80's Rock

@M36:

Rap started off with a powerful message but now that 80% of gangster rap is purchased by suburban white kids (that is an actual statistic, not me ranting) it doesn’t really have any meaning anymore. A suburban kid can’t even imagine what life in the inner city is like. Rappers aren’t individuals from the ghetto anymore, they live in splendor and also have no concept of how life in the inner city is like.

hip hop always sucked, and always will suck. Especially since hip hop artists take all the credit and don’t give any to their musicians.

Rock has been severely mutilated by pussy bands like Fall Out Boy, Blink 182 and Green Day. More emphasis is put on the singing than the instruments now, which has lead to every teenage girl from Connecticut to California starting to like rock bands because the singer is “hot”

Heavy Metal and Hard Rock is even better than before thanks to bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin, and Red.

Just my $0.02

Sooooooooooooooooo Effin’ True.

Good rap has existed since its creation (See: GZA and the rest of Wu-Tang, The Coup, Ded Prez, Mos Def, The Fugees, The Roots, Busdriver, Talib Kweli), it’s just not played on radio stations.

Honestly, record labels have always been the cause for bad music.  There’s plenty of good music today, you just have to dig to find it.

Rap would be the biggest detriment to modern music.  Modern R&B has NOTHING to do with classic R&B.

And Pop has again been dragged into oblivion, perhaps even more severely than it was during Disco.

The ‘rap’ you’re referring to shouldnt even be called rap, its stupid mall-rap that is directly sold to suburban white kids (like said before).  Its just pop under a different name.  Some of the rappers Ive listed above have actually made good music and have artistic integrity.

Again: there’s plenty of good music today, you just have to dig to find it.

dont forget Jurassic Five or a tribe called quest.

as for Metal, Godsmack suuuucccckkkkkkssss the big one

find some Hatebreed or Jackboot Suicide.  these bands freakin rage!

below the bottom is just hardcore and a fav of mine. i found it on youtube but with some stupid game as the video.  listening is worth it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZMRT_fI9-Q

and what about favorite 80’s songs covered.

like is A-HA’s version of Take On Me better than Reel Big Fish’s version.  i think not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7sTntruzg

AH! i forgot Jurassic 5.  TRUE hip-hop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmQIGLNxBs

the best.

and the musical Swingset.  very good if you like the music of the 20’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2oPI7nGveA

Jurrassic 5 and ATCQ are both awesome.

Disturbed does indeed suck.

This is a better cover of Take On Me. Not being ska makes it instantly better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_xUlC3f_k

@Der:

Here’s a few more: Slayer, Guns n roses, The Smiths, The Pixies, The Clash, Kiss, Dead kennedy’s, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili’s…

Yeah, sounds good, but I kind of feel like some of those are on the cusp of the 80’s (GNR, Pixies, RHCP, etc.)

@U-505:

Take the skinheads bowling, in your…… bitchin’ camaro.

Maybe you’ll find a cute punk rock girl, but most likely will just hang out with your friend Stuart.

@Cobert:

Good rap has existed since its creation (See: GZA and the rest of Wu-Tang, The Coup, Ded Prez, Mos Def, The Fugees, The Roots, Busdriver, Talib Kweli), it’s just not played on radio stations.

I hope you aren’t saying those peeps were at the creation.  Very good either way.  The GZA is just a musical genius, yet many people won’t even recognize it because they will never give him a chance.  RIP ODB/Dirt McGirt/Big Baby Jesus.  :lol:

Have to agree with balung on Tribe, probably the best hip hop group I’ve ever heard.  Also, the Pharcyde, De La Soul, Digable Planets, etc.

What no Motorhead?

And if we are going to bring up Punk, Fear and the Plasmatics are missing as well. Black Flag got mentioned but I will bring them up again.

Krocus did some good stuff in the '80s. Accept also did some of their best stuff then as well. And least I forget Hawkwind had some good LPs in the '80s but I have yet to hear a bad one from them.

ahh shes skanky… looks like Blair from facts of life TV show.

Now this is much more refined. You wont find them in the trailer park.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJc64xncBt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR5xv3pt7KI

@Jermofoot:

I hope you aren’t saying those peeps were at the creation.  Very good either way.  The GZA is just a musical genius, yet many people won’t even recognize it because they will never give him a chance.  RIP ODB/Dirt McGirt/Big Baby Jesus.  :lol:

Have to agree with balung on Tribe, probably the best hip hop group I’ve ever heard.  Also, the Pharcyde, De La Soul, Digable Planets, etc.

No, i was just listing some generally good hip-hop.

There has not been good rap since Grand Master Flash and The Furious 5.

This just confirms that you havent listened to much rap, haha.

And while we’re including punk…

POISON IDEA: http://www.myspace.com/pickyourking  (in the late 80’s they slowed down but still made great songs)
NEGATIVE FX:  http://www.myspace.com/negativefx  (from Boston, predecessor to grind/powerviolence bands of today)

SS DECONTROL: http://www.myspace.com/societysystemdecontrol (Boston has made some truly great hardcore, unfortunately this band dropped all of their punk roots and made bad hair metal after a few years)

FUGAZI: http://www.myspace.com/fugazidischord (technically ‘post-hardcore’ and probably closer to indie, but I dont know if you guys are going to knitpick over punk subgenres, and just on the edge of the 90’s)

And what about the founders of actual emo (not bad pop-punk that is mislabeled as such)?

RITES OF SPRING: http://www.myspace.com/ritesofspringmusic  (For Want Of is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard)
EMBRACE: http://www.myspace.com/embracetribute  (Might i suggest “Dance of Days”?)

MOSS ICON: http://www.myspace.com/mossiconemo (“I’m Back Sleeping or F***ing of Something” is only allowed to be played at maximum volume on one’s speakers, song has some intense vocals later on, this band is probably my favorite of all of these emo forefathers)

@Imperious:

you forgot Blue oyster cult, and Emerson, Lake, and palmer

Ah Blue Oyster Cult - love that Godzilla song.  I used to crank that so loud the widows vibrated… Go Go Godzilla!