Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
I'm a Huey Lewis and the News fan also...Duran Duran was under rated.

The power ballad
Hair metal
Rap's beginnings with NWA and 2 Live Crew
Clubbing and club music along with ecstacy- which helped improve sex lives (So I heard)
College football moving to cable TV
Harry Caray becoming a Cubs announcer and making me a fan for life
Magic, Bird, Jordan...Showtime, Bad Boys of the NBA
Joe Montana, LT, 85 Bears

80's was the best
You left off Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, and LL in your Rap listing, but they're in good company with who you mentioned.

Hair Metal blows, though. I loathe it. The worst of that genre I find equivalent to the boy bands of the 90's/00's....just horrid commercial garbage. Definitely the best decade for good metal, though. And btw, I know some do, but I don't consider GNR or VH as "hair metal".

And starting in the late 70's, through the heyday of the 80's, into the early 90's, Punk was absolutely fantastic. Just from the 80's, for example: Misfits, Descendants, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Clash, The Damned, Dead Kennedys, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Fear, Black Flag, etc. etc.....I mean, holy hell.....then we get to the 00's, and the bed shitting commences.