Which 80's Tracks Are You Listening To?

[Zubi-Ondo]

I still listen to a few things from the 80's on a regular basis which haven't been mentioned (unless I missed them):

Peter Gabriel - The entire album 'So' except for "Sledgehammer"
(I'm not much into pure dance music - I was once labeled a "gear-head" by a girl in an 80's club Never did quite learn what the term meant, but it was in that context.) I also liked the accompaniments he did with Kate Bush.

Paul Simon - Graceland ("I Know what I know" has great lyrics but the accompaniment is raw African, and tough to handle if you're not ready for it.)

AND! Stevie Ray Vaughn - 'Texas Flood', and 'Couldn't stand the weather'.

Frank Zappa - Valley Girl
The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself.
Elvis Costello - Everyday I write the book
The Fixx - Deeper, and Deeper
Another "Flash-in the-pan" tune I liked was Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (the rest of the album was good too)

The others have been mentioned:

U2
Simple Minds
Thomas Dolby
Kate Bush
Echo & the Bunnymen (Brian Eno)
Human League
REM
Men at Work
Sting
Whitesnake


But many bands/artists actually started in the 70's (or earlier) and either rose to higher popularity in the 80's or were still going strong:

AC DC
David Bowie
Elvis Costello
Dire Straits
The Cars
The Police
The Talking Heads
Supertramp
Black Sabbath
Motley Crue
Dire Straits
Bryan Adams
Fleetwood Mac
Queen
Brian Eno
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Kansas
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Paul Simon
Vangelis
Van Halen
And No one's mentioned - King Crimson with Robert Fripp who did a lot of work with Brian Eno.

I've probably left some out and I'll shout about it later, but it's getting late here.

I've listened to all of these and loved them for a time, a few of them I don't listen to anymore - Van Halen being one. ( I can still play the intro to "Hot for Teacher" on my Kramer electric guitar)

- Z.

[Interference]

There's still room for Thompson Twins and Duran Duran on my CD tray, I'm afraid. And Frankie Goes to Hollywood - it's the Trevor Horne influence, really, but some intriguing stuff.

[Zubi-Ondo]

Originally Posted by Interference

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

- The thing is, I really liked his advice "Relax, don't do it, when you wanna go to it". Used in a sexual context it can help things last a good while longer, but once I heard the advice - I didn't need to buy the music!

Now what if we include "London Calling" - The Clash? (It was released in mid December 1979 in the UK, but not until February of 1980 in the U.S.

I remembered a few other's I still listen to now and then:

The Firm (Yes, the band! ... You know: Jimmy Page from 'Led Zeppelin' & Paul Rodgers from 'Free'.)

The band 'Heart' Made a comeback in 1985 with "These Dreams", "Never", "What about Love?", etc.

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore, originally from Dio) - The 80's tune I liked was "Street of Dreams".

Also (How could I have forgotten??) Joe Satriani - The albums "Surfing with the Alien", and "Flying in a Blue Dream" Were both amazing, and both done in the 80's but I thought "The Extremist" was even better (Should we start a 90's music thread?)

- Z.