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Subject: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
The 1980s were full of great duos such as Yazoo,Eurythmics,Blancmange,...and tones of others.
And now I'm asking you to tell me which 80s duo do you consider best that has ever existed?
I'd go for Eurythmics because of Annie Lennox's gorgeous voice and Dave Stewart's excellent songwritting.And hey,it's the only duo that managed to survive 80s all the way from their start(1980)till their finish(1989).10 years,who would thought it,eh?
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
I sort of liked Hall & Oates. (oneonone would agree, that's her faves, too.) I sort of liked Wham!, especially "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." There's a lot of duos from the 1980's that are too many to mention…
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Ha - al - al and Oats. . .
Pour some milk and chew 'em up,
Ha - al - al and Oats. . .
Be a Bran Eater! :P
B.J.R.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
I vote for Air Supply ;D
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
01) Daryl Hall & John Oates
02) Air Supply
03) Tears for Fears
04) Pet Shop Boys
05) Wham!
Honorable mentions: Eurythmics, Roxette, Milli Vanilli
There really weren't as many duos around as you might think. Here in the U.S., chart-wise, the most successful duos of the '80s were:
01) Daryl Hall & John Oates
02) Air Supply
03) Wham!
04) Eurythmics
05) Pet Shop Boys
06) Tears for Fears
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
My faves are
Hall & Oates
Pet Shop Boys
Erasure
Yaz(oo)
Eurythmics
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
No doubt about it:
Wham
Huge succes, lots of hits, first pop band to play in China.
Duran Duran were big,but came now where near the
succes of Wham.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
1. Hall and Oats and Wham! tie
2. Tears for Fears
3. Erasure
4. Roxette
;D
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
For me:
Eurythmics
Wham
Hall & Oates (i'll never forget "Maneater"!!)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Tears for Fears, without a doubt. The last of the great new wave bands.
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I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Erasure! Not that they're anywhere near my fav though :p
Mine would be (in order:)):
Wham!
Yazoo
Eurythmics
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Hands down, Hall & Oates
No wait, Tears For Fears
Darn it, you're gonna make me choose, huh? :) ::)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Daryl Hall and John Oates :)
Like you didn't know I was going to say that. ;D
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I sort of liked Hall & Oates. (oneonone would agree, that's her faves, too.) End Quote
;D ;D
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Not my favourite band, but why has nobody mentioned Modern Talking !!!
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Cabaret Voltaire and DAF
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Heart
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Heart
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Actually, Heart's not considered a duo. Yes, Anne and Nancy Wilson are the two mainstays in the group but they go by the moniker Heart to include the other musicians in the group.
I'd have to say Hall & Oates. Not only for their great music but also for the sheer longevity of their career. Wham!, Tears for Fears, Air Supply, Pet Shop Boys.....where are they now? Hall & Oates came out long before any of these groups and are still makin' great music!
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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Actually, Heart's not considered a duo. Yes, Anne and Nancy Wilson are the two mainstays in the group but they go by the moniker Heart to include the other musicians in the group.
I'd have to say Hall & Oates. Not only for their great music but also for the sheer longevity of their career. Wham!, Tears for Fears, Air Supply, Pet Shop Boys.....where are they now? Hall & Oates came out long before any of these groups and are still makin' great music!
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WELL THEN......I guess it's Hall & Oates.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Wham
First western popband to play live in the Republic of China
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
I'd say Tears for Fears (hey, I'm listening to them right now!), but are they really considered a duo? By my estimation they were a whole band, even though Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were the two mainstays and were featured on the album covers.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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WELL THEN......I guess it's Hall & Oates.
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Uh oh...my apologies princessofpop! I didn't mean to make you upset. I'm sorry if it came across like I was scolding because that was certainly not my intention. I was simply trying to impart information about Heart that I had learned from an interview I saw with the Wilson sisters not too long ago. The Hall & Oates is simply my opinion only.
Again, I apologize if I upset you.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
AAAACCCKKK! I am so sorry if you thought I was mad! Not at ALL Jonman! I just couldn't think of anyone else & seeing as how Hall & Oates were so popular with everyone else, that's all I could think of. I just always thought of Heart as a duo simply because you never hear of the other band members & it's usually just the two of them in their videos. No harm done my man! ;D
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Yay!! We're friends!!
*Jonman does the happy dance* ;)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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I'd have to say Hall & Oates. Not only for their great music but also for the sheer longevity of their career...
Pet Shop Boys.....where are they now? Hall & Oates came out long before any of these groups and are still makin' great music!
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The Pet Shop Boys are still around. I went to see them in concert a couple of months ago when they were promoting their new album :)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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Pet Shop Boys.....where are they now? End Quote
Actually, their new album, Disco 3, just debuted at #188 on the chart here in the U.S. (February 22 issue of Billboard). I'm pretty sure it's also available up in the Great White North... ;)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
I'll go for Eurythmics and Starship...
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Hall & Oates was the best selling duo of all times, right?
Well, and I think 'One on one' is one of the best songs ever, though it's not theirs. Dunna whose the original is but... every time I listen to it I go back to that scene: me and that girl, you know... (At the time I didn't even know what the lyrics meant... What the hell, was I supposed to?)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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Hall & Oates was the best selling duo of all times, right? End Quote
In the U.S., yes. Worldwide, I'm not sure, but it's possible they hold that record as well...
Quoting:Well, and I think 'One on one' is one of the best songs ever, though it's not theirs. Dunna whose the original is but...End Quote
Actually, H&O were the first to record it. In fact, Daryl Hall wrote it. You may be confusing "One on One" w/ "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", originally a #1 smash for the Righteous Brothers here in the U.S. in the Winter of '65...
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
Hall and Oates is the best duo of all time....not only the 80s.
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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Actually, their new album, Disco 3, just debuted at #188 on the chart here in the U.S. (February 22 issue of Billboard). I'm pretty sure it's also available up in the Great White North... ;)
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Yep, we get CD's up here ;) Is it true though (I read this somewhere) that the PSB's are touring without their original line-up? Someone's brother is filling in b/c the original guy is sick? I think I read that somewhere. Still they're touring. I didn't know they were recording as well.
Still, it's H&O for my $$ ;)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
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Yep, we get CD's up here ;) Is it true though (I read this somewhere) that the PSB's are touring without their original line-up? Someone's brother is filling in b/c the original guy is sick? I think I read that somewhere. Still they're touring. I didn't know they were recording as well.
Still, it's H&O for my $$ ;)
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Haven't bought Disco 3 myself, but I do have all of PSB's '80s albums, as well as some import singles and hits collections. Never seen 'em live, so I don't know about the current tour line-up; sounds like a good question for TB, though... ;)
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
All those mentioned above are all great. But my all time favorite has to go to the duo who fooled the entire music industry for about a year, Milli Vanilli. They didn't even sing any lyrics on their album and won a grammy for it! And that's why they get my vote for best 80's duo.
Girl You Know It's True
Blame It On The Rain
Baby Don't Forget My Number
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
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Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe - Pet Shop Boys
Morrissey & Marr - The Smiths
Ian Brown & John Squire - Stone Roses
without a doubt.....
Subject: Re: Best 80s Duo Of All Time
8) :D ;)Well,the Everly Brothers reunited in 1983,the year I graduated from high school--does that count?Cheers! 8)