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Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:18 pm
by shindig
I'm bored (or is it board?) and listening to 80's rock on Alexa. Sure, some of you probably weren't even born, but surely you have an 80's song (or sock) or band that you like. Here are a few of mine:

- Van Halen - Dance the Night Away
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- R.E.M - End of the World as We know it
- Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
- GnR - Sweet Child O' Mine
- Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:22 pm
by ousdahl
you did what to Eileen?

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:26 pm
by TDub
GnR
ACDC
Metallica
Hall and Oates
Zapp and Roger
George Straight
Randy Travis
Hank Jr

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:28 pm
by shindig
ousdahl wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:22 pm you did what to Eileen?
lol. I never thought of that.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:30 pm
by ousdahl
but to add to the thread:


NWA

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:31 pm
by ousdahl
Early Metallica really was so cool.


It’s morbid to say, but for the sake of their legacy, they woulda been better off all dying in the bus.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:35 pm
by ousdahl
Oh! And the talking heads were an 80s band, right?

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:38 pm
by TDub
Too short

Edit: Too $hort

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:40 pm
by TDub
Mike Jack

Prince

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:43 pm
by shindig
ousdahl wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:35 pm Oh! And the talking heads were an 80s band, right?
Yep. Burning down the house. When I was a Delta Chi and the SAE house next to us caught fire, one of my pledge brothers put these huge speakers in the window of the D Chi house and played "Burning down the house" over and over...it was so funny. They hated us.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:49 pm
by JKLivin
Metallica
GNR
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Ozzy
Beastie Boys
Van Halen
Bon Jovi

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:52 pm
by jhawks99
Wham!
Hall & Oats
Culture Club
Spandau Ballet
MIlli Vanilli
Stryper

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:58 pm
by ousdahl
I guess this is the thread we ask Deadheads how they feel about Brent?


I dig him as a whole except for when he uses that plinky effect that makes his keyboard sound like some annoying kid’s toy

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:02 pm
by MICHHAWK
Hooters
Billy Idol
Human League
Big Country
INXS
Talking Heads
U2
George Thorogood

Too many to list. The 80's was my decade. Graduated both HS and college in that decade.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:07 pm
by Cascadia
80’s music is 99% trash

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:10 pm
by TDub
Eagles? Maybe they were more 70s but I listened to a lot of Eagles in the 80s.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:11 pm
by shindig
Cascadia wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:07 pm 80’s music is 99% trash
What? It's probably the most diverse decade of music and styles, something for everyone, except you I guess.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:12 pm
by shindig
I only saw Metallica once in concert, circa 1990, but I primarily went to see the opening band, The Cult.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:13 pm
by jhawks99
There was some real crap music in the 80's. Some good stuff too, it just wasn't on MTV.

Re: Favorite 80's bands

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:17 pm
by PhDhawk
REM
Genesis
Talking Heads
Prince
ACDC
Tom Petty
Traveling Wilburies
Van Halen
Springsteen


Not for me, but worth a mention:
Whitney Houston
Duran Duran
U2
Hall and Oates
Billy Joel