I grew up in the 80's (old enough to care about music), and my favorite music is from the 60's and 70's. Don't get me wrong, I liked it all then (loved metal as a teenager), but there's something a bit too shallow about a lot of it.
80s Music
- Thread starter Nate STANley
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Is it me or is the hearing gene in the gene pool floundering? Or are the drugs finally taking their toll? Not sure, but one has to seriously question some of these 'favorites'.
I was at ISU from '87 to '91. Here's what I was listening to...... and it was awesome! A great time for music for sure.
The Cure
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Smiths
The Replacements
U2
New Order
Nirvana
Husker Du
Violent Femmes
The Stone Roses
Talking Heads
Janes Addiction
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Smiths
The Replacements
U2
New Order
Nirvana
Husker Du
Violent Femmes
The Stone Roses
Talking Heads
Janes Addiction
Echo and the Bunnymen
Yeah, I'd say '80's pop music is better than the '70's or '90's...but for that decade, 1980 to 1989, some really remarkable cutting edge non pop albums came out; Metallica's Kill 'Em All, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, Pixies Surfer Rosa, Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking, Beastie Boy's Paul's Boutique... Plus the formation of all rap and hip hop as we know it.
And the Go Go's...so yeah, 80's, you win.
And the Go Go's...so yeah, 80's, you win.
Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking is an unbelievable album..... not one bad song on there. Incredible.
Q102 out of Des Moines was awesome. The Top 5 at 9 was must listen and you had an idea of what songs would be in the countdown so you could make good tapes.
We had KKEZ out of Fort Dodge and KTLB out of Twin Lakes in NW Iowa. Casey Kasem top 40, baby.
JFC, no wonder you dissed my Clash post. I feel confident our libraries would have little overlap.
Hey folks, any fans of the King Biscuit Flower Hour out of an AM station in Little Rock back in the day?
You said the Clash is the only good thing to come out the 80s and accuse me of being ignorant? K.
To me, the best thing about the music in the 80's was that there was such a huge variety of popular music. You never knew what sound would come up next. This could have been the music played on a pop station during any given half-hour: Debbie Gibson, Run DMC, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Randy Travis, Tears for Fears, and U2.
The 80s will always be stereotyped as the era of pop and hair metal but, too me, the best music of the 80s was probably the alternative rock and the country of the late 80s.
I'm not a big country fan but that era was really good for the genre.
Some of the pop music was spectacular (Michael Jackson, the Go Go's). However, there was some truly horrible pop music (Janet Jackson, NKOTB).
In conclusion, Hanging Tough is probably the most annoying song ever given significant radio time and I'm embarrassed that it was released during my glory years at ISU.
The 80s will always be stereotyped as the era of pop and hair metal but, too me, the best music of the 80s was probably the alternative rock and the country of the late 80s.
I'm not a big country fan but that era was really good for the genre.
Some of the pop music was spectacular (Michael Jackson, the Go Go's). However, there was some truly horrible pop music (Janet Jackson, NKOTB).
In conclusion, Hanging Tough is probably the most annoying song ever given significant radio time and I'm embarrassed that it was released during my glory years at ISU.
I remember meeting the morning disc jockey from KKEZ. It felt like I had met a real celebrity. Perspective can be a weird thing when you are a child.
Hunters and Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me is one of the all time great pop songs.
Also the Whitlams, but they may be a bit after the 80s, not sure about that.
Morning sickness with Mike Walsh? I remember he would do countless impersonations.
Yup, KAAY clear channel in Little Rock. Also had Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford in the early '70's.
It was a very common mantra of the punk aficianados of the day, but you must not have been exposed to that.You said the Clash is the only good thing to come out the 80s and accuse me of being ignorant? K.
40 Years Later, The Clash Is Still the Only Band That Matters
“The Clash is a big thing for me, almost too big. If you were lucky enough to see them, I don’t think you ever forgot it.”
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I always thought it was Bleeker or Bleaker Street.Yup, KAAY clear channel in Little Rock. Also had Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford in the early '70's.
Where I lived we were on the fringe of any R&R station. On occasion we could get WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KCRG out of Cedar Rapids or KSTT out of Davenport. But at night the best signal was definitely KAAY out of LIttle Rock. (Talking mid-60s to early 70s.)
Looks like my Columbia House order. I should at some point complete my agreed upon purchases.
