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LOL. Featuring that immortal lyric rich with social significance:"We Built This City" - Starship
No contest.
I don't think of either REM or U2 as 80s bands, even though both were obviously in action then. And I don't think Dire Straits (or more accurately Mark Knopfler) was insignificant. I am ambivalent toward Sting. I listen to UB40 when I'm in a summertime get-drunk party kind of mood. And Bonnie Raitt has put out two very, very good albums. Other than as a soundtrack for a trip down memory (be that as it may) lane, I still find the typical 80s acts (Tears for Fears, Level 42, Starship et al) as entirely disposable. Sorry, we'll just have to disagree on that point. (edit) I am not averse to pretentious, disposable music. I am listening to the "best" of Emerson, Lake and Palmer as I write this.Dakota: Well, I still say the 80s didn't have a greater share of duds than any other decade. Â REM, U2, Dire Straits, Tears for Fears, John Hiatt, Tom Waits (put out some good stuff then), Sting, Thriller (MJ's best), Bonnie Raitt, UB40, Ziggy Marley, et al.
Bachbeet: Â I have to disagree with you on Starship. Starship is to me the personifaction of an '80s band -- the airbrushed, big hair version of what once upon a time was a pretty important Bay area '60s band. Comparing Starship to Airplane makes the former look all the more '80s.Dakota: After reading your posts, I think there is more we argree on in music than what we disagree on. Â And, I never was a big fan of E, L & P. Â Liked ELO more. Â In fact, many have forgotten they did some good stuff pre-75.
As for REM and U2, they are certainly more 80s than Starship. Â And I liked Level 42.
Now, here are my examples of some REALLY pretentious bands - -Styx and Poison. Â And, I am positive that if you look up the word "pretentious" in Webster's, you will see a picture of this band as the ultimate example - Rush. Â Absolutely horrible. Â I hear two notes and switch the radio channel.
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