Ultimate 80's summer tour

freaky4tiki · Post by **freaky4tiki** » February 20, 2007 1:35 pm

The Go-Go's were a ton of fun last year. Would love to see Bruce Springsteen.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » February 20, 2007 4:34 pm

TommyBahama wrote:Asia wasn't around for long........they should have REO Speedwagon in there instead!!

I don't think Asia went anywhere. They have been around since the early 80's. They have had many line up changes and some degree of sucess over seas.

NanaBabe · Post by **NanaBabe** » February 20, 2007 4:37 pm

The 80's were THE worst era in music .... EVER!

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 20, 2007 4:42 pm

a1aara wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:Asia wasn't around for long........they should have REO Speedwagon in there instead!!
I don't think Asia went anywhere. They have been around since the early 80's. They have had many line up changes and some degree of sucess over seas.

They formed in '81, broke up in '85 and reformed in 1990 without John Wetton and have released only two albums since then, the last of which came out in '94.

slimwis · Post by **slimwis** » February 20, 2007 5:33 pm

I saw Styx, Foreigner and BOC, 5 months ago. They all were just as good as when I saw them 30 years ago, musically. Maybe better. Stage shows didn't compare to the 70's when I saw them. If tickets are ~$30, spend it. You'll enjoy it.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 20, 2007 6:01 pm

NanaBabe wrote:The 80's were THE worst era in music .... EVER!

Except for Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Blasters, Los Lobos, the Radiators, Omar and the Howlers, the Long Ryders, Lone Justice, the Del Fuegos, Jason and the Scorchers, X, the Replacements, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, U2, Yes, the Police, Violent Femmes, 10,000 Maniacs, the Cure, Van Halen, the Smithereens, R.E.M., the Alarm, Big Country, the Clash, Dream Academy, Elvis Costello, the English Beat, Icicle Works, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Georgia Satellites, the Church, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, XTC, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jesse Winchester, Bruce Cockburn and some fella named Jimmy Buffett, I might just have to agree with ya.

MojosMama · Post by **MojosMama** » February 20, 2007 6:19 pm

No Aldo Nova?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » February 20, 2007 6:20 pm

NanaBabe wrote:The 80's were THE worst era in music .... EVER!

I'd say the 90's were much worse.

How much MEMORABLE music came from the 80s?
How much from the 90s?

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 20, 2007 6:39 pm

CaptainP wrote: How much MEMORABLE music came from the 80s?

See above and that's only a random sampling.

CaptainP wrote:How much from the 90s?

It all depends upon what trips your trigger but there's Indigo Girls, Matthew Sweet, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Pearl Jam, Todd Snider, Edie Brickell, Widespread Panic, Phish, Sarah McLaughlin, the Black Crowes, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Melvins, Radiohead, Alice in Chains, PJ Harvey, Jane's Addiction, Neil Young, the Pixies, Temple of the Dog, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blues Traveler, Blind Melon, Screaming Trees and some fella named Jimmy Buffett, just to name a few.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » February 20, 2007 10:39 pm

Tiki Torches wrote:
a1aara wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:Asia wasn't around for long........they should have REO Speedwagon in there instead!!
I don't think Asia went anywhere. They have been around since the early 80's. They have had many line up changes and some degree of sucess over seas.
They formed in '81, broke up in '85 and reformed in 1990 without John Wetton and have released only two albums since then, the last of which came out in '94.

According to this site Asia has released several cd's since 1994.

http://www.asiaworld.org/asiaworld//ind ... &Itemid=67

Zuke · Post by **Zuke** » February 20, 2007 11:10 pm

a1aara wrote:I don't think Lou Gramm sings for Foreigner anymore?

Lou Gramm is long gone, Foreigner has one member left, Mick Jones, so they are basically just a cover band.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » February 22, 2007 11:05 pm

CaptainP wrote:So...on tour this summer:

Van Halen
Asia
Police
STYX
Foreigner
Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Buffett
Roger Waters (performing DSOTM)

This IS a time-warp!!!

the local paper has
Nightranger also on tour..

and Heart..

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » February 22, 2007 11:15 pm

CaptainP wrote:
NanaBabe wrote:The 80's were THE worst era in music .... EVER!
I'd say the 90's were much worse.

How much MEMORABLE music came from the 80s?
How much from the 90s?

Very agreeable... Best thing the 90s brought us was the birth and death of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.

NanaBabe · Post by **NanaBabe** » February 23, 2007 12:20 am

Bob Marley (didn't even LIVE in the 80's) , Peter Tosh, Yes, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jesse Winchester, and some fella named Jimmy Buffett

I was listening to all these folks in the 70's. Much of the rest of your list was punk, and it never turned me on, or just people I didn't care for. Disco and punk drove me to country and Southern Rock as well as some really fine singer/songwriters. Memorable to you doesn't mean good to everyone else. Granted, the 90's sucked too, and the 00's haven't looked much better. Generation Gap perhaps.

Sorry I forgot to qualify my post with "IMHO"

ConchRepublican · Post by **ConchRepublican** » February 23, 2007 8:55 am

ragtopW wrote:
CaptainP wrote:So...on tour this summer:

Van Halen
Asia
Police
STYX
Foreigner
Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Buffett
Roger Waters (performing DSOTM)

This IS a time-warp!!!
the local paper has
Nightranger also on tour..

and Heart..

Yeah!

My first HMA meeting . . .

Hi . . . my name is Peter, and I'm a Hair Metal fan.

Hi Peter! (As I'm greeted with Dio's devil fingers salute)

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » February 23, 2007 9:44 am

Tiki Torches wrote:
CaptainP wrote:How much from the 90s?
It all depends upon what trips your trigger but there's Indigo Girls, Matthew Sweet, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Pearl Jam, Todd Snider, Edie Brickell, Widespread Panic, Phish, Sarah McLaughlin, the Black Crowes, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Melvins, Radiohead, Alice in Chains, PJ Harvey, Jane's Addiction, Neil Young, the Pixies, Temple of the Dog, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blues Traveler, Blind Melon, Screaming Trees and some fella named Jimmy Buffett, just to name a few.

You listed 8 bands I couldn't ID if I heard them. Not so memorable.

By memorable, I mean that you know the song. Doesn't mean it's good...doesn't mean you like it. But you know it.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 23, 2007 12:44 pm

NanaBabe wrote:Bob Marley (didn't even LIVE in the 80's)

Marley passed away on May 11th, 1981.

NanaBabe wrote:Much of the rest of your list was punk, and it never turned me on, or just people I didn't care for.

At best only 3 of those bands could be called "punk": X, the Clash and the Replacements, all of which were much more melodic than ones like the Sex Pistols, Circle Jerks, Dead Boys, etc. from that time period.

I've found music to like from the origins of blues in the 30s, the beginnings of rock n' roll in the 50s and several kinds of music from the 60s to the present. As evidenced by this thread our own individual mileage may vary. If I had never allowed my own taste to go off the beaten path I would have never gotten into people like Buffett, Marley, Prine, Jerry Jeff, etc. Memorable to me are artists who's work is worth revisiting and I listen to all of the artists listed (and then some) on a regular basis.

charlie_sierra · Post by **charlie_sierra** » February 23, 2007 2:20 pm

Innsbrook After Hours in Richmond Va announced Weird Al and Huey Lewis for this year. Me and the kids will be there.

NanaBabe · Post by **NanaBabe** » February 23, 2007 5:36 pm

Tiki Torches wrote:
NanaBabe wrote:Bob Marley (didn't even LIVE in the 80's)
Marley passed away on May 11th, 1981.

My apologies, I had '78 in my head as the date of his death ... I thought it was the same year my daughter was born. Now I wonder what event really happened that I thought I was remembering ....

Ahhh ...... Keith Moon. My memory doesn't always serve accurately anymore. Too many brain cells killed off

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 23, 2007 5:52 pm

Speaking of Keith Moon, that new Who album that came out last year is quite good, particularly considering they're the only original members of the band left.

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