I would like to know good music from the year 80 (singer, band)

[drivers137]

Hi. I would like to know good music from the year 80 the best you know before. I consider the musics of before are better than now. Although everyone have his tastes.

[JPD]

Some of my favorite records from 1980:

Talking Heads - Remain in Light

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

Elvis COstello and the Atractions - Get Happy

Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station

Rush - Permanent Waves

Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

The Cure - 17 Seconds

B-52s - Wild Planet

XTC - Black Sea

Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy

[howard555]

1980 - Anne Murray


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gN37gEKDrM

[clawsondude]

Strauss's Symphony No. 1 made its debut in 1880.

[mikebnllnb]

Originally Posted by drivers137

Hi. I would like to know good music from the year 80 the best you know before. I consider the musics of before are better than now. Although everyone have his tastes.

I very much like Bing Bong Bing by Korky Buchek

[Ghengis]

1980 was a good year for The Beat and ska in general...

[James Otto Sweet Heart]

My most favorite music from the year 1980 is the self named album from my newest favorite singer.



God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

P.S. If only I had discovered the late beautiful precious sooner.

[DOUBLE H]

Ten 1980 releases from the 60's-'70's artists:

A- Jethro Tull
Bebe Le Strange- Heart
Keeping The Summer Alive- Beach Boys
Humans- Bruce Cockburn
Wolf Tracks- Steppenwolf
Neil Young- Hawks and Doves
Emotional Rescue- Rolling Stones
Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
Borderline- Ry Cooder
Steve Winwood- Arc Of A Diver

[SluggoF16]

Some 1980 releases of note, in my opinion:


The Scorpions - Animal Magnetism (includes "The Zoo")
Rush - Permanent Waves
Steely Dan - Gaucho (Not as good as Aja but approaches it in terms of engineering perfection)
707 - Self-titled debut album ("I Could Be Good for You")
The Vapors - New Clear Days ("Turning Japanese")
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (First album with Ronnie James Dio on vocals)
Judas Priest - British Steel
Back in Black - AC/DC (2nd best selling album of all time)
The Angels - Dark Room (the band was known in the US as Angel City, includes "No Secrets")
The Pretenders - Self-titled album
Shooting Star - Another self-titled debut album ("Last Chance")

[unfocused]

Albums...
Glass Houses-Billy Joel
Hi Infedilty-REO Speedwagon
Boy-U2
Crimes of Passion-Pat Benatar
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Blondie-Eat to the Beat
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Damn the Torpedos
Dire Straits-Making Movies
The Pretenders debut album
Blue Oyster Cult-Mirrors
Def Leppard-On Thru the Night, more hard rock than later albums.
Talking Heads-Remain in Light
The Jam-Sound Affects
Jim Carrol-Catholic Boy

Pop singles, check out this link...
Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980