Best English Band - The Eighties

[Screaming Lord Byron]

If you wanted Bananarama, then tough.

I took Madness out to put Duran Duran. Good idea? I much prefer Madness, myself.

[Dookus]

1. what about

Culture Club?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. see Bananarama.

[dolo amber]

3. Joy Roses and the Happy Bunnymen

Seriously, that one's just too tough to call. :D

[DCDemo]

4. Two words:

The Housemartins

[moz4prez]

5. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FUCKING SMITHS?????????

Modern British (and some American) music would be a completely different animal without them!!!!!!!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. Now that is a glaring omission. I'll have to fix that.

Bye Bye Duran Duran.

[moz4prez]

7. Thank you!

[BurtWorm]

8. Where is Haircut 100!?!

;)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Far, Far Away. I hope.

[BurtWorm]

9. Actually, PiL should be on there.

Love 'em or hate 'em, they were awfully influential. Or influentially awful?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Yeah. I forgot. My bad.

[BurtWorm]

12. Creating these polls is a thankless job.

But someone has to do them. So thank you. For what it's worth!

[CanuckAmok]

16. Second Edition (a.k.a. Metal Box) is one of my "Desert Island" records...

PiL were capable of dizzying greatness, but when they sucked, they sucked HARD!

[Richardo]

13. English Beat

Special Beat Service. :thumbsup:

[TopesJunkie]

22. Ack. Couldn't hold a candle to the Specials.

At least you could have said Fun Boy Three.

[Richardo]

28. Forgot about FB3...

...but I still like English Beat.

[Enraged_Ape]

42. Every song on Special Beat Service has the same bass line

Doo-doo doo doo doo DOO, doo doo-doo doo. (Repeat ad nauseaum)

I know this. I roomed next door to a gal that played that album 24 hours a day.

God curse the English Beat and their Special Beat Service.

[LSdemocrat]

14. Genesis

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. In the seventies poll. n/t

[CanuckAmok]

17. I refuse to participate because Killing Joke aren't included! n/t

[Richardo]

18. No Police?

for Shame!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. You know I was thinking - yeah but two of them were yanks, then

I realised only one was after putting the poll together.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. And He Wasn't Raised In The States

I think Stewart was raised in Lebanon. I think his dad was in foreign service in the mideast. So, he spent an awful lot of his youth outside the states and college in England. So, it's sort of 2.75 British guys.
The Professor

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. Yeah. I got tired of saying I'd forgotten bands, so I started making up

elaborate lies to cover them.

[CanuckAmok]

29. His dad was CIA.

No foolin'

[CanuckAmok]

20. The Police's Best work was in the 70s...

...most of their 80s catalogue is pretty flat in comparison.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Synchronicity is Flat?!?!?!?

Eeeeeeeepppppp! That was one of the greatest albums of the 80's. Adventerous musically, sonically and lyrically. The only reason why it wasn't anyone's album of the year is that it came out the same year as "Thriller". That stole everybody's thunder.
The Professor

[CanuckAmok]

30. I don't care for it that much...

I'm a hardcore, "Outlandos/Regatta/Mondatta" fan, and that's pretty much where I left off.

[htuttle]

21. The Selector

Kind of obscure, having only an album or two, but in my book the best of the 'two tone' ska bands.

They are the type of band (ie., short-lived, but really good) whose work gets more famous with other musicians than with fans, but if you see a CD of their's somewhere, grab it. You won't be sorry.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. damn good choice, I love Two-Tone. n/t

[Red_Storm]

27. Keep looking for The Police on this poll.........

not a legitimate poll without them in it........no offense........

[boneygrey]

31. Agreed

Gotta have the Police.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

32. Ever been to see 'Waiting for Godot'?

}(

[ldoolin]

33. Hmm...London Calling and Sandinista! both came out in 1980, soo...

The Clash.

[TopesJunkie]

34. London Calling was 1979 --

[ldoolin]

35. Technically you are correct...

Just looked it up. December 14, 1979

[scottcsmith]

36. You forgot Depeche Mode!

How could you?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

37. I needed 20 choices for the poll, seriously. (Hangs head).

[CanuckAmok]

38. I want to disqualify Joy Division...

Short Circuit: 1978

An Ideal for Living: 1978

Unknown Pleasures: 1979

Transmission/Novelty: 1979

Still LP recorded in 1979

The only Joy Division album recorded in the 1980s was "Closer", recorded in 1980.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

41. That's why it's Joy Division slash New Order.

[mac56]

39. Squeeze!

nm

[noonwitch]

40. What about the Eurythmics?

My favorite English 80s band.