fuck me, they were shite...

[Pigeon]

T-Rex

utter shit.

Ridiculous claim.

If the intro to "20th century boy" doesn't quicken your pulse, you're probably already dead.

Now- the Police, Prefab Sprout, hard-Fi. There's shite for you.

 

[ohmyliver]

1. The SOS Band
2. Mantronix
3. Mike Allen
4. The 'Streetsounds Electro' complilations
5. UK Fresh 86
6. New Jack Swing
7. DJ Cheese and Word of Mouth live on Capital Radio
8. Loose Ends
9. Teddy Riley
10.1p sweets.
11. Groove Records
12. Jazz Jeff going anywhere near turntables.

The 80's were NOT SHITE!!

BB

You missed off chicago house (and acid house while we are at it), detroit techno, my bloody valentine, jesus and mary chain, fanzine culture, etc etc...

 

[Orang Utan]

Against that unsupported assertion I offer as evidence:

• Go West
• Wham!
• Ultravox
• A Flock of Seagulls
• Adam Ant
• Kajagoogoo
• Men Without Hats
• Power Station
• Simple Minds
• Spandau Ballet
• Wang Chung

And that's just for starters. God, the 80s were shite.

No they were not - all the above (with the exception of Go West and The Power Station) produced some excellent records, some of them very influential on the music we're all listening to now

 

[Orang Utan]

• Dollar
• John Foxx
• Hall & Oates
• JoBoxers
• Kid Creole and his effing Coconuts
• Thompson 'Twins'
• The Style Council
• Kool and the Gang
• Haircut 100
• All the ones on your list

Your move, cowboy.

John Foxx did some great stuff though a lot of it was poor and Kid Creole and Hall & Oates did some of the greatest music of the 80s, so you can stick your version of the 80s right up your arse

 

[Orang Utan]

Ooooh, you can't have Kool and the Gang on the list surely? 'NT' (Parts 1 & 2)? 'Summer Madness'? And 'Joanna'...........???

Cheeky person you.

BB

Quite!

 

[Hi-ASL]

No they were not - all the above (with the exception of Go West and The Power Station) produced some excellent records, some of them very influential on the music we're all listening to now

That's a quite obvious, blatant, bald-faced lie!

John Foxx did some great stuff though a lot of it was poor and Kid Creole and Hall & Oates did some of the greatest music of the 80s, so you can stick your version of the 80s right up your arse

Shall I quote that bit again for you all? Just in case you all missed it? OK: here it is again.

Kid Creole and Hall & Oates did some of the greatest music of the 80s

You, sir, are utterly deranged.

 

[Orang Utan]

I Can't Go For That, Maneater, Annie I'm Not Your Daddy, Stool Pigeon? You don't like those records? What's wrong with you? Are you a rock music fan who refuses to listen to anything funky? What in your opinion is the greatest music from the 80s?

 

[Hi-ASL]

Are you a rock music fan who refuses to listen to anything funky?

Well. That's an overstatement but, basically... yeah. Like jazz and trad. blues (but unlike soul and reggae) funk just isn't a genre that appeals.

However, if I was going to spend any length of time listening to funk it would be George Clinton - not Hall & Bloody Oates!!!

 

[Orang Utan]

I said funky, not funk.
and the 80s was truly funky.
It also spawned the best kinds of electronic music and we should be thankful.

 

[Belushi]

Hall & Bloody Oates!!!

Maneater is a classic.

 

[Hi-ASL]

I said funky, not funk.
and the 80s was truly funky.
It also spawned the best kinds of electronic music and we should be thankful.

Funky, adj. From funk, noun. Allegedly.

OK, I'll come clean and grant you that the 80s wasn't all shite. Many, many exciting things happened in the world of rock. However, for me, the 80s is the decade where people stopped taking pop music seriously; the point where its currency became devalued. For every Pet Shop Boys, it produced 2 Wham!s, and for every - Christ, I'm struggling here - Madonna there were 2 Kajagoogoos (who once made a decent record, you say?).

Howard Jones and Haircut 100 are not what we fought the punk wars for.

 

[Hi-ASL]

Maneater is a classic.

If I ever hear that song again I'll go postal.

 

[Belushi]

Kajagoogoos (who once made a decent record, you say?).

Orang Utan has a great 12 inch remix of Too Shy

 

[Orang Utan]

Orang Utan has a great 12 inch remix of Too Shy

It's fucking ace that record

 

[Belushi]

It's fucking ace that record

You should invite Hi-ASL round for a listen

 

[Belushi]

Prefab Sprout

I liked them and all, they wrote some great songs.

 

[Boogie Boy]

You missed off chicago house (and acid house while we are at it), detroit techno, my bloody valentine, jesus and mary chain, fanzine culture, etc etc...

Mmmm, I forgot about the early house stuff, 'Too Far Gone' by Adonis for example, which is a fantastic tune which I still play out on.

I'll widen my list to include:

10. Solar Radio (especially the DMC show they had)
11. LWR
12. Kiss (before it became legal!)
13. Les Adams (forgetting the records he released he was a superb DJ with great ear and sense of drama)
14. Electro Funk and Hip Hop
15. The 'Rare Groove' scene (which was a great place to be to escape all the Acid stuff that I couldn't stand)
16. Early Todd Terry (AKA Black Riot, Orange Lemon, Todd Terry Project, Swan Lake)

BB

 

[Lisarocket]

Dp

 

[Lisarocket]

Arcade Fire mystifies me.

I just don't get it.

Mind you, I've never been a fan of The Waterboys either.

Arcade Fire are definitely not shite. And i hope your not suggesting The Waterboys should be on this list

 

[Dubversion]

Arcade Fire - not shite

Waterboys - should be tried for crimes against music.

 

[ohmyliver]

Mmmm, I forgot about the early house stuff, 'Too Far Gone' by Adonis for example, which is a fantastic tune which I still play out on.
BB

*cough* no way back by adonis do you mean?

 

[Lisarocket]

Waterboys - should be tried for crimes against music.

How did i know you were going to say that Dub You won't be getting their new album anytime soon then

 

[Dubversion]

jesus, no. i've never forgiven them for murdering Sweet Thing.

raggle taggle twatmongers

 

[Hi-ASL]

Arcade Fire - not shite

Of course.

Waterboys - should be tried for crimes against music.

And simultaneously awarded for making some of the greatest, most spine-chilling songs ever committed to tape. Truly a band of highs and lows (with the highs ever fewer and the lows ever lower the longer they went on).

 

[Boogie Boy]

*cough* no way back by adonis do you mean?

Ooooh yep, got me on that one.Brain wasn't working.Otherwise I'll be talking about Two Puerto Ricans, a Dominican and a Blackman.

BB

 

[Idaho]

I refuse to let anyone slur the name of Men Without Hats! Safety Dance!

Also Radiohead, for all their latter tedium and pomposity, at least did The Bends which was good.

Waterboys? They did a good song I think. I even like a couple of the Thompson Twins hits. But then I have no pride when it comes to music.

 

[Dubversion]

oh, and Kid Creole (and Darnell's other incarnations) were ace too

 

[Orang Utan]

I refuse to let anyone slur the name of Men Without Hats! Safety Dance!

 

[Hi-ASL]

 

[Orang Utan]

3rd one is brilliant wor
the 2nd one is from the 90s
1st one: yegads, that IS inexcusable