Let's talk about the 80s again....

[melodiusthunk]

"Let`s talk about the `80's again... Ummhh, can I get back to you on that?

 

[That70'sBro]

Eighties were a mixed bag (which you could say about any decade, generation or genre of music). There was still some good guitar based music going on but with a few exceptions I hated the synth-pop, femmy spandex wearin' hair/glam metal hacks and the cold/calculated timbre of early era digital signal processing on too many records of the day. Then again, I'm That70'sBro - so wadda I know?

 

[ucsteve]

 

[Pahom]

 

[sahhas]

I’ve been listening to a bit of 80s Clapton, I really liked the behind the sun album, but I really love this from a few years later:

 

[ucsteve]

 

[john weires]

I disliked nearly everything that was on the radio or mainstream "popular" during the 80's.
The blues movement largely sparked by SRV was my thing.

 

[crunchy mc boat crunch]

Was just starting to rip on guitar and play gigs....
...then I got married.....

 

[RDerek59]

I liked it all. From Def Leppard to Culture Club. Ska bands like English Beat and Madness. Synth stuff like Depeche Mode. New wave.

 

[John(aka: Moby Dick)]

In retrospect I really think this was a great decade for music.
Never have so many genres been popular at one time.

The only thing that was popular during the 80s I didn’t, and still don’t care for is hair metal.

 

[Stinky Kitty]

I loved the Minneapolis sound and beyond Prince himself, nobody incorporated great guitar playing into it like Jesse. Do you love great outro solos?

 

[randall g]

I liked "pop" (xtc, Police, the Fixx, Thomas Dolby, David Sylvian, Bowie, Tears for Fears, etc....), "progressive" (King Crimson, Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Rush, Brand X, Kate Bush), and hard rock too. And, the "paisley underground" scene started to appeal to me as well. I have great memories of much music in the 80's!

 

[Jollyb]

Early 80s I was all about Iron Maiden, Priest, Rush, VH , Sabbath............but I also dug Blonde, Meatloaf, and CheapTrick..... And my IROC Z.

 

[2020jan08]

I never liked the 80s production style and sound that much, but there were a lot of great songs. Strong melodies, even in mainstream pop. Would have loved to hear a lot of it re-recorded, but with a more organic sound. Even an album such as Brothers in Arms.

 

[Judge Smails]

The Cars......

 

[jaguarillo68]

 

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I was born in April of 84

Ahhh! Things WERE getting funky Lot's of great songs and videos in this thread that I totally forgot about!

 

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

Back then I was a metalhead and back then I didn't appreciate some of it as much as I do today.
One thing I love are the bass lines - like the sequenced synth bass that sound like a night rider soundtrack, or something more funky.
There were a ton of them...

Ahh that Madonna song and album that it was on. My girlfriend would bring her stupid Madonna tape along whenever we were going out cruising and I had to pull my Van Halen tape out to play her stuff.
Can you imagine Madonna trumping Van Halen?? How embarrassing.
What's even more embarrassing is I started to like Madonna

Jaz Coleman summed them up relatively early in the decade:

They totally ripppped off Nirvana

 

[bobcs71]

What about smooth jazz?
Acoustic Alchemy (saw them live)
Spyro Gyra
The Rippingtons
Hiroshima
Larry Carlton (saw him live)
Kenny G
David Sanborn (saw him live)

Those artists let people like Navin and myself finally get the rhythm!

 

[JZG]

I remember John Lennon's Double Fantasy record (1980 I think?), REO Speedwagon Hi Indfidelity, and The Police Synchronicity being my first "rock" albums. Later, I was into Night Ranger and Rush. Then Iron Maiden, then hair metal.

Now, I love all the stuff I used to hate then, in particular Hall & Oates. My band makes their living on early to mid-80's/MTV material - Rick Springfield, Jackson Browne, Bryan Adams, etc.