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Subject: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: eightiesfan on 07/23/04 at 7:35 am
I once heard Casey Kasem on his old America's Top 10 show make reference to a "second British Invasion" that took place in the 80's.
Who were your favorite British groups or artists in the 80's? This is just a short list of mine, I may think of more later:
Duran Duran, of course
Tears for Fears
The Pet Shop Boys (loved their duet with Dusty Springfield, "What have I done to deserve this?"
George Michael (liked the Faith album anyway)
Howard Jones
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Dagwood on 07/23/04 at 7:55 am
Def Leppard
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: bj26 on 07/23/04 at 9:13 am
Spandau Ballet, methinks they were Brits.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: eightiesfan on 07/23/04 at 9:23 am
Just remembered another one I like: Bananarama 8)
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: sputnikcorp on 07/23/04 at 10:28 am
i loved most of the british new wave bands but the one brit band that i devoutly listened too was iron maiden. a lot of metal bands came from the UK as well in the 80s.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Absolutely Vile on 07/23/04 at 11:10 am
Oooooh...a topic close to my heart!!! At least 95% of the groups I listened to in the 80's, and the 80's groups I listen to now are British. (Actually, I'd have to say that nowadays...pretty much ALL of the groups I love and listen to are British.) :) My favourites? Well, to those who know me on here, the answer is obvious, but to those who don't, my favourite British artists ever are:
ULTRAVOX
JOHN FOXX
DEPECHE MODE
THE SMITHS
I love 'em!
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: eightiesfan on 07/23/04 at 12:48 pm
One of the best female solo artists of the 80's - Kim Wilde
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: conker on 07/23/04 at 1:31 pm
Squeeze
The Jam
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Tanya1976 on 07/23/04 at 10:30 pm
Culture Club (yes, I said it!), Duran Duran, and Bananarama!
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: prettypete on 07/24/04 at 12:32 am
The Outfield!!! Their album "Play Deep" is one of the few 80's albums that is great throughout the whole thing!!!!!
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Powerslave on 07/24/04 at 8:24 am
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
Motorhead
Duran Duran
:)
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Donnie Darko on 05/18/06 at 4:06 pm
Tears for Fears
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Sister Morphine on 05/18/06 at 4:13 pm
Duran Duran
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: velvetoneo on 05/18/06 at 7:00 pm
The Smiths.
The Cure.
Kate Bush.
Joy Division.
Soft Cell.
Eurythmics.
Elvis Costello.
Thompson Twins.
Gary Numan.
Thomas Dolby.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Bury_Manilow on 05/18/06 at 10:05 pm
I can't believe no one said The Police!
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Gis on 05/19/06 at 8:30 am
Ultravox
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Gis on 05/19/06 at 8:31 am
The Outfield!!! Their album "Play Deep" is one of the few 80's albums that is great throughout the whole thing!!!!!
I've forgotten how damn good this album is. I've been singing 'Your love' all day no w!!
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: robby76 on 05/22/06 at 10:29 am
Probably not a band so to speak but I love Five Star. They started to crossover to the Atlantic but didn't quite make it.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Trimac20 on 05/22/06 at 10:40 am
The Jam (though they were more very early 80s), The Clash, The Smiths, XTC, Madness and Tears for Fears are my top 6.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 06/29/06 at 1:31 pm
China Crisis is my pick. They didn't have not one bad song. I loved them all 8)
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Ebontyne on 07/03/06 at 4:18 pm
Some off the top of my head....
The Waterboys
The Smiths
The Police
Eurythmics
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Chasey on 07/13/06 at 7:36 am
In addition to pretty much all of those mentioned, Talk-Talk made a significant contribution I feel.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: freeridemt on 07/13/06 at 5:23 pm
I'll take the Cult. Dreamtime, Love and Electric. Then followed them up with Fire Woman with Sonic Temple in 89. After that the rest is all 90's and 2000's
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: 80smuzikhead on 07/18/06 at 7:39 am
ELO
Queen
Eurythmics
Pink Floyd
Culture Club
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/06 at 8:32 am
Please include The Bee Gees.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Criz on 07/18/06 at 4:11 pm
The Smiths!!!
then followed by:
The Jam,
Blondie,
The Clash,
The Police,
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Eurythmics,
The Cure,
Tears For Fears,
Echo and the Bunnymen...the list goes on!
To be honest, it seems that most of my favourites emerged in the 70s, and were therefore crossover acts.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: MightyLemonDrop on 07/19/06 at 7:35 am
What a question! Most great bands in the 80's were British actually, and I'm not British, but Spanish. ;)
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/06 at 8:08 am
The Smiths!!!
then followed by:
The Jam,
Blondie,
The Clash,
The Police,
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Eurythmics,
The Cure,
Tears For Fears,
Echo and the Bunnymen...the list goes on!
To be honest, it seems that most of my favourites emerged in the 70s, and were therefore crossover acts.
Blondie came from the USA and are not British.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Criz on 07/19/06 at 3:50 pm
Blondie came from the USA and are not British.
Oops - I knew that - I just started rolling off all of my fav bands - reflex action! :S
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 07/19/06 at 3:52 pm
Blondie came from the USA and are not British.
Did you know Blondie had more hits in the UK, then they did in the US? Even as a solo artist, Debbie Harry was still more popular in the UK :o
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/06 at 4:04 pm
Did you know Blondie had more hits in the UK, then they did in the US? Even as a solo artist, Debbie Harry was still more popular in the UK :o
That I did not know.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Julia on 08/02/06 at 12:17 am
Duran Duran, the Police, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/06 at 12:31 am
Duran Duran, the Police, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol.
Billy Idol founded Generation X, and went on to a solo pop career.
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 08/02/06 at 2:12 pm
Billy Idol founded Generation X, and went on to a solo pop career.
Generation X had a minor UK hit with the song "Dancing With Myself". Billy recorded a solo version, which was a popular video in the days of MTV, but the song never actually charted in America at all
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/06 at 2:45 pm
Generation X had a minor UK hit with the song "Dancing With Myself". Billy recorded a solo version, which was a popular video in the days of MTV, but the song never actually charted in America at all
Is Billy Idol making a comeback?
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: whistledog on 08/02/06 at 10:31 pm
Is Billy Idol making a comeback?
He already did. He had a new album a while back that was popular in the charts. Don't know if any singles came from it though
Subject: Re: Best British Bands of the 80's
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/06 at 12:36 am
He already did. He had a new album a while back that was popular in the charts. Don't know if any singles came from it though
His last single was Speed back in September 1994 and there has been nothing much recent.