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To: ServesURight

I was a "Credence Clearwater Revial", "The Who", and a "U2" fan in the 80's. I was a Classic rock listener while in high school. The only 80's band that I think will stand the test of time is U2. Those stupid "hair" bands like "Motley Crew" and "Poison" are monuments to white trash middle America.

19 posted on 11/18/2003 9:29:29 PM PST by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))

Hey, us Hair Band fans resemble..er..um..resent that remark! I'll have you know that I was distinctly Upper Class White Trash...

20 posted on 11/18/2003 9:32:24 PM PST by egarvue (Martin Sheen is not my president...)

And Aerosmith, Metallica, and Annie Lennox

45 posted on 11/18/2003 10:14:57 PM PST by PurVirgo (Here's a tip - Never weedeat the dog pen with your mouth open)

The only 80's band that I think will stand the test of time is U2. Those stupid "hair" bands like "Motley Crew" and "Poison" are monuments to white trash middle America.

Don't forget Great White, Dokken, Warrant, Winger, Skid Row, etc., etc. There had to be fifty "hair" bands from that time that were big in the 1980s but forgotten ever since Nirvana exploded upon the scene and alternative rock took over. And I didn't even include the new-wave bands like Flock of Seagulls, Haircut 100, Duran Duran, Adam Ant, etc., etc. What a lousy decade for music. The 1970s gets a lot of criticism too but it was a much better decade for rock music.

I agree that U2 will at least stand the test of time but I lean towards their newer stuff (post Achtung Baby). Their older albums sound sort of dated now. If only Bono wasn't such a bonehead, I'd appreciate their music that much more.

83 posted on 11/19/2003 2:38:02 AM PST by SamAdams76 (198.4 (-101.6))

90 posted on 11/19/2003 6:50:32 AM PST by job (Dinsdale?Dinsdale? (www.oklahomasooners.com/dontfiremackbrown/))

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