Yes, it's the 80s. Yes, some of these bands put out cheesy stuff at times. But there was also a lot of political undercurrents and excellent poetry. More so, some of these bands/artists went on to some amazing things. For example:
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry- Probably the one most may not immediately recognize. Their album Avalon from 1982 is pretty recognizable to a lot of 80s folks, though, and Bryan Ferry's later stuff like "Slave to Love" and "Don't Stop the Dance" are well known 80s songs. Bryan Ferry is still got models hanging with him, like:
Roxy Music also brought us Brian Eno, who is better known for his production work (with artists like David Bowie, U2, and Coldplay) as well as starting what would become ambient music. He also brought us the "Prophecy Theme" from David Lynch's Dune.
For a lot of the other bands, if you don't immediately recognize them, I bet you'd know some of their songs if I played them. You may not recognize the band, but everyone alive will recognize, say, Echo and the Bunnymen's "Bring on the Dancing Horses" which featured in the movie Pretty in Pink:
or you have to know New Order's "Blue Monday" which has been covered multiple times:
or Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities (Lets Make Lots of Money)":
Alright- come on in and make fun of my musical tastes.
How can you have any pudding if you won't eat your meat?
They are one of the second most overrated but untalented bands, behind KISS.
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KISS is terrible. They had no real talent and were only worth listening to if you wanted to piss off your parents. They were the Marilyn Manson of the 70s and early 80s.
If you wanted to piss off your parents by listening to metal at that time period, you could at least pick someone with some talent like AC/DC or Alice Cooper.
How can you have any pudding if you won't eat your meat?
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