Taking sides: the music of the 80s vs. the music of the 90s

as i said

every1 too busy jammin to amazing 90s music to fight

OK I have to ask: what was so awful about the forties?

lol i wonder how old most of the 90s voters are. it wasnt all the candy-coated wonderland dan's making it out to seem.

let me ask you a question man - which decade gave us born against? 80s punk has charm but 90s punk goes in imo

hitler iirc

80s punk has charm but 90s punk goes in imo

lol...?

"summer of love" was '88 right? I don't know that much about "rave" as a genre, but it seems like a lot of the major players at least had records out by the late '80s. shamen, 808 state, etc. Also the early '90s still felt really '80s

― the wheelie king (wk), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 23:06 (36 minutes ago)

where to begin.

TS

#1 Physical - Olivia Newton-John
#2 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
#3 Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
#4 Every Breathe You Take - The Police
#5 I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
#6 Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
#7 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
#8 Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
#9 Flashdance - What A Feeling - Irene Cara
#10 Lady - Kenny Rogers
#11 Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
#12 Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
#13 Call Me - Blondie
#14 Like A Virgin - Madonna
#15 (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
#16 When Doves Cry - Prince
#17 Jump - Van Halen
#18 Upside Down - Diana Ross
#19 All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
#20 Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
#21 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) - Pink Floyd
#22 Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
#23 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
#24 Down Under - Men At Work
#25 That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends

vs

#1 One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
#2 Macarena - Los Del Rio
#3 I'll Make Love To You - Elton John
#4 Candle In The Wind 1997/ Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
#5 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
#6 End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
#7 The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
#8 Smooth - Santana w/ Rob Thomas
#9 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
#10 I Swear - All- 4- One
#11 I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans w/ 112
#12 Fantasy - Mariah Carey
#13 Dream Lover - Mariah Carey
#14 That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
#15 Jump - Kris Kross
#16 Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs- N- Harmony
#17 Waterfalls - TLC
#18 Take A Bow - Madonna
#19 Can't Help Falling In Love - UB40
#20 This Is How We Do It- Montell Jordan
#21 Informer - Snow
#22 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
#23 Black or White - Michael Jackson
#24 The Sign - Ace of Base
#25 Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion

JUMP vs. JUMP

omfg brandy + monica the boy is mine

yeah...there's no way i'm even gonna stoop to trolling just to say "kris kross" here

exactly why no one should ever pay attention to charts

xp

I mean there's at least some good-to-great stuff on the 80s chart, the 90s chart is non-stop garbage

(Jump being the lone lolzy exception)

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lol, I don't even know what those lists are. I guess the songs that stayed at #1 the longest during each year? Looking at the bigger lists of #1 singles for each year is pretty interesting though. I don't think anyone should "pay attention to charts" but I do think top 40 radio was a lot more interesting in the '80s.

I mean there's at least some good-to-great stuff on the 80s chart, the 90s chart is non-stop garbage

the only thing thats non-stop garbage here is yr posts itt

dude shakes there aren't any 80s punk bands as good as born against & rorshach. like, period

^^ trollin

straight fyr

I don't know that much about "rave" as a genre, but it seems like a lot of the major players at least had records out by the late '80s. shamen, 808 state, etc.

we probably could have been spared the second part of that sentence

exactly why noevery one should ever pay attention to charts

#3 I'll Make Love To You - Elton John

wait what

^^ trollin

you know I'm right

Elton would NEVER make love to "you."

tipped me 75 bucks in 1986 iirc

i forget what a fucking scourge "one sweet day" was

Date Artist - Title Weeks
at #1
December 3 1995 – January 13 1996 Michael Jackson - Earth Song 6
January 14 – 20 1996 George Michael - Jesus To A Child 1
January 21 – February 24 1996 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman 5
February 25 – March 2 1996 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger 1
March 3 – 23 1996 Take That - How Deep Is Your Love 3
March 24 – April 13 1996 Prodigy - Firestarter 3
April 14 – 27 1996 Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack 2
April 28 – May 18 1996 George Michael - Fastlove 3
May 19 – 25 1996 Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit 1
May 26 – June 1 1996 Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds - Three Lions 2 (1)
June 2 – 29 1996 Fugees - Killing Me Softly 5 (4)
June 30 – July 6 1996 Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds - Three Lions 2 (1)
July 7 – 13 1996 Fugees - Killing Me Softly 5 (1)
July 14 – 20 1996 Gary Barlow - Forever Love 1
July 21 – September 7 1996 Spice Girls - Wannabe 7
September 8 – 14 1996 Peter Andre - Flava 1
September 15 – 28 1996 Fugees - Ready Or Not 2
September 29 – October 5 1996 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's 1
October 6 – 12 1996 Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun 1
October 13 – 19 1996 Boyzone - Words 1
October 20 – November 2 1996 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 2
November 3 – 16 1996 Robson and Jerome - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted / Saturday Night At The Movies / You'll Never Walk Alone 2
November 17 – 30 1996 Prodigy - Breathe 2
December 1 – 7 1996 Peter Andre - I Feel You 1
December 8 – 14 1996 Boyzone - A Different Beat 1
December 15 – 21 1996 Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away 1
December 22 1996 – January 11 1997 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 3

how can you argue against that

Take That - How Deep Is Your Love

my motherfuckin groove right there

The early eighties were an amazingly fecund time in pop music: hip-hop, New Wave, country, country going New Wave, R&B going New Wave, disco stealing from all of them and emerging as a vital permutation on its own. The rest of the eighties couldn't keep up.

Nineties pop attempted to be the All Things To All People "lifestyle choice" only hinted at in the eighties, for better or worse.

we probably could have been spared the second part of that sentence

but that was the meat of the lols

as much as i came of age as a music fan in the '90s and have intense firsthand experiences with the music of that decade, i feel like pound for pound i gotta go with the '80s

"Big Poppa" is the Grammy nominated and Billboard Award winning second single off The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die released in 1994 and the single was released in 1995. The song was his first Top 10 hit, peaking at number 6 in the US.

also

http://www.billboard.com/artist/2pac/chart-history/37157#/artist/2pac/chart-history/37157

The earnestness of pop in the nineties is the biggest drag, and it wasn't just a lyrical one -- the reluctance to fuck around.

given my location i'll probably be pelted with rocks next time i step outside for saying this but: i'd be totally okay with never hearing another boyz ii men song ever.

youre staying in the lex's guest room?

you wouldn't believe the sounds that come out of his bedroom at night

yeah uk funky totally sux

The early eighties were an amazingly fecund time in pop music: hip-hop, New Wave, country, country going New Wave, R&B going New Wave, disco stealing from all of them and emerging as a vital permutation on its own. The rest of the eighties couldn't keep up.

basically, this. tho rap, as it was known, was innovative and dope thru 1989. (but I never bought the Spin magazine hype on 1988-89 as rap's golden era.) I remember the heyday of "new traditional" country being later in the 80s, too. there was a point around 87-88 when i listened to commercial country radio every day, in between Marly Marl & DJ Red Alert.

voting 80s - sorry Ian

but my son tells me that the early 90s was a golden era for R&B. he's been dragging out my new jack swing CDs

the early 90s was a golden era

every era is a golden era, but only in some does the gold become popular

take it to the economics thread

The earnestness of pop in the nineties is the biggest drag was a fucking relief

http://worldsoforos.com/secondviews/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/aerosmith-pump-front.jpg

The earnestness of pop in the nineties is the biggest drag was a fucking relief

why?

have you ever met this guy?

I rep for a lotta shit that a lot of you probably hate i.e. Paula Cole/Natalie Merchant/Sarah M./Tori Amos - one thing I loved about the mid-nineties was also what made it so loltastic, the earnestness, the engagement, the naivete...Axl Rose appearing with Tom Petty to sing "Free Falling" at the VMAs...I love a lot of great 80s music don't get me wrong but...c'mon...Axl Rose, the VMAs, "Free Falling"

why?

because the self-seriousness of a lot of 80s shit & its pretentions - I use "pretentions" here with malice aforethought - renders even some of its best music a fucking chore. I like 80s Bryan Ferry albums precisely because I believe in their earnestness - the concluding verse of "Slave to Love" - give me that vibe over wit & 'tude all day

Dum Dum was top 10 on my 1980s albums ballot

when I heard that Vaselines tune last year I forgave its nonsense cuz it was so damn irresistable.

That dynamic is so weird to me! like when the pro-life song won the ILX "best sex pistols track" poll, because it rocks I guess.

it is ok to say the 80s suck when u were one of the bands that made the 80s rule geddit?

yah but johnny rotten didn't go around starting planned parenthood clinics... or did he? Planned Parenthood Ltd?

Been listening to a spotifly list of 1000 1980s songs in alphabetical order and let me tell you, Madonna made a lot of songs brought to you by the letter 'L'.

What about the music of the '90s as imagined by MAD Magazine in the '80s?

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