A lot of people will tell you that music sucked in the eighties. That's really true, that is if you're talking about popular music. But, if you were living back then (maybe you were), would you have been listening to popular music? Probably not, not if you're on this blog. What the masses like rarely has anything to do with quality, it's all about the marketing, the push by the record companies and, especially back then, how much screen time the band gets. Back then it was all MTV all the time. (Believe it, they used to actually play music videos.) Anyway, my friends and I weren't paying attention to MTV or mainstream music rags like Rolling Stone. We were in the clubs, record stores and parties. I can't tell you how much music I was turned on to in living rooms with loud stereos. None of that streaming "you might also like" bullshit. More like "you might also spill beer on this". Here's a handful from back then. These were played a lot on drinking nights. Most nights were drinking nights.
Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over mp3 at Internet Archive
Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver mp3 at Internet Archive
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty mp3 at Internet Archive
Gun Club - Sex Beat mp3 at Internet Archive
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