[macfantn]

U2
R.E.M.
The Pixies
The Replacements
INXS

[Googer-Giger]

The Clash
Van Halen
Kiss
That little bit of Zeppelin( mostly live except for CODA)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

[scottiB]

The Smiths (Johnny Marr = God)

[lavar78]

1. Crowded House (by far)
2. Duran Duran
3. Tears for Fears
4. Split Enz
5. Hall & Oates

[macfantn]

Ever heard Pearl Jam cover I Got You by Split Enz, excellent version!

[Obi Wan's Ghost]

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...444&i=42176773

[Doofy]

Heck. Where to start?

Dokken.
Ratt.
Bon Jovi.
Dio.
W.A.S.P.
Accept.
Malmsteen.
Dave Lee Roth band.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by macfantn

Ever heard Pearl Jam cover I Got You by Split Enz, excellent version!

Yes. Eddie Vedder's a big fan. You should check out the CD and DVD 7 Worlds Collide. Eddie does 4 Enz songs ("History Never Repeats," "I See Red," "Take a Walk," and "Stuff and Nonsense") and "Parting Ways." The all-star band was put together by Neil Finn (of Crowded House and Split Enz) and featured Vedder, Johnny Marr (of the Smiths), Sebastian Steinberg (of Soul Coughing), Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway (both of Radiohead), and Tim Finn (of Split Enz and briefly Crowded House).

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...444&i=42176773

Your request could not be completed...
Only available in the UK store

[Dakar]

U2
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Def Leppard, maybe

Honestly, there are very few bands from that era I listen to more than 1 or 2 songs to, let alone know even more.

[Obi Wan's Ghost]

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Your request could not be completed...
Only available in the UK store

Only place I could find it dude! You can change the country from inside the store.

[Spliff]

For me,

Dire Straits
Guns 'N' Roses
The Pogues

[Steve Bosell]

Originally Posted by macfantn

U2
R.E.M.
The Pixies
The Replacements
INXS

This would be my worst list with the obvious exception of The Pixies, I would replace them Kachagoogoo.

[nredman]

def leppard

[davesimondotcom]

I've never been a big Guns fan, but I have to agree they belong on the list. For a while there, they were the biggest band in the world.

U2 would go on the list too - until Achtung Baby.

It's kinda cheesy but I like Duran Duran.

Definitely agree with whoever said the Clash! London Calling is awesome!

I like Crowded House, too, but not sure if they'd make my best list.

Tears for Fears simply because Songs from the Big Chair is so good.

And hell, any rap album from 1988. So many great ones:

It Takes a Nation of Millions by PE
By Any Means Necessary by BDP
Strictly Business by EPMD
Follow the Leader by Eric B and Rakim (who, by the way, is the best MC to ever grab a mic)

I'm sure I'm missing some, but there were good albums by LL and Kool Moe D that year, too.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

And hell, any rap album from 1988. So many great ones:

It Takes a Nation of Millions by PE
By Any Means Necessary by BDP
Strictly Business by EPMD
Follow the Leader by Eric B and Rakim (who, by the way, is the best MC to ever grab a mic)

I'm sure I'm missing some, but there were good albums by LL and Kool Moe D that year, too.

LL and Moe Dee's albums didn't drop until '89. The main one you missed was The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. That's another good thing about the '80s: hip-hop didn't suck back then.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by lavar78

LL and Moe Dee's albums didn't drop until '89. The main one you missed was The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. That's another good thing about the '80s: hip-hop didn't suck back then.

Heeeeeeere we go

Once upon a time not long ago
When people wore pajamas and lived life slow
....

God I love that song. Slick Rick - knew I missed something.

So, I guess BAD and How Ya Like Me Now were 1989? Close enough. Took 'em another year to make sure they dissed each other a whole lot.

LL vs. Moe D was the best rivalry in rap!

Also left out of my original list:

Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane
Tougher than Leather - Run DMC

I think that was the year that Ice-T released Power, NWA dropped Straight Outta Compton and Yo! first aired.

Less important stuff like Fresh Prince, Hammer, Kid 'n' Play, etc. too.

Couple years later, there was too much gangsta. Even with A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul throwing flowers at everybody.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Heeeeeeere we go

Once upon a time not long ago
When people wore pajamas and lived life slow
....

God I love that song. Slick Rick - knew I missed something.]

I love it, too. It's a classic.

So, I guess BAD and How Ya Like Me Now were 1989? Close enough. Took 'em another year to make sure they dissed each other a whole lot.

No, the classics (Bigger and Deffer and How Ya Like Me Now) were from '87. The followups (Walking with a Panther and Knowledge Is King) were from '89.

LL vs. Moe D was the best rivalry in rap!

Indeed.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by lavar78

I love it, too. It's a classic.


No, the classics (Bigger and Deffer and How Ya Like Me Now) were from '87. The followups (Walking with a Panther and Knowledge Is King) were from '89.


Indeed.

Yeah, Walking with a Panther and Knowledge is King weren't as good as the '87 albums.

[Rumor]

1 vote for Nelson.

*runs and hides*

[mac1896]

Originally Posted by Rumor

1 vote for Nelson.

*runs and hides*

*throws tomatoes at where Rumor chose to try to hide*

*Splaaaaaaat*

[shecky]

Joy Divison (possibly one of the best bands ever, not just the 80's)

The Pixies (also one of the best bands ever)

R.E.M. (who were amazing back then, but now are horrible)

The Smiths

[iREZ]

no queen yet?......

booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Googer-Giger

T
That little bit of Zeppelin( mostly live except for CODA)

I thought this thread was for '80s bands?

[Matius]

I can't believe I'm the first one to put Metallica at the top! Following them would be Motley Crue. Pretty much all the metal bands of the 80s had pretty decent music IMO.

[JoshKurtz]

Guns 'N' Roses (by far my favorite from that era)
Metallica (I had a Metallica shirt for every day of the week)
Grateful Dead (they had some great shows in the 80's)
Skid Row (I still enjoy them)
Tesla (Love Song, need I say more?)
Run DMC (my neighbor ordered King of Rock and Raising Hell from Columbia House and I was hooked)

[cjrivera]

USA for Africa!!!

(Ok, I've had a few too many beers tonite...)

[dreamryche]

Queensryche
Metallica
Megadeth
Def Leppard
Skid Row

[macfantn]

I remember you, I still like that song, only Skid Row song I ever cared for. Sebastian Bach is pretty funny as a host sometimes.

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Doofy

Heck. Where to start?

Dokken.
Ratt.
Bon Jovi.
Dio.
W.A.S.P.
Accept.
Malmsteen.
Dave Lee Roth band.

I would ask you if you were joking, but then you'd scream at me to get the hell out of the lounge, and I'd be tempted to take you up on it.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...444&i=42176773

Damn. Now THAT brings back memories. (It's Tarzan Boy by Baltimora for you region-impaired people. Never knew the title of that.)

Next up: Holiday Rap.

[Kr0nos]

1. The Smiths
2. Public Enemy
3. The Cure
4. Depeche Mode
5. Beastie Boys

[Buckaroo]

Wasn't the 80's the Disco decade?

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by Buckaroo

Wasn't the 80's the Disco decade?

Um, no. That was the 70s.

80s belonged to hair bands, skinny ties, weepy-sad goth pre-emo eyeliner wearing sensitive boys and the emergence of hip-hop on suburbia.

[Matius]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Um, no. That was the 70s.

80s belonged to hair bands, skinny ties, weepy-sad goth pre-emo eyeliner wearing sensitive boys and the emergence of hip-hop on suburbia.

don't forget tight-rolled Z Cav jeans...

[mania]

The Cure
Tears for Fears
Dire Straits
Peter Gabriel
Midnight Oil

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by Matius

don't forget tight-rolled Z Cav jeans...

Yeah, but I was talking music styles, not clothes. Otherwise I would have mentioned Members Only jackets.