The 80s..the worst era for prog. - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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boo boo wrote:

I just don't get what's so great about a band whose entire catalog sounds like the Spongebob Squarepants theme.

Because Spongebob Squarepants would never tease his hair, because teasing is bad; therefore, he would never fit in with a Crock of Seagulls, Blondie, Mr. Mister or Duran Duran. Shall we all start singing something vacuous like Gary Numan's "In Cars" to put you in a better mood?

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I'll take drum machines over autotune any f*cking day of the week.

boo boo wrote:

Thin plastic sounds? Compared to today?

95% of the Billboard top 100 now can be summarized in two words: "supersaw" and "autotune."

Now is the time of plastic.

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Writing off a whole genre is pretty lame especially when you're talking about one that's more diverse than people realise. I'll take The Cars or Blondie over some crappy Irish bar band any day of the week.

boo boo wrote:

Henry Plainview wrote:

boo boo wrote:

Writing off a whole decade because you're biased towards the decade of YOUR formative years is not justifiable at all.

You can't change when you were born or what you like, so yes, it is.

Another thing you can't justify is the belief that Daniel Day Lewis is a good actor.

Daniel Day-Lewis is actually a superb actor. I suggest you watch his Oscar-winning perfomance in My Left Foot.

boo boo wrote:

OMG New Wave, a genre that.............was actually pretty goddamn good.

The Pogues f*cking sucked. And seriously. Saying the 80s had nothing to offer than those artists is absolutely ludicrous, not everybody f*cking used synths and drum machines, not even close.

Judging a whole decade based on MTV is is idiotic, you know absolutely nothing about music. At all.

No, new wave was the whining little sister of punk. But it did make hair product companies a ton of money.

The Pogues sucked? I would suggest that If I Should Fall From Grace With God was perhaps one of the ten best albums of the decade. Rum, Sodomy and the Lash was also a superlative album.

And yes, it's obvious I know nothing about music, according to your stilted tastes. Still, I will maintain the 80s was dreadful, whether you can't wrap your arms around that thought or not.

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boo boo wrote:

Henry Plainview wrote:

boo boo wrote:

Writing off a whole decade because you're biased towards the decade of YOUR formative years is not justifiable at all.

You can't change when you were born or what you like, so yes, it is.

Another thing you can't justify is the belief that Daniel Day Lewis is a good actor.

You have clearly suffered some sort of severe head trauma, so I do not feel anger, just pity.

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boo boo wrote:

Writing off a whole decade because you're biased towards the decade of YOUR formative years is not justifiable at all.

Actually, I was quite well-formed by that time. But for the most part, it was a dreadful decade, musically speaking. Drum machines, synths and androgynous big-haired t**sers do nothing for me. Power pop, new wave, emo-angst, ludicrous metal -- sorry, but let's not get revisionist here, music was bad.

Except for albums by Peter Gabriel, The Pogues, Paul Simon, U2, REM, Neil Young, The Waterboys, Prince (on occasion) and a few others, the 80s were a veritable musical wasteland. Video killed the radio star, indeed.

...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...

Writing off a whole decade because you're biased towards the decade of YOUR formative years is not justifiable at all.

boo boo wrote:

Thin plastic sounds? Compared to today?

There was more to the 80s than freaking Flock of Seaguls.

A lot of people dislike 80s synth and drum tones and it's quite justified. Maybe you're just immune to that possibly by listening to a lot of 80s music in your formative years, doesn't mean everybody has to be, get over it. Across the board, lots and lots of bands in the 80s sported these tones. Even Chad sounds crap in Metal Fatigue though his playing is amazing. Today, artists have the option of using better tones and better production, making robotic dance songs of the sort one hears on radio is their prerogative but you can produce an album really well, should you want to, today.