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Talking Heads, B-52s, Eurythmics, Human League = all mainstream, all amazing
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This. Not to mention Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Madonna, Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Gary Numan, The Cure (were they mainstream at the time?), I mean come ON. There was PLENTY of good mainstream music in the 80s!
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Well, out of those you mentioned, Cure and Prince are the only ones I dig. "Mainstream" could probably be used to describe them.
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No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO NO NO!!!!!!!!
God No! Prince was alright. But everything else that could've been played on pop radio--- NO.
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The '30s and '40s were a much better decades for mainstream music. Prince fucking wishes he was Cab Calloway, and Weird Al ain't got nothing on Spike Jones and the City Slickers!
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First I'll say that Prince and his music are both awesome, especially the revolution. I honestly can't decide between the '80s and '90s. They both had excellent music. But I seem to find that '80s rock gets a really bad rap when there was so much excellent stuff in the mainstream. Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, B52's, The Church, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, David Bowie, Devo, Jane's Addiction, Fishbone, Prince, "Sparkle in the Rain" by Simple Minds, And The Jesus & Mary Chain even if they weren't mainstream, they were mainstream enough
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See, this fella makes sense!
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All music decades suck and rule equally at the core. For every shitty generic hair metal band, there were a dozen who dared to be different. For every laughable pop group, there were those bands that actually got radio play and sounded good on it. For every token radio-ready grunge band, there was that one special band in Seattle....
You get the point I'm sure. And oh yeah, I can't believe nobody has mentioned New Order yet in the "Good (kinda) mainstream band" posts. ~Jeremy~
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Ah I completely forgot about Gary Numan
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It's okay, I completely forgot about New Order.
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Gary Numan was awesome.
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If only the forum was always as entertaining as this thread. Ha!
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The Cure was awesome and I enjoy some of Robert Palmer's 80s stuff. Well of course early Depeche Mode were awesome aswell but apart from those mentioned I can't think of any good "mainstream" 80s music.
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