[20silkcut]

Kieran,

U2, REM, The Smiths in the same breath as Joy Division, Echo and Bunnymen, and the Clash????

I saw U2 support SLF in Glasgow 1979/80 and therefore have never purchased a single LP/CD by them (heard them on Top of the Pops since then - no improvement).

However, I must agree the late 70's/early 80's were very good years.

 

[MacDEF]

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Originally posted by 20silkcut U2, REM, The Smiths in the same breath as Joy Division, Echo and Bunnymen, and the Clash????

Definitely. In fact, I would contend that U2, R.E.M., and The Smiths influenced many more people (bands, artists, listeners) than Joy Division and E&B. U2 is the only one I would say really evolved into a "commercial" act.

That said, all six are among my favorite bands

 

[millerdog]

The eighties rocked for me...the nineties sucked, for alternative music became mainstream.
I think my musical tastes were born in the eighties.
Don't get me wrong, I have an affinity to seventies stuff too...
I started this thread cause listening to Cheap Trick, I was reminded of what I USED to listen to; and what I still do...
Some of you said the eighties sucked!..look at your cd collection, and how the eighties influenced it!
I just bought the latest New Order!
md

 

[Kieran Comito]

Notice I said early U2 and early REM. Even though these two bands went comercial on a very large scale, back then, they were underground. Come on, there really was not anything like "Murmur" around back in 1982. The stuff was fresh and origanal in its time.