unleasHell
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Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Mar 11, 2020, 01:36
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Fitter Stoke wrote: Nearly every artist I dug in the 70s or before (if they survived) somehow seemed to go on to suck big logs in the following decade. Those
All my own opinion of course. Am I alone?
You are not wrong, all the bands I liked in the 70's pretty much sucked in the 80's too!
Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Status Quo, Wishbone Ash, even Bowie!
So what did I do?
I evolved and discovered NEW and exciting bands that replaced the 70's dinosaurs (who replaced the 60's dinosaurs)!
Bands like Joy Division, OMD, Depeche, the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Ultravox, New Order, Talk Talk, the Smiths, the Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, Stray Cats, Madness and on and on..
Now, who wants to make a thread about how all the 80's bands SUCKED in the 90's?
Anyone?
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Fitter Stoke
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Edited Mar 12, 2020, 20:26
Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Mar 12, 2020, 18:19
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unleasHell wrote:
Bands like Joy Division, OMD, Depeche, the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Ultravox, New Order, Talk Talk, the Smiths, the Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, Stray Cats, Madness and on and on..
Now, who wants to make a thread about how all the 80's bands SUCKED in the 90's?
Well, I'd go a little bit further and argue that some of the names you mention (most of which I like(d), by the way) had begun to suck long before the 80s ended. Many of your examples were active at the start of the decade and were producing their best work then; I'm thinking primarily of Simple Minds who made three decent albums between 1980 and 1982 before churning out bland, stadium-filling toss from '83 onwards*. Mac and his Bunnymen, bless'em, peaked with 'Porcupine' (1982) and 'Ocean Rain' (1983) and never threatened greatness thereafter, though their self-titled fifth album had its moments. OMD bored me rigid after their first couple of albums. Ultravox were only great in the 70's when John Foxx led them; the Ure-fronted 80s version was pompous, posey and over-produced. Madness peaked long before the 80s were more than a couple of years old, as did the Stray Cats. The Cure lost me after 'Pornography' and New Order largely left me cold after the glory of Joy Division (themselves past tense by 1980 of course), though I do dig 1983's 'Blue Monday'. All just my own opinion, as I keep saying.
One great exception to all of this was, naturally, The Smiths, as I pointed out in my original post, to which I'd also add The Wedding Present. As for Talk Talk, I have to confess that it's only in recent years that I've come to appreciate how good they were; in fact, they're the one act I honestly feel to have improved with each successive release, after an iffy, Duranesque start. But even the genius of Mark Hollis is not enough to convince me that most of the 80's were kack for modern music.
(*Afterthought/Edit: The same could be said for the rarely mentioned in these pages U2, though in their case even those few decent early albums were hampered by crap production.)
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Fitter Stoke
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Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Mar 15, 2020, 20:44
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I’m sitting alone in a bar in South Shields (yeah, I know) and ‘Is This Love’ by Whitesnake is playing on the sound system. I can’t think of a better example of eighties wank. It’s vile, and that’s coming from a fully paid-up member of the Deep Purple Appreciation Society. Almost puts me off ever playing ‘Burn’ again. Almost, but not quite.
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unleasHell
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Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Apr 10, 2020, 11:51
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Man, I totally agree with you, the great music in the 80's was very much "front-loaded" from about 79-84 was awesome, 85-89 not so much..
Except the Wild Swans: "Bringing home the Ashes" comes to mind...
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unleasHell
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Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Apr 10, 2020, 11:52
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Burn was their last decent release...
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Fitter Stoke
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Edited Apr 12, 2020, 16:46
Deep Purple
Apr 12, 2020, 16:46
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Oh, I dunno. Both 'Stormbringer' and 'Come Taste The Band' have their moments, and post-reformation in '85 only the iffy 'The House of Blue Light' and dire 'Slaves and Masters' are truly avoidable. I've got quite a soft spot for Purple's last couple of albums, especially 'Infinite' which to me is as good an album as 'Burn'. Mind you, given that only Ian Paice is common to both (and is indeed Purple's only constant member) they're effectively by two different bands and, let's not forget, nearly 45 years apart!
(Sobering thought: at one stage in the early 80's, Whitesnake had more original Purple members in their lineup than Deep Purple itself has done for most of this century. Those early UK-based Whitesnake albums actually weren't that bad. It was only when Coverdale dyed his hair and relocated to LA that everything went sour for me.)
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keith a
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Re: The 80s sucked. Discuss.
Apr 12, 2020, 23:47
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Fitter Stoke wrote: The Cure lost me after 'Pornography'
Oh man. Disintegration is fabulous. Probably my fave of theirs noadays
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