Retro Music

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Way back when...... In the 1980's, when retro was the new music I couldn't stand the stuff. I had the long hair, the white leather jacket with tassels, listened to Ozzy, Sabbath, Peter Frampton, Frank Zappa. Couldn't stand that retro shit. Now that I'm getting older (I'll call it mature), it's now starting to sound pretty good to me. What the hell is going on?:eek: Is this happening to anyone else? Now that I want to (purchase it ligitamitly from reputable on-line sources) *cough*, could anyone name some of the artists that were popular back then.

Hey, at least I'm not into the Barbra Streisand years yet.
 
a 1 player said:
Way back when...... In the 1980's, when retro was the new music I couldn't stand the stuff. I had the long hair, the white leather jacket with tassels, listened to Ozzy, Sabbath, Peter Frampton, Frank Zappa. Couldn't stand that retro shit. Now that I'm getting older (I'll call it mature), it's now starting to sound pretty good to me. What the hell is going on?:eek: Is this happening to anyone else? Now that I want to (purchase it ligitamitly from reputable on-line sources) *cough*, could anyone name some of the artists that were popular back then.

Hey, at least I'm not into the Barbra Streisand years yet.
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So long as you stay heterosexual you will never like the singing Honker. BIG GRIN SMILIE here
 
I don't think you can say "white leather jacket" and "heterosexual" in the same sentence *eg*

As for 80's music, you talking about Platinum Blonde etc or Pet Shop Boys type music? FYI: it was called New Wave....do a search online and you'll find scores of artists (most of which were 1 hit wonders).
 
a 1 player said:
If it was good enough for Ozzy, it was good enough for me dammit.:p
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LOL well, do you REALLY want to use him as a justification ???

Anyhow, dude, there was lots of different music in the '80s, you looking for the New Wave stuff? I did a search and funny enough Blondie's "call me" was a number 1 hit then too but I don't think that's what you're after. Same as Christopher Cross' "sailin'".....btw: that was a great album. I remember it had an awesome bass thump (cuz I was one of the few to have an ass kickin heart stoppin thumpin car stereo back then)
 
a 1 player said:
Way back when...... In the 1980's, when retro was the new music I couldn't stand the stuff. I had the long hair, the white leather jacket with tassels, listened to Ozzy, Sabbath, Peter Frampton, Frank Zappa. Couldn't stand that retro shit. Now that I'm getting older (I'll call it mature), it's now starting to sound pretty good to me. What the hell is going on?:eek: Is this happening to anyone else? Now that I want to (purchase it ligitamitly from reputable on-line sources) *cough*, could anyone name some of the artists that were popular back then.

Hey, at least I'm not into the Barbra Streisand years yet.
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Ozzie, Sabbath, Frampton, etc were more 70's than 80's. When I think of the 80's, I remember stuff like Duran Duran, U2, Springsteen, Psychodelic Furs.
 
Just to name a few

a 1 player said:
Way back when...... In the 1980's, when retro was the new music I couldn't stand the stuff. ..


Now that I want to (purchase it ligitamitly from reputable on-line sources) *cough*, could anyone name some of the artists that were popular back then.
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80's was cool, lots of diverse stuff.

Pet Shop Boys
Depeche Mode
Yazoo
Howard Jones
Nik Kershaw
Wham!
Culture Club
Tears for Fears
Big Country
Heaven 17
Human league
China Crisis
A Flock of Seagulls
Ultravox
Spandau Ballet
Paul Hardcastle
Freeze
Kajagoogoo
Tom Tom Club/Talking Heads
Eurythmics
Madness
OMD
A-Ha
Duran Duran
Simple Minds
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
The Specials/Fun Boy Three
General Public
Bananarama
Gary Numan
New Order
Soft Cell
Public Image LTD...ya know , that Johnny Rotten
Falco
Men Without Hats ( Canadian )
Rational Youth ( Canadian )
Strange Advance ( Canadian )

And

Billy FUCKING Idol .
 
Yeah thanks Berlin, I was drawing a complete blank there.....shit, my mind must be going soft.......
 
bboyz said:
If you are talking about Ultravox
Do not forget
Visage ...Mige Ure and Steve Strange
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Indeed. Visage was good, too bad after the first EP and LP everything went blehhh.

Since Ure is mentioned, I'll add John Foxx.
 
Berlin

Billy "Fucking" Idol was great.Rebell Yell and White Wedding were freakin' great songs. Men Without Hats were Canadian ? Thought they were Aussie...oh well.
 
train said:
Berlin

Billy "Fucking" Idol was great.Rebell Yell and White Wedding were freakin' great songs. Men Without Hats were Canadian ? Thought they were Aussie...oh well.
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R u thinking of Men at Work?
 
the cure
falco
franki goes to hollywood
xtc
so much to list...
get yourself a Sirius radio and tune into the 80's channel.. you will be happy...
 
Berlin said:
80's was cool, lots of diverse stuff.

Pet Shop Boys
Depeche Mode
Yazoo
Howard Jones
Nik Kershaw
Wham!
Culture Club
Tears for Fears
Big Country
Heaven 17
Human league
China Crisis
A Flock of Seagulls
Ultravox
Spandau Ballet
Paul Hardcastle
Freeze
Kajagoogoo
Tom Tom Club/Talking Heads
Eurythmics
Madness
OMD
A-Ha
Duran Duran
Simple Minds
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
The Specials/Fun Boy Three
General Public
Bananarama
Gary Numan
New Order
Soft Cell
Public Image LTD...ya know , that Johnny Rotten
Falco
Men Without Hats ( Canadian )
Rational Youth ( Canadian )
Strange Advance ( Canadian )

And

Billy FUCKING Idol .
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Ah, those were the days...:)
 
Here's a of artists / groups that made music in the '80s. This is by no mean a complete list. Many have already been mentioned (I couldn't be bother with editing the duplicate names). Most are one hit wonders and were never heard from again. Here go:

A-C

ABC
Adam Ant
A Flock Of Seagulls
Bryan Adams
A-ha
Alarm
Alphaville
Altered Image
The Art Of Noise
Asia
Aztec Camera
Bananarama
The Bangles
Bauhaus
Pat Benatar
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts
Berlin
The B-52's
Big Country
Blancmange
Blondie
Blue Peter
Boy George & Culture Club
Bronski Beat
John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Band
The Cars
Chalk Circle
Tracy Chapman
Chilliwack
China Crisis
The Clash
Tom Cochrane / Red Rider
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Phil Collins
Concrete Blonde
Elvis Costello
Cowboy Junkies
Crash Test Dummies
Robert Cray Band
Crowded House
The Cult
The Cure
 
D-G

Chris De Burgh
Deee-Lite
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners
Dire Straits
Thomas Dolby
Doug & The Slugs
The Dream Academy
Duran Duran
Echo & The Bunnymen
The English Beat
Enya
Erasure
Eurogliders
Eurythmics
Everything But The Girl
Donald Fagan
Fairground Attraction
Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music
Fiction Factory
Fine Young Cannibals
The Fixx
John Fogerty
Foreigner
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Glenn Frey
Frozen Ghost
Peter Gabriel
General Public
Genesis
The Georgia Satellite
Glass Tiger
The Go-Gos
Golden Earring
Gowan
Go West
Lou Gramm
Eddy Grant
The Grapes Of Wrath
Guns N' Roses
 
Van Halen
The Bangles
Genesis
Phil Collins
Bon Jovi (no one mentioned them...)
Motley Crue
Twisted Sister
Aerosmith
Run D MC
REO Speedwagon
REM
Bruce Springsteen
 
H-K

Haircut One Hundred
Harlequin
Corey Hart
Headpins
The Jeff Healey Band
Heart
Don Henley
Honeydrippers
Honeymoon Suite
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
The Housemartins
The Human League
The Icicle Works
Billy Idol
Images In Vogue
INXS
Donnie Iris
Chris Isaak
The J. Geils Band
Joe Jackson
The Jam
James
Colin James
Joan Jett
Johnny Hates Jazz
Jon & Vangelis
Howard Jones
Mick Jones
Journey
Joy Division
Kajagoogoo
Nik Kershaw
Greg Kihn
The Kings
The Kinks
The Knack
Kool & The Gang
 
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