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Unbelievably, people are still trying to defend the 80s.


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[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1495463073' post='3303910']
Looking back makes me realise how boring and stuffy the 2010s look is... whatever that is!
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If I remember right not all was well in the trouser area at the time.

Larry Blackmon tried to out-trouser everyone. The effect was so shocking that a massive public outcry resulted in MC Hammer being forced to knit a pair of Snailsburys gold lamé carrier bags together about his nethers before he was allowed to strut on national TV.

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The Eighties were worrying in many ways. The threat of global nuclear war was only one thing to fret about.

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[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1495466538' post='3303934']
Happy days when the big name pop acts of the time were allowed to write their own songs, record them playing the instruments themselves and not wholly relying on Autotune.
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Yup, and making a living wage (or indeed a packet) out of the process. Not a common occurrence nowadays...

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plenty of people in their late teens / 20s will say how they feel they where robbed of a decent music scene for the growing up years , everything is safe or contrived , of course with some amazing exceptions , but few exceptions

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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1495469252' post='3303960']
Classix Nouveaux - Hatfield band.....
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A long time ago, the brother of a guy I went to college with played bass for The News, who were pre-Classix Nouveux. I have a demo recording here somewhere of a track called Run Away which was a whole lot of heavy compared to the nasty version that got released on album #1.

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Ooh, one other thing on the '80s, Bananarama (and I suppose Kim Wilde et al); has anyone really noticed that there was a degree of chaste about their (very) public persona? They didn't have to get their kit off to garner interest. Different times and probably better for it, really.

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If pop fashion was bad, then alternative scenes fashion was only slightly less so.

Thrash was skinny jeans & big, white basket ball boots (went there)
Goth was black lace, duster coats, big crimped hair
Indie was skinny jeans, brogues & your Grandad's big coat
Or it was skate gear
Or army surplus

Good times, dodgy fashion.

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Siouxsie Sioux always looked both frightening and spectacular!

Dave Stewart... actually looks a lot like Eric Clapton.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1495462470' post='3303906'] Although I've never heard of them, at least Central Line got their act together and colour co-ordinated :) [/quote]
They look like they're about to play the Mos Eisley Cantina!

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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1495462470' post='3303906']
Ah, Steve "Steamin' Clark. Has anyone ever looked cooler than that playing Les Paul around their knees? Happy memories of seeing him live.
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I concur, save for the bit about seeing him live sadly. Oh actually, the trousers he wore on TOTP when Animal was released were pretty bad actually.

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I loved the 80s. I was 4 when they started and 15 when they ended, didn't have a care in the world, loved every minute. Yes the fashion was shocking at times but certainly not a patch on the 70's. Music was everywhere, pop stars had actual talent and the bass was always high in the mix. If someone does manage to invent a time machine, send me back ASAP. 😊

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