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Old 14-12-2011, 23:17
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Name some of your favourites. I'll admit i liked Duran Duran. I still like some of their songs today.
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:33
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Do you mean 80s act's that we like now or 80s act's that we liked at the time/or bought or both?
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:38
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Do you mean 80s act's that we like now or 80s act's that we liked at the time/or bought or both?
Both
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:39
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Duran Duran were top of my New Romantics list, but I also have things by Culture Club, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet, Nick Kershaw, Haircut 100, Tears for Fears, The Cure, The Smiths, The Alarm, The Damned, New Model Army, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Madness, Police, Blondie, New Order, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, The Jam, The Specials.
I could go on as I was an 80s teenager.
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:42
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Duran Duran were top of my New Romantics list, but I also have things by Culture Club, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet, Nick Kershaw, Haircut 100, Tears for Fears, The Cure, The Smiths, The Alarm, The Damned, New Model Army, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Madness, Police, Blondie, New Order, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, The Jam, The Specials.
I could go on as I was an 80s teenager.
Well i was 5 in 1980, lol but Duran Duran were prob my favourite. I remember my mum and dad buying me Arena on tape!
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:44
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Well i was 5 in 1980, lol but Duran Duran were prob my favourite. I remember my mum and dad buying me Arena on tape!
I was 10 at the start of the decade, 20 at the end of it, music from the 80s makes up a large collection on my shelves
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:46
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I was 10 at the start of the decade, 20 at the end of it, music from the 80s makes up a large collection on my shelves
I always thought that Arena sounded different to their other albums. Quite a few years later, i realised it's a live album.
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:48
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ABC were my band of the 80s. Classic, over the top, unashamed POP! And Martin Fry really should have been a superstar.
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:54
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OK. I'll narrow it down otherwise it would be a huge list.

I liked and continue to like:
Madonna, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Janet Jackson, Grace Jones,The SOS Band and quite few more.

Liked after the event (ie got into them later):
Duran Duran, Propaganda, ABC, Tears for Fear's and a few more-particularly like the 80s electro stuff.

Liked them at the time but now question my judgement(or sanity):
Wham!Five Star MJ and quite a few more....
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Old 15-12-2011, 01:25
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Liked them at the time but now question my judgement(or sanity):
Wham!:oFive Star MJ and quite a few more....
I still like Five Star! Can't Wait was an absolute classic. All Fall Down, Rain and Shine, Stay Out Of My Life, If I Say Yes, were all good. Sadly, they're probably now mainly remembered for that appearance on Going Live, in 1989...
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Old 15-12-2011, 03:11
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The Cure - I love that band so much!

I also like New Order , The Smiths , Blondie

And not sure if these would be considered 80's bands probably late 70's, but they had commercial success in the 80s Motorhead, AC DC , The Clash , early Red Hot Chili Peppers and David Bowie.

Probably some others too that I can't remember
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Old 15-12-2011, 06:30
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Old 15-12-2011, 06:55
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Now you're talking Remembrance Day is still in my top 10 fave songs. Nowhere Girl and Marilyn Dreams were good as.well. They should have been bigger.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:27
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hard to pick favs, because imho very few bands make consistantly good music.... take the human league or dexys, great early on but piss poor later..

i think in time several acts do stand out as great...

xtc
talk talk
smiths
adventures

however other acts have better individual tracks (personal level)

hl
dmr
spandau ballet (early)
madness
abc
haircut 100
duran duran
wham!
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:09
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I loved back then and still love now in no particular order

Gary Numan, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Kraftwerk, Kajagoogoo, Tears for Fears, Toyah, Five Star, Adam and the Ants, Blondie, Culture Club, Propaganda, Japan, David Sylvian, Human League, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yazoo, Depeche Mode
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Old 15-12-2011, 11:14
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I liked almost all of the bands/artists already mentioned. Others I liked:

Bruce Springsteen
U2
Ultravox
Cock Robin
Queen
Fleetwood Mac
Toto
Kool & The Gang
Billy Joel
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Old 15-12-2011, 12:08
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Whitesnake
Journey
Def Leppard
Prince
Fleetwood Mac
ACDC

And many many more.
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Old 15-12-2011, 12:19
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Duran Duran were top of my New Romantics list, but I also have things by Culture Club, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet, Nick Kershaw, Haircut 100, Tears for Fears, The Cure, The Smiths, The Alarm, The Damned, New Model Army, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Madness, Police, Blondie, New Order, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, The Jam, The Specials.
I could go on as I was an 80s teenager.

That would be Nik Kershaw - Who is still around recording stuff with his own label and in my opinion far better than the 80's. check vimeo and youtube...And yes, Kershaw fan, in case that wasn't obvious...
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:36
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Has anyone mentioned the sublime Flock of Seagulls yet? What a brilliant group they were!
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:42
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I still like Five Star! Can't Wait was an absolute classic. All Fall Down, Rain and Shine, Stay Out Of My Life, If I Say Yes, were all good. Sadly, they're probably now mainly remembered for that appearance on Going Live, in 1989...
I still do own some Five Star stuff-in fact I obtained some of the dance mixes and in particular the tracks that where remixed specifically for the US and they are very good-and I still love All Fall Down (in fact the Luxury of Life is a very good album). They where just too tacky though in hindsight as a group-totally over the top outfits and dance routines-but that's the 80s all over-was fun though!!!
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:43
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I have a soft spot for those 12" remixes and extended remixes from the '80s.

This is one of my favourites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEwj4TQf5A&feature=fvsr

...I especially love the part between 4:16 and 4:32.

Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" is one of my favourite '80s albums.
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:49
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I have a soft spot for those 12" remixes and extended remixes from the '80s.
Yeah me too. Some amazing remixes done-set the bar for the 1990s where it was turned into an art form and the Djs and/or producers who remixed tracks became superstars themselves.

These days it's paint by number remixes with very little thought.

I got hold of recently the house mixes from 1987 of Family Man by Fleetwood Mac and Ever Fallen in Love by Fine Young Cannibals-now they where a great group as well.
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Old 15-12-2011, 16:10
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I got hold of recently the house mixes from 1987 of Family Man by Fleetwood Mac .

I never appreciated that song until I listened to the 12" Dance Guitar Mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtIt..._order&list=UL

Tango in the Night is a great album.
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Old 15-12-2011, 16:22
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Old 15-12-2011, 16:48
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I'd have loved to have been around in the 80s! I grew up through the 90s, but my music taste now is heavily 80s. The Human League, Gary Numan, Wham!, Madness, Prince, Duran Duran.....

But my absolute firm favourite is Depeche Mode
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