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Poll Question: Which 70s artist had the best 80s music?
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    Posted: December 10 2007 at 01:32
We all know that our fav Genre had a fall from grace at the end of the 70s. Who took it the most smoothly? (forgive me for all the bands I left out).

I personally would vote Rush, but I'm a fanboy.
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Most definitely a RIO band. I'm not familiar with any 80s stuff from these bands aside from King Crimson (which I'm not too fond of), and Rush's Moving Pictures (which is actually pretty good). Yeah, don't know enough to say..
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I suppose Genesis. Then again, I guess they were just "OK" during those years. Actually, I've never heard any Rush 80s music. KC I've heard, and I hate their output in the 80s. Well, more specifically, I hate "Discipline".
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Rush, definitely. i havn't listened to much Rio so i wont be making a fully informed decision but based on everything else Rush stands out in my mind.  Moving pictures and signals were solid releases, much more so than their counterparts. 
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Rush followed by Genesis.
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I absolutely love 80s Genesis. You hear any live recordings from that era, they sound tighter than any other band I've ever heard, with amazing arrangements, great musicianship (which we expect from the masters) and a hell of a show overall. And Phil Collins's voice sounds even better than it does on the albums!

Genesis had matured by 1977, but Rush was still just getting started; they weren't matured until 1981, 1984. They're a close second, because their output in the 80s far surpasses their 70s output in maturity, expertly written songs, and conciseness.
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KING CRIMSON, of course!

With DISCIPLINE they virtually reinvented themselves. Its successors had their flaws but were still full of good ideas. You might say KC sounded sterile in the studio, but ABSENT LOVERS reveals they were a superb live band. No other prog band took the genre so far in the 1980s (or would prove so influential), although Zappa kept entertaining the fans with gorgeous stuff, such as the much-overlooked THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE.
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1. Rush. 2. King Crimson

Rush - "Permanent Waves", "Moving Pictures" and "Signals" are magnificent.......
King Crimson - "Discipline" and "Three of a Perfect Pair" are great while "Beat" was a major dud......Cry
 
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I love Zappa's 80's rock albums actually, so I voted for him. I have to mention Supertamp as well, considering that their Brother Where You Bound album is among their best.

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King Crimson by far!
Songs like Theja Hun Ginjeet, Discipline, Indiscipline, Three of a Perfect Pair, Frame by frame, LTiA IV...
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Rush & Zappa.  IMO Both had their fair share of lesser material, but also some defining albums whereas the others were hitting consistent lows.  Rush gets the nod due to  Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves.
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Crimson had the best album of the 80's but Rush put out some sweet works during that period.
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Discipline is near the top of my favourite KC albums. It has absolutely no relation to 70s KC but the interlocking guitar and stick parts mesmerise me. Beat has some great tunes but is far too short,  and Three of a Perfect Pair is a schizophrenic but enjoyable album.
 
 
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I voted for Jethro Tull. A  from 1980  is a strong one, and Broad sword from 1982 is also very good in my opinion. The poorest is Under waraps, but besides that is Crest of knave from 1987 also good, and Rock island from 1989 enjoyble. Another albums who are very good are from Rush factory music.
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Zappa. Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, Best Band You Never Heard, Make A Jazz Noise Here, Tinseltown Rebellion, You Are What You Is and Jazz From Hell and some of the man's best albums, and all came from the 80s
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Originally posted by Sckxyss Sckxyss wrote:

Most definitely a RIO band. I'm not familiar with any 80s stuff from these bands aside from King Crimson (which I'm not too fond of), and Rush's Moving Pictures (which is actually pretty good). Yeah, don't know enough to say..
 
Rush in RIO wasn't until the 2000's, but still without a doubt, hands down Rush had the best albums of any band in the 80's let alone the bands that are listed.
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Though I love King Crimson's 80s output, they only had three albums and of those three only Discipline was truly terrific. Rush on the other hand put out some of their best albums during the same time period from Moving Pictures to Presto with only a couple of clunkers. And even the clunkers (Presto and Hold Your Fire) weren't altogether bad. Six albums in total, so I gotta go with Rush. They may not have been as musically ground breaking as Crimson, but they kept a fairly high level of quality and had twice the output.
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