Reasons you miss the 80s? MUSIC ONLY PLS

I miss my ADATs.

Me two Maurice.

I also had the Alesis X2 console.

I miss despising them, mostly. There's now a certain cheesy charm to the 80's, and being able to see them from afar instead of actually living there and then makes them more tolerable, even enjoyable to an extent. The lack of substance isn't interfering anymore. They're just memories - they don't have to be meaningful.

Else, uh... The Cure. 
And that would be it for me I think.

Of course, yes.

I'm sure there's a bunch of them I could come up with. But I'm trying to look like it's all gone and meaningless and pointless anyway... You know, that The Cure attitude. ;)

Musically I don't think I miss anything about the 80s. I was sort of aching for the music I'd been listening to when I was very young. One minute we had these huge 70s bands, and the likes of The Sex Pistols, where anything goes. Next minute we had the 'new wave' sort of stuff and everything went downhill quickly in my view.

My earliest musical memories are of the 70s listening to The Sweet, Slade etc, and my father's Stones singles. I remember dreaming of what it would be like to be Alvin Stardust when he sung My Coo Ca Choo - I just loved the black leather gloves with the big diamond ring! How cool was that to a 7 year old boy in 1974!

In the 80s I was listening to Motorhead, ZZ Top etc, and still wondering when Led Zep were going to get back together.

For me, the best thing to come from the 80s was AC/DC's return album Back In Black - still about No.3 on my favourite albums list of all time.

I miss Zappa

bapu

Bristol_Jonesey


I miss Zappa

+1

I worked with Jimmy Black (Zappa's orriginal drumist) in 2000 and asked him what Zappa was like.  His reply was un-printable,  even in the CH...

Rain


I miss despising them, mostly. There's now a certain cheesy charm to the 80's, and being able to see them from afar instead of actually living there and then makes them more tolerable, even enjoyable to an extent. The lack of substance isn't interfering anymore. They're just memories - they don't have to be meaningful.

Else, uh... The Cure. 
And that would be it for me I think.

The Cure - Hah - I saw them in 1982 (right after Pornography - 100 years!!!! Best Cure Song EVer) with a crowd of maybe 300 people.  Numbers in Houston - part new music venue part gay bar (which did not matter if you didnt go potty.  Bathrooms were scary for us heteros).  I knew they were going to be huge.  2 years later they were selling out 10,000 people auditoriums.


For those of you who do not know 100 years, here is my gift for today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkelr1HunO0&feature=related

space_cowboy

The Cure - Hah - I saw them in 1982 (right after Pornography - 100 years!!!! Best Cure Song EVer) with a crowd of maybe 300 people.  Numbers in Houston - part new music venue part gay bar (which did not matter if you didnt go potty.  Bathrooms were scary for us heteros).  I knew they were going to be huge.  2 years later they were selling out 10,000 people auditoriums.


For those of you who do not know 100 years, here is my gift for today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkelr1HunO0&feature=related

Aaaarrrgh! Man, that must have been so cool. 



I never got to see them until a few years ago when they finally visited Montreal again (2008). Of course, it isn't quite the same nowadays, but I at least got to see and hear all those songs live.


I must say that, besides being quite surprised to see how big and tall Robert Smith actually is, I was impressed with how generous they were (they played 35 songs) and how Smith, who was almost 50 by then, could go on singing and running around on the stage even well after over 2 hours. In fact, the show lasted practically 3 hours. 

UbiquitousBubba


Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Oh, you meant the 1980's.  Nevermind.

Time adjusted

I seem to remember there were occasional songs in the charts that were 'about something' rather than an endless stream of imaginary relationship problems.

Ultravox - All Fall Down

Space, I know this is supposed to be a music only thing...but man, I miss just about everything from the 80's. Living during those times in my area was just great. It really was. Ok, some of the bands were a bit lame and more geared on image than skill...some of the dudes were prettier than chicks and there was definitely loads of cheese everywhere. But what's great about it was...it was acceptable. People downed it due to the music being about chicks and cars etc....well heck, when you get a record deal in your 20's and realize you're a rockstar, what do ya do? Right...you buy the coolest car you can afford, a killer house and enjoy the girls...so this becomes your lifestyle...life is a big party...you write about it. Yeah it's not the right thing to do, but every young star seems to go through that.

I really miss the image part to be honest. Chicks in leather, big hair...everyone looked like models around here. Now...trashy clothes, tats and piercings all over, bed head/flat head with no hair styles at all, scary make-up...it's like depressing that people really don't take pride in themselves like they once did. What really gets me is those that bash on the 80's that never lived in it. It was such a fun time...it really was. Some of the music was great...too many shreddy guitar players, but a great time to be a guitar player because you learned a lot about tone and monster licks. There were some really great singers too. Ok, some of the lyrics were bad, but the performances and live shows were something that have't been topped today and never will be topped. Dio's 80 ft castle...Ozzy's shows, Twisted Sister and as much as it pains me, even Poison put on a great show. Scopions were always as good or better than their albums, Rush was on top of their game, Robert Palmer was awesome, Peter Gabriel was killer, Bon Jovi was huge..like him or hate him, Def Leppard out out some great stuff, Van Halen never disappointed, Whitesnake was so scary good we thought they were faking it, Motley Crue had one of the coolest shows ever, the dance music scene was ever killer with hooks to die for, Michael Jackson was total sickness, Prince was on fire...the list goes on and on. Sure, some of that was more "entertaining" than musical...but quite a bit was musical too even if you hate all those bands.

What I really miss the most about the 80's...acceptance. It seems like everyone that talks negatively about the 80's is really harsh about it. Like it's a joke to them. Why joke about a time that was fun for most of us that lived it? Then you hear them play or write music....and you know why they are so negative. They couldn't hold a candle to any of the greats of the 80's that really did deliver the goods. I always hated Beavis and Butthead for the annihilation of Winger. Those dudes actually had some really good songs beyond the ones that made it to pop mainstream and guess what...they were great players to boot and Kip is a really good singer. Reb Beach was the epitome of what a good player with a warm tone should be....Rod Morganstein is a monster....and they wrote some infectious hooks and had some killer jams behind them. The 80's was a time when it was cool to look weird and no one bashed you for it during that time. I also miss really good guitar playing. Though solo's and flash were way over-done in the 80's, most times when someone played a solo, they sounded like they knew how to play the instrument where in today's times, solo's don't exist either because the dude's can't play or it's taboo to solo. Then you get the guys that DO solo that have no business wasting the time in a song because all they did was degrade it further.

What I don't miss? Taking 3 hours to get ready poofing my hair out so big that I needed Q-tips and hot water to clean my nose just so I could breathe. LMAO!

Anyway, sorry if this was the type of post you didn't want in this thread. If I've upset you, let me know and I'll gladly delete it. I just have a love for the 80's and to be honest, have not enjoyed music since other than the great stuff from the late 60's and 70's.

-Danny

Danny The 80s were exciting. I agree. The saddest thing is that there was a sense of racial unity that has disappeared in the 00s and 10s. Huge societal step backwards.

Hi,

Purple Rain!

I still think that is one of the best rock films ever made! And I happen to think that Wendy and Lisa are pretty cool as well ... great music and work since then, too!

John Hughes movie soundtracks. Clan of XYMOX. New Order. Depeche Mode WITH Alan Wilder (although, his current project, Recoil, is amazing). Being able to listen to The Smiths without thinking that Morrissey was a huge freaking whiney-boy because I was still too young to realize that people over the age of 25 really need to hike up their skirts and move on. The Clash. Echo and the Bunnymen. I do not miss teasing my hair.