What Music Groups of the 80's Were in Your Personal Top Ten? Why?

[Jonathan Randall]

What Music Groups of the 80's Were in Your Personal Top Ten? Why?

- BTW, can starte circa 1978 and go to circa 1992 as decades as periods in history don't start and end on New Year's day per most historians.

 

[Don Roley]

Journey

Juluka

Toto

Fleetwood Mac

,

Asia,

Styx,

Heart

Weird Al

Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXaoATtwUw&mode=related&search= and

Golden Earing

 

[Jonathan Randall]

Journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGdXZ6o2xs

Juluka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyprmvNKWTc

Toto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjdmDfoEUq8

Fleetwood Mac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ABIKRKJ-0,

Asia, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGeF3dvqZj8

Styx, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otixdc5nKno

Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugan1-TCIUA

Weird Al http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMvBH1edtU

Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXaoATtwUw&mode=related&search= and

Golden Earing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhkDBfBTKuw

Most of those were mine as well. Of course, Air Supply was a favourite of mine - I think I'm younger than you are so I was pre-teen and early teen when they first took off (they appealed to different groups than Queen, Journey and Fleetwood Mac, IIRC).

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Rush, but they are my fave rock band of all time.
Talking Heads, damn good songwriting
Simple Minds, I thought they were the best of the Brit Pop out of that era
U2, just because of the "War" album
Queensryche, intellegent metal
Triumph, Rik Emmets song writing and guitar playing was exceptional
Ozzy, especially the first couple of his solo albums
'Til Tuesday, Aimee Manns voice
Madonna, good songs and great production
Violent Femmes, simple, good songs

 

[terryl965]

Rush
Queen
Iron Madden
Styxs
Journey
Fleetwood Mac
Def Leppard
Eagles
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bill Joel
Genesis
Yes
Areosmith
Van Halen
ZZ top
AC/DC

Those are just a few

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Dammit, I forgot about Iron Maiden. And I just got some of their old stuff on CD a few weeks ago.

Jeff

 

[TaiChiTJ]

with some trepidation i confess i actually liked Flock of Seagulls for awhile. i wasn't watching mtv much so i didn't get in on all the jokes about their voluminous hair.

actually the one song i liked the best was "telecom", and this was when i was doing adds, moves and changes of phone equipment for nearly 1000 people split between two buildings, and trying to program our private branch exchange. so maybe it just all got to my brain. i no longer work with telecom, so hopefully i am recovering.

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Crap, I forgot Duran Duran too.

Jeff

 

[Jonathan Randall]

Crap, I forgot Duran Duran too.

Jeff

So did I. They were good.

 

[bshovan]

Without a doubt ELO

Fond memories of listening to ELO at 5:30am 6 days a week during the late 70's as I traveled to work as a teenager to the Ford Motor Plant in Mahwah, NJ. As a youngster, I learned the real value of work, working Mon-Thurs. 7-5:30 and Fri/Sat 7-3:30 on an assembly line. Tired as hell after each work day but always making it to Martial Art 7-10pm classes nightly. Right into the 80's and now I still listen to them. " It's a living thing," and all their other great hits still rocks.

Billy Shovan

 

[TimoS]

Let's see now:

AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Duran Duran
WASP
ELO
Rainbow
Blue Oyster Cult
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Girlschool

Those come to my mind. My top ten always varied so it is not a definite list

 

[terryl965]

No one has mention REO Speedwagon
Terry

 

[Flatlander]

I was just a yoot back then, but I really liked Billy Ocean, because his "Carribean Queen" video used to scare my little brother. :rofl:

 

[SFC JeffJ]

No one has mention REO Speedwagon
Terry

Maybe 'cause most of us prefer a singer with a range greater than 1/8th of an octave.

Jeff

 

[HKphooey]

Cure
Cult
Suicidal Tendencies
Modern English
Black Flag
Jodie Fosters Army
Van Halen
New Model Army
U2
The Alarm

I know, I am anll over the place.

 

[matt.m]

Van Halen - In my cd book I have all 12 albums
Sammy Hagar - Unboxed and Ultimate Red Collection. Come on it's Sammy
AC/DC - Have everything through Live
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet, 'nuff said
Poison - I just saw them in concert, reaffirmation of why they are good
Cinderella - ditto
Journey - Back when these guys were the only "Get your groove on music" I just saw them with Def Leppard. VH1 Classic has set up two awesome concerts this summer. I have seen Sammy every year for the last six.
Heart - Dreamboat Annie, need I say more?
Cult
The Cure

 

[Grenadier]

I'm more of a classical music fan, but even I enjoyed some of the 80's stuff:

Genesis, until they released "Invisible Touch." I enjoyed their "Genesis" albumn (the one with Illegal Alien) a good bit, and still have the CD in my car.

They Might Be Giants, especially "Lincoln." Favorite, though, was "Flood."

No one has mention REO Speedwagon

It's a shame that the only two songs they ever got any recognition for were those two awful ballads. A lot of folks never knew that they were a hard rocking group. I guess their rep is even more tarnished, now that someone released a "greatest rock ballads" CD...

 

[fireman00]

Aerosmith
Yes
Rush
Talking Heads
Psychadelic Furs
Styx
ZZ Top
AC/DC
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
U2

 

[SFC JeffJ]

I know that Yes had 90125 and Big Generator in the 80's but I still can't bring myself to think of them as an 80's band. For me I'll always think of The Yes Album and Yes. Not that the stuff they did in the 80's wasn't good. Cinema/Leave It is one of my favorite Yes songs.

Jeff

 

[hongkongfooey]

Cure
Cult
Suicidal Tendencies
Modern English
Black Flag
Jodie Fosters Army
Van Halen
New Model Army
U2
The Alarm

I know, I am anll over the place.

Fellow fooey, did you skate in the 80's?