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Subject: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: Trimac20 on 05/12/06 at 8:41 pm
What bands do you give credit for/like and what bands do you consider campy from the 80s? Mine would be;
'Good' 'Bad'
Adam & the Ants
Big Audio Dynamite Pat Benatar
Blondie Depeche Mode
The Go Go's Duran Duran
Madness Billy Idol (except a few songs)
The Cars A-Ha
INXS Kajagoogoo
The Pixies Marillon
The Police Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Smiths Devo (some)
Tears for Fears
U2
XTC
Van Halen
Subject: Re: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: Donnie Darko on 05/12/06 at 11:45 pm
Depeche Mode, Devo, and a-ha bad? :( :D ;D
Subject: Re: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: Trimac20 on 05/13/06 at 4:07 am
Depeche Mode, Devo, and a-ha bad? :( :D ;D
Depeche Mode...yes, Devo is sort of campy but fun...When home alone I secretly like to do the robot dance to 'Whip It'! :D
Subject: Re: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: Trimac20 on 05/13/06 at 4:08 am
For some reason or another, 'Whip It' conjures up images of alot of black leather, studded metal, and a catwoman dominatrix outfit? *purrs*
Subject: Re: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: velvetoneo on 05/13/06 at 7:07 am
What bands do you give credit for/like and what bands do you consider campy from the 80s? Mine would be;
'Good' 'Bad'
Adam & the Ants
Big Audio Dynamite Pat Benatar
Blondie Depeche Mode
The Go Go's Duran Duran
Madness Billy Idol (except a few songs)
The Cars A-Ha
INXS Kajagoogoo
The Pixies Marillon
The Police Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Smiths Devo (some)
Tears for Fears
U2
XTC
Van Halen
Good:
Sonic Youth
The Pixies (both not real '80s)
Blondie
Cyndi Lauper
Madonna
The Smiths
The Cure
The Cars
The Pet Shop Boys
Marianne Faithfull
The Eurythmics
The Pretenders
Joy Division
a-ha
Depeche Mode (some)
Devo
Prince
Michael Jackson
Rick Springfield
Elvis Costello
Irene Cara
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Thompson Twins
Modern English
The Bangles
Bad:
Pat Benatar (some)
Duran Duran
Lionel Richie
Spandau Ballet
The Cocteau Twins
Subject: Re: Good 80s and Bad 80s bands
Written By: Trimac20 on 05/13/06 at 7:13 am
My 10 favourite bands of the 80s (in order) would be:
1. The Smiths
2. The Pixies
3. XTC
4. R.E.M.
5. INXS
6. The Cars
7. The Stone Roses
8. Tears for Fears
9. The Go Go's
10. AC/DC (I know, not fully 80s)