Why did all pre-80's artists become shit in the 80's?
>Freedom of Choice
>New Traditionalists
>not GOAT
?
Even oh, no! Has some decent enough songs
Everything after that is total shit though, yeah
Cocaine
Gentrification of punk
Death of hippie idealism
>>63213832
damn
>>63213799
HELLO
>>63213857
"And that, I think, was the handle — that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply PREVAIL. There was no point in fighting — on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave...
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high water mark — that place where the wave finally broke, and rolled back."
Hunter S Thompson
>>63213832
>>63214046
depressing thread is depressing
>>63213799
total devo more like smooth noodle shit
>>63214134
Fucking do something about it. Change the world for the better.
Individuals can in fact make all the difference.
>>63214187
>Individuals can in fact make all the difference.
post ww2 is defined by a rise of individualism.
>>63213659
Joy Division got better
>>63214263
Yup, individuals caring about themselves, and not as much about the world around them.
they sucked
>>63214354
so.... individuals can't in fact make all the difference
>>63213659
Because the 80's were absolute shit. Also, >>63213832
>>63213659
What about The Cure? They started out in 1976.
>>63214496
>the 80's were shit
Compared to what, the shitshow that was the 70's?
>>63214454
Not sure how you got that from my post. Individuals can improve the world, but post-ww2 individualism is usually not doing that.
>>63214376
no u
>>63214046
It's easy to accuse HST of being the r-word but damn, when he was on he was fucking on.
>>63213659
It's still a great decade for music, since the legends of the 90s were just getting started.
>>63213659
Because literally the only two good things musically from the 80s other than actual musicals was SOME Billy Joel songs, Pixies and Van Halen.
>>63217996
And the first and last one are just highly influential. Pixies were the start of real indie-alt, kinda out there stuff.
>>63217996
>Tom Waits
>>63213799
I still really like the music videos for Shout, Total Devo, and Smooth Noodle Maps tho
>>63213659
I listen to 80s Rush more than 70's Rush nowadays. Signals and Grace Under Pressure are GOAT
>>63218109
This
>>63218109
The only album before or after the Permanent Waves - Grace Under Pressure era that is of similar quality was Hemispheres
Pressure
Beefheart was still good during the 80s though
>>63214454
That's right, only by collectivising can anything be improved
>>63218246
That's because he just finished suckin real hard for a good part of the mid '70s
>>63214496
People who say this don't know anything about music. Some of the dumbest people I know say the same thing
>>63213659
>The Cure
>>63213832
>>63213659
It got shit because gritty post-punk/early new wave became sterilized pop. When early Moog synths became everman Fairchilds, all was lost
>>63217996
You forgot Dire Straits, family.
