If you had to select:

[junio]

If you had to select 1, just 1 artist, who in your opinion ruled the 80's...

Who would it be?

All right, all right, you can select 3.

So tell me. I'd like to know what you guys think.

I say Madonna, but I don't know too much about the 80's so I'm not sure... I think the other two I would mention are: Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.

So who are your selections?

[cyane]

Wow very hard Marvin :p

mmm...

Madonna
Michael Jackson
The Cure

[Short Chris]

Hey, a real 80's question. Those are kind of rare...

In no particular order, I'd select Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, & Michael Jackson.

[NikDC]

Great one, Marvin.

1. Madonna, like the others. She'd have to be the number one for me.
2. Michael Jackson. Thriller and Dangerous were mammoth.
3. U2. Under a Blood Red Sky, War, The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum. They span the 80s.

[Bix,threetwosandaBBQ]

In terms of commercial success:

Michael Jackson
Madonna
AC/DC

Personal choices:

The Smiths
U2
Violent Femmes

[insearchofjason]

I'm going to have to go with my old standby answer... Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Prince.

[vester]

I'd have to agree with Nikki,

Madonna
Michael Jackson
U2

But we mustn't forget Duran Duran!

[Stronger4Brit]

Madonna
Michael Jackson
and Prince but I also think U2 was really big too.

[DreamyEyesFan]

Prince, Madonna, and U2.

[Galadriel]

I agree with all the artists mentioned in the previous posts, but I would like to add Bruce Springsteen to the list, cause that man was/is truely the boss of the rock & roll scene.

[junio]

Hmm, I'm glad to see all this responses. And I am glad to see each and everyone agreeing on Madonna. :)

I doubted if this thread was gonna be well received by you guys. I thought that this question was maybe one of those questions that people ask like each week. But I see it isn't. That's good.

I feel good.

Btw, someone said: a real 80's question. What? People in here doesn't speak about the 80's muisc that much or what?

[Java]

Genesis/Phil Collins
Prince
Duran Duran

[MJ]

I agree with everyone and although I would go over my limit of 3 this Hoosier girl has got to add John Mellencamp to her list....

[DrunKSAinT]

Bruce Springsteen, and Guns N' roses!

[NikDC]

Oh, Marvin...our reputations preceed us, I see.

We don't talk that that much 80s here simply because there isn't much new stuff happening (it being the '00s and all :p) but we'll jump on something 80s related if someone can think of something.

We haven't done top lists in a while.

[Bix,threetwosandaBBQ]

Amending my list:

Black Sabbath/Ozzy
The Smiths
The Police

[WWF Diva]

Madonna
Michael Jackson
Prince

Hon.mention-Whintey Houston.. She gave the 80's a voice.. She brought real vocals back in, which was kind of lacking in the 80's..

[junio]

LOL @ Nik.

Well, thanks for the explanation! I really don't know why all of a sudden I was interested in asking this question. I have to say that it was mostly because of Madonna, because I know she was BIG, Way BIG in the 80's...

Anyways, thanks for your responses peeps.

Keep answering!

Btw, am I right in saying that Tina Turner was big in the 80's?

[NikDC]

She was. Her big comeback or appearance as a solo artist was in 1984 with Private Dancer featuring the title song and What's Love Got to Do With It.

Actually Cher did big in the comeback department then too...or a few years later. In terms of going solo--Cher, Tina and Michael have to win the 80s.

[junio]

But Cher started her soloism in the 70's with songs like Half Breed and some other songs.

I totally love Cher, if you didn't know. I love her!!!

Of course, Cher was big in the 80's, she was great. What was her last song of the 80's? 89's If I Could Turn Back Time?

[cyane]

Yep Tina Turner is great and she did a show at Rio and it was her biggest crowd ever in a concert :eek:

Cher is great too but i dont remember what was her last song from 80's.

[junio]

I wish I could see Tina Turner in concert!

And Cher... Well, I so wanted her to come to Puerto Rico with her last tour... It was so great, so cool! If I ever see Cher in concert I think I'd die.

[cyane]

Junio have you ever been to Madonna's concert ??!

[junio]

Gosh, no!!!

And I thought I was gonna have the chance to see her in concert with this new tour, but apparently she will just visit: USA, Canada and Europe.

[Lady T]

Hey I just wanted to say hi. :)

Bix,threetwosandaBBQ caught my eye by mentioning the Smiths! They'd definitely make my list. Them, U2, and Prince.

[cyane]

I went to Who's That Girl Tour - Wembley Stadium (London) and The Guirly Show Tour - Brazil

I wished i had gone to The Blond Ambition Tour :( It was the best !!!.

[WWF Diva]

Cher rocks!! I have her greatest hits CD.. When I was younger I used to run around my house singing "Turn Back Time" except I wasn't wearing no thong and fishnets...

[CAguileraLover21]

Madonna

[sunshinegirl]

We've been visited by someone from Christina Aguilera World.

Wow.

[Bix,threetwosandaBBQ]

All for making sunny the offical welcome wagon, say I :D

PM's, celestialbeinggirl :p

[sunshinegirl]

What did I say? ;)

I was just commenting on how blessed and amazed I feel at the fact that we could be visited by someone from such a magical and mystical place...that's all :D

Like I said, I'm nothing if not welcoming.

[Short Chris]

Maybe you could work as a greeter at Caesar's Palace. Or Wal-Mart, they always have friendly folks at Wal-Mart.

[Bix,threetwosandaBBQ]

You'd make a good lawyer too :p

(ducks flying objects)

I'm being serious about the welcome wagon though...we don't like new people here anyway, right? ;)

[sunshinegirl]

Chris, you found me out. My lifelong dream is to be a greater at Wal-mart. That's what most political science majors end up doing, right?

Bix...I am having a hard time deciphering if you were kidding or not...was that a sarcastic lawyer crack, or did you know that I really am going to law school in the fall? (well, hopefully, anyway)

I am friendly, and lovely, and welcoming...and I dare anyone to say differently!

We like new people...if they are like us ;)

[Short Chris]

Sunny, from one Poli-Sci major to another, I'll tell you that it's my fervent desire that someday I am lucky enough to be able to be a Wal-Mart greeter. Maybe if I work real hard...

[sunshinegirl]

Oh see, I set my sights a little higher...McDonald's fry maker.

We love to see you smile

Dreams are a wonderful thing

[vester]

And don't forget subtle Sunny. You're very subtle. ;)

[sunshinegirl]

Subtle as iggy's kitchen :D

[Bix,threetwosandaBBQ]

I meant you were a good liar :p

(ducks again)

[Short Chris]

Fry-maker? What do you think, I went to the Ivy League? Damn intellectual snobs.

[sunshinegirl]

What can I say X...I aim high.

I have never told a lie in my life. Ever. :p

[NikDC]

Damn well better be ducking, Bix. :mad:

[sunshinegirl]

Yes he better. :mad:

You tell him Nikki. Where's Merry when you need her?

[NikDC]

She's probably filing the paperwork with the Court for the Intentional Infliction, Defamation of Character, and Libel suits we're filing as a class action on behalf of all attorneys against one Bix of Somewhere, Texas.

Live in fear :mad:

[CAguileraLover21]

lol.

[sunshinegirl]

And the visits continue.

See, even when I try to be mean, I don't succeed. It's a gift I tell you.

[NikDC]

It's because you're just a ray of sunshine. People see right through you.

[sunshinegirl]

Why...yes I am :D

That's why I'll be working at McD's. They love sunshinily people to be their fry girls

[Short Chris]

Maybe that can be your new screen name, sunshinefrygirl.

[sunshinegirl]

It should be.

I've decided that I don't think someone telling me I have a "killer smile" is a compliment. I was told that last night. Does that mean I have the smile of a murderer?

[vester]

Oh go ahead, take it as a compliment. And then whack him in the head with your axe.

I had a gentleman (and I use that term loosely) tell me he like the way I looked ... snotty.

Note to guys: this does not work in your continuing quest to get some.

[Short Chris]

Crap, that was going to be my line for today...

Sunny I think as long as they don't say, "You know, I don't mean it in the bad way, but you've got a killer smile." you're okay.

[sunshinegirl]

No saying someone looks "snotty" is not taken as a compliment by most women. Of course "nice rack" is not usually the best conversation starter either...

I was so amused last night. I went to a bar where there were about 15 guys for every one girl. Talk about interesting dynamics. It was incredibly amusing to watch some of these guys...you would swear that they were trying to talk to beings from another planet, not a bunch of college girls.

[Short Chris]

Were you in the gay bar again?

[insearchofjason]

Did you go to the Loon?

I'm starting to think that's just Minnesota's general make up. 15 men for every woman.

Then why am I single?

[NikDC]

Well, if you'd told me that I'd have been on the next plane out. Screw work. That kind of ratio works in my favor. :p

Beats DC. I'm working with nothing here.

[insearchofjason]

Is the sanding finished?

Nikki's working in the middle of a set for "This Old House".

[sunshinegirl]

Nope, Grandma's. Meat market extraordinairre...

Yes Nikki, haven't we ever told you? Minneapolis is supposed to be one of the best places to meet men. Apparently there are many more men than women in this town. Guess that's why I meet nothing but losers... :rolleyes:

And no Chris, not a gay bar :D

[PB&Kev]

KY and I were in a bar Tuesday night with a few of our guy friends. This one obviously slobbering drunk just kept staring at me and finally walked straight up to me and said, "Are you with these guys"...with them all standing right there 2 inches away from me. For a split second I wondered which one of them was going to hit him first.

It seems like most guys check their brains at the door of a bar before walking in. Or is it just me? :D

[Short Chris]

Bars equal alcohol + women. These are not generally things that men deal well with. Be happy he didn't throw up on your shoes.

[NikDC]

Poor KY. Yes, I think they do.

That's why I don't do the bar scene well, X. I don't wear shoes. :D

Yep, the sanding's completed so my spiral into madness froom that has halted for now. The paint fumes on the other hand...:rolleyes:

[PB&Kev]

I don't do the bar scene well either Nikki. I've found that I'm completely intolerant of idiots. Also, I'm completely intolerant of incoherent drunks. SO, give me a room full of idiotic incoherent drunks and I last about 5 minutes before I'm ready to go home.

That, ISOJ, is why we're single...despite the ratio. :) Nobody said there was any quality in that 15:1.

[sunshinegirl]

Guys enter bars and they automatically become brain dead. Add alcohol to the mix and what you've got is frightening. Now put 500 of them together with scantily clad girls who have also been drinking and you can almost feel all of their brains implode in one massive *thump*

I saw lots of absolutely gorgeous guys last night. I was amazed. Of course I was even more amazed to see these same guys try to do the Roger Rabbit to Shaggy and try to see how many beer bottles they could fit into their mouth at one time.

[sunshinegirl]

Very true PB, very true.

[PB&Kev]

Yes, Sunny, my most recent lesson has been "Gorgeous means nothing". They can still be complete idiots...or better yet incredible asses. I think it must be God's way of evening out the score a little for the others.

Amazing that it took me 30 years to learn that, I know. I think I've been in denial.

[insearchofjason]

Did the Roger Rabbit to Shaggy? :rolleyes:

He didn't look like Jason, did he?

[sunshinegirl]

Nope no one looked like Jason. But I think the Gap had a run on it's green sweater department. Almost every gorgeous guy was in a green sweater. Must have been a convention...

I'm with you PB. But then what does that mean for the poor saps who are both idiots and not gorgeous?

[NikDC]

Up a creek without a paddle which is where idiots belong. Though I don't necessarily find much gorgeous here, I find enough asses to make up for it. Seems to me that most of the male bar-going population are, or with alcohol become, not only incoherent bumbling idiots and asses, but they're also gropers who seem to think the dance floor is the back of their '74 Chevy and that doing the Lambada to every song is perfectly accepable. Keep your hands where I can see 'em, mister, until I tell you otherwise.

[PB&Kev]

They probably have money. I'm convinced suddenly that everybody gets something but nobody gets everything.

I guess there is no Prince Charming...I can't believe it.

[sunshinegirl]

You have to find the right bars. There are many different kinds. When you live in the bar capital of the US, you begin to understand these differences. There are jock bars, meat markets, artsy bars, high class bars, middle ages trucker bars, etc. All of which are code names for establishments where guys go to get laid and girls go to get free drinks and laugh at the guys.

[vester]

I met Mr. vester in a bar.
I know, I know, you thought I met him at the church social.
That's just what we tell our daughter.

[sunshinegirl]

You met him at a bar? You mean people actually meet and fall in love that way? Who knew?

Dang, that means I'm just kicking myself even more for losing the number of this really adorable guy I met at a bar last week. We had the most coherant and nice conversation I've ever had in a bar. He gave me his number. I lost it by the next morning. Smooth.

[Short Chris]

There are many things I've found it better not to mention to the kids. Alcohol, sex, and my college grades currently lead the list.

[insearchofjason]

How about that stint as a male prostitute?

I hear short ones make a really good chunk of change. ;)

[vester]

lol @ X.

Yes Sunny you can meet in a bar.

It started out terribly because he was with all his testoterone-filled fire guys after work and I was with my girlfriends.
I was eating a free hors-d'ouerve and one of the fire guys came up and asked if I need help getting the crumbs off of my sweater aka boobs. Strike One.
We were then surrounded by said fire guys and they were blabbing like idiots except for this one cute, quiet guy standing beside me who talked to my friend most of the time. Strike Two.
Long story short, it took 3 weeks before I called him and I didn't even call him, a friend of mine did. Very grade 7.

Moral of story. You can meet someone in a bar.

[Short Chris]

So that "brush off the crumbs" line doesn't work either? I've got nothing now.

ISOJ shhhh, no one else was supposed to know about that.

[insearchofjason]

But Shorty, it was such a highpoint in my life. Best I'd ever had.

I wanted to share...

[PB&Kev]

Does anyone else have this very persistent image of a handsome, well built guy with no shirt and those yellow fire pants with the suspenders every time vester mentions her husband?

Sorry vester. No more mentions of Mr. Vester though, or I won't be getting any work done.

[Short Chris]

That description makes him sound more like one of those Chippendale's dancers than a true hose jockey, doesn't it?

PB's wishing she had her own hose jockey right about now it seems. ;)

[vester]

ba hahaha

He does put on a shirt occasionally, when we go to church. ;)
But the damn pants consistantly fill up and he's in danger of drowning when he swims. :)