Lame 80s pop teen horror

[Tim]

John H. McCartney wrote:
 >
 > I think that here on this side of the pond we fared somewhat
 > better, depending on your point of view of course. Yes there
 > was an enormous load of crap pop, but the majority of the
 > UK/Euro fashion bands never gained a toehold over here. The
 > vast wateland of US radio & MTV was pretty much the exclusive
 > territory of crap hair-metal bands.
 >
 > There were actually some of the 80's pop bands that had some
 > talent and some good songs. Men Without Hats was indeed great,
 > and had more depth than just Safety Dance (which had the massive
 > coolness to have a Maypole and dwarves in their video),
hey,and don't forget the great vesion of the ~brady bunch theme~done
by weird al yankovic to the tune of ~safety dance~!!
tim


 early OMD
 > was brilliant, even the dreaded Duran Duran had a couple of cool
 > tracks, such as Union of the Snake and Girls On Film. Ultravox
 > was pretty good, even New Order had their moments.
 >
 > On the other hand, there were truly inumerable "bands" that
 > were abominations upon the Earth - Spandau Ballet was excrement;
 > Haircut 100, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Hayzee Fantayzee and others of
 > their ilk existed primarily as fashion statements. I do particularily
 > loathe Culture Club, but a personal most-despised band of the time
 > is Dexy's Midnight Runs, er, Runners. 'Come On Eileen' gets me all
 > choked up, like the way Jimi died.....
 > scorch

Dexy's...yeah they sucked...hard to believe Vincent Crane from Atomic Rooster
joined up with them for a while...(and someone better remember A.R. besides me!!
tim