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That much is certain. And once again, you're underscoring what I'm saying: Musical styles can't be pigeonholed into one decade or another solely on their sound or on the instruments they use.
I was simply identifying the genre strongly associated with the 80s; that said, a genre is different than a style (within a genre).
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
Take New Wave: If you wanna call Roxy Music New Wave because they used synthesizers in 1972 (so did the Moody Blues, Yes, ELP, the Beatles, the Stones, and countless other bands), have at it, but I wouldn't dare to try to classify a band as complex as Roxy Music.
Except ‘new wave’ specifically speaks to a genre which originated in the 70s, dominated the 80s and continued to influence into the 90s as well; it is a sub genre of rock that emerged during/post-punk (which later was the inspiration for grunge and alternative as well.) Btw, the identification of such is more than simply the use of synthesizers; but I agree over time (and with the popularity of the genre), it sort of lazily evolved into such.
Anyway, as I stated previously, I associate the 80s with New Wave; I’m not clear as to what it is you’re (continually) disputing relative to such. :-)
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Well, I was an adult in 1981, so that meant getting my butt into the office by 8 a.m. after drinking and dancing to the GoGos well past midnight the night before.
Too funny; I was a ‘cool’ kid with my Walkman in the 80s, lol. ;-)
Your misunderstanding of my point just underscores the error the OP has made in believing that there is a specific "sound" to any decade's worth of music.
And FYI, Roxy Music predates the New York Dolls.
And the music of the Cars, Police and Pretenders couldn't have been any more different from that of Huey Lewis. Which has that "80s sound" that the OP is talking about?
ok you are speaking in terms I know....you single?
IMO - keyboard and synthesized instruments is the "stereotype" of 80's music.
There's no mistaking the drum sounds of the Roland TR-808. Just think of the beats in the beginning of MJ's Beat It, or Whitney Houston's "I wanna Dance w/ Somebody". That cross between a hand clap and slapping a piece of paper for the snare beat.
I do think there was a lot of influences at the time. Hard rock bands that were around in the 70's went digital. There was also the influence of rap/hip-hop, reggae, etc. Although a lot of that influence started in the 70s.
Even some of the non-synth sounds were actually synth sounds. Van Halen's 1984 was not only Eddie's first big use of keyboards, Alex was also mostly using Simmons electric drums. The snare and the cymbal were pretty much the only acoustic drums Alex played.
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