80's music ,best era?
 

I reckon probably one of the best era's and yes grew up with it!

Eurythmics,Love is a stranger,Depeche Mode,the mod stuff,Specials etc,heavy rock,AC/DC,Black Sabbath,Rainbow ,ace,all of it! 50's,and 60's good.70's bit depressing,90's,00's and ever since been rather poor! One hit wonders through talent shows.

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A big plus 1 loved the eighties and crossover acts like Blondie from the late 70s. I watches a 80s top of the pops on BBC4 few months back. 78 and 79 were great years too loads on youtube great watch.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=totp+1978

Every year since 1976 to date has been brilliant because The Fall and Wire are still making records.

Agree 100% with this, the 80's were superior to anything we've had since regarding music, and far more superior than anything today. I actually feel sorry for kids nowadays with their jumped up x-factor crap.

1980-86 for me.

Stock/Aitken/Waterman started the decline after that IMO with all the kiddie pop. In fact, I blame them for Cowell and all the X factor pish.

Yup, that's my thought on it was well..

I agree, and often have Absolute 80s tuned in on my DAB.

However, I'd say the 80s are also responsible for the WORST music ever made too.

Was all right if you were into big hair and soppy new romantic ballads



Dreadful


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Lol...wasn't all about Heart :-)

Basically the start was ok, the rest was only thankfully finally put to bed with grunge

- which we didn't even really have here , or tom waits

This was when I switched to listen world music tbh

I don't know really.... on the one hand you had the remnants of punk like Joy Division/New Order, The Clash, The Cure, The Stranglers, Blondie, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cult all of which were great especially Joy Division/New Order.

Then you had bands like The Smiths, The Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans etc. towards the end of the decade which were fantastic.

The New Romantics had great tunes and style, but lacked a bit of an 'edge' in some ways.

Bowie did some of his best work in the 80s.

So yes it was a great decade, but the late 80s/90s saw the rise of house and the whole rave phenomenon which kind of fuelled an underground scene in as much as mainstream radio couldn't really access it as a 10 minute beat driven opus wasn't what Radio 1 wanted to play on the breakfast show as apart from anything it would mean their stupid egotistical DJs would have to shut up for too long!

Trance exploded in the 90s and that is some of the best music ever recorded and of course there was Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp etc. so the 90s run the 80s close for me.

Late 50's early 60's for me.
Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry , Jerry Lee Lewis , Elvis - Then the Stones and The Beatles

The eighties? I blame Thatcher! :D

I still listen to shed loads of eighties stuff and my kids question "what the hell was that?! I like it!!!"

I came into this country at the dawn of the 90's, so the glory of 80's music is not much understood by me. I seem to like anything from any era if it sounds good to my ears.

Anyhow, what I've noticed is that there's a U turn in the society with this music malarkey. I saw the peak of the hatred for 80's music in the youngsters of mid 90's (born on mid 70's). They used to call it 80's shyte. Now, I hear people born in mid 90's loving 80's shyte, and all those 90's people also are saying that 80's music was soooo good! Things change, but 80's music can't be bad in order to be loved by the youngsters of this time.

This. :thumb:

There's a Joy Division documentary on BBC Four tonight at 9pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0543ytw

60s and 70s for me, even tough my teenage years were in the 80s. I like 80s music for nostalgic reasons I suppose, but when I really listen to it, there wasn't that much that was great.

I don't agree that all music since has been rubbish, I think there was a bit of a dry patch from the late 90s through the noughties, but I think there is some terrific music being made now.

Of course, each to their own, it's an opinion, not fact!

Do you know if that is a new documentary?

Certainly hope this music is in favour - it's all I write :D (not really, but it's a major influence)

Is Mark e smith still alive , she doesn't look it?

Northern Soul in the 70's early 80's alongside Funk and Reggae, Ska with a bit of early Rap & Break Dancing thrown in which then led into House, Drum & Bass & Jungle. :banana: some proper dancing music.:cool:

You can keep all that Euroithmiks and dippishmode crap what a load of rubbish that was and the hair styles and clothes, get a life. :lol1:

Didn't mind a bit of Rock and Punk though, chicks were seriously hot and had the morals of the hippy generation, all that leather and studs worked for me. :D

Dog collars and chains, nom nom nom. :lol1:

Actually Depeche Mode are rather good now you come to mention it. Songs of Faith and Devotion is one of my all time favourite albums!

The BBC reckon it is. I'm not sure. :wonder:
If it shows Barney and Hooky in the same room NOT kicking the **** out of each other then it'll be an old one. lol

I'll record it any way.

Lets not forget New Model Army ,The Mission, The Alarm .....
80,s were good for me....

And The Sisters of Mercy:thumb:

Cheers, me too :thumb:

I have boxes of picture disk records in the loft from all the new romantic type groups. The human league, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet were some of the top groups.

Funny as feck looking at the clothing they wore now :D

80's weren't bad.

But for me, for sheer energy, number of groups popping up, the music scene and the way everything was changing, it would have to be mid sixties to mid seventies.

I loved it all, from Beatles to heavy metal, from pop to acid rock.

I grew up with a bass playing dad (he was quite well known at the time) so got quite into it from an early age; at three years old I loved Joe Walsh and 10CC, as I grew up I was very into Big Audio Dynamite, FYC, David Bowie, early UB40 and so on.

I think the 80s was a great decade but as mentioned above, for every great band, there was a shocker.

The 90s was a bit stale for me; Britpop was a bit rubbish and I never liked the Stone Roses or Charlatans. Then dance got better and evolved into my current favourite genre, Chillstep.

All decades had there good and bad patches but I've always been happy to change with the times.

80s for me as well