JoeTyler said:

minneapolisFunq said:

The beginning of the end

The rise and fall of Funk

The embodiment of all things great about 1980.

Wasn't David Sanborn's "Voyeur" released in '82?

Ah don't forget...

'dre

Anyone mentioned Gaucho yet?

Absolutely stellar year I believe:

Alan Vega's self-titled record
The Fall - Grotesque
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
George Jones - I Am What I Am
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
X- Los Angeles
Throbbing Gristle - Heathen Earth
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Colin Newman - A-Z
The Fall - Totale's Turns
Pere Ubu - The Art of Walking
The Blasters - American Music
Pylon - Gyrate
Donna Summer - The Wanderer
PiL - Paris au Printemps

All very good to great records in my opinion, except for the PiL album maybe - I really only like that one for sentimental reasons.

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Killer year indeed, and it is also the 30th anniversary of me!

Here are my top 23 albums of 1980!

Dang new org format of pasting edit.

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Well hell....The Org wouldn't post my links...so fuck it....

Shalamar - Three For Love

Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver

BT Express - 1980

Pleasure - Special Things

Instank Funk - The Funk Is On

The Knack - Get The Knack

Rafael Cameron - Cameron

Bobby Caldwell - Cat In The Hat

Heatwave - Candles

Starpoint - Starpoint

Dynasty - Adventures In The Land Of Music

Sweat Band - Sweat Band

Mutiny - Funk Plus The One

7th Wonder - Thunder

Brick - Waiting On You

Heat - Heat

Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - The Blue Album

I have nothing to add. Y'all have just about covered it all. Definately one of the hottest years in music.

Harlepolis said:

Shango said:

sounds odd indeed ... is that a recent article online ? ... or printed back then in a magazine ?

Its a new notion that appeared in the aftermath of MJ's death, damn near every tribute article that talks about him, puts light on that so-called notion. The discussions in Afronerd's blogtalk radio spot, is the top of my head.

Sorry to bring MJ in this thread btw the police here are touchy about his mentions.

That's because people still to this day think that if something didn't make it big on the white pop charts, that it was no good. Yeah, there were a few crossover songs from 1980 to 1982 but not many and the ones that crossed over were OK songs but not as hard and funky as the ones that didn't cross over. That's because the pop crowd still had a cukkleburr up their ass with their hatred of disco and anything black and fast, they considered disco. Just check out some the compilations for disco to this very day and you'll find stuff on there like "Burn Rubber" by The Gap Band, "Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band, and even "Super Freak" by Rick James that wasn't disco at all. That's because you've got people making these compilations who know nothing about disco or funk whatsoever. They still have that mentality that black plus fast equals disco.

If you check out white pop radio from 1980 and 1981, you'll see what I mean. There was shit like Air Supply all over it. Hell, they even started playing country artists such as Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Eddie Rabbit. It was "let's get as far away from disco and anything black as we possibly can". Michael Jackson made a huge splash with "Thriller" but a lot of those songs weren't as strong, hard, and funky as a lot of the other black artists of that era. It certainly was no Gap Band, Zapp, or Midnight Star by no means. It was a much less funky album than his previous one "Off The Wall" which was funky disco. "Billie Jean" was a good song but it certainly wasn't near as funky as those other groups during that era and "Beat It" was a rock track so naturally, pop radio went for it. These magazines always act as if the only good black music there ever was is crossover when actually, it's the other way around. The crossover music is the weaker of the music and it's all this damn crossing over that got music as fucked up as it is today. It just got weaker and weaker and weaker as each year passed.

Shango said:

They turned the Queen of Soul into a stewardess for Eastern Airlines in that pic.

thanx yall for your replies & contributions ... i'll edit some pics later

Chic - Real People
Peter Allen - Bi-Coastal
Gary Numan - Telekon
John Foxx - Metamatic

JoeTyler said:

AC/DC's Black in Black and The Jacksons Triumph: the two '80s albums that probably get the heaviest rotation in my iTunes. Even though I was a couple years removed from potty-training in 1980, I vividly remember the Triumph album. "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Lovely One" were my favorite tracks. Such an underrated album. It's practically "Off The Wall" Part 2.

I don't suppose anyone has heard of "Rockers For Lovers" by Eddie Lovette, he was a Jamaican guy who did reggae mixes of soul music. It came out in 1980 and is one of my favourites

Wow what a great thread!

Harlepolis said:

Its funny reading this thread, and then remember this article I read about MJ's Thriller being the wake of a dead industry(post-disco) and that there weren't ANY good records being produced. That it was similar to the drought we're suffering from now.

And whats crazy is everybody seem to co-sign with that notion, WTF, 80-82 gave life to albums that still shine some inspiration on young & upcoming artists.

When I mention in a previous thread 80-82 era of the music industry as "harsh times" & "going through a transitional period", I was talking about pop music AND pop culture itself.

I never apply that story to r&b/soul or rock at all. Those genres were doing great.

vainandy said:

Harlepolis said:

Its a new notion that appeared in the aftermath of MJ's death, damn near every tribute article that talks about him, puts light on that so-called notion. The discussions in Afronerd's blogtalk radio spot, is the top of my head.

Sorry to bring MJ in this thread btw the police here are touchy about his mentions.

That's because people still to this day think that if something didn't make it big on the white pop charts, that it was no good. Yeah, there were a few crossover songs from 1980 to 1982 but not many and the ones that crossed over were OK songs but not as hard and funky as the ones that didn't cross over. That's because the pop crowd still had a cukkleburr up their ass with their hatred of disco and anything black and fast, they considered disco. Just check out some the compilations for disco to this very day and you'll find stuff on there like "Burn Rubber" by The Gap Band, "Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band, and even "Super Freak" by Rick James that wasn't disco at all. That's because you've got people making these compilations who know nothing about disco or funk whatsoever. They still have that mentality that black plus fast equals disco.

If you check out white pop radio from 1980 and 1981, you'll see what I mean. There was shit like Air Supply all over it. Hell, they even started playing country artists such as Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Eddie Rabbit. It was "let's get as far away from disco and anything black as we possibly can". Michael Jackson made a huge splash with "Thriller" but a lot of those songs weren't as strong, hard, and funky as a lot of the other black artists of that era. It certainly was no Gap Band, Zapp, or Midnight Star by no means. It was a much less funky album than his previous one "Off The Wall" which was funky disco. "Billie Jean" was a good song but it certainly wasn't near as funky as those other groups during that era and "Beat It" was a rock track so naturally, pop radio went for it. These magazines always act as if the only good black music there ever was is crossover when actually, it's the other way around. The crossover music is the weaker of the music and it's all this damn crossing over that got music as fucked up as it is today. It just got weaker and weaker and weaker as each year passed.

Remember when Kool & The Gang were THE only black artist on pop radio within 80-82? Again, this was before Michael's Thriller & Prince's 1999 came out in 82.

TonyVanDam said:

vainandy said:

That's because people still to this day think that if something didn't make it big on the white pop charts, that it was no good. Yeah, there were a few crossover songs from 1980 to 1982 but not many and the ones that crossed over were OK songs but not as hard and funky as the ones that didn't cross over. That's because the pop crowd still had a cukkleburr up their ass with their hatred of disco and anything black and fast, they considered disco. Just check out some the compilations for disco to this very day and you'll find stuff on there like "Burn Rubber" by The Gap Band, "Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band, and even "Super Freak" by Rick James that wasn't disco at all. That's because you've got people making these compilations who know nothing about disco or funk whatsoever. They still have that mentality that black plus fast equals disco.

If you check out white pop radio from 1980 and 1981, you'll see what I mean. There was shit like Air Supply all over it. Hell, they even started playing country artists such as Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Eddie Rabbit. It was "let's get as far away from disco and anything black as we possibly can". Michael Jackson made a huge splash with "Thriller" but a lot of those songs weren't as strong, hard, and funky as a lot of the other black artists of that era. It certainly was no Gap Band, Zapp, or Midnight Star by no means. It was a much less funky album than his previous one "Off The Wall" which was funky disco. "Billie Jean" was a good song but it certainly wasn't near as funky as those other groups during that era and "Beat It" was a rock track so naturally, pop radio went for it. These magazines always act as if the only good black music there ever was is crossover when actually, it's the other way around. The crossover music is the weaker of the music and it's all this damn crossing over that got music as fucked up as it is today. It just got weaker and weaker and weaker as each year passed.

Remember when Kool & The Gang were THE only black artist on pop radio within 80-82? Again, this was before Michael's Thriller & Prince's 1999 came out in 82.

When was Earth, Wind & Fire getting all that airplay???

Albums I have from '80:

Abdul said:

Albums I have from '80:

Some great music there, but you have to laugh at the fashion, a mixture of afros and early Jheri Curls and the obsession with open chested white suits. Then there's the hair and the sunglasses, and whats with all the space and sky themes that were popular then.

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Huggiebear said:

Abdul said:

Albums I have from '80:

Some great music there, but you have to laugh at the fashion, a mixture of afros and early Jheri Curls and the obsession with open chested white suits. Then there's the hair and the sunglasses, and whats with all the space and sky themes that were popular then.

LOL!!! yeah the fashion was off the hook back then

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I have to say, this stuff is legendary, more so than all the R and B everyone else loves. Barbra was in rare form with Guilty, seriously it was a and still is a great record, and Grace Jones's Warm Leatherette was the album that defined her as an icon. It was simply her best and even her covers of Love is the Drug and the Hunter get captured by the game, are totally "GRACEful" Private Life is in a league of its own.

I thought the topic would be the 30th Anniversity of BET, but that's cool.

The Damned-The Black Album

The Jam-Sound Affects

Elvis Costello-Get Happy!!

The Clash-Sandinista

XTC-Black Sea

Specials-More Specials

Squeeze-Argybargy

The Soft Boys-Underwater Moonlight

Joan Jett-Joan Jett (aka Bad Reputation)

U2-Boy

Joy Division-Closer

Motorhead-Ace Of Spades

Judas Priest-British Steel

Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden

Saxon-Wheels Of Steel

Saxon-Strong Arm Of The Law

Def Leppard-On Through The Night

Ozzy Osbourne-Blizzard Of Ozz

Black Sabbath-Heaven And Hell

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Huggiebear said: I have to say, this stuff is legendary, more so than all the R and B everyone else loves.

To each their own, i guess. The fashion and image back then was what it was, a sign of the times. Everything is easy viewed otherwise in retrospect.