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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
You really have some wrong opinions, there. Quite a lot of the, erm, Roxy Music soundalikes that you mention took a lot of their aesthetics and sounds from a lineage that goes from Elvis Presley to the Sex Pistols, amongst others. Keep in mind that such aesthetics didn't necessarily determine the way those bands went on to sound, and a lot of the time I can't hear that much more of a prominent Roxy Music influence than any other band that you have mentioned in your post. Since you also namedrop quite a few of those 80's pop bands, keep in mind the advancement in the technology for portable synthesizers was more important in the way a few of them sounded than just influences etc.
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Actually, Roxy Music, especially Eno, had a
huge influence on bands from Sheffield, many of which went on to become pop stars of the day (Heaven 17, The Human League, etc.). Mostly it was the use of technology and oddball production, but one might say the same of Can on PiL.