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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Something else, which can be good to mention about the non-Prog 80's, is the the very informative book 
Our band could be your life. Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (2001)
by Michael Azerrad - even the author's description of large part of the bands portrayed
isn't particularly flattering, not least concerning Black Flag and Henry Rollins. Of other bands
profiled, let me mention Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Hüsker Dü, Butthole Surfers and Mission of Burma.

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How about one more quotation from this book:

"The Butthole Surfers' obsession with a pop band like R.E.M. is a bit surprising. "I think we were fascinated by the amount of fame they were getting", says Coffey. "And they were easy subjects for redicule. But by the same token, we also had a certain fondness for some of their songs, like their radio hit songs. We'd say, 'Aw, this is horrible!' And then of course it would be in our heads for two weeks." (By 1987 they often ended shows with a demonic version of R.E.M.'s hit "One I Love.")
    And of course, R.E.M. were already wealthy men by this time, unlike the Butthole Surfers. "I think we were jealous of them," Coffey says. "Hell yeah," Leary agrees. "Jealous as sh*t."
    In Georgia their rickety van called it quits in spectacular fashion - as Haynes and Leary were pulling into a parking lot, the engine started smoking and quickly burst into flame. The two men bailed out of the van, Mark Farner in hand, and watched it burn." 


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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

Albums with vocals:

1. U2 - Boy
2. Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver
3. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
4. The Blue Nile - Hats
5. U2 - October
6. The Silencers - A Blues for Buddha
7. Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
8. Red Rider - Neruda
9. Pete Townshend - All the Best Cowboys have Chinese Eyes
10. Robbie Robertson - s/t
11. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
12. Mike and the Mechanics - s/t
13. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
14. Eric Johnson - Tones
15. Colin James Hay - Looking for Jack

Hey, wait a minute...how did I forget Thomas Dolby's The Golden Age of Wireless?
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 This is next to impossible for me. I was going to post some time ago, but decided it was too hard, but after it being mentioned in a chat with Brendan, I thought I’d try and give it a shot. To make it slightly easier on me, I am listing only one album per band/artist, even if that choice of one is rather arbitrary at times. Even then, it’s hard for me, because I was a child of the ‘80s, so this was the music that surrounded me, on the tv and on the radio, played at the houses of my friends and family. I have tried, where possible, to choose my favourite ‘80s album as it was at the time, rather than now. Sometimes this is the same album, but in carrying out this exercise, I have realised how much my favourite has changed over the years.

There’s a lot I loved as child, and which I still do if I hear it again today, but which is no longer in my collection. But that is not particularly indicative of a change in taste, so much as my collection was overhauled when I transitioned from cassette to cd. I didn’t have the money to rebuy everything I owned, and had been doing so gradually over the years, to complement my new purchases. However, as the Internet made it easier and easier over the years to hear those older albums, I’ve bought fewer and fewer of the albums I owned on cassette, simply because I know I won’t listen to them often enough to justify the cost, when I know I can simply stream them.

So, anyway, what follows is taken from what remains of my ‘80s love in the ‘80s, in my cd collection today. I tried to keep it to 15, but it was too much of a struggle. I did manage to cut my much larger list down to 20, though. And 20 seems a nice round number….

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (1980)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Duran Duran -  (1981)
Peter Gabriel - So (1986)
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
Joy Division - Substance (1988)
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Police - Ghost in the Machine (1981)
Iggy Pop - Blah-Blah-Blah (1986)
Queen - The Game (1980)
R.E.M. - Document (1987)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986)
Split Enz - Waiata (1981)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)

(I left off a whole load of Kiwi bands/artists that I figure won’t be known internationally, which definitely helped cut my list down…)
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Not being the greatest fan of a lot of eighties music this was a bit of a struggle, but I do like these:
Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On?
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
Swing Out Sister - Kaleidoscope World
Love and Money - Strange Kind of Love
Elvis Costello - Trust
Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Robert Cray - Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain
Simply Red - A New Flame
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
Toto - Isolation
Foreigner - Four
Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
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Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:


Robert Cray - Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Toto - Isolation
Foreigner - Four
Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels

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I realized I hadn't actually responded to this one, so here we go.

Abba - The Visitors
The Clash - Sandinista!
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
Gnags - X
Kliché - Supertanker
C.V. Jørgensen - Tidens tern
Ulf Lundell - Kär och galen
Madness - The Rise And Fall
The Police - Synchronicity
R.E.M. - Murmur
Sebastian - 80'ernes Boheme
Paul Simon - Graceland
Sort Sol - Everything That Rises Must Converge
Tv-2 - Nærmest lykkelig
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

I realized I hadn't actually responded to this one, so here we go.

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Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife, Reckless, Into The Fire
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
King Swamp - King Swamp
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution
AC/DC - Back In Black
Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, And Justice For All (a bit proggy maybe!)
ZZTop - Eliminator, Afterburner
John Kilzer - Memory In The Making
Van Halen - 1984
Def Leppard - Hysteria

Quite a few of these I don’t listen to enough!!!
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