Pure 80's....totally!

TroyD

What a cool stroll down memory lane (funny how music does that, no?)...

Recently, I picked up mint LP's of The Outfield - Play Deep and Hooters - Nervous Night. I still have my original cassettes of both as well of the horrible CD transfers. Now, the LP's aren't all that either but are superior to the other formats.

I tell you what though, spinning those, hell, I'm right back in the summer of 1986 (both albums actually came out in 1985). I would never want to go back in time, but I'd spend a week back in the summer of '86.

BDT

danger boy

You know... the music from the 80's has no competition or equal today. it was fun.. it was alot of electronics.. I listen to it all the time still. I do enjoy alot of todays music of course.. but one genre of music I can always depend on to get me out of a funk is 80's.

TroyD

Oh, I dunno, I think most of it is the context in which you associate it in.

BDT

jcaut

Yeah, some (maybe most) of the 80's stuff sounds downright cheesy today. There's still some of it I enjoy listening to (in moderation), and I'd say that influences from '80's music have played a big role in shaping my musical tastes today. The biggest problem with it, is that I've found precious little rock/pop from the '80's that actually sounds good in any format. Almost my whole collection of vinyl albums are '80's vintage.

I agree with what Troy was getting at: The memories the songs bring back are worth far more than the value of the music. I'm up for a week or two back in the summer of '85, '86, or '87. Or '88-'90 college days, for that matter. Those were good times.

Jason

TroyD

Actually, some of the LP's that I have from the late 80's are actually, IMHO, very well done. Bruce Hornsby, Don Henley, Steve Winwood, Tracy Chapman to name a few....the LP's that I have from them are fantastic and are far and away better than the CD's.

Agree though, Adam Ant, Dexy's Midnight Runners or Tommy Tutone probably aren't going to make it to the Library of Congress.

BDT

Early B.

Yeah, late 70's to mid-80's had the best music (disco being the exception, of course). There were three things I liked about it: 1) you had to have talent; 2) everyone had their own style (i.e., not everyone sounded alike); and 3) there was lots of innovation.

Today, these kids are talentless, lack style and they all sound alike. The MTV generation killed the quality of music. All music videos should be burned, then banned forever. To go forward, we need to take two steps back. Those steps will lead us into the 80's.

Demiurge

Early B. wrote:

Yeah, late 70's to mid-80's had the best music (disco being the exception, of course). There were three things I liked about it: 1) you had to have talent; 2) everyone had their own style (i.e., not everyone sounded alike); and 3) there was lots of innovation.

Today, these kids are talentless, lack style and they all sound alike. The MTV generation killed the quality of music. All music videos should be burned, then banned forever. To go forward, we need to take two steps back. Those steps will lead us into the 80's.

Without getting long-winded -- have you tried expanding your musical horizons lately? Just like the 80s, not everything was on AM/FM Radio or MTV. Most of that music is some of the best.

jcaut

Troy,

Which Bruce Hornsby are you referring to? I really like "The Way It Is" album, but the CD version I've got sounds horrible. Never had it on vinyl. You're right though: I've got a Tracy Chapman that sounds good (if I remember right, it's been a while since I had a turntable hooked up) and "Building The Perfect Beast" was a good sounding LP. I don't have the CD of that one.

Jason

jcaut

And speaking of expanding horizons (I guess): Yesterday I picked up an Edwin McCain (from Charleston, SC) album, "Scream & Whisper". I think it's a 2004 release, and the critics weren't too fond of it, but on some level it appeals to my " '80's musical mentality ", (though he does cover "Maggie May") I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it through.

Jason

TroyD

Yes, The Way it Is...on vinyl sounds much better than CD. I think I have another BH album but can't think of it off the top of my head. The Don Henley albums I have are Building the Perfect Beast and End of the Innocence. Dave has the Tracy Chapman LP, that's on my short list of must finds.

BDT

*Seby*-Polk-

The 80's has a great decade for glam rock lovers

POISON - MOTLEY CRUE - BON JOVI - TWISTED SISTER - EUROPE - SKID ROW - Ohh mann !!!! that is music !!!!

pjdami

A lot of my favorite music was during the '80s too. Women seem to go bonkers over the stuff.

Guns and Roses - Metallica - Megadeth - Def Leppard - Depeche Mode - U2 (Joshua Tree and before) - INXS - New Order - Rush - Ozzy - The Cure ... man I could go on and on. They just don't make this stuff anymore.

jcaut

*Seby*-Polk- wrote:

The 80's has a great decade for glam rock lovers

POISON - MOTLEY CRUE - BON JOVI - TWISTED SISTER - EUROPE - SKID ROW - Ohh mann !!!! that is music !!!!

Though I won't deny having at least one example of each of the bands you name in my collection.. I might have to argue with you on your "that is music" comment. Poison might have had one or two decent songs, but if I were going to listen to that today, I'd have to use headphones and hide the album "artwork" to lessen the chance of getting caught. How M-bare-assing.

George Grand

The Hooters were a local Filthadelphia band. That stupid kazoo thing that they insisted on inserting into most of their songs got old real fast.

If that is the album with "All You Zombies" and "Hanging on a Heartbeat" on it, it was released a lot earlier than 1985. I was singing those tunes on Guam in 1981, effectively wiping out the birds indigenous to the island.

TroyD

See, while I may enjoy a listen to some of the aforementioned acts, I'm in no way convinced that they are any more artistically gifted than the no talent **** clowns that populate the airwaves today. It was just a different time and we had different tastes.

BDT

TroyD

George Grand wrote:

The Hooters were a local Filthadelphia band. That stupid kazoo thing that they insisted on inserting into most of their songs got old real fast.

If that is the album with "All You Zombies" and "Hanging on a Heartbeat" on it, it was released a lot earlier than 1985. I was singing those tunes on Guam in 1981, effectively wiping out the birds indigenous to the island.

I saw them in, oh, 87 or so. They said that those songs had been around for about a decade, they finally went national in 1985.

Yeah, they definately weren't in it for the long haul.

BDT

George Grand

National my ****. I Had those songs on album in 1981 (In Jersey).

And all those "artists" that pjdami mentioned? I recently got a nice load of unopened vinyl, and those were the ones (also sealed) that I left for others. The covers alone were nothing I wanted in my home.

capecodder

George Grand wrote:

The Hooters were a local Filthadelphia band.

Yep, I went to high school and then to college with the bass player, Andy King. He was a year behind me, good guy.

jcaut

George Grand wrote:

effectively wiping out the birds indigenous to the island.

LOL!

capecodder

Early B. wrote:

Yeah, late 70's to mid-80's had the best music

Uhhh, mid-sixties to early seventies wasn't too shabby either.:rolleyes:
Beatles, Who, Zep, Hendrix, Airplane, Stones, not even worth tryin to name them all. But I guess this is about the 80's sound.

George Grand

There is no time period that can compare with the absolute avalanche of incredibly good and diverse music associated with the mid 60's to very early 70's. You left out Motown and a lot of R & B as well Codder.

The 80's was the beginning of the downhill slide that has not abated to this day. Los Lobos was noteworthy in the 80's, and that's about it. Snotty boys with big hair and lipstick is my impression of the average 80's band.

George Grand

Fell right out of the trees Jason.

jcaut

I'm still laughing..

capecodder

George Grand wrote:

There is no time period that can compare with the absolute avalanche of incredibly good and diverse music associated with the mid 60's to very early 70's. You left out Motown and a lot of R & B as well Codder.

Couldn't agree more with all of above, particularly Motown! I wasn't even gonna try to start listing cause as soon as I post I would remember 10 more that should have been included. As I ended (after I re-read and then edited) I think the point of the thread was that "'80's sound" whatever you may think of it. Also agree with Los Lobos, didn't get the attention they deserved.

George Grand

Hidalgo and Rosas are national treasures in my non-humble opinion.

shack

*Seby*-Polk- wrote:

The 80's has a great decade for glam rock lovers

POISON - MOTLEY CRUE - BON JOVI - TWISTED SISTER - EUROPE - SKID ROW - Ohh mann !!!! that is music !!!!

Oh NO!!! That is NOISE....and bad noise at that!

In the summer of 1986 I had a 2 year old and another on the way, trying to figure out how to make ends meet while paying for a house, 2 cars and STUFF and trying to put a little money in the bank. Even if there was more than a minisule amount of decent music to buy (which there wasn't) it was a very low priority for me at that time. What I DID do was record a lot of my LPs and albums I could borrow, to cassette so I could listen to them in the car (which was the only time I really got to listen to music). I can't think of more than one or two pre-recorded cassettes that I ever bought.

TroyD

I dunno, the date stamped on the cover of the Nervous Night LP is 1985. If it was released earlier, well, it was released earlier.

Agree that the artistic merit of pop music died about the time I quit crapping in diapers. However, for me, music isn't always about artistic merit. Most of the time, I just want to be entertained.

BDT

George Grand

Sell your rigs and try your other hand for cheap entertainment.

TroyD

I can do that AND listen to crappy music. The essence of multi-tasking.

BDT

danger boy

how can you not like Twisted Sister? :rolleyes:

Each decade of music has some really good music from it.. you can't really compare them to other decades. The world was a different place in each decade as well.. the music reflected those days.

I like music from each time period... even some older stuff too. I do have to admit that i'm struggling to find one or two or three groups that I would follow and buy everything they record. Unlike say Depeche Mode for example... i got just about everything they ever put out.. along with INXS too.

George Grand

I didn't realize my suggestion would be effective. I figured it for just entertainment purposes.



There isn't enough room on this page for me to list the reasons I don't care for a band like Twisted Sister. However, a cacophonous jungle of sound orchestrated by a group of extremely ugly individuals with little or no musical talent would probably capture the essence of my first paragraph.