Alice Moonflowyr Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 The 80's was one of the best eras for rock music ever. It brought us things like Journey, Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Thriller album, Duran Duran, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, and so much other awesome stuff. And there was no autotune, so you became famous if people liked the way you [i]actually sounded[/i]. What has the 2000's brought us? One Direction, Justin Beiber, Nikki Minaj, Ke$ha, and autotune. Granted, we have some good things like Linkin Park, Green Day, Flyleaf, and some other decent bands. But nothing from the 2000s can EVER trump THIS. [media]http://youtu.be/AQ4xwmZ6zi4[/media] Discuss the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Where the best non-classical music was made.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorSempra Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 The 80's had Safety Dance. 'Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute Rotten Yoshika Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 the problem i have with terms like "80s music" is that its so broad as to be almost meaningless. even something like 80s rock is far far more than the tiny subset of popular songs and bands that have been defined as 80s music (usually by record companies and radio stations. a funny joke: my mom is relatively young and had me at a very young age. a few years ago she heard REM on an "oldies" station and felt insulted. its all marketing is my point.) this song was released in 1980 but it is quite a bit different from any of the examples listed thus far, especially in the middle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsDPQ_FxYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Moonflowyr Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 [quote][b]The 80's was one of the best eras for rock music ever.[/b][/quote] ._. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute Rotten Yoshika Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 again difficult to say for certain because the amount of example music you have from each decade is only a small fragment of the whole thing. are you aware of the 70s kraut rock explosion? the 90s birth of post rock? the very recent (last 10 years) rise of noise rock? can you really say any of those are better than the others? usually when people want to talk about the evolution of music, they limit it to both a time and a place for example, the dc hardcore revival that started in the late 80s, or the shibuya-kei pop subgenre that started in the 60s (shibuya is a DISTRICT in tokyo. not even a whole city in its own right. thats the kind of scales we are talking here.) im not making any statements about the music you like. i understand that everyone has their own tases, and i even like quite a bit of stuff you mentioned! but picking a very small selection and labelling it 80S MUSIC THIS IS IT. is a bit silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 You can't exactly just completely defile the noughties and 10s. Different decades had different people, with different tastes in music. That's what plenty of people thought back then, and I'm sure 80s mainstream artists had some sellouts like current-day artists. Besides, the noughties onwards has brought on so many good artists, that it's silly to generalise. At all. Modern singer/songwriters, rock artists, electronic artistic and everything beyond. Even artists like Nicki Minaj are actually alright when you get past their annoying celebrity quirks and majority of bad songs. Also, you cannot possibly say that people back then were famous for only how they sounded. They had the same celebrity views as we have now. It wasn't even long ago, so nothing major's changed. And Green Day are awful now. What this topic was about is actually 80s ROCK. Therefore, you cannot compare them to non-rock artists of present day. The comparison is non-existent. Compare them to The Black Keys or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinnamonStar Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'm mostly interested into 80's Wave/Darkwave, slightly electronic music or just the mainstream stuff that was played then. Never been so much into 80's Rock personally. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5Zlw8Skpo&feature=related[/media] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuezNswtRfo&feature=related"]https://www.youtube....feature=related[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxAViasbM-Y&feature=related"]https://www.youtube....feature=related[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Eurythmics. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Kirisame-ze Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 The Pixies. They're my favorite old rock band, hands down. Also, Come On Eileen is an amazing 80s song by the Dexys Midnight Runners, if you're looking for an uplifting, oldies party song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Dead or Alive Pantera Def Lepperd Black Sabbath Motley Crue Kraftwerk I could name much more. Man, how I wished to have been born in the 80's. Not only would I live through the amazing music back then, but I'd also be able to fully appreciate the 90's as well as see WWF during the Attitude Era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 80's RULEZ! And I should know. I was born in 85. 1985 that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuni Katt Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 for the 80's all i have to say is 3 things Motley Crue Metallica Guns N Roses that is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?someone? Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, the 80's: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU[/url] Traumatic memories? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9x_zIiwtrs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9x_zIiwtrs[/url] Yeah, if you couldn't tell already, I love the 80's. The music, in general, is fantastic imo, and TV and movies were corny and incredibly entertaining. Of course, "80's music" is incredibly broad; I take it most people mean either 80's pop and/or metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechugas Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 80's are music to my ears than the garbage I hear most of the time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 [quote name='Yan-Tsundere Barrel' timestamp='1354770503' post='6086519'] Kraftwerk [/quote] Sorry man but Kraftwerk have been around since the 70's Now as towards the topic of 80's music I personally am not an 80's fan, though some of it I can pick out and find good ones such as Depeche Mode, and a handful of the 80's rock songs. that's all that I can think of off of the top of my head To me most of the 80's music is either just synthpop or classic rock. Michael Jackson was...okay I guess. Though honestly I seriously don't find a lot of the 80's music to my appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 80's Music: Songs that came out in the 80's. Rock was the most prevalent. Modern Music: Songs that came out now. Rock isn't the most prevalent anymore. R&B, rap, alternative (which is still too broad for its own good), and pop are the most prevalent. People like R&B and pop these days so they're more prevalent. I can bet you that there is a modern song better than any song you can put up from the 80's, but you would cast it aside because it's not as popular now as the song you're offering was 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute Rotten Yoshika Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 [quote name='Agro' timestamp='1357285860' post='6110792'] 80's Music: Songs that came out in the 80's. Rock was the most prevalent. Modern Music: Songs that came out now. Rock isn't the most prevalent anymore. R&B, rap, alternative (which is still too broad for its own good), and pop are the most prevalent. People like R&B and pop these days so they're more prevalent. I can bet you that there is a modern song better than any song you can put up from the 80's, but you would cast it aside because it's not as popular now as the song you're offering was 30 years ago. [/quote] i dont like to speak in absolutes. i like all kinds of stuff. though i do tend towards the more modern just because its easier for me to get. though i would say there is quite a lot of rock thats around now and not in the 80s. its just not POPULAR rock music. and i mean good stuff haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 The rock now is good if you know where to look. The difference is now that not as many people want to hear a new band that plays in 80's style. They's just not gonna cut it. There's a lot of good music. It's just not popular. Those two don't always coincide, especially considering the (off-)tastes of the people on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute Rotten Yoshika Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 oh yeah agreed. the only rock band that isnt modern that i consistently enjoy is les rallizes denudes and theyre a very special case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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