Retro music. Who's your fave/most missed 80's - 90's band?

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Right now I'm listening to some Cars. Just in the mood suddenly. Don't know where it came from, but I'm going down the list on YouTube and, I dunno, what time does "Facts of Live" come on again?

Tangent:

Incidentally, YouTube has become my fave source for music I want to hear when I want to hear it. I have yet to search for a song that crops up in the chaos that is my mind and not find it on YouTube. Free music, and no risk of the malware you can get from Limewire or Frostwire...

Return from tangent:

So I got Cars going, but I need some of their contemporaries. I think I'm gonna move to Pat Benetar for a minute or two, but what comes after that? Who is your fave retro band?

[snailly]

1. Men at Work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX9xsnHWJfg

[Call Me Wesley]

41. I still have the vinyl album. Great band!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKlMqLSuPpo&feature=related

[snailly]

58. Business as Usual was the first album I actually bought!

I was 12 and had 10 dollars I'd saved up to spend at the local record store. I remember it so vividly. I still love that album even after 28 years. Great memories.

[Fire Walk With Me]

45. Did you see Colin Hay on "Scrubs"? Hilarious!

[jah the baptist]

67. the smashed guitar scene?

lol

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. The Alarm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvki1blQOzc

[SoxFan]

50. +100,000

Saw them twice...one of the best live acts ever!

[vixengrl]

3. Fine Young Cannibals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHYnS9Dm-g8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOek4z32Vg

The lead singer played Xavier St Cloud in a few episodes of Highlander the series. How cool is that?

[w8liftinglady]

4. Tom Petty-learning to Fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ

[w8liftinglady]

5. everlast-What it's Like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZ1YteCv5M

[w8liftinglady]

6. oasis-Wonderwall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc

[vixengrl]

13. My favorite from Everlast is with Santana--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5di5EhZshdQ&feature=related

Mostly because Santana is one of my guitar-gods. But I like how "What it's Like"'s lyrics give so much perspective. It's like a quick tutorial on seeing how others live. Real perceptive.

[w8liftinglady]

37. yeah-I always imagine the older guy as a Viet Nam vet-like the ones I've worked with...

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7. Tom Petty, alright! nt

[w8liftinglady]

9. don't laugh-he totally reminds me of a guy I dated in the early 80s...

man-those were some good times...

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14. Would you date him now?

I mean, if he wasn't rich beyond belief and all...

[w8liftinglady]

15. lol...sure..I'm desperate

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18. LOL. Join the club. I've given up on the perfect woman.

Though I've heard songs about her...

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8. Ooooh! What about ELO?

Oh yeah, I'm coming, 1970/80 something....

[w8liftinglady]

10. like this...Evil Woman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20f-TPKjzc

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11. Hnmmm, I was thinking Turn to Stone - still on Pat Benetar, she had a killer guitarist!

Fire and Ice, You Better Run, and Hell is for Children.

She was the evolution of Heart, I think. Though, Heart is one of a kind.

So much stuff. Good stuff.

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12. Ok, I just gotta say, Pat Benetar effn' rocks. She should have her own thread, but I won't do it.

I mean, come on, Hell is for Children?

That's some awesome stuff.

on edit:

Now Heartbreaker.

Good stuff. Awesome guitar solos and great vocals.

[w8liftinglady]

16. I loved benatar-she gave us permission to be assertive :)

[mcctatas]

17. Social Distortion, The Violent Femmes and my guilty pleasure...

Duran Duran :blush:

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19. Hey! Duran Duran works! nt

[w8liftinglady]

20. hehe...like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gudEttJlw3s

[mcctatas]

23. this was one of my personal favorites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3a4OTh2Y8w

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26. I do like that. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Did somebody mention Social Distortion?

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

After all these years, Ness actually looks "weird" with only one tattoo here.

[mcctatas]

27. I'm going to see them on August 8th...

it is so weird, they're playing a casino! :rofl:

[rucky]

65. They're playing Lolapallooza the following weekend. n/t

[Tikki]

21. Doesn't take much to get me wanting The Gun Club...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWWh8sdhuYI
"My Dreams".....The Gun Club




Tikki

[mitchum]

35. That's two of us

"My Dreams" is my favorite of Jeffreylee's many songs of genius

[w8liftinglady]

22. then John prine always got to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ85Hep0kD0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFD2wZaBciY&feature=related

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24. It's a living thing. It's a terrible thing to lose. ELO. Cool shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voh_XnCYmDg&feature=related

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30. Hell yeah! Wait, I responding to my own post here...

ah, what are you going to to do...


I'm taking a dive....

[IcyPeas]

28. Depeche Mode-Enjoy the Silence (on top of the World Trade Center)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rdfFroO67g

:cry:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

29. Garbage

Even after all these years "Version 2.0" is my favorite album of all time and one of the few I can listen to from start to finish. Their last two albums were pretty mediocre as they seemed to try to distance themselves from the fact their super-star producers.

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31. Blasphemy. nt

[XemaSab]

32. Nine Inch Nails

:P

[w8liftinglady]

34. I love Nine Inch Nails

hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwgYvzQWS4&feature=related

[Forkboy]

33. Grotus or the Didjits.

[Maine-ah]

36. I just picked up a Blondie CD for $7

and Purple Rain about a month ago :)

[w8liftinglady]

38. My favorite Blondie song...

Call Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968

[w8liftinglady]

39. and,of course Pearl Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNO6pAJBCs4&feature=related

[Hell Hath No Fury]

40. The Smithereens, INXS, English Beat --

to name just a few. The Cars, The Fixx, The Tubes, Too Much Joy, Talking Heads, and The Clash are a few others. Almost forgot The Pretenders!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNZbP3ZVem4&feature=avmsc2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9fj7m_dm8M&a=GxdCwVVULXfCGO0rPTWif2kGFMUykuY1&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tkIPGelGqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifv6P503bmM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8&feature=avmsc2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dF2WcrdxdQ&feature=avmsc2

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Yl4ehzX-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dygt8aibfio

[Call Me Wesley]

42. Oasis. (nt)

[Swede]

43. The Church - Under The Milky Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA

[Fire Walk With Me]

44. Without question, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Cafe_Orchestra

[carlyhippy]

46. Pat Benatar

She rocked. I think her first album was her best, but the rest were pretty good too.

[Locrian]

47. well....

Ok - I confess. I miss the BANGLES! So sue me.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Go57aT-Kg&feature=related

[w8liftinglady]

62. They are cute...especially the brunette...so sue me ;)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

48. Here's the track listing for the mix CD that's in my car's player right now...

...I tried to keep it in the 80s but went more for the 80s mood (just in case the ever-present anal retentives want to point out any song on the list that isn't "eighties"...you know, the "dupe" and "link???" people.)....

:rofl:

01). The Alarm / Rain In The Summertime
02). Bananarama / Cruel Summer
03). The Call / Everywhere I Go
04). The Power Station / Get It On (Bang A Gong)
05). Chequered Past / Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
06). King's X / It's Love
07). The Bangles / September Gurls
08). Billy Idol / Rebel Yell
09). The Fixx / Red Skies
10). Marillion / Lavender Blue
11). Cheap Trick / I Know What I Want (live version)
12). Scandal / The Warrior
13). Rod Stewart / Gi' Me Wings
14). Pete Townshend / Gonna Get Ya
15). Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome To The Pleasuredome
16). XTC / King For A Day

:toast:

[w8liftinglady]

51. man-Red Skies was one of my favorite songs then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCM4_5uB1ww

[Amerigo Vespucci]

53. It's a song I would consider to be "emblematic" of that era...

...as the late Michael Bloomfield once said, music is the soundtrack of your life. If I listen to that song right now (and I did, earlier today), it puts me right back into the time in which it was recorded...I immediately get that mindset.

[grace0418]

49. It's not like I ever really stopped listening to them but...the Smiths, Crowded House, Depeche Mode,

Erasure, English Beat/General Public, the Cure, Duran Duran, Style Council, New Order, ABC, XTC, OMD, Pet Shop Boys, Thomas Dolby, Bronski Beat/Jimmy Summerville, Culture Club, Elvis Costello, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Haircut 100, Split Enz, Blancmange, the Police, the Pretenders (a band I like more now than I did in the 80s), Tears for Fears, the Housemartins, Talk Talk, Squeeze, Madness, Howard Jones, Yaz, Human League...

...oh geez, I could be here for hours...

I love 80s music.

[snailly]

54. Wow! You and I are like musical twins!

Especially about the Pretenders. I did not understand nor appreciate Chrissie Hynde then but love her now.

[grace0418]

60. Yeah, that was a weird one. I have no idea why I didn't like the Pretenders back then,

I love them now. A few bands I loved back then have faded for me now as well, but for the most part, I still love all of it. I'd like to see your list and compare notes!

[Deep13]

52. I was in high school in the 80s, so I got nothing.

I listened to the The Who and the Beatles back them.

[Captain Boomerang]

55. I miss Queen...

I like listening to tunes on Grooveshark. They music is usually higher quality and if you have good cans or stereo speakers, you can tell the difference.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/songs/?query=queen%20stone%20cold%20crazy

[Kaleva]

56. Blondie

[Dr Morbius]

57. Madness

Hey, you! Don't watch that, watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ

[w8liftinglady]

61. I remember that-the more I drank and or smoked,the better it got!!!

[doc03]

59. There weren't any n/t

[U4ikLefty]

63. Cibo Matto and Jellyfish from the 90's

Too many to mention from the 80's.

[NickB79]

64. Hootie and the Blowfish

[rucky]

66. Pavement.

[jah the baptist]

68. janes addiction nt