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fallencathedral

"Save us, Cat Man!"

Mar 11, 2009 18:43

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fallencathedral March 12 2009, 03:48:26 UTC

I will take that as an endorsement for Public Enemy...which is as it should be!

A few that leapt out at me... colubra March 12 2009, 03:46:11 UTC

Copyright date on Heroes puts it firmly in '77, but it doesn't seem to be in your runners-up. ;)

1984 brought us Cyndi Lauper's debut album, as well as Prince's 'Purple Rain' which was definitely was the watershed moment of his career.
No Eurythmics?

1985: Tears for Fears, 'Songs from the Big Chair'?
'Hounds of Love', Kate Bush?

1986: Pet Shop Boys released the album with 'West End Girls' on.

Re: A few that leapt out at me... fallencathedral March 12 2009, 03:56:11 UTC

I left out any of Bowie's Berlin Trilogy because it was a bit esoteric, not as commercially viable as some of his other work and mostly just out of personal preference.
Touch, She's So Unusual and Purple Rain all made the shortlist, as did Songs From the Big Chair.
Only two Kate Bush albums made the list at all (The Red Shoes and The Sensual World).
And I never was a huge Pet Shop Boys fan, though West End Girls is damn catchy.

I expected the biggest points of contention to be with the choices for the 70s and early 80s as I was largely dependent on research and I knew I was going to miss some stuff.

Re: A few that leapt out at me... colubra March 12 2009, 07:24:55 UTC

On reflection: depeche mode probably belong in there somewhere too. Tired as I am of them, they were hugely seminal in responding to Bowie's Berlin Trilogy with splashier melody and uptempo pop.
Its interesting to consider my own answers to this question: thanks for the post!

Re: A few that leapt out at me... fallencathedral March 12 2009, 15:33:15 UTC

Depeche Mode popped up on the short list several times but there always seemed to be something stronger during those years.

jezebel_haddo March 19 2009, 08:18:57 UTC

Well, I glad to see Pretty Hate Machine made your list. *gets misty-eyed* Though I must say I've never stepped foot in a goth club. Guess I'm not a "rivethead."

fallencathedral March 19 2009, 19:42:29 UTC

Pretty Hate Machine was the album that got me into the Goth scene. Ironically it was the emphasis on industrial music in the clubs that made me stop going out. I was always more of an old fashioned Goth who dug New Wave/darkwave music.

jezebel_haddo March 20 2009, 04:17:27 UTC

You know, I never considered Nine Inch Nails to be industrial.

fallencathedral March 20 2009, 04:38:22 UTC

That was the real impact of Pretty Hate Machine. It evolved the industrial sound that had been popularized by bands like Ministry and Skinny Puppy into something more accessible to casual listeners. It effectively created a new genre of commercial industrial rock that spawned countless impersonators.

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