Most of the U2 and REM. But I don't like U2 anymore. Some of The Cult and Peter Gabriel as well. 80's was the worst decade of all time for music.
Most of the U2 and REM. But I don't like U2 anymore. Some of The Cult and Peter Gabriel as well. 80's was the worst decade of all time for music.
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Bad Brains - I Against I
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Clash - Sandinista
I loved the 80s
or were you specifically meaning Symph Rock albums?
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Univers Zero -UZED
King Crimson - Discipline
Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
Allan Holdsworth - Road Games
Metheny, Pat & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Top 5
Eduard Artimiev-Warmth of Earth
Formas-Largos Suenos
Kennedy-Twinkling NASA
Liettya Project-Sturm
Medina Azahara-La Esquina del Viento
honorable mention:
Arthur Brown-Requiem
Diethelm/Famulari-s/t
Human-Un Certain Pays
Scapa Flow-Uuteen Aikaan
Sicher-s/t
I agree - not a big Prog decade for me, but of thoise mentioned by others I would have to agree with the following in the decade (the one's I actually bought when they came out in the 80's are marked with a *** (the others I found later):
UK - UK ***
David Torn - Cloud About Mercury
Peter Gabriel - III ***
King Crimson - Discipline
Genesis - Duke ***
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Only if you limit yourself to your 70s favorites and you restrict yourself to the UK and USA. If you look beyond those parameters, there was plenty of good music in the 80s - admittedly not as much as the 70s, but still a lot.Originally Posted by Musitron
Considering that popular music started in 30 or 40, what would be the worst decade for you?
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
Shouldn't lists be in the other OT forum??
I'll stick to new artists not heard in the 70's by me
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West
Wall Of Voodoo - Dark Continent
Stan Ridgway - The Big Sleep
Pretenders - The Pretenders
Cult - Electric
Dixie Dregs - Dregs of the Earth
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
Tribal Tech - Spears
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
Brian Eno On Land
David Sylvian Secrets of the Beehive
Peter Hammill And Close As This
Robert Fripp Let the Power Fall
Budd/Eno Pearl
In descending order:
1. Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
2. Discipline - King Crimson
3. Document - R.E.M.
4. Duke - Genesis
5. Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
It's painful not to be able to put any Yes albums in a top 5 list but they came close.
The diversity of bands and styles being listed so far should be enough to convince the snobs and naysayers that the 80s did in fact have some quality music to offer... I'm sick of hearing about how the 80s sucked musically. If you knew where to look or were willing to explore new musical territory, you could find plenty to enjoy. Yes, there was a lot of cheese, and the 80s production may not have aged well, but there was still some good stuff happening.
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Every decade has cheese. So many people put the 70s on such a high pedestal but forget that it was also the same decade that brought The Bay City Rollers, Nick Gilder, Pink Lady, etc (shall I continue?)
OK, my top 5 in order of their release year...
Steve Hackett - Defector '80
Twelfth Night - Live and Let Live '83
The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime '84
Sad Lovers and Giants - The Mirror Test '87
Marillion - The Thieving Magpie '88
And 5 that just missed...
IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic '83
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless '83
Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine '80
REM - Chronic Town '81
Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch '82
Check out my solo project prog band, Mutiny in Jonestown at https://mutinyinjonestown.bandcamp.com/
Check out my solo project progressive doom metal band, WytchCrypt at https://wytchcrypt.bandcamp.com/
As with a lot of us, list could be different tomorrow or even in ten minutes:
Jean Paul Prat / Masal
Dun / Eros
Captain Beefheart / Doc At The Radar Station
Massacre / Killing Time
Fred Frith / Gravity
I haven't heard anybody say that the '80s didn't have any quality music to offer. I've heard that it was the worst decade for popular music, and I wholeheartedly agree. Comparatively the decade often sucked IMO.
Bashing the 80s is as old as PE itself. I think it's the first patch you earn in the Prog Snob Scouts.
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
I think it was one of the best periods of popular music IMHO...I guess thats the beauty of opinions: We may as well debate if chocolate ice cream tastes better than vanilla ice cream
I do too. Playing in pop/rock cover bands in the '80s was a whole lot more fun than it is now. For one thing, I used to get guitar solos; imagine that!
I certainly enjoyed the 80's a lot more than the 90's. The 90's had good music too, but the mainstream got hijacked by a bunch of...undesirables (well, for me they were mostly undesirable), plus we lost Freddie, Jerry and Frank.
Throw in Beat and Wire's A Bell Is a Cup.
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
Genesis - Duke
Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
XTC - Skylarking
These sound like reasonable choices for now -
Zamla Mammaz Manna – Familjesprickor
UK – UK
Univers Zero – Ceux Du Dehors
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
It's pretty difficult leaving Present, Picchio Dal Pozzo, Abus Dangereux, Zappa, Kenso, Art Ensemble of Chicago and many others off my list.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
YES-big generator
Rush-Permanent waves
Marillion-clutching at straws
YES-drama
King Crimson-Three of a perfect pair(this is an album I didn't care for much at all initially but it grew on me a lot over time; the same thing could be said about clutching at straws).
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
For prog it sucked(that is from the commercial or big five bands anyway). However, for pop music I think it was pretty good(at least as far as pop music goes). I think it was a fun decade just not so much for prog.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
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