RR: Time To Rant

MattB scribbled on a scrap of paper:

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Dave W wrote: <snip>

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I'm no big fan of ANY of the bands from that time, D.M, echo and the Bunnymen, Big Country,
Thompson Twins...YUUCCCHHHH! The only good thing to come out of the early 80's would have to
have been U-2. Their live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" recorded at Red Rocks...that was some
awesome [censored]!!

Dave ("this is not a rebel song"😉

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to: Elvis
Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks, Descendents,
Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM, Grateful Dead, The
The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier, but it sparked my
interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The Police, Jack
DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd, Was Not Was,
Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

I still like a lot of these bands to some extent, and I think they have all made worthy
contributions to music. So the decade can't be a complete write-off even though it did give birth
to Poison (whom I've never liked or wanted to like).

Matt

Pink Floyd and Steve Miller, Grateful Dead and a few others on your list have been around MUCH
longer than that...

Penny

MattB said:

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to: Elvis
Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks, Descendents,
Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM, Grateful Dead, The
The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier, but it sparked my
interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The Police, Jack
DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd, Was Not Was,
Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

MattB scribbled on a scrap of paper:

Quoted message said:

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to: Elvis
Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks, Descendents,
Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM, Grateful Dead, The
The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier, but it sparked my
interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The Police, Jack
DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd, Was Not Was,
Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

I still like a lot of these bands to some extent, and I think they have all made worthy
contributions to music. So the decade can't be a complete write-off even though it did give birth
to Poison (whom I've never liked or wanted to like).

Matt

as a mom to teen boys, the whole music thing is getting interesting at times. One of the them is
getting into things like old pink floyd, and other stuff. I asked him the other day what this other
stuff was called, just being curious, as in genre. He tried to say it with a straight face too.
Symphonic Goth Metal

Whaddya, I learn something every day.

Penny S said:

MattB scribbled on a scrap of paper:

Quoted message said:

Dave W wrote: <snip>

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I'm no big fan of ANY of the bands from that time, D.M, echo and the Bunnymen, Big Country,
Thompson Twins...YUUCCCHHHH! The only good thing to come out of the early 80's would have to
have been U-2. Their live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" recorded at Red Rocks...that was some
awesome [censored]!!

Dave ("this is not a rebel song"😉

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to:
Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks,
Descendents, Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM,
Grateful Dead, The The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier,
but it sparked my interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The
Police, Jack DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd,
Was Not Was, Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

I still like a lot of these bands to some extent, and I think they have all made worthy
contributions to music. So the decade can't be a complete write-off even though it did give birth
to Poison (whom I've never liked or wanted to like).

Matt

Pink Floyd and Steve Miller, Grateful Dead and a few others on your list have been around MUCH
longer than that...

Penny

Yeah, I know. My point was that I was introduced to their music by what they were putting out right
then, and that that era did produce some good music. After the initial discovery I dug a lot deeper
if I found the music compelling.

As far as GD went, they didn't really release anything around that time, but I went to a show not
having heard much of their material and was blown away (I swear it wasn't just the acid).

Matt (oh, and Combat Rock came out in '82 - THAT album changed my life!)

MattB said:

Dave W wrote: <snip>

Quoted message said:

I'm no big fan of ANY of the bands from that time, D.M, echo and the Bunnymen, Big Country,
Thompson Twins...YUUCCCHHHH! The only good thing to come out of the early 80's would have to
have been U-2. Their live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" recorded at Red Rocks...that was some
awesome [censored]!!

Dave ("this is not a rebel song"😉

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to: Elvis
Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks, Descendents,
Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM, Grateful Dead, The
The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier, but it sparked my
interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The Police, Jack
DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd, Was Not Was,
Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

Check out archive.org for some shns of the Mekons, particularly the stuff from their 25th
anniversary in 2002. You just might like it.

Greg

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just not to be consumed by rock n' roll..." - The Mekons

bomba said:

MattB said:

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to:
Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks,
Descendents, Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM,
Grateful Dead, The The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier,
but it sparked my interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The
Police, Jack DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd,
Was Not Was, Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

Damn. I HAD forgotten them.

bomba said:

Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

That was 1990s. Besides, the redhead was kind of cute.

Along with some of the good stuff Matt mentioned, the 80s also gave us Peter Gabriel, Dire
Straights, some of Van Halen's best, and the last years (and some of the best works) of Bob Marley,
including "Redemption Song". I still have Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Cowboy Junkies, and Rickie
Lee Jones music in the car (just in MP3 now, not cassette).

And the 80s gave us music videos and CDs.

The good stuff was just a little harder to find through all the [censored]. Devo?!?! Flock of Seagulls?!?!

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MattB scribbled on a scrap of paper:

Quoted message said:

Dave W wrote: <snip>

Quoted message said:

I'm no big fan of ANY of the bands from that time, D.M, echo and the Bunnymen, Big Country,
Thompson Twins...YUUCCCHHHH! The only good thing to come out of the early 80's would have to
have been U-2. Their live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" recorded at Red Rocks...that was some
awesome [censored]!!

Dave ("this is not a rebel song"😉

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to:
Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks,
Descendents, Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM,
Grateful Dead, The The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier,
but it sparked my interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The
Police, Jack DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd,
Was Not Was, Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

Oh, I thought you were talking about bands that came into being in the 80's My list would be WAY too
long if I included what I actually listened too...including the some of the old ones you
mentioned....

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I still like a lot of these bands to some extent, and I think they have all made worthy
contributions to music. So the decade can't be a complete write-off even though it did give birth
to Poison (whom I've never liked or wanted to like).

Matt

Agreed on the Poison...but the women at that show...

Good Times!

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MattB said:

Well, I was introduced to some great (IMO) tunes of the time, including, but not limited to:
Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, PIL, The Sugar Cubes, The Smiths, Black Flag, Circle jerks,
Descendents, Minute Men, Suicidal Tendencies (first album only), They Might Be Giants, REM,
Grateful Dead, The The, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis (yeah, his 80's stuff wasn't as good as earlier,
but it sparked my interest enough to discover the true gems in his catalog), Herbie Hancock, The
Police, Jack DeJonette, Steve Miller Band, Freddie Hubbard, Joy Division/New Order, Pink Floyd,
Was Not Was, Sun Ra, BB King, Coyboy Junkies, and many others.

Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

Damn You! I HAD forgotten about them...

Dave (not cool Jon 🙁

G.T. wrote: <snip>

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Check out archive.org for some shns of the Mekons, particularly the stuff from their 25th
anniversary in 2002. You just might like it.

Greg

I like 'em already! But thanks for the reminder/tip!

Matt (trying to destroy my life before it's too late)

BB scribbled on a scrap of paper:

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bomba said:

Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

That was 1990s. Besides, the redhead was kind of cute.

Along with some of the good stuff Matt mentioned, the 80s also gave us Peter Gabriel, Dire
Straights, some of Van Halen's best, and the last years (and some of the best works) of Bob
Marley, including "Redemption Song". I still have Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Cowboy Junkies, and
Rickie Lee Jones music in the car (just in MP3 now, not cassette).

let's not forget Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders.

Penny "got the night in my veins" S

or am I Precious?

Penny S said:

let's not forget Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders.

...oooh, good one.

One of my all-time best memories was a Police concert with Joan Jett. It was by far the best concert
I've been to. Then again, my concert-enjoyment experience inevitably correlates to how wasted I was
at the time.

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Penny S said:

let's not forget Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders.

...oooh, good one.

One of my all-time best memories was a Police concert with Joan Jett. It was by far the best
concert I've been to. Then again, my concert-enjoyment experience inevitably correlates to how
wasted I was at the time.

hahaha, ain't it da truth 🙂

BB said:

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Don't forget Wilson Philips :O)

That was 1990s.

Really? I must be younger than I thought... 🙂

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