Which artists did you dig the most DURING the 80s?

I was into Tina Turner, MJ, Janet, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Phil Collins, Lionel Ritchie, Whitney, Sheena, Gloria Estefan, Sammy Hagar, Jody ("don't you want me") Watley, Huey Lewis, Prince, Tom petty, and esp THE POINTER SISTERS! my first concert.

in retrospect there is a lot of 80s music I listen to NOW that I like better, more r&b, but i guess i was a pop whore as a little kid.

80 Kool and The Gang, Michael Jackson, Prince, Samantha Fox, Guns N' Roses, U2, Prince 89

lilgish said:

who be Samantha Fox?

Well I usually loved individual eighties songs. Like one hit wonders but I loved practicaly everything that was played on the radio by Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson.

PRINCE, U-2, Madonna, Duran Duran, Split ENZ, Talking HEADS, Roxy Music,Depeche Mode.....Siouxsie and THE BANSHEES. I basically was a NEWWAVER but had PRINCE and Madonna in the MIX>>>>
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Katrina & the Waves "Walking on Sunshine"
Belinda Carlisle "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55"
Tom Petty & The Heartbrakers "Don't Come Arond Here No More"
Janet Jackson "What Have You Done For Me Lately"
Prince "I Would Die For You"
Tina Turner "Private Dancer"
'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"
Jody Watley "Don't You Want Me"
Duran Duran "A View To a Kill"
Pointer Sisters "Jump for my Love"
Cyndi Lauper "Money Changes Everything"
Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin Something"
Madonna "Into the Groove"

...man i'm about to go OFF

Prince, by far.

But in the early 80's, it was all about top-40 and the R&B on the radio. I was particularly into The Police.

By the mid-80's, I was getting into hip-hop -- Doug E. Fresh, Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, etc.

In the late 80's, I was getting deeper into (what was then) underground hip-hop: PE, BDP, NWA, De La Soul. And of course, house music.

I ran the gamut, but Prince dominated my attention for the better part of the decade.

badujunkie said:

Surely you jest

no for real who is samantha fox?

I always find that q funny when U consider that Michael Jackson only released 2 cd's in the 80's.

Prince, MJ, P-Funk, Duran Duran, Run DMC, Thomas Dolby, Janet, Kraftwerk, R&B groups, and the last of the funk groups.

Graycap23 said:

2 Solo lps

The artists from the 80s I enjoy the most are Prince and Hall & Oates.

badujunkie said:

Naughty Girls Need Love Too!

I have a cassette that me and my sisters made 20 years ago and they asked me who my favorite singer was.

"Well! I'd say..... Prince! "


and then my sister acted like she had to go barf.

Well, given that I was still under 10, I'd have to say KISS.

hmmm ... fast4ward 2 90s.. anybody who did light groovy dace tracks

boy bands, girl bands, annie lennox, whoever did that version of "dancing in the streets", beatles, spears, mj, eagles, etc. etc. etc.

Hell, almost everyone on R&B radio in the early 1980s until Shitney came around, slowed things down, and fucked things up. I could list forever but here are a few:

Prince
Rick James
The Barkays
Lakeside
Cameo
Con-Funk-Shun
The Gap Band
Midnight Star
One Way
Shalamar
The Whispers
Bobby Nunn
Ebonee Webb
Dynasty
Slave
Stacy Lattisaw
The Isley Brothers
War
Teena Marie
The Time
Vanity 6
Apollonia 6
Andre Cymone
The Mary Jane Girls
The Stone City Band
Kleeer
Skyy
O'Bryan
Junior

The list could last forever.....

vainandy said:

I forgot about Steve Arrington and the boys.....SLAVE!

Until 85: Daryl & John.

weepingwall said:

notorious eyes ... if only maggie's were slightly higher up around the edges ..

Prince!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I've can put up an impossibly equal blank expression 2 make things go my way

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Prince - Michael Jackson, Janet, U2, Springsteen, Duran Duran, The Clash, English Beat....

twister6 said:

who?

weepingwall said:

Prince, Andre Cymone, Vanity 6, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Phil Collins, Madonna and the list goes on .

Culture Club
Phil Collins
New Edition
Cameo
MJ
Prince
Jody Wately
Janet Jackson
Run-DMC
Whodini
The Fat Boys

PrettyMan72 said:

Graycap23 said:

HAHAAA!!!
Co-sign & copy dat !