A tribute to good 80's music

[manifold]

A hear people frequently say that there was no good music written and recorded in the 80's. I say they're full of crap.

Just off the top of my head I can list 20 80's albums from 5 different bands that are all really good, if not great.

Rush:
Moving Pictures
Grace Under Pressure
Signals
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire

Metallica:
Kill 'Em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
And Justice for All

Iron Maiden:
Killers
The Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind
Powerslave
Somewhere in Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

GnR:
Appetite for Destruction
GnR Lies

Pink Floyd:
The Wall (technically released in Nov. 1979, but since it's heyday of popularity was the 80's I say it qualifies)
The Final Cut
A Momentary Lapse of Reason


Please add to my list all the good stuff from the 80's that is missing.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Paul Simon: Graceland

Frank Zappa: Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar, Guitar

U2: Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum

 

[Diuretic]

Del Amitri

Prefab Sprout

Hoodoo Gurus

 

[froggy]

Billy Squier: Don't Say No, In the Dark, Rock me tonite, Lonely is the night, My kinda lover.

 

[del]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1nUkSHRb80[/ame]

 

[del]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgfeLat3RI[/ame]

 

[Paulie]

I'm a Cars fan, I have to admit.

 

[manifold]

Don't forget Van Halen.

 

[PixieStix]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fdkkBt8VE[/ame]

 

[jillian]

VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's

 

[PixieStix]

I'm a Cars fan, I have to admit.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w[/ame]

 

[random3434]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0CJqMK6f0&feature=PlayList&p=3355BF199398A70B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1[/ame]

 

[Shogun]

I'm a Cars fan, I have to admit.

fuck yea, the Cars rocked.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p6a7CiP2bM&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Midnight Marauder]

A hear people frequently say that there was no good music written and recorded in the 80's. I say they're full of crap.

To many, the massive amount of pure garbage that came out of the 80s overshadows the really good stuff.

Good thread btw!

 

[manifold]

A hear people frequently say that there was no good music written and recorded in the 80's. I say they're full of crap.

To many, the massive amount of pure garbage that came out of the 80s overshadows the really good stuff.

Good thread btw!

If you say so. But I don't listen to the garbage so it doesn't overshadow anything for me.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

A hear people frequently say that there was no good music written and recorded in the 80's. I say they're full of crap.

To many, the massive amount of pure garbage that came out of the 80s overshadows the really good stuff.

Good thread btw!

If you say so. But I don't listen to the garbage so it doesn't overshadow anything for me.

The sales, repetition and propagation of the garbage is what overwhelmed the good stuff, for the average, non-musical, indiscriminate, casual, top-40 listener in the 80s.

That equals, the masses.

 

[LuckyDan]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjSm0iLIeZE]YouTube - The Cult-Fire Woman (Official Music Video)[/ame]

 

[LuckyDan]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scc38k0eEyU]YouTube - Def Leppard - Hysteria[/ame]

 

[del]

released as a single in 1980

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsyBEv1dbLo[/ame]

 

[PixieStix]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGl_p1j_8bE]YouTube - shout tears for fears (video original)[/ame]