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Poll Question: Choose between these 80s bands only, I am curious .
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    Posted: May 28 2008 at 20:59
You can choose more than one, I opted for the John Foxx but all have good albums
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Dunno none! Except for two faves, time ago, Look of Love and Poison Arrow, yay! Those were really great new wave songs, I remember.

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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Dunno none! Except for two faves, time ago, Look of Love and Poison Arrow, yay! Those were really great new wave songs, I remember.

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I tried to amalgamate keyboard driven bands with strong ties to either Roxy Music or Kraftwerk.
 
U2 and INXS are more guitar oriented.
BTW, if you never heard John Foxx, you are in for a BIG surprise: the first 4 albums are very futuristic, great vocals and mezmerizing synths.
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what is it with the damn polls tonight...

where is Duran Duran???? Angry
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of the choices...  Japan.  Heart Really have a thing for David Sylvian.  His solo albums are simply ...a real pleasure to listen to. 
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

what is it with the damn polls tonight...

where is Duran Duran???? Angry
 
Ah, a bit depressed tonight , business is very fickle , like a damn yoyo. So I unwind by musing about prog and enjoying the laughter. of my PA mates .
 Duran , really ? I saw them Rio album tour , pretty good really but they veered into sillyness after, IMHO. New Religion is still a big fave, though. Sylvian live was a real blast though with Torn on guitar , pffffffLOL
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I won't vote as I don't remember enough of this well-enough, but I certainly liked The Art of Noise.
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I'm very fond of Japan and David Sylvian.
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Japan for me  - the only band on the list, besides Talk Talk, that are listed in PA's database. Their addition didn't go down too well, but their ties to prog are undeniable, and their music is fascinating indeed. As a runner-up, I'd choose Simple Minds, with their huge drum sound.
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I agree that Duran Duran are worth mentioning. I'm not sure how serious Micky was, but I am dead serious - although poppier, I don't fin them at all that different from 80's neo-prog.
 
 
Another great band (although they veered into completely into Art-Rock in the 90's) was Tears for Fears. Heart
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Cocteaus, U2, Prince, Crimson, R.E.M.
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Howard Devoto's Magazine for me were one of the best live bands of the 80's, check out 'Play' their live LP for a taste of this, in the studio it didn't always come together but 'Correct Use Of Soap' is a great LP and one I still play.
 
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Prog fans should check out Magazine's 'Secondhand Daylight'; I did a thread on them a while back and it literally died a death. Anyway, that album is terrific- there's a real brooding menace about it, with very lush and expansive keyboard work from Dave Formula. Check out the bleak 'Permafrost', the instrumental 'The Thin Air' or 'Back To Nature'. From the first album 'Real Life', try 'Motorcade' and 'Parade'. I give them my vote.

I think Simple Minds' 'Empires And Dance' and that 'Sons And Fascination...' double will appeal to prog fans as well. See those early Ultravox albums also- I have a best of and they come off like a cross between Roxy Music, Berlin-era Bowie, Cockney Rebel and Curved Air.
 
I have a few Japan albums; am particularly fond of 'Ghosts'. When do you ever hear a song as bizarre as that in the pop charts now? Well back then it was in the Top 5 in the UK charts!
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from proposed ones - TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK

from proggy 80s - MARILLION

from not-mentioned-here-but-good-anyway - THE SMITHS
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

Japan for me  - the only band on the list, besides Talk Talk, that are listed in PA's database. Their addition didn't go down too well, but their ties to prog are undeniable, and their music is fascinating indeed. As a runner-up, I'd choose Simple Minds, with their huge drum sound.
 
Yes! Mel Gaynor sure knew how to pack a wallopping drum beat! Amazing percussor
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Cocteaus, U2, Prince, Crimson, R.E.M.
 
Few keys there, though! Good choices but further away from those listed.
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Prog fans should check out Magazine's 'Secondhand Daylight'; I did a thread on them a while back and it literally died a death. Anyway, that album is terrific- there's a real brooding menace about it, with very lush and expansive keyboard work from Dave Formula. Check out the bleak 'Permafrost', the instrumental 'The Thin Air' or 'Back To Nature'. From the first album 'Real Life', try 'Motorcade' and 'Parade'. I give them my vote.

I think Simple Minds' 'Empires And Dance' and that 'Sons And Fascination...' double will appeal to prog fans as well. See those early Ultravox albums also- I have a best of and they come off like a cross between Roxy Music, Berlin-era Bowie, Cockney Rebel and Curved Air.
 
I have a few Japan albums; am particularly fond of 'Ghosts'. When do you ever hear a song as bizarre as that in the pop charts now? Well back then it was in the Top 5 in the UK charts!
 
Well, I am a Fan! Saw them live, blew me sideways, you are very correct about that "menacing" feeling, Devoto was spectral. But being a bass fetishist I must applaud Barry Adamson who had this BIG sound,  a cross between Squire and Karn (especially Back to Nature, a stunning piece) . Clap


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On this list, ULTRAVOX (Midge Ure era).......Vienna, Rage in Eden and all this stuff
 
However i notice the biggest name DEPECHE MODE is missing. i don't like their beginnings, but from BLACK CELEBRATION to SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION, they were unbeatable.Thumbs%20Up 
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Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

On this list, ULTRAVOX (Midge Ure era).......(sorry, Thomas).....Vienna, Rage in Eden and all this stuff
 
However i notice the biggest name DEPECHE MODE is missing. i don't like their beginnings, but from BLACK CELEBRATION to SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION, they were unbeatable.Thumbs%20Up 
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