Who “owned” the 1980s musically?

[Justin Tonation]

Michael owned 1982-1984


This is about the entire decade.

Post Bad, Janet was the Jackson who mattered.

[hutch]

That’s true


If we could vote for a Michael/Janet tandem I might agree!

[kosmo vinyl]

With regards to Peter Gabriel owning the 80s, I had a longer rant in mind... But, I'll just leave this iconic movie scene here instead.

[kosmo vinyl]

The Style Council was an amazing group of musicians who weren't tied to any one genre of music and could easily move between jazz, soul and pop.  Their sound is timeless and they managed some truly memorable songs along the way.  They influence many people to explore music beyond the sound of The Jam.

XTC released an amazing streak of records in the 80s.  English Settlement > Mummur > The Big Express >  25 O' Clock > Skylarking > Psonic Psunspot > Oranges and Lemons

While XTC may not be a directly mentioned influence, they sure do get the tribute treatment often enough. 

[Cock Van Der Palm]

While I definitely agree with your sentiments, and for me personally they (at least XTC) was a major group for me in the 80's, I would argue 90% of the numbnuts out there couldn't recognize either as a musical group, let alone name 1 song.

The Style Council was an amazing group of musicians who weren't tied to any one genre of music and could easily move between jazz, soul and pop.  Their sound is timeless and they managed some truly memorable songs along the way.  They influence many people to explore music beyond the sound of The Jam.

XTC released an amazing streak of records in the 80s.  English Settlement > Mummur > The Big Express >  25 O' Clock > Skylarking > Psonic Psunspot > Oranges and Lemons

While XTC may not be a directly mentioned influence, they sure do get the tribute treatment often enough.

[kosmo vinyl]

Dear God 

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Dear God 

even that is a stretch ....
one great fucking song, but probably less 0.1% of Americans could identify the band of that song (hmm do we thing there are 300k people who could name XTC in the US???...might be .01%)
hardly ownership on any level

I do think you are confusing 'Ownership' with bands you like

[kosmo vinyl]

Dear God 

even that is a stretch ....
one great fucking song, but probably less 0.1% of Americans could identify the band of that song (hmm do we thing there are 300k people who could name XTC in the US???...might be .01%)
hardly ownership on any level

I do think you are confusing 'Ownership' with bands you like

nope

[hutch]

I like to use CCP


Cultural
Critical
Popular


As my yardstick

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Dear God 

even that is a stretch ....
one great fucking song, but probably less 0.1% of Americans could identify the band of that song (hmm do we thing there are 300k people who could name XTC in the US???...might be .01%)
hardly ownership on any level

I do think you are confusing 'Ownership' with bands you like

nope

I will take that response as "nope, I don't think .01% of Americans could identify XTC)

[kosmo vinyl]

Or just me being feisty on a Friday amped up on raspberry diet smapplr

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Or just me being feisty on a Friday amped up on raspberry diet smapplr

Hey, I'm just glad you are back
you were kinda on a Forum-diet for a while there

[grateful]

Or just me being feisty on a Friday amped up on raspberry diet smapplr

Hey, I'm just glad you are back
you were kinda on a Forum-diet for a while there

I've always thought that when we see someone in the wild who we *suspect* is a boardie, the secret question should be, "Hey, are you a friend of Kosmo Vinyl?".  Anyone not in the inner circle will be completely dumbfounded.

[Space Freely]

Or just me being feisty on a Friday amped up on raspberry diet smapplr

Hey, I'm just glad you are back
you were kinda on a Forum-diet for a while there

I've always thought that when we see someone in the wild who we *suspect* is a boardie, the secret question should be, "Hey, are you a friend of Kosmo Vinyl?".  Anyone not in the inner circle will be completely dumbfounded.

Unless they are aware who the real Kosmo Vinyl is.

[Space Freely]

With regards to Peter Gabriel owning the 80s, I had a longer rant in mind... But, I'll just leave this iconic movie scene here instead.

Having a song on a sountrack of a movie that grossed a whole 21.5 million at box office isn't really owning the decade.