Artists/bands that saved the 80s from total oblivion

[Lynch]

Ian Paice's skin and stick work was great on this offering...especially as the world at the time was obsessed with a skinny guy with flowers hanging out his ass shouting 'Meat Is Murder'..

 

[Nai Noswad]

^ totally !

 

[Nai Noswad]

Bump Alert....
Some that rescued the 80's?

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Prince - When Doves Cry.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Along with a few others(Midnight Oil etc..) these and ACDC help put Antipodean 80s music on the radio:

Men At Work - Catch A Star.

 

[Nai Noswad]

I was moonlighting 3 jobs around this time...

Tracy Chapman - Across The Lines.

 

[Nai Noswad]

A lot of pop existed these times.. some good.
Then this came out the radio or tube-

Kate Bush - Cloudbursting.

 

[Nai Noswad]

I do recall all Beatles songs in the top 5 after John was murdered -

John Lennon - Nobody Told Me.

 

[Nai Noswad]

This album and scene gave music a much needed shot in the arm -
How could a guy from Stoke On Trent look so cool?... Took hair rock up two levels.

Guns N' Roses - It's So Easy.