The 80s Rule

[mcski]

1984 was the apex of good music. Fight me

[SumJongGuy]

Hair bands, 1986 NY Mets and Giants. Fast Times, Breakfast Club, Repo Man. Bones Brigade Skate Team

[Rideski]

1984

[Buster Highmen]

1984 was the apex of good music. Fight me

1968:
1. The Beatles ("The White Album") - The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
4. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
5. Music From Big Pink - The Band
6. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
7. Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies
8. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
9. The Ice Man Cometh - Jerry Butler
10. Wheels Of Fire - Cream
11. Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
12. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother And The Holding Company
13. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
14. Truth - Jeff Beck
15. In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
16. S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things
17. We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention
18. The United States Of America - The United States Of America
19. Gris-Gris - Dr. John, The Night Tripper
20. The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
21. Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin
22. Tell Mama - Etta James
23. Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer
24. Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
25. Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
26. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds
27. White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
28. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
29. 'Live' at the Apollo, Volume II - James Brown
30. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
31. Traffic - Traffic
32. The Family That Plays Together - Spirit
33. Spirit - Spirit
34. The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
35. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival
36. Elvis: TV Special - Elvis Presley
37. Super Session - Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills
38. Begin - The Millennium
39. This Is My Country - The Impressions
40. There Is - The Dells
41. Realization - Johnny Rivers
42. Waiting For The Sun - The Doors
43. In Search Of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
44. A Saucerful Of Secrets - Pink Floyd
45. Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
46. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
47. Aerial Ballet - Nilsson
48. The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding
49. Anthem Of The Sun - The Grateful Dead
50. Undead - Ten Years After
51. Child Is Father To The Man - Blood, Sweat & Tears
52. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
53. This Was - Jethro Tull
54. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
55. In Person At The Whisky a Go Go - Otis Redding
56. Music In A Doll's House - Family
57. Boogie With Canned Heat - Canned Heat
58. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
59. Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention
60. A Beacon From Mars - Kaleidoscope
61. Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
62. I Thank You - Sam & Dave
63. This Is Clarence Carter - Clarence Carter
64. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
65. Living The Blues - Canned Heat
66. I'm in Love - Wilson Pickett
67. The Move - The Move
68. Present Tense - Sagittarius
69. Nazz - Nazz
70. Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
71. I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me - James Brown
72. King Solomon - Solomon Burke
73. Life - Sly & The Family Stone
74. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum
75. The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon & The Animals
76. The Inner Mystique - The Chocolate Watchband
77. Would You Believe - Billy Nicholls
78. Bradley's Barn - The Beau Brummels
79. July - July
80. Tomorrow - Tomorrow
81. The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
82. Sailor - Steve Miller Band
83. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes
84. The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands - The Turtles
85. Dance to the Music - Sly & The Family Stone
86. Introspect - Joe South
87. Head - The Monkees
88. The Savage Resurrection - The Savage Resurrection
89. Who's Making Love... - Johnnie Taylor
90. Randy Newman - Randy Newman
91. Soul Folk in Action - The Staple Singers
92. La La Means I Love You - The Delfonics
93. Blues From Laurel Canyon - John Mayall
94. CQ - The Outsiders
95. Mad River - Mad River
96. Shades Of Deep Purple - Deep Purple
97. Safe at Home - International Submarine Band
98. The Sweet Inspirations - The Sweet Inspirations
99. No Sad Songs - Joe Simon
100. Outsideinside - Blue Cheer

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1969:
1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Tommy - The Who
3. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
4. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
6. The Band - The Band
7. Stand - Sly And The Family Stone
8. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
9. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. Crosby, Stills And Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
11. Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes
12. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
13. Willy And The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
14. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
15. Kick Out The Jams - The MC5
16. The Stooges - The Stooges
17. From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley
18. The Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago
19. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
20. Santana - Santana
21. The Meters - The Meters
22. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff
23. The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Buritto Brothers
24. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
25. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
26. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
27. The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band
28. Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) - The Kinks
29. Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention
30. On The Threshold Of A Dream - The Moody Blues
31. Stand Up - Jethro Tull
32. The Young Mods' Forgotten Story - The Impressions
33. Blind Faith - Blind Faith
34. Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
35. Live/Dead - The Grateful Dead
36. Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
37. Nashville Skyline - Bob Dylan
38. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
39. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
40. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
41. Beck-Ola - Jeff Beck Group
42. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
43. Ummagumma - Pink Floyd
44. A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
45. Aoxomoxoa - The Grateful Dead
46. It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day
47. Ssssh - Ten Years After
48. Oar - Alexander "Skip" Spence
49. Monster Movie - The Can
50. Volume Two - The Soft Machine
51. Second Winter - Johnny Winter
52. Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker
53. Streetnoise - Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity
54. Odessa - The Bee Gees
55. Songs for a Tailor - Jack Bruce
56. I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! - Janis Joplin
57. Testifyin' - Clarence Carter
58. Koko Taylor - Koko Taylor
59. Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown
60. The Progressive Blues Experiment - Johnny Winter
61. Goodbye - Cream
62. Clouds - Joni Mitchell
63. It's a Mother - James Brown
64. Soul '69 - Aretha Franklin
65. Grand Funk - Grand Funk Railroad
66. Tons of Sobs - Free
67. The Brothers: Isley - The Isley Brothers
68. To Our Children's Children's Children - The Moody Blues
69. Three Dog Night - Three Dog Night
70. The Israelites - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
71. I'm A Loser - Doris Duke
72. 20/20 - The Beach Boys
73. Valentyne Suite - Colosseum
74. Mercator Projected - East of Eden
75. Phallus Dei - Amon Düül II
76. Arzachel - Arzachel
77. Get Ready - Rare Earth
78. Buying A Book - Joe Tex
79. Music Emporium - The Music Emporium
80. Bless Its Pointed Little Head - Jefferson Airplane
81. Deep Purple - Deep Purple
82. Pickin' Up The Pieces - Poco
83. Mendocino - Sir Douglas Quintet
84. Barabajagal - Donovan
85. Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5
86. Morgen - Morgen
87. Can I Change My Mind? - Tyrone Davis
88. Sea Shanties - High Tide
89. Four Sail - Love
90. Free - Free
91. It's Our Thing - The Isley Brothers
92. Puzzle People - The Temptations
93. It's My Thing - Marva Whitney
94. Yes - Yes
95. The Spice of Life - Marlena Shaw
96. Heart & Soul - Johnny Adams
97. First Take - Roberta Flack
98. The Age Of Aquarius - The 5th Dimension
99. Spooky Two - Spooky Tooth
100. Hollywood Dream - Thunderclap Newman

[Core Shot]

Perhaps the weirdest band ever.

Haven’t listened in decades. Saw at least two shows. That I remember

David Byrne art shit. Talking heads. Robert fripp. Brian eno. Etc.

[SumJongGuy]

1984 was the apex of good music. Fight me

Van Halen's best album?? Not IMHO. Good one though... I can't pick a year but I'd say mid 70s to mid 90s with some late 60s-early 70s thrown in as the best time in rock. Hip Hop was early 90s fo sho..

[Jax]

1984

This should be the end of thread right here.

[TBS]

1984

Meh - three chords and big hair
ZZ Top was 10 years ahead

[The SnowShow]

Bill Buckner definitely didn’t rule.

[Jax]

Ok maybe a little of this, too, it's a given Metallica absolutely crushed the 80s...








I watched the world premier of this vid, of course.

Good times, getting in trouble as a teen in SoCal, skipping classes for surf, bonfires on the beach, dime bags were actually 10 bucks and it was Indica. Actual wheelchair shit. Hairspray, converse, eyeliner, and some awesome punk was coming onto the scene, too many to list but I'm sure others will delve into it.

[Jax]

Meh - three chords and big hair
ZZ Top was 10 years ahead

ZZ Top in same sentence as Iron Maiden. No, sorry, you clearly didn't get it, you've obviously never listened to their lyrics. Iron Maiden was THE metal opera. The best story tellers in metal. Nobody compares. NO ONE!! I won't challenge you to a fight but that's what I would have done in the 80s.

[subtle plague]

Pfft... an 80s thread and the pixies aren't mentioned in the first five posts?
Amateurs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJncHEZ3URs

[AK47bp]

Dawn of gangsta rap.

https://youtu.be/rmyadRFhd5w


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[SumJongGuy]

Madonna!

[ötzi]

Pfft... an 80s thread and the pixies aren't mentioned in the first five posts?
Amateurs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJncHEZ3URs

But seriously though.

And I guess some of that stuff on Buster's lists was okay if you like that kind of thing.

[Buster Highmen]

But seriously though.

And I guess some of that stuff on Buster's lists was okay if you like that kind of thing.

Hey, now.
It's all just a reflection of our own personal crucibles.

Besides, I'm right.

[TBS]

ZZ Top in same sentence as Iron Maiden. No, sorry, you clearly didn't get it, you've obviously never listened to their lyrics. Iron Maiden was THE metal opera. The best story tellers in metal. Nobody compares. NO ONE!! I won't challenge you to a fight but that's what I would have done in the 80s.

OK if you want to narrow it down to best heavy metal story tellers in the 80s, I won’t disagree.

Here’s three rock “operas” off the top of my head that are way better than anything IM came up with
- The Who “Tommy”
- Small Faces “Ogdens Nut Gone Flakes”
-Pink Floyd “The Wall”

“Bohemian Rhapsody” wasn’t too bad either

[The SnowShow]

https://youtu.be/DAiFSHfMeio

[mcski]

Even the snaggle toofed Brits agree

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...ic-new-survey/

[mcski]

And the rolling boner

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...t-year-163322/

[Meadow Skipper]

To me, The Replacements owned the 80s.


And yeah, Pixies.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

What about the Violent Femmes and X? The Blasters and Camper Van Beethoven?


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[Bunion 2020]

See my 2nd signature.

Moved out of the Mid-west to Park City UT in 1983. Back when it snowed, a lot and before PC was "discovered".

B-52s were making a come back and managed 3 shows in SLC with shrooms and in the Salt Palace. Actually a decent music venue.

2 Dead shows at Park West when Jerry was still in decent shape before he totally smacked out. Lots of other great shows at PW as well.

[The AD]

This holds up.

[Meadow Skipper]

Oh, and Hüsker Dü: