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Subject: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Was just thinking of the 'cross-over' decade bands/singers there are, which were good in this time period:
- The Police
- Blondie
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
- The Clash
- The Jam
- David Bowie
Any others which have probably slipped my mind? :)
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Journey
Gary Numan
The Cure
B-52's (I prefer their early material)
Michael Jackson (Off the Wall is a great album!)
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Michael Jackson (Off the Wall is a great album!)
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How did I mange to forget MJ!! Ok question for you, do you prefer 'Off The Wall' to 'Thriller' ? :)
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How did I mange to forget MJ!! Ok question for you, do you prefer 'Off The Wall' to 'Thriller' ? :)
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I think now I'd have to go with Off The Wall. Don't get me wrong; Thriller is a great album, but I'd rather listen to OTW nowadays.
Now, between the songs "Don't Stop ('til You Get Enough)" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"; that's a tough choice. I remember a few years ago my friends & I were talking about how great WBSS is; just a very infectious groove with the same 4-count baseline throughout the entire song...
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Level 42 (they came out around 1980-1... released Love Games)
Blondie
The Jam
Police
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Ultravox (1977-198?)
Visage (1980-198?)
Japan (1977-1984)
Joy Division/New Order (1977-current)
The Smiths (1982-1987)
Throbbing Gristle (1975?-198?)
Neu! (1975-19??)
Section 25 (1979?-198?)
Depeche Mode (1981-current)
Einsturzende Neubauten (1978?-current)
Tuxedomoon (1977-current)
Front 242 (1981-current)
Just a few that need mentioning ;) ;) ;)
Tarzan Boy
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Bob Seger
Styx
Dire Straits (although I preferred their 70's sound to the latter)
Toto (an awesome group!)
Dan Fogelberg
Cliff Richard (you don't hear much about him anymore but I always thought he had a great singing voice!)
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Loverboy.
They were pretty hot in 1981/82.
Boz Scaggs was good too...1977, 1978 Silk Degrees.
Ac/DC was fun in like 1980. Maybe at that time, we were listening to their old stuff...I don't know. We liked it!
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I really like Cheap Trick! Live at Budokan! Anyone remember "I want you to want me"! "Surrender" and "Aint that a shame"? :'(
Other great hits "If you want my love" "She's Tight (she's a calander girl) "Tonight its you" and "The Flame" :D
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Air Supply was early 80s! I thought they were pretty good!
Peace,Vivian
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I really like Cheap Trick! Anyone remember "I want you to want me"! End Quote
Great song! Although have to say I thought 'Letters To Cleo' did a *slightly* better version - probably think that beacuse I heard the cover before the original :)
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Blondie,
Imagination,
Kool and gang!
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Talking Heads
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Echo and the Bunnymen- Goofy name but good band in it's day.
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I was partial to Blondie and Sheena Easton...primarily because I remember roller skating to them at the roller rink in my white roller skates with the colored pom poms on the toes with the bells! 8)
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Squeeze--the most underrated band of the 1980s, imho.
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Howard Jones
Nik Kershaw
QED
Dead or Alive
A-ha
Duran Duran
Sharon O'Neill
Christie Allen
Blancmange
OMD
Kim Wilde
Grace Jones :D
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Blondie rocks! :)
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Squeeze--the most underrated band of the 1980s, imho.
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Most definitly I agree with you there. 'Tempted' and 'Black Coffee In Bed' are my favourites.
Subject: Re: Best Late 70's/Early 80's artists?
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Depeche Mode, Japan, Gary Numan.
Absolutely Vile