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USCHO Music Thread: Less Talk, More Rock

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Pearl Jam: Vitalogy. It was good. IMO, I think Yield was their best album from top to bottom. Ten (bonus points if you got the Euro version with the bonus tracks) is a close second.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Sorry! I just think the 80s was the worst thing to happen to arts and culture since the GOP became a thing.
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Beyond your opinion of Earth, Wind, and Fire (again, White People), you also indirectly blast Minnesota’s own Prince, which I thought was a felony there.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Sorry! I just think the 80s was the worst thing to happen to arts and culture since the GOP became a thing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aQuvPlcB-8

Cynthia: I call it the "every other decade" theory. The 50's were boring. The 60's rocked. The 70's, my god, they obviously suck. So maybe the 80s will be like, radical. I figure we'll be in our 20's and hey, it can't get any worse.

And JFC, Scooby Jr, dial it back a bit...
 
dxmnkd316 said:
The 80s sucked. Deal with it.
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Were you there? Then you wouldn't know.

If all you have to go on is current nostalgia for neon colors, bracelets, big hair, Duran Duran and Culture Club, I can see why you'd have that impression.
 
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rufus said:
Were you there? Then you wouldn't know.

If all you have to go on is current nostalgia for neon colors, bracelets, big hair, Duran Duran and Culture Club, I can see why you'd have that impression.
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Right, but joking stubbornness aside, I can evaluate every decade on its own merits today. Which is what I’m doing with my rankings.
 
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rufus said:
Were you there? Then you wouldn't know.

If all you have to go on is current nostalgia for neon colors, bracelets, big hair, Duran Duran and Culture Club, I can see why you'd have that impression.
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I would have that impression also. However, there's also the explosion of hip-hop and metal (hair or otherwise).
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
This list is clearly drenched in white male rock
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Is there really any other? A handful of exceptions (Jimi, EWF, Living Colour), but...

Those old blues influencers were blues, I don't count them as part of what defines "rock".
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Sorry! I just think the 80s was the worst thing to happen to arts and culture since the GOP became a thing.
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...and that's why it's so gloriously bad, that it's good! :p

Yeah, I hear you. It's terrible music, but for the most part, I love it. Blow me.

It's like Kep and The Bachelor or whatever.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
...and that's why it's so gloriously bad, that it's good! :p

Yeah, I hear you. It's terrible music, but for the most part, I love it. Blow me.

It's like Kep and The Bachelor or whatever.
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The thing is, a lot of it wasn't terrible music. Just a lot of the terrible music was what was popular. As with any other decade.

And that's the stuff people remember of the 80's.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Sorry! I just think the 80s was the worst thing to happen to arts and culture since the GOP became a thing.
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IMO this is a simplistic view.

The 'Born in the USA' and 'Come on Eileen' stuff was pretty soulless. But the magic of the 80s was its off center material, which was probably the best in recent history, starting with Blondie and ending with acts like the Cure.

1970s: a very strong decade of music with stuff like the Stones and Fleetwood Mac - music had soul, but could be too folksy
1980s: great off center stuff but mainstream stuff was pretty mediocre
1990s: solid decade of music with alternative carrying the load...it just took the 80s great off center stuff and made it mainstream
2000s: decent decade with some of its best work in metal or harder rock including tool and nine inch nails
2010-15: ok period with some creative music but at this stage real soul behind music was pretty much gone
2015-date: bad period with few bright spots such as highly suspect with soul and real meaning largely gone
 
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5mn_Major said:
IMO this is a simplistic view.

The 'Born in the USA' and 'Come on Eileen' stuff was pretty soulless. But the magic of the 80s was its off center material, which was probably the best in recent history, starting with Blondie and ending with acts like the Cure.
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'Born in the USA' is a song that tells the story about an economically disadvantaged young man who gets into trouble, a judge sentences him to military service, and the service sends him to Vietnam to fight the war. It's something that truly did happen, and more than we as a nation would like to admit.

Are you calling it soulless because later on politicians would only pick out the chorus, thinking it's a patriotic tune, and proceed to use it in their campaign rallies?
 
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rufus said:
The thing is, a lot of it wasn't terrible music. Just a lot of the terrible music was what was popular. As with any other decade.

And that's the stuff people remember of the 80's.
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I think you've misunderstood me. I like the popular stuff, and also some of the "underground" stuff.

You will never convince me that several 80s songs aren't the "best, worst songs" ever. :D

I can like Husker Du and Skid Row in the same breath (but not Whitesnake - they sucked total balls).
 
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St. Clown said:
'Born in the USA' is a song that tells the story about an economically disadvantaged young man who gets into trouble, a judge sentences him to military service, and the service sends him to Vietnam to fight the war. It's something that truly did happen, and more than we as a nation would like to admit.

Are you calling it soulless because later on politicians would only pick out the chorus, thinking it's a patriotic tune, and proceed to use it in their campaign rallies?
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You are correct. But that isn't just my opinion, but rather that of society and mirrored a chunk of the other 80s pop music out there at the time.

But again, I'm a big fan of the 80s as much of the music outside of the obvious was fantastic.
 
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rufus said:
The thing is, a lot of it wasn't terrible music. Just a lot of the terrible music was what was popular. As with any other decade.

And that's the stuff people remember of the 80's.
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This. I mean, the best of Metallica happened in the 80s...but was never popular with the general audience until wayyyyyy later. And Justice For All (and their first video "One") is what it took. A lot of the most popular stuff was 1980s Suck-Rock. Whatever was on the radio (or MTV), and those media outlets were very selective.
 
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