect people to know about Nirvana, Blur, Radiohead, Portishead, Massive Attack, etc. etc. In short, 90s makes the 80s look worse simply by having the decent shit high profile when people who don't think too hard look back on it.
For fashion and aesthetic alone the 80s should be cast into a big pit of despair (and those who ape it now).
The main reason so much music sounds dodgy from the 80s was the terrible production ethics that went on. If you produce all drums to sound like a Simmonds kit don't be surprised if 10-20 years down the line you've ruined your chance of giving that song the impact it could have had in another decade.