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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 16, 2019 23:00:31 GMT 10
What is your least favourite '80s year for music and why?
I would personally have to go with 1988. It was arguably the first year in which the "'80s aesthetic" was beginning to show serious signs of fatigue. See, the issue with 1988 is that although it has very few songs which I flat-out loathe, it also has very few standout songs which counteract the general staleness that plagued the music scene during the era. The Late '80s in general were a low point for music, however at least 1987 and 1989 had quite a number of significant album/single releases. In the case of 1988, I like R.E.M's Green, and I also quite enjoy "Handle With Care", "Better Be Home Soon" and "Bring Me Some Water", however I can't say that I genuinely like anything else.
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Post by Telso on Aug 24, 2019 7:26:20 GMT 10
1989 was really bad for pop and mainstream rock music, but on the other hand it was a fantastic year for urban music and alternative, as well as a defining one for EDM as house music exploded into the mainstream for the very first time, so in my opinion there was a lot going on to compensate the major flaws.
I'm actually going with 1987 as the worst as it was all around fairly uninpressive with tons of mediocre ballads, freestyle, pop-rock and hard rock songs and with marginal redeeming factors.
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Post by longaotian on Aug 24, 2019 10:13:48 GMT 10
1988.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 24, 2019 17:54:58 GMT 10
1989 was really bad for pop and mainstream rock music, but on the other hand it was a fantastic year for urban music and alternative, as well as a defining one for EDM as house music exploded into the mainstream for the very first time, so in my opinion there was a lot going on to compensate the major flaws. I agree that 1989 wasn't a particularly great year for music, however it's one saving grace is the fact that it had a number of standout single releases. These are some of my favourite songs from that year:
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Post by TheUser98 on Sept 3, 2019 10:29:18 GMT 10
At first, I was going to say 1988 as well, but when I thought more about it, there were actually quite a few songs from the year I liked, such as "Domino Dancing", "Bad Medicine", "Piano in the Dark" and "Waiting for a Star To Fall".
In my opinion, the worst year for 80s music was 1980. Disco was mostly dead, a new wave of unmemorable country music made a comeback on the US pop charts, and although nu wave and synthpop had just come out, the genres weren't fully fleshed out yet.
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Post by ItsMichael on Sept 3, 2019 13:23:08 GMT 10
I'm not too familiar with the 1980s and their music besides rock. I would say 1988 because that's when a transition was beginning to go from the 80s to the early 90s. However I would think 1989 is the transitional year.
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Post by Telso on Sept 4, 2019 21:28:46 GMT 10
Not really at all. Diano Ross came out that year with "Diana", which is seen as one of the best Disco albums of all time, and spawned two of the biggest hits in 1980, "I'm Coming Out" and "Upside Down". Not to mention, Cool & The Gang released one of their most memorable singles in 1980: Otherwise yeah it's a bit of a bland year.
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Post by al on Sept 4, 2019 23:40:30 GMT 10
I was totally coming on here to say 88 but I actually have to agree with 80. The songs I like that were hits were actually carryovers from 79 and it was generally on the bland side. It was kinda in limbo between the sounds I like of either decade as the 80’s had yet to really find their identity.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2019 2:43:06 GMT 10
Pretty much all of them! But 1989 has to be the worst. Too much Kylie and too much dance/rave rubbish. Also that pile of crap by Black Box at #1 for interminable weeks, nothing but a boring, yowling, shouty mess.
The last song which can really be called a classic was a hit in 1989 - The Living Years.
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Post by John Titor on Sept 22, 2019 12:53:29 GMT 10
81
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Post by slashpop on May 19, 2020 20:57:52 GMT 10
1980 - All the classic 80's pop and rock along with the underground rock, indie, punk, hip hop, goth etc all kicked and took proper shape between 1981-1983/1984
Every year since then is golden. If mainstream sucked, then then lesser known club music or underground music had tons of amazing stuff to choose from.
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Post by Telso on May 20, 2020 7:07:26 GMT 10
If mainstream sucked, then then lesser known club music or underground music had tons of amazing stuff to choose from. That can literally be said about any year though. 1980 might have been pretty dreary for the mainstream on the whole, but still had some colorful new wave and disco to offer. Same cannot be said about a year like 1989 which not only was similarly as dreary but also had some truly terrible stuff to offer like "Baby Don't Forget My Number", "Hangin' Tough" and Michael Bolton's material.
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Post by John Titor on May 20, 2020 7:24:59 GMT 10
80
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Post by jaydawg89 on May 20, 2020 11:08:54 GMT 10
Definitely 1980 and 1989.
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Post by #Infinity on Jul 3, 2020 22:10:11 GMT 10
1980 was a really really dull time for music, especially in America. Even with a few good new wave records, as well as the success of 2 Tone in the UK, so much of pop music was dull, forgettable mush.
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