[kj] So 80s

[ade]

Man, I'd put the Bunnymen WAY above that lot... and so my snobbery shows itself!

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Paul Rangecroft
Sent: 11 June 2008 19:03
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] So 80s


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Janean Lancaster < Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk> wrote:


I'll stick my neck right out here and confess to loving loads of 80s pop.  9 of my top 10 favourite songs are 80s songs (I discovered that when my dad in NZ asked me to write him a list).  But I'm hardly stuck in the past, though.

The majority of 80s pop is awful – most pop from any decade is shite (look at the 70s!).  But I love loads of it - Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, Human League (pre-84).  I saw Yazoo live on Saturday night and was just expecting some nostalgic tinkly synthpop.  But I was floored by it.  Best sounding gig I've been to.  It was seriously funky disco – and there's nowt wrong with that.

Should I get my coat?


Get your coat and bring your CD collection 'round to mine.

Music wasn't so cynical back then. Bands could get together and write songs for the sake of the music and still be big. I guess you still can these days (like that song that's #1 that I hear at the gym all the time) but just not so much of the mainstream stuff falls under that category now.

I love loads of 80s bands: Blancmange, Bunnymen, Teardrops/Cope, Frankie, Stephen Duffy ... those are the least embarrassing ones.


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