Best and worst pop/rock artists of the 1980s

divegeester

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29 Sep 23

divegeester

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STARMERGEDDON

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Best: Duran Duran

Worst: Depeche Mode

divegeester

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STARMERGEDDON

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Best: Madness

Worst: Chris de Burgh

divegeester

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STARMERGEDDON

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Best: Adam and the Ants

Worst: The Smiths

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

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@divegeester said
Best: Duran Duran

Worst: Depeche Mode

Best: Fleetwood Mac

Worst: Dr. Hook

The Gravedigger

Jack Torrance

Overlook Hotel

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Best: REM
Worst: U2

Drewnogal

Constant Gardener

The Plot

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Impossible to decide my best.
Worst, as in my least favourite was Madonna.

FMF

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Best: David Bowie
Worst*: Coldplay

* defined as biggest Success-Quality Discrepancy

FMF

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Australian

Best: Midnight Oil
Worst: INXS

mlb62

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BEST--- AC/DC

worst -- Sinead O'Connor

Suzianne

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Isle of Misfit Toys

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02 Oct 23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks

FMF

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@fmf said
Best: David Bowie
Worst*: Coldplay

* defined as biggest Success-Quality Discrepancy

I've just realized the thread title specifies "1980s"!

David Bowie was very poor for much of the 80s. Coldplay didn't even exist.

Best: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, The Church
Worst: Van Halen, Motorhead.

FMF

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1980s

Best: Simple Minds
Worst: Simple Minds

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

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The best and the worst is impossible to say. We would need objective criteria...
Especially worst is not to say, since nobody knows all the also-rans: small bands who made one CD and somehow distributed that via their concerts.

FMF

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@ponderable said
The best and the worst is impossible to say. We would need objective criteria...
Especially worst is not to say, since nobody knows all the also-rans: small bands who made one CD and somehow distributed that via their concerts.

Why on Earth would you think this thread is NOT asking for people's subjective opinions and that it's asking for objective facts instead?

Green Paladin

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04 Oct 23

@mlb62 said
BEST--- AC/DC

worst -- Sinead O'Connor

Best: Sinead O'Connor

Worst: AC/DC