Why the 80's did suck!

ghost_of_morphy wrote: Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz   Has there been a more abysmal excursion into music than this?

Blame 1929 for that one.

You know why the 80s DID suck? Because it "set the standard" for mainstream music today, and has kept the mainstream from evolving (which you have to admit, every decade up until the 2000s had its own distinct sound) 2000s mainstream music sounds like 80s music with better production, and maybe some 90s influence

Rush in the R'n'R Hall of Fame?... Well, that's, like, your opinion, man.

darkshade wrote: You know why the 80s DID suck? Because it "set the standard" for mainstream music today, and has kept the mainstream from evolving (which you have to admit, every decade up until the 2000s had its own distinct sound) 2000s mainstream music sounds like 80s music with better production, and maybe some 90s influence

Music died in the 1980s simply because all possible sonic routes had already been explored and the onset of digital established the limits of what is possible in sound. The 90s were a reactionary episode against the virtues of synthesized production while the 2000s were a gutless rehash of a sound perfected in the 80s. The 80s were the last original decade, period.

Why the 80s sucked:

zravkapt wrote: Why the 80s sucked:   -gated drums -the choice of synth sounds which sounded state-of-the-art at the time but now sound cheesy and dated -MTV (or more specifically the importance given to image over the music) -going from 24-track recording to 48-track recording -sampling became more and more acceptable   Nonetheless, there was a lot of good music in that decade, especially in Metal, Avant-Prog, "College Rock/Alternative," and Industrial. There was a lot of one-hit wonders in the '80s, but most of those songs were great compared to the one-hit wonders today.

None of those are bad. MTV in the 80s was even good.

I like the DX7 and similar sounds from the 80s.

stonebeard wrote: zravkapt wrote: Why the 80s sucked:   -gated drums -the choice of synth sounds which sounded state-of-the-art at the time but now sound cheesy and dated -MTV (or more specifically the importance given to image over the music) -going from 24-track recording to 48-track recording -sampling became more and more acceptable   Nonetheless, there was a lot of good music in that decade, especially in Metal, Avant-Prog, "College Rock/Alternative," and Industrial. There was a lot of one-hit wonders in the '80s, but most of those songs were great compared to the one-hit wonders today.   None of those are bad. MTV in the 80s was even good.

says the man who uses Tom cruise as an avater

Although I grew up with the music of the 80's my favorite decade for popular music is the 70's. This is because a lot of the styles I enjoy today really flourished/or came into existence during that decade (progressive, punk, jazz-fusion, electronic, new wave, heavy metal, and even rap in an embryonic form)

darkshade wrote: You know why the 80s DID suck? Because it "set the standard" for mainstream music today, and has kept the mainstream from evolving (which you have to admit, every decade up until the 2000s had its own distinct sound) 2000s mainstream music sounds like 80s music with better production, and maybe some 90s influence

If musicians are lazy enough to derive their standard from the 80s, that cannot be blamed on the 80s.  That is like blaming Eddie Van Halen for the lousy shredders who blindly filled every inch of tape with shred-tap-shred-tap.  That only indicates that mainstream musicians at least in rock are bereft of ideas now.