what groups or singers did you guys like in the 80's?
Eden

: what groups or singers did you guys like in the 80's?
: Eden

CYNDI LAUPER!!
She was, and still is, the TOTALLY RADDEST singer EVER!

For me the 80 has two names:
The POlice as a band, and Prince as a singer, composer, producer, performer, arranger, etc..
I also like Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, Steely DAn, Roxy Music, Queen, Roliing Stones, Bryan Adams,

Culture Club, Boy George, INXS, Gary Numan, Wang Chung,
Thomas Dolby, Love and Rockets, Daniel Ash, Crowded House,
Billy Squier, Thompson Twins, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Stray Cats, Madness, Spandau Ballet,
Naked Eyes, Power Station, Robert Palmer, Michael Jackson, Wham,
George Michael, Queen, Phil Collins, Howard Jones, Human League, Nena, Men At Work,
Til' Tuesday, Jermaine Jackson, Bruce Hornsby, etc...
That still isn't even half of who I loved in the 80's, but I thought that would be a taste!

gosh, you're list is part of my list!finally, someone who listens to the same music as me.....
Eden

That list isn't even half of what I like!
Glad there is someone out there like me!

Lindsay~

: what groups or singers did you guys like in the 80's?
: Eden
icehouse
depeche mode
don henley
new order
pet shop boys
duran duran
the fixx

Henry Aguilar wrote:
: : what groups or singers did you guys like in the 80's?
: duran duran

Now, what are the odds of TWO people with the SAME rare last name liking the SAME group?! Henry, I'm also an Aguilar! And I'm one of the biggest Duran Duran fans you'd ever meet--in fact, I'm the biggest Duranie in the city of San Antonio (I'm convinced)! Wow...we must correspond with each other sometime...you have ICQ or AOL-Netscape Instant Messenger? Man oh man oh man....

Diane/CityGirl7609

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to henry:

cool! the ones you mentioned are definitely on my list too....among soooo many others.....i liked "electric blue" from icehouse, "people are people" from depeche mode, "end of the innocence" fron don henley, "opportunities" was my favorite from pet shop boys,i liked "one thing leads to another" from the fixx, and "vertigo(do the demolition)" was my favorite from duran duran....oh, but what did new order sing again??

Hey--you love "Vertigo", too? That's such a cool song! Do you own "Notorious"? If you do, check out "Hold Me"--that's my alltime favorite Duran Duran song!!!!! "Notorious" is such a cool album, isn't it? :)

your friendly overzealous Duranie...

Diane/CityGirl7609

p.s.: Speaking of DD, check out my little messy DD site...link listed somewhere in this message

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: Hey--you love "Vertigo", too? That's such a cool song! Do you own "Notorious"? If you do, check out "Hold Me"--that's my alltime favorite Duran Duran song!!!!! "Notorious" is such a cool album, isn't it? :)

: your friendly overzealous Duranie...

: Diane/CityGirl7609

: p.s.: Speaking of DD, check out my little messy DD site...link listed somewhere in this message

hey diane! yup, i love that song.....to tell you the truth,i think it sounded different as opposed to their other songs which sound alike...not that it's bad...just an observation....i have a copy of the album...i think i recorded it off of the record which my aunt has....thanks to her, i was introduced to 80's music....and dd since it's her favorite band,even though she doesn't say so....i'll check out your site an get back to you.okie?
Eden

Wow, talk about traffic on a message board. What a loaded question. Myself, I think OMD is the best group, but I also like Hall and Oates, and Guns 'n Roses and Grandmaster Flash and well, you name it. (I am one of only 4 people in the US that will admit to liking Barry Manilow.) However, I also have an "overplayed and now sick of it " list that includes anything by Whitney Houston, Bryan Adams, and the Eagles.

err? what traffic??....sorry about the "loaded" question....heehee....what did OMD sing? you might have to sing a few lines (in this case, write them...:))....hmm..i love "out of touch" from hall and oates.....what did grandmaster flash sing? was that a rap group by any chance?....and i can't remember what barry manilow sang....darn....bad memory!....cool! your "now sick of" list is also part of mine...hehehe....did you like any of those british new wave groups??
Eden

Eden wrote:
: what did grandmaster flash sing?

They were mainly known for "The Message"...a cool song, which I highly recommend....I think Dr. Dre or Ice Cube or someone like that used "The Message" as a sample on one of their rap hits.

Partial Lyrics from "The Message":
My brother's doing grass on my mother's TV,
He says, "She's watching too much, it's just not healthy"
"All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night,
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors that ring my phone and
Scare my wife when I'm not home
Got a bum education, double digit inflation,
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station...

Does that jog your memory?

: was that a rap group by any chance?

DING DING DING DING DING...you're absolutely correct! You've just won a groovy prize! :)

: ....and i can't remember what barry manilow sang....

Hm..."I Write the Songs", "Mandy"...um, that's all I can think of right now. :P

Diane/CityGirl7609

: Eden wrote:
: : what did grandmaster flash sing?

: They were mainly known for "The Message"...a cool song, which I highly recommend....I think Dr. Dre or Ice Cube or someone like that used "The Message" as a sample on one of their rap hits.

: Partial Lyrics from "The Message":
: My brother's doing grass on my mother's TV,
: He says, "She's watching too much, it's just not healthy"
: "All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night,
: Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
: The bill collectors that ring my phone and
: Scare my wife when I'm not home
: Got a bum education, double digit inflation,
: Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station...

: Does that jog your memory?

: : was that a rap group by any chance?

: DING DING DING DING DING...you're absolutely correct! You've just won a groovy prize! :)

: : ....and i can't remember what barry manilow sang....

: Hm..."I Write the Songs", "Mandy"...um, that's all I can think of right now. :P

: Diane/CityGirl7609
okie, thankx diane...i'll keep that in mind!now that you've mentioned some of those songs, i don't think i've ever actually heard their music!
Eden

: : : ....and i can't remember what barry manilow sang....

: : Hm..."I Write the Songs", "Mandy"...um, that's all I can think of right now. :P

: : Diane/CityGirl7609
: okie, thankx diane...i'll keep that in mind!now that you've mentioned some of those songs, i don't think i've ever actually heard their music!
: Eden

Barry Manilow also did "Somewhere in the Night", and "Weekend in New England"

:
: Wow, talk about traffic on a message board. What a loaded question. Myself, I think OMD is the best group, but I also like Hall and Oates, and Guns 'n Roses and Grandmaster Flash and well, you name it. (I am one of only 4 people in the US that will admit to liking Barry Manilow.) However, I also have an "overplayed and now sick of it " list that includes anything by Whitney Houston, Bryan Adams, and the Eagles.

personally, I've always been a big fan of Duran Duran and NIN (technically 80s), Dire Straits, Def Leppard's Pyromania, Aerosmith, too many for me to list...

to chuckyg:
i looove duran duran!...although it seems like their music now is totally different...what do you think? what's NIN? would you mind singing a few lines??heehee....i like dire straits...but i've only heard "sultans of swing" and "money for nothing" both of which i really like....i have pyromania but the only song i ever liked from them was "pour some sugar on me"....and as for aerosmith...i'm not crazy about them but i do listen to them.....
Eden

: to chuckyg:
: i looove duran duran!...although it seems like their music now is totally different...what do you think? what's NIN? would you mind singing a few lines??heehee....i like dire straits...but i've only heard "sultans of swing" and "money for nothing" both of which i really like....i have pyromania but the only song i ever liked from them was "pour some sugar on me"....and as for aerosmith...i'm not crazy about them but i do listen to them.....
: Eden

have you heard their last album? the one with Electric Barbarella? it did poorly in the pop charts, but it definately captures their early eighties influence very well. I liked it a lot, certainly wasn't like their album that came out in 1993 with Come Undone and Ordinary World

NIN is Nine Inch Nails, and humming is the last thing anyone does to their music I think >grin<

to chuckyg:
actually,no...i haven't heard anything from that album yet....i'll find some way to hear them....the album with "come undone" (i think it was called the wedding album??) was different...that's what i meant when i said that their 90's music seemed different...it's not bad but if it wasn't for simon lebon's voice, i wouldn't have known it was duran duran.....hehehe....so that's what NIN is? for some reason, i can't seem to picture them as an 80's group 'cause they sound like a 90's alternative band....there was this song from them that was really nice...i can't seem to remeber the name right not....short term memory....need ginkoba or something...j/k....i do remember that it didn't have much music in the background......any other bands?
Eden

I wanted to take a break from humming NIN to respond. Chucky, I was wondering when someone was going to mention Electric Barbarella because the song was the bomb. I haven't heard the rest of the album. Any good? And Grandmaster Flash, Eden, was a rap group (you get the gold star) and probably along with Sugar Hill Gang and Afrika Bambaataa were the biggest rap pioneers of our time. "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash is one of the most influential singles ever released in my opinion when you factor in the popularity that rap has enjoyed in recent years. Give it a listen if you ever get the chance, even if you don't care for rap.

: I wanted to take a break from humming NIN to respond. Chucky, I was wondering when someone was going to mention Electric Barbarella because the song was the bomb. I haven't heard the rest of the album. Any good? And Grandmaster Flash, Eden, was a rap group (you get the gold star) and probably along with Sugar Hill Gang and Afrika Bambaataa were the biggest rap pioneers of our time. "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash is one of the most influential singles ever released in my opinion when you factor in the popularity that rap has enjoyed in recent years. Give it a listen if you ever get the chance, even if you don't care for rap.

There was another song on the album you might have heard, it was on the Saint soundtrack, and is what prompted me to buy the new album the second it hit the stores... it's called "Out Of My Mind", I also like "So Long Suicide" it's really a merging of sounds for them, their current and past sound. I like it better than the Wedding album since it was a more consistant album.

*snif* I'm getting to discuss Duran Duran here...and '90s DD, to boot...I feel at home here....

Anyways, Chucky said:
: There was another song on the album you might have heard, it was on the Saint soundtrack, and is what prompted me to buy the new album the second it hit the stores... it's called "Out Of My Mind", I also like "So Long Suicide" it's really a merging of sounds for them, their current and past sound. I like it better than the Wedding album since it was a more consistant album.

Actually, if you ever get a chance to listen to some Wedding Album b-sides, DO...I love them! "Fallen Angel", "Time for Temptation", "Stop Dead"--they're all REALLY COOL!

As for liking "So Long Suicide"--MY BUDDY, MY PAL! I ADORE "So Long Suicide"!!!!!!!! Too bad about M. Hutchence dying, because now they won't perform it live. Same goes for "Michael (You've Got a Lot to Answer For)". Hey--I LOVE "Undergoing Treatment"--it's funny as heck! And "Buried in the Sand" (I just love the light touch of Asian influence)! Oh, and since my favorite member is Nick Rhodes (keyboardist), and since he was the voice behind the title track, I'll have to say "Medazzaland" is one of my personal favorites ;). Also--"Out of My Mind" is the coolest! Have you seen the video? It is SOOOO beautiful! Oh, and also, if you get a chance to check out "Sinner or Saint" and/or "Ball and Chain" (their two b-sides for "Medazzaland"), DO SO..."Sinner or Saint" is a heavy metal-esque song which makes you want to headbang, and "Ball and Chain" reminds me of Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life". Oh--and so many online Duranies don't like "Silva Halo"--but it's my favorite track off the album! I also adore "Be My Icon", which some people seem incredibly repelled to (looking quizzically). In short, I'm completely wild with their new album...but if you want to trek back to the '80s, Capitol/EMI released a compiliation entitled "Night Versions: Essential Duran Duran", with remixes of some of their biggest hits ("The Reflex", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Rio", etc.), plus some album track remixes ("My Own Way", "New Religion", etc.). And watch out soon for an upcoming "Essentials 2" release, as well as a 1999 release of a new Duran Duran album (cross our fingers)! They may be down to Simon, Nick, and Warren (formerly Missing Persons), but they haven't lost any of their incredible talent and drive! This is one group I'm banking on existing for a long time to come!

the incredibly biased Duranie...

Diane/CityGirl7609 (p.s.: significance of "7609"--comes from the song "Late Bar"--"There's an all-night party in Room 7609")

• Diane Aguilar Stylistics

hehehe...very funny........i get a gold star...woohoo!....i'll see if i can find a clip of it somewhere.....90's rap is not bad either...just too much cursing.........have you ever heard of bone thugs n' harmony?......
Eden