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Old 05.27.2009, 08:22 AM   #21
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80's mainstream was awful, but many people think it is cool, cause today's maistream is worse.
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:24 AM   #22
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:24 AM   #23
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Nope, still not feeling it at all - I had to turn the video off after a minute.

And in case anyone thinks I'm trying to be snobbier than thou - here's one from my 80's music wall of shame (a song I really liked at the time - I used to think the video was well awesome too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cznha2YTTh0
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:27 AM   #24
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I'm expecting someone to come along soon and say something perfectly rational like, on the whole the 80s mainstream was pretty awful (like the mainstream of any era) but that it did throw up the occasional gem (again, just like the mainstream of any era).

I hate it when people say things like that.
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:29 AM   #25
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Yeah, but you've managed to choose the one new romantic record that's almost universally considered cool. I suspect that your 'wall of shame' is actually nothing of the sort.
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:30 AM   #26
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see i'm a firm believer in that 90% of music from the 80's was complete shit. i honestly think it's one of teh very worst decades for music ever. that's just me though.
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:35 AM   #27
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On the whole the 80s mainstream was pretty awful (like the mainstream of any era) but it did throw up the occasional gem (again, just like the mainstream of any era).
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:38 AM   #28
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The 80's were great for mainstream music... if you like crap.


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Old 05.27.2009, 08:41 AM   #29
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Yeah, but you've managed to choose the one new romantic record that's almost universally considered cool. I suspect that your 'wall of shame' is actually nothing of the sort.

Damn, I've been rumbled by Colombo again. I knew I should have bumped off the woman at the art gallery whose Dad I was blackmailing.
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Old 05.27.2009, 08:57 AM   #30
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"Miss, Miss! Demonrail's burst my football on purpose!"

You know who RULED in the 80's on the mainstream front - this lady:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmTvbw4kLw

7 million kinds of 'yes'.
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Old 05.27.2009, 09:05 AM   #31
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not sure. all the music I know from the 80's is good alternative music that people and friends have told me to listen to (as in recommendation).. i was born in 89 so I didn't really lived it and neither can't be arsed to look up what the mainstream was about back then :P
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Old 05.27.2009, 09:06 AM   #32
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I do have an image of snaredrums with lots of reverb, phased guitars, weird haircuts and smoke machines, though.
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Old 05.27.2009, 09:11 AM   #33
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Well then you've pretty much got it nailed.
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Old 05.27.2009, 09:14 AM   #34
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I do have an image of snaredrums with lots of reverb, phased guitars, weird haircuts and smoke machines, though.

Hang on, I think we may have a prime candidate:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9zH8_wIHwg
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Old 05.27.2009, 09:45 AM   #35
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I dunno. Prince was mainstream, Public Enemy were pretty mainstream too, unless you define the mainstream solely around what your parents bought. It wasn't as though you had to join some secret cult and trade tapes in order to listen to good music in the 80s. You could buy Iron Maiden, Beastie Boys and Metallica albums in Woolworths.
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Old 05.27.2009, 12:34 PM   #36
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Old 05.27.2009, 01:44 PM   #37
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I thought Billy Idol was great. He mainstreamed punk with the help of one of America's greatest guitarists, Steve Stevens.
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Old 05.27.2009, 02:02 PM   #38
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^^^Hmm, I'd say that Idol was channelling Bad Company through Cheap Trick rather than poonk, but otherwise a great first post. Messrs Idol and Stevens provided a sterling attack pairing which booted a hat trick of hits into the goalmouth of the Top 40. And what hits they were too:

Eyes Without A Face - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXrWtcAiVJc

White Wedding - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFMrXCoXFjc

Rebel Yell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P9B2ZdNC6o
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Old 05.27.2009, 02:10 PM   #39
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