Your fave Rock albums IN the '80s, and still ok?

Rate Your Music doesn't tag Vangelis, Kitaro, or Sade as Rock. No big deal... It tags Holdsworth as progressive rock, and we played Holdsworth constantly IN the 80s.

This rocks...





Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 24 2024 at 13:54

^ Vangelis can rock (pretty eclectic artist).

The Dragon is so great.



And so can Kitaro rock, especially with Far East Family Band.

But see this from page one of this thread:

David_D wrote: Logan wrote: EDIT: Sorry, forgot it was rock. I've never really been much of a rocker despite liking much music of the rock related or rock fusion variety. Anyway, at the least Midnight Oil would count. But then Sade is mentioned, and I had not thought of Sade as rock. The Rock, I mean, is in a very broad sense. I coudn't think of a better term.

I'd say that most of what has been mentioned is at least sufficient rock related enough for me.

Logan wrote: verslibre wrote: It took me a long time to properly appreciate Sade, I admit. But I now own a few of the Japanese reissues, so there's that. Diamond Life and Promise are brilliant. I remember when she toured fifteen years ago. Having missed that tour and knowing they probably never will again = major bummer. Giorgio Moroder's score for The Cat People is fantastic and that's one I still listen to. The synth tones are gorgeous. The music is evocative and transporting. I dig the movie, too. The '80s was a swell time for electronic soundtracks (and movies, duh). Midnight Oil's cool. I should listen to them more. Same for Gary Numan. The 80s is so cool for music in the 80s. John Carpenter (I adore Escape From New York), Wendy Carlos for Tron....

TRON is fantastic, as is Carlos' official OOP release of Clockwork Orange (the entirely electronic version). I'm glad I have the CDs because Carlos orders all uploads to be taken down if they're not cover versions.

More of Carpenter's "killer" scores: Christine, The Fog and Prince of Darkness (probably my favorite).

Logan wrote: And now a couple of artists in PA who had work in the 80s that I loved in the 80s and still like: Kitaro and Vangelis.

Kitaro's early works are breathtaking. Ki, Astral Trip and Oasis blew me away way back when.

Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

No, I listened to everything Tangerine Dream had released up to that point, with Rubycon, Stratosfear, Encore, Sorcerer and Force Majeure spending plenty of time in the player.

My favorite album by Vangelis back then was Albedo 0.39, which was released in 1976.

Oh, and Rush. Played them a lot.

I wish this forum had sub-threads so when you get multiple posts responding to a specific post, it would keep them all in order better.

Cristi wrote: Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking? I think some have misunderstood the OP and just listed favorite 80s albums.

David_D wrote: Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

David_D wrote: I'm surely cheered up, Hrychu.

THE original post has since been edited (not sure what was changed), I had not thought that there were any pre-80s albums in David's list originally (now one), but I had interpreted this topic as albums from the 80s that you liked in the 80s and still like today. {EDIT: I had thought that I had read the original post carefully, but had neglected the rock expectation. Had the examples not been from the 80s of David's albums then I would have made different inferences when interpreting the the topic. We often learn "by example"}.

I became a teen in the 80s, and most of what I listened to in the 80s was from the 60s and 70s. My friends and I tended to play "classic rock" from the 60s and 70s like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Jethro Tull {EDIT: The Doors, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Santana were some absolutes faves of mine in the 80s). A lot of other kids were more into newer stuff. I wish that I had discovered more 80s music in the 80s as I think it's a fantastic time for music. And much as i love much 60s and 70s music, I am more interested in sharing and finding out about people's 80s tastes in the 80s (helps to focus the topic for me). And 70s and 60s can feel stale to me since I had explored so very much yet I have been really turned on to plenty of 80s music in the last few years that sounds so fresh to me and incredible. I still do discover plenty of music from lots of decades, by the way.

That said, as an adult in the 90s, I had more opportunity to experience and enjoy live music.

By the way, people often misinterpret my intent even when I have gone to significant efforts to try to be clear (and sometimes misinterpret my jokes as mean-spirited when I don't tend to go for the kind of humour meant to insult, wound, belittle, or make fun of others.) It happens, no big deal. Hopefully we can still appreciate and demonstrate our appreciation for the efforts of people taking the time to respond to our topics even when they get it wrong (provided it's not snarky, condescending, complaining, deliberately rude...).

Edited by Logan - September 24 2024 at 10:54

I was born in 1975, so I was 

Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

Edited by Sean Trane - September 24 2024 at 06:19

Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

Ten 80s rock albums, not in any particular order

The Kinks  – Give the People What They Want
Slade – Till Deaf Do Us Part
The Who – Face Dances
Pete Townshend – Empty Glass
Secret Affair – Behind Closed Doors
Bruce Springsteen – The River
Joe Cocker – Sheffield Steel
Graham Parker and The Rumour – The Up Escalator
Graham Parker – Another Grey Area
The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You