Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 29, 2009 20:50:31 GMT
I think I just got round the 'Pop is too vast a category' problem! ;D
Either way, what are your favourite 80s Pop bands? List as many or as few as you like. I'm not including soloists here... or at least, not yet! Might be able to get another thread out of that, after all! ;D
Pop in the 80s was, perhaps, at it's most varied ever, with the likes of Duran Duran and Wham happily co-existing with Madness, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Culture Club, Frankie Goes To Hollywood... Truly the age of the Supergroup! Not that I cared at the time, as most of what I was listening to was Metal, but still! ;D
My personal favourites are:
Duran Duran who I really didn't like at the time, but have come to appreciate since. Go figure! ;D
Blondie - yes, they started in the 70s, but they are probably more known as an 80s band, so I include them here.
Madness are possibly the most popular Ska band ever. With reason. They're awesome.
The Bangles are still the best all-girl group ever, IMO.
Adam & The Ants. Possibly the strangest Pop star ever, but I and many others loved Adam's quirky Pop and bizarre videos.
Fuzzbox AKA We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It. Made some of the best videos in Pop history to go with some great tunes.
Heart. I doubt I'll see much argument about the inclusion of this lot. Simply awesome.
And a few I only actually like one song by:
Louise by The Human League. Simply one of my favourite songs ever. Just can't be sung by anyone else, as Robbie Williams proved a few years ago by wrecking it! ;D
Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor. Not Pop, really, but still a great 80s song. Not sure I heard a single other song by them, thinking back...
The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I hated them. Then they did this. One of the best love songs ever. Go figure! ;D
I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. Ya know, I'm starting to think I have a very mawkish memory of the 80s. Were THAT many of the best songs really about love?
Take My Breath Away by Berlin. Another love song... Maybe the best ones WERE...
But that's enough about me. What about you guys & gals?
Either way, what are your favourite 80s Pop bands? List as many or as few as you like. I'm not including soloists here... or at least, not yet! Might be able to get another thread out of that, after all! ;D
Pop in the 80s was, perhaps, at it's most varied ever, with the likes of Duran Duran and Wham happily co-existing with Madness, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Culture Club, Frankie Goes To Hollywood... Truly the age of the Supergroup! Not that I cared at the time, as most of what I was listening to was Metal, but still! ;D
My personal favourites are:
Duran Duran who I really didn't like at the time, but have come to appreciate since. Go figure! ;D
Blondie - yes, they started in the 70s, but they are probably more known as an 80s band, so I include them here.
Madness are possibly the most popular Ska band ever. With reason. They're awesome.
The Bangles are still the best all-girl group ever, IMO.
Adam & The Ants. Possibly the strangest Pop star ever, but I and many others loved Adam's quirky Pop and bizarre videos.
Fuzzbox AKA We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It. Made some of the best videos in Pop history to go with some great tunes.
Heart. I doubt I'll see much argument about the inclusion of this lot. Simply awesome.
And a few I only actually like one song by:
Louise by The Human League. Simply one of my favourite songs ever. Just can't be sung by anyone else, as Robbie Williams proved a few years ago by wrecking it! ;D
Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor. Not Pop, really, but still a great 80s song. Not sure I heard a single other song by them, thinking back...
The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I hated them. Then they did this. One of the best love songs ever. Go figure! ;D
I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. Ya know, I'm starting to think I have a very mawkish memory of the 80s. Were THAT many of the best songs really about love?
Take My Breath Away by Berlin. Another love song... Maybe the best ones WERE...
But that's enough about me. What about you guys & gals?
!!!!!
The very forum I moderate and my favorite period in time, so that's pretty much an F in moderation...