The Doors

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oh forgot to say

best band to come out of the 80's was TESLA  and they are my all time favorite band..........

also  Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Marshall Tucker Band,  anyone ever hear of "Southern Culture on the Skids"?     Great White and Dokken  were ok too......


during a side step in my youth  I liked Generation X, Billy Idol, the runaways/Joan Jett,  INXS,  early days of U2 ( Sunday bloody Sunday ),  some   Clash     some straycats .....  some dire straits ...... u know  " I want my MTV"   ROFL....

video killed the radio star .......


lol

TC

I liked great white till I saw them in a small club...a few of us wanted to have CD's signed, there was maybe 30 of us in all...the band acted like huge movie starts and wouldn't come out till we were all lined up in a row...very pathetic.....screw great white.

I think the best band from the 80's is Flotsam and Jetsam....insane talent

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My oldest son got me to listen to AC/DC a bit.  I was never a fan first time around, but some of there stuff grew on me.  As a teenager in the 70s I survived KISS.  Never did get it.  Oldest son was a huge Page/ Led Zep fan.  I took him to see Page and Plant when they came around.  Maybe it was the Zep saturation we got as teenagers, but I was never a huge fan of theirs either.  To me they were the ultimate product of the tail end of the 60s early 70s era where there was a ton of money to be made and a lot of excess in the music.  Pink Floyd was a product of that time too.  Not knocking either band, but never saw them as the greatest thing since sliced bread either.

It was feeding oldest son different bands and types of music that got me to listen to the Doors again.  I'd read "No one Gets out of here Alive" when I was about 15 in the mid 70s.  I kind of resented Morrison for literally wasting himself like he did.  I've always figured with those kinds of smarts he should have known better.  And I always wonder how the legend would have grown had he not died.  You can be perfect after you are dead as you can't make any mistakes anymore.  I think it tends to make those artists a bit more untouchable.  John Lennon is another example of that as is Hendrix.  Odds are the 'what if' is always going to be better then the reality of what they'd have done as they grew older.

Oldest son and I would debate this stuff and dig to try and put some kind of perspective on it and we ended up coming to the conclusion that The Beatles and Dylan opened the door and with their success it allowed a lot of other folks to follow in terms of writing their own stuff and controlling what they did.  The Stones took it in a more bluesy direction and kept it from getting to pop, with other bands like the Yardbirds, Cream, Zep heading down that path. 

The 70s as mentioned headed down the road to excess which wasn't all bad, but it did seem like the music got taken over by the money makers even more and was purely manufactured.  It wasn't until the tail end that it seemed like folks like Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2 and folks like that tried to get it back to the music and less of the for lack of a better word 'polyester' that seemed to fill much of that time.  The 80s...ugh.  Thankfully I was too busy with little ones.  The only thing that stood out to me was GNR's first album that seemed to me to save us from hair bands for a time.  The 90s and beyond?  Three teenagers who thankfully listened to much of what I liked, although the daughters worried me for a long time

The question I've asked my kids over the years is name me something from today that will still be played on the radio in 20 years and stand the test of time.  Still waiting for an answer

You pretty much hit it on the head here.  Although I do like a lot of stuff from the 80s, Motley Crue probably being my favorite.  How a band preforms live is another thing for me too.  Bands like Aerosmith and Motley Crue that put on amazing live shows will always be at the top of my list.

[bj229r]

I liked great white till I saw them in a small club...a few of us wanted to have CD's signed, there was maybe 30 of us in all...the band acted like huge movie starts and wouldn't come out till we were all lined up in a row...very pathetic.....screw great white.

I think the best band from the 80's is Flotsam and Jetsam....insane talent

"If you're flammable and have legs, you're NEVER blocking a fire exit"

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"If you're flammable and have legs, you're NEVER blocking a fire exit"

[Soulyss]

"If you're flammable and have legs, you're NEVER blocking a fire exit"

Gotta love Mitch.

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Best 80's Band - Iron Maiden (Motorhead close 2nd)

Bruce Dickinson is not only a great singer, but look what else he gets to do that many of wish we could:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4726670632081603406#

[Guppy35]

You pretty much hit it on the head here.  Although I do like a lot of stuff from the 80s, Motley Crue probably being my favorite.  How a band preforms live is another thing for me too.  Bands like Aerosmith and Motley Crue that put on amazing live shows will always be at the top of my list.

My first concert was Aerosmith and Nazareth in 1974.  Best remembered for the haze of pot smoke hanging all over the arena and the nicely carved pipe that bounced down the stairs from on high and into my lap.

Worst concert was the Stones in 1980.  They were clearly not into it and Bill Wyman fell of the stage and ended up in the hospital.  Best bang for the buck concerts were Springsteen.  He plays forever and you are tired afterwards.

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My first concert was Aerosmith and Nazareth in 1974.  Best remembered for the haze of pot smoke hanging all over the arena and the nicely carved pipe that bounced down the stairs from on high and into my lap.

Worst concert was the Stones in 1980.  They were clearly not into it and Bill Wyman fell of the stage and ended up in the hospital.  Best bang for the buck concerts were Springsteen.  He plays forever and you are tired afterwards.

My first concert was Paul McCartney in 2004.  I still remember it like it was yesterday.  I went and saw him again a couple years ago, and in my opinion he still has it even at his age.  I saw ZZ Top open for Aerosmith back in 09 and that was one hell of a show.  Billy Gibbons lighting one up on stage because everybody is "going green" nowdays.  

The best "bang for my buck" had to be Motley Crue and Poison this summer.  Tons of pyro, and they still run around like its 1986.  

Edit:  I would have loved to have been around to see Aeromsith in their heyday.  I bet that was freakin awesome.   

[Pigslilspaz]

imagine these people in one band with your mind's ear if you can: hendrix, mercury, harrison, and flea. (plus someone to play the drums, anyone will do)

Not anyone, must be Micky Hart.

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bonham

[WYOKIDIII]

Even if your not a country fan , and you get a chance to see Willie Nelson , do it . That old coot just gets better with age , he's amazing .

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Mr Mojo Risin is indeed a God.