Why are the 80s the best decade, musically?

>cheesy synths
>farty basses
>gated drums

yeah no thanks.

Best? In terms of what? Every decade has its strengths in comparison to others.

>>71604051
Idk I'm biased because I grew up listening to a lot of it from my parents. But it's just so varied in sounds but there was definitely a lot of shit like glam metal and whatever. A lot of one hit wonders but they're all so good

>>71604429
Every decade is varied in terms of sound besides when you get back further and further before music was evolving as much

>>71604021
The 80s were good until 1984, everything after that was shitty pop like cyndi lauper and other radio friendly trash

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>>71604748
Counter-argument

>>71604748
blanket statements like these should be avoided

>>71604770
>>71604767
listen to early synthpop like OMD then listen to what every decent band sounded like by the late 80s, sanguine sappy synths over generic chords. maybe bands that started in the late 80s were okay, but it killed all the good new-wave synth pop bands

>>71604785
you only proved my point with this reply

>>71604748
>what is metal
>what is hardcore punk
>what is avant-prog
>what is noise rock

>>71604813
>its a thinly veiled metal is good thread

should've known

>>71604748
mostly this. After New Wave faded the eighties turned to hair metal and very cheesy pop R&B. However, new wave became alternative underground or less popular stuff and that stayed decent well into the 90's.

dude the 70s and the 90s are far superior. I could even see someone making a strong case for the 00s

>>71604931
Exactly this is why I think the 80s are so great. New wave/post punk has had a profound effect on indie music

>>71604021
A lot of my favorite artists released some great stuff in the 80's but besides those, I don't particularly think the rest of the decade is that interesting