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Subject: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: woops on 02/16/04 at 08:50 p.m.
A spinoff from my "worst" bands/artists list:
Here's some out of many I consider the best...
25. The Go Go's
24. Human League
23. The Replacements
22. Oingo Boingo
21. LL Cool J
20. Motley Crue
19. Talking Heads
18. Tears For Fears
17. Beastie Boys
16. The Cars
15. REM
14. Janet Jackson
13. The Psychedelic Furs
12. Public Enemy
11. The Police
10. Bon Jovi
9. Run DMC
8. Van Halen
7. U2
6. INXS
5. The Cure
4. Def Leppard
3. Madonna/Michael Jackson (tie)
2. Duran Duran
1. Depeche Mode
What some of your favorites?
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: JohnTaylorFan on 02/16/04 at 10:34 p.m.
Just to name a few:
15.Men At Work
14.Icehouse
13.Go West
12.Spandau Ballet
11.Ultravox
10.A Flock Of Seagulls
9.Tears For Fears
8.The Cure
7.Adam and The Ants
6.The Psychedelic Furs
5.The Smiths
4.Depeche Mode
3.Arcadia
2.Power Station
1.Duran Duran
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: woops on 02/17/04 at 00:52 a.m.
A few I missed: 8)
Prince, Guns N' Roses, The Smiths, Gene Loves Jezebel, and The Pretenders.
...and many others...
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: Numnum on 02/17/04 at 01:33 a.m.
Human League
Talking Heads
Tears For Fears
REM
The Psychedelic Furs
The Police
U2
INXS
The Cure
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
Ultravox
A Flock Of Seagulls
Adam and The Ants
The Smiths
Soft Cell
Yello
Erasure
Yazoo
Queen
Howard Jones
Nik Kershaw
Dire Straits
Genesis
Phil Collins
Talk Talk
Deacon Blue
Housemartins
Beautiful South
Japan
OMD
Public Image Limited
Wham!
To name a few :)
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: eightiesfan on 02/17/04 at 07:46 a.m.
Tears for Fears
The Fixx
Split Enz/Crowded House (both bands WAY underrated)
David Bowie
Culture Club
Def Leppard
Poison
Journey
I'm sure I'll think of more later. ;)
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 02/17/04 at 09:35 a.m.
Duran Duran
The Power Station
Hall and Oates
A-ah
Wham
Too many to list
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: bj26 on 02/17/04 at 09:52 a.m.
Joe Jackson
ABC
DBs
Wang Chung
The Tubes
Utopia
The Romantics
The Bangels
Psychodelicatessin Furs
:D
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: Rio_Rhodes on 02/19/04 at 06:29 p.m.
In no particular order: (Drum roll please....) ;D
Ultravox
Depeche Mode
Prince
Micheal Jackson
Power Station
Arcadia
U2
Van Halen
Guns and Roses
Tears for fears
Hall and Oates
David Bowie
The Police
Genesis
Journey
Talk Talk
Human League
The Cars
Beastie Boys
Wham!
The Cure
And of course, my two absolute favorites.......
Adam and the Ants
Duran Duran
No list of mine is complete without those two!!!!!!
Rio
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: Geggs on 02/19/04 at 07:11 p.m.
In no particular order:
Depeche Mode
U2
UB4O
Tears For Fears
OMD
A Flock Of Seagulls
Hall & Oates (were they a band?? well there were 2 of them)
Genesis
New Order
Simple Minds
REO Speedwagon
Pet Shop Boys
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Housemartins
Yazoo
REM
The good thing is that most of them were British, us brits were the daddies of 80s music surely???
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: eightiesfan on 02/20/04 at 06:10 a.m.
I agree that a lot of the best 80's bands came from Britain; in fact I remember Casey Kasem referring to the mid 1980's period in music as "the second British invasion". 8)
Quoting:
In no particular order:
Depeche Mode
U2
UB4O
Tears For Fears
OMD
A Flock Of Seagulls
Hall & Oates (were they a band?? well there were 2 of them)
Genesis
New Order
Simple Minds
REO Speedwagon
Pet Shop Boys
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Housemartins
Yazoo
REM
The good thing is that most of them were British, us brits were the daddies of 80s music surely???
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Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: Roxy on 02/21/04 at 11:20 p.m.
:o OMG !! How can you guys NOT list JOURNEY ??!!! Does the album "Escape" not mean anything ? C'mon...who didn't dance to Steve Perry's sweet sound after football games !!! I LOVE all the other bands mentioned, but you GOTTA love JOURNEY !!!
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: Absolutely_Vile on 02/22/04 at 10:16 a.m.
Depeche Mode
The Smiths
R.E.M.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Psychedelic Furs
Japan
Ultravox
Duran Duran
Human League
Gary Numan (70's/80's)
Kraftwerk (70's/80's)
The Fixx
Yazoo
Erasure
Alison Moyet
Kate Bush
New Order
...and many more!
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: DJ avadoria on 02/22/04 at 12:35 a.m.
Let me add Echo and the Bunnymen to the list. They were innovative and brilliant. "The Killing Moon" is one of the most romantic songs ever recorded!
*DJA*
;D
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: 3sixxsanda9 on 02/26/04 at 01:17 a.m.
Quoting:
Let me add Echo and the Bunnymen to the list. They were innovative and brilliant. "The Killing Moon" is one of the most romantic songs ever recorded!
*DJA*
;D don't forget about Breaking The Back of Love.
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Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: stingr22 on 02/26/04 at 01:42 a.m.
I tried to concentrate on artists that I listen/listened to consistently and that made an impact on me...
U2
The Police
The Cars
Journey
Duran Duran
Adam Ant (with and without the Ants)
The Alarm
Night Ranger
INXS
The Romantics
Van Halen
Stray Cats
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Bryan Adams
Huey Lewis & The News
Talking Heads
Prince
Eddie Money
Scorpions
Hall & Oates
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bon Jovi
Cheap Trick
Depeche Mode
.38 Special
Tears For Fears
OMD
Simple Minds
The Cure
Genesis
REM
The Smithereens
The Smiths
Dream Academy
Queen
Split Enz/Crowded House
Psychedelic Furs
REO Speedwagon
I probably left a few out, but those stick out the most right now.
Subject: Re: The Best bands/artists of the 1980's
Written By: alana on 04/13/04 at 04:18 p.m.
Agree with anyone who thought The Cure and Tears For Fears were the best! Thomas Dolby is good!