Back to the 1980's. What would you say was some of the better music to come out of that time?
375136
Ya know, as a child of the 70's, I really thought the 1980's were a dry spell, creatively speaking.\nSure, there were some pretty good one-hit wonders, but overall, there were no 'Beatles' or 'Rolling Stones' coming out of that era.\nNo...not until I heard the opening guitar line to "Where the Streets Have No Name" that I took notice to something that others had already picked up on.\nAnd then it hit me: POW! \nU2's "The Joshua Tree" WAS (to me) the Sgt. Pepper of the 1980's...the pinnacle of musical excellence for that decade.\nI still listen to that album and it still sends shivers down my spine.\nIt rocks, it rolls and it has messages that still are relevant today.
527684
Its so refreshing to see I'm not the only one who realizes this! Real soul music has all but diappeared sometime in the 80's,shortly before rock & roll left us too. I got all the good soul from the 50's, 60's 70's. Thats back when there was actual music on the radio!
988020
Oh my god. I totally agree with you. I am 20 years old and the only thing I listen to is classic rock. I am a huge Styx fan and they came out in the 70's.  The first three preset stations on my car radio are all stations that play 70's and 80's.  I listen to very little out now.  The music out now is pretty much all about the bass and how loud you can make it and pretty much question and answer and rap are the most popular.  Sex is talked about a lot, and music from the seventies and eighties was just simpler and easy to listen to and you can do other things and just forget you have it on. Anyway, I totally agree with you that the music from the 70's and 80's is better than the music out now. I agree with everyone who said that it was because the music now is just so mindless that it has no meaning and twenty years from now, no one is gonna know what the hell it means, whereas the music from the sixties thru to the late nineties with the invasion of the boy bands and modern music is good.  But overall the music from the sixties to the early nineties is the best by far.
887800
Top of the pops was best in 1970's, 1980's when i was young, it certainly died after that, Top of the pops 2, with Steve Wright is good cos it relives those times.
352262
mid-80's to about 1992.  Yes!  awesome years!
1153627
Classic is so much better.\n\nLed Zeppelin\nThe Who\nPink Floyd \nBlack Sabbath\nNeil Young\nBob Dylan\nEric Clapton\nBeatles\nYardbirds\nRolling Stones\nThe Doors\nJimi Hendrix\nVelvet Uderground\nCream\nBeach Boys\nKing Crimson\nQueen\nYes\netc.\n\nCan you name even a few artists today that match up to those, excluding late 80's-90's greats Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, Soundgraden, Tool, White Stripes, Alice in Chains, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins?
608587
Shame on you chulapanama! We didn´t stink! The hippie era was pretty much as described above, but my main problem with my generation is that we (the old hippies/flower children) are the leaders of today, and the world is in a MESS! We really let our children down, not to mention our grandchildren. Hey guys, is it too late to do something constructive? What about using this wonderful medium (Internet) to start a movement to bring the magic of the sixties back. I personally think that that period was the best in history! Especially the music: Scott Mackenzie, Arlo Guthrie, The Stones, Jimmie Hendrix, Barry Maguire, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Fats Domino, Donovan, etc. They DON´T (CAN´T???) make music like that anymore!
76921
I wasn't gonna answer this question, but the more I thought about it, I figured I may as well.  I think the 80s were.  Well.. no... maybe the 60s.  AW HELL I don't like this question.  I say the 60s for breaking down the racial wall.  (Not that they were fun times, at all, but the strength of those fighting was amazing and did wonders for society today).  But in the 80s we realized that we are a united country that can fight for hunger and sickness. Remember when AIDS came out?? Suddenly musicians took a stand to do more with their money than spend it on parachute pants and cases of hairspray. It was a time when the nation came together with Hands Across America and Live Aid, etc etc etc.  Kids in my school started focusing on world news, instead of highschool ball scores. We had presidents shot at, a Beatle was murdered, space shuttles exploded, Russia toke their finger off the button, gays and lesbians were coming out all over the place and fighting for their equallity.  Microwaves became a household product. Didn't viagra hit the market in the late 80s? lol  It was a year of eye opening things. Maybe not a technological boom, as much as a psychological boom.  Shrinks were less shunned upon. Divorces were no longer taboo. Massive hurricanes hit the coast, and I personally saw neighborhoods becoming one family- taking care of each other like none before.  Limits were being put on music and euthanasia issues hit the scene when a girl named Teri Shaivo was in coma, and her parents wanted to keep her alive, while her husband wanted to pull the plug.  Walls fell in Germany. The 80s really influenced the way I saw the world.  It seemed almost like the decade pulled many countries closer together so our people and their people could hug. I'm not sure what happened in the 90s, and I'm not so sure the 2000-2010 decade will be much better.
617406
Because every twenty years things come back. It's syclical as the correct terms would be for it. And I completely disagree with the first idiot who answered this. I grew up in the 80's and loved it! It was a happy and simpler time and the music was great back then. Not the crap they serve up today, or in the 60's-70's we're absolute jokes.\n\nFrom the politics, all the way down to the crappy clothes and music. You kids today really missed out on a great time in our country. But it's not your fault, you didn't have a choice in the matter or know any better. But believe me, it was so much better back then. Any if you think twenty years back is old, wait till you are actually old in your 80's if you live that long and people tell you your generation is old. What goes around comes around. Long live the 80's !!!
393994
I prefer to listen to the 80's, I was in my teens.  I like all kinds of music from that era.  Which includes:\n\nReggae - Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, UB40, Gregory Isaacs\nRock - Motley Crue, Van Helen, Def Leppard, Queen\nPop - Michael Jackson, Wham, Janet Jackson, U2\nNew Wave - Morrissay, Erasure, Depoche Mode, The Cure\nFreestyle - Cover Girls, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Johnny O\nHeavy Metal - Dio, Metallica, AC/DC\nHip Hop - LL Cool J, Whodini, Grandmaster Flash & Furious 5\nR & B - New Edition, Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie\nCountry - Alabama, Kenny Rogers, George Strait
676793
don't think 90's would qualify as retro...check out this site though...www.80sretromusic.com
82199
MTV ruined music in my opinion.  Music has been in a downward spiral since around 1985.  I'm 25 years old and I listen to mostly to the music my parents and grandparents grew up with.  There are a few good artists right now like Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.
1167429
I'm 36 and my entire family says i'm stuck in the 80's. I love to listen to AC/DC, Ratt, Maidon and so on. Who in the he** could argue with the 80's?
458836
I don't think there are any post-2000 bands good enough to possibly compare to the bands you mentioned.\n\nAnd Dream Theater and Queensryche both started over 20 years ago so I would hardly call them "modern".
761313
OMG.....it seems that all the "grunge" sound  was soooooo depressing.....especially coming out of the loud, wild and good times 80's!!!
338052
i listen to alot of music ranging form the 80's  until now. i do like loveboy,kiss,guns roses, tolby keith, trace akings,bad company,blake slelton, you see it all depends on whast kind of mood i am in. usually i carry 10 cd's of different artist and i have a alpine stero with channeks set forom classic rock, the 80's, todayss country, anything but rap.opra, and classical.
1123283
Look into Minor Threat, Fugazi, Samiam, Jawbreaker who were pioneers in the movement, especially the first two. The old stuff is more hard and less the sappy, teen angst music on MTV. Thanks Jimmy Eat and Saves the Day for tarnishing the sound =)