What the hell was going on in the 80s??

[lxskllr]

It's funny hearing the love-fest over 80's music. Has it been so long that we've come around to liking 80's culture again? Guessing most of you are 40+ years old? I bet you're all Kiss fans too.

Almost everything about the 80s sucked. It sucked when I was there, and it sucks now. The only good thing about the 80s was video games, and the launch of home computing.

Edit:
The only thing that makes 80s music look good is comparing it to popular music today. a guy living in DPRK... "Dude! Stalin was totally awesome!!"

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's funny hearing the love-fest over 80's music. Has it been so long that we've come around to liking 80's culture again? Guessing most of you are 40+ years old? I bet you're all Kiss fans too.

I'm 24 and love 80s music. Metal, hardcore punk, all sorts of electronic stuff from pop to industrial and everything in between, etc. Kiss is more 70s anyways.

 

[SolMiester]

Almost everything about the 80s sucked. It sucked when I was there, and it sucks now. The only good thing about the 80s was video games, and the launch of home computing.

Edit:
The only thing that makes 80s music look good is comparing it to popular music today. a guy living in DPRK... "Dude! Stalin was totally awesome!!"

Say goodbye to your credibility!

 

[lxskllr]

Say goodbye to your credibility!

Here's a directory list of my music. I have some fairly large subdirectories that I've segregated, but this is a pretty decent overview. Hardly anything from 80s aside from bands that spanned decades...

49 old time country tunes
Abuelo Jones - Folk Ciudad
ACDC
acoustic_world_ensemble
Africa
Agnes Obel
Allman Brothers
Ambient
Amon Düül 2
Amy Macdonald
Amy Winehouse
Andrés Segovia
Andy McKee
Ani DiFranco
animal collective
Annbjorg Lien
Apocalyptica
Arlo Guthrie
BABEL SIN FRONTERAS  - In This World - a80217
Balkan Beat Box
Bangles
Barenaked Ladies Live at Universal Studios 03-07-09
Batsauce - Summertime
BEATLES
Beautiful People
Beck
Beirut - 2011 - The Rip Tide
Béla Fleck - The Flecktones
Big Lazy
Billy Joel
Bjork
Blackbird_Raum_-_Swidden
Blackmore's Night
Blind Melon
blues
BluJugganaut_EP_-_a95310_---_Jamendo_-_MP3_VBR_192k
Bobby Darin
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Booker T. & The MG's
Boris Kovac
Bourbone princess
Brian Setzer
Brian Wilson
Bruce Springsteen 18 discs
Bruise_In_Blues
Buckethead Collection
Cafe Del Mar
Calexico_-_Feast_Of_Wire
Caravan Palace
Carla Bruni
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Cat Nights Begin
Cat Power
celtic
Chacha
Chet Atkins,Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph
Chris Isaak
Claudia_Bettinaglio_-_Saving_All_My_Love_-_A_Tribute_To_Tom_Waits
Counting Crows
Cowabunga Surf Classics
Cowboy Junkies
Curtis Mayfield
Danny Gatton
Dastgah Systems
Dave Matthews Band
David Cullen & Michael Manring
David Gilmour
Dead Can Dance
Demania (de Grassi_Manring_Garcia Trio)
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones_ Greatest Hi
Dire Sraits
Dirty Beaches
Django 3000
Dom La Nena - Ela
Donny Osmond Disco Train
DooWop
Dr. Didg
Dropkick Murphys
Eels
Efterklang - Piramida (2012)
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
Erik Mongrain
erik-satie
Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society
Fairport Convention
Falcao_and_Monashee
Fats Domino
Fela Kuti
Flaming Lips
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Sinatra - 1995 - The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Frank Zappa
From Internet
Funkadelic
Galactic
games
Gandalf - Gandalf (1968)
Garmarna
George Formby
Gershwin:  Greatest Hits
Gin Wigmore
Godchilla
Gogol_Bordello_-_Gypsy_Punks_Underdog_World_Strike
Grails
Grandaddy
GrandOldRag-BillyMurray9256_vbr_mp3
Grateful Dead
Grease 1978 movie remastered Soundtrack
greentheme.fth
Groupa
Guards
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic (2012) MP3
Hanuman
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection
Hellecasters
Henry Kaiser
Hot Tuna
Ingrid_Michaelson
Inna_Zhelannaya
Insect Trust
jam
James
Jampy
Janis Joplin
jazz
Jean Baudin
Jefferson Airplane
Jeniferever - Silesia (2011)
Jerry Garcia
Jewel
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Durante-5 cd
Jorma Kaukonen
Jose Miguel Moreno
Kathryn Selby Gershwin
kids
King Bennie Nawahi
King Sunny Ade
Kroke
Lana Del Rey
Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather
Leningrad
Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of
Leon Fleisher
Les Yeux Noirs
lilac time
Lily & Madeleine
Linda Perhacs 
Lorde-Pure.Heroine[2013]
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Lovin' Spoonful
Luluc
Lustre_-_Welcome_Winter
Marvin Gaye
Mascara Hera
Matti Paalanen - Roomful of Emptiness - a49823 
Maurice Andre
mayfairgrin
Meridian Arts Ensemble
MGMT
Michael Manring
Mike Oldfield
Minus Story
Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet (1978)
Monterey International Pop Festival
Moody Blues
Morning Glory - 1968 - Two Suns Worth
Morphine
Morte Macabre - 1998 - Symphonic Holocaust
MovieTVthemes
Mozart
Mushroom - 1973 - Early One Morning
Nabil Khemir
Nellie McKay
Nelson
Nelson Jenstad
Neuschwanstein - 1976 - Alice In Wonderland
New Guitar summit
New Old Rythm'n Blues
Niblick Henbane
Nick Drake
NightsBridge
Nighttime Nightrhymes
NIN
Nordic Roots- A NorthSide Collection
Nos Chants Perdus
Nosferatu - Nosferatu (1970)
O
Old.Crow.Medicine.Show--Big.Iron.World.2006
other
Paisley Underground
Parov Stelar
Paul Bley
Paul Haslinger
Paul Simon
Peals
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Peter Frampton - 1975 - Frampton
Pink Floyd
Portland Cello Project
Post_Rock
RadioCommercialsShows_64kb_mp3
Radiohead
Rasputina
Ravi Shankar
Robert Miles
Ronald Jenkees - Derty (2007)
RS 500
Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt-A Meeting By The River
Sansa Default Music
Santana
Santo & Johnny-The Best of
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Schürzenjäger
Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox
Shelby Earl
Shiva In Exile
Simon Rattle: Birmingham SO
Snowden
Sodastream
Soft Morning City!
Songbird downloads
south_american
Sprengjuh llin
Still Corners
String Cheese Incident
Tame Impala
Ten Years After
Teo Macero
The Aqua Velvets
The Beach Boys
The Best of Bond James Bond
The British Invasion - History Of British Rock
The Bus Stop Boys
The_Butcher_s_Ballroom_-_a49216_---_Jamendo_-_MP3_VBR_192k
The Byrds - The Very Best Of (1997)
The Capsules
The Cranberries
The Doors
the jesus and mary chain (192k) 21 singles
The Kinks-The Village Green Preservation Society-1968-kl
The Monkees-22 cd-kl
The Orgone Box
The Sundays
The Tallest Man on Earth
The Temptations
The United States Of America
The Velvet Underground - 1967 - & Nico
The Ventures
The Very Best Of Patsy Cline
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
The Who - Tommy
They Might Be Giants
The Zombies
Thula Borah - Qualia
Toggi_LetThemBleed
Tom Waits
Tower of Power
Transylvania
Travis The Man Who
Uncle Black
Unlocked Music
Van Halen
Various Artists
Various Artists - Curve Music
Various Artists - eMusic
Various Artists - Four Quarters Records
Various Artists - Funky Delicacies
Various Artists - Music Resource Group
Vivaldi
vlc-record-2013-12-20-11h57m58s-WYPR 88.1 FM-.mp3
West Side Horns
Wild Cherry - Play That Funk (2000)
WWII_News_1943_64kb_mp3
Yonder_Mountain_String_Band_-_Elevation
YouTubeMusic
Zhu Rong
Zoes_cd_from_nelson
Zverinyj oskal idiotizma
Zymosis_-_Fragments-(Artist_Promo)-2007-NCR
ZZ Top[1992] Greatest Hits
Опасные Соседи -  Танцы для бездельников (Магнитоальбом) (1990)
Стары Ольса - 2009 - Дрыгула

 

[IronWing]

Here's where we overlap...

 ACDC 
Africa 
Allman Brothers 
Ambient 
Amy Winehouse
Annbjorg Lien 
Arlo Guthrie 
Bangles 
BEATLES 
Beck 
Billy Joel 
blues 
Bob Dylan 
Booker T. & The MG's 
Bruce Springsteen 18 discs 
Buckethead Collection 
celtic 
Dead Can Dance 
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead 
Grease 1978 movie remastered Soundtrack 
Janis Joplin 
Jefferson Airplane 
Jimi Hendrix Experience 
Moody Blues 
Paul Simon 
Peter Frampton - 1975 - Frampton 
Pink Floyd Portland Cello Project <= don't have this but thinking about it Santana 
south_american 
Ten Years After 
The Beach Boys 
The Cranberries 
The Doors 
The Velvet Underground - 1967 - & Nico 
The White Stripes 
The Who 
Van Halen 
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&#1057;&#1090;&#1072;&#1088;&#1099; &#1054;&#1083;&#1100;&#1089;&#1072; - 2009 - &#1044;&#1088;&#1099;&#1075;&#1091;&#1083;&#1072; <= maybe, post the album cover. :P

 

[lxskllr]

I don't have a cover for Опасные Соседи, but this is Стары Ольса...

 

[SKORPI0]

One of my favorites from 1989.

Tears For Fears - Advice For The Young At Heart

 

[WelshBloke]

Awesomeness was going on in the 80's, that's what.

Iron Maiden
Ozzy Osbourne
Metallica
Judas Priest
Rush
Helloween
DRI
Megadeth

on and on and on...

But most of those suck if youre not a teenage boy, and I say that as someone who has seen 7 of those live.

Really some of the 80s was good but most of it sucked, pretty much like any age.

 

[Spydermag68]

I was listening to
Rush
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Ozzy


I don't know anyone from the op's post.

 

[IronWing]

I don't have a cover for Опасные Соседи, but this is Стары Ольса...

Nope, don't have that.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

But most of those suck if youre not a teenage boy, and I say that as someone who has seen 7 of those live.

Really some of the 80s was good but most of it sucked, pretty much like any age.

Leave the hall, poser.

 

[ringtail]

OP, that's a great question.

Circa 1980, aides was discovered….and it absolutely shut down sex.

Before 1980s, = sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex sex….whew,,,,thank God I was a world-class athlete……I still haven't full recovered...sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex =1980

Then circa 1980, Aides threw a huge spotlight onto homosexuals, who were previously had gone more unmentioned, then suddenly made a HUGE SPLASH by bringing YOU the gift of Aides into YOUR world and thereby radically changing the whole world’s social environment.

Previously, propaganda was that observable differences in physiology of brains of homosexuals vs straights were innocent consequences of genetic cards dealt to homosexuals - they were a “normal” fraction of genetic probabilities….”victims.”

Around 1980 epigenetics became publicized (having been acedimically investigated much earlier) . By epigenetics it became understood that repeated homosexual behaviors CAUSED those observable changes in the brain (in other words, no you weren’t born like that. Rather you manifested that into your own reality by your actions…YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. Behaviors trigger epigenetic reactions FAST, right within your single immediate life, not waiting for a long daisy chain of subsequent generations to manifest) .

Around 1980 homosexuals utterly destroyed and removed from society the open sexuality that had prevailed previously, by bringing YOU the GIFT of Aides. About 1980 sex in open society went subterranean...essentially went away. What had been FUN transformed into Life or Death. Becuase of homosexuals who brought Aides to YOUR hometown.

Life today is a million times different/ suppressed, than pre-1980, thanks to homosexuals and their gift to YOU of Aides. Whooyeah, homosexuality got mainstreamed nowadays. 1980 was about the turning point.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

OP, that's a great question.

Circa 1980, aides was discovered….and it absolutely shut down sex.

Before 1980s, = sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex sex….whew,,,,thank God I was a world-class athlete……I still haven't full recovered...sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex =1980

Then circa 1980, Aides threw a huge spotlight onto homosexuals, who were previously had gone more unmentioned, then suddenly made a HUGE SPLASH by bringing YOU the gift of Aides into YOUR world and thereby radically changing the whole world’s social environment.

Previously, propaganda was that observable differences in physiology of brains of homosexuals vs straights were innocent consequences of genetic cards dealt to homosexuals - they were a “normal” fraction of genetic probabilities….”victims.”

Around 1980 epigenetics became publicized (having been acedimically investigated much earlier) . By epigenetics it became understood that repeated homosexual behaviors CAUSED those observable changes in the brain (in other words, no you weren’t born like that. Rather you manifested that into your own reality by your actions…YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. Behaviors trigger epigenetic reactions FAST, right within your single immediate life, not waiting for a long daisy chain of subsequent generations to manifest) .

Around 1980 homosexuals utterly destroyed and removed from society the open sexuality that had prevailed previously, by bringing YOU the GIFT of Aides. About 1980 sex in open society went subterranean...essentially went away. What had been FUN transformed into Life or Death. Becuase of homosexuals who brought Aides to YOUR hometown.

Life today is a million times different/ suppressed, than pre-1980, thanks to homosexuals and their gift to YOU of Aides. Whooyeah, homosexuality got mainstreamed nowadays. 1980 was about the turning point.

Jeez, I'm nice to homosexuals and none of them have given me any of their aides. :'( I could really use some organization. Could I at least have a page?

 

[KMFJD]

OP, that's a great question.

Circa 1980, aides was discovered….and it absolutely shut down sex.

Before 1980s, = sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex sex….whew,,,,thank God I was a world-class athlete……I still haven't full recovered...sex sex sex...More sex sex sex sex sex….sex sex =1980

Then circa 1980, Aides threw a huge spotlight onto homosexuals, who were previously had gone more unmentioned, then suddenly made a HUGE SPLASH by bringing YOU the gift of Aides into YOUR world and thereby radically changing the whole world’s social environment.

Previously, propaganda was that observable differences in physiology of brains of homosexuals vs straights were innocent consequences of genetic cards dealt to homosexuals - they were a “normal” fraction of genetic probabilities….”victims.”

Around 1980 epigenetics became publicized (having been acedimically investigated much earlier) . By epigenetics it became understood that repeated homosexual behaviors CAUSED those observable changes in the brain (in other words, no you weren’t born like that. Rather you manifested that into your own reality by your actions…YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. Behaviors trigger epigenetic reactions FAST, right within your single immediate life, not waiting for a long daisy chain of subsequent generations to manifest) .

Around 1980 homosexuals utterly destroyed and removed from society the open sexuality that had prevailed previously, by bringing YOU the GIFT of Aides. About 1980 sex in open society went subterranean...essentially went away. What had been FUN transformed into Life or Death. Becuase of homosexuals who brought Aides to YOUR hometown.

Life today is a million times different/ suppressed, than pre-1980, thanks to homosexuals and their gift to YOU of Aides. Whooyeah, homosexuality got mainstreamed nowadays. 1980 was about the turning point.

 

[compuwiz1]

Steve "motherfucking" Perry!

 

[Black Octagon]

Aids, the dismantling of the Soviet Union, Star Wars (the Reagan'defence' programme, not the movies), Iran-Contra, neoliberalism, Latin America's debt crisis, the first Persian Gulf War, the first appearance of Apple/Jobs, Bowie, and last but not least, my birth. It was one giant nightmare, made livable solely through the outlet of twisted, twisted fashions.

 

[TheSlamma]

I wonder if any of these artist would do well on The Voice or American Idol.

Could you see Robert Palmer on The Voice?

Seeing as that show only looks for 2 types of karaoke singer, probably not.

 

[feralkid]

Jeez, I'm nice to homosexuals and none of them have given me any of their aides. :'( I could really use some organization. Could I at least have a page?

All I ever got was a disorderly Orderly.

 

[Spungo]

Never disrespect the late Robert Palmer. Some of these old guys could actually sing. Lots of popular musical 'artists' these days are all about the image and studio over-production.

The 80s were probably worse when it came to flash. Cream by Prince has a 2 minute intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lmq6RDn5O8

Overall, most decades are pretty good in some way.

 

[Sonikku]

Almost everything about the 80s sucked. It sucked when I was there, and it sucks now. The only good thing about the 80s was video games, and the launch of home computing.

Edit:
The only thing that makes 80s music look good is comparing it to popular music today. a guy living in DPRK... "Dude! Stalin was totally awesome!!"

Are you kidding?! It wasn't just the Nintendo! The 80's had Ghostbusters. TMNT, Batman, The Goonies, Star Trek TNG, Black Micheal Jackson and so forth. It was an age when technology was new and exciting long before everything in America went to shit. And kids still had time to go outside to play, in stark contrast to the zombie iphone generation of today. Though I am biased through the looking glass of my youth, it seemed every inch better than this decade and last.

 

[IronWing]

Here's my album breakdown by original release year up to 2009. I got lazy and stopped updating the database file after that.

Since then I've added a couple hundred more albums, mostly more recent stuff. The 80s would gain maybe another ten albums as I replaced vinyl I had to sell when I was a starving student (yes, I went and bought food with the proceeds). The 90s were mostly world music and early music, very little pop/rock. I could throw my artist up here list but the mods might take objection to a 2,211 line list.

 

[Spungo]

It was an age when technology was new and exciting long before everything in America went to shit. And kids still had time to go outside to play, in stark contrast to the zombie iphone generation of today. Though I am biased through the looking glass of my youth, it seemed every inch better than this decade and last.

I think modern day is better than any point in the past. People before 2000 were unbelievably retarded. There was no way to fact check anything. How many times have you heard someone say chewing gum shouldn't be swallowed because it never leaves you? Dying after eating pop rocks with coke? Killer marijuana? I think the killer marijuana thing on Fox News came after the internet, but it immediately became a joke. Nowadays, most people seem aware that there has never been a documented case of marijuana overdose. Lying to young people has never been more difficult than it is today.

 

[CZroe]

I think modern day is better than any point in the past. People before 2000 were unbelievably retarded. There was no way to fact check anything. How many times have you heard someone say chewing gum shouldn't be swallowed because it never leaves you? Dying after eating pop rocks with coke? Killer marijuana? I think the killer marijuana thing on Fox News came after the internet, but it immediately became a joke. Nowadays, most people seem aware that there has never been a documented case of marijuana overdose. Lying to young people has never been more difficult than it is today.

First I've heard of "ZOMG! Killer marijuana!" on Fox News. Ancient propaganda films like "Reefer Madness?" Sure, but Fox News? They have people who believe all drugs should be legalized. While I am sure many have also demonized it on the network, would you mind fact checking that and providing a source to avoid the appearance of assuming to confirm your own bias?

 

[Ichinisan]

[Fox has] people who believe all drugs should be legalized.

Libertarian John Stossel.

 

[manimal]

early 80s XTC is some of the best live music nobody ever heard.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8B3YVa4zQQ