Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Flock of Seagulls - I ran
Grandmaster Flash & Furious 5 - The Message
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
Run DMC - It's Like That

 

When you look at pictures of yourself ten years from now at least you won't see parachute pants, a mullet and a crewneck pastel tee-shirt under a white sport coat with the sleeves rolled up!However, some folks in the south (and trailer parks across the land)who religiously watch WWF and monster truck events still sport that fashion statement for family gatherings and evangelical tent events.

 

Talk Talk: It's My Life
Life's What You Make It
Toyah: (Anything off of Anthem)
Police: Invisible Sun
Peter Gabriel: We Do What We're Told
Talking Heads: Burning Down The House
REM: Turn You Inside-Out

The 80's music was one of the funniest things about GTA Vice City. Totally Miami Vice era.

 

I <3 Nick Cave.

And...coming from someone who loves Nick Cave, this may sound weird, but I've been concocting a plan to bring back parachute pants. I'm going to make them out of sweatpant material so people think they're just wearing sweatpants, and they'll wonder why they're so baggy, but they won't care. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do after that, and I'm not sure how I'm going to get them to wear the pants out in public, but I'm still working on the plan. Er...anyway...back on topic:

Warrant: Cold Sweat
ZZ Top: Thug

 

Stevie Ray Vaughn- Say What
in fact anything from SRV, the man ROCKED!

The Clash- Charlie Don't Surf
Sandanista is their masterwork, but they did a lot of good stuff back then

Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers
Far and away the come-back album of the decade, the original line-up- stronger than ever

U2- Red Hill Mining Town
The Joshua Tree was an awesome album all around, U2 has really stood the test of time- both as a band as well as their early work.

Pink Floyd- One Slip

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Knock me Down
Mother's Milk really broke them out to the big time, everything they've done since is lame by comparison

ZZ top- Under Pressure
I think I need to go buy a copy of Eliminator, solid grooves from the the biggest little blues band from Texas

Motorhead- Ace of Spades
What can you say? Lemme Killmeister redefined hard rock and set the bar- (well, at least his vocal mic) a bit higher than it ever was before

In more of a mellow Marin county vein;

Robert Hunter- Amagamalin Street
A little known treasure from the Dead's lyricist

Grateul Dead- Althea
Jerry's timeless ode to the monkey on his back

Looking back through my collection I seem to have a lot more from the 70's and 90's, (for the most part, I think music in the 80's kind of sucked)

 

LMFAO

In general I have to agree... there are obviously lots of exceptions, though.

Both you and Lorry have added a few that I thought were worthy of mention...
Here's a couple more:

Primus: Frizzle fry.
Mostly a 90s band, but they got started here in the bay back in the late 80s.

X: Los Angeles
Just a personal fave... consider also all the other early punk bands; Fear, The Minute Men, Black Flag... even the Sex Pistols, if you care for that stuff.

The Pogues: The Graveside of Killcullin.
Over in Ireland, one of my favorite bands took the punk idea, mixed it with traditional Irish folk music, got the ugliest singer in music history, and voila...

King Crimson: Discipline.
they still play half this album in concert.

Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms.


There must be lots of others... who's got some more?
Mike

 

well the eighties isn't quite old enough for me so some of of these are technically from the seventies when alot of the good music from the sixties and eighties actually was made. There was just that mythical abyss in the middle. And I don't remember track titles so well because I'm so old I'm going dopey or just lazy, so some of these are albums and some are just band name.

Wire - Chairs Missing
Wire - 154
Ultravox - Vienna
XRaySpex - Oh Bondage up Yours
Buzzcocks -
Souixsie and the Banshees -
Bauhaus -
Ian Dury and Blockheads - New Boots and Panties
Talking heads - Burning Down the House etc. etc.
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
ZZ Top - She's got Legs; Sharp Dressed Man
Timbuk3 - Future is so bright I gotta wear shades; Can't get to Heaven on Roller Skates (the rest of the album sucks)
Repo Man - the soundtrack
Caberet Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag - not sure why I like that
Human League - Being Boiled (1st single before they were famous)
Pet Shop Boys - West End girls
Eurythmics - Sweet dreams; etc. etc.
Shriekback - Go Bang
Devo - whip it etc.
Rolling Stones - Tatoo You
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
C&C Dance Factory - Things that make you go hmm

That'll have to do

 

I forgot Mortohead but they were definately 70s for me. At least I saw them in the seventies twice. Once as the support band for Hawkwind and once as the headliner. Lemmy previously played bass for Hawkwind. Story is their bassist didn't show one time and they asked the audience if anyone know how to play bass. Lemmy volunteered. They said ok, " go in E" and he's been going in "E" ever since

 

Pet Shop Boys def. rocks my socks off, esp West End Girls.

 

hey man..where's da Bad Boyz Blues??

 

werd...

and also find...

Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell

Possibly the greatest song ever made about a mans unhealthy obsession with his midget sex slave

while we're on the subject, one that dear to my heart...

Little Girls - Oingo Boingo

They don't ask me questions
They don't want to scold me
They don't look for answers
They just want to hold me

Somehow they could get away with playing songs like this on mainstream radio back in the eighties

 

you can also add these to my list. Tim, nice picks. we should sit around and talk music some time.

nitzerebb: "I Give To You"
Ministry: "Everyday is halloween"
Gene Loves Jezebel: "Suspicion"
Grandmaster & Melle Mel: "White Lines (don't do it)"
Public Enemy: " Show em Whatcha Got"
N.W.A: "Straight outta Compton"

 

Man you guys forgot Depeche Mode, OMD, Information Society, Duran Duran, UB40, Johnny Hates Jazz, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Culture Club, Micheal Jackson's Off the Wall Album, Genesis, Wham, Devo, Eurythmics, Blondie, Motely Crew, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, ummm.... HAHA damn when I think of more I'll post back!


:edit: MC Rob Bass & DJ EZ Rock!!

 

dont forget

Human League - Dont You Want Me
new Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
These 2 songs STILL get the clubs poppin. its surprising even the younger 20's people still love them.

also.
OMD - If You Leave
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now & If You Were Here

 

Bizarre Love Triangle used to be the Asian anthem club song! LOL