'80s British rock

Why just British, OP?

fuckin' xenophobe

The feeling is gone only u and I this means nothing to me

OHHHHHH VIENNAAAAAAA

Culture Club isn't rock

fuckin' limey.

80s kid so most 80s music is super nostalgic in that way only music from your childhood can be. first pop song I ever liked/noticed/wanted to hear again was Nikita by Elton John.

That's racist R3.

Fuckin racist.

Duran Duran

Limey is racist?

fuckin' retard

Er.. a nationality is a race?

Fuckin' stupid.

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^^ although that’s more pop, isn’t it? I loved The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees and Kate Bush and The Clash.

Not sure how you’d classify those, but whatever. It’s good music I love to this day. P

Red, gold and green, red gold and greeeeeeen

them

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Wow, this thread went stupid damn quick.

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Wait.. Bruce, Tom Petty and KISS are British?

I was out of the loop on that.

That poster is defying the parameters of the thread. Thus the 'why just British, OP?' response.

Team defier.

I was joking R7, it was a reference to an earlier comment.

Fuckin' humourless.

R6 Wild Boys is still one of the sexiest songs ever to me.

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R20 Sure, Jan

I mean yeah, or I genuinely think calling someone a limey means you're a racist. You interpret it how you will, you po-faced tedium generator, R22.

R4 you brought back great memories. I loved "Nikita". Beautiful melody, great background vocals by George Michael. Elton's second-best video...I can still see that girl's face from the video...haunting.

This.

[quote]Wait.. Bruce, Tom Petty and KISS are British?

Well, to be fair, Tome Petty and the Heartbreakers were big in the UK before they finally made it big in their home country.

Lol, TOM, not Tome.

.... and this.

Geno.

Wire featuring Suzanne Somers

Jo Boxers

Mekons with the mid-decade Thatcher/Reagan blues.

There was very little actual rock in the 80's. It's the worst decade of music ever.

Fischer Z

Joy Division.

I love British 80s music for the same reason that r4 described, but it is definitely not rock. It was referred to as Brit Pop by someone on KROQ, and I agree. It was fun, creative pop music, not guitar-driven rock n roll.

R33 I’m inclined to agree. I’ve never liked 80s music but there were some good moments. I loved the mid 70s to early 80s. I thought the British punk movement brought a really healthy period in music. Record companies were braver then, eager to sign unknowns. Of course it was about making money trying to find the next big thing, but the consequence was that there were some really good, interesting sounds around. It wasn’t to last , though.

If Culture Club had kept the original concept (a bluesy, goth-reggae amalgam) they would have had some longevity. But George got too drag queeny and people weren't ready for that.

The Bureau.

Simple Minds.

Roxy Music - Avalon

The Jam

R5 - Whaaaa?

Stop it. Think before you spew.

Not quite 80s but I love this so much.

Utterly classic.

The Smiths, a great, great band... before he turned proto-fascist

Robin Trower