no reason other than it just always sounds cool to say them.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Concrete Blonde The Dream Academy Joy Division
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
i just realized..this topic should be in the 80s music section...oops!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Or you could just rename this thread "This Is Spinal Tap" or what was the band's name in the movie "Satisfaction"? Weren't they called "Mystery" or something like that?
More movies with cool bands ...Spring Break and Hardbodies
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Even better ... one of the bands you named Oingo Boingo performed "Dead Man's Party" in the movie "Back To School" .. so I think you're subliminally good!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
thompson twins, wang chung, eurythmics, flock of seagulls, soft cell, devo
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
Tears for Fears Culture Club Style Council Duran Duran Ultravox Visage Spandau Ballet Eurythmics Human League Wham! (Yes, really)
Adam and the Ants Frankie Goes to Hollywood Johnny Hates Jazz (Hmm... maybe not)
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Besides the obvious.
Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The Fixx The Knack
We are DEVO
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Always liked these names:
Fine Young Cannibals Cheap Trick The Dazz Band
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
I don't know, but my vote for the most pretenious is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
Posted by Princess Pooh (Member # 5798) on :
Kajagoogoo
Posted by jdocster McFly you Irish bug (Member # 5752) on :
ZZ Top
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
The 80s was a very fecund period for Australian pop/rock music. This is a selection of bands with memorable names. Some of them you may know about, some of them you may not.
AC/DC Air Supply Australian Crawl Big Pig Boom Crash Opera Cold Chisel Crowded House Divinyls Do Re Mi The Dynamic Hepnotics The Eurogliders Flash And The Pan Gangajang Goanna Hoodoo Gurus Hunters And Collectors Icehouse I'm Talking INXS Kids In The Kitchen Koo De Tah Little River Band Men At Work Mental As Anything Midnight Oil The Models Mondo Rock Moving Pictures 1927 Noiseworks Painters And Dockers The Party Boys Pseudo Echo The Radiators Redgum The Reels Rose Tattoo The Saints The Sunnyboys The Triffids Uncanny X-Men v. Spy v. Spy The Venetians Wa Wa Nee.
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by LoverswithCassie: The 80s was a very fecund period for Australian pop/rock music. This is a selection of bands with memorable names. Some of them you may know about, some of them you may not.
AC/DC Air Supply Crowded House Icehouse INXS Men At Work Midnight Oil Rose Tattoo </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">I only recognise those bands.
A few of mine:
Depeche Mode Dream Theater The Boomtown Rats
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Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
Here are some more.
ABC Asia B-52s Def Leppard Echo and the Bunnymen New Order Simply Red U2 UB40 Wall Of Voodoo
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Heavy PettinŽ
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
There are these in addition.
Boy Meets Girl China Crisis The Escape Club Europe Missing Persons The Psychedelic Furs R.E.M. Stray Cats Talk Talk Toto XTC
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
some of my favs would be:
Oingo Boingo GWAR The Eurythmics Husker Du Angelwitch Duran Duran Nine Inch Nails Yazoo Kraftwerk Skinny Puppy Ultravox Baltimora Wall of Voodoo Combo Audio Bow Wow Wow Wang Chung The Blow Monkeys Strawberry Switchblade Intaferon Sigue Sigue Sputnik Culture Club W.A.S.P. Cycle Sluts From Hell Tesla Jackyl Psychic Pilgrims Princess Pang Potliquor Ugly Kid Joe Armored Saints Scorpio Rising Sea Hags Shy Tiger Sister Morphine War Barbies
[ 28. November 2010, 00:22: Message edited by: Pyromantic ]
Posted by Junior Figueroa (Member # 9287) on :
Favorite bands names-- A Flock of Seagulls Fine Young Cannibals The Goon Squad Duran Duran The Cure
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
I have a few more to add.
Big Country Cutting Crew Deacon Blue Level 42 Mike And The Mechanics Pet Shop Boys REO Speedwagon
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
That's easy...Quarterflash
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Dead Kennedys with lead singer Jello Biafra is number one. Krokus, Blow Monkeys, and Spandau Ballet get honorable mention in my book.
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
I have these to append as well.
A-ha Dead Or Alive Dire Straits Everything But The Girl Foreigner Survivor 10,000 Manics .38 Special World Party
[ 28. January 2011, 12:39: Message edited by: Lovers with Cassie ]
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
Noiseworks Boom crash oprah INXS
I can hear you stitch and lovers with saying 'oh god yeah, i forgot those'
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
oh, sorry Lovers, just read your other post and realised you nailed it already...DOH!
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
The Flying Pickets - released 'Only You' also by alison moyet, if you havnt seen the video its really worth watching...they sang live on a british music show called top of the pops. No instruments were used in this version which is quite amazing considering the sound they produce, very clever.
[ 16. January 2011, 17:00: Message edited by: oneyedwilly ]
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
Awesome. For a lonnggg time, I actually had no idea that this was written by Alison Moyet. It wasn't until I saw 'Can't Hardly Wait' in 99/00 that I heard the Yazoo version.
I really love this version though.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
quote:Originally posted by J2ME: Awesome. For a lonnggg time, I actually had no idea that this was written by Alison Moyet. It wasn't until I saw 'Can't Hardly Wait' in 99/00 that I heard the Yazoo version.
I really love this version though.
glad you liked it. This was my sisters favourite version and remember seeing this at christmas back in 83...it is a beautiful version
Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Awesome. For a lonnggg time, I actually had no idea that this was written by Alison Moyet.
It wasn't... it was written by Vince Clarke.
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
lol... Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
LOL
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
its ok j2me, ive had many moments like that too...LOL, i didnt know it was by vince clarke either so now ill sit and wait til it comes up another time and then . . .pounce, haaha, take that you unknowledgable people like i once was.
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