Off Topic Tears For Fears - ( The Band )
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I was at University in the early 80s - and there were some great and innovative bands around and some incredible melodic (if electronically enhanced) sounds - in no particular order:
Gary Newman and Tubeway Army
Ultravox
Freur (Karl Hyde went on to form Underworld of Trainspotting theme fame)
OMD
Alphaville
Tears For Fears
Visage
Kraftwerk
Flock Of Seagulls
... and plenty I've forgotten
Gary Newman and Tubeway Army
Ultravox
Freur (Karl Hyde went on to form Underworld of Trainspotting theme fame)
OMD
Alphaville
Tears For Fears
Visage
Kraftwerk
Flock Of Seagulls
... and plenty I've forgotten
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Everytime I see their lead singer, I just see Jon Cryer (Alan from Two and a half men) with a jeri curl.
My mum likes them, but I find them frightfully dull to be honest.
One cannot sing, the other has a voice like an albatross.
A bit "Meh" for me.
My mum likes them, but I find them frightfully dull to be honest.
One cannot sing, the other has a voice like an albatross.
A bit "Meh" for me.
They were a bit serious, a bit po faced, but Orzabal wrote some great songs. Proper grown up music, more serious than many of their contemporaries. Probably missed out on the teenybopper market because of it. They didn't have a lead singer by the way, they shared the lead vocals. Smith sung Pale Shelter, Mad World and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Orzabal sung Shout, Head over Heels and Woman in Chains.
The one my mum used to play all the time was that "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
I can appreciate their song writing talent, but as performers, they were just terribly dull for me, and I didn't particularly like either of their voices.
INXS did what they did, but were much better.
Although 80's music is my favourite, there are some other 80's bands that everyone loved that I am not particularly keen on:
Duran Duran were overrated imo.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood as well.
Spandau Ballet were great, Human League were awesome.
Loved Queen's 80s stuff, plus of course the usual faves like MJ and Madonna.
Duran Duran were overrated imo.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood as well.
Spandau Ballet were great, Human League were awesome.
Loved Queen's 80s stuff, plus of course the usual faves like MJ and Madonna.
Have to disagree ... forget the notoriety, "Relax" had one of the most infectious (no pun intended) beats ever heard IMHO ... Two Tribes wasn't half bad but not quite at Relax level ... also thought Duran Duran were OK....
Personally thought Spandau were a tad overrated and Tony Hadley a very average front man ...
Also loved Pete Wylie and The Mighty Wah ... proper anthemic tunes
You think Ariana Grande makes good music?!Your avatar and sig make that last comment rather dubious!
Personally I would rather listen to nails on a chalk board than half of the **** she puts out.
Doesn't stop me wanting to bash her ****ing back door in though
You said that it was utter ****. It's more a description of your own activities than a review of her music, I think!You think Ariana Grande makes good music?!
Personally I would rather listen to nails on a chalk board than half of the **** she puts out.
Doesn't stop me wanting to bash her ****ing back door in though
She can actually sing, funnily enough, but it's all just generic r'n'b, poppy ****e to make a few quid.
Utterly boring and forgettable.
Frankie were just a meh (at best) gay band who were lucky to be picked up
by Trevor Horn as his production powers were on the rise.
To prove the point, perhaps youtube has footage from The Tube, of Relax
before it got processed by the ZTT production machine.
You said that it was utter ****. It's more a description of your own activities than a review of her music, I think!
She can actually sing, funnily enough, but it's all just generic r'n'b, poppy ****e to make a few quid.
Utterly boring and forgettable.
haha, I get ya!! Slow on the uptake there.
She has the best voice (and arse) on the planet....and you cannot say "so and so, is better" because whoever you say, she can mimic their voice.
She can do Britney, Christina, Beyonce, Celine Dion, to perfection.
Shame all her songs are absolute dog **** then.....such a shame.
A waste of talent, but I'm sure her manager's loving the cash.
Maybe she'll get more interesting when people get bored of her? Probably not, though.
Don't disagree with the Trevor Horn dynamic - TH was quite brilliant ... but Holly Johnson still had a pretty good voice ...
... regarding TH, he actually did a rather impressive job on the impossible ... Dollar! ffs
his production of "Give Me Back My Heart" ..... my middle daughter plays guitar and sings (also doing music A Level currently) and we quite often look through Youtube at music genre, production effects (I go back to the 60s so am able to give her some perspective now and again) ... we were looking through 80s stuff and up came Dollar .... now if you can stomach it - take a peek at that Dollar song as released and then the difference that the TH production makes .. even become a bit of a guilty pleasure, if only for the notably TH production and inspired ending .