Okay, slap my hand if I am straying too far away from the topic of "the '80s," but...

As a teenager of the 80s my taste in music was heavily influenced by the vaste array of 'alternative' music from the era. I also have been one in constant search for new music.

List your five favorite artists/groups from the 80s and then list your five favorites since 2000.

XTC
The The
The Smiths
REM
The Cure

Hot Hot Heat
Supergrass
Dandy Warhols
Eels
White Stripes

Why is it when you start a list, it is so hard to stay within the limits of the guidelines?

'80's:

5. The Cars
4. Duran Duran
3. INXS
2. The Cure
1. Depeche Mode

Since 2000:

5. The Sounds
4. The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
3. Outkast
2. Audioslave (A Songdarden/RATM super group)
1. The White Stripes

in da 80s i liked:
depeche mode
sigue sigue sputnik
iron maiden
guns and roses
a slew of classic rock from the 60s and 70s

now my bands i most like are:
radiohead
pulp
david bowie, his entire career
nick cave and the bad seeds
a slew of new wave rock from the 80s

80s:

1. Journey
2. Tears For Fears
3. Starship
4. Icehouse
5. Danger Danger

Now:
1. The Knife (check out "Heartbeats", very 80s sound!)
2. Roxette

Can't think of any more... too lost in the 80s  ;)

I still listen to the oldies & The 80's as well. WPLJ in New York has an 80's Flashback Saturday Night.It's really good. ;D

Howard

Okay, 80s in no particular order, here goes...

INXS
Icehouse
Midnight Oil
Vapors
Adam Ant

Since 2000...

nothing, it's all rubbish!

80's:
Journey
Night Ranger
Rick Springfield
Duran Duran
New Edition

2000+:
Matchbox 20
Linkin Park
Allison Krauss + Union Station
Pink
Leona Naess

Mine as alwaysed stayed the same mostly 80's music.

Then:
New Wave and alternative rock

Now:
Yes, I stil listen to New Wave and alternative rock, plus a lot of stuff few people have ever heard of.  Here's what's next to my stereo right now--

Tom Hamilton: London Fix (Muse-eek)
Giles Gobeil/Rene Lussier: Le Contrat (empreintes DIGITales)
Einsturzende Neubauten: Perpetuum Mobile (Mute)
Dub Syndicate: No Bed of Roses (Lion & Root)
Martin Denny: Afro-Desia (Scamp/Caroline)
Tiny Tim & Brave Combo: Girl (Rounder)
Steve Roach: All Is Now--Live 2002 (Timeroom Productions)
Monique Jean: L'Adieu S.O.S. (empreintes DIGITales)
Stephane Roy: Migrations (empreintes DIGITales)
Orlando Jacinto Garcia: Celestial Voices (O.O. Discs)
Pauline Oliveros: Electronic Works 1965-1966 (Paradigm)
Tod Machover: Flora (Bridge Records)

I continue to listen to 50s - 80s music. However I have been getting into American bands/singers that are not well known in Britain like Eddie Money, Bar Keys, Fun Fun, The Tubes.

then
depeche mode
modern english
flock of seagulls
rem
tears for fears

now
radiohead
underworld
rem
clinic
placebo


misc.
syd barrett
cat stevens
early pink floyd
genesis

Let's see... back then:

Journey
The Clash
Cars
Duran Duran
Robert Hazard
Pat Benatar
Hall & Oates
AC/DC
...and many others

And today:

All my cd's of old '80's music, because nothing can compare!

I'm still a loyal '80s listener (too many groups to list). But I take a little time to listen to new stuff, like:

Evanescence
White Stripes
Foo Fighters
Godsmack

;D

I will list my top 5 from each era.  I could probably list lots more from the 80s, but I will refrain...

80s
U2
The Cars
The Police
Duran Duran
INXS

Today
U2 (still)
Matchbox 20
Jars Of Clay
Fountains Of Wayne (very 80s sounding)
Creed
Evanescence

80's:
AC/DC
Guns N Roses (They rocked!)
Metallica (Can't stand them nowadays)
Tears for fears (Still like listening to their music)
The Police (My all time fav band)
XTC
Prince

Now:
The White Stripes (They put on an AWESOME show)
Kings of Leon (very good band, check them out)
Incubus
Eels
Placebo (a good brit band)
Her Space Holiday (Depressing lyrics but they have an overall good sound going)
Ween
Plus some of the stuff listed in the 80's category.

In the 80's, when I was old enough to buy my own tapes, I tended to listen to rock and classic rock, but my tastes moved more towards alt music as I got older, now I can't stand any of the Pop Rock/Metal/NuMetal bands. It also seems that regular FM stations are even more narrow in their playlist then in the 80's, would have never heard of half the bands listed above if it weren't for my satellite radio setup (and some select shoutcast stations).

5 then...
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Madonna
Cyndi Lauper
New Kids on the block
Tiffany
Debbie Gibson

I think I am the only one here who now listen's too...

Jessica Simpson
Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake
Nsync
TONS OF POP....
But I also listen to all the 80's...especially Cher, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Rod Stewart.

I,ocassionally listen to the new stuff.doesn't impress at all. :P >:(

Howard

I know you said list 5 faves, but I can't do that.  I don't go as much by acts, as by songs - and thus genre.  By that, there would be too many ties in my "5 faves"!

So, I'll just say I listened to pop '80s then, along w/"oldies" (basically, '50s/'60s stuff).

Now, or since, I still listen to those (if possible), and like country music and old*er* music too (always been eclectic, just that I only listened alot to the 2 originally mentioned), like '40s music - big band and swing, etc.  I listen to some more recent pop stuff, but mostly by accident - I'm not fond of most of the nasal whining and depressive arrangements.

Good question.

80's
RATT
Motley Crue
Metallica
White Snake
Tesla

Now
Nickel Back   (really like these guys)
Fuel
The Darkness   (That's right, I said The Darkness)
Three Doors down


Tim
RATT-n-ROLL

I listen to CBSFM101.1

In the 80's:
Duran Duran
Power Station
Arcadia
Wham!
The Psychedelic Furs
Paul Young
The Cure
Huey lewis and The News
Michael Jackson.....to name a few
Nowadays:
Duran Duran
ALOT of 80's music
Michelle Branch
Evanescence
Staind
Tori Amos
Train
Coldplay
Sarah McLachlan
Dido
John Mayer
Matchbox Twenty
All American Rejects
and others I'm sure I am forgetting.

Then:
Duran Duran
Adam and the Ants
Depeche Mode
Genesis
David Bowie
Micheal Jackson
U2
Prince
Ultravox
And tons more!!!

Now:
Outkast
Eamon
R. Kelly
Good Charlotte
Green Day
No Doubt(One of my fave bands all around, no matter what year!)
Also a few more that I can't name off the top of my head.
Plus everything I put on the first list. It would take something serious to ever get me to stop listening to those artists!!! Especially the first 2.


Rio

Fave artists of the 80's.

Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Jody Watley
Lionel Richie(yeah I said Lionel Richie.)
Taylor Dayne
New Order
Ready For The World
Stevie B(late 80's/Early 90's artist)

Now:
Evansecence
Alicia Keys
Nas(One of the few real hip-hop artists left.)
Sarah Mclaughin(I like songs such as Possesion, Adia, Building A Mystery, and now Fallen.)
Ginuwine
Talib Kweli(A breath of fresh air in today's hip-hop.)
Queens of The Stone Age
Usher

I'm waiting to see if pop-punk bands Jet, Fountain Of Wayne, and The Darkness have nice careers. Fountains of Wayne had some hit songs in 1996 but jusy recently came back to the music scene. With Evanescence the lead singers voice is very sexy.

Then-- Peter Cetera, Chicago, Swing out Sister, Hall and Oates, everything 80's except country.  I even listened to a little punk, new wave, alternative.  

Now--All of the above.....I listen to the local contemporary Jazz station.  No good radio stations that play 80's:(  I listen to cds most of the time or I have the music choice 80's channel on.  

For those of you in the pacific northwest, you will probably recognize these ones:

Rock 101 Vancouver (CFMI) and Jack FM (CKLG).  Classic rock and 80's mix respectively.

80s
Motley Crue
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
Tesla
Ratt

Now
Evanescence
lots of 70's stuff recently
my CDs
always room for 80s music

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY AND KENNY WAYNE SHEPPARD AS WELL AS THE 80'S STUFF...THATS ALL EVERYTHING ELSE BLOWS

fav 80s were

depeche mode
tears for fears
the cure
u2
pet shop boys

fav now are

taking back sunday
thursday
the used
the juliana theory
afi

ive gone punk but still love 80s music...well..actually all music...

Here's who I listened to from 1982-1989:

The Culture Club
The Go-Go's
Pat Benatar
Prince
Michael Jackson
Duran Duran
Cyndi Lauper
Def Leppard
U2
Wham!
The Police
INXS
The Bangles
The Cure
Bon Jovi
Madonna
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Terrence Trent D'Arby

Here's who I listened to from 1990-1999:
Paula Abdul
Color Me Badd
Pearl Jam
Boyz 2 Men
Depeche Mode
Salt & Pappah
Hemmer
LL Cool J
Smashing Pumpkins
The Goo Goo Dolls
No Doubt
The Spice Girls
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Savage Garden

Here's Who I listen to from 2000-today:
Marc Anthony
Three Doors Down
Train
Nickleback
Evanesence
Michelle Branch
Avril LaVigne
Maroon 5
Linkin Park
Simple Plan
The Darkness
Christina Aguilera
Sheryl Crow
Good Charlotte

Here's who I listened to from 1982-1989:

The Culture Club
The Go-Go's
Pat Benatar
Prince
Michael Jackson
Duran Duran
Cyndi Lauper
Def Leppard
U2
Wham!
The Police
INXS
The Bangles
The Cure
Bon Jovi
Madonna
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Terrence Trent D'Arby

Here's who I listened to from 1990-1999:
Paula Abdul
Color Me Badd
Pearl Jam
Boyz 2 Men
Depeche Mode
Salt & Pappa
Hammer
LL Cool J
Smashing Pumpkins
The Goo Goo Dolls
No Doubt
The Spice Girls
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Savage Garden

Here's Who I listen to from 2000-today:
Marc Anthony
Three Doors Down
Train
Nickleback
Evanesence
Michelle Branch
Avril LaVigne
Maroon 5
Linkin Park
Simple Plan
The Darkness
Christina Aguilera
Sheryl Crow
Good Charlotte

These were my faves in the 80's:
Motorhead
Venom
Metallica(KILL 'EM ALL started it for me!)
AC/DC(STILL LISTEN TO 'EM!)
Megadeth(PEACE SELLS....BUT WHO'S BUYING was cool!)
The Cult(WHO I STILL LISTEN TO, IAN ASTBURY IS MY FAVE FRONTMAN,EVER)
Guns 'N Roses

These days:
Nickelback
3 Doors Down
P.O.D.(yeah those Christian dudes)
King Crimson(the real old stuff)
Live
Spacehog(from England anyone heard of 'em?Their RESIDENT ALIEN cd ROCKS!!)
Norah Jones
Linkin Park
The Darkness
OutKast
Maroon 5
Fuel

My favourites in the 80s are:
Eurythmics (my favourite band ever!)
INXS
Queen
Meat Loaf
Guns 'N' Roses
Aerosmith
Adam and The Ants
Fleetwood Mac
The Police
Bon Jovi
Culture Club
REM

Band I Like now:
Evanescence

I only like one band thats around now! I like that Hey Ya by Outkast and that Come With Me by Special D and I Miss You by Blink 182. I was actually born in the 1990 and I think 80s is the best generation for music. I can't stand music these days; they've no meaning whatsoever apart from that band up there. Who else is about the same age as me?

80's:

Guns 'N Roses
Van Halen
Great White
Journey
Scorpions
Motley Crue
Kingdom Come

2000's:

The Donna's
Jet
Maroon 5
Rooney's

80's:

Guns 'N Roses
Van Halen
Great White
Journey
Scorpions
Motley Crue
Kingdom Come

2000's:

The Donna's
Jet
Maroon 5
Rooney's