# 1980's music. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688 "2000-08-17T04:52:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/41 "2000-08-21T21:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Boys Don’t Cry > > (The fun part is letting you tell me what their hit was) \*\* > > I’ll venture a guess… > Yes they do\*\* Correction: I wanna be a cowboy ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/42 "2000-08-26T18:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GaWd \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Hey, take that back. 80’s rock, new wave, and even thier pop music was better than it is today. I don’t like modern pop, but back then, pop bands like Wham made good music, even Paula Abdul pretty good. And we didn’t have crapy teeny bopers like Britny Spears, N’Sync, 38 Degrees, Christina Agulara, BackStreat Boys, and so on. Yeah, we had Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, but they weren’t so bad. Ok, so there were the New Kids On The Block…Yeeeaachhhhhh!!! > > Anyway, with a few exceptions (like NKOTB), the 80’s made you feel good and produced good music. So there! > > No Joel, your 80’s music blows, and hard! I am also a 24 yr. old(coinkydink?), and I can’t stand that modern rock garbage that was thrust upon the public. > > Down with the 80’s, and up with my “Angst-ridden, no point-havin” music of the 90’s and 00’s. > > -Sam \*\* Oh, you are so right. What was I thinking? The 90’s gave us such wonderfull acts as The BackStreet Boys, Britny Spears, N’Synk, Christina Agulara, 98 Degrees, and Jesica Simpson. Oh THANK GOODNESS FOR THE 90’S!!! (Can you detect the sarcasm?) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/43 "2000-08-26T18:46:25Z")
[/Quote] No Joel, your 80’s music blows, and hard! I am also a 24 yr. old(coinkydink?), and I can’t stand that modern rock garbage that was thrust upon the public. [/quote] Hey, I’m 27! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/44 "2000-08-26T18:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rachelle \* > \*\*Is no one going to mention all the “hair bands” from the 80s? I _love_ 80s music, especially the hair bands. Skid Row, Motley Crue, Poison, Cinderella, Ratt, Slaughter, Twisted Sister, Faster Pussycat… I could go on and on. I just went to a concert a couple months ago and saw Slaughter, Dokken, Cinderella, and Poison and it was awesome!!! > > The shit music they have now I can definitely live without. I miss the Headbanger’s Ball and all the music videos that Mtv **used** to show. I have to resort to watching all the videos that I taped 10-15 years ago because there’s nothing worth watching on Mtv anymore! \*\* It seems now that MTV (well, I watch M2 because MTV doesn’t play videos much any more) plays mostly rap and dance music. I wish they would show more rock videos. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/45 "2000-08-26T18:53:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nekochan \* > \*\*Let’s not forget… > > Book of Love > Joy Division > The Smiths > Siouxsie and the Banshees > Roxy Music > Spandau Ballet > The Cult > OMD > New Order \*\* THE CULT!!! THE CULT!!! THE CULT!!! I’m glad they’re back togeather, and that new song (well, fairly new) from the “Gone in 60 Seconds” soundtrack is great!!! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688/46 "2000-08-26T21:09:06Z")
I would consider Joy Division a late 70s band. Ian Curtis died in May 1980. They were brilliant, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1980s-music/29688.md?page=2)