Best 80's Pop band?

[tpsreports2424]

what is your favorite 80's pop band?

 

[Zoots]

Probably... Duran Duran.

 

[tpsreports2424]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

 

[Zoots]

As for greatest song, probably Centerfold or Whip It!

 

[If you shout...]

Either The Cars or Depeche Mode, if we're focusing on (whatever we're calling) pop singles. Erasure didn't have a bad decade, either.

 

[namkcuR]

Depeche Mode = rock.

This thread = pop.

 

[LMP]

Probably... Duran Duran.

Nothing wrong with that.

Planet Earth
Rio
Girls on Film
The Reflex
Hungry Like the Wolf

 

[Lila64]

Depeche Mode = rock?

then what are all the other 80s bands?

I think I need clarification. Is U2 80s rock? pop?

 

[namkcuR]

Depeche Mode = rock?

then what are all the other 80s bands?

I think I need clarification. Is U2 80s rock? pop?

Depeche Mode = rock
U2 = rock

What else?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

glad to see there's only one valid argument here

depeche mode's sound in the 80s i think was more techno pop than rock. i wouldn't consider them a rock band until the 90s.

as far as just 80s pop bands go, i'd say duran duran. they personified the 80s, or at least the first half of the decade.

 

[Lila64]

Duran Duran were HUGE in the early 80s. I worked at a record store and remember all the girls would go crazy. Would Madonna be "pop" or "dance"? She was pretty popular too. Depeche Mode were pretty popular as well, but definitely weren't considered rock. All the (L.A. Radio Station) KROQ bands of the day were what sold. Where do these artists/bands fit in?

Elvis Costello
Squeeze
Simple Minds
The Cure
Echo & The Bunnymen
XTC
Thompson Twins
Human League
The Jam
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Culture Club
Devo
Eurythmics
Tears For Fears

...

 

[XHendrix24]

XTC

 

[powerhour24]

Duran Duran...although it's strange that they outlasted the 80's by a long shot, even in their current form.

 

[girlhappy]

OMD Icehouse good pop

 

[Zoots]

depeche mode's sound in the 80s i think was more techno pop than rock. i wouldn't consider them a rock band until the 90s.

Exactly right!

 

[Bono'sZooBaby]

INXS
They're kind of a mix of pop and rock though.

 

[Nate Dogg]

INXS

Shabooh Shoobah is a classic 80s record. Not the best title, though.

 

[corianderstem]

Duran Duran ruled the 80s, pop wise.

Even though they split up the full band after Live Aid in '85 and carried forward as a smaller band with far fewer hits, they still ruled the 80s, pop wise.

 

[one4u2]

Probably... Duran Duran.

Ditto! Going to see them tonight at Hammerstein

 

[JCOSTER]

INXS
Culture Club
Thompson Twins
Squeeze

 

[1stepcloser]

Hall and Oates

 

[Lila64]

don't forget The Police

Have fun at DD one4U2!

 

[intedomine]

Wang Chung
Spandeau Ballet

 

[MsMofoGone]

What about Journey ?? (doesn't anyone here remember them ??)

Steve Perry and Co. were indeed HUGE back in the 80's ... especially 1981, as the Escape tour was incredibly successful.

 

[Lila64]

I think that was the tour I saw them on. Lost interest at Frontiers I believe, you know the one where they came out with the video arcade game

where does R.E.M. fit into this scheme

 

[namkcuR]

I think that was the tour I saw them on. Lost interest at Frontiers I believe, you know the one where they came out with the video arcade game

where does R.E.M. fit into this scheme

Alternative Rock.

IMO, of course.

 

[Lila64]

Then all the 'KROQ' bands I mentioned would be there too I'd suppose. IMO, of course

 

[WinnieThePoo]

Eurythmics

 

[U2inUtah]

Definitely Duran Duran

 

[corianderstem]

What about Journey ?? (doesn't anyone here remember them ??)

I think of them as rock. When someone says "80s pop band" to me, I think hairdos, cool videos and synths.