Favourite 80's band?

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You can only pick one band and the favourite song by them.;)
I know there are to many to name but please try to keep it to just the one. Did you see them live or meet them? Cheers all. I love hearing 80's bands stories.:)
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  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    You can only pick one band and the favourite song by them.;)
    I know there are to many to name but please try to keep it to just the one. Did you see them live or meet them? Cheers all. I love hearing 80's bands stories.:)

    how can i pick just 1 fav?

    talk talk, and the human league are possibly my favs. talk talk had a string of classier tracks, the human league started great but went too pop.

    id add dexys midnight runners and teardrop explodes into my mix.

    talk talk are the only ones i havnt seen live, the others were fantastic.

    fav tracks
    human league - sound of the crowd
    dexys - dance stance (aka burn it down)
    talk talk - lifes what you make it
    teardrop explodes - when i dream.
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    Haha i no almost impossible to pick just the one. I love Talk talk and dexys also. What a era for music. I went through my record collection last night and treated my ears to sweet music for a change. They were the days.:)
  • RikScotRikScot Posts: 2,095
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    Marillion...Script for A Jester's Tear. Saw them many times in many places, but lost track a bit after Fish left :-(

    30 years ago in March...sheesh
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    RikScot wrote: »
    Marillion...Script for A Jester's Tear. Saw them many times in many places, but lost track a bit after Fish left :-(

    30 years ago in March...sheesh

    Yep thats one thing about memories of a favourite 80's band. They make you feel old alright haha. Another great band as well. Have to dig there greatest hits out.;)
  • RikScotRikScot Posts: 2,095
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    Yep thats one thing about memories of a favourite 80's band. They make you feel old alright haha. Another great band as well. Have to dig there greatest hits out.;)

    Not half....I still have a recording of the first time I saw them ;)
  • MissliMissli Posts: 3,839
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    You can only pick one band and the favourite song by them.;)
    I know there are to many to name but please try to keep it to just the one.

    Impossible.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 456
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    Missli wrote: »
    Impossible.

    It will never work will it. Sod it, name as many as you like. I'm compiling my list as i type.:D
  • MissliMissli Posts: 3,839
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    It will never work will it. Sod it, name as many as you like. I'm compiling my list as i type.:D

    It was a good idea, but the 80's narrowed down to just one band, and song...:eek: I don't know where to begin! :D
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 761
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    Depeche Mode
    The Cure
    The Smiths
    Tears For Fears
    Duran Duran
    New Order
    Human League
    Echo and The Bunnymen
    INXS
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    Mine are in order-
    Inxs-Listen like thieves-Devil Iside.
    Depeche Mode
    Then jerico-Sugar box-Big Area.
    Echo and the bunnymen.
    Been lucky enough to have seen them all live and very hard to top this era for me.
  • JohnnyForgetJohnnyForget Posts: 24,061
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    Not a fan of that decade's music, I only really like the early eighties, but here are half a dozen I'm quite fond of:-

    The Stranglers - Golden Brown

    Kraftwerk - The Model

    Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

    Human League - Don't You Want Me

    The Smiths - How Soon Is Now

    The Specials - Ghost Town
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    Depeche Mode
    The Cure
    The Smiths
    Tears For Fears
    Duran Duran
    New Order
    Human League
    Echo and The Bunnymen
    INXS

    Agree totally.;)
  • SamMcKSamMcK Posts: 986
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    Would it be cheating if I said Prince & The Revolution? If not I pick When Doves Cry
  • jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    duran duran - the reflex

    i actually recreated the whole song using my own VOICE!!!!

    the singing
    the intrumentals

    all in all, i recorded FOUR different tracks, and by using two cassette recorders i managed it!

    i was such a wierd kid :D

    and now hallowxmas448 i'm gonna hunt you down, tie you to a chair and make you listen to it for EIGHT YEARS :p
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 456
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    SamMcK wrote: »
    Would it be cheating if I said Prince & The Revolution? If not I pick When Doves Cry

    How could i forget the purple one. Gee, he was the 80's.:)
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    jenzie wrote: »
    duran duran - the reflex

    i actually recreated the whole song using my own VOICE!!!!

    the singing
    the intrumentals

    all in all, i recorded FOUR different tracks, and by using two cassette recorders i managed it!

    i was such a wierd kid :D

    and now hallowxmas448 i'm gonna hunt you down, tie you to a chair and make you listen to it for EIGHT YEARS :p
    haha. Another top 80's tune, is that the song with simon going round on a wheel? Kind of remember it. And you can tie me to a chair if you want. I'm in the mood for anything 80's at the moment.;)
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    Agree totally.;)

    Great bands :D
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 79,880
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    Pet Shop Boys
    Eurythmics
    Human League
    Prefab Sprout
    Heaven 17
    Prince & The Revolution
    Yello
    Art of Noise
    Thompson Twins
    Scritti Politti
    New Order
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    Pet Shop Boys
    Eurythmics
    Human League
    Prefab Sprout
    Heaven 17
    Prince & The Revolution
    Yello
    Art of Noise
    Thompson Twins
    Scritti Politti
    New Order

    I love Scritti Politti. What a decade.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,138
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    whilst I love 80's music, I'm a bit reluctant to relegate any artists to being an '80's act', mainly because many of the artists I loved from the 80's are still producing good or even great work in the 90's, 00's and even now. Or some of the artists I liked had their greatest success in the 80's but were active in the 70's - does that make them an '80's group'?

    I'll go for The Smiths and The Housemartins, since both formed, had success and disbanded in the 80's.
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    Pet Shop Boys
    Eurythmics
    Human League
    Prefab Sprout
    Heaven 17
    Prince & The Revolution
    Yello
    Art of Noise
    Thompson Twins
    Scritti Politti
    New Order

    I love Scritti Politti. What a decade.
  • CLL DodgeCLL Dodge Posts: 115,621
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    The Cure: The Figurehead
  • Julie68Julie68 Posts: 3,137
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    Adam & The Ants...
  • RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    I love mainly 80s music so this is quite hard but i'm going to choose

    Pet Shop Boys with It's A Sin.
  • BrooklynBoyBrooklynBoy Posts: 10,595
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    haha. Another top 80's tune, is that the song with simon going round on a wheel? Kind of remember it. And you can tie me to a chair if you want. I'm in the mood for anything 80's at the moment.;)

    The one with him on the wheel was Wild Boys. The Reflex had a "live" concert video and mid song a giant wave of computerised water came over the band and drenched the crowd. At the time as a kid I actually thought it was real. :o
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